Prayer Appeal on Behalf of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore

A quick note to you regarding an update on the Ten Commandments issue in Montgomery, AL. To be honest, I was asking God, "What's the big deal?," and the Lord spoke clearly to me, "I didn't come to abolish the Law but to fulfill it in this nation. The rocks are beginning to cry out."

Jesus is the TRUE Rock, and He is crying out to us to be wise and realize that this isn't one man's fight, but His, for our nation, and our hearts are being evaluated regarding it. It is a heads up to us that, if we don't stand with Chief Moore on this, it could be the beginning of THIS nation jailing people for their beliefs.

I met over dinner last evening with Chief Moore's Legal Advisor, Tom Parker and his wife, and the following is information directly from him regarding this situation. They are requesting your prayers, and even your physical presence at a rally there in Montgomery, AL, this coming Saturday morning.

=============================================== PUBLIC PRESS RELEASE RE: CHIEF JUSTICE ROY MOORE ===============================================

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is taking a difficult public stand on God's Word. He is risking his job, his retirement, and even possibly his freedom (as in jail time) in his fight against the federal courts for the right to acknowledge God and His Law as the foundation of the laws of our nation. The monument to the moral foundation of law that he placed in the Rotunda of the Alabama State Judicial Building is a Rock of Offense to the ungodly. It is as a sharp two-edge sword, separating soul from spirit and revealing the true nature of a person through their response to it. It is causing a raging whirlwind of opposition.

================================================= WATCH LIVE PRESS CONFERENCE THURSDAY AT 1:30 P.M. =================================================

Chief Justice Moore will hold a press conference Thursday, at 1:30 p.m. Central Time, in the Rotunda of the Alabama State Judicial Building in Montgomery, Alabama, to publicly announce his response to the federal court order to remove the Ten Commandments monument from the Rotunda of the State Judicial Building by August 20th. Please pray for him and our nation. You should be able to hear him explain his rationale as it is most likely that major networks, like CNN or Fox News, will carry his press conference live. You will also be able to access his statement in printed form at www.morallaw.org , the website for his legal defense fund.

================================================= COME TO MONTGOMERY SATURDAY A.M. FOR PUBLIC RALLY =================================================

There will be a massive public rally in support of the Ten Commandments and Chief Justice Moore at the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, on Saturday, August 16th, starting at 10:00 a.m. Central Time. ALL are invited to come and show your support. You can find details about the event at www.restorethecommandments.com .

Please show your support publicly for God's Word. If you cannot attend in person, you can watch it live on C-SPAN.

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Today, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the "stay" on the "order to remove" the Ten Commandments from the Alabama State Judicial Building by Douglas W. Phillips, Esq.

Earlier today (August 5th), the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the "stay" on the "order to remove" the Ten Commandments from the Alabama State Judicial Building. Now that the stay is lifted and the order to remove is in place, Chief Justice Roy Moore has been given fifteen days to remove the Ten Commandment, or else.

But he will not obey this order. To do so would be (a) to violate his oath of office to the Alabama Constitution which specifically declares the state laws to be under God; (b) to grant jurisdiction to a federal court which is acting beyond the scope of its lawful jurisdiction; (c) to ratify an unlawful and usurpatious application of the First Amendment; and most importantly (d) to concede that the God of Scripture is not supreme over the laws of the United States.

Because the Chief Justice will not obey this order, he may well be found in contempt of court and jailed or fined. (In the order handed down today, the Eleventh Circuit Court anticipates Moore's refusal to comply and threatens a $5,000 per day fine to be levied against the Chief Justice in his official capacity.) Alternatively, federal marshals could be sent to remove the Ten Commandments, although the recent movement of Congress to defund such an activity may put the brakes on this approach. There are other possibilities as well, but whatever the tactic of enforcement adopted by the 11th Circuit Court, one thing is certain: the stage will be set for one of the greatest constitutional crises in American history (second perhaps only to the crisis between Andrew Jackson and the Supreme Court over the establishment of an unconstitutional monetary system, and the crisis precipitated by the Lincoln Administration when it raised troops against Virginia).

In this case, a "constitutional crisis" means a showdown between competing governmental jurisdictions. This showdown is all the more likely if the Governor of Alabama sticks to his principles and supports Chief Justice Moore against the unconstitutional order of the 11th Circuit Court.

There are many Ten Commandment cases surfacing around the country. This one is different from most of the others for two reasons: First, the defendant in the case is not a school official or a lower judge, but the highest judicial officer of a state, the Chief Justice of a Supreme Court. Second, the Chief Justice has refused to employ the specious arguments which are so tempting to conservative constitutional attorneys intent on winning their cases at all costs. Such lawyers often employ enemy arguments.

Justice Moore refuses to use such arguments. He has staked his case, his career, his very life on a simple proposition: The Lord God of the Bible who gave us the Ten Commandments is the only source of law and authority under which our nation and its judges may govern. It is this very God of Scripture to whom our Framers appealed when they drafted the charter documents for our nation. These same Framers gave us a Bill of Rights, To be precise, the First Amendment reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof." As Moore has pointed out: He is not Congress, and no law has been passed. He is simply acknowledging the source of law, God Almighty.

This is the type of argument that makes the judges of the land quake with indignation. They are the gods of the land and do not like to be challenged. Like Pharaoh before Moses, Eleventh Circuit Court Judge Myron Thompson has hardened his heart, mocked, belittled, and even taunted the prophet who stood before him. Thompson and the Republican-appointed judges who ruled against Moore have forgotten God's warning to them:

Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. (Psalm 2:10-12)

The true mettle and faith of many professing Christians may soon be tested. Where will they stand? If the Governor of Alabama stands with the Chief Justice, God's Law will remain publicly displayed in the gates of that state. As the Chief Executive over the federal government, President Bush may also be presented with a decision of far-reaching implications: Enforce the federal court and stand with the 11th Circuit Court in their opposition to the display of God's Law, or declare it invalid and stand. The United States Supreme Court has discretion as to whether or not to hear a case. But where a significant conflict exists between jurisdictions, it is virtually obligatory that the Court help to resolve the matter. If the Court grants a writ of certiorari to hear the case, you and I will be living spectators to an unprecedented event.

Picture this: For the first time since the Founding era, a state Chief Justice with faith in God Almighty will stand before the Supreme Court and exhort them of their duty to God, to man, and to the Constitution. He will defend the proposition that the God of Christianity is supreme over the laws of our nation and that we must acknowledge Him or perish. Perhaps he will quote Scripture. Perhaps he will exhort these judges to "kiss the Son, lest He be angry." But whatever happens, it will be a defining moment in our nation's history.

Once again, America will be tested. Where will we stand? You can decide to stand with Justice Moore by appearing for the national rally which will be held at the Alabama State Judicial Building on August 16, or simply by praying that the Governor will reject the authority of the 11th Circuit Court to enforce this order.

One thing is clear: God has raised up Chief Justice Moore as a Moses to the children of these United States. He stands immovable because his confidence is in Yahweh. He knows that the Lord of hosts will do battle for us. The same God who opened the sea with the blast of His nostrils to free the children of Israel is the same God who will defend all those who diligently seek him.

Perhaps because of this Moses of the American court system, we will someday live to see the same principle God gave to Israel, realized in the life of our own nation:

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. Therefore saith the LORD, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies: And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counselors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. (Isaiah 1:23-26)

Oh, that God would restore our judges as at the first. Oh, that we would be called a city of righteousness! Do you believe in the power of God? Will you stand with Him and the prophets of righteousness that He raises in our own land? Who is on the Lord's side?

Douglas W. Phillips, Esq. President of Vision Forum, founder of the Witherspoon School of Law and Public Policy, and a constitutional attorney.

Attention prayer warriors and intercessors: Looks like this "Civil War of Values" may be coming to a head very quickly here. Please forward this to anyone you know who's concerned about the future of this country.

Pray that The Lord would send confusion upon the enemy. Pray that Chief Moore may be given the strength and courage of Daniel in the lion's den. Pray that the eyes of the ungodly may be opened to the truth, and that they may mourn of their wickedness and crave God's mercy. Repent of behalf of this spoiled, rebellious generation (yes, it's scriptural, read Daniel chapter 9). Fast if you're led to.

This may very well be THE fork in the road for our nation. Pray that God's grace may prevail.

Perhaps because of this Moses of the American court system,

Perhaps Judge Moore thinks he's Moses, which is the problem.

Why doesn't the judge move this monument into his office? It would still be in the court house and right where it could influence him, all the time.

Thank you for posting this. I received it via email this morning. I took the live links (in my email) and found a website [Restore the Commandments] that encourages us to sign up for 15 minute time slots of 24-hour prayer for Chief Justice Roy Moore and the rally in Montgomery on Saturday at 10:00am Central Time.

Please click here to sign up for prayer vigil. (green slots are open)

Isaiah 1:26:
I will restore your judges as in days of old,
your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward you will be called
the City of Righteousness,
the Faithful City."

Why doesn't the judge move this monument into his office? It would still be in the court house and right where it could influence him, all the time.

Because of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which protects our God-given freedom to practice our religion not only behind closed doors, but openly.

And because this nation and her laws were founded upon the premise that all our unalienable rights are from God and the role of Government is to secure them, not limit them.

And because the 10 Commandments were the basis of all American law.

And because our Founding Fathers did not believe, as apparantly you do, that people of faith should stay in the closet while the sodomites come out.

What a dork. He continues to put his foot in his mouth and ensures that this monument is seen as nothing other than establishment.

Can't believe the voters of Alabama are stupid enough to put this fool in office.

Why doesn't the judge move this monument into his office? It would still be in the court house and right where it could influence him, all the time.

Why don't we move our churches underground and stop witnessing. Never say "God" or "Jesus" anymore; wouldn't want to offend. Let's just stop going to church altogether; don't want anyone to see us go into a house of God! < / sarcasm>

Roll over and play dead? I don't think so. The ten commandments belongs in every courthouse in America. Just as the Bible does (that is what you place your left hand on when you swer to tell the truth, the whole truth...). If we give into the ten commandments, the Bible will be next. Watch!!!

"Why doesn't the judge move this monument into his office?"

Moving the monument into his office would only delay its elimination. You can bet that his office is government property and would eventually be subject to the same court ruling.

Why is this country showing "tolerance" to all religions except Judeo/Christian? (a rhetorical question to most of us)Answer:The same reason as why the words "Jesus", "Christ", and "God" are so quickly spewed by the tongues of non-believers and many believers alike in vain. I have never heard "Mohamed" or "Budah" used that way. Or for the benifit of the "New Age" religion, I have not heard "I", "me" or "my" used to cuss either.

Ignoring the truth does not invalidate the truth. This country will not benifit from ignoring God and emloying Satan.

Why should he hide the light under a bushel? He, at least, has the courage of his convictions. He is risking his financial well-being for his Christian beliefs. Have you ever risked anything for Christ as a 'deacon'? If not, then don't judge.

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