DISESTABLISHMENT MOTION HAS MARK OF THE BEAST!

No, you couldn't make this one up. Seriously.  While the blasphemy debate was on in the House of Commons last night, and just as I was thinking that once the blasphemy law is abolished they would be calling for disestablishment of the Church of England as the next step along the road to an anti-Christian Britain, well, three MP's were putting down an Early Day Motion (it has no chance of being debated, it's just flying a kite) calling for the Church of England to be disestablished.

Dozens of these motions get put down in a day. The clerks just allocated it the next number in the list. In a masterly twist, that number was 666, symbol of the AntiChrist. http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=34819&SESSION=891

"This number is supposed to be the mark of the Devil. It looks as though God or the Devil have been moving in mysterious ways," said Bob Russell, a LibDem MP among those proposing the motion. "What is even stranger is that this motion was tabled last night when MPs were debating blasphemy," he added.

The motion says "That this House calls for the disestablishment of the Church of England" which would mean an end to the formal link between Church and State in England -- embodied in the monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who is both head of state and head of the Church of England and the presence of bishops sitting in the House of Lords.

The number 666 is referred to in the Book of Revelation: "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred, three score and six." (Rev 13:18)

"It is is incredible that a motion like this should have, by chance, acquired this significant number," said Russell.

By chance? Hmm. The Lord Almighty is trying to tell those stupid, proud, arrogant, fallible Members of Parliament something. But will they listen?

As predicted, the Government will bounce the Church of England into agreeing that the blasphemy laws can be abolished by an amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill in the House of Lords. Pray against that, and write now to your diocesan bishop and local peers in defence of the blasphemy laws. This is now absolutely vital. I see Don Horrocks of the Evangelical Alliance now says the law can be abolished as no-one is likely to be convicted under it.  With friends like that ...  But God is still on the throne! (Psalm 96:9-13; Hab 2:14; Matt 6:33; Phil 2:9-11)

Yours in His mighty name,

Stephen Green, National Director, Christian Voice