VOL. 57                     NEWSLETTER          NOV./DEC. 2007

Dear Friends of Israel and “Or Tzion” - this letter is to the saints and people of America:

Shalom shalom in the wonderful Name of our Lord and Savior, Yeshua, who shall be acknowledged as Lord of lords, Son of G-d, King of Kings in heaven, on earth, and under the earth, in this age and in the age to come. For there has been given no other name under heaven by whom man shall be saved. Together with the Father and the Holy Spirit He is G-d, the One and Only G-d, for there is no other.

As the cherub who represents mankind, the foul, the cattle and the beasts is but ONE cherub; and as a man can be son, brother, husband, father and grandfather while never being more than ONE single man; just so does the Eternal G-d manifest as Father, Son and Holy Spirit while being ONE G-d, the only Living G-d, and not 3 gods.

He is omni-present, omni-scient and omni-potent, at all times, in all ages, past, present and future, in any place, manifesting separately or together at the same time. This is the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the Holy One of Israel. And shall mere mortal man not greatly fear Him?

In many popular crime dramas it is frequently said, “Don’t believe it until you see it,” or, “where is the evidence?” Most people believe only what they can perceive with their five senses; but that is like describing an iceberg one sees, saying, “It’s only this big”, while the greater part of it remains beneath the waters.

For days we watched terrible pictures of wildfires raging throughout the State of California. At least 17 fires, whipped by hot, dry Santa Ana winds gusting to 70 miles per hour (113 km/h) swept the drought-stricken region unchecked from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border 230 miles (370 km) to the south. President George W. Bush² declared an emergency in the state and authorized the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate disaster relief in the seven counties stricken by wildfires. 

Some 300,000 acres (120,000 hectares) have burned, an area about twice the size of Chicago, stretching fire crews and state emergency services. The firestorms closed major highways, schools and businesses and plumes of thick black smoke drifted across much of Southern California, blotting out the sun. Governor Schwarzenegger said 68,000 homes, from cabins to luxury villas, were threatened across the state and that 10,000 men and women were working the fire lines against flames shooting as high as 100 feet (30 metres).

The first of the wildfires erupted Sunday, Oct. 21,  on the Mexican border (possibly caused by illegal immigrants) and hopscotched as far north as Burbank, outside Los Angeles. The fires indiscriminately ravaged everything from Malibu mansions to the modest homes of migrant workers. Paul Fiest, a spokesman for California's Office of Emergency Services, said an evacuation of such dimensions had not occurred since 1917, the earliest date that records were kept.

We and the Media have seen that which is “above the ground”, the “visible” evidence. Yet there is a hidden connection with events that transpired in this State just a few weeks ago because -- "wickedness burns like a fire; it consumes briars and thorns; it even sets the thickets of the forest aflame and they roll upward in a column of smoke. By the fury of the L-RD the land is burned up..." (Isa. 9:18-19): 

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law several bills, approved by the California Legislature, which effectively ban the words "dad" or "mom" as well as “husband” and “wife” in all public schools as being discriminatory against "partner 1" and "partner 2" in same-sex relationships, according to critics³. With his signature he also ordered public schools to allow boys to use girls restrooms and locker rooms, and vice versa, if they choose.

Analysts have warned that schools across the nation will be impacted by the decision, since textbook publishers must cater to their largest purchaser, which often is California, and they will be unlikely to go to the expense of having a separate edition for other states.

The bills signed by Schwarzenegger include SB777, which bans anything in public schools that could be interpreted as negative toward homosexuality, bisexuality and other alternative lifestyle choices.

There are no similar protections for students with traditional or conservative lifestyles and beliefs, however. Rather, AB394  targets parents and teachers through "anti-harassment" training, CCF (Campaign for Cildren and Families⁴) spokesman Thomasson said. CCF noted that now any text, reference or teaching aid that portrays marriage as only between a man and woman, or that say people are born male or female and/or that fail to include a variety of transsexual, bisexual and homosexual historical figures will be banned. Likewise, all sex education materials that fail to offer the option of sex change will also be banned.