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John W. Slagle
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Date Posted: 03:33:17 12/25/16 Sun
At 4 Am on this early morning Christmas day, with strange times in the world and in this country, Psalm 23.4, a bible passage military personnel know very well continued to enter my mind. As Jackie stated in an email, demonic forces are in play world-wide.
Psalm 23:4
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Thy rod and thy staff….The shepherd’s crook is poetically described by two names, as the rod or club with which he defends his sheep from attack (Micah 7:14; 2 Samuel 23:21; Psalm 2:9); and the staff on which he leans. The shepherd walks before his flock, ready to protect them from assault; they follow gladly and fearlessly wherever he leads.
As a Christian and also as a person qualified to carry concealed firearms nationally under HR-218 for retired law enforcement officers, on this day I remember why Christmas is celebrated and I also remember the very real threat against people attending Church services which is well documented. In this part of middle America many Churches have experienced firearms qualified Security people in case of an emergency situation. “Thy Rod and thy staff comfort me”. The same situation holds true on other soft targets deemed “off limits” and gun free zones which does not deter homicidal maniacs, radical Islamic terrorists to home grown thugs. On this Christmas day, I will celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ but I will also be “packing” which is a “comfort” to me in a time when so called Infidels are fair game for deranged foreign or domestic individuals seeking to take innocent lives.
Dec, 22,2016
The Islamic State published the names and addresses of thousands of churches in the United States and called on its adherents to attack them during the holiday season, according to a message posted late-night Wednesday in the group’s “Secrets of Jihadis” social media group.
A user going by the name of “Abu Marya al-Iraqi” posted an Arabic-language message calling “for bloody celebrations in the Christian New Year” and announced the group’s plans to utilize its network of lone wolf attackers to “turn the Christian New Year into a bloody horror movie.”
The series of messages appeared in a pro-ISIS group on Telegram, which also provides manuals for the use and preparations of weapons and explosives for aspiring assailants. The information, distributed in a number of posts, was all previously available online and includes a public directory of churches across all 50 states. (Vocativ does not publish specific information found in lists like these.)
In another group post, a member summoned “the sons of Islam” to target “churches, well-known hotels, crowded coffee shops, streets, markets and public places,” and shared a list of addresses in the United States, as well as in Canada, France and the Netherlands.
ISIS claimed responsibility for this week’s Christmas market attack in Berlin that killed 12 and injured 48. The group said that the assailant was a “soldier of the Islamic State,” who followed organizational orders “to target coalition countries.” The suspect was identified as Anis Amri, a Tunisian man in his 20s who reportedly had Salafi and jihadi connections in Tunisia and Germany.
Exclusive: ISIS Puts Out Holiday Attack List Of U.S. Churches - Vocativ
3 days ago ... The Islamic State published the names and addresses of thousands of churches
in the United States and called on its adherents to attack them ...
http://www.vocativ.com/386579/isis-lists-u-s-churches-to-attack-during-the-holidays/ -
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