Hello Friends!
As you no doubt are already aware, Nelson Mandela died on Thursday,
December 5th, 2013. Mr. Mandela was without a doubt a great Civil
Rights and Activist leader and his transformation from terrorist to icon is truly
unprecedented. But is there more to the story? The truth be told, in a word – yes.
Mr. Mandela was considered a charismatic leader, who was often
celebrated in American media as an heroic icon in the struggle for freedom and
human rights. For years, it has been
known that he was a radical leftist and well known Communist who was imprisoned
for carrying out acts of terrorism during the Apartheid era. The bizarre
contrast is seen in that some American pastors remember Mandela with fondness,
while at least one South African minister, Peter Hammond, reminds the world of what he really
represented:
http://www.wnd.com/2013/12/nelson-mandela-was-a-radical-marxist/
That said, it is not our intentions to be unkind or disrespectful
to the Mandela family, we here at EC desire only to share the many facets
of Mr. Mandela’s worldview and associations that would suggest a much different
picture than what is traditionally touted today within many Christian and conservative circles…
Nelson
Mandela & Desmond Tutu
Many evangelicals are praising Mandela as
someone to admire and emulate. Should this be the case for a man who held to a
communist worldview?
Mandela often praised Karl Marx and worked
with the South African Communist Party
(SACP). There were close ties between Mandela’s African National Congress (ANC) and the SACP. Mandela’s
organization also received support from Beijing and the former Soviet Union.
During the Cold War, both the State and
Defense departments dubbed Mandela’s political party – African National Congress – a terrorist group that carried out
guerrilla warfare and was on the U.S. terror watch list until 2008. Why did our
government correctly have him on this watch list? Here is a NBC News article that provides some of
these and other details:
What did Margaret Thatcher say about
Mandela? In
the 1980’s Lady Thatcher caused controversy when she refused to back sanctions
against South Africa. In 1987 she said that anyone who believed the ANC would ever rule South Africa was “living
in cloud-cuckoo land”.
Sadly, Mandela’s wife, Winnie, was also a
known proponent for having tires put around the neck of her opposition, having
the tire saturated in gasoline and then lighting it on fire. She eventually returned
to Soweto and became a part of the ANC campaign against the regime. The
following is a disturbing quote:
"We have no guns – we have only stones, boxes of matches and petrol," she told a township crowd. "Together, hand in hand, with our boxes of matches and our necklaces we shall liberate this country." – Winnie Mandela
This practice was known as “necklacing” – a very slow,
excruciatingly painful death. Here is more information on Winnie’s life:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/06/nelson-winnie-mandela-marriage
It is a also known fact that former
Communists have verified these reports on the activities of the Jesuits/Communists
in hijacking the civil rights movement in the 1960’s, seeking to create civil
unrest and to “agitate to the point of
conflict” – just as they did in South Africa. Does the name Saul Alinsky sound familiar? Race-baiting
and class warfare are classic tactics of these menaces.
In a recent story concerning world renowned former Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the controversial minister of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, has said:
"I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven... I would much rather to go the other place (i.e. Hell)." – Desmond Tutu
This statement from Mr. Tutu was in support
of the launch of the United Nation's global “Free & Equal” campaign to
promote gay rights.
Archbishop Tutu achieved international
recognition because of his fight against apartheid during the 1980's and
received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. In 2009 President Barack Obama awarded
him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Tutu has long been a supporter of
ecumenism, abortion, and homosexuality.
The Bible is clear that those who practice
homosexuality will not go to Heaven:
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God – 1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Dear friend, if that describes you, please
know that God can forgive any sin. You must repent of your sins
and place your faith in Christ alone to save you.
Mr.
Tutu has written a book brazenly titled “God
is Not a Christian” which exposes his anti-Biblical view of the one and
only Lord God of creation. What does the Bible tell us about false prophets,
and how do we recognize them in the Church?
Don’t be deceived by these wolves in sheep’s clothing. We must be very mindful in our support and adoration of sinful man and his quest for power and control.Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them. For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple – Romans 16:17-18
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? – Jeremiah 17:9
Keep looking up and sharing the Gospel while there is still time… Hallelujah and Maranatha – come quickly Lord Jesus!
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