by Michael G. Mickey
Dear L. Smith,
I assume you were referring to a commentary I recently completed on potential mark of the beast technologies and trends leading us closer to the mark of the beast becoming a reality. Thanks for your kind words in relation to that.
Concerning me "waking up from the deception that 9/11 was carried out by Islamic terrorists", I have reviewed all the links you placed in your e-mail to me long ago. After digesting everything I've seen and heard from the mainstream media, our own government, and a variety of other sources, do I still have questions about the events of September 11th? Absolutely. In fact I believe most people do, both Christians and nonbelievers alike.
Something I have struggled with more than a little is the collapse of WTC 7, primarily because practically everyone in the free world has heard two accounts concerning what happened to that building.
I have seen video of WTC 7's owner saying a decision was made to "pull" WTC 7, implying that an intentional implosion of the building resulted in its destruction which video could easily be supportive of having occurred. On the other hand I've read reports that detail why WTC 7 collapsed due to fire and damage to its structure caused by the collapse of one of the twin towers.
If WTC 7 was "pulled", the official account of what happened on September 11th can't be true, at least where WTC 7 is concerned. Why? Because a building the size of WTC 7 could never have been made ready to be demolished in the aftermath of a catastrophe of that nature, particularly in the time frame we saw WTC 7 go down in relation to the twin towers falling. And there was, without question, a fire burning in WTC 7 which would've hampered efforts to "pull" it.
There are issues concerning the collapse of the twin towers that I can't make sense of and, in like fashion, very genuine concerns I have as a veteran of the United States Air Force that a commercial airliner was able to fly into the heart of our nation's capital and into the Pentagon of all places unscathed, the latter of grave concern to our national security!
Having written what I have, can I, as a Christian, an American and a veteran of the armed forces, unequivocally state that our own government was behind or complicit in the events of September 11th, 2001? No.
I've heard all the conspiracy theories and seen some very compelling arguments made that would seem to point toward our government being complicit in the attacks at the very least but have I seen one piece of the puzzle that would lead me to believe that operatives from within our own government murdered thousands of its own, presumably to become active militarily in the Middle East? No. Furthermore, I pray that nothing of the sort is true concerning 9-11.
Assuming for a moment that our government was somehow involved in 9-11, of what benefit would it be to us, as Christians, to know that? Very little, in my opinion. Most people would be scared to death - and rightly so! That would mean we have numerous forces at work within our nation's infrastructure that are so powerful they can orchestrate almost anything and cover it up on a scale that is practically unfathomable.
As for me, while I cast a cautious eye on many things, I try and limit my concerns to things I have the power to do something about. Given all the signs around us pointing to the end of the age drawing near, including evidence that a new world order is in the making, I concentrate my efforts on sounding the alert that Jesus Christ is coming soon!
Given what has taken place since September 11th occurred, we can see more clearly than ever that, regardless of who was pulling the strings behind the scenes of that tragic day, we are closer to the fulfillment of all the Bible's left-to-be-fulfilled prophecies than ever before in human history!
If Al Qaeda had nothing to do with 9-11 and advocates of the new world order within our own government orchestrated the strikes as you seem to suspect, God's Word remains true when it says that "all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." (Romans 8:28) Bearing that in mind, no matter what you, I, or anyone else believes to be true concerning September 11th, God is still alive, on His throne and in control! His prophetic plan remains perfectly on course regardless of who or what was behind the evil of 9-11!
In God's Word we've been provided with every last piece of information we need, as Christians, to fulfill God's purpose for our lives here in these last days. We've been given enough information to know what we need to know but not so much that we live our lives in a state of paralyzation brought about by unnecessarily meditating on issues that aren't, ultimately, going to be of consequence to us.
Concerning me being "part of the deception" surrounding September 11th, I'm not deceiving anyone when I state that I believe the events of September 11th created in mankind a great fear that Satan has used to further a number of items on his agenda. Many people, regardless of who or what was behind September 11th, are now willing to surrender more and more of their rights in order to live in 'peace and safety' than ever before and that reality is bringing us closer and closer to the mark of the beast as well as a new world order, those things clearly having been prophesied to come in the Word of God which I address regularly.
The official position of our government is radical Islamic terror under the direction of Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda attacked the World Trade Center in New York. If that's not the case, there are only two possible scenarios, neither of which denying the official story is going to benefit anyone:
Recently I questioned why inverted stars associated with the occult appeared on a flag used by Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, as well as why the same inverted star appeared on some of John Kerry's election materials. I also questioned how the very same occultic stars began appearing on the GOP's official logo beginning in 2004! I did that because I can solidly document the presence of those symbols in each instance and I legitimately, as a Christian and an American, want to know why anyone in charge of a political campaign would place those there. If I wanted to be part of a deception being perpetrated against the American people, I surely would've kept my mouth shut about that. In the case of Hillary's occultic U.S. flag, the appearance of inverted stars on it is nothing short of a desecration of a symbol of our nation's principles that untold numbers of brave men and women have died in defense of! That, for lack of a better word, scalds me.
Brother L. Smith, there are many things going on in the world around us that are troubling to behold. Some of these issues are easy to spot while others, when placed under scrutiny, produce more questions than answers and the process repeats itself ad infinitum. That being the case, you may see me write a commentary on 'global warming' wherein I refer to it by the term everyone else does. Does that mean I believe in global warming as it is popularly explained to us? No. I believe what is commonly referred to as "global warming" may be just that or, more likely, a result of a combination of factors, both as a result of sin's ever-growing impact on God's creation and unusual activity originating from the source of our heat itself - the sun!
We will understand it all by and by.
In Christ,
Mike
