GOD SHOWED ME THE SOURCE CODE IN ALL CREATION -EJ Ouellette

Source code:

A prophet named Dick Mills came to me and began to prophesy to me. He began to prophesy that the Lord was going to drop a bombshell of wisdom into my life, and that I would have the wisdom of a great theologian. Although he prophesied many other things this word is just in regards to the "wisdom".

30 days later the Lord took me to heaven in which I spent four hours. During that time I walked through pathways with the Father as he poured into my life an incredible amount of wisdom. Although little of it seemed apparent at the time it took many years to fully understand some of the things I saw and heard. This is one of those things.

The wisdom given to me was so profound it was almost impossible to listen to any preaching anymore. All of it seemed so childlike and I felt like I was back in kindergarten. Every message I heard seemed so simplistic it was unbearable listening to these messages. Even things that seemed profound for thousands of years were brought back to me and I was given a much clearer understanding.

It was after that, many years actually, that I had another trip to heaven in which God showed me the source code of all creation. I was brought up to a heavenly place, which was void of any furniture or belongings. It was more of a large white room. Floating in space were two large whiteboards they were about the size of blackboards in a school. They were about 5 feet high and 8 feet long. It was hard to tell. The Lord stood beside me and spoke to me; he brought out a person that I did not know. When he did all of the whiteboards were instantly covered in an extremely complex mathematical equation. I understood the equation perfectly and in fact the equation represented this man's life completely. It showed everything from the day he was born to the day he died. I knew instantly, that this is how the Lord sees our lives all of the time and that he saw us on a flat plane and with our complete life before him. Everything we did and accomplished in our whole lifetime was in this equation. I understood this completely perfectly with a heavenly mind and I was able to perceive things exactly as God saw them. Suddenly this man said some encouraging words and instantly I could see how the equation affected other people. Whenever he would encourage it would affect other lives. Then without warning he also cursed and I saw the chain of events that would ensue because of these words and how it affected those in the family and those around him. In fact the question was so complex it branched out and became part of all the members of his immediate sphere. I saw equations with lots of V’s. I knew these represented variables in people's lives. These variables could change based on circumstances that could be issued through prayer for instance or other outside influences. To show me, the Lord initiated a change in the variable and it caused the complex equation to change instantly to a new outcome. I realized that this discounted any fate philosophy and that truly we have far more control in our lives and the outcome than we thought.

 The Lord brought out a woman this time. Again, I instantly saw the complex equation on the boards and instantly knew every part of her life right up until the time she would die. Again it was filled with V’s representing the variables that could influence the outcome in any time. This time Lord showed me that when she prayed for something that it was a variable that was influenced on and instantly changed the entire formula again. It was clear that whenever she prayed it would affect her life and the outcome.

This time the Lord began to show me far more complex equations and showed me how He created the entire universe through mathematical equations. Everything He ever thought everything he ever designed everything he ever wanted and made He used a mathematical formula to create it. I saw some formulas that seemed like it went on for a mile and he gave me the ability to understand every part of it.

He then showed me how man was like a dog and was incapable of the deeper understanding of things. He created man this way on purpose so that while he was on earth, man would not become proud or become corrupted by this deep knowledge.  He showed me many things about the world that I cannot talk about. One thing that was important was that he gave man a comic book version so that we could comprehend some things. This is what we know of as symbolism. Although I was interested in the symbolism in the past I noticed that after my 4 hour encounter with God I know longer desired it as my understanding of the deeper things grew astronomically. He told me in fact that in Numbers 12 when he said he talked with Moses face to face and not in riddles it was the same thing. God had opened up his mind to perceive “The Plan” from His point of view. This would give him the ability to forge through the persecution and impart a deep drive to complete the task and wouldn’t be hindered by stubborn man. These comic book thinkers would always be hindered by narrow-mindedness and would have hindered his task.

I felt like Neo from the Matrix when I awoke and I noticed that my thinking changed dramatically from that day forward. What else that was unique, is the Lord allowed me to retain much of the understanding in the mathematics of all things. I felt so honored by God that he would show me this, as math was my favorite subject in high school and I received 99% in Grade 12 math.

EJ Ouellette

Powerful Solar Storm Could Shut Down U.S. for Months -peaks in 2012

Powerful Solar Storm Could Shut Down U.S. for Months

Robert Roy Britt - 1/09/09

A new study from the National Academy of Sciences outlines grim possibilities on Earth for a worst-case scenario solar storm.

Damage to power grids and other communications systems could be catastrophic, the scientists conclude, with effects leading to a potential loss of governmental control of the situation.

The prediction is based in part on a major solar storm in 1859 that caused telegraph wires to short out in the United States and Europe, igniting widespread fires.

It was perhaps the worst in the past 200 years, according to the new study, and with the advent of modern power grids and satellites, much more is at risk.

"A contemporary repetition of the [1859] event would cause significantly more extensive (and possibly catastrophic) social and economic disruptions," the researchers conclude.

'Command and control might be lost'

When the sun is in the active phase of its 11-year cycle, it can unleash powerful magnetic storms that disable satellites, threaten astronaut safety, and even disrupt communication systems on Earth.

The worst storms can knock out power grids by inducing currents that melt transformers.

Modern power grids are so interconnected that a big space storm — the type expected to occur about once a century — could cause a cascade of failures that would sweep across the United States, cutting power to 130 million people or more in this country alone, the new report concludes.

Such widespread power outages, though expected to be a rare possibility, would affect other vital systems.

Outages could take months to fix, the researchers say. Banks might close, and trade with other countries might halt.

"Emergency services would be strained, and command and control might be lost," write the researchers, led by Daniel Baker, director of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

"Whether it is terrestrial catastrophes or extreme space weather incidents, the results can be devastating to modern societies that depend in a myriad of ways on advanced technological systems," Baker said in a statement released with the report.

Stormy past

Solar storms have had significant effects in modern time:

— In 1989, the sun unleashed a tempest that knocked out power to all of Quebec, Canada.

— A remarkable 2003 rampage included 10 major solar flares over a two-week period, knocking out two Earth-orbiting satellites and crippling an instrument aboard a Mars orbiter.

"Obviously, the sun is Earth's life blood," said Richard Fisher, director of the Heliophysics division at NASA. "To mitigate possible public safety issues, it is vital that we better understand extreme space weather events caused by the sun's activity."

"Space weather can produce solar storm electromagnetic fields that induce extreme currents in wires, disrupting power lines, causing wide-spread blackouts and affecting communication cables that support the Internet," the report states. "Severe space weather also produces solar energetic particles and the dislocation of the Earth's radiation belts, which can damage satellites used for commercial communications, global positioning and weather forecasting."

Rush to prepare

The race is on for better forecasting abilities, as the next peak in solar activity is expected to come around 2012.

While the sun is in a lull now, activity can flare up at any moment, and severe space weather — how severe, nobody knows — will ramp up a year or two before the peak.

Some scientists expect the next peak to bring more severe events than other recent peaks.

"A catastrophic failure of commercial and government infrastructure in space and on the ground can be mitigated through raising public awareness, improving vulnerable infrastructure and developing advanced forecasting capabilities," the report states. "Without preventive actions or plans, the trend of increased dependency on modern space-weather sensitive assets could make society more vulnerable in the future."

The report was commissioned and funded by NASA. Experts from around the world in industry, government and academia participated. It was released this week.

STRANGE SOUNDS ARE HEARD ALL OVER THE WORLD

I though this was pretty interesting but I havent gotten anything from God about it. Found this scripture.
Jeremiah 25:31
King James Version (KJV)
31A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD

THE GOAT FARMERS OF THE WEST AND OF THE UNITED STATES Vision by JW Johnston

THE GOAT FARMERS OF THE WEST AND OF THE UNITED STATES

Over the last several months the Holy Spirit kept quickening me to write about the goat farmers of the west.  I was clueless about what a goat farmer is, and the Holy Spirit said, “I will help you”. Here is what I was shown.

Let the message begin!

I was transported into a giant church parking lot and I stood there looking around and I saw hundreds of cars.  My attention was drawn to the Great Warrior King Jesus, who said “Look and behold!”  I looked and I noticed that all the cars were brand new and there was not a ragged car in the whole parking lot.

I noticed there were crowds of people going into this mega church. I saw that all the women were dressed in the finest apparel with the finest jewelry and expensive hand bags and the smell of fine perfume.  As we walked towards the entrance of the church I noticed all the men were wearing expensive suits and they were reeking of the finest colognes.  I noticed on the outside they all looked clean, trim and proper and without a care in the world.

As we approached the front door of this huge mega church I also noticed there were gallows blocks as far as the eyes could see.  There I saw sheep hanging two feet off the ground strung up by their hind quarters.  They had bibles tucked under their front legs.  They looked like they were paralyzed and could not move. They were strung up as though they were outcasts and were about to be slaughtered.

I found it a very strange and bizarre sight to behold. Image walking into a mega church and seeing sheep hanging on gallows blocks two feet off the ground!  As the people went into the church and got seated, the auditorium filled up. Then, the Great Warrior King Jesus said to me, “Look and behold, and pay strict attention to what you are about to see.”  Most of the things He was showing me and telling me I have known for many years, but brother what I saw in this vision was unbelievable!

This goes with the writings in the Book of Ezekiel.

I sat down in a front row seat and the Pastor came up and called the congregation to order. They began the worship with a rock and roll band that was a big entertainment type band. This band was to entertain the hundreds of people who had come into the church.  The Holy Spirit said “Look and pay close attention to what I am about to show you.”  As I looked at this rock and roll band and the so called choir and the worshipers, I noticed that there was a giant golden calf on the stage.

I said “Father I know that the golden calf was worshiped in Egypt. And I know that the Hebrews built a golden calf while they were waiting for Moses to come down with the Ten Commandments because they had grown impatient and decided to build their own god that they could see, touch and worship.” And He said to me “this is all entertainment and spectacle.” He said “They do not care about me or my teachings, it is all entertainment.”  He said “Ninety-nine percent of the worshiping that you see with this rock and roll band and with the golden calf is sin in my eyes!”

I continued to listen and pay attention to what was going on around me.  After they hyped the people up with their worship, I noticed that not one song pertained to the cleansing blood of Christ Jesus for the remission of sin and for healing and deliverance.  The worship was for entertainment and they deleted every song that pertained to the cleansing blood of Jesus Christ.  The reason is because they are in gross sin and the thought of the blood of Jesus makes them cringe. Without hearing of the blood of Jesus they would not be made to think of their sin.

Then the Father said “These are nothing but dead symbols, they do not impress me at all.”

I continued to look on as God the Father let me see other things.  The Pastor got up and read a few announcements and told how sweet everything is and how well everything is going. He spoke about the building funds and all that the church was doing. 

Then immediately in the spirit realm all the people in the church, except for a few, took on the appearance of goats.  I looked up at the Pastor and the strangest thing took place right before my eyes.  I saw him transform into a goat!  What amazed me was he had the legs of a goat, the chest of a man, and the arms of a man, but his head looked like the head of a goat with huge horns.  It blew my mind!  I stared at this in amazement and asked the Father “Lord, what is this?” He said, “This is a goat farmer. I will tell you more about him later.”

As I turned around and looked at all the people in the church, except for a few, I noticed I was surrounded by goats. The people’s heads were that of a goat!  I was amazed and said “How is this?”  He said “Let me explain something to you.  The goat farmers never preach on gross sin or wickedness. They never preach or talk about eternal damnation. They preach prosperity gospel and never talk about going into the Garden of Gethsemane to be tested and broken. Most of what you see right now is a bunch of rebellious asses.”  I said “Lord, why am I here, for I already know this has been going on?”  He said “I want to show you first hand.” 

As I looked through the congregation they were all clapping and cheering. They were all very wealthy and were making some kind of confession of Jesus, but deep down inside they did not know Him, did not know the gifts of the Holy Spirit nor did they move in the gifts.  They knew nothing of the Holy Spirit.  Some prayed for their conscious’ sake, but for the most part they wanted their cake and to eat it too; they wanted prosperity.  They wanted and loved the things of the world.  The goat farmer never taught them nor trained them that if they wanted to be a disciple and wanted to follow after Jesus they would have to crucify their flesh. It is their flesh that gets them in trouble.  The flesh leads them astray; the flesh causes them to fall away.  This is what Satan prays upon, the flesh. 

The goat farmer pastor told the people/goats that God was going to bless everybody and told them to make sure they give their weekly tithe. He said to give ten percent of their weekly income and God would bless them ten fold. 

What amazed me was that the goat farmers are riding around in 60 and 70 thousand dollar cars, living in $700,000 to one million dollar homes, plus all the perks and per diems that go with it.  I was amazed at everything I was seeing!

The Father wanted me to watch the next part of it.  I looked and beheld the prophets of the church, and they were prophesying about the great by and by and how great everything was and how God was going to bless them, and how God was going to take care of them and do all these great things, and that they were all going to have great wealth and prosperity.

I was reminded of what Jesus says in scripture, “Woe to you when all men speak well of you, For so did their fathers to the false prophets.” (Luke 6:26)

These are the same goat false prophets who prophesy the delusions of their minds, never warning or prophesying to the people to repent of their sins or to repent of ancestral and generational sins. They NEVER tell the people to humble themselves and kneel and fall on their face before God All Mighty and be delivered and set free.  This is never taught in the church. 

The goat farmer Pastor then gave a lukewarm, watered down message to the congregation.  In my opinion he blew smoke up their butts and made them feel good! He never mentioned repentance of gross sin, sexual morality, witchcraft, sorcery, idolatry, pride, hatred, bitterness, envy, strife, lust, fornication, adultery.  Year after year the goat farmer never once talked about these things.  The goat farmer never talks about dividing the year up into four quarters. Three months of teaching of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, three months of teaching of exorcism, demons and spiritual warfare, and three months on evangelism, three months on the holiness and the reverence of God. It is a free for all in the churches today!  Everybody in this church did what seemed right in their own eyes and God’s red hot anger burned at them, but they were too far gone to realize they had been turned over to a reprobate mind.

Scripture says in 2 Th 2:11 “God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie.” Scripture also says inIsa 66:4 "So will I choose their delusions, And bring their fears on them; Because, when I called, no one answered, When I spoke they did not hear; But they did evil before My eyes, And chose that in which I do not delight."

God is now sending a lie and they believe it.  It is not the devil; it is God sending it because they have no love of the truth. 

The prophet Ezekiel speaks of why God really destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Yes God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because they were living in sin but Sodom's prosperity had caused them to grow prideful and neglect the poor and needy. They would do nothing but feed their own flesh, and because of this God destroyed them.

Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy. (Ezekiel 16:49)

Most goat church people don’t understand this. We must help the elderly; help the poor, the down and out and the outcasts.  God has once again been provoked into red hot anger.  In the days to come, Russian T-9 tanks are going to level every church in the United States and this will be God’s justice because the church of the west has become so satanically and demonically corrupt that God’s red hot anger is burning at them and they are too stupid to realize it.

After this I went outside and there I saw the sheep hanging on the gallows blocks.  I approached the sheep and started talking to them and I asked “Why have you been strung up by your hind quarters?”  “Why are you hanging upside down here?”  One sheep said, “I tried to warn the Pastor that the Satanists infiltrated the church and have set up shop here. I was told it was a bunch of nonsense and he told me not to talk such foolishness again and to get out and don’t come back to this church speaking that type of nonsense.” 

I talked to another sheep and he said, “I tried to warn the congregation to repent of their sins and humble themselves and bow down like a bent reed and repent of their idolatries and witchcraft. I was thrown out and told to shut up and that I was a heretic”. 

I spoke to another sheep that is a prophet and asked “Why are you strung up here?” He said, “Because I kept telling the pastor that the full and complete day of darkness is coming upon the world.  I told the pastor that he needed to call the whole congregation to repentance and to be broken and contrite before the Lord because the great day of darkness is coming upon the earth. He told me to shut up that they didn’t want any doomsday prophets in their church.”

I went down the line talking to the strung up sheep and heard the horror stories of how they were abused and kicked out and how some of the sheep asked for humanitarian aid and groceries.  The shepherds, these goat farmers, said “We don’t have enough money so we can’t help you.”  Yet it is amazing that they can drive around in a 60,000 dollar car and live in a million dollar home with all the perks and per diems and couldn’t take $150 to $200 out of his pocket to give to one of his congregational member’s so they could get some groceries.

God’s red hot anger is burning at these shepherd’s and the leaders of HIS flock.  Little do they realize that the scripture will soon be fulfilled, for on that day God will separate the sheep from the goats.  (Mat 25:32-33)

There are many true little sheep and many have done everything in their power with the Holy Spirit to warn the goats not to go the way they are going. But the goats refuse to listen so these sheep have become outcasts.

I encourage you to remember what is written in the Book of Revelation chapter 18:4, come out of her my people and do not participate in her sin.

If you have become an outcast in your church because you have tried to warn of gross sin and are doing the Word of God the Father; or because you don’t have the fine apparel or a bunch of money and a nice car and a nice home, be encouraged! Your reward is going to be great!  I encourage you sheep to keep on doing that which Jesus has told you to do; feed the poor, help the homeless, be a friend to the friendless, love the unlovable, and seek God’s face night and day, and be found having faith when He returns.  You have the greatest gift, the power of the Holy Spirit!

God Bless You!

John W. Johnston

Dreamed about a woman that was dead floating in a pool. EJ Ouellette

Monday, January 30, 2012

Dreamed about a woman that was dead floating in a pool.

I dreamed that some woman came to me and told me I had to come and get the body. She led me into a room where there was a small swimming pool. It was one of those small aboveground kids pools that was about 3 feet deep. When I entered in, it was a morbid scene and everyone was avoiding looking towards the pool. There was a woman floating face up and was extremely bloated and obviously had been in the pool for a long time. I pulled her to the edge of the pool and dragged her out onto the ground. Everyone had left the room because they did not see the scene or at least that's what I thought. I decided that this wasn't good enough that she didn't have to die. I began commanding her to come back to life and I started praying very loudly and fervently. Slowly, little by little, as I kept shouting “I command you in the name of Jesus to rise from the dead” she began to change. At first a little bit of color started coming back in her face and then the swelling seemed to be receding. In no time at all she coughed and began to breathe. I was a little bit shocked and extremely happy. As I went to hug her she began to change into a little girl. When I pulled back she looked to be about three years old and I began to weep openly and even started sobbing at this incredible miracle of God's love.

I then awoke.

THIS IS WHAT WE ARE UP AGAINST-The truth channel

THE HIDDEN AGENDA by Lindsay Williams

These 3 one hour videos are a must see. Everything this guy says is exactly what God told me in my prayer time and through dreams in the late 1990's just before GW Bush jr was president. Every time I tried to tell people they thought I was crazy. Nobody wanted to take their head out of the sand and listen. Even still no one wants to hear what God said to me.

MIDWEST QUAKE CUTS USA IN HALF AND FLOODS TORONTO.

Nov 1996

Dreamt I was standing in Toronto.  It was at night and seemed very dark and gloomy.  I saw Small River in front of me in and a tree next to it.  Up on top of the hill to my right I saw a church and it was packed to capacity.  To the left of the Church there appeared to be a golf course.  I was just about to cross the river and go up to the church when I heard a giant explosion.  For some reason I was able to see clearly all the way to Niagara Falls and I saw and heard a giant earthquake.  It scared me to the core.  I saw the Niagara Falls collapse and the water from Lake Erie came pouring down flooding Lake Ontario then Toronto.  The wall of water was at least 40 stories high was headed straight at me, I knew there was no hope.  I jumped quickly across the small river and ran up to the church.  As I put my hand on the door handle I realized it was already too late and the water was right there.

A few months after this dream the church I was attending acquired a new building.  When I saw the building for the first time I realized it was the one in this dream and even the golf course was adjacent.

Joe Ouellette

U.S. Rent in Half By Quake

Recounted by Steve Wilkins

Here's an amazing revelation.  My friend Carol told me that back in 1988 after having fasted for 24 days she was driving down a road about 20 miles south of St. Louis which runs alongside the New Madrid Fault line.  She was "Listening to Christian radio and lost signal while changing channels as I entered the New Madridtown.  Just the day before an earthquake had been warned of there and disc jockeys were making fun of the hospitals that had evacuated intensive care patients to hospitals for 100-150 miles around.  I said, 'Lord, listen to them laugh and make fun of this.'

"The Lord spoke to me audibly right there.  Virtually word for word what Matthew 24:37,38 says: 'As in the days of Noah, they were drinking, marrying, giving in marriage, and partying, and I sent My flood, and so shall I send My quake, for no man or instruments will pick up My quake.'  It was audible and He answered me instantly.

"The prophetic word had come in at a worship New Year's service in 1978 in Minneapolis, MN.  That the Lord was going to bring an earthquake that will split the U.S. in half like from Chicago to New Orleans, at least 50 miles wide.  Towns and hospitals will fall into the big dark hole.  Then it was confirmed by my friend and daughter's youth pastor at a prophetic service.  During the break, I told her what the Lord had spoken to me in 1988 and she said, 'Carol, that was the year my husband and I got married, and I was having a devotional one evening and the Lord showed me in a vision the earth breaking open from like Canada to New Orleans.'  We just stared at each other for we didn't know each other when these things came forth.  She said, 'Carol, it was so horrific I screamed!'"

In further talking with Carol I realized she has not totally understood the meaning of that verse in connection with those words except that it was speaking prophetically about the last days.  I told her that when it says in the verse "The DAY that Noah entered the Ark" that was prophetically when the DAY of the LORD would begin in our future! Carol was being told by revelation a Major event that will happen on the DAY of the Lord.

Here's an interesting excerpt from an article in June 2006 talking about the New Madrid Fault line:

Is an earthquake inevitable for Saint Louis?

That's what the experts are saying. Even though St. Louis is 2,000 miles from California, the talk about an earthquake is becoming big conversation.

Missouri sits on the New Madrid Fault line, which experts say is getting worse all the time. They are predicting that St. Louis will have a sizeable earthquake in the near future. St. Louis officials are taking it very seriously, and have put together a new set of codes regarding earthquake shut-off valves, and Seismic bracing.

US Divided by Major Quake

Luke Marshall - 7/15/07

I woke up suddenly, sat straight up in bed and saw this statement:  UNITED STATES DIVIDED BY MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE!   This repeated 3 times in about 10 seconds.  Whether it was a dream or a vision I do not know for I have had many experiences like this lately.

CHEAP GRACE from Dietrich Bonhoeffer's book THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP

THE CHEAP GRACE MOVEMENT HAS GOT TO BE ONE OF THE MOST DAMAGING FALSE DOCTRINES OF OUR TIME.

THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP is a book by the German Theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, considered a classic of Christian thought. The original German title is simply Nachfolge (Discipleship). It is centred around an exposition of the Sermon on the Mount, in which Bonhoeffer spells out what he believes it means to follow Christ. It was first published in 1937, when the rise of the Nazi regime was underway in Germany and against this background that Bonhoeffer's theology of costly discipleship developed, which ultimately led to his death.

One of the most quoted parts of the book deals with the distinction which Bonhoeffer makes between "cheap" and "costly" grace. But what is "cheap" grace? In Bonhoeffer's words:

"cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline. Communion without confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ."

Or, even more clearly, it is to hear the gospel preached as follows: "Of course you have sinned, but now everything is forgiven, so you can stay as you are and enjoy the consolations of forgiveness." The main defect of such a proclamation is that it contains no demand for discipleship. In contrast to this is costly grace:

"costly grace confronts us as a gracious call to follow Jesus, it comes as a word of forgiveness to the broken spirit and the contrite heart. It is costly because it compels a man to submit to the yoke of Christ and follow him; it is grace because Jesus says: "My yoke is easy and my burden is light." "

Bonhoeffer argues that as Christianity spread, the Church became more "secularised", accommodating the demands of obedience to Jesus to the requirements of society. In this way, "the world was Christianised, and grace became its common property." But the hazard of this was that thegospel was cheapened, and obedience to the living Christ was gradually lost beneath formula and ritual, so that in the end, grace could literally be sold for monetary gain.

But all the time, within the church, there had been a living protest against this process: the monastic movement. This served as a "place where the older vision was kept alive." Unfortunately, "monasticism was represented as an individual achievement which the mass of the laity could not be expected to emulate"; the commandments of Jesus were limited to "a restricted group of specialists" and a double standard arose: "a maximum and a minimum standard of church obedience." Why was this dangerous? Bonhoeffer points out that whenever the church was accused of being too worldly, it could always point to monasticism as "the opportunity of a higher standard within the fold - and thus justify the other possibility of a lower standard for others." So the monastic movement, instead of serving as a pointer for all Christians, became a justification for the status quo.

Bonhoeffer remarks how this was rectified by Luther at the Reformation, when he brought Christianity "out of the cloister". However, he thinks that subsequent generations have again cheapened the preaching of the forgiveness of sins, and this has seriously weakened the church: "The price we are having to pay today in the shape of the collapse of the organised church is only the inevitable consequence of our policy of making grace available to all at too low a cost. We gave away the word and sacraments wholesale, we baptised, confirmed, and absolved a whole nation without condition. Our humanitarian sentiment made us give that which was holy to the scornful and unbelieving... But the call to follow Jesus in the narrow way was hardly ever heard."

RESISTANCE IS NOT FUTILE! The World Wide Web is going to feel a lot less wide on Wednesday. For a span of 12 hours, some of the Internet’s most popular sites – including Wikipedia, Reddit and the Internet Archive – will go dark, inaccessible to the tens of millions of users who visit every day.