HAL LINDSEY: 4.1.17

 

March 31st, 2017

Some Democrats in Congress think that they will soon be able to charge members of the Trump administration, and maybe the President himself, with "high crimes and misdemeanors." That's the terminology used in the Constitution for impeachable offenses.

They are pressing the narrative that Donald Trump and members of his campaign team made deals with the Russians regarding the 2016 presidential campaign.

Meanwhile, many Republicans believe that it was actually the Obama administration that participated in "high crimes." And they make a strong case.

They believe that the Obama team illegally surveilled the Trump campaign. Based on its history, they may have a point when it comes to the Obama administration and illegal surveillance of U.S. citizens.

In 2013, The New York Times blasted the Obama administration for having no "credible justification for secretly combing through the phone records of reporters and editors at the Associated Press in what looks like a fishing expedition."

They were also exposed for illegal spying on reporter James Rosen of Fox News.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the NSA gave the Obama White House communications it had intercepted between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and various members of Congress. The White House wanted to know how members of Congress planned to fight Obama's Iran nuclear deal.

Recently, former Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich revealed that the Obama White House had listened in on his private phone conversations. He found out about it when two investigative reporters read to him excerpts of his phone conversations that they had been given by members of the administration.

Given the fact that President Obama was willing to spy on journalists and sitting members of Congress, is it really surprising that they might have spied on Donald Trump's campaign and members of the transition team?

Even The New York Times seemed to confirm that fact when its front page headline on January 20, Trump's Inauguration Day, read: "Wiretapped Data Used in Inquiry of Trump Aides." Isn't it interesting that members of the Left and the mainstream media deride President Trump for the use of the archaic word "wiretapped," but no one seems to mind The New York Times using it. Even before Trump did!

Further, the extremely liberal East Coast magazine, The Atlantic, questioned the purpose behind President Obama's sudden and unexplained expansion of potentially dangerous surveillance practices in the last two weeks of his presidency. Its headline read: "Why is Obama Expanding Surveillance Powers Right Before He Leaves Office?"

That's an easy one.

In the very last days of his presidency, Obama signed yet another executive order allowing NSA surveillance data to be widely disseminated to other intelligence agencies. The mainstream media paid little attention, as usual, but privacy advocates were outraged!

The executive order meant that the NSA's interception of the communications of the Trump team could be accessed by members of sixteen other agencies. Wide dissemination meant that lots of people would see it. That made it a virtual certainty that it would be leaked. And, it also gave "plausible deniability" to the White House, since it did not actively hand the information to anyone.

Also, law requires that in the interception of communications by U.S. citizens, the citizens' identities are to be "masked," since it is illegal to randomly spy on American citizens. However, when the information regarding the phone calls was illegally released to the press by members of the Obama administration, the identities of the U.S. citizens were revealed or "unmasked." This, too, is a felony.

All of which makes it seem likely that members of the U.S. intelligence community, as well as members of the former administration, have been working to undermine the new President.

On this program a few weeks ago, I warned of an unprecedented onslaught against President Trump. The entrenched federal bureaucracy, the establishment on both sides of the aisle, the mainstream news media, academia, Hollywood, and big money globalist-elites from around the world are coming after the President from all directions.

It is absolutely critical that all believers pray daily and earnestly for President Trump. Pray that God will encourage him and give him the strength to resist their efforts and follow through on his promises and convictions. Above all, that God will impart to him wisdom and understanding beyond his personal experience.

It is more important now to support him in prayer than it was even during the campaign. I truly believe America's survival is at stake.

Recently, the Foreign Minister of Turkey issued a threat that Europeans have dreaded for centuries. He said: "You are dragging Europe into the abyss. Holy wars will soon begin in Europe."

Was this threat a response to an invasion of Turkey by the EU? Was it a response to an attempted takeover of the government by covert operatives of NATO?

No. It was a temper tantrum approved by the newest aspiring dictator in that part of the world: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

You see, he is promoting a national referendum on April 16 to dramatically alter Turkey's storied secular constitution. He wants to substantially expand his own powers so that he can effectively become President-for-Life. Think Vladimir Putin, Mahmoud Abbas, Bashar al-Assad, Robert Mugabe, etc.

Turkish law allows 2.5 million Turks living in Europe and the rest of the world to vote in the referendum. So Erdogan wanted to send high-ranking officials from his government to campaign for those constitutional changes among Turkish ex-pats throughout Europe.

However, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands and officials in Germany, Switzerland, and parts of Austria refused to permit those rallies in support of Turkey's national suicide (my interpretation).

Erdogan blew a fuse.

He blustered that Holland and Turkey could no longer be friends. He called German officials "fascists" and "Nazis." He orchestrated protests across Europe, some of which turned violent. He is even threatening to pull out of NATO and stop Turkey's application to the European Union.

His anger toward Europe and other western nations may well drive him closer to two other powers that hold similar views of government's relationship with its citizens: Russia and Iran.

It is not coincidence that the Bible says that in the last days, a coalition of nations will invade Israel. It identifies the origins of three modern-day nations that will comprise the bulwark of that coming coalition. They are Russia, Iran, and Turkey.

And it will take direct intervention by God Himself to save Israel.

Finally, a couple of weeks ago, I began a discussion of the New Jerusalem. This week, I want to share with you some particulars. The details of that magnificent city of the future, whose builder and maker is God, are stunning. It will simply be beyond compare.

And you know what? If you are a member of God's forever-family, it will someday be your new home!

If not, make your reservation today by accepting the free gift of pardon from your sins that Jesus died on Calvary to purchase for you.

Don't miss this week's Report on TBN, Daystar, CPM Network, The Word Network, various local stations, www.hallindsey.com or www.hischannel.com. Check your local listings.

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God Bless,

Hal Lindsey

 

 

Walls - By Hal Lindsey - Hal Lindsey - http://www.hallindsey.com/ww-3-24-2017/

 

Wednesday's terror attack in London may seem small compared to others.  But it could turn out to be one of the most significant terrorist events of recent years.

 

Last year's attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, for instance, killed 49 and injured another 53.  The London attack had nowhere near that number.  But it struck at what could be considered the heart of western civilization.

 

The Independent reports that British Prime Minister Theresa May was just forty yards away from the point where the terror suspect was shot down.  They said, "Witnesses saw Ms. May being led to a silver Jaguar, as what sounded like gunfire could be heard."

 

The final shooting took place just outside Parliament.  Big Ben stands above the area. Westminster Abbey - historic home of British coronations, as well as royal weddings and funerals - is just feet away.  Buckingham Palace is a quick walk from there.  On the walk, you pass the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, better known as Scotland Yard.  At every turn, offices of government are a stone's throw away.  Number 10 Downing Street is two blocks to the north.  This is the heart of London and one of the most strategic areas on earth. 

 

When the attack occurred Wednesday afternoon, this prestigious and highly symbolic area changed permanently.  No one knows the extent to which the changes will be visible, but new security cordons went up the moment this happened, and they aren't coming down.

 

That means new walls between the public and their representatives in government.           And it doesn't stop in Britain.  When a terrorist breaches the security of a major capital, the ripple effect reaches to capital cities everywhere.

 

If a country fails to build appropriate outer walls - by which I mean solid and comprehensive immigration controls - it will build inner walls instead.  But inner walls are far more complex and harmful to democracies.

 

We keep hearing that it is better to build bridges than walls.  It's a lovely platitude. Connecting points are better than barriers.  I think of Robert Frost's poem, "Mending Wall." Frost pictures himself arguing against walls.  To which his neighbor responds with the ancient wisdom, "Good fences make good neighbors."

 

Both sides make a legitimate point, but neither position can be taken as an absolute.  The U.S. teacher goes to a protest march.  She holds her sign that says, "Build bridges, not walls." When the march is over she goes home - sometimes to a gated community, or a building that requires a code to get in.  She lives in a home with walls, doors, and locks. She uses, "Build bridges, not walls," as a mantra.  She says it as though it can't be argued with - as though it were true at all times and in all circumstances.  She forgets her home, car, computer, phone, bank accounts, mail, and other parts of her life where she wants privacy or needs security.  There's no such thing as a world without borders.

 

The latest terror event in London also serves as a reminder that murder does not originate inside guns. It rises out of dark hearts.  Those intent on creating mayhem will find or make weapons.  Kitchens will always be a source of knives.  A truck can mow down a crowd with the same terrible efficiency as an automatic weapon.  Even if government could remove all guns, we would still need the basic tools of human existence, including knives and vehicles.

 

Before his attack with a car and a knife, British officials investigated the London terrorist.  They dismissed him as a "peripheral figure." That's the problem.  There are millions of similar "peripheral figures" lurking in the shadows of Islam all over the world.  ISIS and other radical groups inspire them to violence.  Because they are "peripheral," they can come from any direction and without warning.

 

The war with terror is ongoing for the people of democracies from Jerusalem to Paris to London to New York to Los Angeles.  I fully expect it to continue until Christ returns.

 

We live in troubled times.  But those who have experienced rebirth in Christ can live in the assurance of God's continued care.  When we see or experience terrible things, we should remind ourselves of the future promised in God.  He has a new world on the way - full of love, joy, and peace.  Even though things will get worse before they get better, we're oh-so-close now to the most amazing days in the history of the universe.

 

Remember the most famous of all the Psalms.

 

"Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.  Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." - Psalms 23:5-6