SPECIAL REPORT ON THE MEETING OF CHRISTIAN MEN HELD IN ESTES PARK, COLORADO OCTOBER 23,24,25, 1992
CONCERNING THE KILLING OF VICKIE AND SAMUEL WEAVER BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
INTRODUCTION by Pastor Peter J. Peters
This booklet contains the report on the meeting of concerned Christian men that took place October 23,24,25 1992 in Estes Park, Colorado. The following explains the reason for and nature of the meeting and the reason I initiated it.
SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM PASTOR PETER J. PETERS CONCERNING INNOCENT BLOODSHED IN THE LAND!
"So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are; for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell; for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel." (Numbers 35:33,34)
Scripture teaches that the land can become defiled and polluted with the shedding of innocent blood. Innocent blood was shed in America on August 21, 1992, near Naples, Idaho, when federal agents shot 13 year old Samuel Weaver in the back and killed him and again on August 22, 1992 when a federal sniper shot Samuel's mother, Vicki Weaver in the head while she was standing in the doorway of her home holding her 8 month old baby daughter. Neither Samuel nor Vicki were wanted criminals, though Randy Weaver, the father of Samuel and husband of Vicki, had a warrant out for his arrest for an alleged misdemeanor weapons statute violation. Hardly a cause for the murder of a woman and child and for the millions of dollars the government spent in its eighteen months of surveillance and apprehension of this family using an FP-4 reconnaissance jet, U.S. Marshals, F.B.I. agents, BATF agents, Border Patrol, National Guard, local police, Sheriff's deputies and Idaho State Police.
RACIAL, RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL AND CONSPIRATORIAL OVERTONES APPEAR TO EXIST IN THE MURDER OF MR. WEAVER'S SON AND WIFE.
The RACIAL aspect is evident in the continual labeling of the Weaver family as WHITE Supremacists or WHITE Separatists by both the government and the media and even associating the terms with the word criminal. Note the following words by the announcer of the nationally syndicated television program, 'Inside Edition.' "The standoff in Idaho has ended after eleven days. Federal authorities believe Randy Weaver is a white supremacist and a criminal and the government went after him with a vengeance.
The RELIGIOUS aspect is evident in reporting of the family as being "deeply religious", "believers in home schooling" and "devotees of the Christian Identity movement."
POLITICALLY, the family was reported as having "right wing beliefs", of having voiced distrust of the federal government and of opposing the New World Order.
CONSPIRACY reeks throughout this bloody murder on both the part of the media and the government. Not only has the media used the labeling terms of White Supremacist and White Separatist but it has used them with the term criminal. The media on a national scale gave little reporting on the murder of this white child and his white mother in comparison to the beating of the black man, Rodney king. The conspiratorial deeds of a police state mentality government are not only self evident, but in 1985, Mr. Weaver filed, as public record in the local county courthouse, an affidavit stating he feared for his life and his family's life at the hands of the F.B.I. and the U.S. Secret Service. Many people who know Mr. Weaver say he was the victim of a federal government frame-up.
THE BIBLE DIRECTS US IN WHAT TO DO WHEN INNOCENT BLOOD HAS BEEN SHED IN THE LAND.
Public Law 97-280 passed by the 97th Congress of the United States of America declares the Bible to be the Word of God and directs the people in this land to "study and apply the teachings of the Holy Scriptures."
Judges chapter 19 and 20 records the events that happened when an innocent woman's blood was shed. Her shed blood was made known to the men in the land and the men said "...Consider it, take counsel and speak up!" (Judges 19:30) "Then all the sons of Israel from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, came out, and the congregation assembled as one man to the Lord at Mizpah." (Judges 20:1)
Such an assembly is in keeping with the principles taught in Deuteronomy 21:1-8 in which the leaders are to assemble and investigate the shedding of innocent blood. The animal sacrifice in that passage (verses 3-6) has been replaced with the sacrifice of the Son of God on the cross but there still remains the responsibility for men of God to do what is right. "So you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord." (Deuteronomy 21:9)
In addition to the directives of Scripture to do what is right, I have come to have an additional reason as well. As I explained in our tape message #552 entitled, "Special Alert from Pastor Peters" sent out on our tape ministry, news of the death of Samuel Weaver and the police state actions of the government came to me while we were hosting our 1992 Scriptures for America Family Bible Camp. Since we had 500 people in attendance from forty states, we immediately set up a phone bank and began contacting the U.S. Attorney General's Office, with callers from forty different states, in an attempt to make the Feds think this had gained national attention and thus cause the workers of darkness to shrink back from further killings due to the light shining on them.
REGARDING MEETING ATTENDANCE Many personal letters were sent to various conservative writers, leaders and ministers through out America, giving them a personal invitation to attend and requesting their attendance and in put. A number attended as a result, many responded by letter stating why they could not or would not attend and many never responded at all. Those invited to attend covered a broad spectrum of people. For example, one Christian man offered a $1000 donation to the Rutherford Institute if the institute would send a representative to the meeting. The institute however would have nothing to do with the meeting and sent a letter stating as much. Someone suggested Mr. David Duke of Louisiana be invited since he claims to be for the advancement of white people and the Weaver family was white and never received news reporting in comparison to the beating of the black man, Rodney King in Los Angeles. Though phone calls were made and letter sent Mr. Duke never acknowledged them or responded.
Various contributions from Christian people made it possible for many to attend. The received responses to the invitations to attend fell into three categories. (1) People who said "I'll attend if I'm allowed adequate time to speak". No speaking times or spots were absolutely promised since the planning committee decided at the meeting who would speak. (2) People who ask "Who will be speaking?". This response was from those who would attend if enough or certain big named speakers were scheduled. (3) People who could see the need of the hour and Biblical precedence to gather together regardless who was coming or speaking. Their response was "Heavenly Father willing, I'll be there'.
On hundred and sixty Christian men did come from thirty different states and considering the short notice and the economy this was a good attendance.
Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the meeting was the diversity of leaders who did attend. Men came together who in the past would Normally not be caught together under the same roof. Men who greatly disagree with each other on many theological and philosophical points whose teachings contradict each other in many ways. Yet not only did they come together they worked together for they all agreed that what was done to the Weaver family was wrong and could not and should not be ignored by Christian men. The religious background of these men included Baptist, Church of Christ, Christian Church, Presbyterian, Aryan Nations types, Identity types, ACUC types, etc.
The meeting was not for ecumenical purposes or to establish unity. Rather it was a united effort of various Christian leaders of diverse groups to confront the injustice and tyranny manifested in the killings of Vicki Weaver and her son Samuel Weaver. It was the con-census of the men that no one is exempt from an unchained hand of tyranny.
The second most remarkable aspect of the meeting was how men of such strong masculine independent thought and will did work together as one in service to their King. There were no major confrontations and the words of Judges 20:1 happened at this meeting, "Then all the sons of Israel..........came out of the congregation assembled as one man to the Lord at Mizpah.". (NASV)
It was a hardship and sacrifice for many of the men to come. They were brave men who came. Men who did not fear potential unjust associations that could be made by the lawless Antichrist media in our land nor did they fear potential police state spying eyes or possible unjust charges by any government official or attorney general. The surviving members of the Weaver family have asked me to thank the men and all those whose contributions helped make this meeting possible. Sarah Weaver wrote the following to the men. _______________________________________________ SARAH'S LETTER (the original letter is reproduced in the printed pamphlet form of this report available from: Scriptures For America, P.O. Box 766c, LaPorte, CO 80535. One for $5.00, 3 for $10.00)
Oct. 19, 1992
To all of my brothers and sisters who have cared enough to help us out, with support and love. Words cannot express my appreciation. You have all been so wonderful to us. I could never repay you. These terrible things that have happened, have been very hard on all of us. But I know its lead a lot of people to the truth, and that's all Mom and Sam would ask for. Our creator, Yahweh-Yahshua Messiah, His will, I won't question. Here is a verse out of the scriptures that says a lot to me. St. John Chapter 16:22 "And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you." I really wish my mother Vicki, were here to speak to you in my place. She would know just what to say, whereas mere words cannot describe how I feel. I guess I just wish to Thank-You all from the bottom of my heart. May Yahweh bless and guide you.
Love, Signed Sara Weaver and family. _______________________________________________
In this report are the reprinted notes from each committee and explanation on how the meeting was run. It should be understood the notes reflect not a unanimous con-census but a general con-census from each committee. Other thoughts and dissenting (?) opinions are listed in part seven of this report and come from different ones at the meeting.
Considering the times we find ourselves in, it should be apparent to the wise that discretion had to be exercised in these committee reports.
What fully comes from this meeting is yet to be seen but because it was based upon Bible mandate and precedent much will come. Personally, I have never in my life experienced a better gathering or heard any better presentations or witnessed any better harmony and short time production than what occurred at this meeting.
In the final meeting of the executive committees it was agreed that many wild rumors abound regarding the Weaver family tragedy. Facts must be substantiated and many facts will come out in the coming trial of Kevin Harris and Randy Weaver (presently scheduled in February, 1993). This meeting can only be viewed as a beginning and another may be needed in the future after the trial. Coalition type bonds and ideas have come about and will continue, as a result of the Weavers tragic loss, that may well prevent future incidents from happening.
I have been in contact with Randy Weaver concerning present financial needs of the family. He advised me that they did not need funds as his daughters are living with their grandparents and Social Security checks are being sent to them and saved by the grandparents. He is concerned for the needs of Kevin Harris. Concerning his needs you may write Barbara Pierce, West 2804 Fairview, Spokane, WA, 99205, or call (509)325-6661.
Should you wish to send funds to Randy Weaver's daughters you may write or make inquiry through Barbara Pierce.
There are many who helped make this meeting happen and make the publishing of this report possible. We thank you.
For those who could not come to the meeting, the meeting can be brought to you thru cassette or video tapes. (See page )
Pray for HIS justice, righteousness and mercy.
_________________________ Peter J Peters Pastor of the LaPorte Church of Christ and Evangelistic head of Scriptures for America
--PART I GENERAL POINTS CONCERNING THE MEETING
On October 23, 24, and 25, 1992 a mountain-top rendezvous of 160 Christian leaders from across the country was held in accordance with Biblical mandate (Deuteronomy 21:1-8) and Bible example (Judges 19:30) in light of the government slaying, in northern Idaho, of a Christian mother (Vicki Weaver) and her son (Samuel Weaver) and in light of other government police-state tactics in the land.
This meeting was a lawful assembly and was in accordance with Public Law 97-280 which declares the Bible to be the Word of God and directs us, as a nation and a people, to study and apply the teachings of the Holy Scriptures.
Since the Bible is the declared Word of God, then the Laws it contains are the Laws of God and those Laws are higher than man's laws since the Creator is greater than the creation. This meeting was conducted with this understanding.
The meeting format was specifically patterned after the Scripture found in Judges 19:30. And it came about that all that saw it said, 'Nothing like this has ever happened or been seen from the day when the sons of Israel came up from the land of Egypt to this day. Consider it, take counsel and speak up!' (NASV Emphasis added)
Based upon this Scripture, there were three tasks involved in this meeting. Considering the government slaying and other government police state tactics, plans, intentions and modus operandi was the first task. This was done via select speakers and lectures. Taking counsel was the second task. This task was accomplished through a committee process where individual counsel and input was given and considered. The Scripture teaches us, For by wise guidance you will wage war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory. (Proverbs 24:6 NASV)
The third task was the "speaking up" process that comes as a result of considering the matter and taking counsel. This was accomplished by each committee presenting its report to the entire assembly at the conclusion of the rendezvous. The reports were then compiled into the booklet the reader now holds in his hands. We ask each reader to consider how he can contribute to the "speaking up" process by disseminating copies of this report and doing what he or she can as a member of the body of Christ in the local area in which the Christian lives to help make people aware.
The five committees were:
1. General Committee 2. Divine Ways and Means Committee 3. Legal and Lawful Affairs Committee 4. Public Works Committee 5. SWAT Committee (Sacred Warfare Action Tactics)
Each committee was instructed to consider and take counsel in its subject area and was given the following general list of ideas and matters that could be considered for each specific committee. The list was not inclusive and was given simply as suggestions and a catalyst for each committee, but each committee was on its own.
THE DIVINE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: To consider Biblical Laws that have been violated including extortion, murder and kidnapping, now to tap into that portion of the power of God that is described in Romans 12:19, Courts of the Divine Justice, Imprecatory prayer, Bible prerequisites to direct action (II Corinthians 10:6), Gideon actions, Moses going before Pharaoh, etc.
THE LEGAL AND LAWFUL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE: To consider Grand Juries, citizens arrests, counter actions and suits in court, possible counter actions to government legislation and bureaucratic administrative procedures, committees of vigilance, class action suits, treason, applying R.I.C.O. law, New World Order, naming those who are labeling people White Supremacists and White Separatists and under what authority, etc.
THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE: To consider what concerned Christian people can be doing individually. There is a host of Christian soldiers pastored by various ministries that are willing and able to do something but they don't know what to do. If given direction, a powerful force could be tapped, harnessed and used. Subjects to consider: Petitions, writing officials, contacting media, trips to Washington D.C., letters to editors, protest marches, rallies, networking, phone trees, prayer, victim support, radio call-ins, etc.
THE SACRED WARFARE ACTION TACTICS (SWAT) COMMITTEE: To evaluate what our people would be forced to consider should tyranny and despotism become the order of the day and no other recourse is available. Subjects to consider: Gideon and Ehud type Bible stories, communications, committees of vigilance, future responses, government attempts to provoke confrontations, how to keep from being a victim of agent provocateurs, first aid preparations, etc.
THE GENERAL COMMITTEE: To consider any other topics plus all the topics involved in the other committees. The General Committee will formulate ideas, thoughts and suggestions to be sent into the other committees to consider.
It should be noted that the attendees at this conference represented a cross-section of Christian activist leaders with widely divergent doctrines and beliefs in many areas. However, all were unified in their conviction that tyrannical actions of government agents must be resisted and exposed. Because of the diversity of views of the men involved, unanimous agreement with each and every sentence in the committee was not possible. Rather, the committee reports contain a general consensus of each committee's views. Additionally, no attempt was made to remold committee reports into a unified format.
Thus, one committee's report may be in a narrative style while another may have used an outline style or enumerated item style to present its conclusions.
The Christian leaders who attended this lawful assembly recognized that the enemies of true Bible Christianity would be quite displeased with the fact that such a meeting as this would even take place. There was nothing secret about the meeting. The Attorney General of the United States, Mr. William Barr, or his designated representative, was specifically invited to attend. (He did not.)
However, the presence of at least one informant among the attendees was detected. His name and home address are now known to many. We publicly urge the man to repent, lest he incur our Heavenly Father's wrathful and strict judgment. We are also aware that at least two van loads of eavesdropping equipment were located in a building near our dorm and assembly buildings. We presume, therefore, that portions of our meetings were surreptitiously recorded. What a waste of time and money! We ourselves, recorded the speakers and tapes are available. (See page ____)
The format of how the assembly was conducted is outlined in the flow chart on page (?). The meeting consisted of the general assembly getting input from various speakers. The speakers and times given for each speaker was determined daily by the Christian elders and pastors on the planning committee who reviewed request to speak forms given to the attendees. The general assembly then divided into five committees with each committee having a chairman and an executive committee. The executive committees of each committee cross checked the ideas and thoughts of their committee with the other executive committees and compiled the committee reports. The chairman or his designate gave the summation of the reports to the general assembly at the conclusion of the meeting. It was felt this format better allowed for the leading of the Holy Spirit rather than having a completely pre-planned meeting with a pre-planned schedule for speakers and agenda.
Daily prayers for His divine blessings and leading of the Holy Spirit were offered and most could sense those prayers being offered. It was requested of the attendees that they pray each morning before leaving their rooms. The following prayers were given as suggestions:
Prayer in National Danger (II Chronicles 14:11)
And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee. --II Chronicles 14:11
Prayer and Weeping (Joel 2:17)
Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? --Joel 2:17
Prayer in National Distress (Nehemiah 9:32-37)
Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly: Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. For they have not served thee in their kingdom, an din thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. -- Nehemiah 9:32-37
PART II FROM THE GENERAL COMMITTEE
A CHRISTIAN PROCLAMATION CONCERNING UNRIGHTEOUS ACTS IN THE LAND
We, the Men of Christian Israel, in assembly in Colorado this October 25, 1992, have reason to believe that the following acts have occurred:
1) That on Saturday, August 22, 1992, in Boundary County, State of Idaho, F.B.I. agent Lon T. Horiuchi and special agent Gene Glen, in conspiracy with other known and unknown Federal, State and local agents, did willfully and maliciously commit an act of murder, against citizen Vickie Weaver.
2) That on Friday, August 21, 1992, her 14-year old son, Samuel Weaver, was shot and murdered by unknown agent(s).
3) Among the crimes committed against the Weaver family and Kevin Harris are the acts of trespass, military aggression, oppression and genocide.
4) These above acts and others are part of an ongoing unlawful conspiracy against the Weaver family and Kevin Harris by members of the United States Government.
In conclusion, we in assembly believe those persons responsible are subject to investigation, arrest, prosecution, and punishment according to Law. If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death at the evidence of witnesses, but no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness. Moreover, you shall not take ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death. And you shall not take ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to live in the land before the death of the priest. So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the land and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it. And you shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell; for I Yahweh am dwelling in the midst of the sons of Israel." (Numbers 35:30-34)
Scripture and Public Law 97-280 directs society not only to seek the justice of the Creator's Law but also to direct the transgressors of that Law to seek the cleansing and forgiveness found in the shed blood of His Son.
Acts 17:30 - "God ... commandeth all men every where to repent."
PART III REPORT FROM THE DIVINE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
Recognizing the fact that the current federal government and many states and local governments have become increasingly tyrannical, the Divine Ways and Means Committee considered how Divine judgment can be brought to bear upon this problem.
BIBLICAL PREREQUISITES
The primary Bible prerequisite to Divine judgment is repentance from sin. Repentance is a change in direction from a state of disobedience to the laws of the Creator to one of obedience to His Laws. (I John 3:4; For Sin is the transgression of the Law.) God's Laws cannot be obeyed if they have been abolished as so many churches today teach. Obviously, God's Laws are still in place today.
Repentance must begin with the individual first. Individual Christian men must first establish order in their own lives, then in their homes. When enough individual men have their homes in proper Biblical order, then the local church - the Body of Christ - will be in order. Among other things, this means that the local church will be a strong force for morality and justice in the community. Consequently, it will not be guilty of hiding its light under a bushel basket by keeping its activities confined to the four walls of the church building.
CHRISTIAN CIVIL BODY POLITIC
As was the case with our Founding Fathers, the establishment of a Christian civil body politic should be a primary goal for Christian men across this nation, for it is the chief means for carrying out the judgments of God. It has the authority to punish the evildoer as mandated in Romans 13. This country's existing government does NOT fit the description of the "governing authorities" in Romans 13. The current situation in America is one in which the established government does not punish the evildoers, but rather is increasingly using its power to punish the righteous. It is a tyrannical government. Therefore, it is not a CHRISTIAN civil body politic.
When the church in a community becomes a strong force for morality and justice, the natural outcome will be a Christian civil body politic. When enough local Christian civil governmental bodies exist, then individual state governments, and eventually the federal government itself will become, in fact and once again, Christian civil bodies politic. And thus will morality and justice become extant across the land. But it must begin with individual repentance.
The remnant is not yet fully a Christian civil body politic, but it is in the process of growing into it. We find stated in 2 Corinthians 10:6: "We are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete." (NASV) This has reference to the Body of Christ, that, when it has matured (Ephesians 4:11-16), it will - through the Christian civil body politic - punish all disobedience to God's Laws. This is all in fulfilling the dominion mandate prescribed in Genesis 1.
VIGILANTE ACTION
The means for Christian men to bring about Divine judgment is not limited in certain cases to the actions of the body politic. In such cases, God's Word also provides precedent for what is today termed "vigilante action." Vigilante action is Scriptural, but any such action must be in conformity with the Bible precedents and directives. Vigilante action is the EXCEPTION, not the rule. IT should be noted that the action of Phineas (Numbers 25:1-9) is considered by many not to be true vigilante action, but was in fact the carrying out of directives from God through the civil body politic. Two clear examples of true vigilante action are Abram's rescue of Lot (Genesis 14) and Moses' action in defense of his Hebrew brother (Exodus 2). It is imperative not to take these actions beyond the Biblical precedents and directives, lest we be found exercising only the arm of the flesh.
END-TIME DELIVERANCE
The deliverance of God's people at the end of the age is prophesied to be similar to the deliverance at the time of Gideon and that of the Exodus (Isaiah 10:24-26). The first task Gideon was assigned was to "pull down the altar of Baal." This would have reference to exposing and destroying false religious doctrines which are primarily responsible for the continued enslavement of our people. "Courts of Divine Justice" are one method which can be used to begin tearing down the altars of Baal in America. The groups, organizations and individuals selected for "Court" should be those which are prominent in promoting Biblically unlawful doctrines and practices. These types of "Courts" have been very successful in recent years. The Gideon story, then, at its outset, applies to action regarding the false religions of the people.
The story of Moses and the Exodus provides the pattern for civil action. Moses, the civil leader of the Israelites, went to Pharaoh, the civil leader of the oppressors, and demanded freedom for the children of Israel. The Exodus, event provides Christians today with a three- step approach for civil action. First, the people petition the government with specific grievances. Second, if the grievances are not redressed, the oppressive government is charged with breaking their own contract with the people (the Constitution) and with violations of God's Laws. In this step, court actions may be taken, although not necessarily required (see section on Legal and Lawful Affairs). The third step is to take proper Biblical actions along the lines outlined in the section on the Sacred Warfare and Tactics (SWAT) Committee. This step is to be resorted to only when the prior actions fail.
OTHER ACTIONS
The apostle Paul exhorts Christians in 1 Timothy 2:1-3 to pray for government leaders, which at times should include imprecatory prayer, as used by David and others (e.g. Psalms 55 & 58, etc.).
Careful consideration should also be given to the concept of church militias which were common with our Christian forefathers in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Numbers 35:9-15 provides for cities of refuge in the land. This is the Scriptural precedent for the doctrine of sanctuary. men of God should be prepared to implement this provision when the need arises. (Let him who has ears hear.).
Finally, it was recognized that carnal weapons alone - should that stage become necessary - will be unsuccessful in accomplishing the re-establishment of morality and justice in the land without the miraculous and direct intervention of the Divine Sovereign. A Biblical example of this is found in 2 Kings 1:10-12 where the prophet Elijah calls down fire from heaven for the destruction of God's enemies. Prophecy also tells us (Luke 12:49; Revelation 20:8,9) that the saints will utilize this same weapon sometime in the future against despotic oppressors.
PART IV REPORT FROM THE LEGAL AND LAWFUL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
After prayer and extensive deliberation, covering a variety of widely divergent views, the Legal and Lawful Affairs Committee respectfully submits the following as our subjects of discussion (not all points being a consensus or majority opinion):
1. Corruption and decline is the hallmark of America's judicial system, and justice a very rare commodity.
2. That the best chance for justice in the courts comes from the power vested in an informed jury and grand jury. Only by interposing the conscience of the Christian community between the defendant in a criminal case and the power of the government can a fair trial be expected; especially where the defendant is "Politically and theologically incorrect."
3. That the case of USA vs. Randy Weaver and Kevin Harris will be won or lost in the jury selection.
4. Spreading copies of the "Citizen's Rule Book," and holding Jury rights seminars across the country is the best grass roots way to effect change in our judicial system.
5. That the Ruby Creek incident is rife with rumors, half truths and the fanciful stories of self important promoters.
6. That lawyers, interested citizens, and the Christian community must possess the best possible intelligence in making decisions that concern the Ruby Creek incident.
7. That a sub-committee be formed composed of competent investigators to ascertain what the known facts are concerning Ruby Creek. To sift the available evidence, issue a comprehensive fact statement, and update said statement when necessary.
8. That it is likely that a crisis like Ruby Creek will occur in the future.
9. That the Christian Community was unprepared for what happened at Ruby Creek.
10. That a command team be formed, available to move at a moments notice prepared to set up a legal and lawful response on or near the site of the next crisis. This team will be responsible for handling negotiations between parties, issuing accurate press releases, disciplining and controlling protesters, pursuing legal avenues through local courts, and to as much as possible be able to defuse a situation before it reaches the level of a Ruby Creek incident.
11. That at present there is no infrastructure in the Christian community to support a command team or any significant legal initiatives available to that community. That an infrastructure consisting of lines of communications with all groups of goodwill needs to be in place to exchange information, raise money for legal initiatives, disseminate press releases and plan professional responses (protest demonstrations, petition drives, media interviews, etc). These connections need not be based strictly on Biblical conformity, or sameness of views. These lines of communication are essential for integrating legal, protest and information sharing initiatives. All these initiatives should be inter-related.
12. That Randy Weaver has given permission to Cause Foundation to raise money for a Civil Case against the United States Government.
13. That Randy Weaver has given a power of attorney to Gerry Spence, Charles Peterson and Gary Gilman to file a Civil Action on his behalf, but has asked that Cause Foundation be included in the team that prosecutes the action.
14. That Cause Foundation, P.O. Box 1235, Black Mountain, N.C. 28711, is determined to stay in the case, raise money for the Civil action, and stand ready in cooperation with the Christian community to support the Criminal defense team to the limits of their ability, and be ready to take over the prosecution of the Civil action if Randy Weaver so desires, or if the current attorneys drop the case. That having the support and financial backing of the Christian community will strengthen the negotiating ability of Cause Foundation in dealing with the other attorneys on the case. That whether Gerry Spence likes it or not, the Christian Communities involvement in the Weaver case is crucial to the success of the case, and their interests are not contrary to the interests of Randy Weaver and Kevin Harris. 14. That research on a comprehensive class action suit on behalf of all Identity believers be initiated.
15. That a letter be written to Randy Weaver & Kevin Harris regarding the rights to their story.
16. That a letter be written to Gerry Spence regarding our disappointment at his failure to attend the Estes Park Conference. 17. That the Christian community is not involved in this case for political and ulterior motives. Our aims are for justice for the Weavers and Kevin Harris, and to see that their fate is not visited on another Christian Family.
PART V REPORT FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
The public works committee has put together a plan to implement a comprehensive communication network known as "Christian News Service" (CNS). (If this name is not already in use.)
GENERAL OVERVIEW
The network will consist of a central information gathering and distribution center. Gathering information will be distributed to other Christian organizations via fax, phone or mail, depending upon the urgency of the situation. These organizations will use their existing newsletters or have their own distribution network to distribute information to concerned parties.
With this network, concerned individuals/organizations will be alerted immediately as to any critical information that may not necessarily be broadcast through the "controlled media" and would allow network organizations to respond accordingly.
Information may be passed up through the organizations to the information center and distributed to the other organizations.
The type of information would mainly be news and current events that might affect the Christian community.
SPECIFICS
Paul Hall has offered the offices of 'The JUBILEE" newspaper for an information distribution center. Here, staff will receive and possibly edit incoming information (if needed) and distribute it accordingly. Mr. Hall says he needs some financial help to get the needed equipment. To get more information on this project write: The JUBILEE, P.O. Box 310, Midpines, CA 95345.
Outside organizations will need to be solicited for participation in the network. Volunteers and committee members will be used in the procurement of participating organizations. Also, organization lists will be utilized in procuring network users.
Funding will come from the participating organizations in the form of suggested minimum donations.
A packet will be prepared to send out to the volunteers detailing the type of organizations the Public Works committee would like to communicate with, and how they should be approached.
A promotional letter will be prepared for the organizations that will be considered from mailing lists.
PART VI REPORT FROM THE S.W.A.T. COMMITTEE
The purpose of this committee is:
"To evaluate what our people would be forced to consider should tyranny and despotism become the order of the day and WHEN no other recourse is available."
To guide our actions we found in Isaiah 52:11-12:
"Depart, depart, go out from there, Touch nothing unclean; Go out of the midst of her, purify yourselves (i.e. REPENT ) you who carry vessels of YAHWEH. Vs. 12 "But you will not go out in haste, Nor will you go as fugitives; FOR YAHWEH WILL GO BEFORE YOU, AND THE GOD OF ISRAEL WILL BE YOUR REAR GUARD."
The attitude in which we approached these ideas is that "You can't play catch-up baseball with panic solutions"!
RESISTANCE
How can we be Biblically resistant? 1) Go to God in prayer and seek HIS will, first. 2) Examine Biblical examples of resistance and follow those. 3) Notify friends, neighbors and others of like mind to make the incident known to others. 4) Attend or help the people at the picket line if a "siege" is underway. a) Make placards (poster boards) with Bible verses to convict the thoughts of the Federallies and/or appeal to other Christians observing. We have to reach the Christian community. b) Establish CREDIBILITY on the "picket line." At ALL times.ACT LIKE CHRISTIANS AND ACT LIKE MEN! (Remain calm. The person, who remains calm, is the one in CONTROL of the situation). Consider whether or not the WOMEN should be at the FRONT of the "picket line." 5) Find out the name(s) of the alleged perpetrators and victim and print in whatever media available. Name the tyrant. 6) IMMEDIATELY gather as much data as possible for the ensuing legal battle (e.g. take notes on witness' testimony). 7) Equip ourselves to protect ourselves physically. 8) Remember, if absolutely nothing had been done in the Weaver situation, then the ENTIRE FAMILY MOST LIKELY WOULD'VE BEEN ELIMINATED!
TO PROTECT YOURSELF
1) Consider purchasing a CELLULAR PHONE. The reason to purchase the phone is to allow you the FLEXIBILITY to contact the NATIONAL HOTLINE in the event you are not able to use a regular telephone. (e.g. when the adversary cuts the telephone lines, if you are in your car, or alone in the woods). MAKE PACTS WITH YOUR SPOUSE & FAMILY
1) Never retire at night angry with your spouse. (You never know when they may come at 4 a.m.). If you are forced to leave her for awhile, you want to leave on good grounds. 2) Each spouse should know that the other can live the rest of their life with the comfort that they are in accordance with God's will. 3) Establish "code words" that instruct your spouse on what to do and vice versa.
NATIONAL CRISIS HOTLINE
1) The victim (could also be your wife or children) usually will be able to make one call only. Contact your spiritual leader. 2) Have several telephone numbers to call in an emergency. 3) Help will be generated by the recipient of the telephone call. 5) The recipient should contact the prayer chain. 6) The victim could use CODE WORDS to communicate an urgent message and/or a potentially dangerous situation to their spouse. 7) Consider who should respond to the plea for help. 8) Help should be given to the family of the victim. 9) Advertise the telephone number in the Jubilee or similar newspaper (newsletter).
LEADERLESS RESISTANCE
1) Whatever is done should be done in ACCORDANCE with God's will and with our Messiah and Christ as the LEADER. 2) Whatever resistance is done should be done without an earthly leader. 3) Because we have been INFILTRATED as a nation and NOT invaded by a foreign ARMY we for the time being, can best fight with the "pen" and other types of NON-PHYSICAL RESISTANCE. "The pen can be mightier than the sword."
EXAMPLES OF LEADERLESS RESISTANCE (Let those who have eyes to see-see and ears to hear-hear)
A) Judges 3:15 to 30 (Ehud put a sword in the fat belly of King Eglon of Moab). B) Judges 6:11 (Gideon hid the winepress from the Midianites). C) Exodus 2:11-12 (Moses took care of the Egyptian beating the Israelite). D) Joshua 2:1-7 (Rahab the harlot's help to the two men, who were spies).
EXAMPLES OF CIVIL RESISTANCE
A) Judges 7:22 (Gideon and the 300 men attacked and routed the Midianites. The Midianites ended up TURNING THEIR SWORDS UPON THEMSELVES).
SURVIVALIST HANDBOOKS
There are many books available that address the survivalist options available to us. You may purchase the book of your choice.
BIBLICAL QUESTIONS TO PONDER
Were any Bible characters in a situation where tyranny and despotism became the order of the day?
How did Bible characters handle these situations?
1) How did Daniel react when put in this situation?
2) How did Paul react when put in this situation?
3) How did Joseph react when put in this situation?
4) How did Shadrach, Mechach, and Abednego react when put in this situation?
5) How did Moses react when put in this situation?
6) How did the Midwives react? (Exodus 1:19)
7) How did David react when put in this situation? (e.g. Situation with Saul).
8) How did our Messiah and Christ react when put in this situation? (e.g. The Cross and John the Baptist's beheading).
9) How did Paul react when put in a similar situation?
10) How did Peter and Silas react when they were put in jail as mentioned in Acts?
Would the situations above be EQUIVALENT to the situations we are discussing? If so, why? If not, WHY NOT?
Is the recourse you are considering taking Biblical?
Have we answered the question about removing the guilt of innocent blood as brought forth in DEUTERONOMY 21:1-9?
DON'T BE AFRAID TO GO TO THE "LION'S DEN" IF "YOU ARE PAID UP AND PRAYED UP!"
CONCERNING LEADERLESS RESISTANCE The Swat Committee presents the following article entitled Leaderless Resistance (It has been slightly edited by the Swat Committee). The Swat Committee recommends the reader of this article consider it in light of the Christ being the head (i.e. leader) of His body of believers (Ephesians 1:22,23) who function individually as members of His body (Eph. 5:30). Such people receiving their orders and instructions from their commander in chief through His word and Holy Spirit. (Romans 8:14)
LEADERLESS RESISTANCE by Louis Beam
The concept of Leaderless Resistance was proposed by Col. Ulinus Louis Amoss, who was the founder of International Service of Information Incorporated, located in Baltimore, Maryland. Col. Amoss died more than fifteen years ago, but during his life was a tireless opponent of communism, as well as a skilled Intelligence Officer. Col. Amoss first wrote of Leaderless Resistance on April 17, 1962. His theories of organization were primarily directed against the threat of eventual Communist take over in the United States. We now have the benefit of many years experience beyond Col. Amoss. We have taken his theories and expounded upon them. Col. Amoss feared the Communists. Americans have come to fear the federal government. Communism now represents a threat to no one in the United States, while federal tyranny represents a threat to everyone. We are seeing the last grasps of freedom in America.
America can still produce the brave sons and daughters necessary to fight off ever increasing persecution and oppression. Those who love liberty, and believe in freedom enough to fight for it are rare today, but within the bosom of every once great nation, there remains secreted, the pearls of former greatness. We are a band of brothers, native to the soil gaining strength one from another as we have rushed head long into a battle that all the weaker, timid men, say we can not win. Perhaps...but then again, perhaps we can. It's not over till the last freedom fighter is buried or imprisoned, or the same happens to those who would destroy their liberty.
The government will no doubt make today's oppressiveness look like grade school work compared to what they have planned in the future. Meanwhile, there are those of us who continue to hope that somehow the few can do what the many have not. We are cognizant that before things get better they will certainly get worse as government shows a willingness to use ever more severe police state measures against dissidents. This changing situation makes it clear that those who oppose state repression must be prepared to alter, adapt, and modify their behavior, strategy, and tactics as circumstances warrant. Failure to consider new methods and implement them as necessary will make the government's efforts at suppression uncomplicated. It is the duty of every patriot to make the tyrant's life miserable. When one fails to do so he not only fails himself, but his people.
With this in mind, current methods of resistance to tyranny employed by those who love our people, culture, and heritage must pass a litmus test of soundness. Methods must be objectively measured as to their effectiveness, as well as to whether they make the government's intention of repression more possible or more difficult.
As honest men who have banded together into groups or associations of a political or religious nature are falsely labeled "domestic terrorists:" or "cultists" and suppressed, it will call for: non- organization. One should keep in mind that it is not in the government's interest to eliminate all groups. Some few must remain in order to perpetuate the smoke and mirrors vision for the masses that America is a "free democratic country" where dissent is allowed. Most organizations, however, that possess the potential for effective resistance will not be allowed to continue. Anyone who is so naive as to believe the most powerful government on earth will not try to crush any who pose a real threat to that power, should not be active, but rather, at home studying political history.
The concept of Leaderless Resistance is nothing less than a fundamental departure in theories of organization. The orthodox scheme of organization is diagrammatically represented by the pyramid, with the mass at the bottom and the leader at the top. This fundamental of organization is to be seen not only in armies, which are of course, the best illustration of the pyramid structure, with the mass of soldiery, the privates, at the bottom responsible to corporals who are in turn responsible to sergeants, and so on up the entire chain of command to the generals at the top. But the same structure is seen in corporations, ladies' garden clubs and in our political system itself. This orthodox "pyramid" scheme of organization is to be seen basically in all existing political, social and religious structures in the world d today from the Federal government to the Roman Catholic Church. The Constitution of the United States, in the wisdom of the Founders, tried to sublimate the essential dictatorial nature of pyramidal organization by dividing authority into three: executive, legislative and judicial. But the pyramid remains essentially untouched.
This scheme of organization, the pyramid, is however, not only useless, but extremely dangerous for the participants when it is utilized in a resistance movement against state tyranny. Especially is this so in technologically advanced societies where electronic surveillance can often penetrate the structure revealing its chain of command. Experience has revealed over and over again that anti- state, political organizations utilizing this method of command and control are easy prey for government infiltration, entrapment, and destruction of the personnel involved. This has been seen repeatedly in the United States where pro-government infiltrators or agent provocateurs weasel their way into patriotic groups and destroy them from within.
In the pyramid type of organization, an infiltrator can destroy anything which is beneath his level of infiltration and often those above him as well. If the traitor has infiltrated at the top, then the entire organization from the top down is compromised and may be traduced at will.
An alternative to the pyramid type of organization is the cell system. In the past, many political groups (both right and left) have used the cell system to further their objectives. Two examples will suffice. During the American Revolution "committees of correspondence" were formed throughout the Thirteen colonies. Their purpose was to subvert the government and thereby aid the cause of independence. The "Sons of Liberty", who made a name for themselves dumping government taxed tea into the harbor at Boston, were the action arm of the committees of correspondence. Each committee was a secret cell that operated totally independently of the other cells. Information on the government was passed from committee to committee, from colony to colony, and then acted upon on a local basis. Yet even in these bygone days of poor communication, of weeks to months for a letter to be delivered, the committees without any central direction whatsoever, were remarkable similar in tactics employed to resist government tyranny. It was, as the first American patriots knew, totally unnecessary for anyone to give an order for anything. Information was made available to each committee, and each committee acted as it saw fit.
A recent example of the cell system taken from the left wing of politics are the Communists. The Communist, in order to get around the obvious problems involved in pyramidal organization, developed to an art the cell system. They had numerous independent cells which operated completely isolated from one another and particularly with no knowledge of each other, but were orchestrated together by a central headquarters. For instance, during World War II, in Washington, it is known that there were at least six secret Communist cells operating at high levels in the United States government (plus all the open Communists who were protected and promoted by President Roosevelt), however, only one of the cells was rooted out and destroyed. How many ;more actually were operating no one can say for sure.
The Communist cells which operated in the U.S. until late 1991 under Soviet control could have at their command a leader, who held a social position which appeared to be very lowly. He could be, for example, a busboy in a restaurant, but in reality a colonel or a general in the Soviet Secret Service, the KGB . Under him could be a number of cells and a person active in one cell would almost never have knowledge of individuals who are active in another cell. The value of this is that while any one cell can be infiltrated, exposed or destroyed, such action will have no effect on the other cells; in fact, the members of t he other cells will be supporting that cell which is under attack and ordinarily would lend very strong support to it in many ways. This is at least part of the reason, no doubt, that whenever in the past Communists were attacked in this country, support for them sprang up in many unexpected places.
The efficient and effective operation of a cell system after the Communist model, is of course, dependent upon central direction, which means impressive organization, funding from the top, and outside support, all of which the Communists had. Obviously, American patriots have none of these things at the top or anywhere else, and so an effective cell organization based upon the Soviet system of operation is impossible.
Two things become clear from the above discussion. First, that the pyramid type of organization can be penetrated quite easily and it thus is not a sound method or organization in situations where the government has the resources and desire to penetrate the structure; which is the situation in this country. Secondly, that the normal qualifications for the cell structure based upon the Red model does not exist in the U.S. for patriots. This understood, the question arises "What method is left for those resisting state tyranny?" The answer comes from Col. Amoss who proposed the "Phantom Cell" mode of organization. Which he described as Leaderless Resistance. A system of organization that is based upon the cell organization, but does not have any central control or direction, that is in fact almost identical to the methods used by the Committees of Correspondence during the American Revolution. Utilizing the Leaderless Resistance concept, all individuals and groups operate independently of each other, and never report to a central headquarters or single leader for direction or instruction, as would those who belong to a typical pyramid organization.
At first glance, such a type of organization seems unrealistic, primarily because there appears to be no organization. The natural question thus arises as to how are the "Phantom cells" and individuals to cooperate with each other when there is no intercommunication or central direction? The answer to this question is that participants in a program of Leaderless Resistance through phantom cell or individual action must know exactly what they are doing, and how to do it. It becomes the responsibility of the individual to acquire the necessary skills and information as to what is to be done. This is by no means as impractical as it appears, because it is certainly true that in any movement, all persons involved have the same general outlook, are acquainted with the same philosophy, and generally react to given situations in similar ways. The previous history of the committees of correspondence during the American Revolution show this to be true.
Since the entire purpose of Leaderless Resistance is to defeat state tyranny (at least insofar as this essay is concerned), all members of phantom cells or individuals will tend to react to objective events in the same way through usual tactics of resistance. Organs of information distribution such as newspapers, leaflets, computers, etc., which are widely available to all, keep each person informed of events, allowing for a planned response that will take many variations. No one need issue an order to anyone. Those idealist truly committed to the cause of freedom will act when they feel the time is ripe, or will take their cue from others who precede them. While it is true that much could be said against this type of structure as a method of resistance, it must be kept in mind that Leaderless Resistance is a child of necessity. The alternatives to it have been shown to be unworkable or impractical. Leaderless Resistance has worked before in the American Revolution, and if the truly committed put it to use for themselves, it will work now.
It goes almost without saying that Leaderless Resistance leads to very small or even one man cells of resistance. Those who join organizations to play "let's pretend" or who are "groupies" will quickly be weeded out. While for those who are serious about their opposition to federal despotism, this is exactly what is desired.
From the point of view of tyrants and would be potentates in the federal bureaucracy and police agencies, nothing is more desirable than that those who oppose them be UNIFIED in their command structure, and that EVERY person who opposes them belong to a pyramid type group. Such groups and organizations are an easy kill. Especially in light of the fact that the Justice Department promised in 1987 that there would never be another group that opposed them that they did not have at least one informer in. These federal "friends of government" are intelligence agents. They gather information that can be used at the whim of a federal D.A. to prosecute. The line of battle has been drawn. Patriots are required therefore, to make a conscious decision to either aid the government in its illegal spying, by continuing with old methods of organization and resistance, or to make the enemies' job more difficult by implementing effective countermeasures.
Conversely, the last thing Federal snoops would have, if they had any choice in the matter, is a thousand different small phantom cells opposing them. It is easy to see why. Such a situation is an intelligence nightmare for a government intent upon knowing everything they possibly can about those who oppose them. The Federals, able to amass overwhelming strength of numbers, manpower, resources, intelligence gathering, and capability at any given time, need only a focal point to direct their anger. A single penetration of a pyramid type of organization can lead to the destruction of the whole. Whereas, Leaderless Resistance presents no single opportunity for the Federals to destroy a significant portion of the Resistance.
With the announcement by the Department of Justice that 300 FBI agents formerly assigned to watching Soviet spies in the U.S. (domestic counter intelligence) are now to be used to "combat crime", the federal government is preparing the way for a major assault upon those persons opposed to their policies. Many anti-government groups dedicated to the preservation of the America of our forefathers are now feeling the brunt of a new federal assault upon liberty.
"If every person has the right to defend--even by force--his person, his liberty, and his property, then it follows that a group of men have the right to organize and support a common force to protect these rights constantly." The Law. Frederick Bastiat Paris, 1850
PART VII OTHER THOUGHTS AND DISSENTING OPINIONS
Some felt people caught in a situation such as happened to the Weaver family should seriously consider the consequences of surrender. It was felt Mr. Weaver's surrender was wise considering there were the lives of 3 children at risk. However, in other instances death may be more preferable and beneficial than surrender. "Since then the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil; and might deliver those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives." (Hebrews 2:14 and 15)
A few people felt Mr. Weaver had a poor reputation as a Christian man and that it was an error to rush to his defense. The men that promoted this position and had information on this subject was allowed to present his case before the Divine Ways and Means Committee. This issue was also brought up in the General Committee and the men felt it was not an issue. Most felt Mr. Weavers reputation was not the issue at hand and that the issue was concerning the government killing of Mr Weaver's wife and son. Concerning the issue of his reputation Mr. Weaver could not defend himself. One speaker pointed out that when Abraham came to the aid of Lot, Lot was not necessarily a righteous man but it was right for Abraham to come to his aid.
Some felt more emphasis needed to be placed on the command in Deut. 17:14-15 and that the destruction of white Christian people will continue until the stranger is removed from the position of being over His people.
A concern of many was the anti-Christs forces attempts to generate an opened armed confrontation of some sort. Reports from the protest lines that existed in Idaho during the Weaver siege indicate authorities at times were trying to provoke the people into a confrontation. People need to beware of such a ploy. Beware also of any man such as an ex government man that may be wanting to rally troops for an open armed confrontation.
Genocide was being perpetrated by the government against the Weaver family. The charge of genocide needs to be brought against the United States Government on the floor of the United Nations. This could be done by taking this issue to a 3rd world government (such as the Arab government) that in turn could present a charge against the U.S. government at the United Nations.
Certain media sources and government entities are labeling people such as the Weaver family white separatists or white supremacists. It needs to be determined who is doing this and by what authority. Said people need to be forced to define such terms and labels. It appears such terms are being used by a New World Order crowd with the definition being "terrorists of the New World Order".
The Cause foundation mentioned in the notes from the legal and lawful affairs committee wishes to pursue a civil rights suit against the government on behalf of the Weaver family. The Cause foundation is a non-profit legal foundation whose address is: P.O. Box 1235, Black Mountain, N.C. 28711. To do such a suit will require a considerable amount of money and thus Cause needs donations. Some however had the dissenting opinion that such a suit may be in violation of scripture that says "More over you shall not take ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death." (Numbers 35:31) Others felt such a suit may be acceptable in addition to the death penalty. Some wanted it known such a suit will take 5, 10 or possibly 15 years.
OPEN LETTER TO WEAVER FAMILY
An OPEN LETTER TO:
Randy Weaver Sara Weaver Rachel Weaver Elishibea Weaver Kevin Harris
Impelled by the spirit of our HEAVENLY FATHER, and hearing the cry of innocent blood shed in the land, WE, 160 Christian men assembled for three days of prayer and counsel, at Estes Park, Colorado.
At our gathering the sad events of Ruby Creek were recounted.
We have not words to write nor mouths to speak that can adequately express the sorrow and the righteous indignation we feel at your tragic loss.
We have not the power to restore to you the loved ones who were cruelly stolen from you!
But as Christian men, led by the word of our Heavenly Father, we are determined to never rest while you are in peril and distress!
We are determined to employ HIS strength and to work continually to insure that Vicki and Samuel's mortal sacrifices were not in vain!
We call for Divine Judgment upon the wicked and the guilty who shed the blood of Vicki and Samuel!
We are committed to standing by you the living, in your hour of trial!
We are committed to keeping you continually in our prayers and to do all in our physical and spiritual power to relieve your distress. Furthermore, we are committed to seeking justice for you and your slain loved ones on behalf of all Christians of goodwill. AMEN
Resolved this Sunday, the 25th day of October, in the year of our CREATOR, one thousand nine hundred and ninety two.
RECORDED MESSAGES FROM THE 1992 ROCKY MOUNTAIN RENDEZVOUS
RMR01 - Steve Graber, Kansas MR. Graber is the former Christian attorney responsible for the recent Hutchinson, Kansas court ruling stating life begins at conception. He tells that story and relates the miracles involved. Mr. Graber was with the Rutherford Institute and was initially approached by some to take the Weaver case before Mr. Spence took it.
RMR02 - Red Beckman, Montana Relates a news article telling what a police state system fears more than trained terrorists. Guess what it is??
RMR03 - Kirk Lyons, North Carolina MR. Lyons is the attorney with CAUSE foundation who wishes to pursue a civil rights suit on the Weaver's behalf. He makes it clear the destruction of the Weaver family may just be the beginning.
RMR04 - Chris Temple, Montana Gives an eye opening account on what happened on the protest line during the siege of the Weaver family.
RMR05 - Louis Beam, Texas Tells his own horror story of how and when he was arrested for and tried for sedition. It's a moving story which includes the details of a miracle. Louis ties it into the persecution and destruction of the Weaver family.
RMR06 - Pastor Greg Dixon, Indiana Gives a message entitled "The Theology of Christian Resistance" and reveals what is and that it is not carnal weapons of the flesh in opposing tyranny. (To be sent out on the SFA tape ministry.)
RMR07 - Charles Weisman, Minnesota Relates our situation today to that which existed in the 1700's and shows the differences between what the patriots faced then versus now.
RMR08 - Peter J. Peters, Colorado Message entitle "Eyes to See." Why is there only one thing that will stop the tyrannical New World Order and what is it? (To be sent out on the SFA tape ministry.)
RMR10 - Reily Donica, Oklahoma When you hear this message, which relates a true personal story of a family facing death, you'll know why one must learn to pray and hold on to his "sword."
RMR11 - Reily Donica, Gives Sunday morning communion talk.
RMR12 - John Nelson Pt. 1, Colorado MR. Nelson is famous for his legal research and knowledge and he shares it in regards to the Weaver family's persecution. He addresses one world government, Interpol and American's losing their birthright.
RMR13 - John Nelson Pt. 2, Continuation of Pt. 1
RMR14 - Larry Pratt, Pt. 1, Washington, D.C. Mr. Pratt is the head of Gun Owners of America, the best pro-gun organization in America. He relates what police state tactics are going on elsewhere in America and how our 2nd amendment rights are being eroded even by other so-called pro-gun organizations. This tape also includes questions and answer period.
RMR15- Larry Pratt, Pt. 2, Continuation of Pt. 1
RMR16 - This tape contains 4 speakers Tom Stetson, Idaho Reports what he found at the site where Samuel Weaver died. Richard Butler, Idaho Pastor of Aryan nations, who has been smeared by the Jew controlled media tells who is our enemy. Frank Isabell, California This retired lawman has good and Scriptural advice for all. Doug Pue, Arizona Addresses how our children are being targeted through inoculations.
RMR17 - This tape contains 2 speakers. Earl Jones, New Mexico Short report concerning possible concentration camps. Doug Evers - Wisconsin Addresses government police state tactics in the health field.
RMR18 - This tape contains 2 speakers Del Knudson, Washington Gives personal testimony of what he and his family recently experienced at the hands of the BATF. This tape is concluded with: S.A. Freeman Tells what others are doing to stop police brutality
RMR19 - General Assembly Includes S.A. Freeman who explains his new USA plan.
RMR20 - Final committee reports - Pt. 1
RMR21 - Final committee reports - Pt. 2
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CONCERNING THE KILLING OF VICKIE AND SAMUEL WEAVER BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
INTRODUCTION by Pastor Peter J. Peters
This booklet contains the report on the meeting of concerned Christian men that took place October 23,24,25 1992 in Estes Park, Colorado. The following explains the reason for and nature of the meeting and the reason I initiated it.
SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM PASTOR PETER J. PETERS CONCERNING INNOCENT BLOODSHED IN THE LAND!
"So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are; for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell; for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel." (Numbers 35:33,34)
Scripture teaches that the land can become defiled and polluted with the shedding of innocent blood. Innocent blood was shed in America on August 21, 1992, near Naples, Idaho, when federal agents shot 13 year old Samuel Weaver in the back and killed him and again on August 22, 1992 when a federal sniper shot Samuel's mother, Vicki Weaver in the head while she was standing in the doorway of her home holding her 8 month old baby daughter. Neither Samuel nor Vicki were wanted criminals, though Randy Weaver, the father of Samuel and husband of Vicki, had a warrant out for his arrest for an alleged misdemeanor weapons statute violation. Hardly a cause for the murder of a woman and child and for the millions of dollars the government spent in its eighteen months of surveillance and apprehension of this family using an FP-4 reconnaissance jet, U.S. Marshals, F.B.I. agents, BATF agents, Border Patrol, National Guard, local police, Sheriff's deputies and Idaho State Police.
RACIAL, RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL AND CONSPIRATORIAL OVERTONES APPEAR TO EXIST IN THE MURDER OF MR. WEAVER'S SON AND WIFE.
The RACIAL aspect is evident in the continual labeling of the Weaver family as WHITE Supremacists or WHITE Separatists by both the government and the media and even associating the terms with the word criminal. Note the following words by the announcer of the nationally syndicated television program, 'Inside Edition.' "The standoff in Idaho has ended after eleven days. Federal authorities believe Randy Weaver is a white supremacist and a criminal and the government went after him with a vengeance.
The RELIGIOUS aspect is evident in reporting of the family as being "deeply religious", "believers in home schooling" and "devotees of the Christian Identity movement."
POLITICALLY, the family was reported as having "right wing beliefs", of having voiced distrust of the federal government and of opposing the New World Order.
CONSPIRACY reeks throughout this bloody murder on both the part of the media and the government. Not only has the media used the labeling terms of White Supremacist and White Separatist but it has used them with the term criminal. The media on a national scale gave little reporting on the murder of this white child and his white mother in comparison to the beating of the black man, Rodney king. The conspiratorial deeds of a police state mentality government are not only self evident, but in 1985, Mr. Weaver filed, as public record in the local county courthouse, an affidavit stating he feared for his life and his family's life at the hands of the F.B.I. and the U.S. Secret Service. Many people who know Mr. Weaver say he was the victim of a federal government frame-up.
THE BIBLE DIRECTS US IN WHAT TO DO WHEN INNOCENT BLOOD HAS BEEN SHED IN THE LAND.
Public Law 97-280 passed by the 97th Congress of the United States of America declares the Bible to be the Word of God and directs the people in this land to "study and apply the teachings of the Holy Scriptures."
Judges chapter 19 and 20 records the events that happened when an innocent woman's blood was shed. Her shed blood was made known to the men in the land and the men said "...Consider it, take counsel and speak up!" (Judges 19:30) "Then all the sons of Israel from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, came out, and the congregation assembled as one man to the Lord at Mizpah." (Judges 20:1)
Such an assembly is in keeping with the principles taught in Deuteronomy 21:1-8 in which the leaders are to assemble and investigate the shedding of innocent blood. The animal sacrifice in that passage (verses 3-6) has been replaced with the sacrifice of the Son of God on the cross but there still remains the responsibility for men of God to do what is right. "So you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord." (Deuteronomy 21:9)
In addition to the directives of Scripture to do what is right, I have come to have an additional reason as well. As I explained in our tape message #552 entitled, "Special Alert from Pastor Peters" sent out on our tape ministry, news of the death of Samuel Weaver and the police state actions of the government came to me while we were hosting our 1992 Scriptures for America Family Bible Camp. Since we had 500 people in attendance from forty states, we immediately set up a phone bank and began contacting the U.S. Attorney General's Office, with callers from forty different states, in an attempt to make the Feds think this had gained national attention and thus cause the workers of darkness to shrink back from further killings due to the light shining on them.
REGARDING MEETING ATTENDANCE Many personal letters were sent to various conservative writers, leaders and ministers through out America, giving them a personal invitation to attend and requesting their attendance and in put. A number attended as a result, many responded by letter stating why they could not or would not attend and many never responded at all. Those invited to attend covered a broad spectrum of people. For example, one Christian man offered a $1000 donation to the Rutherford Institute if the institute would send a representative to the meeting. The institute however would have nothing to do with the meeting and sent a letter stating as much. Someone suggested Mr. David Duke of Louisiana be invited since he claims to be for the advancement of white people and the Weaver family was white and never received news reporting in comparison to the beating of the black man, Rodney King in Los Angeles. Though phone calls were made and letter sent Mr. Duke never acknowledged them or responded.
Various contributions from Christian people made it possible for many to attend. The received responses to the invitations to attend fell into three categories. (1) People who said "I'll attend if I'm allowed adequate time to speak". No speaking times or spots were absolutely promised since the planning committee decided at the meeting who would speak. (2) People who ask "Who will be speaking?". This response was from those who would attend if enough or certain big named speakers were scheduled. (3) People who could see the need of the hour and Biblical precedence to gather together regardless who was coming or speaking. Their response was "Heavenly Father willing, I'll be there'.
On hundred and sixty Christian men did come from thirty different states and considering the short notice and the economy this was a good attendance.
Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the meeting was the diversity of leaders who did attend. Men came together who in the past would Normally not be caught together under the same roof. Men who greatly disagree with each other on many theological and philosophical points whose teachings contradict each other in many ways. Yet not only did they come together they worked together for they all agreed that what was done to the Weaver family was wrong and could not and should not be ignored by Christian men. The religious background of these men included Baptist, Church of Christ, Christian Church, Presbyterian, Aryan Nations types, Identity types, ACUC types, etc.
The meeting was not for ecumenical purposes or to establish unity. Rather it was a united effort of various Christian leaders of diverse groups to confront the injustice and tyranny manifested in the killings of Vicki Weaver and her son Samuel Weaver. It was the con-census of the men that no one is exempt from an unchained hand of tyranny.
The second most remarkable aspect of the meeting was how men of such strong masculine independent thought and will did work together as one in service to their King. There were no major confrontations and the words of Judges 20:1 happened at this meeting, "Then all the sons of Israel..........came out of the congregation assembled as one man to the Lord at Mizpah.". (NASV)
It was a hardship and sacrifice for many of the men to come. They were brave men who came. Men who did not fear potential unjust associations that could be made by the lawless Antichrist media in our land nor did they fear potential police state spying eyes or possible unjust charges by any government official or attorney general. The surviving members of the Weaver family have asked me to thank the men and all those whose contributions helped make this meeting possible. Sarah Weaver wrote the following to the men. _______________________________________________ SARAH'S LETTER (the original letter is reproduced in the printed pamphlet form of this report available from: Scriptures For America, P.O. Box 766c, LaPorte, CO 80535. One for $5.00, 3 for $10.00)
Oct. 19, 1992
To all of my brothers and sisters who have cared enough to help us out, with support and love. Words cannot express my appreciation. You have all been so wonderful to us. I could never repay you. These terrible things that have happened, have been very hard on all of us. But I know its lead a lot of people to the truth, and that's all Mom and Sam would ask for. Our creator, Yahweh-Yahshua Messiah, His will, I won't question. Here is a verse out of the scriptures that says a lot to me. St. John Chapter 16:22 "And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you." I really wish my mother Vicki, were here to speak to you in my place. She would know just what to say, whereas mere words cannot describe how I feel. I guess I just wish to Thank-You all from the bottom of my heart. May Yahweh bless and guide you.
Love, Signed Sara Weaver and family. _______________________________________________
In this report are the reprinted notes from each committee and explanation on how the meeting was run. It should be understood the notes reflect not a unanimous con-census but a general con-census from each committee. Other thoughts and dissenting (?) opinions are listed in part seven of this report and come from different ones at the meeting.
Considering the times we find ourselves in, it should be apparent to the wise that discretion had to be exercised in these committee reports.
What fully comes from this meeting is yet to be seen but because it was based upon Bible mandate and precedent much will come. Personally, I have never in my life experienced a better gathering or heard any better presentations or witnessed any better harmony and short time production than what occurred at this meeting.
In the final meeting of the executive committees it was agreed that many wild rumors abound regarding the Weaver family tragedy. Facts must be substantiated and many facts will come out in the coming trial of Kevin Harris and Randy Weaver (presently scheduled in February, 1993). This meeting can only be viewed as a beginning and another may be needed in the future after the trial. Coalition type bonds and ideas have come about and will continue, as a result of the Weavers tragic loss, that may well prevent future incidents from happening.
I have been in contact with Randy Weaver concerning present financial needs of the family. He advised me that they did not need funds as his daughters are living with their grandparents and Social Security checks are being sent to them and saved by the grandparents. He is concerned for the needs of Kevin Harris. Concerning his needs you may write Barbara Pierce, West 2804 Fairview, Spokane, WA, 99205, or call (509)325-6661.
Should you wish to send funds to Randy Weaver's daughters you may write or make inquiry through Barbara Pierce.
There are many who helped make this meeting happen and make the publishing of this report possible. We thank you.
For those who could not come to the meeting, the meeting can be brought to you thru cassette or video tapes. (See page )
Pray for HIS justice, righteousness and mercy.
_________________________ Peter J Peters Pastor of the LaPorte Church of Christ and Evangelistic head of Scriptures for America
--PART I GENERAL POINTS CONCERNING THE MEETING
On October 23, 24, and 25, 1992 a mountain-top rendezvous of 160 Christian leaders from across the country was held in accordance with Biblical mandate (Deuteronomy 21:1-8) and Bible example (Judges 19:30) in light of the government slaying, in northern Idaho, of a Christian mother (Vicki Weaver) and her son (Samuel Weaver) and in light of other government police-state tactics in the land.
This meeting was a lawful assembly and was in accordance with Public Law 97-280 which declares the Bible to be the Word of God and directs us, as a nation and a people, to study and apply the teachings of the Holy Scriptures.
Since the Bible is the declared Word of God, then the Laws it contains are the Laws of God and those Laws are higher than man's laws since the Creator is greater than the creation. This meeting was conducted with this understanding.
The meeting format was specifically patterned after the Scripture found in Judges 19:30. And it came about that all that saw it said, 'Nothing like this has ever happened or been seen from the day when the sons of Israel came up from the land of Egypt to this day. Consider it, take counsel and speak up!' (NASV Emphasis added)
Based upon this Scripture, there were three tasks involved in this meeting. Considering the government slaying and other government police state tactics, plans, intentions and modus operandi was the first task. This was done via select speakers and lectures. Taking counsel was the second task. This task was accomplished through a committee process where individual counsel and input was given and considered. The Scripture teaches us, For by wise guidance you will wage war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory. (Proverbs 24:6 NASV)
The third task was the "speaking up" process that comes as a result of considering the matter and taking counsel. This was accomplished by each committee presenting its report to the entire assembly at the conclusion of the rendezvous. The reports were then compiled into the booklet the reader now holds in his hands. We ask each reader to consider how he can contribute to the "speaking up" process by disseminating copies of this report and doing what he or she can as a member of the body of Christ in the local area in which the Christian lives to help make people aware.
The five committees were:
1. General Committee 2. Divine Ways and Means Committee 3. Legal and Lawful Affairs Committee 4. Public Works Committee 5. SWAT Committee (Sacred Warfare Action Tactics)
Each committee was instructed to consider and take counsel in its subject area and was given the following general list of ideas and matters that could be considered for each specific committee. The list was not inclusive and was given simply as suggestions and a catalyst for each committee, but each committee was on its own.
THE DIVINE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: To consider Biblical Laws that have been violated including extortion, murder and kidnapping, now to tap into that portion of the power of God that is described in Romans 12:19, Courts of the Divine Justice, Imprecatory prayer, Bible prerequisites to direct action (II Corinthians 10:6), Gideon actions, Moses going before Pharaoh, etc.
THE LEGAL AND LAWFUL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE: To consider Grand Juries, citizens arrests, counter actions and suits in court, possible counter actions to government legislation and bureaucratic administrative procedures, committees of vigilance, class action suits, treason, applying R.I.C.O. law, New World Order, naming those who are labeling people White Supremacists and White Separatists and under what authority, etc.
THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE: To consider what concerned Christian people can be doing individually. There is a host of Christian soldiers pastored by various ministries that are willing and able to do something but they don't know what to do. If given direction, a powerful force could be tapped, harnessed and used. Subjects to consider: Petitions, writing officials, contacting media, trips to Washington D.C., letters to editors, protest marches, rallies, networking, phone trees, prayer, victim support, radio call-ins, etc.
THE SACRED WARFARE ACTION TACTICS (SWAT) COMMITTEE: To evaluate what our people would be forced to consider should tyranny and despotism become the order of the day and no other recourse is available. Subjects to consider: Gideon and Ehud type Bible stories, communications, committees of vigilance, future responses, government attempts to provoke confrontations, how to keep from being a victim of agent provocateurs, first aid preparations, etc.
THE GENERAL COMMITTEE: To consider any other topics plus all the topics involved in the other committees. The General Committee will formulate ideas, thoughts and suggestions to be sent into the other committees to consider.
It should be noted that the attendees at this conference represented a cross-section of Christian activist leaders with widely divergent doctrines and beliefs in many areas. However, all were unified in their conviction that tyrannical actions of government agents must be resisted and exposed. Because of the diversity of views of the men involved, unanimous agreement with each and every sentence in the committee was not possible. Rather, the committee reports contain a general consensus of each committee's views. Additionally, no attempt was made to remold committee reports into a unified format.
Thus, one committee's report may be in a narrative style while another may have used an outline style or enumerated item style to present its conclusions.
The Christian leaders who attended this lawful assembly recognized that the enemies of true Bible Christianity would be quite displeased with the fact that such a meeting as this would even take place. There was nothing secret about the meeting. The Attorney General of the United States, Mr. William Barr, or his designated representative, was specifically invited to attend. (He did not.)
However, the presence of at least one informant among the attendees was detected. His name and home address are now known to many. We publicly urge the man to repent, lest he incur our Heavenly Father's wrathful and strict judgment. We are also aware that at least two van loads of eavesdropping equipment were located in a building near our dorm and assembly buildings. We presume, therefore, that portions of our meetings were surreptitiously recorded. What a waste of time and money! We ourselves, recorded the speakers and tapes are available. (See page ____)
The format of how the assembly was conducted is outlined in the flow chart on page (?). The meeting consisted of the general assembly getting input from various speakers. The speakers and times given for each speaker was determined daily by the Christian elders and pastors on the planning committee who reviewed request to speak forms given to the attendees. The general assembly then divided into five committees with each committee having a chairman and an executive committee. The executive committees of each committee cross checked the ideas and thoughts of their committee with the other executive committees and compiled the committee reports. The chairman or his designate gave the summation of the reports to the general assembly at the conclusion of the meeting. It was felt this format better allowed for the leading of the Holy Spirit rather than having a completely pre-planned meeting with a pre-planned schedule for speakers and agenda.
Daily prayers for His divine blessings and leading of the Holy Spirit were offered and most could sense those prayers being offered. It was requested of the attendees that they pray each morning before leaving their rooms. The following prayers were given as suggestions:
Prayer in National Danger (II Chronicles 14:11)
And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee. --II Chronicles 14:11
Prayer and Weeping (Joel 2:17)
Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? --Joel 2:17
Prayer in National Distress (Nehemiah 9:32-37)
Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly: Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. For they have not served thee in their kingdom, an din thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. -- Nehemiah 9:32-37
PART II FROM THE GENERAL COMMITTEE
A CHRISTIAN PROCLAMATION CONCERNING UNRIGHTEOUS ACTS IN THE LAND
We, the Men of Christian Israel, in assembly in Colorado this October 25, 1992, have reason to believe that the following acts have occurred:
1) That on Saturday, August 22, 1992, in Boundary County, State of Idaho, F.B.I. agent Lon T. Horiuchi and special agent Gene Glen, in conspiracy with other known and unknown Federal, State and local agents, did willfully and maliciously commit an act of murder, against citizen Vickie Weaver.
2) That on Friday, August 21, 1992, her 14-year old son, Samuel Weaver, was shot and murdered by unknown agent(s).
3) Among the crimes committed against the Weaver family and Kevin Harris are the acts of trespass, military aggression, oppression and genocide.
4) These above acts and others are part of an ongoing unlawful conspiracy against the Weaver family and Kevin Harris by members of the United States Government.
In conclusion, we in assembly believe those persons responsible are subject to investigation, arrest, prosecution, and punishment according to Law. If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death at the evidence of witnesses, but no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness. Moreover, you shall not take ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death. And you shall not take ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to live in the land before the death of the priest. So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the land and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it. And you shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell; for I Yahweh am dwelling in the midst of the sons of Israel." (Numbers 35:30-34)
Scripture and Public Law 97-280 directs society not only to seek the justice of the Creator's Law but also to direct the transgressors of that Law to seek the cleansing and forgiveness found in the shed blood of His Son.
Acts 17:30 - "God ... commandeth all men every where to repent."
PART III REPORT FROM THE DIVINE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
Recognizing the fact that the current federal government and many states and local governments have become increasingly tyrannical, the Divine Ways and Means Committee considered how Divine judgment can be brought to bear upon this problem.
BIBLICAL PREREQUISITES
The primary Bible prerequisite to Divine judgment is repentance from sin. Repentance is a change in direction from a state of disobedience to the laws of the Creator to one of obedience to His Laws. (I John 3:4; For Sin is the transgression of the Law.) God's Laws cannot be obeyed if they have been abolished as so many churches today teach. Obviously, God's Laws are still in place today.
Repentance must begin with the individual first. Individual Christian men must first establish order in their own lives, then in their homes. When enough individual men have their homes in proper Biblical order, then the local church - the Body of Christ - will be in order. Among other things, this means that the local church will be a strong force for morality and justice in the community. Consequently, it will not be guilty of hiding its light under a bushel basket by keeping its activities confined to the four walls of the church building.
CHRISTIAN CIVIL BODY POLITIC
As was the case with our Founding Fathers, the establishment of a Christian civil body politic should be a primary goal for Christian men across this nation, for it is the chief means for carrying out the judgments of God. It has the authority to punish the evildoer as mandated in Romans 13. This country's existing government does NOT fit the description of the "governing authorities" in Romans 13. The current situation in America is one in which the established government does not punish the evildoers, but rather is increasingly using its power to punish the righteous. It is a tyrannical government. Therefore, it is not a CHRISTIAN civil body politic.
When the church in a community becomes a strong force for morality and justice, the natural outcome will be a Christian civil body politic. When enough local Christian civil governmental bodies exist, then individual state governments, and eventually the federal government itself will become, in fact and once again, Christian civil bodies politic. And thus will morality and justice become extant across the land. But it must begin with individual repentance.
The remnant is not yet fully a Christian civil body politic, but it is in the process of growing into it. We find stated in 2 Corinthians 10:6: "We are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete." (NASV) This has reference to the Body of Christ, that, when it has matured (Ephesians 4:11-16), it will - through the Christian civil body politic - punish all disobedience to God's Laws. This is all in fulfilling the dominion mandate prescribed in Genesis 1.
VIGILANTE ACTION
The means for Christian men to bring about Divine judgment is not limited in certain cases to the actions of the body politic. In such cases, God's Word also provides precedent for what is today termed "vigilante action." Vigilante action is Scriptural, but any such action must be in conformity with the Bible precedents and directives. Vigilante action is the EXCEPTION, not the rule. IT should be noted that the action of Phineas (Numbers 25:1-9) is considered by many not to be true vigilante action, but was in fact the carrying out of directives from God through the civil body politic. Two clear examples of true vigilante action are Abram's rescue of Lot (Genesis 14) and Moses' action in defense of his Hebrew brother (Exodus 2). It is imperative not to take these actions beyond the Biblical precedents and directives, lest we be found exercising only the arm of the flesh.
END-TIME DELIVERANCE
The deliverance of God's people at the end of the age is prophesied to be similar to the deliverance at the time of Gideon and that of the Exodus (Isaiah 10:24-26). The first task Gideon was assigned was to "pull down the altar of Baal." This would have reference to exposing and destroying false religious doctrines which are primarily responsible for the continued enslavement of our people. "Courts of Divine Justice" are one method which can be used to begin tearing down the altars of Baal in America. The groups, organizations and individuals selected for "Court" should be those which are prominent in promoting Biblically unlawful doctrines and practices. These types of "Courts" have been very successful in recent years. The Gideon story, then, at its outset, applies to action regarding the false religions of the people.
The story of Moses and the Exodus provides the pattern for civil action. Moses, the civil leader of the Israelites, went to Pharaoh, the civil leader of the oppressors, and demanded freedom for the children of Israel. The Exodus, event provides Christians today with a three- step approach for civil action. First, the people petition the government with specific grievances. Second, if the grievances are not redressed, the oppressive government is charged with breaking their own contract with the people (the Constitution) and with violations of God's Laws. In this step, court actions may be taken, although not necessarily required (see section on Legal and Lawful Affairs). The third step is to take proper Biblical actions along the lines outlined in the section on the Sacred Warfare and Tactics (SWAT) Committee. This step is to be resorted to only when the prior actions fail.
OTHER ACTIONS
The apostle Paul exhorts Christians in 1 Timothy 2:1-3 to pray for government leaders, which at times should include imprecatory prayer, as used by David and others (e.g. Psalms 55 & 58, etc.).
Careful consideration should also be given to the concept of church militias which were common with our Christian forefathers in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Numbers 35:9-15 provides for cities of refuge in the land. This is the Scriptural precedent for the doctrine of sanctuary. men of God should be prepared to implement this provision when the need arises. (Let him who has ears hear.).
Finally, it was recognized that carnal weapons alone - should that stage become necessary - will be unsuccessful in accomplishing the re-establishment of morality and justice in the land without the miraculous and direct intervention of the Divine Sovereign. A Biblical example of this is found in 2 Kings 1:10-12 where the prophet Elijah calls down fire from heaven for the destruction of God's enemies. Prophecy also tells us (Luke 12:49; Revelation 20:8,9) that the saints will utilize this same weapon sometime in the future against despotic oppressors.
PART IV REPORT FROM THE LEGAL AND LAWFUL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
After prayer and extensive deliberation, covering a variety of widely divergent views, the Legal and Lawful Affairs Committee respectfully submits the following as our subjects of discussion (not all points being a consensus or majority opinion):
1. Corruption and decline is the hallmark of America's judicial system, and justice a very rare commodity.
2. That the best chance for justice in the courts comes from the power vested in an informed jury and grand jury. Only by interposing the conscience of the Christian community between the defendant in a criminal case and the power of the government can a fair trial be expected; especially where the defendant is "Politically and theologically incorrect."
3. That the case of USA vs. Randy Weaver and Kevin Harris will be won or lost in the jury selection.
4. Spreading copies of the "Citizen's Rule Book," and holding Jury rights seminars across the country is the best grass roots way to effect change in our judicial system.
5. That the Ruby Creek incident is rife with rumors, half truths and the fanciful stories of self important promoters.
6. That lawyers, interested citizens, and the Christian community must possess the best possible intelligence in making decisions that concern the Ruby Creek incident.
7. That a sub-committee be formed composed of competent investigators to ascertain what the known facts are concerning Ruby Creek. To sift the available evidence, issue a comprehensive fact statement, and update said statement when necessary.
8. That it is likely that a crisis like Ruby Creek will occur in the future.
9. That the Christian Community was unprepared for what happened at Ruby Creek.
10. That a command team be formed, available to move at a moments notice prepared to set up a legal and lawful response on or near the site of the next crisis. This team will be responsible for handling negotiations between parties, issuing accurate press releases, disciplining and controlling protesters, pursuing legal avenues through local courts, and to as much as possible be able to defuse a situation before it reaches the level of a Ruby Creek incident.
11. That at present there is no infrastructure in the Christian community to support a command team or any significant legal initiatives available to that community. That an infrastructure consisting of lines of communications with all groups of goodwill needs to be in place to exchange information, raise money for legal initiatives, disseminate press releases and plan professional responses (protest demonstrations, petition drives, media interviews, etc). These connections need not be based strictly on Biblical conformity, or sameness of views. These lines of communication are essential for integrating legal, protest and information sharing initiatives. All these initiatives should be inter-related.
12. That Randy Weaver has given permission to Cause Foundation to raise money for a Civil Case against the United States Government.
13. That Randy Weaver has given a power of attorney to Gerry Spence, Charles Peterson and Gary Gilman to file a Civil Action on his behalf, but has asked that Cause Foundation be included in the team that prosecutes the action.
14. That Cause Foundation, P.O. Box 1235, Black Mountain, N.C. 28711, is determined to stay in the case, raise money for the Civil action, and stand ready in cooperation with the Christian community to support the Criminal defense team to the limits of their ability, and be ready to take over the prosecution of the Civil action if Randy Weaver so desires, or if the current attorneys drop the case. That having the support and financial backing of the Christian community will strengthen the negotiating ability of Cause Foundation in dealing with the other attorneys on the case. That whether Gerry Spence likes it or not, the Christian Communities involvement in the Weaver case is crucial to the success of the case, and their interests are not contrary to the interests of Randy Weaver and Kevin Harris. 14. That research on a comprehensive class action suit on behalf of all Identity believers be initiated.
15. That a letter be written to Randy Weaver & Kevin Harris regarding the rights to their story.
16. That a letter be written to Gerry Spence regarding our disappointment at his failure to attend the Estes Park Conference. 17. That the Christian community is not involved in this case for political and ulterior motives. Our aims are for justice for the Weavers and Kevin Harris, and to see that their fate is not visited on another Christian Family.
PART V REPORT FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
The public works committee has put together a plan to implement a comprehensive communication network known as "Christian News Service" (CNS). (If this name is not already in use.)
GENERAL OVERVIEW
The network will consist of a central information gathering and distribution center. Gathering information will be distributed to other Christian organizations via fax, phone or mail, depending upon the urgency of the situation. These organizations will use their existing newsletters or have their own distribution network to distribute information to concerned parties.
With this network, concerned individuals/organizations will be alerted immediately as to any critical information that may not necessarily be broadcast through the "controlled media" and would allow network organizations to respond accordingly.
Information may be passed up through the organizations to the information center and distributed to the other organizations.
The type of information would mainly be news and current events that might affect the Christian community.
SPECIFICS
Paul Hall has offered the offices of 'The JUBILEE" newspaper for an information distribution center. Here, staff will receive and possibly edit incoming information (if needed) and distribute it accordingly. Mr. Hall says he needs some financial help to get the needed equipment. To get more information on this project write: The JUBILEE, P.O. Box 310, Midpines, CA 95345.
Outside organizations will need to be solicited for participation in the network. Volunteers and committee members will be used in the procurement of participating organizations. Also, organization lists will be utilized in procuring network users.
Funding will come from the participating organizations in the form of suggested minimum donations.
A packet will be prepared to send out to the volunteers detailing the type of organizations the Public Works committee would like to communicate with, and how they should be approached.
A promotional letter will be prepared for the organizations that will be considered from mailing lists.
PART VI REPORT FROM THE S.W.A.T. COMMITTEE
The purpose of this committee is:
"To evaluate what our people would be forced to consider should tyranny and despotism become the order of the day and WHEN no other recourse is available."
To guide our actions we found in Isaiah 52:11-12:
"Depart, depart, go out from there, Touch nothing unclean; Go out of the midst of her, purify yourselves (i.e. REPENT ) you who carry vessels of YAHWEH. Vs. 12 "But you will not go out in haste, Nor will you go as fugitives; FOR YAHWEH WILL GO BEFORE YOU, AND THE GOD OF ISRAEL WILL BE YOUR REAR GUARD."
The attitude in which we approached these ideas is that "You can't play catch-up baseball with panic solutions"!
RESISTANCE
How can we be Biblically resistant? 1) Go to God in prayer and seek HIS will, first. 2) Examine Biblical examples of resistance and follow those. 3) Notify friends, neighbors and others of like mind to make the incident known to others. 4) Attend or help the people at the picket line if a "siege" is underway. a) Make placards (poster boards) with Bible verses to convict the thoughts of the Federallies and/or appeal to other Christians observing. We have to reach the Christian community. b) Establish CREDIBILITY on the "picket line." At ALL times.ACT LIKE CHRISTIANS AND ACT LIKE MEN! (Remain calm. The person, who remains calm, is the one in CONTROL of the situation). Consider whether or not the WOMEN should be at the FRONT of the "picket line." 5) Find out the name(s) of the alleged perpetrators and victim and print in whatever media available. Name the tyrant. 6) IMMEDIATELY gather as much data as possible for the ensuing legal battle (e.g. take notes on witness' testimony). 7) Equip ourselves to protect ourselves physically. 8) Remember, if absolutely nothing had been done in the Weaver situation, then the ENTIRE FAMILY MOST LIKELY WOULD'VE BEEN ELIMINATED!
TO PROTECT YOURSELF
1) Consider purchasing a CELLULAR PHONE. The reason to purchase the phone is to allow you the FLEXIBILITY to contact the NATIONAL HOTLINE in the event you are not able to use a regular telephone. (e.g. when the adversary cuts the telephone lines, if you are in your car, or alone in the woods). MAKE PACTS WITH YOUR SPOUSE & FAMILY
1) Never retire at night angry with your spouse. (You never know when they may come at 4 a.m.). If you are forced to leave her for awhile, you want to leave on good grounds. 2) Each spouse should know that the other can live the rest of their life with the comfort that they are in accordance with God's will. 3) Establish "code words" that instruct your spouse on what to do and vice versa.
NATIONAL CRISIS HOTLINE
1) The victim (could also be your wife or children) usually will be able to make one call only. Contact your spiritual leader. 2) Have several telephone numbers to call in an emergency. 3) Help will be generated by the recipient of the telephone call. 5) The recipient should contact the prayer chain. 6) The victim could use CODE WORDS to communicate an urgent message and/or a potentially dangerous situation to their spouse. 7) Consider who should respond to the plea for help. 8) Help should be given to the family of the victim. 9) Advertise the telephone number in the Jubilee or similar newspaper (newsletter).
LEADERLESS RESISTANCE
1) Whatever is done should be done in ACCORDANCE with God's will and with our Messiah and Christ as the LEADER. 2) Whatever resistance is done should be done without an earthly leader. 3) Because we have been INFILTRATED as a nation and NOT invaded by a foreign ARMY we for the time being, can best fight with the "pen" and other types of NON-PHYSICAL RESISTANCE. "The pen can be mightier than the sword."
EXAMPLES OF LEADERLESS RESISTANCE (Let those who have eyes to see-see and ears to hear-hear)
A) Judges 3:15 to 30 (Ehud put a sword in the fat belly of King Eglon of Moab). B) Judges 6:11 (Gideon hid the winepress from the Midianites). C) Exodus 2:11-12 (Moses took care of the Egyptian beating the Israelite). D) Joshua 2:1-7 (Rahab the harlot's help to the two men, who were spies).
EXAMPLES OF CIVIL RESISTANCE
A) Judges 7:22 (Gideon and the 300 men attacked and routed the Midianites. The Midianites ended up TURNING THEIR SWORDS UPON THEMSELVES).
SURVIVALIST HANDBOOKS
There are many books available that address the survivalist options available to us. You may purchase the book of your choice.
BIBLICAL QUESTIONS TO PONDER
Were any Bible characters in a situation where tyranny and despotism became the order of the day?
How did Bible characters handle these situations?
1) How did Daniel react when put in this situation?
2) How did Paul react when put in this situation?
3) How did Joseph react when put in this situation?
4) How did Shadrach, Mechach, and Abednego react when put in this situation?
5) How did Moses react when put in this situation?
6) How did the Midwives react? (Exodus 1:19)
7) How did David react when put in this situation? (e.g. Situation with Saul).
8) How did our Messiah and Christ react when put in this situation? (e.g. The Cross and John the Baptist's beheading).
9) How did Paul react when put in a similar situation?
10) How did Peter and Silas react when they were put in jail as mentioned in Acts?
Would the situations above be EQUIVALENT to the situations we are discussing? If so, why? If not, WHY NOT?
Is the recourse you are considering taking Biblical?
Have we answered the question about removing the guilt of innocent blood as brought forth in DEUTERONOMY 21:1-9?
DON'T BE AFRAID TO GO TO THE "LION'S DEN" IF "YOU ARE PAID UP AND PRAYED UP!"
CONCERNING LEADERLESS RESISTANCE The Swat Committee presents the following article entitled Leaderless Resistance (It has been slightly edited by the Swat Committee). The Swat Committee recommends the reader of this article consider it in light of the Christ being the head (i.e. leader) of His body of believers (Ephesians 1:22,23) who function individually as members of His body (Eph. 5:30). Such people receiving their orders and instructions from their commander in chief through His word and Holy Spirit. (Romans 8:14)
LEADERLESS RESISTANCE by Louis Beam
The concept of Leaderless Resistance was proposed by Col. Ulinus Louis Amoss, who was the founder of International Service of Information Incorporated, located in Baltimore, Maryland. Col. Amoss died more than fifteen years ago, but during his life was a tireless opponent of communism, as well as a skilled Intelligence Officer. Col. Amoss first wrote of Leaderless Resistance on April 17, 1962. His theories of organization were primarily directed against the threat of eventual Communist take over in the United States. We now have the benefit of many years experience beyond Col. Amoss. We have taken his theories and expounded upon them. Col. Amoss feared the Communists. Americans have come to fear the federal government. Communism now represents a threat to no one in the United States, while federal tyranny represents a threat to everyone. We are seeing the last grasps of freedom in America.
America can still produce the brave sons and daughters necessary to fight off ever increasing persecution and oppression. Those who love liberty, and believe in freedom enough to fight for it are rare today, but within the bosom of every once great nation, there remains secreted, the pearls of former greatness. We are a band of brothers, native to the soil gaining strength one from another as we have rushed head long into a battle that all the weaker, timid men, say we can not win. Perhaps...but then again, perhaps we can. It's not over till the last freedom fighter is buried or imprisoned, or the same happens to those who would destroy their liberty.
The government will no doubt make today's oppressiveness look like grade school work compared to what they have planned in the future. Meanwhile, there are those of us who continue to hope that somehow the few can do what the many have not. We are cognizant that before things get better they will certainly get worse as government shows a willingness to use ever more severe police state measures against dissidents. This changing situation makes it clear that those who oppose state repression must be prepared to alter, adapt, and modify their behavior, strategy, and tactics as circumstances warrant. Failure to consider new methods and implement them as necessary will make the government's efforts at suppression uncomplicated. It is the duty of every patriot to make the tyrant's life miserable. When one fails to do so he not only fails himself, but his people.
With this in mind, current methods of resistance to tyranny employed by those who love our people, culture, and heritage must pass a litmus test of soundness. Methods must be objectively measured as to their effectiveness, as well as to whether they make the government's intention of repression more possible or more difficult.
As honest men who have banded together into groups or associations of a political or religious nature are falsely labeled "domestic terrorists:" or "cultists" and suppressed, it will call for: non- organization. One should keep in mind that it is not in the government's interest to eliminate all groups. Some few must remain in order to perpetuate the smoke and mirrors vision for the masses that America is a "free democratic country" where dissent is allowed. Most organizations, however, that possess the potential for effective resistance will not be allowed to continue. Anyone who is so naive as to believe the most powerful government on earth will not try to crush any who pose a real threat to that power, should not be active, but rather, at home studying political history.
The concept of Leaderless Resistance is nothing less than a fundamental departure in theories of organization. The orthodox scheme of organization is diagrammatically represented by the pyramid, with the mass at the bottom and the leader at the top. This fundamental of organization is to be seen not only in armies, which are of course, the best illustration of the pyramid structure, with the mass of soldiery, the privates, at the bottom responsible to corporals who are in turn responsible to sergeants, and so on up the entire chain of command to the generals at the top. But the same structure is seen in corporations, ladies' garden clubs and in our political system itself. This orthodox "pyramid" scheme of organization is to be seen basically in all existing political, social and religious structures in the world d today from the Federal government to the Roman Catholic Church. The Constitution of the United States, in the wisdom of the Founders, tried to sublimate the essential dictatorial nature of pyramidal organization by dividing authority into three: executive, legislative and judicial. But the pyramid remains essentially untouched.
This scheme of organization, the pyramid, is however, not only useless, but extremely dangerous for the participants when it is utilized in a resistance movement against state tyranny. Especially is this so in technologically advanced societies where electronic surveillance can often penetrate the structure revealing its chain of command. Experience has revealed over and over again that anti- state, political organizations utilizing this method of command and control are easy prey for government infiltration, entrapment, and destruction of the personnel involved. This has been seen repeatedly in the United States where pro-government infiltrators or agent provocateurs weasel their way into patriotic groups and destroy them from within.
In the pyramid type of organization, an infiltrator can destroy anything which is beneath his level of infiltration and often those above him as well. If the traitor has infiltrated at the top, then the entire organization from the top down is compromised and may be traduced at will.
An alternative to the pyramid type of organization is the cell system. In the past, many political groups (both right and left) have used the cell system to further their objectives. Two examples will suffice. During the American Revolution "committees of correspondence" were formed throughout the Thirteen colonies. Their purpose was to subvert the government and thereby aid the cause of independence. The "Sons of Liberty", who made a name for themselves dumping government taxed tea into the harbor at Boston, were the action arm of the committees of correspondence. Each committee was a secret cell that operated totally independently of the other cells. Information on the government was passed from committee to committee, from colony to colony, and then acted upon on a local basis. Yet even in these bygone days of poor communication, of weeks to months for a letter to be delivered, the committees without any central direction whatsoever, were remarkable similar in tactics employed to resist government tyranny. It was, as the first American patriots knew, totally unnecessary for anyone to give an order for anything. Information was made available to each committee, and each committee acted as it saw fit.
A recent example of the cell system taken from the left wing of politics are the Communists. The Communist, in order to get around the obvious problems involved in pyramidal organization, developed to an art the cell system. They had numerous independent cells which operated completely isolated from one another and particularly with no knowledge of each other, but were orchestrated together by a central headquarters. For instance, during World War II, in Washington, it is known that there were at least six secret Communist cells operating at high levels in the United States government (plus all the open Communists who were protected and promoted by President Roosevelt), however, only one of the cells was rooted out and destroyed. How many ;more actually were operating no one can say for sure.
The Communist cells which operated in the U.S. until late 1991 under Soviet control could have at their command a leader, who held a social position which appeared to be very lowly. He could be, for example, a busboy in a restaurant, but in reality a colonel or a general in the Soviet Secret Service, the KGB . Under him could be a number of cells and a person active in one cell would almost never have knowledge of individuals who are active in another cell. The value of this is that while any one cell can be infiltrated, exposed or destroyed, such action will have no effect on the other cells; in fact, the members of t he other cells will be supporting that cell which is under attack and ordinarily would lend very strong support to it in many ways. This is at least part of the reason, no doubt, that whenever in the past Communists were attacked in this country, support for them sprang up in many unexpected places.
The efficient and effective operation of a cell system after the Communist model, is of course, dependent upon central direction, which means impressive organization, funding from the top, and outside support, all of which the Communists had. Obviously, American patriots have none of these things at the top or anywhere else, and so an effective cell organization based upon the Soviet system of operation is impossible.
Two things become clear from the above discussion. First, that the pyramid type of organization can be penetrated quite easily and it thus is not a sound method or organization in situations where the government has the resources and desire to penetrate the structure; which is the situation in this country. Secondly, that the normal qualifications for the cell structure based upon the Red model does not exist in the U.S. for patriots. This understood, the question arises "What method is left for those resisting state tyranny?" The answer comes from Col. Amoss who proposed the "Phantom Cell" mode of organization. Which he described as Leaderless Resistance. A system of organization that is based upon the cell organization, but does not have any central control or direction, that is in fact almost identical to the methods used by the Committees of Correspondence during the American Revolution. Utilizing the Leaderless Resistance concept, all individuals and groups operate independently of each other, and never report to a central headquarters or single leader for direction or instruction, as would those who belong to a typical pyramid organization.
At first glance, such a type of organization seems unrealistic, primarily because there appears to be no organization. The natural question thus arises as to how are the "Phantom cells" and individuals to cooperate with each other when there is no intercommunication or central direction? The answer to this question is that participants in a program of Leaderless Resistance through phantom cell or individual action must know exactly what they are doing, and how to do it. It becomes the responsibility of the individual to acquire the necessary skills and information as to what is to be done. This is by no means as impractical as it appears, because it is certainly true that in any movement, all persons involved have the same general outlook, are acquainted with the same philosophy, and generally react to given situations in similar ways. The previous history of the committees of correspondence during the American Revolution show this to be true.
Since the entire purpose of Leaderless Resistance is to defeat state tyranny (at least insofar as this essay is concerned), all members of phantom cells or individuals will tend to react to objective events in the same way through usual tactics of resistance. Organs of information distribution such as newspapers, leaflets, computers, etc., which are widely available to all, keep each person informed of events, allowing for a planned response that will take many variations. No one need issue an order to anyone. Those idealist truly committed to the cause of freedom will act when they feel the time is ripe, or will take their cue from others who precede them. While it is true that much could be said against this type of structure as a method of resistance, it must be kept in mind that Leaderless Resistance is a child of necessity. The alternatives to it have been shown to be unworkable or impractical. Leaderless Resistance has worked before in the American Revolution, and if the truly committed put it to use for themselves, it will work now.
It goes almost without saying that Leaderless Resistance leads to very small or even one man cells of resistance. Those who join organizations to play "let's pretend" or who are "groupies" will quickly be weeded out. While for those who are serious about their opposition to federal despotism, this is exactly what is desired.
From the point of view of tyrants and would be potentates in the federal bureaucracy and police agencies, nothing is more desirable than that those who oppose them be UNIFIED in their command structure, and that EVERY person who opposes them belong to a pyramid type group. Such groups and organizations are an easy kill. Especially in light of the fact that the Justice Department promised in 1987 that there would never be another group that opposed them that they did not have at least one informer in. These federal "friends of government" are intelligence agents. They gather information that can be used at the whim of a federal D.A. to prosecute. The line of battle has been drawn. Patriots are required therefore, to make a conscious decision to either aid the government in its illegal spying, by continuing with old methods of organization and resistance, or to make the enemies' job more difficult by implementing effective countermeasures.
Conversely, the last thing Federal snoops would have, if they had any choice in the matter, is a thousand different small phantom cells opposing them. It is easy to see why. Such a situation is an intelligence nightmare for a government intent upon knowing everything they possibly can about those who oppose them. The Federals, able to amass overwhelming strength of numbers, manpower, resources, intelligence gathering, and capability at any given time, need only a focal point to direct their anger. A single penetration of a pyramid type of organization can lead to the destruction of the whole. Whereas, Leaderless Resistance presents no single opportunity for the Federals to destroy a significant portion of the Resistance.
With the announcement by the Department of Justice that 300 FBI agents formerly assigned to watching Soviet spies in the U.S. (domestic counter intelligence) are now to be used to "combat crime", the federal government is preparing the way for a major assault upon those persons opposed to their policies. Many anti-government groups dedicated to the preservation of the America of our forefathers are now feeling the brunt of a new federal assault upon liberty.
"If every person has the right to defend--even by force--his person, his liberty, and his property, then it follows that a group of men have the right to organize and support a common force to protect these rights constantly." The Law. Frederick Bastiat Paris, 1850
PART VII OTHER THOUGHTS AND DISSENTING OPINIONS
Some felt people caught in a situation such as happened to the Weaver family should seriously consider the consequences of surrender. It was felt Mr. Weaver's surrender was wise considering there were the lives of 3 children at risk. However, in other instances death may be more preferable and beneficial than surrender. "Since then the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil; and might deliver those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives." (Hebrews 2:14 and 15)
A few people felt Mr. Weaver had a poor reputation as a Christian man and that it was an error to rush to his defense. The men that promoted this position and had information on this subject was allowed to present his case before the Divine Ways and Means Committee. This issue was also brought up in the General Committee and the men felt it was not an issue. Most felt Mr. Weavers reputation was not the issue at hand and that the issue was concerning the government killing of Mr Weaver's wife and son. Concerning the issue of his reputation Mr. Weaver could not defend himself. One speaker pointed out that when Abraham came to the aid of Lot, Lot was not necessarily a righteous man but it was right for Abraham to come to his aid.
Some felt more emphasis needed to be placed on the command in Deut. 17:14-15 and that the destruction of white Christian people will continue until the stranger is removed from the position of being over His people.
A concern of many was the anti-Christs forces attempts to generate an opened armed confrontation of some sort. Reports from the protest lines that existed in Idaho during the Weaver siege indicate authorities at times were trying to provoke the people into a confrontation. People need to beware of such a ploy. Beware also of any man such as an ex government man that may be wanting to rally troops for an open armed confrontation.
Genocide was being perpetrated by the government against the Weaver family. The charge of genocide needs to be brought against the United States Government on the floor of the United Nations. This could be done by taking this issue to a 3rd world government (such as the Arab government) that in turn could present a charge against the U.S. government at the United Nations.
Certain media sources and government entities are labeling people such as the Weaver family white separatists or white supremacists. It needs to be determined who is doing this and by what authority. Said people need to be forced to define such terms and labels. It appears such terms are being used by a New World Order crowd with the definition being "terrorists of the New World Order".
The Cause foundation mentioned in the notes from the legal and lawful affairs committee wishes to pursue a civil rights suit against the government on behalf of the Weaver family. The Cause foundation is a non-profit legal foundation whose address is: P.O. Box 1235, Black Mountain, N.C. 28711. To do such a suit will require a considerable amount of money and thus Cause needs donations. Some however had the dissenting opinion that such a suit may be in violation of scripture that says "More over you shall not take ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death." (Numbers 35:31) Others felt such a suit may be acceptable in addition to the death penalty. Some wanted it known such a suit will take 5, 10 or possibly 15 years.
OPEN LETTER TO WEAVER FAMILY
An OPEN LETTER TO:
Randy Weaver Sara Weaver Rachel Weaver Elishibea Weaver Kevin Harris
Impelled by the spirit of our HEAVENLY FATHER, and hearing the cry of innocent blood shed in the land, WE, 160 Christian men assembled for three days of prayer and counsel, at Estes Park, Colorado.
At our gathering the sad events of Ruby Creek were recounted.
We have not words to write nor mouths to speak that can adequately express the sorrow and the righteous indignation we feel at your tragic loss.
We have not the power to restore to you the loved ones who were cruelly stolen from you!
But as Christian men, led by the word of our Heavenly Father, we are determined to never rest while you are in peril and distress!
We are determined to employ HIS strength and to work continually to insure that Vicki and Samuel's mortal sacrifices were not in vain!
We call for Divine Judgment upon the wicked and the guilty who shed the blood of Vicki and Samuel!
We are committed to standing by you the living, in your hour of trial!
We are committed to keeping you continually in our prayers and to do all in our physical and spiritual power to relieve your distress. Furthermore, we are committed to seeking justice for you and your slain loved ones on behalf of all Christians of goodwill. AMEN
Resolved this Sunday, the 25th day of October, in the year of our CREATOR, one thousand nine hundred and ninety two.
RECORDED MESSAGES FROM THE 1992 ROCKY MOUNTAIN RENDEZVOUS
RMR01 - Steve Graber, Kansas MR. Graber is the former Christian attorney responsible for the recent Hutchinson, Kansas court ruling stating life begins at conception. He tells that story and relates the miracles involved. Mr. Graber was with the Rutherford Institute and was initially approached by some to take the Weaver case before Mr. Spence took it.
RMR02 - Red Beckman, Montana Relates a news article telling what a police state system fears more than trained terrorists. Guess what it is??
RMR03 - Kirk Lyons, North Carolina MR. Lyons is the attorney with CAUSE foundation who wishes to pursue a civil rights suit on the Weaver's behalf. He makes it clear the destruction of the Weaver family may just be the beginning.
RMR04 - Chris Temple, Montana Gives an eye opening account on what happened on the protest line during the siege of the Weaver family.
RMR05 - Louis Beam, Texas Tells his own horror story of how and when he was arrested for and tried for sedition. It's a moving story which includes the details of a miracle. Louis ties it into the persecution and destruction of the Weaver family.
RMR06 - Pastor Greg Dixon, Indiana Gives a message entitled "The Theology of Christian Resistance" and reveals what is and that it is not carnal weapons of the flesh in opposing tyranny. (To be sent out on the SFA tape ministry.)
RMR07 - Charles Weisman, Minnesota Relates our situation today to that which existed in the 1700's and shows the differences between what the patriots faced then versus now.
RMR08 - Peter J. Peters, Colorado Message entitle "Eyes to See." Why is there only one thing that will stop the tyrannical New World Order and what is it? (To be sent out on the SFA tape ministry.)
RMR10 - Reily Donica, Oklahoma When you hear this message, which relates a true personal story of a family facing death, you'll know why one must learn to pray and hold on to his "sword."
RMR11 - Reily Donica, Gives Sunday morning communion talk.
RMR12 - John Nelson Pt. 1, Colorado MR. Nelson is famous for his legal research and knowledge and he shares it in regards to the Weaver family's persecution. He addresses one world government, Interpol and American's losing their birthright.
RMR13 - John Nelson Pt. 2, Continuation of Pt. 1
RMR14 - Larry Pratt, Pt. 1, Washington, D.C. Mr. Pratt is the head of Gun Owners of America, the best pro-gun organization in America. He relates what police state tactics are going on elsewhere in America and how our 2nd amendment rights are being eroded even by other so-called pro-gun organizations. This tape also includes questions and answer period.
RMR15- Larry Pratt, Pt. 2, Continuation of Pt. 1
RMR16 - This tape contains 4 speakers Tom Stetson, Idaho Reports what he found at the site where Samuel Weaver died. Richard Butler, Idaho Pastor of Aryan nations, who has been smeared by the Jew controlled media tells who is our enemy. Frank Isabell, California This retired lawman has good and Scriptural advice for all. Doug Pue, Arizona Addresses how our children are being targeted through inoculations.
RMR17 - This tape contains 2 speakers. Earl Jones, New Mexico Short report concerning possible concentration camps. Doug Evers - Wisconsin Addresses government police state tactics in the health field.
RMR18 - This tape contains 2 speakers Del Knudson, Washington Gives personal testimony of what he and his family recently experienced at the hands of the BATF. This tape is concluded with: S.A. Freeman Tells what others are doing to stop police brutality
RMR19 - General Assembly Includes S.A. Freeman who explains his new USA plan.
RMR20 - Final committee reports - Pt. 1
RMR21 - Final committee reports - Pt. 2
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