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Armageddon and the International Sunday Law - God's Holidays

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CHAPTER 1ARMAGEDDONSeptember 11, 2001 dawned as a beautiful morning inNor<strong>the</strong>rn California. We were looking forward to spending anuneventful day <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>n celebrating our 24 th weddinganniversary toge<strong>the</strong>r when <strong>the</strong> phone rang. Our daughter called<strong>and</strong> told us to turn on <strong>the</strong> TV because something awful hadhappened in New York City. We were met with a sight, thatwe, along with millions of fellow Americans, will never forget.The image of <strong>the</strong> Twin Towers falling has been burned into ourcollective memories as a nation <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> horror that we felt willnot soon be forgotten.Terrorism had finally crossed <strong>the</strong> ocean <strong>and</strong> come to ourl<strong>and</strong>. We had been warned for years that it was not a questionof “if”, but “when” a terrorist act would hit our great nation.We had watched with disinterested complacency <strong>the</strong> suicidebombings occurring in <strong>the</strong> Middle East, never dreaming that<strong>the</strong>y would become a reality in our country. But, <strong>the</strong>predictions had in fact become true <strong>and</strong> we were suddenlymaking choices that would not have been acceptable or evenconsidered before 9/11.We had now lost <strong>the</strong> innocence that we once took for granted<strong>and</strong> had been lured into exchanging our freedoms that wefought so hard with our blood to win <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>n protect, for asecurity that we will never again enjoy. Benjamin Franklinstated correctly that if we give up our freedoms for security wewill have nei<strong>the</strong>r freedom nor security.1

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