fundie kind of way, on seeing certain things mentioned in the book of Revelation take place. But Bush's interests, unlike the sincere fundies he & his ilk are manipulating, are more occult & the intent is to simply unleash end-times evil and destruction.
Bush has got the same Messiah complex Hitler had, is just as mad and a helluva lot more dangerous to the world due to the technology at his disposal and the dire, precarious situation the world is in.
That man is cynically exploiting the beliefs of 50+ million Fundamental Christians whose 'Christian' beliefs were shaped by people like Falwell, Graham, Robertson, LaHaye, and Ralp Reed who have been working hand in hand with this cabal for over 40 years.
Death & destruction as they pursue their greed is all they are interested in bringing to innocent people all over the world & as devil-worshippers- yes, I'll say it right here, I believe they are devil-worshippers whose souls were forked over long ago, they are not being manipulated by anyone. Especially Bush. The man is no idiot- he is intelligent in an animal, cunning sort of way. He does not care if he's caught- Bush is laughing in all our faces as he pursues his mad path. He knows full well we can't stop him- that we won't until things get so bad we take to the streets & even then we won't be able to stop him.
Do you remember the day he landed on the aircraft carrier quoting Isaiah 61? Shiver- he was speaking code to 50+ million Fundies, bt quoting the exact same passage Jesus quoted to announce who he was. ((***)) Bush is now seen as the annointed one. The question they should be asking is "annointed by whom"?
From Bush's speech:
"In the words of the prophet Isaiah, "To the captives, 'come out,' -- and to those in darkness, 'be free.'"
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/05/iraq/20030501-15.html===
Another mask was donned by Bush on the deck of that aircraft carrier, one whose implications are far more dire and disturbing. Bush was there to tell the world that combat operations in Iraq had ceased. He did not go so far as to declare victory, as such a declaration would have required, under the Geneva Convention, the release of POWs and the withdrawal of American forces. The banner hanging across the control tower -- "Mission Accomplished" -- said all that needed to be said.
In his remarks, Bush closed with a paraphrasing of the Book of Isaiah: "In the words of the prophet Isaiah, 'To the captives, 'come out,' and to those in darkness, 'be free,''"
This was a quotation from Chapter 61 of Isaiah, the very book Jesus Christ used when proclaiming that Isaiah's prophesies of the Messiah had come true. Using this passage from Isaiah, Jesus presented himself as the Son of God in Nazareth. Thus it is told in Luke, Chapter 4, Verses 16-22:
"And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up; and he went to the synagogue, as his custom was, on the sabbath day. And he stood up to read; and there was given to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened the book and found the place where it was written, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." And he closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. And he began to say to them, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.""
Under normal circumstances, we could write this off as a President reaching for hopeful Biblical language to frame a particular argument. This has been done before, by many American leaders in many situations. In this case, taken on the political surface, we could see a President using the Bible to define the latest reason for war in Iraq -- the 'liberation' of the people -- in the conspicuous absence of the oft-repeated reason that started the war -- the presence of mass destruction weapons. A further analysis of George W. Bush himself, however, leads to some serious questions.
The passage of Isaiah referenced by Jesus at Nazareth, and by Bush on the Abraham Lincoln, is part of a larger collection of verses known as the "Servant Songs." The specific verse used by Bush, out of Isaiah 61, is most important; it is widely accepted by both Christian and Jewish scholars as announcing the Messiah. For Christians, the Messiah is Jesus, and so this passage refers specifically to Him and His coming. The fact that Jesus Himself used this passage to announce His presence further confirms this. Bush's reading of this passage suggests the possibility that he believes this coming, for the second time, has arrived.
It has been oft-reported that Bush witnessed the attacks of 9/11 and came to believe that God Himself, and not Scalia and the rest, put him into the Presidency for the sole purpose of pursuing this war against terrorism. It has likewise been oft-reported that Bush is an evangelical Christian of the vigorous Billy Graham stripe. We have witnessed the failure of every rationalization for making war on Iraq -- the WMDs, the terrorist connections -- and are left now with the rhetorical argument that we did the whole thing to 'save' the Iraqi people. Ergo, Bush positioned himself on the deck of that aircraft carrier as a savior.
We are talking about a man who wears masks for the sake of political opportunism, and to survive moments when he has to address himself in the bathroom mirror. Does this newest mask have George W. Bush taking on the mantle of Jesus Christ, Savior and Redeemer?
Here is a man so steeped in self-denial that he can shunt aside his own shameful history in order to pretend he is on the same moral level as the soldiers he abandoned when his time of service came due. Here is a man intent upon making war on as much of the Muslim world as he can put his hands around, while wrapping around himself the image and prophesies of Jesus Christ. What is next? Will we see George W. Bush standing before the American people saying "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing"?
George W. Bush, master of denial. George W. Bush, wearer of masks. George W. Bush, soldier for Christ.
George W. Bush, Christ Himself?
William Rivers Pitt
http://truthout.org/docs_03/050503A.shtml ---
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Luke 4 (in which Jesus announces he is the Messiah): (emphasis added):
14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and His fame went out through all the region round about.
15 And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
16 And He came to Nazareth where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read.
17 And there was delivered unto Him the book of the prophet
Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:
18
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor. He hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,19 to preach the acceptable year of the Lord."
20 And He closed the book, and He gave it again to the minister and sat down. And the eyes of all those who were in the synagogue were fastened on Him.
21 And He began to say unto them, "This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears."
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