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The Scourge of AIDS and the Sacrifice of Christ

'Personal' from John W. Ritenbaugh

AIDS is a grave and gruesome disease, causing immense suffering with symptoms like lungs filling with secretions, purplish-black lesions on the body, and severe neurological and physical deterioration. The struggle for air, combined with forgetfulness, confusion, loss of balance, weakness, depression, fatigue, paranoia, hallucinations, incontinence, tremors, facial slackness, seizures, and extreme weight loss, paints a harrowing picture of its impact. Despite its severity, there remains uncertainty about its exact cause, though it is often linked to HIV, which is present in those showing symptoms. HIV, found in all bodily fluids including saliva, tears, urine, and feces, can be transmitted through various means, even casual contact like a bite that doesn't break the skin, contradicting earlier assurances from health officials that it is strictly blood-borne. Statistical projections are staggering, with the Centers for Disease Control estimating 500,000 AIDS-infected individuals in New York City alone, and the World Health Organization projecting 14,000,000 infected in the United States by 2002. Within two years, the number of deaths from AIDS is expected to be five times higher than the number of Americans killed in the Vietnam War. The disease's spread is compounded by misleading statements from authorities, who have downplayed risks and hindered research due to political pressures, putting the innocent at risk to protect specific interest groups. Blood banks have also contributed to the crisis, historically concealing the true odds of contracting AIDS through transfusions, which were as high as one in 100 between 1978 and 1985, leading to 29,000 Americans facing painful deaths from contaminated blood. Even with current testing for HIV antibodies, the virus can remain dormant for up to thirty-five months, posing ongoing risks. The blood is now pronounced 99.5% safe, but only if both available tests are used, leaving doubts given past deceptions. Public health responses have been inadequate, with policies often prioritizing the rights of the infected over the safety of the uninfected. AIDS carriers face no employment restrictions in sensitive areas like restaurants, unlike those with other contagious diseases such as tuberculosis. Safety measures like condoms are promoted as protection, yet the HIV virus is small enough to pass through latex, rendering such advice dangerously insufficient. This mishandling by officials and businessmen, driven by motives to protect profits or avoid panic, underscores a troubling lack of candor and responsibility in addressing this devastating epidemic.

As In the Days of Lot

'Prophecy Watch' by Earl L. Henn

Jesus says the end times will be like the days of Lot in Sodom, meaning that rampant homosexuality is a sign of the end. This worldwide trend is upon us.

WorldWatch September-October 2003

'WorldWatch' by David C. Grabbe

News, events, and trends in light of Bible prophecy for September-October 2003: Southern Christianity, Roman Catholicism and Homosexuality, AIDS Devastation.

Sodom, Here We Come

CGG Weekly by Charles Whitaker

What an individual does affects the lives of others as well. Regardless of who commits it, there is no such thing as a victimless crime or a private sin.

The 'Gaying' of America

'Prophecy Watch' by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Not only is homosexuality out of the closet in America, it is entirely out in the open and militantly demanding its recognition and acceptance.

Marriage—A God-Plane Relationship (Part One)

CGG Weekly by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

As the end draws near, those who are married seem to have the deck stacked against them. Even in good times, marriage has its difficulties!

Right? Wrong?

'Prophecy Watch' by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

A look at medicine, politics and religion shows that America has lost its moral and ethical foundation, unable to distinguish between right and wrong.

Playing With Fire

Article by John O. Reid

Solomon uses the analogy of taking fire to his bosom or walking on hot coals to describe sinning. In particular, he warns against sexual sins.

Natural Law

CGG Weekly by David C. Grabbe

Gravity is but one of the many natural laws. These cause-and-effect principles operate continuously in our lives. We either comply, or we suffer the consequences.

Pandemic!

'Prophecy Watch' by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Christ's prophecies of rampant disease are being echoed by experts predicting worldwide pandemics. Epidemics are on the rise, and the world is unprepared.

Slowly But Surely?

CGG Weekly by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

We are worn down, ever so gradually, until we accept what we formerly rejected out of hand. Behind all of this is Satan the Devil.

The Seventh Commandment

'Personal' from John W. Ritenbaugh

The Seventh Commandment—prohibiting adultery—covers the subject of faithfulness. Unfaithfulness devastates many aspects of family and society life.

In What Way Have We Wearied Him?

CGG Weekly by Martin G. Collins

Hardly anyone is willing to take responsibility for his actions. Are people innocent when leaders lead them astray? Can we rightly blame others for our actions?

Homosexual Marriage?

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Homosexuality is not a lifestyle, but a sin directly against God, flouting God's creation of male and female, and perverting the natural use of the human body.

The Perfect Marriage

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Under the best of conditions, marriage takes work to make it succeed. Next to baptism, marriage is the most important decision we could ever make.

The Seventh Commandment (1997)

'Personal' from John W. Ritenbaugh

For decades, sexual sins have topped the list of social issues. The problem is unfaithfulness. The seventh commandment has natural and spiritual penalties.

Whose Morality Are We Following?

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

Moral legislation over the years has steadily eroded because liberal leaders have rejected biblical standards of morality in favor of personal choice.

Loving God's Law: The Thread of Reality

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by David F. Maas

God considered His law so important that He sent His Son to pay for the penalties we have accrued against it, giving us also a model as to how to keep the Law.

Quarantine Principles

Commentary by Martin G. Collins

During the Bubonic Plague that destroyed 1/3 of Europe's population, the only segment that remained unscathed were the Jews, who kept God's quarantine laws.

COVID-19 and Returning to Normal

Commentary by David C. Grabbe

While we naturally desire to 'get back to normal,' what the United States experienced before COVID-19 was hardly normal when viewed from God's perspective.

Quarantine of A Global Killer!

Commentary by Martin G. Collins

Disease epidemics threaten the world not only through misery and death, but also by enabling governments to increase their power over their citizens.

De-Population: Viruses

Commentary by Martin G. Collins

Some of the rulers of the age desire to eradicate 90% of the world's population with designer sicknesses in order to make the earth a more 'stable' habitat.

The Zeitgeist of Suicide (Part One): Weeping for the Children Who Are Not

'Prophecy Watch' by Charles Whitaker

It seems counter-intuitive to think that the world's population is shrinking, but trend lines show the possibility of a 95% reduction in population ahead.

The Day of Israel's Calamity

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

As a nation, we have rejected wisdom in favor of foolishness, bringing about major calamities: famines, pestilence, earthquakes, cosmic disturbances.

The Feast Brings Hope

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John O. Reid

The Feast of Tabernacles gives us hope that all the perversions will be destroyed, making way for God's righteousness to prevail upon the earth.

Today's Christianity (Part Two): Southern Christianity Moves North

'Prophecy Watch' by Charles Whitaker

Contrary to the intention to marginalize Christianity through the Immigration Reform Act of 1965, it instead gave rise to a new strain of conservative Christianity.