The Japanese government has removed restrictions on splicing human DNA with animals to create “chimeras.”
PAVING THE WAY FOR ANIMALS TO BECOME “HUMANIZED”
A pig embryo spliced with human DNA to grow organs for patients on a donor waiting list.
“Japanese regulators have effectively given the green light to research involving human-animal chimera embryos, which are created by implanting human pluripotent stem cells into animals in early development. The revised guidelines, issued in early March, lift a previous requirement to terminate such embryos after 14 days.The revisions now pave the way for Japanese scientists to study how to grow human organs in animals as an alternative to organ transplantation, and to produce better models to study human development and disease.However, they also raise some ethical concerns, as a group of Japanese bioethicists at the Kyoto University note in a letter published today (April 4) in Cell Stem Cell. For instance, the guidelines would allow researchers to create chimeras with human cells populating animal brains—something that concerns the Japanese public. They also don’t explicitly prohibit chimera embryos made from human and nonhuman primate cells, which could take experiments into ethically uncharted territory.” (source).
“The ISSCR supports research using human-animal chimeras conducted under appropriate review and oversight (ISSCR Guidelines Recommendation 2.1.5) and applauds the new Japanese rules enabling research on chimeric embryos. ‘Japan’s new rules will enable a new generation of research that could potentially lead to the production of human organs for transplantation and other advances in the field of regenerative medicine.’” (source).
THE DAYS OF NOAH – ANIMAL GENETIC CORRUPTION
The Book of Genesis details that genetic manipulation first took place in the Days of Noah.
“And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth…And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.” – Genesis 6:12-13; 19-20
A depiction of the chimera from Greek mythology which was a hyrbid of several animals.
“All flesh, literally “the totality of flesh” had corrupted its way. As the corrupting of their ways resulted in giant forms among men, so a parallel corrupting of the way among the brute creation, may have produced giant beasts. Unnatural mixtures in both respects produced monstrosities. These giant monsters among the animal world would have hastened the filling of the earth with violence, especially with the vast numbers which to judge from their remains, must have filled the earth…But we go a step further, and add that the direction given to Noah to preserve seed of the animals, positively excluded the monster forms, in whatever way originated, from the ark… Noah therefore received no command to take wild beasts or degenerated monsters into the ark. And it cannot surprise us that they have not survived.” – Genesis and Science; Or The First Leaves Of The Bible, John Muehlheisen Arnold, 1875, p. 320-321 FORESHADOW OF THE END TIMES:Movie poster for the 2010 film ‘Splice’ in which 2 scientists create a human-animal hyrbrid that eventually impregnates the female scientist.
- China is already experimenting by splicing human DNA into monkeys to accelerate their intellectual development.
- In America, sheep embryo were implanted with human DNA and allowed to live for 28 days in order to explore growing organs for people in need of donors.
- And recently scientific journals started weighing in on the issue suggesting that human- animal chimeras should be granted “personhood” status:
“Thus, an embryo produced using gamete-like cells obtained from human blood or human sperm or eggs produced from a genetically altered mouse would still attain both human and personhood status. Similarly, a human embryo created in vitro from human gametes and transplanted into an artificial placenta or genetically altered animal that contains a human uterus, would still have human status. These technologies are not hypothetical—ectogenesis, or development outside the natural womb, has already been shown to preserve premature lambs, and xenotransplantation biotechnologies used to produce human-pig chimeras could be applied to other animals to generate, say, a cow with a human uterus.It is interesting that the Bible and the Talmud (the Jewish book of Law) subtly address the role of human gametes and being born from a human as intrinsic definitions of a human being. According to the Bible, Adam, having been created by God, was not born from a human being nor created from human sperm or eggs. Thus, God had to declare this living creation as a “human being.”” (source).
THE LOCUSTS OF REVELATION 9 – HYBRID BEINGS FROM HELL
The “locusts” of Revelation 9 sound eerily similar to the ancient Greek chimera.
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.…And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. – Revelation 9:1-3; 7-10
PRAY FOR REPENTANCE
APOSTASY ALERT – OHIO CHURCH ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO SPIT ON, SLAP AND CUT PASTOR WITH KNIFE IN “EASTER LESSON”
This is what happens when churches feel just reading the Bible to students is not enough.
“The young people lined up as if they were preparing to receive communion, but instead of accepting bread and wine from the associate pastor at Impact City Church in Pataskala, Ohio, they spit in his face.Then, they slapped him.Finally, at least one carved into his back with a steak knife.The violence unfolded at the pastor’s own encouragement, as an after-school lesson on Monday about the crucifixion — doled out nearly a week before Easter — revealed the perils of trying to reenact scriptural teachings.The episode at the church was intended as an illustration of love. Instead, it became a parable about the readiness of children to perpetrate violence, sending a disquieting signal of how quickly some young people descend into the sort of savagery fictionalized in William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies.”“The students were caught off guard,” the lead pastor, Justin Ross, recalled on Monday night. “Some got excited because they never had an opportunity to spit in someone’s face.”
THE PRESSURE TO BE “RELEVANT” – DOWNFALL MANY CHURCHES TODAY
An ad used for the Resurrection Sunday service at City Church in Seattle, Washington.
Many churches today hire consulting firms to help them “build their brand.”
“How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.” – Romans 10:14-18
“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” – John 6:63
- Pastor Troy Grambling of Potential Church sitting in a car that was intentionally set on fire in the church parking lot during service.
- A Pastor flying into church on a zip line over the heads of his audience to reach the stage at the start of Sunday Service while the “Mission Impossible” movie theme blares from the speakers.
- Pastor Ed Young and his wife placing a bed on the roof of the church to sleep in and then placing their bed on the stage during service for their “Sex Series.”
WHERE IS BIBLICAL LEADERSHIP?
The truly hipster and cool pastors can even get their own reality TV shows like Jay Haslip of the infamous “Preachers of L.A.” tv series.
“Each Monday we invite students to come across the street, a place where they can hang out with their friends. We provide activities for them, we feed them. As part of that program we also take five minutes to do a deposit of faith in the students. A chance where we can share the Gospel message of Jesus Christ.”Most youth night programs can run anywhere from 90 minutes to 3 hours. According to Impact City’s website, they can run from 2:00PM until 5:30. And in this time, the Youth Pastor spends 5 minutes giving a message? Does this sound like a ministry that believes in using the Word as the “power of God?” Does this sound like a youth pastor who is training children up and emphasizing Biblical teaching?“The reactions are appropriate. Many of you were disgusted, many of you were hurt by this, many of you were very confused. Why this would be taking place in a church, in a youth group? And we agree, it was inappropriate for this audience. And there is really no excuse for why it happened.”
“And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.” – 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
“This part did not get posted on social media. After Jaddeus allowed them to spit on him, slap him and cut him, he sat them down and explained to them about this guy named Jesus who thousands of years ago, he was put on trial for a crime He did not commit.And he was beaten, he was broken, he was whipped. He was crucified. He died as an innocent man. We believe Jesus had the power at any point to stop them. To stop those that were hurting him. But he chose to allow it to happen … in order to take the payment of our debt that we call sin.”
PRAY FOR REPENTANCE
All churches need to be relevant is the message of for forgiveness of sin through the shed blood of Jesus Christ.
“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” – 2 Timothy 4:2-4
The Church of Saint Sulpice in flames after a church attack in March.
Global headlines have been filled with coverage of the devastating fire that ravaged the historic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France. The French landmark has received an outpouring of support for its repair and recovery. However, lost in the coverage has been the much bigger story of the hundreds of attacks on Christian Churches in France over the past few years – a sign of a nation giving itself over to outright hostility towards the Christian faith.
AN OPEN WAR ON THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
Police officers serving as security have become the norm at many historic French churches.
“Across Europe, there has been a growing rise in attacks on churches. Countries like France and Germany have seen a spike in violent vandalism, desecrating cherished churches and Christian symbols in recent months and years.According to the German news site PI-News, every day in France, two churches are desecrated. They report 1,063 attacks on Christian churches or symbols like crucifixes, icons, and statues in France in 2018, marking a 17 percent increase from the year before.“I think there is a rising hostility in France against the church and its symbols,” stated Ellen Fantini, executive director of Observatory of Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe. “It seems to be more against Christianity and the symbols of Christianity.”“These attacks are on symbols that are really sacred to parishioners, to Catholics.” she added. “Desecration of consecrated hosts is a very personal attack on Catholicism and Christianity, more than spray-painting a slogan on the outside wall of a church.” (source).
A church in Nimes, France was vandalized – one of dozens of attacks where church property has been destroyed.
- In February, at Saint-Alain Cathedral in Lavaur, congregants found their altar cloth burned and the church’s crosses and statues of saints broken. (source).
- A cross of human excrement was found in the southern city of Nimes. (source).
- A statue of Mary was smashed in a Paris suburb. (source).
- A statue of Jesus was decapitated in an Atlantic seaside resort with the very Christian name of Saint Gilles Croix de Vie (St. Giles, Cross of Life). (source).
Father Jacques Hamel was murdered by Muslim church attackers in 2016.
PERSECUTION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH – PROPHESIED IN SCRIPTURE
A young girl prays at the memorial for Jacques Hamel on the steps of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray Church in France.
“If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.” – John 15:19-22
PRAY FOR FRANCE
The gold cross at Notre Dame still stands amidst the burning rubble.