November 2001 Vol.4, No. 9 Contents Political Correctness Hides the Truth by Melvin Rhodes Restoration...A President Who Prays by Darris McNeely War on Terrorism Is Spiritual Warfare by Don Ward Beware of Prophecies! by Cecil E. Maranville What Do We Do Now? by John Ross Schroeder In Brief...World News Review by Cecil E. Maranville, John Ross Schroeder and Jim Tuck This Is the Way... Running Toward the Flame by Robin Webber Beware of Prophecies! Does this strike you as an unusual article title for this publication? It shouldn't. Not all prophecies are worth your time and consideration-even some of the most intriguing ones! The undiscriminating face two dangers: being taken in by misleading information or failing to hear and heed genuine prophetic messages. Two "prophets" whose messages are currently being given wide circulation illustrate the problem. by Cecil E. Maranville Interest in prophecy has skyrocketed since September 11. Religious authors aggressively market their prophetic books, and preachers push the theme on their television programs. Even secular publications feature articles on the subject. With the Internet now a part of everyday life, e-mail circulates ancient prophecies with a speed that would mystify their long-dead authors. One of the most popular "prophecies" being circulated by e-mail is a message said to have been written by the 16th-century doctor cum prophet, Nostradamus. You may have read it: "'In the City of God there will be a great thunder, two brothers torn apart by chaos, while the fortress and doers, the great leader will succumb, the third big war will begin in the big city is burning' (Nostradamus, 1654)." A different version of this message is also being circulated in which "the City of York" replaces "the City of God." Still another adds the following: "On the 11th day of the 9th month, two metal birds will crash into two tall statues in the new city, and the world will end soon after." There are other versions, but you get the idea. The messages are obviously intended to demonstrate that Nostradamus foretold the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Read the full article at www.wnponline.org/wnp/wnp0111/prophecies.htm Related Information on UCG Sites: Table of Contents that includes "Beware of Prophecies!" Other Articles by Cecil Maranville Covenant: _What Is the Fate of Those Who Refuse to Repent? _Key Elements of the Sinai Covenant _Introduction (NC) _A Covenant of Marriage _God's Magnificent Series of Covenants _Jesus Christ and the Sabbath _Does the New Covenant Abolish the Commandments? _Promises and Covenants: a Prophetic Legacy _What Is a Biblical Covenant ? _From Empire to Exile _Back to the Beginning _The Hesed Factor _Why Rainbows? False Christianity: _Religious Deception in the Post Modern World _The Perfect Prophetic Storm _Asking the Tough Question: Has Religion Failed? _Out of Sight -- Out of Mind! _God's Mandate to America _Signs and Lying Wonders: Will You Be Deceived? _Europe and the Church, Part 3: The Early Church _Europe and the Church, Part 5: The Identity of the Little Horn _The Rise of a Counterfeit Christianity _Early Trends That Affected the Future of the Church _Introduction (CJ) _Are Some Tortured Forever in a Lake of Fire? _An Angel of Light? _Chapter 3: Following in the Footsteps of the Apostles _The Destruction of Satan's Kingdom _Satan: The Great Seducer _What Did Paul Really Say in Colossians 2:16? _Do Not be Deceived _A Counterfeit Gospel Arises _Introduction (bsc6) _The Devil's Role in Religion _How We Are Tempted _Feast Days: God's or Man's? _Modern Christianity's Forgotten Roots _Ghouls, Ghosts and Goblins _Should You Attend Church? _'Many False Prophets Will Arise and Deceive Many' _World News and Trends - May/Jun 2004 _Our Cultural Battlegrounds _Question and Answers - VT Jan/Mar 2004 _The Role of Satan in the End Time _Be Not Deceived! _Jesus Christ: Victim of Stolen Identity! _Easter or Passover: Which Is Christian? Bible prophecy: _Why World News and Prophecy? _Siege Mentality _Is There "Just Cause" for Nations to Intervene in the Affairs of Other Nations? _Iran: Why Part of the "Axis of Evil"? _Where Are We Now in Prophecy? _Berlin - Europe's Future Political Capital? _wnponline.org Filling the Gap _Seeing Into 2007 With Fresh Eyes _Peering Into the Future (2008) _Watching and Understanding With World News and Prophecy _WNP--10 Years On _The Fall of Satan's Kingdom _What Is the Time of the End? _How Is the Work of God Accomplished Today? _The Bible and Prophecy _The Mysterious Scythians Burst Into History _Two Nations That Changed the World _Israel at 50: A Saga of War and Peace _Can You Know What Lies Ahead? _What Do You Know -- And What Will You Do About It? _World News and Trends - Jan/Feb 2003 _The Feast of Hanukkah: Testimony to Bible Prophecy _Why Prophecy? _Signs of the End Times -- Only Possible in Our Day _Events That Happened Just as God Foretold _Key Events in History: Were They Linked to Bible Prophecy? _Seven Prophecies That Must Be Fulfilled Before Jesus Christ's Return _'Watch Therefore, and Pray Always' _The Growing Economic Crisis: A Biblical Perspective _Good News About Bible Prophecy _We Can Trust the Bible _Considering the Future... _Why Understand Prophecy? _Is the Bible Relevant in the Computer Age? _Modern Conditions Were Foretold in Scripture Many Centuries Ago _God's Time Machine Pope: _Man of the Century: The Life and Times of Pope John Paul II _Papal Power in Perspective _World News Review Jan. 1999 _The Message of Mitch _World News Review June 1999 _Pope John Paul II Advocates Sunday Keeping _Hitler's Pope: The Roman Church and the Third Reich _Pope's Spiritual Journey Very Political _World News Review January 2001 _World News Review Nov 2001 _World News Review Jan 2002 _World News Review Feb 2002 _The Man Who Would Be Pope _A Celebrity Pope _Which Way Europe? _A Page on the World: The Rise of Benedict XVI _European Demographics and Bible Prophecy _Pope Benedict XVI Puts His Church "on Edge" _Papal Authority, Protestants and Prophecy _The "Christian Caesar" _Europe and the Church, Part 7: Charlemagne, Father of Modern Europe _The Making of Emperor and Empire _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Jan/Feb 1997 _World News and Trends - Nov/Dec 1997 _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Jan/Feb 1999 _The Papacy: Growing Role in the Coming Years? _Papal Visit Highlights Middle East Problems _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Jul/Aug 2001 _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Sep/Oct 2002 _World News and Trends - Jan/Feb 2005 _Pope Benedict XVI Faces Major Challenges _Death of a Titan: John Paul II's Impact on Europe and the World _World News and Trends - January/February 2007 _World News and Trends - September/October 2007 _Europe and the Church, Part 8...Otto the Great, Founder of the First Reich _The Uneasy Relationship Between Church and State _Rome's "Right Face" _Europe and the Church, Part 9: Charles V's Empire Upon Which the Sun Never Set _Pope Calls for New "World Political Authority" _Europe and the Church, Part 12: A Period of Change for the Papacy Search Our Site Key Subjects Index General Topics Index Biblical References Index Good News Magazine Index Booklets and All Literature Index Home Page of this site