Merry Messiah-Mas (Christmas) from Tov Roe

Shalom Dear Friend!

I want to thank you for taking the time to open this letter and read along. Michelle and I understand how important your time is and we’re very thankful for your using some of yours to bless us and share in our lives. Don't forget to look at the article I am including at the end of this email!

There have been a lot of activity and change in our lives over the last six months. After nearly three years of looking for work, I finally found a job that I love. I get to help people with physical and mental disabilities find work and/or start their own micro-businesses. Several of the people I work with have been living normally for most of the lives, but because of life, accident, or illness have ended up relying on the state, or the federal government for their existence. For many, there are levels of shame, victimization, and other negatives and stereotypes to overcome in their own minds and the minds of others. Considering what Michelle and I have been through over the last twelve years, I can perfectly understand where these people are in their spiritual walks and physical realities. God has prepared me to be in their lives.

In other news, God still has an open door for me to host a local radio program here in Minneapolis. The program manager is still considering our proposal. Minneapolis is the 16^th largest media market in the country, which is significant. We've have been dedicating a lot of prayer to this opportunity and would be grateful if you would join us for God to open doors as only He can.

Finally,  on 12/19 Wednesday, my wife, Michelle, will have surgery. We’d appreciate your continued prayer for her recovery.

Blessings in Yeshua (Jesus)!

-TOV

Excerpt from The New Messianic Version of the Bible

ET

The First and the Last[1]

By TOV Rose

Although this edition will not incorporate notations for the ET in the Bible, I do feel is critical to comment on it.

The Hebrew language is read from right to left. The most common word in the Hebrew Bible is the t' (et). The first letter אis called an Aleph, which also begins the Hebrew Alpha-Bet. The second letter in the word t' (et) is ת (Tav),which is the last letter of the Hebrew Alpha-Bet. These two letters are the “first and the last,” the “beginning and the end” and the “Alephand the Tav” which is translated into Greek as the Alpha and the Omega — the first and last letters of the Greek AlphaBet. Jesus uses this as a term for himself several times in the book of Revelation.

Revelation 1:8 ~ ”I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

t' is used over 7,000 times in the Hebrew scriptures and beginning with the very first verse of the Bible. This brings us back to why the ancient Rabbis translated the Aramaic Targumim in such a manner as they did.

`#r,a'(h' taeîw> ~yIm:ßV'h; taeî ~yhi_l{a/ ar'äB' tyviÞareB. Genesis 1:1

B’rasheet bara Elōhim et HaShamayim v’et HaEretz

“In the beginning God created taeî the heaven and taeî the earth.”

An ancient reading of this text, blended with the knowledge that Jesus revealed himself as the two letters of this very word, which previously had no definition; would render the translation as:

“Everything that exists was created in the beginnings by though and for (Elōhim) [The Living Word], the tae[First & the Last] created the Heaven and the tae [First & the Last] created the Earth.”

Does this sound familiar? John 1:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in darkness; and the darkness compre-hended it not.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. (John 1:1-14)

Our Messiah Jesus is the tae Aleph and Tav in Hebrew[2], the Alpha and Omega in Greek and A to Z in English. Although much more could be said on this subject, I will point only to one more observation concerning the t' (et). It appears quite often that t' (et) seems to act as a sort of bookend around important words or phrases in Scripture, acting as more than just a notation pointing to the direct object of a sentence. It is as if the word has an implied meaning such as, “Author and Finisher accomplished what was described.”

Exodus 14:30 Thus the LORD saved ta,-Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw theta,-Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.

dY:åmi laeÞr'f.yI-ta, aWh±h; ~AYðB; hw”÷hy> [v;AY”w:

`~Y”)h; tp;îf.-l[; tmeÞ ~yIr;êc.mi-ta, ‘laer'f.yI ar.Y:Üw: ~yIr”+c.mi

In other words, the Book of Revelation is aptly named for both New Testament believers and his Old Testament covenant Jewish people. The Bible from start to finish is the Revelation to the world of the One whose name means, Behold My Hands Are Pierced, The God of Israel[3].

The Rabbis have a very interesting saying that seems to apply here: Shiv’im Panim la’Torah: “The Torah has 70 faces[4].”

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[1] Isaiah 44:6; 48:12

[2] Talmud: Yalcut Rubeni, fol. 17, 4: Adam transgressed the entirety of God from aleph to tav; i.e., from the beginning to the end. Abraham observed the entirety of God, from aleph to tav; i.e., he kept it entirely, from beginning to end. When the holy blessed God pronounced a blessing on the Israelites, he did it from aleph to tav; i.e., he did it perfectly.

[3] See 1 Peter 1:19-20 and Rev. 13:8

[4] Talmud: Bamidbar Rabbah 13:15

Tov Rose's The Invisible Ingredient

You don’t always know what doors God is going to open! So, I’m coming to you asking for prayer! Michelle and I have had an active, but relaxing summer here in Minnesota. We’ve been spending a lot of time across the parking lot from our small home, that’s where the pool is, and the kids are swimming there about three hours every day. Josiah turned eight years old this coming July, and of course he's having a pool party! You should see his abdominal muscles. We joke that he could put some body builders to shame.

In other news, I’ve been calling churches to schedule speaking engagements for myself, my brother Jason, and my father, Mike. It’s a harder in the summer than at other times, and I’d appreciate your prayer heading into the fall, that God would significantly bless what I’m doing. If your congregation is interesting in having a Jewish follower of Jesus come to speak, please let me know. You can find a short list of my speaking topics here: http://speaking.tovrose.com/

Another major thing I’d like to ask prayer for is an opportunity that we’ve been praying about for many years in partnership with another organization that reaches out to Jewish people with the Gospel.  It looks like I am may be hosting a radio program beginning this fall. There are still many things to discuss before this is final. However, the show would be on a new Christian radio station covering a large portion of the upper mid-west. I wanted to open this up to anyone who would like to give input, would you happen to have any advice? Would you know anyone who might have me on air as a guest? Practice speaking into a microphone with lots of people listening is good!

Author and Radio Hosts, Dr. Michael Brown, Sid Roth and a few others have given me some great things to consider, but I want to hear from you as well. What would you like to hear about on the radio? What kind of guests? Topics?

Finally, after some craziness with hackers things are looking better now for  The New Messianic Version of the Bible. It has been doing very well. I can honestly say that Volume 1 and 3 of the preview editions are Amazon.com Best Sellers, in the Top 20 for Messianic books. Would you please pray that God would continue to bless and prosper these works for His glory?

Your Brother,

-TOV

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The Navy of King Solomon Traveled the World?

http://invisibleingredient.blogspot.com/2011/11/navy-of-king-solomon-traveled-world.htmlThe Navy of King Solomon

Cyrus Gordon believes the king mentioned in the script can be identified as Hiram III who reigned 553-533 B.C. The inscription seems to verify an unusual statement found in the Old Testament. An ancient Biblical chronicler wrote:

"And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon" (I Kings 9:26-28).

In the days of Solomon there was an alliance between Hiram, the king of Tyre and the Israelites under Solomon. They were not only allies, but very friendly toward one another (II Chronicles 2:2-12). Israelites and Phoenicians even worked together to build the Temple of YEHOVAH God in Jerusalem (vs.13-18). This alliance included shipping together, although the Phoenicians were known to jealously guard the secrets of oceanic navigation from other nations. We read in II Chronicles 8, beginning verse 8:

"Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom. And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon" (v. 17-18).

In the heyday of Solomon silver was "not any thing accounted of" (11 Chron. 9:20). We read, "And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance" (v. 27). Solomon had his own personal fleets and dominated world trade. "And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom" (v. 22).

There is archaeological evidence, in fact, that the fleets of Solomon and Hiram of Tyre circumnavigated the globe, sailing from Ezion-geber, a port at tne terminus of the Red Sea, near modern Aqaba or Eliat! Hebrew customs, discovered by the early English settlers in the Americas, were found among some of the Indian tribes, including the wearing of phylacteries! Minoan and Phoenician coins have been found, and inscriptions of ancient Phoenician and Minoan scripts, in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and the Star of David was even found in an ancient ruin of the Pueblo Indians in New Mexico! In the middle of the second millennium, B.C., and down to the time of Solomon, circa 1000 B.C., oceanic travel by maritime powers in the Middle East seems to have been fairly common.

Biblical Evidence Confirms King Solomon's Navy Traveled the Earth?

Biblical Evidence Confirms It

Based on Biblical evidence, from the Scriptures, there can be no doubt. The ancient Israelite kingdom of king Solomon, noted for its wealth, peace, and power, and incredible trade empire, must have been involved in leaving this ancient world-wide evidence behind -- including Hebrew customs, language, and practices.

YEHOVAH God told Ezekiel, "And say to Tyre, 0 you who dwell at entrance to the sea, who are merchants of the peoples of many islands and coastlands. . . The inhabitants of Sion and [the island] of Arvad were your oarsmen; your skilled wise men, O Tyre, were in you, they were your pilots. The old men of Gebal [a city north of Sidon] and its skilled and wise men in you were your calkers; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to deal in your merchandise and trading" (Ezekiel 27:3, 8-9).

Ezekiel goes on, "Your rowers brought you out into the great and deep waters; the east wind has broken and wrecked you in the heart of the seas . . . When your wares came forth from the seas, you met the desire, and the demand, and the necessity of many people; you enriched the KINGS OF THE EARTH with your abundant wealth and merchandise. Now you are shattered by the seas . . ." (vs. 26, 33-34, Amplified Bible).

This sounds like the description of a globe-girdling nautical nation -- one which brings its wealth from afar! -- one which travels throughout the entire earth in its quest for material goods and trade!

We also read in the Bible: "For the king [Solomon] had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks" (I Kings 10:22).

Is it not significant that Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigated the globe, requiring three years -- from 1519-1522? Is it not meaningful that Sir Francis Drake, the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world, took three years to do so (1577-80)?

But there's even more evidence!

The Fall of the American Babylon, Part III

The Fall of the American Babylon, Part III

Is America really worse than other nations?

Before that can be answered, two principles of judgment that God uses must be understood.

–Luke 12:47-48

And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. 

–1 Peter 4:17

For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

If we’ve put ‘In God we Trust’ on our money, have had religious freedom to publish the message of the Messiah to the world for more than 200 years, and we are the richest country in history, then we better make good on it. But instead our Churches, followed soon thereafter by our Nation began to spew our self-glorifying filth into the world and abort babies by the millions.

Other nations do the same sorts of things. However, no other nation in history has committed itself from its foundation to God like America has done, nor had the freedoms this people has experienced, or the received blessings of God in such abundance, save one: Israel.

This is why ancient Israel was judged and virtually eradicated from remembrance until 1948. Israel was accountable for receiving God's instructions, knowing them and doing them. A nation that has committed itself to Jesus and His Father from its foundation and then turns its back on Jesus and His Father should expect to receive the same, or worse, for ancient Israel was not gifted with the Revelation of Jesus—and we have been so gifted.

As the Church Goes, So Goes the Nation.
The fact that most American homes have a copy of the Bible carries a responsibility. Americans alone have the full scriptures, free time, and prosperity to study them and practice them--yet do not. Most American Christians don't even know when God is judging their Nation, even though Scripture is clear. For example, we are not to pray against Homosexuality and fight publically to keep homosexuality out of our culture. Doing so is in direct contradiction to God's Judgment on this nation. Don't believe me? Have you even read Romans chapters 1 and 2?

Christians should be repenting for those things that they have allowed into their churches, the compromising the Truth, that has led to the culture turning from God.

Here's a hint: Christians are not to be Purpose Driven, Power of Positive Thinking, Emerging (into what?), or Prosperity minded, but rather, Bible Reading, Bible Believing and Holy Spirit Guided.

What specifically should believers be repenting for? Along with 1 Peter 4:17, this passage from Romans 1: 29-32 is your answer:

"They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them."

Perhaps, if enough believers get on their knees now, it will not be too late for this formerly great nation to reclaim a measure of its spiritual greatness as a beacon of light in this lost and dying world and the USA. In fact, with enough prayer and repentance the Greatest Generation may in fact be yet in front of us.

The Fall of The American Babylon, Part II

Mystery Babylon: 'Economic System' or Actual Nation?

Babylon's greatest sin was introducing into the world the Worship of Money.

Notice that before the final Beast system rises where everyone is required to its mark on their foreheads or right hands (which is easily provable to happen at the start of the Great Tribulation, or 3½ years into the 7 year period of trials for the nation of Israel), a nation called Babylon will have already fallen. This can only be the USA as Jeremiah 50, 51 and Isaiah 47, 48 and Revelation 17, 18 point to as the only candidate that fits all the Scripture on Mystery Babylon.

There are some interesting parallels between Ancient Babylon and the USA. For example, Ancient Babylon not only standardized commerce throughout the ancient world, but also exported its culture, rituals, designer clothes and fads of the time, and their pagan gods. They also were structured in a very similar manner.

Ancient Babylon was an Empire made up of many different countries it had conquered or made allegiances with. By some estimates there were as many as 127 of these “Provinces.” Contrast this with the United States of America, where originally 13 States or Countries, created a Federal Government for mutual self-interest, specifically to help govern trade between them and other outside governments, and for mutual protection.

Under the United States Constitution, the federal government was assigned specific limited powers and most government functions were left to the States. To ensure that people understood the limits on federal power, the Framers added the Constitution's Tenth Amendment:

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

The Tenth Amendment embodies federalism, the idea that federal and state governments have separate areas of activity and that federal responsibilities were "few and defined," as James Madison noted. Historically, federalism acted as a safeguard of American freedoms. Indeed, President Ronald Reagan noted in a 1987 executive order:

"Federalism is rooted in the knowledge that our political liberties are best assured by limiting the size and scope of the national government."

In other words, today the USA is a group of 50 separate countries that have covenanted together in order to form a super-government to oversee issues of mutual concern, specifically Commerce and Protection. In doing so, they became the greatest Economic Power the world had ever known, at least since the days of Ancient Babylon.

In addition to these Political States, the USA is also comprised of the following territories, protectorates and possessions:

Territories:

·         American Samoa - since 1878 (original purpose of acquisition: coaling station)

·         Guam - since 1898 (original purpose of acquisition: military significance)

·         United States Virgin Islands - since 1917 (original purpose of acquisition: military significance)

Commonwealths:

·         Puerto Rico - under US control since 1900, became a commonwealth in 1902 (original purpose of acquisition: military significance)

·         Northern Mariana Islands - under US control since 1947, became a commonwealth in 1978 (original purpose of acquisition: military significance) 

Possessions:

·         Howland, Baker, and Jarvis Islands - since 1857 (original purpose of acquisition: guano production)

·         Navassa Island - since 1857 (original purpose of acquisition: guano production)

·         Johnston Island - since 1858 (original purpose of acquisition: guano production)

·         Midway Atolls - claimed in 1876, annexed in 1908 (original purpose of acquisition: military significance)

·         Palmyra Atoll - since 1898 (original purpose of acquisition: was part of the Hawaii acquisition)

·         Wake Islands - since 1898 (original purpose of acquisition: military significance)

·         Guantanamo Bay - since 1898 (original purpose of acquisition: military significance)

·         Kingman Reef - since 1922 (original purpose of acquisition: stopping point for air traffic)

Compacts of Free Association:

·         Republic of the Marshall Islands - since 1947 (used for nuclear weapons testing)

·         Republic of Palau - under trusteeship in 1947, gained independence in 1994

·         Federated States of Micronesia - since 1978

In addition to these places it is helpful to know which places have been possessions of the United States in the past as well.  Previously occupied American territories include:

• The Philippines 1901 - 1946
• Panama Canal 1903 - 1999  
• Nicaragua 1912 - 1933
• Haiti 1915 - 1934
• Dominican Republic 1916 – 1924

·         Palua 1947—1994

On a more subjective level there are also many countries whose leaders or political systems have been controlled or influenced by the United States in some way over the years.  For the purpose of helping to understand American influence I will include some of these places here and the times in which it is generally accepted that their political systems were under significant influence of the United States.

• Nicaragua 1855 - 1860
• Liberia 1820 - 1865
• Cuba 1898 - 1952
• Germany 1945 - 1955
• Japan 1945 - 1955
• South Korea 1948 - 1960
• Congo 1960 - 1964
• Vietnam 1950 - 1973
• Chile 1964 - 1973
• Iran 1953 - 1979
• Guatemala 1953 - 1980s
• Indonesia/East Timor 1965 - 2002
• Iraq (aka: Babylon) 2003 - ?

In addition to the above, the United States also has relationships with the following 176 “Occupied Territories” which have some measure of autonomy. These areas were Judicially Established in 1978 and does not include dozens of others still attempting to gain recognition.

1. Seneca 2. Delaware, Wyandot, Potawatomi, Ottawa, Chippewa 3. Ottawa 4. Delaware, Ottawa, Shawnee, Wyandot 5. Delaware 6. Shawnee 7. Potawatomi, Ottawa, Chippewa 8. Potawatomi 9. Potawatomi 10. Potawatomi 11. Potawatomi 12. Potawatomi 13. Potawatomi 14. Potawatomi 15. Potawatomi 16. Sault Ste. Marie Band 17. Ottawa, Chippewa 18. Saginaw Chippewa 19. Saginaw Chippewa 20. Grand River Band 21. Miami, Potawatomi 22. Miami, Potawatomi 23. Miami 24. Miami, Eel River 25. Miami, Delaware 26. Miami, Wea 27. Potawatomi, Wea 28. Potawatomi, Wea, Kickapoo 29. Wea, Kickapoo 30. Wea 31. Delaware, Piankeshaw 32. Potawatomi, Kickapoo 33. Kickapoo 34. Kaskaskia, Kickapoo 35. Piankeshaw 36. Kaskaskia 37. Cherokee 38. Creek 39. Creek 40. Creek 41. Seminole 42. Lake Superior Bands, Mississippi Bands 43. Lake Superior Bands, Mississippi Bands 44. Lake Superior Bands 45. Bois Forte Band 46. Mississippi Bands 47. Lake Superior Bands, Mississippi Bands 48. Pillager & Lake Winnibigoshish Bands 49. Pillager Band 50. Red Lake Band 51. Red Lake Band, Pembina Band 52. Pembina Band 53. Potawatomi 54. Winnebago 55. Sac & Fox 56. Sac & Fox 57. Sac & Fox 58. Sac & Fox 59. Sac & Fox 60. Iowa, Sac & Fox 61. Sac & Fox 62. Iowa 63. Iowa 64. Otoe & Missouria, Iowa, Omaha, Sac & Fox 65. Omaha 66. Ponca 67. Otoe & Missouria 68. Pawnee 69. Osage 70. Osage 71. Osage 72. Quapaw 73. Caddo 74. Medawakanton Band 75. Eastern or Mississippi Sioux 76. Yankton 77. Sisseton & Wahpeton 78. Sisseton 79. Teton & Yanktonai 80. Yankton 81. Sioux (Dahcotah) Nation 82. Arikara, Mandan, Hidatsa 83. Arikara, Mandan, Hidatsa 84. Assiniboine 85. Crow 86. Blackfeet & Gros Ventre 87. Flathead 88. Upper Pend D'Oreille

89. Kootenai 90. Nez Perce 91. Coeur D'Alene 92. Kalispel 93. Spokane 94. Palus 95. Cayuse 96. Walla Walla 97. Umatilla 98. Yakima 99. Colville 100. Lake Tribe 101. Sanpoil-Nespelem 102. Okanogan 103. Methow 104. Warm Springs 105. Clatsop 106. Tillamook 107. Tillamook 108. Coquille, Chetco, Too-too-to-ney 109. Snake 110. Lemhi 111. Shoshone 112. Cheyenne & Arapaho, Northern Cheyenne, Northern Arapaho 113. Klamath 114. Modoc 115. Pitt River 116. Northern Paiute 117. Washoe 118. Indians of California 119. Western Shoshone 120. Goshute 121. Uintah Ute 122. Southern Paiute 123. Hopi 124. Navajo 125. Acoma 126. Laguna 127. Zia, Jemez, Santa Ana 128. Santo Domingo 129. San Ildefonso 130. Nambe 131. Santa Clara 132. Taos 133. Kiowa, Comanche & Apache 134. Jicarilla Apache 135. Mescalero Apache 136. Mescalero Apache 137. Lipan Apache 138. Chiricahua Apache 139. Chiricahua Apache 140. Western Apache 141. Tonto Apache 142. Havasupai 143. Hualapai 144. Mohave 145. Chemehuevi 146. Yavapai 147. Pima-Maricopa 148. Quechan 149. Papago 150. Nooksack 151. Lummi 152. Samish 153. Upper Skagit 154. Swinomish 155. Lower Skagit 156. Kikiallus 157. Stillaguamish 158. Makah 159. S'Klallam 160. Snohomish 161. Quileute 162. Skokomish 163. Skykomish 164. Snoqualmie 165. Suquamish 166. Duwamish 167. Quinaielt 168. Squaxin 169. Muckleshoot 170. Puyallup 171. Steilacoom 172. Nisqually 173. Lower Chehalis 174. Upper Chehalis 175. Cowlitz 176. Chinook

Now Revelation 17 and 18 specifically then must be dual, they speak of America as the Center of World Trade and Commerce (aka: The World Trade Center), and the actual reborn Nation of Babylon in the Middle East. This is why Revelation 18 and 14 say "Babylon has fallen (1), has fallen (2)". There is no reason any angel would need to declare the fall of Babylon twice unless it literally does fall twice. It's dual, and not limited to one fulfillment. America, called technically a daughter of Babylon by Jeremiah and Isaiah, can only fall once. Then the full and final embodiment of the Nation of Babylon reborn will fall at a later date.

It is important to note that the Backup World Trade computer system had already been set up and came online exactly one hour after commerce ceased in New York City on September 11, 2001. This is in fulfillment of –Revelation 18:8-17. 

⁸ Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:
   death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,
   for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.

 ⁹ “When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her. ¹⁰ Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry:

   “‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,
   you mighty city of Babylon! 

In one hour your doom has come!’

 ¹¹ “The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes anymore— ¹² cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble; ¹³ cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and human beings sold as slaves.

 ¹⁴ “They will say, ‘The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your luxury and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.’ ¹⁵ The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand far off, terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn ¹⁶ and cry out:

   “‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,
   dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet,
   and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls! 

¹⁷ In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!’

Now you might wonder where this backup computer system is for World Commerce that came online exactly one hour after the Twin Towers fell.

Answer: Babylon 

Specifically in the city known today as Baghdad, but in ancient times was known as Babylon. 

And people wonder why the USA immediately went to war with Iraq? The computer system and world commerce needed to by protected by a multi-national force to prevent it being monopolized by a dictatorial régime.

Jeremiah 50-51 says 5 times to leave Babylon and go to Jerusalem/Zion.

–Jeremiah 50:5

They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to God in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.

– Jeremiah 50:28

The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of God our God, the vengeance of his temple. 

–Jeremiah 51:6

Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of God's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense. 

–Jeremiah 51:10

God hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of God our God. 

–Jeremiah 51:49-50

As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember God afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

Revelation 18 also tells people to flee so to not take part in her sins and her judgment on them. I am not convinced that this means to physically leave America, but I am convinced it does mean that we should remember that this world is not our ultimate home, and that we should be prepared for anything.

–Revelation 18:4-5 

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

While these certainly work on a spiritual level (stop sinning), this does not negate plain sense literal interpretation (physical). How this will play out precisely is yet to be experienced.

Lot, too, had to physically leave Sodom before her judgment (Genesis 14). Did not Jesus say the last days would be like the days Noah (Genesis 6-9), all over again? Like Noah, if Lot had stayed in Sodom to witness to the Sodomites, we might instead be told, "Remember Lot", instead of "Remember Lot's wife" in our instructions for these last days (Luke 17:32). If Noah had not obeyed and built an ark so he could leave the land soon to be judged by being under water, he would have died prematurely and ended his testimony as a different kind of example for our admonishment.

However, Lot's wife's testimony teaches us it’s not enough to just physically leave, but we must really get the love for the world and its ways out of us as well. We need to leave Babylon and get Babylon out of us. Israel, too, had to leave Egypt and get Egypt out of them. On top of all this, Jeremiah 50 and Isaiah 13 speak of the downfall of the American Babylon as exactly like Sodom's. Perhaps the righteous will be fleeing America in the future, just as Lot fled then, or at least fleeing certain more guilty regions of the Empire known currently as the USA.

This brings me to a criticism about the Church in America that continues to preach the "prosperity" of Christians, and socially relevant messages with more foundation in secular psychology and issues of today than Biblical foundation:

Why would God give this American Christian people more of their Idol? 

If you can't say Amen, say Ouch.