Seattle World Trade Organization Protests
Seattle WTO Protests
Hello all,
Please read this all the way to the bottom.
We need to jump ahead a little bit and come to one accord as regards the
kingdom preached to the poor. Angela, a dear member of this group
forwarded an article concerning what really happened in Seattle last
week to me and we must all understand how this affects us. Those who
understand Bible prophecy as regards the final conflict know that it
will be between the poor nations of the south and the rich nations of
the north. The four heads of the beast comprise the eagle (America)
whose wings were plucked from the standing lion (England), the bear
(Russia), and the leopard whose many spots represent a coalition, (the
EC). Pretty much all these nations comprise the one world order,
militarily with the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance and economically
coming together with the World Trade Organization. The leopard could
include Japan and any economic power of the north not third world.
What happened in Seattle is just a preview of things to come. It wasn't
the first protest against the WTO, the same thing happened in Europe at
Geneva and elsewhere. This is not the watered down gospel of the kingdom
we are to preach to the poor, it is the gospel that packs power and
reminiscent of what the Jews were expecting from Jesus the first time He
came. Do not be misled by the flattering words of the WTO. They are out
to do exactly what can be expected of them and that is to economically
expoit, dominate and oppress the weak in order for the rich
multi-nationalists to get richer. The Queen of the South is rising up to
denounce this generation and is reflected in the protests. God is on the
side of those almost 600 people that were arrested last week and is a
good indication of where we stand and that we do not want to trade
freedom for the sake of trade dollars. We are called to denounce the
oppression. I have copied parts of my essay on the kingdom and also the
article that Angela sent me, it is domestic violence by the Seattle
police, pure and simple. Please read.
Jay.
In the last days it is the Gospel of the Kingdom that will be preached
to the poor. The Kingdom is yet to come but it is also here. If the
Kingdom is now, we must act like it is now to bring about the Kingdom to
come. Our responsibility as the last day army of God is especially in
the prophetic fulfillment of the kingdom as regards to the harvest and
the liberation of the poor from oppression. The Kingdom was Jesus'
burning determination. His teaching and parables were kingdom centered
and focused on a loving and forgiving God in a world of peace and
justice.
The Biblical theme of the kingdom of God provides the universal
framework within which the
liberation of Christians and the deliverance of the poor from oppression
takes place. Jesus is careful to distinguish His Kingdom from others.
The kingdom is fleshed out within the process of liberation and cannot
be realized outside the historical liberation project of the poor. Jesus
will return when we speak as one and the gospel of the kingdom is
preached by us to the poor. Previously the church's business had seemed
to be primarily a matter of saving souls. It now becomes imperative for
the Bride of Christ to regard social justice and human development as
related to the Kingdom of God.
God is working in history to bring about His kingdom. To help you
understand this, there is a Kingdom in Heaven and a Kingdom on earth.
The kingdom of God is now, in that Jesus is reigning over our hearts,
and in the future, when Jesus will be reigning over the nations. Jesus
also spoke of the kingdom to come and it is this kingdom that will be
preached to the poor of the last days. The kingdom of God will not "come
with observation" but will silently increase, wherever it is set up, and
spread from heart to heart, from house to house, from town to town, from
one kingdom to another. We spiritual Christians have often been warned
by our "realist" friends that we cannot bring in the Kingdom of God by
acting as if it were already here. Yet this is precisely what Jesus did
teach. If those of us as the Bride of Christ are prepared to take the
teaching of the Bible at face value and to order our lives here and now
by the laws of a transcendent Kingdom, then the power of God would
answer the cry of faith, and the kingdom would break in upon the world
anew and take them unawares. If the church will save itself and the
world, it must cease being an end in itself. It must declare itself
before the world and organize itself on the basis that it is a means to
the end of the Kingdom of God. It must be disciplined by the Kingdom and
act and live for Kingdom ends.
Peace will only be achieved fully in the future kingdom of God and only
when the accuser is cast down. The realization of the kingdom is a
continuing work, begun by Jesus in the flesh and progressively
maintained by His followers throughout history and expanding its scope
in the world today by those who have received His seal in their
consciousness. In the kingdom of God of the future, peace and justice
will be fully realized but it starts with us in the here and now as the
last day generation.
Justice is always the foundation of peace. In times past there has been
a tension regarding peace and justice and the struggle for justice may
threaten certain forms of peace. This is where Jesus is coming with a
sword to take peace from the earth but it is only a transitory process.
The growth of the Kingdom has been a process that occurs historically in
liberation, in that, liberation means a greater fulfillment of the human
race toward justice. The Queen of the South will rise up to denounce
this generation and it will not be a peaceful denunciation. Babylon will
be thrown down from her exalted position in violence. It is in this
tension that we are to explain the problem of war and our relationship
to it. Make no mistake about it, it is in this view of the gospel of the
kingdom preached to the poor that will take the peace from the earth to
achieve the liberation from the oppressive economic powers.
Jesus told us that when we see these things come to pass that we would
know that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Ours is mainly spiritual
warfare, it is not necessary for all of us to arm ourselves and take up
the battle as some have thought. The Bride of Christ will speak as one
and denounce the oppression and that will stimulate others around the
world to take the cause to shake off the power of the beast. Jesus is
preparing the nations of the world for the final conflict in order to
bring about His kingdom and it is in our testimony that this will
happen. It will not be pretty but we must still hold on the the great
truths of the kingdom in the liberation of the poor regardless of the
conflict and tension that it will cause. And we must first come together
in agreement on this.
Subject: Seattle MD testifies - Police Brutality - Martial Law -
Police State
From: "Dr. Byron Weeks"
Interview with Seattle MD
My name is Richard DeAndrea. I'm a medical doctor. What I saw up here
was martial law. This turned into a police state. Everything you have
seen on television regarding local news broadcasts including national
public radio was a blackout.
The police were using concussion grenades. They were shooting tear gas
canisters directly at protesters facing them. They were using rubber
bullets. Some of the damage I saw from these rubber bullets took off
part of a person's jaw, smashed teeth in their mouth. I saw the police
arrest people who had their hands up in the air screaming we are
peacefully protesting. The amount of looting that took place was so
minimal I don't even know where they got the footage from. I am saying
this beyond a shadow of a doubt. This is a definite sign that America
is
heading towards a polic state unless people start standing up for their
rights as individuals. I am actually shocked and ashamed. I am ashamed
of the police force, I am ashamed of the mayor. I am ashamed of Bill
Clinton. I am ashamed of the whole thing.
Jared: These rubber bullets - what are they?
Dr. DeAndrea: They are made of polyester type material. They are like a
hard plastic toy. The idea is to hit your body, do damage, not actually
penetrate. But I did see penetration wounds, I did see people bleeding.
I did see teeth loss, I did see broken bones. There were children
present, there were families present, they were firing upon families,
mothers, grandmothers,. They were just firing at them. They came out in
full police force. They brought out swat teams, they had the national
guard up here, there was CIA surrounding the delegates' buildings. It
was very obvious that there was an institutional control that had no
regard of human rights whatever.
In addition we have video footage of protesters being taken away as well
as human rights being violated. Prisoners were taken and they were
tortured. There is a case, I believe his name is Holm, Keith Holm. He
was tortured because he would not give his name. They handcuffed, laid
him on the floor, they smashed his face against the concrete, they
grabbed his hair, they ripped out a lock of hair and then placed pencils
between his fingers on them until he would give his name.
They were also banging his head against metal objects. He was actually
the first protester released because the Internal Affairs came in to do
an investigation and they wanted him gone because he would be able to
give testimony.
We're treating people in a studio loft downtown. I just treated an ear
wound. People have been treated for concussion injuries. There have been
people who have been treated for plastic bullet wounds. Lots of tear gas
injuries, lots of damage to corneas, lots of damage to the eyes and
skins. They were using a pepper spray, a tear gas and they were also
using some sort of nerve gas. We had reports of many demonstrators
winding up with seizures the next day. It causes muscles to clamp up,
muscle contractions, seizures.
They have done several illegal things regarding these people in jail.
They have been telling them that they would not be let out, not have
their bail set if they didn't give their names. Its their legal right
not to give their name. They don't have to speak at all. Attorneys came
up and said we are representing these people. The police called their
attorneys liars. At this point they have still refused to let any of
them see their clients. There are close to 600 people who
were arrested and they have been holding them for two days on charges
that are mostly misdemeanors - refusal to disperse.
A lot of people in there have not gotten medical attention, either. I
have gotten calls from young ladies in there who have had all sorts of
emotional problems as well as physical problems. They have called me for
medical attention from inside the jail. There are people still sitting
in there who have not even been processed.
Today there were fewer attacks by police, but they did arrest more
people. And there was no violence today by the marchers and all through
the day yesterday it was the same. What you are seeing on television
about looting and anarchistic protesters - there's straight-out
blackout
they are basically pushing that. There is not much damage to property
here. There are not many windows that have been damaged or stores that
have been looted. Those are extremely rare cases.
I used to believe newspapers were telling the truth. But now I am no
longer behind that.
This shouldn't happen in America. This is still America, isn't it? I'm
beginning to wonder.
December 7, 1999
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