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JULY 2019 | THETRUMPET.COM
Blocking the U.S. out of
world trade
America’s university scam
The battle for the Arctic
Is ‘white male privilege’
a thing?
What is Armageddon?
Why Europe
wants to
cethn s
e In
or
ternet
COVER
Germany is taking control of the Internet
through European regulations.
J U LY 2 0 1 9 | VOL. 30, NO. 6 | CIRC.252,373 (julia goddard/trumpet)
FEATURES
1 FROM THE EDITOR
COVER STORY
Germany Is Taking Control of the
Internet
4 Blocking the U.S. Out of World Trade
7 What the University Scam Reveals
About America
11 How 67,000 Socialists Hijacked the
Democratic Party
12 Is ‘White Male Privilege’ a Thing?
15 The Scent of Danger
16 The Battle for the Arctic
18 INFOGRAPHIC
The Arctic: An Emerging Frontier
20 King Josiah Proved—Again!
22 The New ‘Arab Spring’
26 What Is Armageddon?
D E PA R T M E N T S
28 W O R L D WAT C H
31 S O C I E T Y WAT C H
33 PRINCIPLES OF LIVING
Use Only One Measure “Europe wants to conquer
34 DISCUSSION BOARD
the world all over again. Only
this time, its killer app isn’t steel
35 C O M M E N TA RY
or gunpowder. [The GDPR is] an EU
Homeless in Seattle
legal juggernaut aimed at imposing
36 THE KEY OF DAVID T E L E V I S I O N L O G ever tougher privacy rules on governments
and companies from San Francisco to Seoul.”
mark scott and laurens cerulus—politico
Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Trumpet executive editor Stephen News and analysis Regular news updates and alerts
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FROM THE
EDITOR
Germany Is Taking Control of the Internet
New EU laws attempt not only to curb America’s big technology companies, but to take over the World Wide Web.
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he European Union is working to gain control of the or the Chicago Tribune. To preserve access to the EU market,
Internet. It has already made significant progress in this many American companies have had to spend millions installing
effort. Many people, including some of America’s top busi- software and instituting new practices to comply with the gdpr.
ness leaders and government officials, are deeply concerned. This is how Europe works: It wants to manage every aspect
Through various pieces of legislation, the EU now has of people’s lives! It is a major reason that the majority of British
extraordinary influence in the homes of Internet users and citizens in June 2016 voted to leave the EU: They are tired of
within every corporation and government on Earth. The EU this kind of dictatorial interference. With the gdpr and other
is waging a campaign of technological imperialism, and most Internet legislation, the EU is expanding its influence well
people don’t even know it! beyond its borders—even over America.
While a lot of this legislation is created by the EU, the The EU has been warring against U.S. tech companies for
ultimate source of this global effort to undermine the United years. Since 2010, it has fined Google more than $9 billion.
States’ domination of the tech industry Google pays more to the EU in fines than in taxes.
and control of the Internet is Germany. “Europe wants to conquer the world all over again,” wrote
Germany is the EU’s largest, most Mark Scott and Laurens Cerulus in Politico last year. “Only this
powerful and most influential nation. It is time, its killer app isn’t steel or gunpowder. [The gdpr is] an
using the EU as a tool to stealthily fulfill its EU legal juggernaut aimed at imposing ever tougher privacy
own ambitions. Anyone who has followed rules on governments and companies from San Francisco to
the European Union knows that nothing Seoul” (Jan. 31, 2018; emphasis mine throughout).
significant happens in Brussels without In an article on this subject last year, Trumpet contributing
gerald flurry
Germany’s sanction and endorsement. editor Brad Macdonald recognized the concerns many have
Germany’s ambitions for the Internet should concern about the power of U.S. tech companies. “To be sure, there
everyone, even those who don’t have a computer. The EU’s are genuine concerns and questions about the behavior of
behavior on this issue exposes the dictatorial nature of this these companies and their inordinate power and reach,” he
German-dominated entity. Really, we are witnessing the man- wrote. “That said, do we really want a handful of anti-Ameri-
ifestation of the spirit of the Holy Roman Empire in the tech can, European bureaucrats trying to solve these problems? We
world. The biblically prophesied seventh and final resurrection have enough evidence proving that Brussels isn’t acting altru-
of this empire wants to control the Internet! istically, in the best interests of mankind. The EU is clearly
attacking America’s influence and trying to establish itself as
GDPR the king of the Internet” (theTrumpet.com, Nov. 29, 2018).
Last year, the EU introduced a new rule that affected the There are legitimate concerns—but do we trust Germany
4.3 billion people around the world who access the Internet. and this rising Holy Roman Empire to rationally and fairly
Called the General Data Protection Regulation (gdpr), this solve these issues?
EU law regulates the way companies process and manage the
personal data of European citizens. Any corporation world- Another Attack
wide—no matter the size, industry or location—that doesn’t On April 15, the EU adopted another new directive that it
comply with this EU law risks massive penalties. claims will stop people from violating copyrights online. It is
Five hundred million people live in Europe, and roughly actually another massive power grab.
85 percent of them have Internet access. The EU is comprised The new Copyright Directive will make it illegal to quote an
mostly of First World nations with high personal wealth, at author’s news article without paying him. Both Germany and
least compared to many other nations. That makes the EU Spain have already tried this, and it didn’t work. In the end, the
market extremely attractive. If you want to access these half a legislation actually prevented articles from being shared online.
billion consumers, you must live by the EU’s rules—rules set Rather than paying the author, most people simply refrained
istock .com /drazen
by Germany. Break them, and risk gargantuan fines. from quoting the article or sharing it. Legislation like this will
This law has compelled some prominent U.S. media organi- actually hurt many authors because they will lose exposure.
zations to abandon the EU market. Their websites have become This law can even be used to block criticism. To debunk a
inaccessible to people within the EU. For example, if you visit the false story or criticize a piece of work, you generally have to
EU, you cannot access the websites of the New York Daily News quote from it. Under the new rules, if an author doesn’t like
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your criticism, he can refuse permission to quote him. I know that these American tech companies are far from
Another part of this regulation requires websites that post perfect. I’m not arguing for them to have tyrannical control
material from the public to filter everything for copyright over the Internet. But when you let a handful of people get that
infringement before posting it. This means every video, level of control over something as important and powerful as
article or audio file posted on sites like Facebook, Twitter the Internet, it can be very dangerous! Legislation like this
or YouTube—sites where people increasingly get their news— can destroy corporations, it could cripple Silicon Valley, and it
must first go through a filtering system. So these companies could destroy national economies!
will have to spend millions creating a new filtering system
and instituting new policies and practices. And many experts The Holy Roman Empire
fear this filtering system could easily be changed to filter out We must put this issue in the context of Bible prophecy and
anything the EU doesn’t like. history. The German-led EU is behaving the way the Holy
Many are deeply alarmed by what is happening here. In June Roman Empire has always behaved. Germany is once again
2018, dozens of Internet pioneers—including the inventor of the seeking to impose its will on the world.
World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, and the cofounder of Wiki- This is a difficult message to accept, and many people will
pedia, Jimmy Wales—signed an open letter to the European Par- disagree with it, but it is the truth!
liament president, warning that it was about to pass a directive The Bible prophesied that this Holy Roman Empire would
that was “an imminent threat to the future” of the Internet. rise repeatedly in Europe. In World War ii, Adolf Hitler led
Still, the directive was passed and is on the way to becoming the sixth resurrection of this power. He caused the death of
law. European Digital Rights called this a “censorship machine.” 60 million people. Germany also started World War i, which
cost more than 15 million lives. But soon we may not be able
to write or speak about that European history—because the
These companies will have to spend newly resurrected Holy Roman Empire will censor it!
Bernard Connolly wrote a bombshell book in 1995, The Rotten
millions creating a new filtering Heart of Europe, exposing this European power. For years, he
system and instituting new policies served at the heart of the Exchange Rate mechanism for the
European Union. He called the European superstate rotten!
and practices. And many experts Within that union, he writes, “is the battle for control of the
fear this filtering system could European superstate in which French technocrats confront
easily be changed to filter out German federalists, both sides claiming to fight under the
banner of Charlemagne. The collateral damage from the battle
anything the EU doesn’t like. lies mainly in the future, but it could be ghastly.”
Germany has won that battle. Nobody disputes this today.
Connolly writes that this union is all about “the pursuit of a
Its senior policy adviser, Diego Naranjo, warned, “Article 13 of ‘European’ cloak for German ambitions!” He is right. And his
the directive sets a dangerous precedent for Internet filters country voted to leave the EU because it knows that what he
and automated censorship mechanisms.” In other words, it’s said is true. Britain’s exit is a warning to everyone else—they
all about getting control. see where this is going.
“The Copyright Directive will create two internets,” wrote In 1995, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher warned
Matthew Lesh of CapX. “The first, a heavily censored version that this was coming, but people didn’t listen. She said, “You
for European users, including filters to prevent you from have not anchored Germany to Europe. You have anchored
uploading content. The second, a free Internet where creativity Europe to a newly dominant, unified Germany. In the end, my
is encouraged, for everyone else” (March 26). Germany and the friends, you’ll find it will not work.” They hoped this Union
EU are transforming the way the Internet operates! would restrain Germany. Instead, Germany has gotten control. It
“This is a press regulation by the back door,” warned Lesh. dominates the EU economically—and more and more, politically.
Even websites like the Times and Telegraph will be subject to the The late Otto von Habsburg was from the famous Habsburg
regulation because the public can post comments on their pages. dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire and a member of the Euro-
This is a slippery slope. Using this legislation, the EU will pean Parliament. He said, “The [European] Community is living
soon be able to silence any message it doesn’t like—such as largely by the heritage of the Holy Roman Empire, though the
the message you are reading right now! great majority don’t know by what heritage they live.” That’s
This new regulation will also be another weapon in Ger- what Connolly was writing about. The EU is not a democratic
many’s assault on American tech companies. YouTube’s ceo organization—it is an imperialistic empire. The world will
Susan Wojcicki said on Oct. 22, 2018, that the EU’s behavior learn this very soon.
poses a threat to both your livelihood and your ability to share This message isn’t personal; God is not racist. In fact, God
your voice with the world. “The new EU law is terrifying U.S. says we must love all people—even our enemies—or we are not
technology companies, especially Google, Facebook, Twitter thinking like Him. Certainly we love the Germans. We want to
and YouTube,” wrote Macdonald. “Many consider it to be an warn them of where they will end up if they don’t change course.
attempt not only to curb the power of America’s big technology Mr. Habsburg also said, “We possess a European symbol
companies, but to literally take over the Internet” (op cit). which belongs to all nations of Europe equally. This is the
2 THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET
crown of the Holy Roman Empire.” Hitler called his Nazi of the Internet and how Germany can control the Internet to
empire the Third Reich, after the First Germanic Reich of its advantage.
Charlemagne and the Second Reich of the German empire. The Guttenberg is also a financial technology consultant. He is an
EU is about the Germans ruling more than just Germany: They expert in the field of finance, technology and cryptocurrency.
want an empire! They want to control the Internet—and that He is studying how the Internet and computer science can
is only a stepping-stone to controlling the world! Every time change the way banking works.
it has risen, the Holy Roman Empire has made an attempt to Guttenberg also hates the president of the United States,
do just that! These Internet regulations show that the spirit of Donald Trump. He appears regularly in the German- and
Charlemagne has returned. English-language media condemning him. Soon we are certain
After the Third Reich was defeated in World War ii, the world to see whether Guttenberg is already working behind the
was fed up with Germany’s military aggression. In the Yalta scenes against America.
Conference report, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill The Bible has important things to say about this coming
and United States President Franklin Roosevelt made this strongman. Daniel 8:23 says, “And in the latter time of their king-
statement: “It is our inflexible purpose to destroy German dom [a modern Holy Roman Empire], when the transgressors
militarism and Nazism, and to ensure that Germany will never are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and under-
again be able to disturb the peace of the world.” Germany has standing dark sentences, shall stand up.” The book of Daniel is
disturbed the peace of the world repeatedly. It was the same only for this end time, and it talks about a man rising up to rule
with the Germans’ ancient ancestors, the Assyrians. Both over that Holy Roman Empire with a fierce countenance! Verse
history and prophecy show that it is in their heart, or national 25 states, “[H]e shall conjure up great plans and when they least
character, to destroy many nations (Isaiah 10). expect it, work havoc on many” (New English Bible).
The Bible says Germany and nine other nations will make This is the man the Holy Roman Empire is really waiting for.
up the coming Holy Roman Empire. There will be 10 kings. At If you think Germany is dangerous now, Bible prophecy says
present, there are 28 EU members—soon to be 27 when Britain you haven’t seen anything yet!
leaves. But something will cause that Union to shrink. Maybe As I said, the Germans are a great people, but the Germans
some nations will be pushed out. Maybe some will want to have a long history with the Holy Roman Empire. This empire
leave. The EU’s Copyright Directive requires national govern- has a history of bloodshed like no other institution in at least
ments to implement the rules in their own national law by 2021. the last 2,000 years! The Bible gives us a stark warning about
Even this process could pare the number of nations down. this institution!
Verse 24 states that “his power shall be mighty, but not by his
A Man to Watch own power ….” This verse is talking about the devil. Revelation
For the Holy Roman Empire to exert its power on the world 13:4 speaks of a system, a modern-day empire, that worships
scene, it needs a strongman. We don’t know who he is for sure, the devil!
but he is certain to be far stronger than Chancellor Angela But after the bad news, there is good news! Daniel 8:25 proph-
Merkel, who is very weak. esies that this man “shall also stand up against the Prince of
Germany’s former defense minister, Karl-Theodor zu Gut- princes; but he shall be broken without hand.” The book of Rev-
tenberg, has been a very popular figure in Germany. We have elation tells us the same thing. Revelation 17:13 describes these
said for a decade that we think he could become the next Ger- soon-coming 10 kings: “These have one mind, and shall give
man chancellor. He may be that strong leader who can wield their power and strength unto the beast.” Then the next verse
Germany’s, and Europe’s, power like an emperor. says, “These shall make war with the Lamb ….” These nations,
Guttenberg has an expert understanding of technology. He these 10 kings, are going to make war with Jesus Christ Himself!
spent several years as senior adviser to the European Commis- And how will that end? “[A]nd the Lamb shall overcome
sion on global Internet freedom. This job included advising them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that
the EU how to use the Internet to undermine dictatorial are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful” (verse 14).
governments they oppose. For example, he examined how the This power is about to be destroyed forever! And you have
EU could use the Internet to support opponents of Russian the opportunity to be among those who are “called, and chosen,
President Vladimir Putin. He has a strong grasp of the power and faithful” at Christ’s side when He returns! n
What if
Europe controlled
the Internet?
istock .com /kasezo
The European Union is asserting its power over crucial infrastructure. In the right hands, this power
could multiply, helping to make Europe a superpower. And those hands might be Karl-Theodor zu
Guttenberg’s. To learn why, request Gerald Flurry’s free booklet A Strong German Leader Is Imminent.
Blocking the
U.S. Out of World Trade
The global economy is
being reoriented—away
from the United States.
by jeremiah jacques
A
colossal Eurasian supercon-
tinent is forming. From Tokyo
to Lisbon, groups of Asian and
European nations are hammering out
history-altering trade deals and building
TRADE BLOCS
The highlighted countries are members of some of today’s most dominant
billions of dollars’ worth of infrastruc- trade agreements and other international initiatives. These include
ture to better bind themselves together. the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Belt and Road Initiative,
With the ideological lines that divided Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership,
East and West during the Cold War EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement, EU-Japan Strategic
fading away, the links between Asia and Partnership Agreement, Eurasian Economic Union, and Mercosur.
Europe are solidifying at hypersonic
speed. Latin America, too, is being Xi has been working to convince But in Europe, most nations were
drawn deeper into the Eurasian orbit. nations in those regions to cooperate skeptical. They worried about China’s
All of these trends, deals and projects with China to build roads, rail networks, human rights abuses and deceitful trade
have one common denominator: The bridges, ports, pipelines and Internet practices, including its tendency to steal
United States is excluded. systems to rebuild and greatly expand the intellectual property of foreign inves-
And this is all happening in fulfillment those ancient routes. If the Belt and Road tors. Europeans also feared China’s debt
of specific end-time biblical prophecies. Initiative comes together as planned, its trap diplomacy, by which it uses loans to
infrastructure will connect more than gain leverage over borrowing countries
Rebuilding the Ancient Silk Road 60 percent of the global population and and force them to make concessions
China has taken the lead in working to about 36 percent of total global gross they would never make otherwise. They
integrate Eurasia. It is accomplishing domestic product—to China. And it is all worried about how the expansion of
this largely with the Belt and Road Ini- for the purpose of reshaping the interna- Chinese interests globally sometimes
tiative (bri), the brainchild and foremost tional system to place China at the center. precedes the expansion of Chinese mil-
national priority of Chinese President Many countries, especially in poorer itary assets and deployments.
Xi Jinping. The project was enshrined parts of Asia, Africa and the Middle East, On top of all that, Europe’s historical
into the Chinese Constitution in 2017 as immediately signed on. They calculated postwar alignment has been toward the
part of Xi’s “Chinese Dream.” It aims to that accepting Chinese loans and grant- United States. And American leaders
rebuild the ancient “Silk Road” network ing China the right to build road, rail view the bri as a dangerous drive for Chi-
of routes that facilitated the flow of and port infrastructure might be risky, nese global hegemony, and often encour-
goods and ideas across Asia, the Middle but the benefits to their economies age nations in Europe and elsewhere
East, Africa and Europe. would be worth it. to shun it. These factors combined to
4 THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET
The victory was enormous, not just Russia has modernized Nicaragua’s
because Chinese ships will be able to eas- military, loaned Cuba $43 million for
ily unload cargo at Italy’s choicest ports, military gear, and said it may build a
but also because Italy is a member of the base there. In Venezuela, Russia has sent
G-7. This group of democratically gov- soldiers and military gear to prop up the
erned, advanced economies also includes regime of failed dictator Nicolás Maduro,
Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the U.S. and Russia’s Nezavisimaya Gazeta has
and the United Kingdom. The G-7 are reported that Moscow may build a per-
powerful nations that help shape global manent military base there.
policy. Now that one is on the list of Belt Given the proximity of these Latin
and Road participants, other European American nations to the U.S. and to the
nations are seriously considering joining. Caribbean shipping lanes that the U.S.
Quartz noted that Italy’s move was economy depends on, the deepening
partly motivated by its desire to break influence of Russia and China there
with traditional partners, including should be red flags to U.S. policymakers.
the U.S., which has been its ally since
the founding of nato 70 years ago. “[An] The World Is Banking on China
endorsement for bri … can signal the On Jan. 16, 2016, while inaugurating
likelihood of a country breaking ranks China’s new Asian Infrastructure
with traditional allies to side with China Investment Bank, Xi told the assembled
over politically charged themes,” it dignitaries they were witnessing “a
wrote (March 19). historical moment.”
Italy’s “signal” of anti-Americanism The bank was established mainly to
is sobering. And European, Asian and support Belt and Road projects and to
African countries are not the only ones advance China’s broader goal of assert-
demonstrating that they are eager to ing leadership on the world stage. The
side with China. Alarmingly, it is also bank offers nations an alternative to
happening with more and more coun- the post-World War ii U.S.-dominated
tries in the U.S.’s periphery. institutions, such as the World Bank and
the International Monetary Fund. It is
Crashing America’s Neighborhood another economic weapon for China to
The Belt and Road infrastructure devel- openly challenge American leadership.
opment initially concentrated on Asia, Despite U.S. pressure, several of
the Middle East, Africa and Europe, the America’s Asian allies and partners
darken EU countries’ view of the initia- same regions that were linked by the joined China’s Asian Infrastructure
tive, and to initially dissuade them from ancient Silk Road. But in 2017, Xi said he Investment Bank, including the Philip-
integrating more deeply with China. views Latin America as a “natural exten- pines, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam
But over the years, especially as sion” of the project and invited nations and Singapore. Several of America’s
Europe’s anti-American sentiments there to join. Antigua and Barbuda, closest allies outside of Asia—Britain,
grew stronger, some of the less power- Bolivia, Panama, Suriname and Trini- Germany, Italy, Australia, New Zealand
ful, mostly southern European nations dad and Tobago have already signed on. and France—also joined.
rejected U.S. warnings and joined the More Latin American and Caribbean Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry
Chinese project. And in March a major nations are preparing to follow. Summers wrote in the lead-up to the
European power made the extremely Chinese money has already built a Bank’s inauguration: “[T]his … may be
significant decision to follow suit. port in Trinidad and Tobago, railways in remembered as the moment the United
Argentina, and roads in Costa Rica and States lost its role as the underwriter of
When in Rome Jamaica. As China persuades more Latin the global economic system.” Summers
Italy normally reserves its most lavish American and Caribbean nations to join also stated that America’s failure to
welcomes only for close allies. But on the project, this region, which is vital to persuade allies to stay out of the Chinese
March 21, it hosted Xi for a state visit in U.S. security, will become increasingly initiative is a “wake-up call.”
Rome, including an elaborate, red-carpet aligned with Beijing and its partners. Luxembourg’s finance minister said
reception, state dinner and private And the Belt and Road Initiative is in 2016 that the Asian Infrastructure
concert by an opera megastar. But the just one of many ways that China and its Investment Bank is “further proof of the
highlight of the visit for Xi was Italy’s anti-American partners are deepening rebalancing of the world economy.”
signing up to the Belt and Road Initiative. their influence in Latin America.
“Xi Jinping’s dream,” Business Insider In the case of China’s closest comrade, Trade Blocs Blocking Out the U.S.
wrote after the signing, “just claimed Russia, the influence is becoming “[G]overnments have proven eager to
one of its biggest victories yet.” overtly militaristic. In recent months, move forward with trade negotiations as
JULY 2019 5
a way to counter some of the uncertainty the Belt and Road Initiative. Putin said United States. These trends take on
in the global trading system today,” John the Eurasian Economic Union member extraordinary significance when viewed
Murphy, senior vice president for inter- countries “unanimously supported the through the lens of Bible prophecy.
national policy at the U.S. Chamber of idea of linking the construction of the
Commerce, told usa Today last November. Eurasian Economic Community” and ‘The Times of the Gentiles’
As a result of this push, major new the Belt and Road. During His ministry on Earth, Jesus
trade blocs are emerging around the Meanwhile, in December, the Japan- Christ prophesied of a global era that
globe. led Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pa- would begin shortly before His return.
The European Union has been espe- cific Partnership came into effect. This He called this era “the times of the Gen-
cially aggressive. In recent years, it has deal includes Australia, Canada, Mexico, tiles” (Luke 21:24).
signed new agreements with Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, Vietnam, Bru- In the July 2014 Trumpet, Mr. Flurry
Mexico, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Panama, nei, Chile, Peru and Malaysia. The 500 wrote, “These ‘times of the Gentiles’ are
Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, million people living in these nations, yet to be fully realized. However, we are
Ukraine and South Korea. In December, constituting 13.4 percent of the global in the outer edges of this catastrophic
Europe announced two deals with Japan: economy, can now trade nearly tariff-free. storm.”
the EU-Japan Strategic Partnership And all the while, the EU has been He explained that the term Gentile
Agreement and EU-Japan Economic frantically working toward a landmark refers to “non-Israelite peoples.” The Isra-
Partnership Agreement. The latter inte- free-trade deal with the Latin American elite peoples make up “a lot more than
grates 635 million people and one third trade bloc mercosur, which includes the little nation in the Middle East,” he
of the world’s gdp, making it the largest Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Para- wrote, explaining that in end-time proph-
trade bloc on the planet. European Com- guay. “This trade agreement will impact ecy, Israel means mainly modern-day
mission President Jean-Claude Juncker the whole world!” Trumpet editor America and Britain. (For a complete,
said the deal brings EU-Japan trade and in chief Gerald Flurry wrote of the enlightening explanation, order your
political ties “to a whole new level.” EU-mercosur deal in our March issue. free copy of The United States and Britain
On April 9, the EU hailed a “break- These agreements are fundamentally in Prophecy, by Herbert W. Armstrong.)
through” in its push for a trade agree- altering the world economy. And they Mr. Flurry continued: “Once you
ment with China. The two sides agreed to all have one thing in common: They understand who Israel is, then you can
dramatically boost their trade volumes, exclude the U.S. understand how the Gentiles—the
non-Israelite peoples—have started to
The anti-American sentiments that take charge of the world right now.”
For decades, American and British
helped shape these trade deals predate leadership stabilized much of the world
the Trump administration, but his and advanced civilization. But during “the
times of the Gentiles,” the reins of world
leadership has intensified such feelings. power will be taken up by two groups of
non-Israelite nations. “While there are
broaden market access, work together In the case of some of the agreements, many Gentile nations around today, when
on World Trade Organization reform, America chose not to participate. Never- this prophecy is completely fulfilled there
and for China not to force EU companies theless, the trend is undeniable: More will be two major powers,” Mr. Flurry
operating there into divulging sensitive and more nations are forging massive wrote. One of these will be led by Ger-
knowledge. “It is a breakthrough,” said economic alliances—and America is out. many, and the other by Russia and China.
European Council President Donald Many of these history-altering trade China’s rising power and the increas-
Tusk. “For the first time, China has deals have been under negotiation ing number of trade blocs that exclude
agreed to engage with Europe on this key for years. And now they are suddenly the U.S. are shifting global power
priority for wto reform.” becoming reality. “Analysts attribute away from “Israel” and toward these
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said of that to the Trump administration’s non-Israelite nations. Prophecy shows
the deals: “Not only will this be condu- policies,” (usa Today, op cit). In reality, that as this shift continues, cooperation
cive to China’s reform and opening up, the anti-American sentiments that between China, Europe and several other
but also Europe’s unity and prosperity.” helped shape these trade deals predate Gentile nations will be consolidated and
China also recently signed a free- the Trump administration, but his lead- take a sharply anti-American turn.
trade agreement with the Russia-led ership has intensified such feelings and
Eurasian Economic Union. This group made more world leaders feel urgent A ‘Mart of Nations’
includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan about acting on them. Around 2,700 years ago, God inspired the
and Kyrgyzstan. Russian President The Belt and Road Initiative, the Asian Prophet Isaiah to write about a massive
Vladimir Putin said in April that the Infrastructure Investment Bank and the trade bloc that would emerge shortly
bloc’s goal—facilitating the free move- multiplying number of U.S.-excluding before Christ’s return. He described it
ment of goods, labor and capital in the trade blocs are reorienting the world as “a mart of nations” (Isaiah 23:3).
region—perfectly aligns with the aims of economy—to the detriment of the WORLD TRADE PAGE 32 u
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What the University Scam
Reveals About America
Wealthy parents buying their kids’ way into elite schools provides a peek
at a culture of lawlessness that should concern us all. by gerald flurry
I
n March, the United States But “[h]ere’s the problem: Neither of to leave with degrees and jobs. Not
Justice Department charged 50 these priorities actually demands that just that—as graduates of Harvard
wealthy people for trying to buy universities teach anything. Credential- Law, we were destined to rule the
their children’s way into elite ism occurs upon admission, so long as universe. She informed us of how
colleges like Yale, University of you aren’t thrown out of school; social many alumni were in the Senate, how
California–Los Angeles and Georgetown. capital begins to accrue with presence, many in Congress, how many on the
These students were academically not with performance.” Supreme Court. The battle was over
unqualified, so their parents paid their These students only need to show up upon our acceptance to the institu-
way in. One family spent $500,000 for to succeed. That is a farce, and terribly tion” (emphasis mine).
two of their daughters to enter the destructive to those students—and to You have it made if you just get in—
University of Southern California. Such society! It isn’t that way at Herbert W. apparently, even if you buy your way in!
bribery is almost routine in some of Armstrong College, and it never will be, This philosophy has catastrophe written
these universities, reports showed. God willing. all over it!
This is a sham, and very disturbing. “Hence colleges watering down curric- Harvard Law School probably teaches
Besides being disgraceful and degen- ula and grades in order to make it easier more about the U.S. Constitution, the
erate, it is much more destructive to to credential, and to generate less fric- supreme law of the land, than any other
America than most people realize. It tion,” Shapiro continued. “That’s what university. This former dean of students
exposes the nation’s moral degeneration, students and parents demand: not skills, is now sitting on the Supreme Court,
its twisted priorities, and its disregard not education, but credentialism and and is supposed to be protecting and
for character and for law. social capital.” They want the status of a defending the Constitution. Clearly, in
brand-name degree even if the students many cases she is not.
Get In, and You Have It Made gain little education! These students, Law school students should learn all
One elite college implicated in the scan- or their parents, buy their way past an about the Constitution. When Ameri-
dal was Harvard, home of the Harvard education. ca’s founders created it, much of their
Law School. Ben Shapiro, who attended Consider this: “After I was admitted to thinking was rooted in the Bible, and
Harvard Law, wrote a shocking article in Harvard Law School, I attended orienta- that noble document reflects this. In
the Daily Wire about it. tion. Our 500-strong class was gathered many ways, our republic’s foundation
“Colleges aren’t about training kids in Memorial Hall, in historic Sanders was built on the Bible. But today’s elite
for the real world, or teaching them Theater, where then Dean Elena Kagan universities are teaching students to
istock .com /michael burrell, lpettet
significant modes of thinking, or exam- (now Supreme Court justice) spoke to us.” disrespect both the Constitution and
ining timeless truths. Universities aren’t What Shapiro then wrote tells you a lot the Bible!
about skill sets, either—at least in the about this woman. This type of thinking
humanities. They’re about two things: should disqualify her to sit on that court! Pampered, Not Challenged
credentialism and social connections,” “She informed us that the competi- “This also has significant political rami-
Shapiro wrote (March 12). A degree from tion was over—we were in! No need fications,” Shapiro continued. “It means
one of these universities raises social to worry about the stuff we’d seen in that students admitted to colleges
standing and opens doors in society. The Paper Chase—we were all going expect to be pampered, not challenged.”
JULY 2019 7
Harvard has more social capital than slip the rule of law, were destroyed! the department that told you: ‘You’re
probably any other university, yet That is exactly what will happen to the not going to charge gross negligence
students there are being pampered. United States if we continue to under- because we’re the prosecutors and we’re
Parents demand it! mine the law in this country. telling you we’re not going to,’” he said.
Shapiro then gave a shocking exam- Page responded, “That’s correct.”
ple. “Prof. Harvey Mansfield of Harvard An Attempted Coup These are people from those elite col-
University was essentially forced by Here is an example of what lawyers leges, and this is how they conduct busi-
the administration not to give honest receiving anti-law education at these ness. They think they “rule the universe,”
grades—he started giving two grades, elite schools can do to undermine soci- as Shapiro put it. They excuse whatever
one for merit, and then one for the ety. Many of these lawyers are part of illegality they choose, and attack whom-
administration, so as not to penalize what is called the “deep state.” Virtually ever they will. They feel entitled and
people for taking his classes. Politically, all of them have a deep hatred for the unaccountable. They believe they are
this also means that students expect current president of the United States. justified in operating outside the law!
not to be challenged—they expect to be Lisa Page was one of those lawyers. Since Donald Trump became presi-
comfortable.” She worked on the team of Robert dent, a mountain of this type of shady,
Isaiah prophesied that in our day the Mueller’s Special Counsel investigation behind-the-scenes lawlessness has been
people—whether in churches, univer- of Donald Trump, and was discovered to exposed. The Mueller investigation was
sities or anywhere else—would want have been part of corruption within the not really an investigation—it was an
to hear “smooth things” and deceits, Federal Bureau of Investigation. unlawful attack on the Trump adminis-
tration! These educated elites are trying
to overthrow the votes of 63 million
“Colleges aren’t about training kids for the real Americans! That is an attempted coup!
world, or teaching them significant modes Before the last presidential election,
of thinking, or examining timeless truths. these people just knew they would win.
Universities aren’t about skill sets, either—at They think they are destined to “rule the
least in the humanities. They’re about two universe”! In most cases, they are not
things: credentialism and social connections.” elected officials, nobody voted for them,
—ben shapiro but they consider themselves the only
ones qualified to govern. They cannot
believe a “barbarian” like Donald Trump
became president, and they cannot take
it! So they must overthrow him.
These individuals do not feel
bound by the Constitution—the
supreme law of the land! They have
no respect for our Bill of Rights, which
safeguards our freedom of speech and
whatever keeps them comfortable In 2016, the fbi was about to inves- freedom of religion and protects us from
(Isaiah 30:10). But events are hurtling tigate Hillary Clinton for gross negli- governmental overreach.
toward disaster! People’s delusions gence. Last year, Page testified before What if Mr. Trump had lost that
and preoccupation with comfort won’t a congressional committee that many election? None of this would have come
protect them from reality crashing in! in the fbi, including its director, James to light. The more we learn, the clearer
Those students’ education is doing them Comey, believed Clinton may have been the picture becomes of just how deep
a terrible disservice. guilty. She said, “[W]e had multiple con- the corruption is and how much worse
This world needs to be truly educated. versations, multiple conversations, with it would have gotten!
Without true education, you will not the Justice Department about charging
seek wisdom from anything beyond gross negligence.” There was gross Spirit of Lawlessness
the self—you will simply go the way of negligence, and an unparalleled What is behind this spirit of lawless-
human reasoning and human nature. cover-up: Clinton destroyed over ness? As I write in my booklet America
This is exactly what we see in our young 30,000 of her e-mails. Nevertheless, Under Attack, it is actually an evil spirit
people. Universities are turning them Page said, the Obama Department of being that is trying to destroy the coun-
into conscripts and shock troops for the Justice said no to an investigation. try! Satan the devil has been cast down
radical left! This is unraveling society! Rep. John Ratcliffe directly asked from heaven, and he and his demons
At the root of this scandal is law- Page if the decision not to investigate are confined to this Earth (Revelation
istock .com /izusek
lessness. Even law schools display a was because of a direct order from the 12:9, 12). You see his growing influence
contempt for law. Yet look at history and Justice Department. “When you say in the partisan division, lying and deceit,
you see that even the greatest empires, advice you got from the department, anger and hatred, contempt for author-
like Greece and Rome, when they let you’re making it sound like it was ity, and lawlessness!
8 THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPETSatan’s malevolent influence is in our not only God’s law but even the nation’s children! (verse 4). The radical left
faces every day, yet most people are blind own Constitution in derision! Don’t in particular are acting like unruly
to it. In most cases, they have no idea of worry about that, they are told—just get children. They hate law! They want to
the power they are dealing with! So what in here and you’ve got it made! You’ll rule destroy the Constitution. That is what
chance do they have to resist it—unless the universe! these elite universities are teaching
God intervenes to help them in some way? People today don’t want truth. They them in many cases. They are following
God has intervened to temporarily love deceits. The media are so intent on the lawless dictates of human nature. Of
save America. I explained this in my bringing down the president that they course, when they get control, they use
article “Saving America From the will not accept the results of a two-year tyrannical methods to rule.
Radical Left—Temporarily” (read this investigation into whether President
at theTrumpet.com/17092). God is using Trump colluded with the Russians. Establishing the Rule of Law
a modern-day version of Jeroboam—an Robert Mueller’s team of Trump-hating Where is this lawlessness leading?
unrighteous king who nevertheless lawyers spent two years and more than Please study this paragraph by British
led ancient Israel into a brief period of $25 million doing everything possible to historian Paul Johnson, which I quote
restored greatness that postponed the find the president guilty—and found in my booklet No Freedom Without
nation’s collapse! (2 Kings 14:23-27). This nothing! There was no collusion, which Law: “The rule of law, as distinct from
is exactly what is happening in America means legally there could be no obstruc- the rule of a person, or class or people,
today under our current president. tion of justice. But Mueller said he didn’t and as opposed to the rule of force, is
The devil, though, is trying to destroy exonerate Mr. Trump in that area—to an abstract, sophisticated concept. It is
this man who is being used to tempo- help the Democrats keep this thing
rarily save modern-day Israel! And he alive. They will not stop attacking! They
is stirring up and using a lot of people discard the evidence and keep hammer-
Even those who are studying
who are products of a deeply corrupted ing away at all the supposed crimes and
the law in the universities—
educational system. terrible conspiracies the president is
those being groomed to lead
God loves America and Britain—the involved in!
the nation—are learning
modern-day descendants of biblical Most of the mainstream media are
to hold not only God’s law
Israel. He is correcting and punishing like robots. They all say the same thing,
but even the nation’s own
our nations to try to turn us from our exactly what the Democratic Party
Constitution in derision.
sins. He asks, through the Prophet directs them to say. And they are walk-
Ezekiel, “I have no pleasure in the death ing in lockstep toward a cliff, and are mighty difficult to achieve. But until it
of the wicked; but that the wicked turn about to walk right off! is achieved, and established in the public
from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye This is the condition of our country mind with such vehemence that masses
from your evil ways; for why will ye die, today. We live in a dangerous world. of individuals are prepared to die
O house of Israel?” (Ezekiel 33:11). China is getting a choke hold on world to uphold it, no other form of progress
Really, had Mr. Trump not been elected, trade routes. Russia is flying soldiers can be regarded as secure. The Greeks
this nation would have already died! into Venezuela, just south of the U.S. had tried to establish the rule of law
Germany is domineering Europe and but failed. The Romans had succeeded
Civil War rising as a superpower. America has under their republic, but Caesar and his
Look again at the prophecy of Isaiah 30: many enemies working to undermine successors had destroyed it. The essence
“[S]peak unto us smooth things, prophesy the nation economically and politically, of the rule of law is its impersonality,
deceits.” This is a prophecy for our time and preparing to challenge it militarily. omnipotence and ubiquity. It is the same
today! God told Isaiah—and He tells the Open your eyes to what these nations law for everyone, everywhere—kings,
group of people who are doing His work are doing. The threats are real! Yet emperors, high priests, the state itself,
today, “Now go, write it before them in a Americans are ignoring them all. are subject to it. If exceptions are
table, and note it in a book, that it may be Instead the educated elites and the made, the rule of law begins to col-
for the time to come for ever and ever” radical left keep talking about President lapse—that was the grand lesson of
(verse 8). That’s the end time. Trump’s supposed collusion with Russia. antiquity” (emphasis mine).
This is a dual prophecy: It is for They are leading this nation toward civil How precious and unique is the rule of
America today, and for the Church of war! That is coming to this country! law! And how dangerous is its collapse!
God, which is mostly turned away from Americans are ripping each other apart America’s early pioneers risked their
God during this age. And God’s message and weakening the nation from within! lives making the dangerous pilgrimage
is, “That this is a rebellious people, lying Isaiah also prophesied that our great across the Atlantic. Many of them died
children, children that will not leaders would be removed—the mighty during the journey, and many more
hear the law of the Lord” (verse 9). men, the great warriors and judges, the died when they arrived. They had to
People will not hear the law! Even honorable men, the eloquent orators fight to get here. Why? Many of them
those who are studying the law in the (Isaiah 3:1-3). They are gone, and in fled oppression and persecution. They
universities—those being groomed to their place, we have children ruling yearned for freedom from despotism,
lead the nation—are learning to hold over us—and grown-ups behaving like and freedom to practice their religion.
JULY 2019 9Those early settlers actually How many people do you think freedom where they came from.
came here to establish the rule of there are in America today willing These people mustered profound
God on Earth. That was their goal! to shed their blood for the Consti- c o m m i t m e n t a n d c o u r a ge. T h e y
Look at the laws they established for the tution and the rule of law? Do you believed in their cause so deeply they
colonies from the beginning. The minds think those people buying their way were willing to die for it. It really is
of many were filled with the Bible. And into the elite colleges would? What great to have a cause in your life you
they did accomplish the mighty goal of about those lawyers who are trying to are willing to die for. If you don’t, you
establishing the rule of law. The leaders overthrow the government? will sputter around in shallow water and
and the people of early America died to Without the rule of law, you lose never gain any real depth.
give this nation freedom and to establish eve ry th i n g ! W he n A m e rica’s gov- Look at our spiritual forefathers.
the Constitution—probably the greatest ernment was established, Benjamin Remember the 12 apostles of Jesus
constitution there has ever been. Many Franklin said that we have “a republic, if Christ? Eleven of them were martyred!
shed their blood because they believed you can keep it.” Sadly, we cannot keep The only one who lived to old age was
in this government. it, because we are so far from God! It John, and he wrote most of his books
The Constitution was created by men is only a matter of time before we lose while imprisoned on the isle of Patmos.
who held great respect for the Bible and it! We are going down fast. You don’t The Apostle Paul was repeatedly jailed,
its Author, and who understood some of have to understand biblical prophecy attacked and finally murdered—simply
its important, basic truths. They built to know the U.S. is at its end—you just because he believed God and taught the
a system to safeguard the God-given need a good education in history! truth of the Bible. He didn’t hide it under
a bushel; he let his light shine all over
the Gentile world and parts of Israel.
The Constitution was created by men who held That is the sacrifice God required
great respect for the Bible and its Author, of these men as they proclaimed His
and who understood some of its important, basic truths. wonderful truth and fought to establish
They built a system to safeguard it and preserve it for future generations.
the God-given freedoms of every man. And those men considered dying for
their cause a tremendous bargain!
God is going to use those individuals
as part of a new government. He is
preparing people for offices in the
government that will rule Earth very
shortly once Jesus Christ returns and
establishes a new civilization! It will
eradicate the sin and correct the injus-
tice of today’s world. The arrogance of
self-impressed scholars who suppress
truth and defy God will cease! This gov-
ernment will administer the law of God,
and teach people to love law.
freedoms of every man. They created a I marvel when I look back at that What honor God gives to those who
government aimed at restraining the cor- history. How rare for people to have the are part of that! It’s not always easy as
ruptible human heart. They guaranteed opportunity to accomplish something so we prepare for that future in a world
the rights of all citizens to worship God momentous! They weren’t putting poli- so hostile against it. But God is offering
without fear of government coercion. In tics first, or education or riches. They that opportunity to you. You can learn
1954, Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl wanted freedom—freedom of religion, the law and constitution of that future
Warren wrote, “I believe the entire Bill freedom of speech—freedom rooted in civilization today, live by it, and help God
of Rights came into being because of the the rule of law. They didn’t have much proclaim it. Seize the opportunity! n
knowledge our forefathers had of the
Bible and their belief in it.”
Are you concerned
What has happened to that under-
standing today? Why have so many
Americans, especially those most
steeped in education from our elite
about lawlessness?
howard chandler christy
universities, become so hostile to the The college admissions scandal shows America heading toward a
Constitution? Why are they so contemp- civil breakdown, and the reason revolves around society’s attitude
tuous of the rule of law? In many ways, toward law. To learn why lawlessness is so deeply concerning,
an attack on the U.S. Constitution is an request Gerald Flurry’s free booklet No Freedom Without Law.
attack on God, and the truth of God.
10 THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPETA
lexandria Ocasio-Cortez might Communist Infiltration
be the most famous person in This political transformation did not hap-
Congress. In a March 15 Gallup pen overnight. Decades ago, Plain Truth
Poll, 7 in 10 people had heard of the editor in chief Herbert W. Armstrong
29-year-old, Congress’s youngest member warned that communism would strip
in history. That is remarkable recogni- America of its blessings—the greatest
tion for a freshman representative from blessings ever conferred on any people—
a small district who was waiting tables not because socialists outmaneuvered
barely a year ago. Despite her political conservatives, but because the American
inexperience, Ocasio-Cortez repeatedly people as a whole have turned away from
makes headlines as she calls for open God’s law. He warned that communism
borders, free health care, free college, a would pervert America’s morals, sabo-
federal jobs guarantee, a 70 percent tax tage its educational system, wreck its
rate for incomes above $10 million, and social structure, destroy its spiritual life,
a “Green New Deal” that eliminates fossil
fuel-powered electricity and requires How 67,000 and weaken its economic power.
In particular, Mr. Armstrong pointed
retrofitting “all existing U.S. buildings.”
Such radical proposals by a self-pro- Socialists to the New Left movement that swept
through U.S. college campuses in the
claimed socialist would have rendered
a candidate unelectable a few years ago. Hijacked the 1960s. This Communist movement sought
to change the cultural superstructure of
But Ocasio-Cortez rose to prominence
supported by an organization working Democratic modern society by implementing a broad
range of reforms on issues such as abor-
to hijack the Democratic Party.
In 2016, a political action committee
called the Justice Democrats held audi-
Party tion rights, homosexual rights, gender
roles and drug legalization. “The guiding
hand in student revolt is the Communist
tions for candidates willing to endorse Radically far-left political groups Party,” Mr. Armstrong wrote in his March
their far-left platform. It received over have gained outsized political 1969 Plain Truth Personal. “Many stu-
10,000 nominations. Ocasio-Cortez’s power. by andrew miiller dents, their emotions stirred and enraged
brother submitted her name for the posi- to violence, do not themselves realize this.
tion while she was working at Flats Fix, a Most of the leadership of Our Rev- Yet actually, these young leaders of the
Manhattan taco restaurant. The Justice olution comes from the Democratic ‘New Left’ movement are going beyond
Democrats selected Ocasio-Cortez and Socialists of America. Some are mem- the Communist Party. Their plan is to stir
78 other candidates to run against mod- bers of the Freedom Road Socialist up college-age students to revolt first, and
erate Democratic incumbents. Organization or Communist Party usa. the teenage high school adolescents. If
Of these candidates, seven won seats Communist Party usa leader John they can corrupt and/or win over tomor-
in the House of Representatives: Alexan- Bachtell explained their strategy for row’s students, they will gain control.”
dria Ocasio-Cortez for New York’s 14th hijacking the Democratic Party in an The rise of the radical left is a direct
District, Ayanna Pressley for Massachu- online webinar on May 23, 2018, when result of America’s multidecade toler-
setts’ 7th District, Ilhan Omar for Min- he told an audience of activists that ance of communism. More specifically,
nesota’s 5th District, Pramila Jayapal they must campaign for openly socialist it is a result of America’s drift into
for Washington’s 7th District, Rashida candidates within the Democratic Party lawlessness and secularism. As people
Tlaib for Michigan’s 13th District, Raúl to challenge President Donald Trump. reject God and the Bible, they have
Grinalva for Arizona’s 3rd District, and Combined, these three Marxist devised their own man-made solutions
Ro Khanna for California’s 17th District. groups have only about 67,000 members. to problems like racism, poverty, illiter-
Most of them are not the type of people acy, sickness and pollution—“solutions”
Organized Opposition who could be elected. But by using that contradict the Bible and defy its
It is not unusual for political action com- groups like the Justice Democrats and Author. Instead of individually repent-
mittees to audition candidates. What Our Revolution, these 67,000 socialists ing of the sins that cause such societal
makes the Justice Democrats unusual can recruit more charismatic, electable problems, people have turned to the U.S.
is that it has partnered with Our personalities like Ocasio-Cortez to government to treat the effect. But both
Revolution, the largest Marxist front espouse their ideals. Largely as a result history and Bible prophecy reveal that
group in America. Claiming more than of the work done by the Justice Demo- rejecting God and embracing lawlessness
100,000 members, Our Revolution acts crats and Our Revolution, the Congres- will lead America down a path toward
as a front for the three most influential sional Progressive Caucus grew from 78 bankruptcy, strife and anarchy. n
heidi rodis /trumpet
Marxist organizations in America: the to 96 members. That means the radical
Democratic Socialists of America, the left controls 22 percent of the House of To learn more, request our free reprint
Communist Party usa, and the Freedom Representatives and 41 percent of the article “Communism in America Today.”
Road Socialist Organization. entire Democratic Caucus.
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