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Trafield
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quote: The rapture of the church....maybe?
Perhaps, but I don't think so since I feel that scripture teaches that the antichrist must be revealed before the rapture, and that this revealing happens when the antichrist enters the rebuilt temple and proclaims himself God.
"Now we beseech you, bretheren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our being gathered to him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling a way first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God." 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4
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Kindgo
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The rapture of the church....maybe?
-------------------- God bless, Kindgo
Inside the will of God there is no failure. Outside the will of God there is no success.
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Trafield
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quote: I have been wondering when we would be hearing from the New ICC, what do you think GW thinks about this?
I hope he is thinking that he is glad that he decided to "unsign" the Rome Statute. I hope Bush is sincere, but I know the the Bible says that all nations will eventually be under the rule of the beast (Revelation 13:7). Sure, getting rid of dictators is great for the U.S., but it is also works to the benefit of the "global community" not to have dictators in power that would certainly oppose a one-world governmental system. Bush may be helping get rid of the world's dictators for the right reasons, but it is really a benefit to the New World Order. I do not buy the "cat and mouse game" between the UN inspectors and Iraq. The UN wants Saddam gone, because he would never yield sovereignty to a world-governmental system. Bush says he will not either, and seemed to back it up by "unsigning" the Rome Statute. And yet, by continuing to go through the UN and demanding that it uphold its resolutions, he is actually empowering the global governance of the UN. In fact, the U.S. is already so immersed in the world-governmental system, that I find it hard to believe that our country will not eventually sign and ratify the Rome Statute. What could bring this about? Perhaps war and economic collapse. I pray I am wrong...
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Kindgo
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Trafield, thanks for the post.
I have been wondering when we would be hearing from the New ICC, what do you think GW thinks about this?
1991 war crimes?
-------------------- God bless, Kindgo
Inside the will of God there is no failure. Outside the will of God there is no success.
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Trafield
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AFX European Focus, January 24, 2003 Friday, GENERAL, 332 words, Lawyers warn Bush that attack on Iraq could lead to war crimes prosecutions, NEW YORK A group of more than 100 legal experts warned President George W. Bush in a letter that senior officials could face prosecution if US soldiers committed war crimes in Iraq. The experts said violations of international humanitarian law by US and allied forces "were extensively documented" during the 1991 Gulf War and military campaigns in Kosovo in 1999 and in Afghanistan in late 2001. "Given these past violations, there is a reasonable basis for assuming that in any future military action against Iraq, these requirements will once again be breached," they wrote. The letter, signed by more than 100 law professors and non-governmental organizations, was also sent to US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Canadian counterpart, Jean Chretien. Previous violations included "indiscriminate methods of attack," the use of cluster bombs and fuel-air explosives, and attacks on electricity supplies and dams, it said. One of the signatories, Michael Ratner, President of the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York, said: "I hope this unjustified war never happens, but if President Bush proceeds to war, we fear it will be a war that unlawfully targets the Iraqi people as was the case in 1991." The letters "are putting the US, UK and Canadian governments on notice that such illegal tactics cannot and must not be used again," Ratner said. Britain and Canada are both parties to the statute of the new International Criminal Court, set up on July 1 last year to try cases of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. "While the US did not ratify the treaty establishing the court, US officials involved in committing certain international crimes may nonetheless be held responsible under principles of Universal Jurisdiction and the War Crimes Act," the lawyers said.
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