The World Stands Condemned!

This is a Scriptural reality that is often ignored today.

Mankind was created to live in Paradise 

In obedience and communion with God;

All created beings, must live in obedience and communion with God,

To have Eternal LIFE.

God is Holy and righteous

His Paradise is a place of sinlessness; no sin can exist in Paradise,

Otherwise, it would not be Paradise.

Furthermore, God will not tolerate sin in His Presence.

When Satan and his fallen angels sinned they were expelled from Heaven.

When Adam and Eve sinned they were expelled from Paradise.

When they sinned they died spiritually

And were destined for eternal separation from God.

They no longer had access to The Tree of LIFE, the LIFE of God,

Which when eaten enables a person to live forever.

After their “fall,” all mankind, all born of Adam and Eve, 

Were born with a sin nature;

A nature that causes them to sin.

Since sin condemns a person before a holy God,

All mankind are born condemned; condemned to death an hell;

God gave mankind free will 

And they exercised their free will in disobedience to God.

God who is the only Way, the only Truth and the only LIFE, Eternal LIFE.

Outside of God there is natural life that ends in natural death

And eternal death in hell.

However, God has provided a WAY for mankind to return to Paradise.

That WAY is Christ Jesus; He is the only WAY provided by God.

God's own perfect justice requires

That without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness for sin.

Therefore, in order for a person to be forgiven 

There had to be a sinless sacrifice.

The only sinless sacrifice there is, is God Himself, God in a human body, Christ Jesus.

For God so loved the world that He gave His One and only Son,

That whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have Eternal LIFE.

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world,

But to save the world through Him.

Whoever believes in Him is not condemned,

But whoever does not believe stands condemned already

Because he has not believed in the name of God's One and only Son.

This is the verdict: Light has come into the world,

But men love darkness instead of Light because their deeds were evil.

Everyone who does evil hates the Light,

And will not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

But whoever lives by the Truth comes into the Light,

So that it may be seen plainly 

That what he has done has been done through God. (John 3:16-21)

The blood of Christ Jesus alone 

Is require for a person to be forgiven of their sin.

His, is the only sinless blood that exists

And therefore the only blood sufficient to cleans sin.

This cleansing is only available to those who receive Christ Jesus as He is,

Savior and Lord of all;

Those who by faith, repent of their sin

And put their faith, hope and trust in Christ Jesus;

Who declare with their mouth that Christ Jesus is their Lord,

And believe in their heart that God raised Him from the dead, will be saved.

This is God's plan for redeeming those who believe 

Back to Himself and Paradise.

There is no other WAY.

I Pray that all who read this message will repent of their sins

And turn to the Christ of God, according to His Word, and be saved.

Are You Ready To Meet The King?

The apostle John meets the King, Christ Jesus in all His Glory:

I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me.

And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands,

And among the lampstands was someone 'like a son of man,'

Dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet

And with a golden sash around his chest.

His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow,

And his eyes were like blazing fire.

His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace,

And his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.

In his right hand he held seven stars,

And out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword.

His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead.

Then he placed his right hand on me and said:

'Do not be afraid.

I am the First and the Last.

I am the Living One;

I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever!

And I hold the keys of death and Hades.' (Revelation 1:12-18)

John sees seven golden lampstands

And among the lampstands someone who looked in form like a normal man.

However, he was supernatural in every other respect.

He had a robe that reached down to His feet

And a golden sash around His chest, speaking of His Kingship.

His head and hair were white, speaking of the holiness of God.

And His eyes were like blazing fire, the all consuming fire of God;

All seeing and meaning certain judgment for sin.

His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace,

Speaking of His ultimate power and authority.

His voice was like the sound of rushing waters,

Like the sound of the River of LIFE 

That flows continually from the throne of God;

Like the sound of standing near Niagara Falls.

Christ Jesus holds His Church leaders in His right hand

From which no one can remove them.

Out of His mouth comes a sharp double-edged sword,

Speaking of the absolute Truth and authority of the Word of God.

His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance;

Speaking of the absolute holiness of God.

When John sees the risen Christ, he falls to the ground as though dead;

The manifest presence of God is overwhelming, rendering him powerless.

No one can stand in His presence, unless He allows it.

Christ Jesus stabilizes John by placing his right hand on him

And tells John not to be afraid.

Christ Jesus tells John that He is the First and the Last,

The Self-Existent One, the Eternal One, with no beginning and no end.

He says that He is the Living One,

The One from whom all LIFE emanates.

He died for the sins of all mankind but is now alive forever.

Christ Jesus holds the keys of death and Hades;

He determines who lives and who dies, 

Who goes to heaven and who goes to hell,

Based on His all knowing, perfect love;

Who desires that every person choose the LIFE He offers.

John is told to write down what he has seen,

What is currently taking place, and what will take place later.

Christ Jesus tells John that the seven stars

Are the “angels,” or leaders of the seven churches,

And the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

This King, Christ Jesus, God Almighty, holds your life in His hands.

Do you know Him?

What is your destiny?

You will meet Him soon, either at the point of death or His Second Coming.

As He causes your entire life to pass before you,

Will he say to you well done good and faithful servant,

Or away from me you evil doer, I never knew you!

This King, Christ Jesus, God Almighty, will determine your future

And the future of every nation, every tribe and every tongue.

No Fear Of God, No Love For God!

Where there is no fear of God there is no love for God.

These are two sides of the same coin.

Scripture tells us that Christ Jesus delighted in the fear of the Lord. 

(Isaiah 11:3)

Scripture tells us that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

(Proverbs 9:10)

God Almighty is Holy and cannot change. Everything in Heaven is holy.

Nothing defiled can enter Heaven.

God calls us to be perfect as He is prefect. (Matthew 5:48)

This is the awesome requirement of God Almighty for each of us.

How can we achieve this requirement? We cannot.

Only Christ Jesus can achieve this.

Only by allowing Christ to live in and through us are we be acceptable to God;

Only by our submission to His will and His Way.

It is Christ in us our hope of glory and nothing less. (Titus 2:13)

King David was a man after God's own heart. (1 Samuel 13:13-14)

The Psalms attest to the depth of his heart toward God.

He feared and loved God.

The Bride Of Christ is a woman after God's own heart.

She worships her great God in Spirit and in Truth

She gives up her life in this life to obtain His LIFE.

She lives by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.

She pursues God as the greatest treasure there could be.

She is full of the oil of the Holy Spirit.

She uses those giftings God has given her.

She knows God and is known by God.

She fears and loves God.

God said to the Israelites:

'Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me

And keep all my commands always,

So that it might go well with them and their children forever! 

(Deuteronomy 5:29)

[Fear of God is the motivation to keep His commandments.

If one loves this fear, then he understands as he ought to.]

Moses told the Israelites:

'The Lord commanded us to obey all these decrees

And to fear the Lord our God,

So that we might always prosper and be kept alive,

As is the case today. (Deuteronomy 6:24)

The fear of the Lord leads to LIFE:

Then one rests content, untouched by trouble. (Proverbs 19:23)

He (God) will be the sure foundation for your times,

A rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge;

The fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure. (Isaiah 33:6)

Therefore my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—

Not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—

Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,

For it is God who works in you to will 

And to act according to his good purpose. (Philippians 2:12-13)

Today, why is our nation and the nations of the world falling apart?

They have lost the fear of the Lord.

Wherever there is no fear of God the devil rules 

And there is confusion and chaos;

There is stealing, killing and destroying.

Wherever there is no fear of God there is no love of God.

Where there is no love for God all is hopeless.

Nevertheless, there is all hope for those of us who fear and love God. Hallelujah!

Ishmael Against Everyone!

Today, the world is witnessing the accuracy of The Word of God

Regarding the descendants of Ishmael.

The angel of the Lord said to Hagar the mother of Ishmael

Whose father was Abraham:

'You are now with child and you will have a son.

You shall name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard of your misery.

He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone

And everyone's hand against him

And he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.' (Genesis 16:11-12)

This is the curse on the descendants of Ishmael

That can only be taken away by faith in the Christ of God, Jesus.

This is why there will never be peace

Between the descendants of Ishmael and Israel

Until Christ Jesus returns. Never!

Because God Almighty has spoken it!

O the ignorance and arrogance of the nations and their leaders

Before the Living God.

Because they will not heed the Word of God, they will all be destroyed.

Today, the God of Creation has set two immovable stones before the world.

The first is Christ Jesus:

A Stone that causes men to stumble and a Rock that makes them fall.

They stumble because they disobey the message—

Which is also what they were destined for. (1 Peter 2:8)

The second is Israel of whom God Almighty declares:

I am going to make Jerusalem a cup

That sends all the surrounding peoples reeling.

Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem.

On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her,

I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations.

All who try to move it will injure themselves.

On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness,

Declares the Lord.

I will keep a watchful eye over the House of Judah,

But I will blind all the horses of the nations.

Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts,

'The people of Jerusalem are strong,

Because the Lord Almighty is their God.'

On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile,

Like a flaming torch among sheaves.

They will consume right and left all the surrounding peoples,

But Jerusalem will remain intact in her place.

The Lord will save the dwellings of Judah first,

So that the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem's inhabitants

May not be greater than that of Judah.

On that day the Lord will shield those who live in Jerusalem,

So that the feeblest among them will be like David,

And the house of David will be like God,

Like the Angel of the Lord going before them.

On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem.

(Zechariah 12:2-9)

The Word of God has proven and will continue to prove perfectly accurate

In all that it addresses,

Most importantly what lies ahead for the world and its inhabitants.

This Truth stands before every living person:

There is one body and one Spirit—

Just as you were called to one hope when you were called--

One Lord, one faith, one baptism;

One God and Father of all,

Who is over all and through all and in all. (Ephesians 4:4-6)

This One God sent His Only Son, Christ Jesus to the world

To save all who would put their faith, hope and trust in Him.

Everyone else stands condemned. (John 3:18)

Christ Jesus came bringing His Kingdom with Him.

Today, His Kingdom on earth is Christ in us our only hope of glory.

The Holy Spirit, living in and through us is our only hope.

There is no other hope among men.

Salvation is found in no one else,

For there is no other name under Heaven given to men

By which we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)

This name is Lord Jesus Christ, and no other. 

In The Day Of Great Slaughter

Isaiah 30:25-33

In the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall 

(all the cities of the world fall),

Streams of water will flow on every high mountain and every lofty hill.

The moon will shine like the sun,

And the sunlight will be seven times brighter,

Like the light of seven full days,

When the Lord binds up the bruises of his people (the Israel of God)

And heals the wounds He inflicted.

See, the name of the Lord comes from afar,

With burning anger and dense clouds of smoke;

His lips are full of wrath, and His tongue is a consuming fire.

His breath is like a rushing torrent, rising to the neck.

He shakes the nations in the sieve of destruction.

He places in the jaws of the peoples a bit that leads them astray.

[The Lord gives the nations over to the deceitfulness of their wicked hearts

With The Great Delusion that the Antichrist is their “savior.”

The Antichrist who comes with lying sings and wonders;

Convincing enough to deceive even the very Elect, if that were possible.]

And you (the Bride of Christ)

Will sing as on the night you celebrate a holy festival;

Your hearts will rejoice as when people go up with flutes

To the mountain of the Lord to the Rock of Israel.

The Lord will cause men to hear His majestic voice

And will make them see His arm coming down 

With raging anger and consuming fire,

With cloudburst, thunderstorm and hail.

The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria (a type of the godless today);

With his scepter He will strike them down.

Every stroke the Lord lays on them with His punishing rod

Will be to the music of tambourines and harps,

As He fights them in battle with the blows of His arm.

Topheth has been prepared; it has been made ready for the king (Antichrist).

Is fire has been made deep and wide,

With an abundance of fire and wood;

The breath of the Lord, like a stream of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.

[In The Great Tribulation the Lord devastates the earth and its people,

He destroys all those who worship the Beast and receive his “mark.”

This includes all the nations and their armies.

The Lord does this to the singing and music 

Of The Bride of Christ in the desert,

Celebrating the destruction and defeat of the enemies of God.

The mention of Assyria here is both Assyria of old 

And a type of the world today.

Christ Jesus said:

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.

Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

(Matthew 10:28)]

The War Against God!

Today, The nations of the world have all made their choice;

Their governments, their leaders are waring against God (Psalm 2).

They have thrown off the righteousness of God and His Christ Jesus;

His Word, commandments, and covenant.

They have said in their hearts, we will go our own way.

And they are all on their way to everlasting perdition.

Because of this they are in a state of confusion and chaos;

Socially, politically and economically.

They have all aligned themselves with their father, the father of lies;

The one who's native language is lying;

Beelzebub the lord of flies, the serpent, the devil, the evil one, Satan;

The one who came to steal, kill and destroy;

This one who is the arch enemy of God, is their leader;

Satan, the one who will soon reveal his son,

The pretending “savior” of this fallen world; the Antichrist, the Beast;

The one they will soon worship and willingly receive his “mark.”

Every nation has made the inexorable march

To this point in the history of the world.

They are at this time, only puppets in the devils puppet show.

At this point, they can only play their part

In a script written by God in His foreknowledge.

Clearly set forth in the Word of God, which cannot be altered.

Nevertheless, every person has a choice;

They can choose the Christ of God or the devil.

These are the only two choices available.

At the same time, God is raising up the Bride of His Son Jesus.

In the midst of the darkness of the world

She is shining with the Glory of Christ Jesus;

She is currently traveling the highways and the byways

Of every nation of the world,

Inviting everyone who hears the voice of God,

To the Wedding Supper of the Lamb, Christ Jesus.

In so doing, She is drawing a line in the sand, LIFE or death!

Every person must choose!

Not to choose is as much a choice as to choose.

If a person does not choose Christ Jesus, they choose the devil.

To choose Christ Jesus is to choose the narrow Way, that only a few find.

It will cost you your life in this life to receive His Eternal LIFE.

All the sheep who hear His voice will turn to Him (John 10:27).

They will not respond to the voice of anyone else.

The Kingdom of God belongs to those who come to Christ Jesus as a child.

God esteems those who are humble and contrite in spirit,

And tremble at His Word (Isaiah 66:2); these will choose LIFE.

The Pattern Of National Decadence

Today, we are witnessing the judgment of God upon the nations

Because of their godlessness and decadence.

Isaiah 3, God's judgment on Jerusalem and Judah in the days of Isaiah,

Shows us the pattern of this decadence and the ensuing judgment.

See now, the Lord, the Lord Almighty 

Is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah

(Today, from the nations of the world)

Both supplies of food and all supplies of water, the hero and warrior,

The judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and elder,

The captain of fifty and man of rank, the counselor,

Skilled craftsman and clever enchanter.

I will make boys their officials; mere children will govern them.

People will oppress each other—man against man, neighbor against neighbor.

The young will rise up against the old, the base against the honorable.

A man will seize one of his brothers at his father's home, and say,

'You have a cloak, you be our leader; take charge of this heap of ruins!'

But in that day he will cry out, 'I have no remedy.

I have no food or clothing in my house;

Do not make me the leader of the people.'

Jerusalem (the nations and the cities of the nations) staggers,

Judah (the nations and the cities of the nations) is falling;

Their words and deeds are against the Lord, 

Defying His glorious Presence.

The look on their faces testifies against them;

They parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it,

Woe to them!

They have brought disaster upon themselves.

Tell the righteous it will be well with them,

For they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.

Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them!

They will be paid back for what their hands have done

Youths oppress my people, women rule over them.

O my people, your guides lead you astray; they turn you from the path.

The Lord takes his place in court; He rises to judge the people.

The Lord enters into judgment 

Against the elders and leaders of His people (today, the nations):

'It is you who (the leaders of the nations) have ruined my vineyard;

The plunder from the poor is in your houses.

What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of the poor?

Declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

The Lord says, 'The women of Zion (the nations) are haughty,

Walking along with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes,

Tripping along with mincing steps,

With ornaments jingling on their ankles.

Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion 

(The nations);

The Lord will make their scalps bald.'

In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery:

The bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces, 

The earrings and bracelets

And veils, the headdresses and ankle chains and sashes, the perfume bottles

And charms, the signet rings and nose rings, the fine robes and the capes

And cloaks, the purses and mirrors, and the linen garments 

And tiaras and shawls.

Instead of fragrance there will be a stench;

Instead of a sash, a rope;

Instead of well-dressed hair, baldness;

Instead of fine clothing, sackcloth;

Instead of beauty, branding.

Your men will fall by the sword, your warriors in battle.

The gates of Zion (the nations) will lament and mourn;

Destitute, she (the nations) will sit on the ground.

Christ Jesus, God in a human body, came to the world

To show the world the only Way, the only Truth and the only LIFE.

Today, the nations of the world have rejected Him

And now are suffering the consequences, 

Just as did Jerusalem and Judah in the days of Isaiah.

The Highest Human Achievement

“To receive Christ Jesus as a child is the highest human achievement.”

There is no achievement in the realm of humanity that is greater than this,

And yet, it is obtainable by every person.

There is no other access to the Kingdom of God and Heaven.

This is the child that is esteemed by God Almighty in His infinite wisdom;

God who is Love, Mercy, Grace and Forgiveness.

The child who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at His Word.

(Isaiah 66:2)

This is the narrow Way, through the only Gate, Christ Jesus,

That only a few find;

The only passage to the Kingdom of God and Eternity in the Presence of God,

Where everlasting Joy crowns their head.

The only passage Way to Love, Peace and Joy in the here and now.

I implore you, Cry Out To Jesus!

Repent of your sin and give Him your life, that He can give you His LIFE.

The Hordes Of All The Nations Fight Against Israel

Isaiah 29:7-8 NIV

Then the hordes of all the nations that fight against Ariel,

That attack her and her fortress and besiege her,

Will be as it is with a dream, with a vision in the night--

That he is eating, but he awakens, and his hunger remains;

As when a thirsty man dreams that he is drinking, but he awakens faint,

With his thirst unquenched.

So it will be with the hordes of all the nations 

That fight against Mount Zion.

[All the nations of the world come against God and His Christ, against Israel,

In a stupor of deception, perpetrated by Satan.

They dream of their conquest but this is foiled by God who fights for Israel.

When the fight is over they have accomplished nothing;

They are utterly defeated and destroyed.

Today, God has made Israel a stone that cannot be moved.

All who try will be destroyed.

God does this to show the nations that He alone is God.

He alone has established Israel, Jerusalem and Zion.

God Almighty is "The Zionist.”

The nations are nothing, less than nothing because they are godless;

They are a drop in a bucket to God;

They have rejected God and His Christ, Jesus;

They are simply puppets of the evil one.

What is fascinating, is that since God has spoken this in His Word,

It will come to pass just as it is stated.

Today, nothing and no one can change it.

The whole world is dumb and numb to God; helpless;

Today, they can only play their part in the script written by God Almighty

By His foreknowledge--all seeing, all knowing.

Satan cannot change it, he can only play his part.

Nevertheless, Today, every person can turn to God and be saved.]

Cry Out To Jesus!

God is Love, God is Mercy, God is everything, everything that is Good

God is Grace, God is Forgiveness, He enables us to live the life we should.

Christ Jesus is God in a human body.

He came to save you from your sin.

He came to set you free from all bondage.

He cannot and will not fail you!

Make Him your Savior today: 

CRY OUT TO JESUS!

Listen to Third Day's Wonderful Song:

"Cry Out To Jesus"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3yCod-IfjY&feature=colike

To everyone who's lost someone they love
Long before it was their time
You feel like the days you had were not enough
when you said goodbye

And to all of the people with burdens and pains
Keeping you back from your life
You believe that there's nothing and there is no one
Who can make it right

There is hope for the helpless
Rest for the weary
Love for the broken heart
There is grace and forgiveness
Mercy and healing
He'll meet you wherever you are
Cry out to Jesus, Cry out to Jesus

For the marriage that's struggling just to hang on
They lost all of their faith in love
They've done all they can to make it right again
Still it's not enough

For the ones who can't break the addictions and chains
You try to give up but you come back again
Just remember that you're not alone in your shame
And your suffering

When your lonely
And it feels like the whole world is falling on you
You just reach out, you just cry out to Jesus
Cry to Jesus

To the widow who suffers from being alone
Wiping the tears from her eyes
For the children around the world without a home
Say a prayer tonight 

Mandatory Sex Ed: Moral Bankruptcy

Following is an example of the disintegration of our society. The people behind this atrocity are called educators. They masquerade as angels of light. This debauchery is the best a godless society can arrive at. This is the curriculum of Sodom and Gomorrah and the same fate awaits it. This moral bankruptcy demands the judgment of God Almighty.

When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do? (Psalm 11: 3) 

NBC NEW YORK REPORTS:

Details about the new sex education curriculum in New York City public schools are out -- and some are concerned the lessons are too racy. The New York Post obtained workbooks that will be used for the new recommended curriculum, which begins in middle schools and high schools around the city next spring. Parents, they say, may be shocked by details of the work.

Middle school students will be assigned "risk cards" that rate the safety of different activities, the paper says, from French kissing to oral sex.

The workbooks for older students direct them to a website run by Columbia University, which explores topics such as sexual positions, porn stars, and bestiality. The lessons explain risky sexual behavior and suggest students go to stores to jot condom brands and prices.

The Department of Education says the curriculum "stresses that abstinence is the best way to avoid pregnancy and STD/HIV" and reminded the Post that parents have the option to exclude their kids from lessons on "methods of prevention."

When given details of the new programs, one Manhattan mom -- who has a child in middle-school -- was surprised.

"I didn't know how much detail they would get," she said.

In August, Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs commended the return of mandatory sex ed, saying the DOE wants to give students the correct information about sexual activity if they do choose to engage in it.

"We want to help kids to delay the onset of sexual activity, and if they choose to engage in sexual activity, to do it in a healthy way," she said.

The classes will be coeducational, and can be incorporated into existing health education courses.

The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men. (Psalm 12:8) 

Satan Smiled Today

What follows is a recent example of the spiritual ignorance that is pervasive today among world leaders and in this case the Vatican. This is a very pointed call for the New World Order, the New Tower of Babel that has been coming inexorably for many years but is now expressed openly because of the chaos in the worlds financial system. What this appeal ignores is the fact that the nations have become godless. Because of this fact, they are bankrupt morally, socially, politically and economically. Satan will soon step into the vacuum of the godlessness of the nations with his “Solution.” He will present his son, the Antichrist who will be their "savior" and their god and his “mark” their currency.

UPDATE 1-Vatican calls for global authority on economy

12:23pm BST

* Document also calls for "Central World Bank"

* Condemns "idolatry of the market"

* Says reform should start under U.N. auspices (Adds quotes from Vatican press conference)

By Philip Pullella

VATICAN CITY, Oct 24 (Reuters) - - The Vatican called on Monday for the establishment of a "global public authority" and a "central world bank" to rule over financial institutions that have become outdated and often ineffective in dealing fairly with crises.

The document from the Vatican's Justice and Peace department should please the "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrators and similar movements around the world who have protested against the economic downturn.

"Towards Reforming the International Financial and Monetary Systems in the Context of a Global Public Authority," was at times very specific, calling, for example, for taxation measures on financial transactions.

"The economic and financial crisis which the world is going through calls everyone, individuals and peoples, to examine in depth the principles and the cultural and moral values at the basis of social coexistence," it said.

It condemned what it called "the idolatry of the market" as well as a "neo-liberal thinking" that it said looked exclusively at technical solutions to economic problems.

"In fact, the crisis has revealed behaviours like selfishness, collective greed and hoarding of goods on a great scale," it said, adding that world economics needed an "ethic of solidarity" among rich and poor nations.

"If no solutions are found to the various forms of injustice, the negative effects that will follow on the social, political and economic level will be destined to create a climate of growing hostility and even violence, and ultimately undermine the very foundations of democratic institutions, even the ones considered most solid," it said.

It called for the establishment of "a supranational authority" with worldwide scope and "universal jurisdiction" to guide economic policies and decisions.

Such an authority should start with the United Nations as its reference point but later become independent and be endowed with the power to see to it that developed countries were not allowed to wield "excessive power over the weaker countries".

Asked at a news conference if the document could become a manifesto for the movement of the "indignant ones", who have criticised global economic policies, Cardinal Peter Turkson, head of the Vatican's Justice and Peace department, said:

"The people on Wall Street need to sit down and go through a process of discernment and see whether their role managing the finances of the world is actually serving the interests of humanity and the common good.

"We are calling for all these bodies and organisations to sit down and do a little bit of re-thinking."

EFFECTIVE STRUCTURES

In a section explaining why the Vatican felt the reform of the global economy was necessary, the document said:

"In economic and financial matters, the most significant difficulties come from the lack of an effective set of structures that can guarantee, in addition to a system of governance, a system of government for the economy and international finance."

It said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) no longer had the power or ability to stabilise world finance by regulating overall money supply and it was no longer able to watch "over the amount of credit risk taken on by the system".

The world needed a "minimum shared body of rules to manage the global financial market" and "some form of global monetary management".

"In fact, one can see an emerging requirement for a body that will carry out the functions of a kind of 'central world bank' that regulates the flow and system of monetary exchanges similar to the national central banks," it said.

The document acknowledged that such change would take years to put into place and was bound to encounter resistance.

"Of course, this transformation will be made at the cost of a gradual, balanced transfer of a part of each nation's powers to a world authority and to regional authorities, but this is necessary at a time when the dynamism of human society and the economy and the progress of technology are transcending borders, which are in fact already very eroded in a globalised world." (Reporting By Philip Pullella; editing by Elizabeth Piper)

[The underlining and bolding have been done by Tom Haeg.]