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     Yin and Yang Symbol

Recognize this symbol?   With the growing popularity of Eastern religions in America more than likely you do.   This symbol according to Taoist tradition represents balance – balance in opposites such as light and dark, high and low, male and female;  opposites which according to eastern mysticism  balance each other out.  Each half containing a light and a dark dot which represent seed and the flowing together or mingling  of the two halves – as the light half contains a dark dot and the dark half contains a light dot  – important symbols representing the connectedness of the two.  

 On January 8, a terrible tragedy took place outside the entrance to a Safeway store in Tucson, Arizona.  Interestingly, the Yin and Yang symbol is a prominent part of the Safeway logo.  You’ve all seen it;  the large red S flanked on each side by the white Yin and Yang symbol.  (Sorry, I could not reproduce it for you here as it is a registered trademark).  But, symbols are important and the awful tragedy that unfolded in Tucson that day is chock full of them.

 Why symbols ?

I think of symbols as something like hieroglyphics – word pictures – which assist in the  interpretation and understanding of a story – especially the underlaying story.    Because we are in a spiritual battle, there is often more going on than is visible at the surface.    What we see may be just the tip of the  iceberg so to speak.  It was not the small piece of ice jutting up from the cold dark waters of the Atlantic that sunk the Titanic, but, the larger unseen chunk hidden below.  For this reason, symbols are important – the Bible is full of them and so, might I add are the plans of the enemy.  The enemy is boastful and likes to hide in plain sight – their agenda revealed in the symbols they use.  

 A man named Sam and a store called Safeway –

According to Wikipedia, the Safeway chain was started in 1912 by Sam Selig who came to California from Arizona in the year 1911 –  (a full hundred years before the Tucson tragedy).  Selig is a Jewish or Yiddish name which means “happy” or “blessed,” –  a name which is certainly appropriate as the  supermarket chain started by Mr. Selig has been blessed with phenomenal success.   In 1912,  Mr. Selig opened a single grocery story in Los Angeles at the corner of Pico and Figueroa Streets and by 1922 the chain had expanded to 71 stores and today numbers in the thousands with stores around the world.

Tragedy and houses made of clay –

On January 8, at the entrance to a Safeway store in an area near Tucson, Arizona called Casas Adobes,  22 year old Jared Lee Loughner deliberately shot and killed  6 people and wounded 12 others, one of which was  Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford who was severely wounded.   Casas Adobes is a Spanish name which means “House or houses of clay.”   Adobe as anyone who lives in the southwest know is clay mixed with sand and organic material such as straw, sticks and/or manure which is shaped in to bricks and then dried in the sun to be used for building material.   The store was also located at the corner of Ina and Oracle Streets.   An oracle which is by definition a prophet or person who divines the future and comes from the latin which  means  “to speak” – in otherwords, divination.  This tells me that this was no random act (in the spiritual sense) against vessels of clay. Loughner who was a practicing Satanist chose this site under the direction of fallen angels otherwise known as familiar spirits.

  the mingling of seed  and Genesis 6:1-4 

I’m not sure why Safeway adopted the Yin and Yang symbol as part of their logo, but, I find it interesting that this obviously occult symbol is coupled with their slogan “ingredients for life.”   An odd statement until you realize, that  groceries, i.e. crops, food all have to do with seed and the Yin and Yang symbol as I mentioned above, contain within them symbolism of seed.  The light and the dark each containing the seed of the other suggesting the mingling of two opposites –  in the spiritual realm this mingling has to do with heaven and earth.  A concept which goes back to Genesis  when the “sons of God married the daughters of men” and is found within the mystery religions as well as Masonry to this very day.  For excellent teaching on this click on these two links to videos by Pastor Mike Hoggard, one titled “The Mother of all Secrets” and the other titled, the Triple Helix”.   http://mikehoggard.com/video/the-mother-of-all-secrets/    http://mikehoggard.com/video/triple-helix/

famine and Revelation chapter 6: 1-5 –

I received this article from friend Steve Coerper of Steve Coerper Blog Talk Radio yesterday regarding the very real possibility of famine and food riots as early as this spring.  This story was also posted by him on Five Doves today, but, if you didn’t catch it there, you can check it out here.  http://www.eutimes.net/2011/01/obama-orders-military-to-prepare-for-spring-food-riots/  Which by the way, if you are not already catching Steve’s daily radio programs on prophecy and the news, you are missing out!

Why God chooses to reveal certain things in this manner, I’m not sure.  But, as pointed out by Pastor Mike in his video,” the mother of all secrets,”  it most likely has to do with God bringing to light everything that is hidden. 

“Fear not therefore, for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.  Matthew 10:26

Mystery religions always operate in an air of secrecy with special rites and knowledge only for the initiated.   Beware of any religion, denomination or organization that holds anything in secret! 

the black horse of Revelation 6 – 

 This story out of Wisconsin today –  200 cattle found dead in the field.  Wow!  Two hundred!   At even a penny for pound, that’s a lot of beef!   http://www.examiner.com/equestrian-in-madison/200-dead-stockton-cows-deemed-no-threat-to-horses-or-humans   First birds and fish.  Will other animals of the food chain be next????   I wonder.  With the current devastation of crops around the world from extreme weather conditions,  it’s not hard to envision that the black horse of Revelation chapter 6 has begun to ride.

 Jan.  8  – the story within the story –

Date:  January 8, 2011  (Shevat 3 on the Jewish calendar, Shevat the 11th month of the Jewish religious year).  11  – the  number for discord, division, disorganization, disintegration.

Location:  A Safeway store in Casas Adobe, Arizona at the corner of Ina and Oracle.  A store which despite its name “safeway” is represented by the pagan Yin and Yang symbol.     

the Perpetrator –:  22 year old Jared Loughner.  Jared which means descendant, descent or “to fall”.  Jared was also the name of the father of Enoch (who was taken before the flood) and who lived 962 years.  The name Jared when you think of “descent” or “fall”  is eerily reminiscent of  Revelation 12:9 where rebellious  angels  (along with the dragon)  are cast out or  fall from heaven – their goal – to mingle with the seed of man in an effort  to corrupt God’s special creation;  mankind, who was created in God’s  image and whose spirit dwells within (for those who are believers in Y’shua) these jars of clay.  Jared Loughner by evidence of a makeshift shrine found in his backyard was also a Satanist, a symbol of his own personal  fall and rejection of God.  

the Victims: 

  Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford who survived and is making remarkable progress.   Gabrielle, a name which means “woman of God” or God is my strength”.

Christina Taylor Green.  The youngest victim of those slain.  The nine-year old girl born on Sept 11, 2001.  Christina which means “anointed, Christian”.   Green the color of spring, new life and by implication resurrection.  9 in the Bible the number of finality; judgment.

It’s also interesting to note that both the shooter and his most prominent victim Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford are Jewish.  Which reminds me that Israel in these last days will be viewed as both victim and perpetrator and in spite of this; will survive.  Young Christina reminds me of the young Church, the body of believers, the bride of Christ who will be taken from this life by either rapture or by death (martyrdom) yet remain “green – alive- viable” through the hope of the resurrection.

The story of these last days – played out in front of an ordinary supermarket whose slogan is: ingredients for life.  Jesus said, “I am the bread of life”  – in other words, he is the ingredient for life.  He  is the one and only “safeway”.    Aside from him there is no other.   The adding to or mingling of anything else is a corruption of God’s perfect design.  The world tells us we need balance but, God’s word tells us we need a Savior.  

In the very near future, bread will become a very dear thing, a scarce commodity.  Therefore, it is more important than ever that we make certain that we have the only bread that matters, the bread from heaven Jesus.  He is the only bread that will sustain us in to eternity;  aside from Him, there isn’t anything else that we need – for Jesus, is the real ingredient for life!

*There are many threads that run through this story which I have only began to touch upon.  The political fall-out from this incident -in my opinion – speaks alot on its own.  The battle is intensifying.  May God help us be ready. 

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, they shall prosper who love thee”  Psalm 122:6     Watching and waiting with YOU for the soon return of Jesus!   Cindy