Dear friends:

This message in two parts:

1.  NEW WEB SITE.  John Terry, one of the pioneers of the Prophezine (PZ) Web site, has informed me that he has left PZ and has started a new Web site.  He says, "I’ve launched a new website, www.revelationfiles.com , at the request of many of the old PZ subscribers who have continued to ask me to return to the Internet with a Bible prophecy/current events website -- and we’ve officially made our presence known today.  The old staff I had during my tenure at PZ has joined this ministry with me, and we are very much excited about what is going on in the world and doing our part to help spread the 'good news' to those who have ears to hear."   John says that differences with the current direction of PZ caused him to feel it best to step aside there, but he wishes them well.  John says, "The response from our readers has been tremendous."

John is a very positive watchman with a good heart.  I urge you to support him and frequently check in there.  You can also subscribe to his free newsletter.

2.  QUANTUM PHYSICS AND QUANTUM FAITH.  If you want to read something fascinating about quantum physics and quantum faith, see the excellent article by Janie B. Cheaney in the respected Christian magazine World at http://www.worldmag.com/cheaney/cheaney.cfm?id=14589.

The author writes, "Quantum theory posits that subatomic particles can actually hold two contrary states at the same time -- can occupy two positions, or spin in opposing directions -- until the moment they are observed (i.e., measured), at which time they are said to 'collapse' in a fixed position. In fact, the very act of measurement determines a particle's state."  She adds, "Einstein, for instance, called Heinsenberg's Uncertainty Principle 'spooky.' There's something mystical about it; something oddly alive and iffy, at a level where matter was supposed to be cold and set."

You will enjoy the rest of the article, and how quantum physics relates to faith.

In discussing how God's power can be released in our lives, I wrote about this in Chapter 6 of my 2003 book, THE POWER!  (Xulon Press).  Here is an excerpt of a quote from Charles Capps that appeared in his Concepts of Faith Journal, third quarter, 1999:

"Scientists have performed experiments with atoms and their sub-atomic particles such as electrons. If you paid attention in school, you saw the diagram of an atom with the electron orbiting it like the earth orbits the sun. The interesting thing is that scientists have discovered that the electron that is shown orbiting the nucleus is not always there in particle form. It exists in a wave state (like a cloud, everywhere at once) until someone looks at it. When the scientist observes it, it suddenly appears as a dot (particle). What we all want to know, is, 'How does it know someone is looking at it?' It obviously is responding to the observer.

"One of the difficulties in quantum physics is that the particles behave somewhat differently for each observer, which leads me to the question, 'Does it behave according to what the scientist believes?' In any event, we can definitely conclude that Jesus was right when He taught that all matter responds to faith and words. The substance from which our world is made is influenced and manifested by words. The things that you desire are made up of atoms. They know what you believe, hear what you say and behave accordingly.

"Beliefs produce energy.  The thoughts and beliefs that you carry also produce an energy around you. Have you ever noticed that when you are angry, things go wrong, and people are insulting and angry with you: Your thoughts and beliefs produce an energy that people can perceive and react to. If you believe that no one likes you, then you put off that rejecting type of energy, and people will be driven away from you.  If you love people and care about them, they will feel that and be drawn to you. Have you ever been around someone who is pleasant and full of love? It is an energy you can actually feel. The energy of love is a powerful drawing card for good in your life. After all, God is Love."
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The above, of course, is still much a mystery.  However, it makes more understandable the words of the all-knowing Creator who said many totally radical things about faith, beyond our understanding and generally not believed by church people today, such as:

If anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins” (Mark 11:23-25, NIV).  (In that last verse, note the relationship between mountain-moving faith and our attitudes toward others.)

Jim