Janus the 1st

Have you ever wondered why we do certain things during the holidays?

I remember being young and trying to figure out what bringing a tree into the house had to do with Jesus. I remember determining that it must be some silly tradition that started long ago in some strange but harmless fashion and somehow innocently linked itself to our honoring of Christ.

I further determined that no one had any idea when Jesus was born so everyone decided to celebrate on December 25th, which was also harmlessly added to our celebrations.

Many years later I decided to study the issue and found out that it was not innocently added but instead its roots were directly from paganism. The tree was directly related to their beliefs and December 25th was the birthday of their god, not Jesus. Its like telling your wife/husband that you have decided to celebrate their birthday on your ex's birthday and its ok because you have decided it doesn't mean that to you.

I said all that not to pick on Christmas again, (I have a whole page dedicated to doing that which you can visit by clicking the link in the sidebar). but rather to speak a little about our traditions concerning the "New Year".

Today is January first and that name is very significant. Why do we call this month "January". We got this name from our ancestors who were honoring their god whose name was "Janus". Below is a picture of a statue of Janus kept in the Vatican Museums.

As you can see, Janus was a strange god, He had two faces which allowed him to look forward and backward at the same time. He guarded boundaries such as doors and gates. He was also the god of transitions, beginnings and endings such as we see during the "new year". These all belonged to Janus.

In Roman times on January 1st everyone would walk around being nice to each other because they believed that on the first day, if Janus was not pleased, he would curse the entire year. That is why today we still walk around giving new year blessings and greetings to everyone.

Since Janus had two faces, and looked forward and backward at the same time, people would honor this ability by reminiscing on the previous year and then looking forward to the new year. You see this in year end news coverage when they "look back" at the year that was and then "look forward" with new year's resolutions.

Now if you are not a Christian you may look on this as actually being a wonderful thing. It preserves ancient beliefs and links us with our past and gives us wonderful traditions in the process. However, if you are a Christian you certainly must realize that to partake in these year end celebrations places you in the precarious position of worshipping other gods.

What a bummer huh? All the seemingly innocent things we do are reeking of paganism. It isn't bad enough that everyone gets mad at us during Christmas but now we can't even say "Happy New Year" what a terrible thing. Well, actually having become aware of all these lies several years ago, I have reached a place where it is a pleasure to stand out from the world. If someone wants to get mad at me over my dedication to the true doctrines of Jesus Christ then to me that is a wonderful thing.

Still, if you haven't come to this point yet it can be very overwhelming, much like Neo waking up from his capsule and looking out across the billions of other capsules being harvested and controlled by the machines and suddenly realizing the unbelievable truth. (Please see the 1st Matrix movie for this scene).

Yes, we live in a sun worshipping society very similar to pagan Rome at the time of Jesus' first coming. The main difference is we have a thin film of Christianity draped over top of it, which many are working feverishly to remove. It has been so since our earliest days, when our founding fathers, who were mostly deists, drafted our founding documents.

They didn't do it to ensure Christianity but to ensure the freedom to worship whoever you liked, the population at large just happened to be Christian so it only appeared that we were a Christian nation. This is exactly how it worked in ancient Rome, all gods were welcome there as they are here now.

So as you are wishing everyone a "happy new year" you can be aware that you are carrying on the traditions of ancient sun worshippers, specifically the two faced god known as Janus.

If it doesn't mean that to you, then you have my sympathy.

MAYAN APOCALYPSE COUNTDOWN BEGINS

12/21/11 BEGINS THE FINAL YEAR OF THE LONG FORECASTED END OF THE MAYAN CALENDAR, WHICH MANY SAY BRINGS WITH IT THE END OF THE WORLD

For more than a decade now we have been treated to both theory and fact concerning the end time prophecy dealing with the supposed ending of the Mayan calendar. Soon all the hype will come to an abrupt end and the long awaited Mayan calendar mystery will be realized. In the meantime, the Mayan region is gearing up to take full advantage of this event.

An expected increase in tourism will bring curious people from all over the world to visit their ancient land. Mayan regional tourism, which usually sees around 22 million visitors, expects to see upwards of 52 million visitors this year, most of who are wondering if the world could possibly end in 2012.

Many celebrations and events are being planned much as we saw during the year 1999 and you can be sure local Mayan priests will be in high demand to perform religious ceremonies, burn incense and offer prayers to their gods. However, Yeanet Zaldo, a tourism spokeswoman for the Caribbean state of Quintana Roo, home to Cancun tells us “The world will not end. It is an era,” “For us, it is a message of hope.”

In case you are wondering, she is right, there is absolutely no chance that the world will end on December 21, 2012. The Bible is very clear that we will experience 3 ½ years of tribulation such as has never been seen upon the earth, culminating with the ascension of the two witnesses into heaven just before Jesus returns.

While we have had numerous tribulational events recently, they have not all been grouped into the tight 3 ½ year time frame that we are told they will happen in. The Bible also teaches us that the end will come in a fashion similar to that of a woman during pregnancy, as the day of delivery approaches her pain will increase more and more until the birth takes place.

We are told in 1st Thessalonians 5: 3 “For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.” Just as the woman is not able to escape her birth neither will those of us in the world be able to escape ours.

So, while we can clearly show that this day isn’t the end it may very well become the beginning of the end. Since there is a good chance the elite of the world would attempt to use this particular date to make a push that would indeed hurl the world into the tribulation, we have but one year more to wait.

Thomas Jefferson

I have decided to begin a series on the founding fathers of America, to see what they actually believed and to determine whether or not America was truly founded on the word of God.

My first subject of research is Thomas Jefferson, our third President. What did he actually believe about the word of God? Well, take a few minutes and read the quotes taken from his letters.

After reading the quotes, take a look at what Thomas Jefferson decided to do to the word of God.

Without further ado, let's allow Thomas to speak for himself. The following are several quotes from his letters.

“And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter. But may we hope that the dawn of reason and freedom of thought in these United States will do away with this artificial scaffolding, and restore to us the primitive and genuine doctrines of this most venerated reformer of human errors.” —Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Adams, April 11, 1823

The whole history of these books [the Gospels] is so defective and doubtful that it seems vain to attempt minute enquiry into it: and such tricks have been played with their text, and with the texts of other books relating to them, that we have a right, from that cause, to entertain much doubt what parts of them are genuine. In the New Testament there is internal evidence that parts of it have proceeded from an extraordinary man; and that other parts are of the fabric of very inferior minds. It is as easy to separate those parts, as to pick out diamonds from dunghills. —Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Adams, January 24, 1814

Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man ever had a distinct idea of the trinity. It is the mere Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of Jesus." —Thomas Jefferson, letter to Francis Adrian Van der Kemp, 30 July, 1816

It is between fifty and sixty years since I read it [the Apocalypse], and I then considered it merely the ravings of a maniac, no more worthy nor capable of explanation than the incoherences of our own nightly dreams. —Thomas Jefferson, letter to General Alexander Smyth, Jan. 17, 1825

Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law. —Thomas Jefferson, letter to Dr. Thomas Cooper, February 10, 1814

Below are pictures of Thomas Jefferson's source Bibles that he used to cut and paste from. Also pictured is the book he pasted his chosen verses into.

Notice the care he took in carving up the Bible, it really speaks volumes for how he felt about the Bible.

As you can see, he didn't really write his own Bible as some believe, rather he "cut and pasted" (literally) his own Bible, carving up the word of God like a steak.

Yes, it is a hard fact, from the very foundation of our country we have been led by people who maintained an image of Christianity only because the majority of the people believed the Bible.

Many of our leaders held no such beliefs and today they would be proud to see the decline in Christianity. It was all a facade propped up to the degree necessary to fool the population at large, who ultimately show themselves to be sheep.

Rather than rolling over in their graves they would stand and cheer, yes friends we have been duped into believing that America was founded on Christian principles when it clearly was not. It was only the God fearing population that held our leaders to even pretend that they were Christian.

Now that that hold is weakening, they are free to be as Godless as they please, as they have been all along. Stay tuned for more research soon!

Book Notes

Hi all,

As you may know the books are back from the printer and I have already sold several copies. Thanks to those who have purchased the book, I hope you enjoy it. I am planning a two hour DVD to help further explain the subject but that may take some time. In the meantime I thought I would post any clarifications I become aware of here.

This being my first book it was quite a learning experience and as hard as I tried to keep typos and grammar errors out of it several mistakes did make it into the final print. Most have been simple errors that should not cause readers to be confused so I am not especially concerned about those.

However, in the back of the book, in the charts section there is one that I need to point out. In the heading called "Christ's birth to the beginning of His ministry" (chart c) I have listed the dates under the heading as "Tishri 10th 5 BC to Tishri 10th 27 AD" This should read 26 AD not 27 AD.

I have started correcting the error with white-out before shipping so you can check your book to see if that has been done by me. If I shipped it before I was able to make the correction, please go back and do it yourself so there will be no confusion.

In the meantime, if you should see an area that might have another mistake please email me so I can be aware of it, also if you have any trouble following it and would like more answers just email me and we can talk about it. There is nothing more satisfying than studying the Gospel with someone who is genuinely concerned.

Thank you for your support and interest.

Blessings,
Jonn

Thank God for Prayer

Many of you know that I write stories for the Vchannel, which is a ministry that deals with the far out and unusual material such as aliens, bigfoot, ect. Much of the writing process deals with searching for unusual stories to begin with, which can be quite time consuming.

In this light I would like to reach out to those of you who would be interested in helping us in this unusual ministry. Do you know of any strange happenings that might make for an interesting story that could be used to draw someone to the truth of the gospel?

Just send me an email with links to a news article or story that you think might be of use to the ministry. My searching the Internet for these strange stories has inspired this short article that I would like to share with you now. Blessings.

COMMENTARY ON PRAYER

As I search the Internet for news stories appropriate to the theme of the Vchannel I can’t help but realize how very much we need prayer. The realization becomes more and more clear as I read the unending drivel that is posted in all comment sections surrounding alien and exotic stories.

As I read through said comments seeking for an angle upon which to focus the story I can not help but feel a lonely sensation as I am reminded that the entire world lies in wickedness and there is no way to stop it.

Even comments from well meaning Christians fail because the corresponding comment will usually attack and completely disagree with the posted truth, thus creating the evil energy that fuels the Dragonspeak.

As Christians there are but few ways we can engage these people and none through dialog. In Matthew 7:6 we are told “Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.”

This is exactly what we see when we try to engage this world in its present state of degradation. Just as the Bible says, when you reach out to them they will rend your comments just as a pig would if you tossed a set of treasured family pearls into its pen.

Then it further dawns on me that this isn’t just in the strange and exotic world of aliens, which I am so often times wading through, but in all media and in all human contact. Even when the Lord sends us souls who will listen we have to be on guard not to slip into the devious and demonic traps of the Dragonspeak.

As the body of Christ we understand that we must be ready always to speak the truth but at no point can we safely engage this world in dialog. Thus our flesh is often looking for someone to talk to and more often than not there are zero options, because we are spiritual beings.

In this light prayer takes on a new meaning, no longer simply a means of asking for things but of someone to freely talk to. It becomes a stronghold, a place of safety free from the ridicule of the world. A place where your pearls are not trampled, instead when casting them forth they are tenderly collected and highly treasured by the recipient, who is God, who gave them to us in the first place.

We are strangers in a strange land and we have no hope except in Him, for in Him is life and He is the light of the world. John 8:12 says “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”

So, while our flesh is still mired in the muck of this world, as we have not yet experienced the resurrection of life, it is good to know we have Someone who is always ready to listen and One who calls us “friends”.

From Jeremiah to Jesus

Hi all,

I just wanted to announce the completion of my book. I have entitled it "From Jeremiah to Jesus". I thought I would post the preface here so you can get an example of what the book is about. I also scanned the cover from the proof copy. The main printing should be completed within a week or so.

PREFACE

While the subject that I ultimately deal with is of an incredible and exciting nature, the road to finding it, I can imagine, would be quite laborious to the average person who cares nothing for ancient Babylonian and Achaemenid kings and the events surrounding them.

And while I do expect the reader to have at least a minimum prior knowledge of these events I have also tried to write this book in a simple and easy to understand way and not in an “academic” way as you might expect from a college history professor.

However, it is from the book of Daniel that we are given the seventy weeks prophecy and if we want to understand the historical nature of this incredible prophecy we are forced to study the times and dates.

The amazing fact that this fulfillment could have ever been buried in our past is tantamount to watching the Red Sea split open, walking across on dry land and then just a few weeks later openly declare you wish you had never left Egypt.

Any attempt to remove the glory of this fulfilled prophecy must take extraordinary and quite obvious measures to do so. We see a good example of this in the removal of 240 years from the Hebrew calendar in a vain, and frankly pathetic, attempt to deny Christ.

Anyone with a modicum of historical understanding will quickly see the glaring blunders that the removal of these years has on the timeline of history. I find myself quite embarrassed for the whole lot of them as they embrace obvious lies rather than embrace their very own Savior, but I digress.

This book begins by laying the groundwork for understanding basic truths about the Hebrew calendar, the reckoning of days and the feasts of the Lord. These are important in reaching our goal of understanding when Christ began his ministry (26 AD) and when He died, resurrected and ascended into Heaven (30 AD).

Our history starts in earnest when we uncover the prophecy of the seventy years of captivity in Babylon, which begins from the first carrying away in 605 BC to the commandment given by Cyrus to rebuild the Temple in 536 BC. I also explain the all but forgotten character of Darius the Mede.

Understanding this timeframe is important because this is the time of the first commandment which is often disputed to be the one that initiates the seventy weeks prophecy of Daniel and once we gain a clear understanding of the seventy years we can better understand the seventy weeks.

Now, after the Temple is completed in 516 BC, we follow the timeline until the arrival of Ezra in 458 BC which brings with it yet another contender for the commandment that begins Daniel’s seventy weeks prophecy.

Finally, we arrive in 445 BC with Nehemiah, who is also given a commandment to return and rebuild Jerusalem, so this is the third contender for the start of the prophecy.

Usually the first thing that becomes clear when you begin to study this topic is that any one of these three commandments are so close as to make Christ’s arrival spot on and therefore undeniable, even to the most ignorant and knowledge rejecting among us.

However, if we dig deeper we can identify the precise commandment. This is important because once you pin it down all you have to do is start the countdown and 483 years later the Messiah is promised to show up.

You will be astonished to see how accurate the prophecy actually is and which commandment is the one spoken of in Daniel. I know I was.

Once the key is inserted into the door of understanding so much more opens up in front of us. Not only are we able to pin down the correct date but we are also able to flesh out many of the more obscure events in history.

When we finally arrive in 26 AD, we are able to uncover mystery after mystery concerning when and why things were done as they were. I remember being so excited the day I realized that I had pinned down the exact date of Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection.

From there it is easier to find these other dates such as His birth and then show compelling evidence of why that date is the correct one. Also we find the time when John is baptizing Jesus in the Jordan and officially introducing the Savior to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. So many wonderful understandings are there for the taking.

Frankly, I was intrigued enough to seek it out and then write this book so I could share my understanding with you. I hope you find it enlightening.

-- Jonn Mooney

Dinosaurs in the Bible STUDY NOTES

Dragon: Strong’s Hebrew number 8577 "tanniyn" meaning land or sea monster

Notice how the descriptions suggest details about the dragons and not just simple references to them.

Isa 27:1 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

Jer 51:34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.

Ps 74:13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

Jer 9:11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

Jer 14:6 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.

Mic 1:8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

Isa 13:22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

{The passage above from Isaiah 13:22 is often interpreted as "Jackals" (as in a large wolf or hyena) in some reference Bibles. However this is only a suggestion as to the meaning. The real meaning of the word is as above, a land or sea monster. The word jackal is used because the idea that it could actually be a dinosaur is often just too much to stomach. Many people’s entire belief structure is centered on evolutionary theory and information such as this is too devastating for them and they cannot hear it.}

Unicorn: Job 39: 9-12
9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

Nu 23:22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

Ps 29:6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.

Ps 92:10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.

Leviathan: Job 41-1-34
1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.

Ps 104:26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

Leviathan is not only a large sea monster but it also was able to breathe fire. There is no doubt that the above passages are describing a terrible ocean dwelling dinosaur. Most likely a Pliosaur which is estimated to be up to 50 ft long and weigh around 45 tons.

Below are quotes from a newpaper telling about the discovery of one of these creatures.

They had short necks and huge, crocodile-like heads that contained immensely powerful jaws and a set of huge, razor-sharp teeth.

Richard Forrest, a plesiosaur expert, said "What is fantastic about this new skull, not only is it absolutely enormous, but it is pretty much in 3D and not much distorted," he said. "You have this wonderful lower jaw – and you can just see from the depth and the thickness that this was immensely strong.

"It could have taken a human in one gulp; in fact, something like a T-Rex would have been breakfast for a beast like this."

Using four paddle-like limbs to propel its bulky body through the water, the pliosaur made easy work of passing prey such as dolphin-like ichthyosaurs and even other plesiosaurs.

"These creatures were monsters," said David Martill, a palaeontologist from the University of Portsmouth.

"They had massive muscles on their necks, and you would have imagined that they would bite into the animal and get a good grip, and then with these massive neck muscles they probably would have thrashed the animals around and torn chunks off.

Sounds a lot like how the Bible described it 4000 years ago, and it could also breathe fire. Imagine that.

Behemoth: Job 40:15-24
15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

(In the verse above, many Bible references try to say this is an elephant or a hippopotomus but neither of these animals "moveth his tail as a cedar" but brachiosaurus did.)

18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.