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Join THE BLACK ROBE REGIMENT!
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| David Alan Black, Glenn Beck, David Barton
Posted on 08/31/2010 2:22:03 AM PDT by Yosemitest
"THE BLACK ROBE REGIMENT
***A PORTRAIT IN MINIATURE***
REVEREND PETER MUHLENBERG"
"It was Sunday morning early in the year 1776. In the church where Pastor Muhlenberg preached, it was a regular service for his congregation, but a quite different affair for Muhlenberg himself. Muhlenberg's text for the day was Ecclesiastes 3 where it explains, 'To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven; a time to be born, and a time to die, a time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted...'"
"Coming to the end of his sermon, Peter Muhlenberg turned to his congregation and said, 'In the language of the holy writ, there was a time for all things, a time to preach and a time to pray, but those times have passed away.'
As those assembled looked on, Pastor Muhlenberg declared,'There is a time to fight, and that time is now coming!'
Muhlenberg then proceeded to remove his robes revealing, to the shock of his congregation, a military uniform."
"Marching to the back of the church he declared,'Who among you is with me?'
On that day 300 men from his church stood up and joined Peter Muhlenberg. They eventually became the 8th Virginia Brigade fighting for liberty."
"Frederick Muhlenberg, Peter's brother, was against Peter's level of involvement in the war. Peter responded to Frederick writing,'I am a Clergyman it is true, but I am a member of the Society as well as the poorest Layman, and my Liberty is as dear to me as any man, shall I then sit still and enjoy myself at Home when the best Blood of the Covenant is spilling? ...So far am I from thinking that I act wrong, I am convinced it is my duty to do so and duly I owe to God and my country."
Peter Muhlenberg, Pastor & Patriot. by Josh Pittman
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The above is one story of one pastor who chose the path of Liberty and Freedom...
and that Liberty and Freedom has been graciously bestowed by our Heavenly Father to each of us.
It has been freely offered, freely sacrificed for by Christ Jesus, and it is the duty of each of us to acknowledge that precious gift and to not give it away lightly.
There were hundreds of such men and women during that awful epoch of our American History who chose the path that Pastor Muhlenberg took.
There were many such brave souls who opted to sacrifice all for God, Family, and Country during that period of the Birth of our Nation and during other such battles as these, before and after this Revolution.
It was and is the birth pains of an Empire that the founders of this Nation and those who descended after bear.
Our Nation is not so very old....it has not been long since it was first conceived and birthed.
Indeed, we are still being birthed...but now in a very different way.
What is being birthed is not what the Creator envisioned or created, nor what our forefathers and mothers hoped to realize.
It is not at all what they bled and died for.
Each of us have inherited in some form the genetic material of these people who came seeking Liberty and Justice;
these people who bore up under severe hardships from their countries of origin,
despotic rule that came in the form of societal structure....religious, political, familial, educational.
The pastors of that day, and their congregations, were living out of what had come over 100 years prior...
where religion and politics were woven into the same fabric.
There was no separation between the two spheres.
This Revolution against Britain would culminate in a totally different awareness and way of life than had ever been lived on this planet;
and may never be seen again in the present state of things.
What remained was a hope and a promise....a Republic.
And this Republic was created out of the awareness
that the people who then inhabited this country were a moral and upright people;
people who were fashioned from 2000 years of formation out of the womb of salvation that only Christ Jesus can offer.
A people who were honed by thousands of years before Christ walked the Earth by way of the Israelites
who had been scattered and dispersed many times in their history.
These folks who now inhabited this New Jerusalem (this New Eden that Christopher Columbus saw),
were living out what they saw as a life and a country that was fashioned entirely by their Creator.
The Constitution (Part 1--the Declaration of Independence, and part 2), was and is a covenant between the people of America and their Heavenly Father.
It was written for a Christian people....who are fully able to internally govern themselves.
Thus, the meaning of a Republic that was inspired by God's Word
and spells out the mission of God's children and Christ's ambassadors on Earth.
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Pastors, Join the Black Regiment!
By David Alan Black
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And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee,the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee,
and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations,whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,
And shalt return unto the LORD thy God,
and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day,thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee,
and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven,from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee,
and from thence will he fetch thee:
And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed,and thou shalt possess it;
and He will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.
And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed,to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul,
And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies,and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD,and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteousin every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body,
and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land,
for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God,to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law,
and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
For this commandment which I command thee this day,it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say,Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say,Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
But the word is very nigh unto thee,in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
See, I have set before thee this day life and good,
and death and evil;
In that I command thee this dayto love the LORD thy God,to walk in his ways,and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments,that thou mayest live and multiply:
and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear,but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish,and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land,whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing:therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:That thou mayest love the LORD thy God,
and that thou mayest obey his voice,
and that thou mayest cleave unto him:for he is thy life, and the length of thy days:that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
To: All
Here's some great links.
Enjoy.
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posted on
08/31/2010 2:28:37 AM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's simple, fight or die.)
To: Yosemitest
WO.W!!! Thank you for posting this
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posted on
08/31/2010 3:41:54 AM PDT
by
Dianer0839
(If you don't pay the exorcist can you be repossessed?)
To: Yosemitest
Where is the list of the “1,000” clergy and where can one be found locally?
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posted on
08/31/2010 3:57:51 AM PDT
by
wastoute
(Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
To: Dianer0839
Does anyone have the names of the pastors standing with Beck last weekend I know Dobson, Robinson were there. Who else?
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posted on
08/31/2010 4:13:39 AM PDT
by
nikos1121
(Praying today for -23, better yet -24......)
To: Yosemitest; lightman
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posted on
08/31/2010 4:46:13 AM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Many wonder why we don't have flying cars in 2010. I ask, "Where's my frikken Unicorn, FUBO?")
To: Yosemitest
I send these (written) alarm bells to all my friends and relatives. I’ve been doing that for some time now. Only one replied.
I get the impression nobody cares. Or nobody is even paying attention to our country getting hijacked.
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posted on
08/31/2010 4:53:01 AM PDT
by
RoadTest
(Religion is a substitute for the relationship God wants with you.)
To: nikos1121
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posted on
08/31/2010 4:58:07 AM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's simple, fight or die.)
To: RoadTest
When Satan’s flame hits their rear, they’ll care.
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posted on
08/31/2010 5:02:17 AM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's simple, fight or die.)
To: wastoute
You shall know them by their actions. A public list would be a hit list. Talk to your Pastor, Priest, or Rabi, a good baseline check of where they stand on GOD given rights (not government).
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posted on
08/31/2010 5:02:31 AM PDT
by
foundedonpurpose
(stand up for principles and values, reeducate with truth. talk to people)
To: Yosemitest
great post sir, Thank you. I had never heard of this prior to Glenn’s Rally.
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posted on
08/31/2010 5:06:50 AM PDT
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell God how big your storm is...Tell the storm how big your God is!)
To: RoadTest
“I send these (written) alarm bells to all my friends and relatives. Ive been doing that for some time now. Only one replied.
I get the impression nobody cares. Or nobody is even paying attention to our country getting hijacked.”
Too many “Christians” are too comfy in their cocoons to go out and make a difference. We are instructed to be “salt and light” but yet we ignore what goes on around us.
COWARDS!
COWARDS!
COWARDS!
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posted on
08/31/2010 5:26:14 AM PDT
by
vanilla swirl
(We are the Patrick Henry we have been waiting for!)
To: Yosemitest
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posted on
08/31/2010 5:32:13 AM PDT
by
Armed Civilian
("Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.")
To: Yosemitest
Im a Minister of The Universal Life Church and Ill be joining
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posted on
08/31/2010 5:35:17 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(=He who will not economize will have to agonize- Confucious)
To: Yosemitest
Excellent!!!! Thanks for your post!!!!
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posted on
08/31/2010 5:39:13 AM PDT
by
LetMarch
(If a man knows the right way to live, and does not live it, there is no greater coward. (Anonyous)
To: Yosemitest
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posted on
08/31/2010 5:40:38 AM PDT
by
airborne
(Why is it we won't allow the Bible in school, but we will in prison? Think about it.)
To: vanilla swirl
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posted on
08/31/2010 6:41:19 AM PDT
by
RoadTest
(Religion is a substitute for the relationship God wants with you.)
To: Yosemitest
That scene- of the preacher starting the regiment during his sermon, was recreated in the movie, The Patriot, starring Mel Gibson.
To: nikos1121
Dave Reever was there- he gave the closing prayer. His face was destroyed by a phosporous gernade in Vietnam. He now runs Wounded Warriors, which offers assistance to returning vets. They have a beautiful place up in the mouontains of Colorado where they go. He remembered all the Vietnam Vets in his closing remarks.
To: Red Boots
Dave Reever is in photo 5. There are four men in that photo- he is on the far right, with someone’s hand on his shoulder. His skin is that of a burn victim, it never really recovered from the grenade. He is an amazing speaker, and his Wounded Warriors foundation really helps a lot of men.
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