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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 415
described in the Bible’s book of Revelation.
In 2005 the U.S. military began making moves toward a one-word religion by restricting
military chaplains rights to pray. In August the Air Force instituted “service-wide guidelines
discouraging public prayer.... The guidelines adopted Aug. 29 stated that public prayer should
not be included in events such as staff meetings, classes or other officially sanctioned
activities.”
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it is not prayer specifically that is under attack but more specifically Christian
prayer that mentions the name of Jesus. The Washington Times reported that Rep. Walter Jones
(R-N.C.) had a letter “from one Army chaplain who said it was made clear in his chaplain
training course that it is offensive and against Army policy to publicly pray in the name of Jesus,
and he later was rebuked for doing so.” The Times further reported that “Mr. Jones cited similar
complaints from the Marine Corps and Navy.”
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Rep. Jones and several other members of
Congress presented President Bush with a petition asking him to overrule the new policy by
executive order. The Montana News Association summed up the situation best; they wrote:
Buckling under years of pressure form human secularists and court cases
brought by anti-American entities such as the American Civil Liberties Union, the
federal government, under the leadership of President George W. Bush, is taking
a slow, but steady turn toward a one world religion. The movement is subtle, but
evident nonetheless. The past five years, the President has hosted Ramadan
banquets for Islam at the White House. During those state dinners, he has
reaffirmed some of his campaign remarks about God—that all people worship the
same god, they just have different ways to come to him. We as Christians know,
what our Christian president should know, that this is not true and never has been
true.
Nevertheless, the slow, but steady change toward a one world religion has
taken root in the U.S. government. Chaplains in the military have complained to
Congressmen that they are no longer allowed to pray in the name of Jesus Christ.
North Carolina Republican Congressman Walter Jones told reporters that one
such Chaplain said he often went back to his office, got on his knees and prayed
to God for forgiveness because he was not allowed to mention the name of Jesus
in his services. Several other Christian Congressmen echoed Jones’ comments
and called on the President to restore the Constitutional rights of chaplains to
speak freely and pray freely.
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