The First Question --- Finally Answered?

 By Anna Von Reitz

In my life there have been many unanswered questions.  Let me give you an example. 

My Grandmother had a stereoscope, which was a strange viewing apparatus that used postcard-like printed paper photographs that featured two identical images of the same thing, one on the right side of the card, one on the left.  When you peered through the eyepiece at this strange card, it made the photographs appear to be in 3D.  The tiny amount of offset between the eyes and the two photographs introduced the illusion of another dimension being present. 

I spent many hours pouring through her collection of stereoscope cards.  

There were cards from all around the world, everywhere and every subject you could think of. 

In this way, I visited the Amorite Hill Country north of Jerusalem and saw the homes of the giants who once lived there. I visited Saudi Arabia and the Bedouin Tribes of North Africa as they appeared more than a century ago.  I traveled with Baron von St. Pauli on his difficult and dangerous expeditions to collect rare plants from around the world.  I went to Cuba, and visited a cigar factory in Havana. 

And of course, I visited the world's great cathedrals and saw the Sphinx up close and personal, the Great Pyramid, and so much more.  

My Grandmother was content to let me rummage to my heart's delight.  In her view, I was getting my Grand Tour early in life, and inexpensively, too.  

"About all you are missing is Australia and Greenland."  she'd say.   And that was quite true.  I went to the World Fairs.  I walked the Boardwalk on the New Jersey Shore.  I visited Russia, Finland and Sweden.  I saw Reindeer in Siberia.  I attended a Mayan Sun Ceremony and walked the beach at Waikiki. I shared the view from the top of the Empire State Building. 

I was completely happy.  What a world!  What a place to explore!  I would dive into the boxes of stereoscope photos on a dull Sunday afternoon and not emerge until nightfall and primitive electric light sources made viewing less pleasant.  For the most part, I loved this "toy" from the Nineteenth Century and saw no reason for Disney.  

What could bright colored talking mice offer compared to the black and white glories of St. Petersburg?  

So my easy and happy familiarity with the world I lived in was founded on photographs, mostly black and white, and then, all I needed was an Atlas to help locate the sources of all these photos, which my Father happily provided, along with access to his collection of classical music. 

My Mother sniffed and let me play her Country Western records, too.  

It was, all in all, a great introduction to the world we live in, bolstered by my Mother's willingness to provide her version of the world's great culinary classics.  She had to raise her own eggplants to do it, but we had Eggplant Parmigiana, we had Greek Souvlaki, we had Chocolate Gateau and Egg Rolls and Flan.  Every Sunday she was apt to do her own Julia Child imitation and try something new, from some other corner of the world. 

But, while all these memories are abundantly and uniformly happy, there was something I noticed back then about some of the photos that seemed odd.  These were usually what we would call panoramic photos or landscape photos that encompassed a very expansive view of the subject --- say, Westminster or St. Peter's Basilica or the center of St. Petersburg --- and yet, there were no people visible in these photos at all.  

Say what?  Not even a horse and cart?   

I used to wonder how they accomplished that pristine view of the buildings and streets without also capturing images of all the thousands of human inhabitants.  Everyone in St. Petersburg decided to stay home en masse, so our photographer had his big chance?  Milwaukee empted out for the photo op?  

That part of it never made sense, and there were quite a few photos like this in my Grandmother's collection, all showing these beautiful buildings and exotic places, but all of them devoid of people.  This eerie --- and inexplicable --- emptiness haunted my dreams.  I would mentally go visit all of these places, but always alone.  The grand museums, churches and government buildings were all empty. How? Why? 

I always wondered.  I even asked the adults.  My Grandmother wrinkled her nose, paused a moment, looked at me sharply, but ultimately shrugged.  She didn't know, either.  

It's some comfort to know, all these years later, that I wasn't alone in wondering about this odd phenomenon.  Please take the time to watch this video and at least consider some of the questions it raises and information it provides. Apparently, I wasn't the only one spooked by the "empty photographs".  

https://beforeitsnews.com/paranormal/2022/01/lost-history-of-flat-earth-1-7-by-ewaranon-2555991.html 

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Second Sunday After Epiphany

 Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffine's

The Church's Year

In the Introit of this day's Mass the Church calls upon all creatures to thank God for the Incarnation of His only-begotten Son.

INTROIT Let all the earth adore Thee, O God and sing to Thee: let it sing a psalm to Thy name (Ps. 65:4). Shout with joy to God all the earth, sing ye a psalm to His name: give glory to His praise (Ps. 65:1-2). Glory be to the Father.

COLLECT Almighty and eternal God, Who disposest all things in heaven and on earth: mercifully hear the supplications of Thy people, and give Thy peace to our times. Through our Lord.

EPISTLE (Rom.12:6-16). Brethren: We have different gifts, according to the grace that is given us: either prophecy, to be used according to the rule of faith, or ministry in ministering, or he that teacheth in doctrine, he that exhorteth in exhorting, he that giveth with simplicity, he that ruleth with carefulness, he that sheweth mercy with cheerfulness. Let love be without dissimulation. Hating that which is evil, cleaving to that which is good: loving one another with the charity of brotherhood: with honor preventing one another: in carefulness not slothful: in spirit fervent: serving the Lord: rejoicing in hope: patient in tribulation: instant in prayer: communicating to the necessities of the saints: pursuing hospitality: bless them that persecute you: bless and curse not. Rejoice with them that rejoice, weep with them that weep: being of one mind, one towards another: not minding high things, but consenting to the humble. Be not wise in your own conceits.

EXPLANATION. St. Paul in this epistle exhorts every Christian to make good use of the gifts of God; if one receives an office, he must see well to it, so that he can give an account to God of the faithful performance of his duties. He exhorts especially to brotherly love which we should practice by charitable works; such as, receiving strangers hospitably, giving alms to those who are in need, and to those who by misfortune or injustice have lost their property; he commands us, at the same time, to rejoice in the welfare of our neighbor, as we rejoice at our own good fortune, and to grieve at his misfortunes as we would over those which befall us.

How is brotherly love best preserved?

By the virtue of humility which makes us esteem our neighbor above ourselves, consider his good qualities only, bear patiently his defects, and always meet him in a friendly, respectful, and indulgent manner. Humility causes us to live always in peace with our fellowmen, while among the proud, where each wishes to be the first, there is continual strife and dissatisfaction (Prov. 13:10).

INSTRUCTION FOR SUPERIORS

Those have to expect a severe sentence from God, who merely for temporal gain, seek profitable offices, and thrust themselves therein whether capable or not, and if capable care very little whether they fulfill the duties required, or perhaps make the fulfillment of them depend upon bribes. Of such God makes terrible complaint: Thy princes (judges) are faithless, companions of thieves: they all love bribes, they run after rewards. They judge not for the fatherless; and the widow's cause comes not into them (Is. 1:23). A most severe judgment shall be for them that bear rule (Wisd. 6:6).

ASPIRATION Grant us, O Lord, Thy grace, that according to Thy will, we may follow the instructions of St. Paul in regard to humility and love, have compassion upon all suffering and needy, think little of ourselves, and descend to the lowest, that we may, one day, be elevated with them in heaven.

GOSPEL (Jn. 2:1-11). At that time there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee: and the mother of Jesus was there. And Jesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the marriage. And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith to him: They have no wine. And Jesus with to her: Woman, what is it to me and to thee? my hour is not yet come. His mother saith to the waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye. Now there were set there six water-pots of stone, according to the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three measures apiece. Jesus saith to them: Fill the water-pots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. And Jesus saith to them: Draw out now, and carry to the chief steward of the feast. And they carried it. And when the chief steward had tasted the water made wine, and knew not whence it was, but the waiters knew who had drawn the water; the chief steward calleth the bridegroom, and saith to him: Every man at first setteth forth good wine; and when men have well drank, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now. This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee: and manifested his glory, and his disciples believed in him.

Why was Christ and His mother present at this marriage?

In order to honor this humble and God-fearing couple who, with faithful hearts, had invited Him and His mother to their wedding; to give us an example of humility; to assist them in their poverty, and save their good name by changing water into wine; to reveal His dignity as the Messiah to His disciples by this miracle; and to sanctify by His presence the marriages that are contracted in the spirit of the Church.

Alas! how few marriages of our time could Jesus honor with His presence, because He is invited neither by fervent prayer, nor by the chaste life of the couple: He is excluded rather, by the frequent immorality of the married couple and their guests.

Why was Mary interested in this married couple?

Because she is merciful, and the Mother of Mercy, and willingly assists all the poor and afflicted who fear God. From this incident, St. Bonaventure judges of the many graces which we can hope for through Mary, now that she reigns in heaven; "For," says he, "if Mary while yet on earth was so compassionate, how much more so is she now, reigning in heaven!" He gives the reason by adding: "Mary now that she sees the face of God, knows our necessities far better than when she was on earth, and in proportion to the increase of her compassion, her power to aid us has been augmented." Ah! why do we not take refuge in all our necessities to this merciful mother, who although unasked assists the needy?

Why did Christ say to Mary: Woman, what is it to me and to thee?

This seemingly harsh reply of Christ was no reproach, for Mary had made her request only through love and mercy, and Christ calls those blessed who are merciful, but he wished to show that in the performance of divine work, the will of His heavenly Father alone should be consulted. He meant to remind her that He had not received the gift of miracles from her as the son of woman, but from His eternal Father, in accordance with whose will He would do that which she asked when the hour designed by God would come. Though the hour had not come, yet He granted the wish of His mother, who knew that her divine Son refused none of her requests, and so she said to the servants: "Whatsoever He shall say to you, do ye." Behold the great power of Mary's intercession! Neglect not, therefore, to take refuge in this most powerful mother!

What are we taught by the words: My hour is not yet come?

These words teach us that we should in all things await God's appointed time, and in things belonging to God and His honor, act only by divine direction, without any human motives.

What does the scarcity of wine signify?

In a spiritual sense the want of wine may be understood to signify the lack of love between married people, which is principally the case with those who enter this state through worldly motives, for the sake of riches, beauty of person, or who have before marriage kept up sinful intercourse. These should ask God for the forgiveness of their sins, bear the hardships of married life in the spirit of penance, and change the wrong motives they had before marriage; by doing so God will supply the scarcity of wine, that is the lack of true love, and change the waters of misery into the wine of patient affection.

Why did Christ command them to take the wine to the steward?

That the steward, whose office required him to be attentive to the conduct of the guests, and to know the quality of the wine, should give his judgment in regard to the excellence of this, and be able to testify to the miracle before all the guests.

ASPIRATION O my most merciful Jesus! I would rather drink in this world the sour wine of misery than the sweet wine of pleasure, that in heaven I may taste the perfect wine of eternal joy.

INSTRUCTION ON THE HOLY SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY

What is Matrimony?

Matrimony is the perfect, indissoluble union of two free persons of different sex, for the purpose of propagating the human race, mutually to bear the burdens of life and to prevent sin (I Cor. 7:2).

Who instituted Matrimony?

God Himself, the Creator of all things (Gen. 1:27-28). He brought to man the helpmate, whom He formed from one of the ribs of Adam, that she who came from his heart, might never depart therefrom, but cling to him in the indissoluble bond of love (Gen. 2:18, 24). To this original, divine institution Christ refers (Mt. 19:4-6), and the Church declares the bond of marriage perpetual and indissoluble.

Is Matrimony a Sacrament?

Yes; according to the testimony of the Fathers, the Church has held it such from the times of the apostles, which she could not do, had Christ not raised it to the dignity of a Sacrament. St. Paul even calls it a great Sacrament, because it is symbolical of the perpetual union of Christ with His Church; and the Council of Trent declares: "If any one says that Matrimony is not really and truly one of the seven Sacraments of the Church instituted by Christ, but an invention of men that imparts no grace, let him be anathema" (Conc. Trid., Sess. XXIV, can. 1).

What graces does this Sacrament impart?

The grace of preserving matrimonial fidelity inviolate: the grace of educating children as Christians; of patiently enduring the unavoidable difficulties of married life, and of living peaceably with each other. Married people are indeed greatly in need of these graces, in order to fulfil their mutual obligations.

What is the external sign in the Sacrament of Matrimony?

The union of two single persons in Matrimony, which according to the regulations of the Council of Trent (Conc. Trid., Sess. XXIV, can. 1), must be formed publicly in the presence of the pastor, or with his permission before another priest, and two witnesses.

What preparations are to be made to receive the grace of this Sacrament?

1. The first and best preparation is a pure and pious life. 2. The light of the Holy Ghost should be invoked to know whether one is called to this state of life. 3. The parents and the father-confessor should be asked for advice. 4. The choice should be made in regard to a Christian heart, and a gentle disposition rather than to beauty and wealth. 5. The immediate preparation is, to purify the conscience, if it has not already been done, by a good general confession, and by the reception of the most holy Sacrament of the Altar. Before their marriage the young couple should ask their parents' blessing, should hear the nuptial Mass with devotion, with the intention of obtaining God's grace to begin their new state of life well, and finally they should commend themselves with confidence to the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary and her spouse St. Joseph.

Why are there so many unhappy marriages?

Because so many people prepare the way by sins and vices, and continue to sin without interruption, and without true amendment until marriage, therefore always make sacrilegious confessions, even perhaps immediately before marriage. Besides this many enter the married life on account of carnal intentions, or other earthly motives; in many cases they do not even ask God for His grace; without any proper preparation for such an important, sacred act, on their marriage day they go to church with levity and afterwards celebrate their wedding with but little modesty. Is it any wonder that such married people receive no blessing, no grace, when they render themselves so unworthy?

Why did God institute married life?

That children might be brought up honestly and as Christians, and that they should be instructed especially in matters of faith; that married people should sustain each other in the difficulties of life, and mutually exhort one another to a pious life; and lastly, that the sin of impurity might be avoided. For they who in such manner receive matrimony as to shut out God from themselves, and from their mind, and to give themselves to their lust, as the horse and mule which have not understanding, over them the devil hath power (Too. 6:17).

'With what intentions should the married state be entered?

With such intentions as the young Tobias and his bride had, who before the marriage ceremony, ardently prayed God for His grace, and took their wedding breakfast in the fear of the Lord (Too. 14:15). Hence God's blessing was with them until death. If all young people would enter the married state thus, it would certainly be holy, God-pleasing and blessed, and the words of St. Paul, spoken to wives, would come true unto them: Yet she shall be saved by bearing children, if she continue in faith, and love, and sanctification with sobriety (I Tim. 2:15).

Why are the bans of marriage published three times in Church?

That all impediments which would render the marriage unlawful may be made known. Such impediments are: consanguinity, clandestine marriages, etc. Therefore, any one who is aware of such impediments, is bound to make them known to the pastor.

Why is the marriage performed in the presence of the parish priest?

Because the Catholic Church expressly declares that those marriages which are not performed in presence of the pastor, or with his permission before another priest, and two witnesses, are null and void (Conc. Trid., Sess. XXIV can. 1)¹; and because the blessing of the priest, which he imparts in the name of the Church, gives the couple, if they are in a state of grace, strength, fortitude and grace to be faithful to each other, to endure all trials patiently, and to be safe from all the influences of the evil enemy."

Why do they join hands before the priest, and two witnesses?

By this they bind themselves before God and His Church to remain true to each other, and to be ready to assist each other in all adversities. The bridegroom puts a ring on the bride's finger which should remind her of her duty of inviolable fidelity; to this end the priest signs and seals this holy union with the unbloody Sacrifice of the New Law.

Can the bond of marriage be dissolved in the Catholic Church?

A valid marriage, contracted with the free consent of each of the parties, can according to the plain doctrine of the Scriptures, the constant teaching and practice of the Church, be dissolved only by the death of one of the parties. If the pope or a bishop, for important reasons, gives a divorce, this is only partial, and neither can marry again while the other lives. Such a marriage would not be valid. How pure and holy are the doctrine and practice of the Catholic Church in this the most important and sacred of all human relations, preserving its inviolability and sanctity; while, on the contrary, by means of the wanton doctrine of the heretics, which for trivial reasons entirely dissolves the marriage contract, this sacred union is made the deepest ignominy of mankind, and the play-ball of human passions and caprice!

What is thought of mixed marriages, or marriages between Catholics and Protestants?

The Catholic Church has always condemned such marriages, because of the great dangers to which the Catholic party is unavoidably exposed as well as the offspring. Such marriages promote indifference in matters of religion, by which the spiritual life of the soul is destroyed; they are a hindrance to domestic peace, cause mutual aversion, quarrels, and confusion; they give scandal to servants; they interfere with the Christian education of the children, even render it impossible, and they frequently lead to apostasy and despair. But the Catholic Church condemns especially those mixed marriages, in which either all or a number of the children are brought up in heresy, and she can never bless and look upon those as her children who do not fear to withdraw themselves and their own children from the only saving faith, and expose them to the danger of eternal ruin. Therefore, those Catholics who enter the matrimonial union with Protestants, although the marriage if lawfully contracted is valid, commit a mortal sin if they permit their children to be brought up in heresy, and should it not be their full intention to bring up their children in the Catholic faith at the time of their marriage, they would commit a sacrilege.

What should the newly married couple do immediately after the ceremony is performed?

They should kneel and thank God for the graces received in this holy Sacrament, in such or similar words: "Ratify, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that which by Thy grace Thou hast wrought in us, that we may keep that which in Thy presence we have promised unto the day of our Lord Jesus Christ." That they may keep their promise made at the altar, they should always remember the duties laid down to them by the priest at the time of their marriage, and the exhortations which are taken from the epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians (Eph. 5:29, 31), wherein he instructs married people how they should comport themselves towards each other, and recalls to them as an example the union of Christ with His Church, and His love for her. To the husbands he says, they should love their wives as Christ loved His Church, for which He even gave Himself up to death; from this is seen, that men should assist their wives even unto death, in all need, and not treat them as servants. To the wives St. Paul says, that they as the weaker should be in all reasonable things obedient to their husbands, as the Church is obedient to Christ; for as Christ is the head of the Church, so is the husband the head of the wife. Experience proves there is no better way for women to win the hearts of their husbands than by amiable obedience and ready love, while, on the contrary, a querulous, imperative deportment robs them of their husbands' affections, and even causes them to be regarded with aversion. St. Paul says further; that husbands should love their wives (and consequently wives their husbands) as their own bodies, because married people are, as it were, one. They shall be two in one flesh; no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, as also Christ doth the Church (Eph. 5:29, 31). How unjustly and barbarously do those act, who, instead of loving one another, rather hate and outrage each other, and cause the loss of their property, and by detraction steal their honor! These do not consider that he who hates and disgraces his partner in life, hates and disgraces himself; while according to the words of St. Paul he who loves her, loves himself. If married people would remain in constant love and unity, it is most necessary that they should patiently bear with each other's infirmities, wrongs, and defects, exhort one another with mildness and affection, keep their adversities, trials, and sufferings as much as possible to themselves, and complain in prayer only to God, who alone can aid them. By impatience, quarrels, and complaints the cross becomes only heavier and the evil worse. Finally, not only on their wedding day, but often through life, they should earnestly consider that they have not entered the married state that they may inordinately serve the pleasures of the body, but to have children who will one day inhabit heaven according to the will of God; as the angel said to Tobias: "For they who in such manner receive matrimony, as to shut out God from themselves and from their mind, and to give themselves to their lust as the horse and mule, which have not understanding, over them the devil hath power" (Tob. 6:17).

PRAYER Most merciful Jesus! who didst work Thy first miracle at the wedding in Cana by changing water into wine, thereby revealing Thy divine power and majesty, and honoring matrimony: grant we beseech Thee, that Thy faithful may ever keep sacred and inviolate the holy sacrament of Matrimony, and that they may so live in it truthfully, in the fear of the Lord, that they may not put an obstacle in the way of obtaining heaven for themselves, and their children.

1. In all such dioceses of the United States, where the Council of Trent has not been published, civil marriages are considered valid. The Catholic, however, who becomes married by civil authority commits a mortal sin, except in case of extreme necessity. To be married by a sectarian preacher is looked upon as a denial of faith, and incurs excommunication.

Why I Call It The American Federal Republic

 By Anna Von Reitz

Apparently, some members of the military and Mr. Trump need a lesson in American History.

That is hardly surprising, because so much of American History has been hidden, neglected, and buried and deliberately hidden.

But here we are.

I call it the American Federal Republic because the Federal Republic was owned and operated by Americans for Americans.

Specifically, the Federal Republic was the American Federal Subcontractor, owned and operated by the Confederation set up under The Articles of Confederation in 1781.

When the original Confederation failed in 1860, so did the Federal Republic.

Both the American Confederation and the Federal Republic ceased operation and have never been Reconstructed.

The only entities with the power to Reconstruct both the Confederation and the Federal Republic are the States of the Union, and they are only able to act together in international venues (which Reconstruction requires) via the unincorporated Federation of States.

So when I told Trump that the U.S. Military -- a British Territorial operation -- can't just occupy "the" Federal Republic without our express agreement and permission, it's because there is no valid Federal Republic to occupy.

The Federation of States has the authority to create one, but nobody else does.

Put it this way:

There is only one intact unincorporated Holding Company with the provenance and authority and standing to create a new Federal Republic to function as the American Federal Subcontractor.

And if "the" Federal Republic is not owned, operated, and controlled by the Americans, we are being sold another British Bill of Goods, with the Pikers calling some creation of theirs "the" Federal Republic and trying to confuse it with ours --- just as they have used semantic deceit and substitution to pull all their other Cuckoo Bird Operations.

We made it clear that that would be a recognizable act of fraud and Act of War, which it would be. So they might as well either: (a) do what is lawful and right and talk to us about getting their contract renewed and reopening an American Federal Republic, or (b) admit that they are nothing but a worthless pack of foreign mercenaries -- the British/EU "Raj" trying to bilk us into letting them "represent" us.

Again.

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Bureaucratic Madness -- in the State Assemblies

 By Anna Von Reitz

Lately. I have seen some really inappropriate and highly detailed snooper-pooper "questionnaires" coming out of some State Assemblies ---- these "Getting to Know You" pieces ask questions that are completely and utterly inappropriate, even when vetting Assembly Officers.

I want to warn everyone including those Coordinators who have allowed this. Think about what you are doing, what information is truly necessary, and strictly limit your inquiries accordingly.

Some of the "questionnaires" I've seen would pass inspection for induction into the CIA and give you a Top Secret Security Clearance. This is really crazy and invasive stuff. Don't submit to that kind of interrogation from anyone, ever.

State Assemblies are Public Bodies by definition. They are not private clubs. People don't have to "apply" or meet any other standard other than ----I am an American born in this country (or a Naturalized Immigrant adopting a State of the Union) and I am claiming my birthright --- declared and on the record.

You don't have to bare your soul to join your State Assembly. You have the unalienable right to privacy! Be offended when people start snooping beyond what is reasonable.

There are just two (2) questions to answer and one action to pursue to be a member of an American State Assembly.

(1) Were you born in this country or Naturalized here as an immigrant? Yes or no?

(2) Are you the man or woman who was born or Naturalized according to the BC or other records? Yes or no?

This is why we ask for Witnesses who can corroborate the fact that you are the baby who was born at such and such a place, etc.

You claim your birthright political status, prove you are an American, and place it on the public record for everyone to see, and that is that. No more to it. You can record your declaration through any State Assembly or through a State of State Land Recording Office or via our International Recorders.

And you are by definition a member of the State Assembly until you decide to move to a foreign country, etc.

There is no special magic to our paperwork, either. Our Living Law Firm has done its best to create a good, solid, foundational declaration using declarations going back to 1779 as examples, but we don't claim that our paperwork is the only way by which people can declare their political status.

The important elements are:

(1) Where were you born? Give proof. Or, were you Naturalized --- in this country for at least seven years without resorting to Public Assistance or committing a felony? Give proof.

(2) A declaration on the public record by Witnesses who can affirm that you are who you say you are.

(3) Publishing your declaration to create a public record.

That's it.

Now, I can safely say that our Declarations cover the bases and make the proper claims and I can't guarantee that homemade models do that, but if someone comes up with something that covers 1,2,3 above --- they are "recognizable" as Americans and eligible to join the Assembly in their State of the Union.

The so-called Vetting Process for State Officers should similarly be simple and limited to answering two questions:

(1) Do you have a criminal record and if so, for what

crimes?

(2) Do you have commitments or regulatory obligations or financial interests that could represent a conflict of interest?

Again, this is not the FBI and this is not rocket science.

This past week we've had a big argument in some States about which "state" or "state of state" Witnesses come from and the answer is, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if a Witness is a British Territorial Citizen living in a Territorial State of State or a Municipal citizen of the United States living in FL or NV. Okay?

Think about what you are doing.

A Witness to a fact can be anyone from any place, any political status.

The primary requirement is to think about what you are trying to accomplish and don't make it difficult with a lot of fearful mumbo-jumbo nonsense and added "requirements".

Don't gum things up with nasty, invasive, inappropriate questionnaires and extra added paperwork. Keep things simple. Keep things honest. Period.

Our Law Team spent twenty years grinding it all down to a single page. Get a clue. Making paperwork simple is the goal. The simpler and shorter it is, the better, and the less subject to meddling.

So think twice about what I am going to say to anyone adding to the paperwork burdens of others or to anyone violating their right to privacy for no good reason?

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The Secret of Mystery Babylon

 By Anna Von Reitz

Okay, I know this may seem strange, considering all the talk about purported pandemics, bank and currency collapses, wars and rumors of wars----why should I spend time thinking about or writing about things that happened (or maybe didn't happen) thousands of years ago?

Because they are still impacting us today.

Because our actual literal salvation depends on knowing the truth.

Because we can't play without a full deck of cards.

The records related to the teachings of Jesus and the choice of what to include and what to discard as scripture (canon) and much of the interpretation of the teachings of Jesus and his Disciples has been left to the Roman Catholic Church for over 1,600 years.

We have recently discovered the Roman Catholic Church's role in promoting numerous crimes and criminal fraud schemes that have grossly harmed our government and our people for generations.

This has led us to question everything that the Roman Catholic Church has touched, both sacred and secular.

This investigation unavoidably impacts all Christians and all Christian Churches presently on Earth.

A key part of the fraud practiced against our American Government has been identity theft and substitution of one thing for another using semantic deceits and similar name confusions.

So, if this was their Modus Operandi in the secular realm, why wouldn't it also be their Modus Operandi in the sacred realm?

We begin our examination by looking for signs of identity theft, substitutions of one thing for another, and semantic deceit.

The first thing that pops up is the name used to refer to "Jesus". We know for a fact that his actual name would have been "Yeshuah" or, in English, "Joshua" and it would have most likely been spelled as "Ieshuah" or "Ioshua" because the letter "J" wasn't even used at the time and the letter "Y" as a substitute for "I" was just gaining traction.

So, right from the get-go the name “Jesus” is somewhat dodgy. It’s certainly not spelled as it would have been back then and appears to be a Latin approximation for the Greek Iēsous, which was their transliteration from Hebrew Yeshūa` which is a shortened form of Yehōshūa` meaning “God is help” and “Rescuer” ---- which all boils down in English to the name Joshua.

In the attempt to be as honest as we can under such a circumstance, we will call "Jesus" by the best name we've got in modern English: Joshua, which, as it happens, is the same name as Joshua, the leader who came after Moses to lead the Hebrews into the Promised Land.

Note --- it was the Promised Land under Moses, but Possession of the Land came under Joshua. This is not a trivial observation related to our present circumstance.

Next, we come to another odd issue with the name and title --- "Jesus Christ".

Christ means "Anointed One".

And that then leads to the question --- when, where, and by whom was Joshua "anointed"?

Anointment has a particular meaning --- "an ointment" --- means pouring oil on someone. So, when did this happen to Joshua?

Just before his death, Mary Magdalene poured oil on him--- a lavishly expensive ointment.

This is the only incident of this kind recorded, so we must accept that this was the "anointing" that made him the "Anointed One" and that, in turn, led to him being called "Christ" and to the entire religion being called "Christianity".

What?

How could that incident be so completely overwhelmingly important that the whole religion was founded on it?

I was in inescapable mental free fall when I realized that.

In ancient times, priests were anointed with oil, but this anointing of Jesus could not have anything to do with the Jewish priesthood, which is inherited and always kept within the temple confines.

What else do we know? Joshua himself said that Mary Magdalene was preparing his body for burial.

So, think about this --- she was anointing him as a priest in anticipation of his death?

That sounds like a Death Cult priesthood, and indeed, when you dig down deeper, it turns out that the Baal Worshipers of Samaria and the Galilee region where Jesus grew up, had prostitutes anoint their priests with oil as part of their consecration to Baal.

Mary Magdalene was a former prostitute. We don't know if she was a temple prostitute or not, but, if she was anointing Jesus with oil as a priest of Baal, that question gets resolved.

And, faced with this startling but logical progression, we check some other points.

Christ is not a name that Jesus ever called himself.

Christ is not a name ever listed in the long recitation of names found in Isaiah, either.

The word “Christ” doesn’t even appear in the Bible. It’s added. It’s applied afterward like a snood on a Chevy, and the question remains --- why?

The whole “Christ” thing is dodgy title stuff ---just like President of the United States versus President of the United States of America, persons versus people, and so on.

Has our beloved Rabbi's identity been stolen and misrepresented using semantic deceit? Does this whole “Christ” narrative element create a different, secret storyline?

Has Joshua been passed off as a priest of Baal and ourselves been misrepresented as Baal Worshipers via the label "Christ" and "Christian"?

There is no sane reason that we should call him "Christ" or ourselves "Christians" based on an anointing by Mary Magdalene.

Her anointing is hardly the centerpiece of our “Christian” religion. In all the years that I was a faithful Lutheran I never once heard a sermon on this topic or any discussion of it at all. It was just there, part of the Gospel record.

But --- there it is, inexplicably front and center, the fact responsible for the name of the whole religion, but never discussed?

When we look at this squarely, and everything that later happened, and our own circumstance now, there are only one logical possibility.

Mary Magdalene was the High Priestess of Baal who met Joshua and converted to his Way, making him her priest ----and bringing all her followers with her.

This is the most reasonable conjecture on many levels, as it explains things that are otherwise mysterious.

For example, in the years immediately after this, the once-mighty temples of Baal disappeared and the Baal Worshipers, too.

Baal Worship vanished in the Levant, and gradually disappeared from the known world over the course of a couple hundred years. And what rose instead, was "Christianity".

That's some powerful circumstantial evidence supporting the Baal Connection underlying Christianity.

It would also explain many otherwise inexplicable things.

Like the hatred that some Roman Catholic priests openly express toward Mary Magdalene. These men are not kind about their objections to her association with Joshua, but they decline to explain why, beyond her identity as a prostitute.

I once had the temerity to say, “But, he consorted with fishermen and tax collectors and whores. He came to rescue the sick. Why was she any worse or different?”

Crickets from the Jesuit Scholars.

This conjecture that Mary Magdalene was the High Priestess is also supported by the way her name appears in ancient texts as “The Magdalene” --- apparently, “Magdalene” is a title, not a name. You still hear people call her “The Magdalene” in exactly the same way as you hear them refer to “The Pope” and “The President”.

It explains the tradition that Mary Magdalene had red hair --- the Amorite giants, the Nephilim, had red hair, and they were Baal Worshipers.

This also provides a plausible explanation (otherwise lacking) for what changed the adoring crowds of Palm Sunday into the ferocious mobs calling for the release of Barabbas in preference to Joshua.

What could Joshua do --in a single week--- that would adequately explain that change?

Being anointed as a priest of Baal would do it.

And what, other than the rather paltry payment of thirty pieces of silver, would cause Judas Iscariot to ---all of a sudden, out of the blue--- betray him to the Sanhedrin and the Romans?

Judas didn’t need the money. He was a Pharisee.

And what about the comment Joshua made at the Last Supper to Judas, telling him to go do what he had to do? Had Judas been instructed to do this? Or was this comment to Judas related to some earlier unresolvable dispute over the “anointing” and its implications?

If, as the evidence seems to suggest, Christianity represents a mass conversion of Baal Worshipers to the teachings of Joshua in the centuries leading up to the Council of Nicea, ---with a few Jews thrown in, we've got a very, very different picture of what "Christianity" is and how it came to be.

Many aspects of the Roman Catholic Church also snap into view.

Baal Worshipers worship idols. That neatly explains all the statues of saints, medals, coins, icons, etc. Their worship of Mammon (money) is just an extension of the basic idolatry.

Baal Worshipers practice magic, both black and white --- that neatly explains all the magical symbols littering Catholic churches and secular buildings like the Pentagon. It also explains the Church's adoption of pagan holidays like Yule and Samhain.

Baal Worshipers practice deceit and honor the Father of All Lies --- what more outrageous lie, than to pretend to honor the teachings of Joshua?

Baal Worship is a Death Cult, which neatly explains the Roman Catholic crucifix. If Joshua is risen, why do they keep him forever nailed to the cross and dead as a proverbial door nail, too?

Nothing like the constant reminder of Death and the idea that Death is the ultimate winner, hidden behind the image of the crucifix, to keep Baal Worshipers tuned up and stealing and killing and fornicating like there's no tomorrow ---- because in their view, there is no tomorrow and no reason to be good.

Just rip and tear and get what you can, however you can.

If that means pretending to be "Christians" or "Republicans" or “Jews” or whatever else, they will always say fine, so be it. One good deceit deserves another.

And that also explains why so many Christians speak with their lips and don't walk with their feet or give with their hands, doesn't it?

Consciously or unconsciously, for millions of "Christians" it's not about Joshua or his teachings. It's about insinuating oneself into confidence and trust, gaining social position, making money, and appearing to be upright and moral --- with the emphasis on the word "appearing".

Without being.

Just like magic. Just like the Templars who disappeared. Just like the Dutch East India Company that disappeared. Just like the Trojan and Spanish wealth disappeared and just like the wealth of America is disappearing, while all eyes are focused on a man-made pandemic --- and nobody is prosecuting those responsible for creating and releasing Covid 19. No, the perpetrators are being venerated as experts and handed control instead of a jail sentence. Go figure.

Heck, go all the way ------ just like Joshua disappeared from the tomb. The Baal Worshipers probably ate him, thinking that they would gain his powers by doing so.

Cannibalism and blood oaths are part of Baal Worship, and when we lift our heads and look, what do we see in the “Christian” churches?

Millions of people mindlessly repeating the Apostle's Creed and then sealing their oath with "blood", eating his body and drinking his blood in a symbolic act of cannibalism and never questioning or thinking a thing about it.

The Roman Catholic Church went so far as to espouse the Doctrine of Transubstantiation --- the teaching that the wine in the communion cup turns to actual blood and the communion wafer turns into flesh.

And then, there is the Veneration of Mary. Which Mary is it?

Faced with this Apocalyptic conjecture and all the evidence, what can we do?

What can we think, except that those devotees of Baal Worship who were embedded in the early Roman Catholic Church, did what they do best --- and distorted the truth into lies? Added and subtracted from the written records to give people a tweaked version of the Gospels?

And profited themselves from it, too. Indulgences, Baptismal Certificates traded on their own Black Market, Birth Certificate Bonds…. but never any real Jubilees.

I know that the Romans suppressed Baal Worship sometime in the years following their invasion of England, and did a ferocious job of it, resulting in the virtual extermination of the Druid priesthood and the systematic pollution of wells throughout the occupied territory with iron rods.

According to Roman belief, the Fey and Nephilim are allergic to iron, the primary atomic metallic ion in the middle of the Hemoglobin molecule. Perhaps it alters their blood by substituting iron for some other element, similar to the way Sodium substitutes itself for Potassium? Anyone who knows for sure, raise your hand….

Did this same suppression and persecution go on throughout the Empire?

It would take a better student of Rome and British History to tell us—but if the crackdown on the Druids was part of a more general crackdown on Baal Worship, it would provide a mighty motivation for Baal Worshipers to convert to Christianity during the first three centuries following the “Birth of Christ”--- which, ironically, means the Death of Joshua, in the same way that we have been “murdered” as Americans when we are registered as British Territorial U.S. Citizens.

We can reject Baal Worship wherever it hides, and we can reject this ancient abomination with all our hearts, souls, and minds.

We can come out of Babylon. We can refuse to be part of these "churches" and leave the tainted "Christian" label behind.

We can form new Joshuan Fellowships to honor the love and the teachings of Joshua. We can embrace him in a humble way, day to day. No need for phallic cathedral spires and womb-like cathedral domes.

Moses, representing a mixture of Egyptian magic and Hebrew confusion, wandered around the desert for forty years, inflicting his own condition on all his followers.

It wasn't until Joshua stood up and said --- I don't care what all the rest of you do, but for me and my house, we will serve the Lord ---- that the Promised Land became reality.

Let me submit that we have been similarly confused and kept wandering about in a "wilderness" of doubt and deception, hardly knowing our right foot from our left.

We've been enslaved in the Land of the Free. We've lived our lives as Americans and been misidentified as Federal "citizens" instead. We’ve been faithful followers of Joshua and been mislabeled as “Christians”.

We've all been defrauded -- not only materially, but spiritually --- and by the same parties, too.

The evidence is right in front of our noses.

I invite all you Bible Scholars and Linguists and Church Apologists to pile on. Come all those who have spent their lives studying the Dark Ages and the history of Rome and the history of Britain and France. I’d be interested in what “Woo” Clif High might add to this?

Martin Luther and I and J.R.R. Tolkien and Frank Baum are not the only ones who smell the Baal Rat. Or was it the Balrog?

I wish it to be explicitly understood that this is not being said in any spirit of spite or hatred or meant as any indictment against Catholic people or Christian people in general – it’s not. 99.9% of them are victims right along with the rest of us.

No, this is being said in the same way that your Grandma might observe a rotten tree leaning over your house roof. Take heed. This is, I believe, the secret of Mystery Babylon.

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