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AUGUST 2011

MORE THAN HUMAN
Dr. Martin Erdmann
IN MEMORIAMCOMING JOY
Dr. Chuck Missler

RUSSIA’S THE PIECE
NUCLEAR GAMBLE PROCESS
Steve Elwart Dr. Dan Stolebarger

THE TEN THE SECRET
VIRGINS, III SPIRITUAL GROWTH
Nancy Missler Dr. Chuck Missler

>>>AUGUST 2011 IN THISISSUE
PERSONAL
Cover Story UPDATE
MORE THAN HUMAN 10
In his 1922 science fiction novel, The Chess Men of Mars,
Edgar Rice Burroughs describes a Mars whose inhabitants are EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
DR. CHUCK MISSLER
so advanced that they prize contemplation above all and exist
simply as heads. They have no need for oxygen or food and EXECUTIVE EDITOR
DR. GORDON MCDONALD
move using the bodies of headless creatures.
by Dr. Martin Erdmann MANAGING EDITOR
TRACY MCDONALD

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IN MEMORIAM/COMING JOY DAVID HANSON
DESIGN DIRECTOR
At sundown on August 8th, our Jewish friends will observe
GORDON MCDONALD
Tish’ah b’Av (“The Ninth Day of Av”). This is a special
day of mourning, since on this day four major tragedies EXECUTIVE RESEARCH ANALYST
MARY MILLER
occurred...
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Each month we select news that we feel will help keep you informed. Many of our news
NEWS are not given adequate attention by the mainline media.
selections
MIDEAST<<IRAN HAS UNDERGROUND MISSILE SILOS
Iran unveiled underground ballistic missile silos for the first time on Monday in a warning to the
world of its ability to protect its missiles and secretly store them in hidden locations throughout
the country. State TV broadcast footage of several military officers touring an underground silo
that was holding a Shahab 3 ballistic missile. The missile has a range of 2,000 kilometers, putting
Israel within its reach. For more info: http://bit.ly/qpAmHH

AMERICA<<SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEGALIZED IN NEW YORK
New York, the nation’s third most populous state, will join Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Vermont and the Washington capital district in allowing same-sex couples to
wed. The passage of New York’s legislation was made possible by two Republican senators who
had been undecided. The sticking point over the past few days: Republican demands for stronger
legal protections for religious groups that fear they will be hit with discrimination lawsuits. For
more info: http://fxn.ws/ouR9Zm

ISRAEL<<NETANYAHU WANTS A SEPARATE PALESTINIAN STATE
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu surprised many of the participants in the weekly cabinet
meeting Sunday when he embarked on a monologue praising the idea of parting from the Pales-
tinians and in relinquishing portions of the West Bank. He said that Israel is in danger of being
outpopulated by Palestinians within a few decades, simply due to the higher birth rate of Arabs
to Jews. For more info: http://bit.ly/nXa11Z

WEAPONS<<TINY BUG DRONES TO WAR!
Two miles from the cow pasture where the Wright Brothers learned to fly the first airplanes,
military researchers are at work on another revolution in the air: shrinking unmanned drones, the
kind that fire missiles into Pakistan and spy on insurgents in Afghanistan, to the size of insects
and birds. For more info: http://nyti.ms/pXNI3O

ISRAEL<<ARCHAEOLOGIST IDENTIFIES SECOND TEMPLE REMAINS
One of the most prominent Israeli archaeologists declared today that remains from the First and
Second Jewish Temple period—including the Second Temple itself—lie underneath the Temple
Mount surface, just waiting to be excavated. Dr. Eilat Mazar of Hebrew University accused the
site’s Islamic custodians of destroying Jewish artifacts while attempting to turn the Temple Mount
into a “giant mosque.” For more info: http://bit.ly/l4d1W4

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>>>BIBLE IN MEMORIAMCOMING JOY
At sundown on August 8th, our Jewish friends will observe Tish’ah b’Av (“The
Ninth Day of Av”). This is a special day of mourning, since on this day four
major tragedies occurred...
Tish’ah b’Av temples on the same date on the
1) On this day the First Jewish calendar. And, as the rab-
Temple, built by Solomon, was bis remind us, “Coincidence is by C h uck Mi s s le r
destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, not a kosher word.” There are no President/Founder of
and the Babylonian captivity “coincidences” in God’s kingdom. Koinonia Institute
After a distinguished mili-
began; tary career and more than
2) On this day the Second Joy in Mourning? 30 very successful years in
the corporate business envi-
Temple, the one expanded by Tish’ah b’Av is, thus, a day ronment, Chuck was led to
Herod and the one which was of intensive mourning for the pursue a life-long endeavor
of teaching the Bible on a
standing during Messiah’s minis- destruction of the Temple and for full-time basis. He founded
try, was destroyed by the Romans Jerusalem. But coexisting with Koinonia House, an organi-
zation devoted to encourag-
in 70 A.D., precisely as Jesus pre- this sense of grief is a subtle sense ing people to study the Bible.
dicted (Luke 19:43, 44); of joy. The day is also to include He also founded Koinonia
Institute to enable people to
3) On this day Betar, the joy for the future restoration of have a Kingdom effect on the
last fortress to hold out against the Temple and the coming of the world today.
the Romans during the Bar Ko- Messiah.
chba revolt, fell in 135 A.D.;
and,
4) Jewish tradition also
regards this date as the date the
Children of Israel were prohib-
ited from entering the Promised
Land (Numbers 14:34).

It is a strange coincidence of
history that both Nebuchadnez-
zar in his day, and the Romans
in theirs, destroyed the respective

Paul uses as his foundation for his
“trilogy” epistles on “the just shall
live by faith”: Romans 1:17; Ga-
latians 3:11; and Hebrews 1:38.)
The ultimate focus of this
special observance is, of course,
the anticipation of the restoration
of the Temple. Recitals include:

Tonight marks ____ years
since the destruction of the
Second Temple and as yet
redemption has not come.
Know ye that whoever has
not been privileged to witness
The the building of the Temple, is
Sab- regarded as having witnessed
bath before the destruction within his own
Tish’ah b’Av is lifetime.1
called Shabbat Hazon, the
Sabbath of Vision, because of the Following this, a solitary
This is Scripture portion for that day: candle is lit and the recitation
a day of of the Book of Lamentations is
intensive For the vision is yet for an begun.
mourning appointed time, but at the Yet, despite the solemnity
for the end it shall speak, and not of the fast, a subtle sense of joy
destruction lie: though it tarry, wait for is in the proceedings due to the
of the it; because it will surely come, anticipation of the rebuilding of
Temple and it will not tarry. the Temple.
for Habakkuk 2:3
Jerusalem. The Prophetic Scenario

(In fact, this very verse is One of the most exciting
then followed by the one that events on our prophetic horizon


these days is, of course, the fact search has suggested that both
that the preparations for this Temples actually stood 100 But
next Temple have begun. meters to the north. His publica- coexisting
The Temple Institute in tions initially caused quite a stir with this
Jerusalem has fabricated most of among the Christian commu- sense of
the implements to serve in the nity since that would place the grief is a
Temple. Muslim structure in the “outer subtle sense
One can visit and view the court,” the court of the Gentiles, of joy.
headdress and breastplate (with as suggested from Revelation
the 12 precious stones) of the 11:1-2.
high priest. Special looms are However, Tuvia Sagiv’s in-
weaving the linen for the priestly cisive research has indicated that
vestments. Scientists are scanning the Temple more likely
the world for the correct marine stood 100
snails to yield the Levitical blue
and royal purple dyes for
the garments.
Several
hundred young
men are train-
ing in the Yeshivas
(special schools) to
serve as priests. (All
of them, of course,
must have Levi genes!)

Where is the Precise
Location?
Despite the traditional view
that the Muslim Dome of the
Rock sits on the ancient Temple
meters
site, recent scholarship has cast
to the south—
doubts on this view.
between the Dome of the Rock
Dr. Asher Kaufman’s re-

and Al Aksa Mosque. Recent in- Temple Mount?6 Or was it taken
NOTES
FOR STUDY frared photographic studies seem by Menilik, the offspring of Solo-
to imply that Tuvia is correct.2 mon and the Queen of Sheba,
1. Otzar Yisrael, Vol X This would still place the existing to Ethiopia during Solomon’s
page 319.
2. See our briefing pack-
Muslim structures in “the outer apostasy? (That is the official
age, The Coming Tem- court.” legend that has been included in
ple: Update. Available
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These developments con- Ethiopia’s Constitution.)
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prophecy students. Jesus, John, Ethiopian legend because the Ark
3. Matthew 24:15; Rev- and Paul all make reference to a reappears during the days of King
elation 11:1-2; 2 Thes-
salonians 2:4, et al.
rebuilt Temple standing prior to Josiah.7 However, many overlook
4. 2 Chronicles 12:9. the Second Coming of Christ.3 the possibility that the Ark may
5. 2 Maccabees 2:4-5
6. That’s the official rab-
It is going to remain a major have arrived in Ethiopia by an
binical version. subject of interest in the coming alternative series of events that
7. 2 Chronicles 35:3.
8. 2 Kings 21; 2 Chroni- years as all this comes to a head. are implied in the Old Testament
cles 35:20ff. narratives.8
9. Isaiah 18; Zephaniah But Where’s the Ark?
3:10, et al. See our In order to protect the Ark
briefing pack, The A related prophetic mystery from the atrocities of Manas-
Seat of Mercy, page is the current location of the Ark
42. sah, who was trying to eradicate
of the Covenant. [It should be Judaism, the Levites apparently
Sources: borne in mind that the Ark is not took the Ark into the protection
essential: there was no Ark in the of Pharaoh Necho, which then
Chill, Abraham, The Min-
hagim, Sepher-Her- “Second” (Herod’s) Temple. It subsequently initiated a series
mon Press, New York,
had already disappeared prior to of travels ultimately ending in
1979. The customs
and ceremonies of the days of Nehemiah.] Axum where it may still reside
Judaism, their origins
and rationale.
There are many prevalent under guard today.
Missler, Chuck, Strate- theories regarding its history: The Ethiopians believe it is
gic Trends, Koinonia
House. See page 42.
Was it taken by the Babylo- their destiny to deliver their pre-
nians? Was it taken by Shishak, cious relic to the Messiah when
King of Egypt during his raid He rules on Mt. Zion.
of Jerusalem?4 Was it hidden This may further unravel
by Jeremiah on Mt. Nebo?5 Is some puzzling aspects of the
it presently hidden under the episode between Philip and the


Ethiopian Treasurer recorded in Acts Chapter Mt. Zion.9 (This possibility will have to be
8. This high official was sent to Jerusalem treated in a subsequent article.)
by Queen Candace on a special mission and It is, indeed, time for all of us to re-
was returning home confused. Was he sent examine carefully what the Bible has to say
to confirm a rumor of the Messiah’s arrival? about these things.
Philip is dispatched by the Lord to join him I believe we are being plunged into a pe-
and explain the Isaiah passage he was reading riod of time about which the Bible has more
which details the Messiah’s execution and His to say than any other period of history—in-
ultimate return. cluding the time that Jesus walked the shores
(All these issues, and their background, of Galilee or climbed the mountains of Judea.
will be dealt with in our new update of the Stay tuned. It’s all coming, just like God
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>>>TRANSHUMANISM COVERSTORY

TRANSHUMANISM AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF MAN

by Dr. Martin Erdmann
Director
Verax Institute

In his 1922 science fiction novel, natural substrate of the brain into an artificial
The Chess Men of Mars, Edgar Rice Bur- one,” and speculates that “...[if mind upload-
roughs describes a Mars whose inhabitants ing were developed], body manufacturing,
are so advanced that they prize contempla- sales, and rental would be a large industry.”1
tion above all and exist simply as heads. They Human-machine integration is not
have no need for oxygen or food and move simply a dream of the scientific and academic
using the bodies of headless creatures. elite. In recent years, the concepts of intelli-
Burroughs’s popularity demonstrates that gent machines and computers manipulating a
people enjoy imagining such fantastic charac- person’s mind have become popular through
ters and societies. movies such as Short Circuit, The Matrix,
Many scientists, doctors, and philoso- and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
phers today, however, say such ideas have The 2002 Star Trek film Star Trek Nemesis
ceased to be fantasy and are now realistic proclaims that to be human is to seek self-
prospects for the next several decades. enhancement.
The Mind Uploading Home Page, for In a world where hugely popular fantasy
example, “is dedicated to the putative fu- movies hold audiences captivated with their
ture process of copying one’s mind from the entertaining capacities, a realm of posthu-


man thought is thriving and fast tors, some powerful like artificial
expanding in both followers and hearts. However, cardiologists
research. currently use implants exclusively
Widely noticed publica- for repair of failing organs.
tions, such as the NSF/DOC- But medicine is no longer
sponsored report “Converging restricted to healing. Biotech-
Technologies for Improving Hu- nology’s popular uses constitute
man Performance”2 and the final a long list, among them weight by Dr. Martin Erd-
mann, Director
report of the President’s Council loss, hair growth, birth control, o f Ve r a x In s t i t u t e
on Bioethics, “Beyond Therapy: teeth straightening, and sex selec- D r. Ma r t i n Erd m a n n
Biotechnology and the Pursuit tion of children.4 studied theolog y in
Columbia, SC (Master
of Happiness,”3 have given close Transhumanism takes hu- of Divinity), Basel,
attention to human enhance- man enhancement even further, Switzerland and Aberdeen,
Scotland (Master of
ment through technology. by morphing the vision of a per- Theology). In 1999, he was
awarded a doctoral degree
fect man into a human-machine
in modern Church History
From Repair to complex properly called “posthu- a t Br u n e l Un i ve r s i t y,
Enhancement
Uxbridge, England. In his
man.” This is an effort to break
Cardiology is a strong position as Senior Scientist
every human limitation and rede- at the University Hospital
adopter of implants, some in Basel, he is currently
fine personhood.
“dumb” like stents, some “intelli- involved in researching
Nick Bostrom, Oxford phi- the ethical implications of
gent” like implantable defibrilla- Nanotechnology. He is also
losophy professor and co-founder an Assistant Professor of
of the World Biblical Studies (distance
education) at Patrick
Transhumanism Henry College, Virginia,
Association, writes and Director of the Verax
Institute (Christian
that posthumans apologetics).
will realize eternal
youth and health,
gain complete
control over their
minds and emo-
tions, and “experi-
ence novel states
of consciousness”


that present human minds cannot It is often right to tamper with
Posthumans imagine.5 nature.”8 According to Bostrom,
may even Posthumans may even the attempt to retain “human-
choose to discard their bodies in ness” would be bad. Instead, all a
choose to
favor of life as “information pat- posthuman would need to do is
discard their terns on vast super-fast computer to act humanely.9
bodies in networks.”6 Transhumanists distinguish
favor of life Though this sounds bizarre, the value of human life from
as “infor- many scientists, doctors, and phi- biology and creation, and instead
mation pat- losophers call it attainable within place its value in human ideals
decades. As the President’s and experiences. This is because
terns on vast
Council on Bioethics wrote values “come from minds.”10
super-fast in their final report,
computer “Beyond
networks...

Since a
man’s val-
ues are
but the
ones he
choos-
es,
Therapy: Biotechnology and the opting for a
Pursuit of Happiness,” bioethics new ethical paradigm would al-
demands a current and public low him to redefine all aspects of
discussion of “what it means to be life.11
a human being and to be active as In its “Transhumanist
a human being.”7 Declaration,” the World Trans-
Asked whether transhuman- humanism Association affirms
ism tampers with nature, Nick “the feasibility of redesigning
Bostrom replied: “Absolutely, and the human condition” in areas
it is nothing to be ashamed of. including “aging, limitations on


human and artificial intellects, more effective minds. Prog-
unchosen psychology, suffer- ress in these areas of technol-
ing, and our confinement to the ogy could also play a key
planet earth.”12 role in preventing a societal
Converging “catastrophe.” The answer
Technologies to human brutality and new
These scenarios and many forms of lethal weapons, it
more could all be-
come reality in
this cen-
tury
with
the prop-
e r invest-
ments in technology, suggests, is
according to a report a kind of technol-
issued by the Nation- ogy-triggered unity:
al Science Foundation “Technological conver-
and the Department of gence could become the
Commerce of the United States framework for human con- ...Though
government. vergence.” this sounds
Titled “Converging Tech- The report, edited by bizarre,
nologies for Improving Human Mihail Roco, senior adviser many
Performance: Nanotechnology, for nanotechnology at the
scientists,
Biotechnology, Information National Science Founda-
Technology, and Cognitive Sci- tion, and William Sims
doctors, and
ence,” the 405-page report could Bainbridge, acting director of philosophers
one day be remembered as a the Foundation’s Division of call it attain-
seminal road map to the future. Information and Intelligent able within
It calls for more research Systems, includes papers decades.
into the intersection of these submitted by various partici-
fields. The payoff, the authors pants as well as an overview
claim, isn’t just better bodies and by Roco and Bainbridge.


ous.
Merging
human con-
sciousness with
machines is
tied to another
nearly incred-
ible concept:
brain-to-brain
connections.
The report dis-
cusses the pos-
In the overview, the editors
NOTES argue that a host of advances can
sibility of “local groups of linked
FOR STUDY enhanced individuals” as well as
be achieved in the next 20 years
1. Joe Strout, “Business “a global collective intelligence.”
alone. Among these are wearable
and Travel”, The Mind
Uploading Home sensors that send health alerts, Transhumanism and Chris-
Page. http://www. much more useful robots, invul- tianity
ibiblio.org/jstrout/
uploading. nerable data networks, and direct A large contingent of con-
2. Mihail C. Roco & broadband interfaces between temporary evangelicals has em-
William Sims Bain-
bridge, eds., Converg- our minds and machines. braced some aspects of the tech-
ing Technologies for nocratic ideals of Transhumanism
The report thinks big when
Improving Human
Performance Nano- it comes to peering beyond the and is drawn by its motivations.
technology, Biotech- They embrace the belief that
next two decades to the rest of
nology, Information
Technology and Cog- the 21st century. Taking visionar- Christians are Christ’s “on-going
nitive Science, Kluwer incarnation in the world.”
ies such as Ray Kurzweil—“The
Academic Publishers,
2003, 423 pp. Transcendent Man”13—seriously, Their new focus is on
3. President’s Council an earthly inheritance for the
on Bioethics, “Beyond
it imagines robots so advanced
Therapy: Biotechnol- they may deserve political rights, church. In concrete terms this
ogy and the Pursuit means that Christians are called
of Happiness”, Wash-
building surfaces that automati-
ington, D.C., October cally change shape and color to upon to usher humanity into
2003, http://www.
adjust to the weather, and the a new stage of its existence.
bioethics.gov.
prospect of personality uploads Through individual Christians’
that make death itself ambigu- labor, all the evils in society will

slowly be conquered until they world: but be ye transformed
NOTES
are no more. Only after the by the renewing of your mind, FOR STUDY
Kingdom of God has been estab- that ye may prove what is that
lished on earth by human effort, good, and acceptable, and 4. President’s Council
on Bioethics, Beyond
they believe, will the Second perfect, will of God. Therapy: Biotechnol-
ogy and the Pursuit
Coming of Christ occur. Romans 12:2
of Happiness, chapter
The evangelicals who pursue one, footnote three
(October 2003);
these and similar goals are called This is the ultimate trans-
http://www.bioeth-
Dominionists. They belong formation and the only kind that ics.gov/.
5. Nick Bostrom, “The
to a diverse conglomerate of can be truly attained with God’s
Transhumanism FAQ,”
movements, covering the entire help in this world. The goal is #1.2, World Transhu-
manism Association,
theological spectrum of evan- the post-judgment attainment of
http://www.transhu-
gelicalism from the charismatic perfect humanity in heaven, not manism.org/.
6. Ibid.
Manifested Sons of God to the the attainment of full techno- 7. President’s Council
neo-Puritan Reconstructionists. logical perfection on earth, as a on Bioethics, Beyond
Therapy, chapter one,
What is missing in their quasi-divine being (Philippians section two.
thinking is the critical realiza- 3:20-21). 8. Nick Bostrom, “The
tion that while transhumanism Christians need to be aware #4.2.
aims at posthuman perfection of Transhumanism and its various 9. Ibid., #4.3.
10. Nick Bostrom, “Trans-
through technology, it misses the forms, but they need not concern humanism and the
true nature of moral “perfection” themselves with seeking some- True Nature of Mind:
Creation and Discov-
(progressive sanctification). thing they cannot and should not ery!” World Transhu-
The transformation Chris- attain—autonomous perfection manism Association,
http://www.transhu-
tians should be seeking is not in a utopian world society. manism.org/.
the physical or psychological en- Man’s salvation is found 11. Nick Bostrom, “The
hancement found in science, rea- only in the perfect and complete #1.1.
son, or technology, but rather the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ 12. World Transhuman-
ism Association, “The
transforming work found only in and his promise of eternal life, as Transhumanist Decla-
God’s supernatural work through a free gift, to those who believe ration,” http://trans-
humanism.org/.
His Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:18). in him (Romans 3:23-26; Ephe- 13. http://transcendent-
Romans 12:2 says: sians 2:8-9). ♦ man.com/

And be not conformed to this


>>>NEW THIS MONTH MORE THANHUMAN
Transhumanism is a word that is beginning to bubble to the
top of our prophetic studies and horizon. Simply described,
transhumanism is an international intellectual and cultural
movement supporting the use of science and technology to
improve human mental and physical characteristics and ca-
pacities — in essence, to create a “posthuman” society. This is
not a passing fad. Transhumanist programs are sponsored in
institutions such as Oxford, Stanford, Caltech and DARPA
(Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), a technical
department within the U.S. Department of Defense.

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U.S. environmental groups are calling for a cessation of licensing agreements
for nuclear power plants, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel ordered a halt to
new reactor construction and the closing of some existing ones in the wake of the
apparent meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima power plant.

Russia, however, is moving plant failed, apparently because
the opposite direction, working of the massive earthquake and
to commission a series of ocean- tsunami that hit the region. by Steve Elwart
going nuclear plants that have Senior Analyst
With the world’s attention
Koinonia Institute
critics expressing alarm over the on the dangers of nuclear power
possible dangers and calling the plants running out of control, the Steve Elwart is a Senior
Analyst for the Koinonia
idea a recipe for disaster. decision by the Russian govern- Institute and has been a
The first such floating power ment to continue the construc- member of the Institute
since 2006. He has spent
plant already is under construction of a fleet of floating nuclear 40 years in the Oil Industry.
tion in St. Petersburg and will reactors has elicited concern In those 40 years, Steve
has had the opportunity to
be completed in 2012. It is worldwide. work not only in private
scheduled to become operational industry, but also as a
The first project has been
consultant with numerous
in the earthquake and tsunami- dubbed the Academician Lo- government agencies. As
prone Kamchatka Peninsula in a Subject Matter Expert
monosov, and the 144 meter-
on energ y, automation,
the Far East of Russia. long (472 foot) barge is designed and cybersecurity, Steve has
Kamchatka is not far from worked with two presidential
to sit offshore and produce 70
administrations, several
Japan, which cabinet level departments,
since March as well as numerous
congressional staffs and state
11 suffered one commissions. Steve has also
of the greatest served as interim pastor of
his church.
environmental
disasters in his-
tory when the
cooling system
at the Fuku-
Scale Model at the reception
shima Daiichi for the launching ceremony.

nuclear power

megawatts of electricity, which Several of these countries
will be transferred to the shore have only limited experience in
via cables. operating nuclear facilities, and
The The generators from the the proposed locations for these
reactors plant will be capable of powering floating facilities are in areas that
also could a city of 100,000 people and car- are vulnerable to piracy and ter-
rying out seawater desalinization rorism.
become a projects. The use of these reactors Where land-based nuclear
source for would augment Russia’s plan to power plants are protected by
terrorists extract oil and gas reserves from defenses such as “guns, gates, and
seeking spent the Arctic. Also, these reactors guards,” reactors at sea would be
fuel for use could generate up to $550 mil- more vulnerable to attack.
in “dirty lion in foreign sales. The reactors also could be-
Russia’s state nuclear-energy come a source for terrorists seek-
bombs.
giant Rosatom has plans to build ing spent nuclear fuel for use in
a total of 12 floating plants, “dirty” bombs. The reactors will
which it hopes to sell for export. use fuel rods composed of 18.5
More than 20 countries already percent uranium. It would take
have expressed interest thus far, little effort to increase that level
including Malaysia, Indonesia, to 20 percent, elevating it to the
China, South Korea, the Philip- level of highly-enriched uranium.
“Academician Lomonosov”
floating nuclear power sta- pines, Chile, and Brazil. Igor Kudrik, a think tank analyst
tion at its launching cer-
emony. on the Russian nuclear
industry, said:

The plants are an envi-
ronmental time bomb,
and production costs
are going to be sky
high...Russia’s plans for
floating nuclear power
plants represent enor-
mous environmental


and safety hazards and the especially those areas prone to
current form will be disas- tsunamis, is “simply crazy,”
trously expensive. The risk of said Bulat Nigmatulin, Russia’s
serious accidents with severe deputy minister for atomic energy There is an
consequences is always present between 1998 and 2002. Nig-
additional
at nuclear power plants. They matulin is one of the men who
are not exactly small when you first authorized the project but
concern that
set them to sea—and this in now doubts the logic behind it. any nuclear
areas of high volcanic activity. Nigmatulin went on to say that waste gener-
floating plants have no potential ated by the
Another reason for the market and are a waste of state plants
increased concerns over these funds.
simply will
nuclear reactors is that the fa- There is an additional con-
cilities likely would be located cern that any nuclear waste gener-
be dumped at
where there is not much of an ated by the plants simply will be sea.
accompanied infrastructure. dumped at sea. Russia says it will
An emergency situation such as dispose of any nuclear waste pro-
what happened at the Fukushima duced by any plant it sells. But
plant would be even more cata- currently there is no way to pro-
strophic because it would be cut cess the highly radioactive spent
off from electrical power needed fuel. Under the current plan, the
to implement any emergency re- fuel will be frozen and stored
sponse measures.
Assurances from
the Baltisky Shipyards,
the builders of the reac-
tors that “all possible
emergency situations
have been tested” are not
wholly reassuring.
Placing these reac-
tors on the open sea
anywhere in the Pacific,


along with the reactor cores. into the atmosphere. TEPCO
NOTES
FOR STUDY Hundreds of those spent fuel rods is installing the first cover at the
are scattered across the Russian No. 1 reactor, the reactor experi-
htt p : / /e n g l i s h . p rav- Arctic today—a remnant of the encing the worst damage.
da.ru/business/
companies/22- Soviet submarine program. This solution probably
12-2010/116304-rus-
Nuclear accidents are, by means that TEPCO examined
sia_egypt-0/
http://thesantosrepublic. their very nature, extremely the concrete shell option and
com/2011/06/russia-
dangerous—we’ve witnessed realized it would not work.
builds-first-floating-
nuclear-plant/ Chernobyl and now Fukushima The problem is that by now the
http://www.theatlantic.
Daiichi. melted core material probably is
com/technology/ar-
chive/2010/09/rus- Even four months after the seeping into the soil rather than
sians-building-floating-
nuclear-plants-to-aid-
March 11 accident in Japan, a in the complex.
arctic-drilling/63469/ satisfactory solution to the acci- Analysts say with all the
http://www.geekosystem.
com/russia-to-build-
dent has not been found. problems still facing the Fuku-
floating-nuclear-pow- A Dow Jones report states shima Daiichi power plant, the
er-plants/
http://www.cleanearth-
that, as a temporary measure, idea of a nuclear disaster out at
now.com/2011/01/13/ the Tokyo Electric Power Co. a remote corner of the sea with
russia-launches-float-
ing-nuclear-power-
(TEPCO) plans to cover Fuku- no access to emergency services is
plant-fnpp/ shima with a giant tent. Polyester unthinkable.♦
h t t p : / / w w w. t i m e .
com/time/health/
covers soon will be placed around
article/0,8599, the damaged reactor buildings at Steve Elwart, P.E. is a se-
2031143,00.html
http://www.bellona.org/ the complex to help contain the nior analyst with the Koinonia
articles/articles_2011/ release of radioactive substances Institute and a Subject Matter
fnpp_report
Expert for the Department of
Homeland Security. He can
be contacted at steve.elwart@
studycenter.com.

This article originally ap-
peared in World Net Daily’s “G2
Bulletin” and is reprinted by per-
mission. For more information
see http://g2bulletin.wnd.com.


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>>>ISRAEL THE PIECEPROCESS
God’s judgment is beginning to seep through the cracks in the dam here in
America and we do not have enough fingers to plug the holes. I am not sure if we
are in the last days; I believe every generation that has been on the face of the earth
could make that claim, but I am certain that Judgment is coming our way! Why?

For behold, in those days and was introduced in our culture
by Dan Stolebarger, at that time, When I bring and was soon accepted as an al-
Executive Director of back the captives of Judah and ternative lifestyle. In the ’90s our
Education, KI
Jerusalem, I will also gather all highest elected official, President
Dan was born and raised
in San Diego, California. nations, And bring them down Bill Clinton, broke his marriage
During his Senior year of to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; vows by having an affair with an
high school, Dan came to
know Jesus Christ as his And I will enter into judgment intern.
Lord and Savior. Early on, with them there On account And now, in this century the
Dan had a deep thirst for
the Word of God, as well as of My people, My heritage Is- decline is picking up speed! A
a desire to be a sold-out man rael, Whom they have scattered recent Gallup poll found that,
of God. Dan met Chuck
Missler and traveled with among the nations; They have for the first time, Americans who
him to the Mediterranean also divided up My land. They favor the rights of gay and lesbian
countries and Israel. Dan
left San Diego and moved have cast lots for My people... couples to marry outnumber
to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho to Joel 3:1-3 those who oppose it.
serve as the Executive Direc-
tor of Koinonia Institute. When asked the question
Take a look around and if same-sex marriage should be
assess the morality of a country recognized by law, 53 percent
that was once referred to as one of respondents said yes while 45
nation “under God.” The United percent said no. The late David
States of America is in a steady Wilkerson wrote:
moral decline. In the ’60s we
took prayer out of our schools. God is going to judge America
In the ’70s we legalized murder for its violence, its crimes, its
and called it abortion. In the ’80s backsliding, its murdering of
HIV/AIDS and homosexuality millions of babies, its flaunting


of homosexuality and sado- verse- ly, have been arguably
masochism, its corruption, the most blessed
its drunkenness and drug nation on the
abuse, its form of godliness planet? The As I see the
without power, its luke- answer is found proverbial
warmness toward Christ, in the first book
“hand-
its rampant divorce and of the Torah.
adultery, its lewd por-
writing on
nography, its child I will bless the wall” and
molestations, its those who see the dams
cheatings, its bless thee and of judgment
dirty movies, I will curse breaking, I
and its occult those who am not sure
practices. curse thee and
how much
in you all the
nations of the
longer we will
world shall be be the blessed
blessed. nation.
And Genesis
it was Billy 12:3
Graham
who quipped: Although one
could argue concern-
If God doesn’t ing America’s whole-
judge America, hearted allegiance to
He is going to Israel, it is true that we
have to apologize have been the one nation
to Sodom and Go- in the world today who
morrah! has supported the Jewish
state, and for this reason I
So, if all this is true believe that not only have we
then why have we not been blessed but that God has
been judged but, con- withheld a much-deserved judg-


ment. But as I see the “the mountains of Judea and
proverbial “handwriting on Samaria” and, before we carve
the wall” and see the dams of things up and do our best to force
We are
judgment breaking, I am not sure Israel back to their 1967 borders
forcing the
how much longer we will be the (which creates an indefensible
hand of
blessed nation. state), let’s reflect Biblically.
Israel, in
Why? Let me refer you back Did you know that Bethel,
the most
to the opening passage of this Shechem, and Shiloh would be
aggressive
article taken from the book of cut out and given away? The
way to date,
Joel. We are forcing the hand of heartland of the Patriarchs, names
to divide
Israel, in the most aggressive way like Abraham, Jacob and Joseph
the Land in
to date, to divide the Land in are all attached to these places.
what is being
what is being called a Two-State And if we go back to the
called a
solution. 1967 borders, that would in-
“Two-State”
clude: the Golan Heights,
solution. Dividing The Land Gamla, the Jordan Valley all the
I am fearful that what this way down and including Qum-
administration is calling the ran. And in 1967, the borders
Peace Process is nothing more of the Old City kept Jews on the
than a PIECE process and that other side of the Old Walls, in
the words other words, no Jewish Quarter,
of Joel will Southern Steps, Temple Mount,
come to City of David … have you a clue
pass and in what we are asking Israel to
we will simply give up for the prospect
inherit a of peace? By the way, how has
whirlwind all that swapping Land for Peace
and tsu- worked in the past? Just ask the
nami of folks in Sderot!
judgment. The Land belongs to God
Re- and He gave it to Israel. One
member can even see the engraving of
the phrase the name of God (HVHY), just


above Bethel (see photo, left),
where Jacob laid his head and
saw that vision of a stairway to
heaven in the region we now call
the West Bank. This very area I
am talking about is what we are
now in the process of cutting up
and giving away.
I am also reminded of Jeru-
salem, where the city itself is laid
out in the form of the Hebrew
letter SHIN, with the Kidron,
Tyropoeon, and Hinnom Val-
leys, with both Mount Zion and refer to as the end times, Israel is
Mount of Olives in the middle standing ALONE! NOTES
and in the eastern side (see map,
FOR STUDY
Even the U.S. will walk away
right). and no longer stand or support D efe n s i b l e B o rd e rs ?
h t t p : / / w w w. y o u -
The SHIN is the letter Israel. I fear we are seeing the tube.com/user/
that is found on the mezuzahs beginnings of that. shaharclips#p/a/u/0/
k2hZ6SlSqq0
and phylacteries, which stand My response is to call those
for SHADDAI, translated the who have ears to hear to take a http://www.youtube.
“Guardian of the Gates.” The stand and say Lord, if at all pos- com/watch?v=k2hZ6
SlSqq0&feature=yout
SHIN, like the YHWH, is sible, “Not on my watch!” I will ube_gdata_player
etched in the land itself! I just not be silent. I will stand in the
One State Solution -
wonder what God’s views are gap. I will scale the walls and http://www.youtube.
about giving all of this away? See com/watch?v=uIEeiDj
sound the shofar because of what
dUuU
Joel 3! I see on the horizon. I will pray
Now I know that in the end SHIN -
for the peace of Jerusalem!
http://www.returnto-
these events are inevitable. My When the books are opened I god.com/jerusalem/
Israeli friends who are Believ- valleys.htm
want my name listed among those
ers have pointed out to me very who took a stand for Israel … How
clearly that when we enter into about you? ♦
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>>>BIBLE

THE SECRETSPIRITUAL GROWTH
Over the many decades that I have enjoyed my love affair with the
Bible, I have had the marvelous benefit of many great teachers. I’ve also
had the incredible experience of fellowshipping in one of the most famous
churches emphasizing expositional teaching from the Word of God. But I
would like to let you in on a precious secret.
Unquestionably, the great- sulting questions were responded
est personal spiritual growth I’ve to in small groups in homes and by C h u c k Mi s s l e r
ever witnessed occurs in the on hillsides. Pr e s i d e n t / Fo u n d e r
of Koinonia Institute
home Bible study. Groups meeting in houses
After a distinguished mili-
From those early years on were the original recipients of the tary career and more than
Harbor Island Road in Newport Gospel.1 Even the famed giving 30 very successful years
in the corporate business
Beach, to those precious times of the Spirit at Pentecost was in a environment, Chuck was
on Mountain Home Road in house.2 Clearly, the early Chris- led to pursue a life-long en-
deavor of teaching the Bible
Silicon Valley, the fellowship of tians met in homes. (Check out on a full-time basis. He
those intimate home groups, Acts 2:46; 5:42; 8:3; 9:11; 12:12; founded Koinonia House,
an organization devoted to
where people can interact, ask 16:40; 18:7; 20:20; 21:8; Rom encouraging people to study
questions, and hold one another 16:5; 1 Cor 16:19; Col 4:15; 1 the Bible. He also founded
Koinonia Institute to enable
accountable, was the place of Tim 5:13-14; and Phile 1:2).3 people to have a Kingdom
growth for all of us—teacher and (When effect on the world today.

student. you visit the
This was, of course, the way remains of
it all started. A group of only a Peter’s home
dozen—fishermen and others— in Caper-
along a seaside in Galilee. naum, you
Even later as Paul traveled can trace
and planted, it was the intimacy the gradual
of home fellowships that pro- additions
vided the earliest forums for the in its tran-
Gospel. The declarations in the sitions
synagogues and on Mars Hill from a
were but an initiation. Their re- modest MORE INFO


home to a larger meeting place. church. (I use the term here in
There now exists a modern struc- the vernacular sense: actually, the
ture suspended over the original “churches” are meeting in the
ruins so as to not disturb the ar- homes! An elder once reported
chaeological site.) to his pastor, “They are chewing
As I travel, both in the gum in the sanctuary!” The pas-

Groups
meeting in
houses were
the original
recipients of
United States and especially tor corrected him, “No, the sanc-
the Gospel. abroad, I sense that the emer- tuaries are chewing gum!”)
Even the gence of home fellowship groups In other cases, the gather-
famed giving are, again, among the most ings are a response to a lack of
of the Spirit exciting—and spiritually produc- teaching, or other opportunities
at Pentecost tive—phenomena on the planet to participate.
was in a Earth. They can be a symptom of a
shortfall in opportunities of vari-
house. Controversial ous kinds. In many cases they
And these groups take are, tragically, a form of rebellion
many forms and styles. Some are or rejection of traditional styles of
healthy, intimate fellowships to “church.”
be encouraged. Some are spon- Cozy
sored and supervised by a local There are, obviously, many


that find the excitement of a materials. We generally fail to ful-
“Mega-Church” environment ly appreciate the role Gutenberg’s
irresistible. The quality of the movable type played in printing If you
music and other accoutrements technology and its role in reliev-
are not pres-
can be very uplifting, and the ex- ing the darkness of the medieval
posure to a nationally recognized period!
ently in a
leadership can be truly inspiring. The combination of infor- small, weekly
There are others, however, mation appliances and the avail- Bible study
who find the mere size of such ability of the Internet is also ush- group, I
an organization intimidating and ering in a comparable revolution strongly en-
seek a more personal opportu- in our times. Today I travel with courage you
nity to participate and grow in. more volumes in my laptop than
to find one
Many of the larger organizations populate many seminary librar-
also foster and nurture small ies—and they are in a machine-
and give it a
groups (often called “cells”) dur- readable form that I can search in try.
ing the week to respond to just seconds.
such needs. (In fact, I carry eight dif-
Some pastors tend to dis- ferent Bibles, as well as Hebrew
courage the formation of home and Greek concordances, several
study groups for a variety of dictionaries, and commentaries in
reasons—some valid and some my phone! )
questionable. But like it or not, With the Internet, one
this is unquestionably the tide of can find out practically anything
the times. It was the principal about anything, if they know
phenomenon of the 1st century how. The resources now available
and it appears to be one in the are truly astonishing, and are im-
21st century as well! proving daily.
One of the many implica-
Contrast of Resources tions of our current environ-
Of course, the early church ment—in contrast to that of
was constrained geographically the past—is that technology has
by the limitations of foot travel, favored the decentralization of
and also by the lack of printed information and resources, and


that has remarkably improved the come over for some refreshments
NOTES
FOR STUDY opportunities for “equipping the and discussion. Play it and solicit
saints!” reactions. More often than not,
1. Cf. Matthew 10:14; But that still leaves the this will initiate a continuing
Luke 10:5, 7; Acts
10:22, 30; 16:15, 32.
discoveries, the personal develop- series.
2. Acts 2:2. ment, and the accountability in Or pick out a manageable
3. The caution in 2 John
1:10, against hospital-
face-to-face interactions in small group of studies to explore and
ity to false teachers, groups, whatever the labels or discuss together: Prophecy 101
is specific to the ad-
dressee of this letter:
contexts. consists of four one-hour seg-
Mary, the mother of ments that could lend itself to
our Lord.
A Challenge such an initial group.
If you are not presently in a Many are using our Learn
small, weekly Bible study group, the Bible in 24 Hours for a more
I strongly encourage you to find ambitious series of gatherings. An
one and give it a try. You may hour of presentation can easily
be in for a truly life-changing be followed by some discussion.
surprise. There are probably Workbooks are available, with sug-
many different styles within your gested discussion questions, study
current orbit and one of them is questions, and research projects.
likely to “fit.” Or simply take a book of the
(Some may be geographi- Bible and explore it together, a
cally within your neighborhood. chapter a week, and watch what
Some may be groups of your happens! God always rewards the
professional peers at a greater diligent. Again, presentation ma-
distance. “Different strokes for terials and comprehensive study
different folks.”) workbooks are available—see the
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>>>KING’S HWY THE TENVIRGINSPART 3

This is our third article on the Parable of the Ten Virgins in Matthew
25. It’s part of an ongoing survey of our book The Kingdom, Power and
Glory. As we said in our last issue, this parable is very controversial and
many see it quite differently than we do, so be sure to use Acts 17:11 as
you read:

These were more noble than Be open to receive, but always
by Nancy Missler
those in Thessalonica, in that check it out. Director/Founder of
they received the Word with Fear and Condemnation King’s High Way

all readiness of mind, and Before we go any further on Nancy Missler has published
[then] searched the Scriptures the subject of the “ten virgins,” four studies: The Way of
Agape, Be Ye Transformed,
daily, [to see] whether those we want you to be aware of some- Faith in the Night Seasons,
things were so. thing very important. and her latest, The
Kingdom, Power & Glory.
Acts 17:11 The enemy hates this mes- In addition to these popular
sage of “overcoming.” He hates it studies she also has published
six Plain and Simple Series
Notice here that the Bere- more than any other subject be- books, as well as two In His
ans were “more noble than those cause it reveals his total inability Likeness Series books. These
materials are the result of
in Thessalonica.” Why? Be- to defeat Christ. Therefore, he is over 30 years of research
cause, first of all, “they received going to try everything he can to and are being taught all
across the United States and
the Word with all readiness of put fear and condemnation upon Canada, as well as Europe,
us as we read and study this ma- Australia, New Zealand,
mind.” In other words, they Africa, and the Far East.
were “open” to new ideas. But terial. His goal is the destruction
Nancy has been married
then, they “searched the Scrip- of all doctrine surrounding the for over 50 years to Chuck
future Kingdom of Heaven. Missler. They are the parents
tures daily, to see whether those of four grown children, one
new things were so.” They If fear is something you of whom has gone to be
struggle with, first recognize with the Lord, and seven
always checked everything out grandchildren.
with the Word. where the negative feelings are
This is exactly what we are coming from and realize they are
to do with new concepts and not from God. There’s a big dif-
ideas about the Word of God. ference between conviction, which
is from the Lord’s Love and will

ultimately draw we are able to overcome and the
us closer to Him means by which we can become
(John 16:8), and faithful. Overcomers are not per-
condemnation fect by any means. They simply
(guilt, reproach, are the ones who recognize their
accusations), choices and know what to do.
which comes So, don’t let the enemy get to you
from the enemy by fear and feed you lies. This
and will push material is too important!
us further away
The Foolish Virgins Were
from the Lord.
Not Prepared
Romans 8:1 as-
If you haven’t already read
sures us that “there is therefore,
the Parable of the Ten Virgins,
no condemnation to them which
you might want to do so now
are in Christ Jesus.”
“If we Scripture tells us that “Love
(Matthew 25:1-13). Then, you
will be able to follow along with
confess our casts out all fear” (1 John 4:18).
what we are sharing a lot more
sins, He Therefore, knowing that God loves
easily.
is faithful us needs to be the foundation upon
Because these five “foolish”
and just to which any new Biblical truth is
virgins were not prepared for the
built (Jeremiah 31:3).
forgive us long wait until the bridegroom
As far as God is concerned,
our sins and it doesn’t matter how badly we’ve
came, they ran out of oil. This

to cleanse blown it in the past; it doesn’t
simply means they hadn’t re-filled
their lamps. Proverbs 20:27 says,
us...” matter what horrible things we’ve
“The spirit of a man is the lamp
done; and it doesn’t matter how
of the Lord.”
many times we’ve failed.
The lamps of our human
That’s what 1 John 1:9 is all
spirits are not meant to burn out;
about: “If we confess our sins, He
they are designed to run forever
is faithful and just to forgive us our
by continually being re-filled and
sins and to cleanse us from all un-
refueled by the Holy Spirit. That
righteousness.”
extra portion of oil is something
This is the basis of how
only the individual believer can

More Than Human - Personal Update Magazine - August 2011

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