Ten Principles of
Christian Separatism

2. Prophecy

We are not merely separating ourselves from others. We are uniting in Christian communities with other Christians. We are separating ourselves from non-Christians, their evil culture, their evil government. Our community and our separatism require that we live together, but away from the evil. We must "Clan with other Christians," in all aspects of life, physically, geographically, socially, spiritually.

The process of the good's separation from the evil is Biblically described and foretold as "winnowing": a process that separates the good from the bad; e.g. a "wind" blowing the worthless chaff clear of the grain. John the Baptist foretold of our Lord:

His winnowing fork is in his hand and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the granary, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.

Matthew 3:12

The process of separation precedes the Judgment to be passed by the Son, by how much time, no one can know. We do know and are assured by Scripture that the separatism we are undertaking is Biblically foretold and prophesied, and is part of God's plan for humanity.

Where Christians should clan, physically, geographically is one of the questions this site eventually hopes to answer. First, we should ask what the Bible tells us.

So when you see the desolating sacrilege spoken of by the prophet Daniel standing in the Holy Place (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

Matthew 24:15; Mark 13:14

But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside the City depart, and let not those who are out in the country enter it; for these are the days of vengeance, to fulfil all that is written.

Luke 21:21

Isaiah has written about the days of vengeance, and our Lord told us what he has written will be fulfilled:

For the Lord has a day of vengeance ..and the streams of Edom shall be turned into pitch, and her soil into brimstone; her land shall become burning pitch... They shall name it No Kingdom There, and all its princes shall be nothing. [Brimstone and fire used to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah Gen 19:24]

Isaiah 34:8-12

"Brimstone" recalls the advice Lot received from God's angels before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah:

Flee to the hills, lest you be consumed.

Gen 19:17

Isaiah writes of the where the righteous dwell during the days of vengeance, and prophesies they will receive nourishment:

He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly... and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil; he will dwell on the heights; his place of defence shall be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him, his water will be sure.

Isaiah 33:15 - 26

Isaiah 33:1-24 is often described as a post-exilic prophetic liturgy. [1]

In sum, Holy Scripture tells us that during the times of separation and tribulation (the "days of vengeance") that God's righteous should dwell on the heights and the mountains, away from the cities. There, His people will have a "place of defence," where they will find sure water and nourishment.

The prophecies of Our Lady of Fatima, issued in 1917, also provide guidance.

All known Fatima prophecies have been fulfilled to date. Among other things, the prophecies predicted the spread of Communism, and Russia's eventual return to Christianity.

The text of the "third secret of Fatima" was released in June of 2000:

We saw an angel with a flaming sword in his left hand... pointing to the Earth with his right hand... the angel cried out in a loud voice: "Penance, penance, penance!" And we saw in an immense light that is God, something similar to how people appear in a mirror... a bishop dressed in white... We had the impression it was the Holy Father... Other bishops, priests, religious men and women were going up a steep mountain, at the top of which there was a big cross of rough-hewn trunks... Before reaching there, the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins... Having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big cross, he was killed by a group of soldiers, and in the same way there died one after the other... various lay people of different ranks and positions... angels gathered up the blood of the martyrs.

Roman Catholic Church officials have interpreted the secret as a reference to Mehmet Ali Agca's 1981 assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II.

Without going into an exegesis of the meaning of this text, certain elements are clear: The world is to be subjected to a time of penance (f. Lat. "punishment"). Cities will be reduced to ruins. The Christian faithful will assemble on mountains, and a cross is placed on the mountains to signify Christ's presence. The cross is constructed of rough-hewn tree trunks - indicating perhaps that the mountains are forested. Soldiers (government sponsored violence) will kill some of the faithful there and they shall be martyrs.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines "vengeance" as "an infliction of injury or punishment in retribution for wrong" and "penance" as "the performance of a punishment... as an expression of repentance for and expiation of a sin." Thus, the "days of vengeance" spoken of in Luke and Isaiah resemble the time of "penance" referred to in the Third Secret of Fatima.

Prophetically, Christians have been warned what to do during this time, whether called a time of penance or days of vengeance. Further, the release of the third secret of Fatima in June of 2000 may well signify the last prophetic warning we are to receive.

Fulfillment of Prophecy

Three such mountainous regions can be found in North America. They are the Rocky Mountains, the Ozarks and the Appalachians.

Northwest Imperative

Already, many Christians have begun to subscribe to and act upon the "Northwest Imperative," the principle that Christians should resettle in the Rocky Mountain States of the Northwest, including Wyoming, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. Indeed, in the minds of the general public, these States are now commonly associated with conservative Christians who love freedom.

They are sparsely populated and devoid of large cities; the inhabitants are overwhelmingly European Christians. The economies of these interior States are land based - agricultural, mining, timber. This is to be distinguished from the coastal economies - which (apart from Alaska and its fisheries) are finance-based.

Unlike the Southwest, the Northwest has large, native supplies of fresh water.

Ozarks

This mountainous terrain in Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas is also devoid of large cities. Fresh water is abundant. The inhabitants of the Ozarks are overwhelmingly European Christians.

Appalachian Imperative

The Appalachians are the mountains in the North America that run up the western portions of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. These mountains are sometimes called the "Alleghenies." The Appalachian Region is devoid of large cities. The region is primarily agricultural, mainly small farming, with longer growing seasons. Fresh water is abundant. The area was originally settled by poorer white Christians who could not afford richer farmland nearer the coastal plain. The area's inhabitants, overwhelmingly white Christians, retained their religious and cultural traditions to a greater extent than those living in the megalopolis of the Eastern Seaboard. As a result, contemporary society has stigmatized their region, and the term "Appalachia" carries negative connotations of "poverty" and "backwardness."

Indeed, national elites since FDR have taken a strong interest in "helping" Appalachia, from FDR's Tennessee Valley Authority to Great Society's "war on poverty" programs, to Bill Clinton's recent tour promoting economic enterprise zones and Public Broadcasting and Time Warner documentaries. Recently, highly significant events of the "culture war" have taken place in Appalachia. Here, the daring Eric Robert Rudolph has eluded federal authorities with the presumed assistance of Western North Carolina natives. Here, over popular and official resistance, feminist federal Judge Jennifer Coffman has ordered the removal of the Ten Commandments from courthouses in Harlan County, Kentucky.

National Alliance founder Dr. William Pierce makes his home in West Virginia. Patriot Lawyer Kirk Lyons works out of Asheville, North Carolina. Posse Comitatus and KKK units call Central and Northern Pennsylvania home. Christian homeschooling groups and Catholic groups work out of Front Royal, in western Virginia, on the leeward slope of the Blue Ridge.

Already overwhelmingly populated by European Christians, Appalachia will attract more, as the region becomes self-consciously the home of Christians of European ancestry. Appalachia has advantages other than its demographics and natural resources. Low housing costs and costs of living will attract those seeking an independent, self-sufficient economic lifestyle. Federal jury conviction rates are lower than average.

Appalachia is a future home
of the eXile.

In order to maintain their separation and independence, Christians must return to economical, simple lifestyles that supply them with the necessities of living. The foremost expense of living is housing cost, and so Christians must look to clan in areas that have the lowest housing costs. The following is a list of Appalachian counties having the lowest housing cost (U.S. Census Data, 1993).

Note that the lowest housing costs are found in those areas farthest away from larger cities. Lower housing costs mean we can survive on lower incomes, and low incomes are the key to tax free living. Paying low or no taxes - legally - is an important objective of Christian separatism.

Don't worry about public schools. Christian separatists will send their children to private religious schools or will homeschool their children. Needless to say, removing the next generation of Christian children from the propaganda factories masquerading as "public schools" is a key objective of Christian separatism. As of 1996, roughly 600,000 children were being homeschooled, nationwide, much to the consternation of the National Education Association. [2] Learn more about homeschooling at http://www.hslda.org.

Another factor that must inform Christians' decision where to live is the likelihood of persecution. Scripture tells us that all Christians will be persecuted on account of Jesus Christ. Forty years ago, telling an American Christian he was likely to be persecuted for his religion would have seemed the height of absurdity. But now, anyone who has followed the federal government's crusade against the Christian religion understands that this government will intensify its persecution of Christians on account of their faith. Biblical prophecy will thus, once again, be fulfilled.

Our founding fathers designed the Constitution to prevent political and religious persecution by the federal government. But that Constitution is in the process of being destroyed by federal judges, the very officials bound by oath to preserve and protect it.

Nevertheless, the right to trial by jury in criminal cases remains universally observed, and will likely be one of the last rights to be taken from the people. The federal government's most effective means of persecution is the bringing of criminal charges by one of its prosecutors. By doing so, the government may target an individual for confinement to the penitentiary or even capital punishment. While in the minds of many, these punishments are reserved for violent criminals who deserve them, anyone who has followed federal criminal "justice" system over the past twenty years knows that non-violent law breakers are its favorite target. These include abortion demonstrators, tax protesters, "hate" groups who defend the rights of European Christians, etc. [3]

It thus becomes extremely important to look at juries as a possible defense against criminal persecutions by the federal government. Juries from some areas almost invariably convict a defendant charged by the federal government. For example, in 1996 Colorado's federal jury conviction rate was an astonishing 98.3%. Juries from other areas demonstrate appropriate reluctance to convict, i.e., they refuse to rubberstamp the federal government's decision to prosecute someone criminally.

The following are the jury acquittal rates by federal judicial district, i.e. the percentage a federal jury will deliver a "not guilty" verdict compared to a "guilty" verdict. The federal judicial district is a geographical area entirely within a State, located within the State roughly by a cardinal direction. For example, the Northern District of Alabama is entirely within Alabama and roughly situate in the Northern part of the State:

Federal Jury Conviction Rates
APPALACHIAN IMPERATIVE

Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics - 1996

Federal Jury Conviction Rates
NORTHWEST IMPERATIVE

Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics - 1996

The federal jury conviction rates in Appalachian Districts are slightly below the national average. The rates in the Northwest Imperative Districts are significantly below the national average.

The statistics are limited to the information currently available. The prosecution rate (Defendants per capita per District) is not available. Such a statistic would indicate the likelihood of being prosecuted, information at least as valuable as the likelihood of being convicted. In Alaska, for example, the federal government prosecuted only 177 persons in all of 1996.

Animosity toward the federal government by your fellow citizens is the most effective shield against federal persecution, because federal prosecutors, at least for the time being, must still convince a jury of your peers to convict you.

[2] Associated Press, July 25, 1996.

[3] In 2001, the FBI placed three pro-life activists on its "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" list: Eric Robert Rudolph, James Kopp and Clayton Lee Waagner, about whom the FBI stated: "He is known to be pro-life." See, http://www.fbi.gov