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		By: Deborah (Discerning the World)		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2015 10:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/12/11/stop-comparing-nelson-mandela-jesus/#comment-444384&quot;&gt;YvZ&lt;/a&gt;.

YvZ

&gt;&gt;  By the way, why don’t our whole country rather pray to the REAL Jesus of the Bible for 67 minute,

If that ever happens I will wonder &#039;what&#039; Jesus they are referring to.  It&#039;s the same at the &#039;god&#039; they refer to when they sing our national anthem: Nkosi Sikelel&#039; iAfrika &#039;God Bless Africa&#039;. Without Jesus Christ that &#039;god&#039; is non other than Satan.  When I speak to people I get told that the ANC are not evil because they would never have a national anthem that mentions God if they were...errr L O L.]]></description>
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<p>YvZ</p>
<p>>>  By the way, why don’t our whole country rather pray to the REAL Jesus of the Bible for 67 minute,</p>
<p>If that ever happens I will wonder &#8216;what&#8217; Jesus they are referring to.  It&#8217;s the same at the &#8216;god&#8217; they refer to when they sing our national anthem: Nkosi Sikelel&#8217; iAfrika &#8216;God Bless Africa&#8217;. Without Jesus Christ that &#8216;god&#8217; is non other than Satan.  When I speak to people I get told that the ANC are not evil because they would never have a national anthem that mentions God if they were&#8230;errr L O L.</p>
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		By: Deborah (Discerning the World)		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2015 10:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/12/11/stop-comparing-nelson-mandela-jesus/#comment-444384&quot;&gt;YvZ&lt;/a&gt;.

YvZ

&gt;&gt;  I also watched a video regarding his funeral, which states that it was a Satanic sacrifice, hence the fake interpreter, who was apparently throwing out satanic signs. Not sure if it is entirely true,

Not sure this is true either... I honestly just think the interpreter was a con-man conning the con-men.]]></description>
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<p>YvZ</p>
<p>>>  I also watched a video regarding his funeral, which states that it was a Satanic sacrifice, hence the fake interpreter, who was apparently throwing out satanic signs. Not sure if it is entirely true,</p>
<p>Not sure this is true either&#8230; I honestly just think the interpreter was a con-man conning the con-men.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2015 09:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I know this article is quite a while ago, but bravo! It is a much needed article. The whole idolisation of Nelson Mandela makes me sick.  And I don&#039;t think it is going to end any time soon.  

Point is, the man was a Freemason (as is the ALL the leaders in this country) and part of the elite of this world.  I also watched a video regarding his funeral, which states that it was a Satanic sacrifice, hence the fake interpreter, who was apparently throwing out satanic signs.  Not sure if it is entirely true, but what are the chances that they would get a phony interpreter for the &#039;Jesus&#039; of our country lol... 

By the way, why don&#039;t our whole country rather pray to the REAL Jesus of the Bible for 67 minute, instead of bringing honour to Mandela every year???  Maybe that will turn things around...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know this article is quite a while ago, but bravo! It is a much needed article. The whole idolisation of Nelson Mandela makes me sick.  And I don&#8217;t think it is going to end any time soon.  </p>
<p>Point is, the man was a Freemason (as is the ALL the leaders in this country) and part of the elite of this world.  I also watched a video regarding his funeral, which states that it was a Satanic sacrifice, hence the fake interpreter, who was apparently throwing out satanic signs.  Not sure if it is entirely true, but what are the chances that they would get a phony interpreter for the &#8216;Jesus&#8217; of our country lol&#8230; </p>
<p>By the way, why don&#8217;t our whole country rather pray to the REAL Jesus of the Bible for 67 minute, instead of bringing honour to Mandela every year???  Maybe that will turn things around&#8230;</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2014 08:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/12/11/stop-comparing-nelson-mandela-jesus/#comment-285834&quot;&gt;Martin Horan&lt;/a&gt;.

Strangely enough I came across a website this morning that is anti-Eternal Security (they have me listed on there as a heretic lol) and they list Cathy Burns as someone who is pro Eternal Security.  Hmmm.]]></description>
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<p>Strangely enough I came across a website this morning that is anti-Eternal Security (they have me listed on there as a heretic lol) and they list Cathy Burns as someone who is pro Eternal Security.  Hmmm.</p>
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		By: Martin Horan		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2014 23:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dan, I appreciate your statement. I haven&#039;t read the book &quot;Secure in Christ&quot; and hadn&#039;t even heard of it till now. But would like to read it as I&#039;ve read reviews that take things in books out of context. I didn&#039;t know that Cathy Burns did not believe in Eternal Security. Actually, the title of her book would make me think that she did. But you&#039;re correct: If she did not believe in it but that we must walk in holiness to be secure then that would be a gospel of works and we would indeed all be in serious trouble. I must try and read her book to see if indeed she does believe that. And thank you for pointing it out.
But, as Debs correcty states her points are all still credible. All of the ones she made about Graham and Mandela are  facts that can be checked and are therefore true.
Thanks for your comments too, Debs, and for allowing ours to be in print. Also, a quick thanks to Jean for informing us on a few other things I didn&#039;t know about Mandela.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dan, I appreciate your statement. I haven&#8217;t read the book &#8220;Secure in Christ&#8221; and hadn&#8217;t even heard of it till now. But would like to read it as I&#8217;ve read reviews that take things in books out of context. I didn&#8217;t know that Cathy Burns did not believe in Eternal Security. Actually, the title of her book would make me think that she did. But you&#8217;re correct: If she did not believe in it but that we must walk in holiness to be secure then that would be a gospel of works and we would indeed all be in serious trouble. I must try and read her book to see if indeed she does believe that. And thank you for pointing it out.<br />
But, as Debs correcty states her points are all still credible. All of the ones she made about Graham and Mandela are  facts that can be checked and are therefore true.<br />
Thanks for your comments too, Debs, and for allowing ours to be in print. Also, a quick thanks to Jean for informing us on a few other things I didn&#8217;t know about Mandela.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2014 19:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I believe that your witness speaks to this world and it will display your faith.
When looking at Mandela&#039;s witness I see the following:
 - Abortion law approved and signed into being by Mandela
 - New Film and entertainment law allowing pornography approved and signed by Mandela
 - Honoring Muslim, Hindu and Christian faiths together 
 . . . etc

He also wrote in his final Will that he wants to be buried according to the ataThembu custom.

Wow, great witness  . . .
Now for another interesting tidbit. Apart from being a Free-mason (he was officially inaugurated into Masonry at the Cape of Good Hope Lodge 2 weeks after his Victor Verster release), he was also still influenced by his connection the the Animist faith.

The following exert comes from the Eye-on-faith website:

Although Nelson Mandela had been associated with Christianity during various periods of his life – he, like many other South Africans, also remained connected with the traditional animist beliefs of his people.
Xola Potelwa of Reuters reports that Mandela &quot;will be laid to rest on Sunday in an elaborate ceremony combining a state funeral and all its military pomp with the traditional burial rituals of his Xhosa clan…&quot;
These latter rituals include those that will welcome Mandela into &quot;the world of ancestors.&quot;  
They are also meant to insure that his spirit will be at peace.
Mandela&#039;s ataThembu (aka &quot;Tembu&quot;) people, whose ancestral land is on the Eastern Cape about 500 miles south of Johannesburg, will perform &quot;salutations to the dead&quot; for Mandela.  
They will slaughter oxen as part of the funeral rites, and &quot;wash the spades&quot; (that were used to dig his grave) a week after the burial.
http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/2013/12/mandelas-ancestral-funeral-rites.html

A man who for many embodied the Christian values of forgiveness, Mandela was the product of Xhosa traditional upbringing and Methodist schooling.
In his autobiography ‘Long Walk to Freedom,’ Mandela spoke approvingly of the Xhosa rituals which his mother, a convert to the Methodist faith, resisted but his father followed, presiding over slaughter rituals and other traditional rites.

Now we all know what God say&#039;s about mixed seed.... it and it&#039;s harvest/fruit is not suitable/acceptable to God.
 
No, thank you, Mandela is not my savior . . .]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I believe that your witness speaks to this world and it will display your faith.<br />
When looking at Mandela&#8217;s witness I see the following:<br />
 &#8211; Abortion law approved and signed into being by Mandela<br />
 &#8211; New Film and entertainment law allowing pornography approved and signed by Mandela<br />
 &#8211; Honoring Muslim, Hindu and Christian faiths together<br />
 . . . etc</p>
<p>He also wrote in his final Will that he wants to be buried according to the ataThembu custom.</p>
<p>Wow, great witness  . . .<br />
Now for another interesting tidbit. Apart from being a Free-mason (he was officially inaugurated into Masonry at the Cape of Good Hope Lodge 2 weeks after his Victor Verster release), he was also still influenced by his connection the the Animist faith.</p>
<p>The following exert comes from the Eye-on-faith website:</p>
<p>Although Nelson Mandela had been associated with Christianity during various periods of his life – he, like many other South Africans, also remained connected with the traditional animist beliefs of his people.<br />
Xola Potelwa of Reuters reports that Mandela &#8220;will be laid to rest on Sunday in an elaborate ceremony combining a state funeral and all its military pomp with the traditional burial rituals of his Xhosa clan…&#8221;<br />
These latter rituals include those that will welcome Mandela into &#8220;the world of ancestors.&#8221;<br />
They are also meant to insure that his spirit will be at peace.<br />
Mandela&#8217;s ataThembu (aka &#8220;Tembu&#8221;) people, whose ancestral land is on the Eastern Cape about 500 miles south of Johannesburg, will perform &#8220;salutations to the dead&#8221; for Mandela.<br />
They will slaughter oxen as part of the funeral rites, and &#8220;wash the spades&#8221; (that were used to dig his grave) a week after the burial.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/2013/12/mandelas-ancestral-funeral-rites.html"  rel="nofollow ugc">http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/2013/12/mandelas-ancestral-funeral-rites.html</a></p>
<p>A man who for many embodied the Christian values of forgiveness, Mandela was the product of Xhosa traditional upbringing and Methodist schooling.<br />
In his autobiography ‘Long Walk to Freedom,’ Mandela spoke approvingly of the Xhosa rituals which his mother, a convert to the Methodist faith, resisted but his father followed, presiding over slaughter rituals and other traditional rites.</p>
<p>Now we all know what God say&#8217;s about mixed seed&#8230;. it and it&#8217;s harvest/fruit is not suitable/acceptable to God.</p>
<p>No, thank you, Mandela is not my savior . . .</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2014 08:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/12/11/stop-comparing-nelson-mandela-jesus/#comment-285094&quot;&gt;Dan&lt;/a&gt;.

Dan

You are right, Cathy Burns does not believe in Eternal Security therefore has to make sure she is 100% holy in order to make it into heaven.  The snag is no one is holy, we are all sinners and sin daily.  It&#039;s the Holy Spirit that keeps us and chastises us to repent and He seals us that we can be assured that we will enter heaven.

Having said that, her facts in her book are still credible, but thank you for spotting that!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/12/11/stop-comparing-nelson-mandela-jesus/#comment-285094" >Dan</a>.</p>
<p>Dan</p>
<p>You are right, Cathy Burns does not believe in Eternal Security therefore has to make sure she is 100% holy in order to make it into heaven.  The snag is no one is holy, we are all sinners and sin daily.  It&#8217;s the Holy Spirit that keeps us and chastises us to repent and He seals us that we can be assured that we will enter heaven.</p>
<p>Having said that, her facts in her book are still credible, but thank you for spotting that!</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2014 08:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Martin, that is a very insightful comment. I looked at Dr Cathy Burn&#039;s book on Billy Graham online. Something else caught my eye, her book called: Secure in Christ. Here is a quote from a review: &quot;Secure in Christ cites approximately 1,000 King James scripture references which plainly show that a Christian must walk in holiness before the Lord in order to be assured of heaven&quot;. Wouldn&#039;t this be a gospel of works if that is indeed the case? I think if it&#039;s our walk that gets us in heaven, then we&#039;re all in serious trouble.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Martin, that is a very insightful comment. I looked at Dr Cathy Burn&#8217;s book on Billy Graham online. Something else caught my eye, her book called: Secure in Christ. Here is a quote from a review: &#8220;Secure in Christ cites approximately 1,000 King James scripture references which plainly show that a Christian must walk in holiness before the Lord in order to be assured of heaven&#8221;. Wouldn&#8217;t this be a gospel of works if that is indeed the case? I think if it&#8217;s our walk that gets us in heaven, then we&#8217;re all in serious trouble.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2014 14:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/12/11/stop-comparing-nelson-mandela-jesus/#comment-285007&quot;&gt;Martin Horan&lt;/a&gt;.

Amazing comment Martin, thank you for your insights.]]></description>
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<p>Amazing comment Martin, thank you for your insights.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2014 13:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[De Klerk&#039;s Freemasonry does not surprise me, Debs. 
An excellent book by Dr Cathy Burns, called &quot;Billy Graham and His Friends&quot; deals with Freemasons in high places. (&quot;Beyond the Brotherhood&quot; by Martin Short, a secular writer is another excellent expose of Masonry.) Dr Burns&#039; book, though, is particularly aimed at Christian readers.
In BG &#038; F she aims at Graham&#039;s Masonic, Catholic and other connections, with which Graham is fully in league. 
She deals with Mandela in pages 112, 231, 232, 233, 390. The book was first published in 2001 showing that there was a lot of knowledge around for those whose eyes were open enough to accept it. Dr Burns gives details of all her sources and sticks tightly to facts and logic. 
She compares Mandela&#039;s actual beliefs and actions to what the media was telling us and they are poles apart.
Sadly, too many Christians go to the media rather than God&#039;s word for much of their beliefs. They don&#039;t even see the contradictions and think we have much to learn from this world and doing so make gods of men. And they get very upset when their little gods like Mandela, Graham and the like are as much as questioned, let alone exposed for what they are.
A friend told me that he never read books about the Bible but only sticks to the Bible per se. Yet he claimed that Mandela and Tutu were &quot;Good men.&quot; So much for only reading the Bible! The gentleman in question didn&#039;t seem to take much stock by Jeremiah 17:9. I mentioned Dr Burns&#039; book to another Christian who told me she didn&#039;t want to hear about it. Her great god Graham&#039;s integrity was not to be doubted.
We have to wonder: have such folk never heard of 1 Thessalonians 5:21 and 1 John 4:1? To my mind these are among the most liberating statements in the Bible. You could say they are the Christian&#039;s Magna Carta! 
If people followed those Scriptures they would not have little gods. They would only have the ONE God!
It can be very depressing to think that people actually want to be ignorant.
Mandela was a very flawed man. Like his friend Tutu, he backed Arab terror against Israel. Why not? Arab terrorists backed Mandela--and found Tutu to be a useful tool/fool. Also, Mandela never renounced his communism. He was often seen giving the clenched fist salute, even as a so-called world leader. Cathy Burns shows in the above book how many of the communist world&#039;s leaders extolled him.
We are all flawed, of course, but at least those of us who are Christians know--or should know--that we are and that we constantly need Jesus Christ to bring us to perfection. We also ought to be aware of our enemies and their strategies, for they are ultimately the labourers for Satan. The devil loves darkness and deception so we should not be surprised when we see the rulers of this world work in darkness and subterfuge. Indeed, we should expect it. That&#039;s why all nations have espionage. Yet, we have professing Christians who refuse to accept what should be obvious.
The fact that Mandela was a politician shows that he was not only a liar but a professional one. I am not singling out Mandela with that label. For the life of me I cannot think of a single politician anywhere who is not a professional liar. If there are any who are not, what on earth are they doing in politics? All politics funtion on lies. They have to because the represent this world and true Christians know who the god of this world is [2 Cor 4:4]. 
A lad,y with whom I corresponded on line, cut off all contact with me because I tried to explain how George W. Bush was not a man of God. And till then I was convinced that she was a genuine Christian. Other &quot;Christian&quot; correspondents agreed with her views that Bush was a man of God. That&#039;s in spite of the fact that he has openly admitted that he was a member of Skull &#038; Bones.
This world is going down and politicians who think they can stop it are no different from those who built the Tower of Babel.
Mandela and de Klerk were aiming at the same thing: building worldly kingdoms. And we have the Catholics, Calvinists and various kinds of Dominionists (all masquerading as Christians) involved in the same game.
Jesus did not come to bring peace, but a sword. He said so [Matt 10:34; Luke 12:51]. But until He comes there will be no peace because it is He Who will bring it. Anti-Christ will destroy many by peace [Dan 8:25]. He&#039;s the antithesis of Christ, promising peace but bringing destruction.
Churchians who think they are Christians need to understand these things. If they follow those who cry &quot;Peace, peace, when there is no peace&quot; [Jer 6:14; 8:11] then they are following those inspired by the god of this world.
Mandela was a shining example of one of those people. So was de Klerk, as his Masonry shows. 
Masonry states that all paths lead to God. That says it all.
Scripture teaches clearly that there is only one path to God. Jesus Himself made that clear [Matt 7:13-14; John 14:6]. Jesus was not an ecumenist. All Masons are. So are most mainline churches. Small wonder that so many Masons are church attenders.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>De Klerk&#8217;s Freemasonry does not surprise me, Debs.<br />
An excellent book by Dr Cathy Burns, called &#8220;Billy Graham and His Friends&#8221; deals with Freemasons in high places. (&#8220;Beyond the Brotherhood&#8221; by Martin Short, a secular writer is another excellent expose of Masonry.) Dr Burns&#8217; book, though, is particularly aimed at Christian readers.<br />
In BG &amp; F she aims at Graham&#8217;s Masonic, Catholic and other connections, with which Graham is fully in league.<br />
She deals with Mandela in pages 112, 231, 232, 233, 390. The book was first published in 2001 showing that there was a lot of knowledge around for those whose eyes were open enough to accept it. Dr Burns gives details of all her sources and sticks tightly to facts and logic.<br />
She compares Mandela&#8217;s actual beliefs and actions to what the media was telling us and they are poles apart.<br />
Sadly, too many Christians go to the media rather than God&#8217;s word for much of their beliefs. They don&#8217;t even see the contradictions and think we have much to learn from this world and doing so make gods of men. And they get very upset when their little gods like Mandela, Graham and the like are as much as questioned, let alone exposed for what they are.<br />
A friend told me that he never read books about the Bible but only sticks to the Bible per se. Yet he claimed that Mandela and Tutu were &#8220;Good men.&#8221; So much for only reading the Bible! The gentleman in question didn&#8217;t seem to take much stock by Jeremiah 17:9. I mentioned Dr Burns&#8217; book to another Christian who told me she didn&#8217;t want to hear about it. Her great god Graham&#8217;s integrity was not to be doubted.<br />
We have to wonder: have such folk never heard of 1 Thessalonians 5:21 and 1 John 4:1? To my mind these are among the most liberating statements in the Bible. You could say they are the Christian&#8217;s Magna Carta!<br />
If people followed those Scriptures they would not have little gods. They would only have the ONE God!<br />
It can be very depressing to think that people actually want to be ignorant.<br />
Mandela was a very flawed man. Like his friend Tutu, he backed Arab terror against Israel. Why not? Arab terrorists backed Mandela&#8211;and found Tutu to be a useful tool/fool. Also, Mandela never renounced his communism. He was often seen giving the clenched fist salute, even as a so-called world leader. Cathy Burns shows in the above book how many of the communist world&#8217;s leaders extolled him.<br />
We are all flawed, of course, but at least those of us who are Christians know&#8211;or should know&#8211;that we are and that we constantly need Jesus Christ to bring us to perfection. We also ought to be aware of our enemies and their strategies, for they are ultimately the labourers for Satan. The devil loves darkness and deception so we should not be surprised when we see the rulers of this world work in darkness and subterfuge. Indeed, we should expect it. That&#8217;s why all nations have espionage. Yet, we have professing Christians who refuse to accept what should be obvious.<br />
The fact that Mandela was a politician shows that he was not only a liar but a professional one. I am not singling out Mandela with that label. For the life of me I cannot think of a single politician anywhere who is not a professional liar. If there are any who are not, what on earth are they doing in politics? All politics funtion on lies. They have to because the represent this world and true Christians know who the god of this world is [2 Cor 4:4].<br />
A lad,y with whom I corresponded on line, cut off all contact with me because I tried to explain how George W. Bush was not a man of God. And till then I was convinced that she was a genuine Christian. Other &#8220;Christian&#8221; correspondents agreed with her views that Bush was a man of God. That&#8217;s in spite of the fact that he has openly admitted that he was a member of Skull &amp; Bones.<br />
This world is going down and politicians who think they can stop it are no different from those who built the Tower of Babel.<br />
Mandela and de Klerk were aiming at the same thing: building worldly kingdoms. And we have the Catholics, Calvinists and various kinds of Dominionists (all masquerading as Christians) involved in the same game.<br />
Jesus did not come to bring peace, but a sword. He said so [Matt 10:34; Luke 12:51]. But until He comes there will be no peace because it is He Who will bring it. Anti-Christ will destroy many by peace [Dan 8:25]. He&#8217;s the antithesis of Christ, promising peace but bringing destruction.<br />
Churchians who think they are Christians need to understand these things. If they follow those who cry &#8220;Peace, peace, when there is no peace&#8221; [Jer 6:14; 8:11] then they are following those inspired by the god of this world.<br />
Mandela was a shining example of one of those people. So was de Klerk, as his Masonry shows.<br />
Masonry states that all paths lead to God. That says it all.<br />
Scripture teaches clearly that there is only one path to God. Jesus Himself made that clear [Matt 7:13-14; John 14:6]. Jesus was not an ecumenist. All Masons are. So are most mainline churches. Small wonder that so many Masons are church attenders.</p>
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