What Kind Of Christians Are They?
In the first sermon excerpted below, Wesley Swift began with a long talk about the metaphysical basis of his ideas and arguments. For example,
The Spirit understands all things and it knows all things. And the children of YAHWEH in their dominion knew all things, for they dwelt with the Father, thus, they understood all things. We have the pattern of the scriptures telling us that we are in the image of our Father. And they exist as he has existed, spirit, soul and body, in every plain and every dimension. So also was your capacity to exist in celestial fields. This begetting of the household of the Most High YAHWEH, the Children of the Father, had Celestial and Spiritual bodies. Those Celestial bodies existed in the plains of light.
That sort of thing led to further discourse on how it was all tied to the "Luciferian war" in which the Archangel Lucifer had made war in Heaven and was defeated and cast down to earth carrying loads of black people and proceeded to use them to tarnish the racial purity of ancient Asians. And naturally, that led to some talk about how this all applied to current events in the late 1960s.
The main (and maybe the only) significance of the sermon is Swift's introduction of comments that United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy had made, and the stark contrast he drew between Kennedy's thoughts and his own beliefs. Kennedy declared his presidential candidacy on March 16, 1968, and the following day he appeared on the television program "Meet The Press." In Swift's sermon, his mention of what he "heard Bobby Kennedy say last week" seems most likely to be a reference to what Kennedy said in that interview on March 17. That would put the probable date of this sermon's delivery as Sunday, March 24, 1968 (or possibly Friday, March 22). All capitalization is the tape transcriber's indication of Swift's emphasis in speaking. All italics are my emphasis, and my comments are in square brackets.
WARNING: If you choose to read the following material, be advised that these are the "sermons" of Wesley A. Swift, the original leader of the racist extremist group known as Aryan Nations. The content is offensive and demented, especially as it is presented in the language of -- and represents a warped version of -- Christianity. It is rightly classified as hate speech.
CHILDREN OF THE SPIRIT
3-17-68 [3-22-68 or 3-24-68 are probable actual dates sermon was delivered-dwd]
As we view the situations around the world, the troubles effecting [affecting] the world's monetary systems, we can well understand that we are looking at a well-developed area of prophecy. And we can thru [sic, possibly "thoroughly"] well understand that the people who understand prophecy are the children of the spirit. For YAHWEH HAD MADE A GREAT ENUNCIATION AS TO THE CHILDREN OF HIS SPIRIT. He has told about their origin and their understanding. He has told you of the fact that you are the children of YAHWEH, BEGOTTEN of his spirit, before the foundation of the world. That HE has a race of people begotten and living in the heavens. And in the heavenly plains [planes] you thought the thoughts of YAHWEH, and you understood HIS works. And you understood all of the things transpiring around you. For as HE thought, so also did you think... Children of spirit, children of Light, dwelling in bodies of light with spiritual understanding. This is not the background heritage of all men. Not the background heritage of all races. But it is the background heritage of your race. It is the background heritage of the people called Israel. It is the foundation of the sons and daughters of the most High God........
......There is one thing about a child of spirit. And that is, that when the truth of YAHWEH is told and an individual is opened to truth. And therefore, this is the witnessing that this person is open to truth and then a child of the spirit witnesses in the spirit that they are a child of YAHWEH'S word.... And it will soon spread out and take possession of the children of spirit.
They will be transformed by the rethinking, renewing of their mind. For they have been told not to be conformed to the world, but to be transformed by the renewing of their mind. But there is only one thing that can renew the mind of a man. Only one thing that can renew it to the mind of the heavens, and that, my friends, is the holy spirit of YAHWEH. He can remove from man every situation and make it as YAHWEH SEES IT...........
Now, the fact is that we know that the things that are transpiring are the things of scripture. There is not anything that is transpiring today in your news that you do not hold the background and wisdom for the understanding of it. For you say, ‘yes, we know this is going to happen, for it is a part of prophecy. We know that the economic system is going to crumble. And we know that the yoke of Babylon is to be lifted off of the people of the Most High God. So get on with it, for there is no way this yoke of Babylon is to be lifted off of the children of the kingdom unless Babylon crumbles and falls.'
........Palestine was thus the crossroads of the world. And it was also rich in potash and other materials. But this is one of the strange situations for the Jews want to be at this crossroad of the world, and they want absolute power. They want power over Egypt. They want the power over Africa and Asia where it comes together. Thus, this is one of the most important spots in the earth. But God said that the evil ones, the abominations of the desolator, would go into that site. And he said that when you see the Abomination of the Desolator in this spot, then you know that you are at the end of the age.
As they moved in, they took the site that the ancient Temple stood on. Thus, they say that they are the people of the book, and they are to have control of this land....
As you saw these people coming in, they were Asiatic Jews and they had one thing in common. They were the children of Lucifer, the enemies of Christ. And you could well see that these were not the Israel of God....
.....But we the people of the kingdom realize that we are to destroy the powers of darkness. We are going to haul down the hammer and sickle because we believe God. HE declares that the powers of Gog and Magog, and the powers of darkness, are to be destroyed by the children of the kingdom. Their government is to be thrown down and their evil Priests are going to be removed from their places of authority.....
Someone says, ‘well, we cannot use the atom bomb for we do not want to start a third world war.’ But you are already in this third world war. And the Bible says that you are going to burn these horrible stars over the cities of Asia until those cities become powder and dust. And that is only one factor. He says that the elements will dissolve in fervent heat, but no harm shall come unto you. And no weapon formed against you shall prosper....
I heard Bobby Kennedy say last week, ‘who do these people think they are? Do they think they are the God of the Old Testament? Do they think they can destroy the Viet Cong, like the God of the Old Testament who would destroy whole cities? What kind of Christians are they?’
Like the God of the Old Testament?---YES--that is what we are going to be like. He demonstrated the intelligence of his church in its teaching when he said, ‘are we going to be like God of the Old Testament.’
["the intelligence of his church in its teaching" is probably in reference to critical comments made by Pope Paul VI about US military escalation in Vietnam. On the specific point here, the ironies abound. Kennedy expressed the idea that "the God of the Old Testament" was an arbitrary tribal god who wiped out large numbers of people on a whim, in contrast to the supposed emphasis on love that characterized "the God of the New Testament" (specifically, as embodied in Jesus), a once common attitude among Christians oblivious to the negative implications toward Judaism and Jewish people (whose Bible was of course the Old Testament). Swift's counterpoint and happy embracing of an image of a God of War was more consistent, but only because he believed the White Christian "race" was "Israel" (and so the Old Testament belonged to it rather than to Jews). Put simplistically, Kennedy invoked a God of Mercy while Swift invoked a God of Judgment and both invocations were to varying degrees negative toward Jews (in a much, much greater degree in the one case, obviously)-dwd]
HE said when He does appear---YAHWEH-YAHSHUA --then we shall be like unto HIM. And to the powers of darkness and the evil forces in the world, HE is going to see the world free and in righteousness and truth.
People say, ‘but is the world going to get better?’ It will when the power of righteousness is in force. But you will see some sad situations until you come to your senses. So this was kind of a millstone, that marked the campaign of the Kennedys. -- Do you think that you are like the God of the Old Testament? What a terrible ‘old’ God he was.
["the campaign of the Kennedys" seems to refer to what John and Robert Kennedy believed in and promoted -- what they "were all about" and "stood for"; one of many instances of Swift's psychological projections, he contrasts the wimpy qualities he typically saw in "the Kennedys" with his own preference for a manly God of Wrath-dwd]
I am going to tell you that this testimony of what a terrible ‘old’ God, HE was,... if this testimony was put into effect today... I am going to tell you that we would have the greatest kingdom in the world. Because this God of the Old Testament is the God of the New Testament. He is the Father of your race. He said, ‘My spirit will bear witness with your spirit, and ye shall know.’---HE promised you that His spirit would be a guide unto your feet, for he would pour out His spirit upon you. And HIS spirit is going to bring to your remembrance all of the things that you have forgotten. After things that your consciousness has spoken to you will come back to you in a conscious pattern. And with intelligence you will remember all things.
He said, “My spirit will lead you to the knowledge of all truth, and ye shall know all of these things which I have told you.”
So when we see these situations coming to pass, then move with Faith, with responsibility, and expect the kingdom of God according to your Father’s prophecy.
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This next excerpt is interesting on several levels. The content indicates that it was a sermon delivered during the Kennedy Administration: references are made to a President's conflict with American steel companies, and to "the Attorney General, brother of the President." An allusion to the President "priding himself" over the recent resolution of the steel issue, along with the designation "Palm Sunday" below the title, suggests the most likely date of delivery of the sermon was on April 15, 1962.
Its given date is 3-26-68, and it was positioned accordingly in the chronological ordering of Swift's sermons at the website. But March 26th would have been on a Tuesday that year. And as noted, the given date for the one excerpted above (3-17-68) was almost certainly wrong, and its delivery was most probably on 3-24-68. Palm Sunday was on April 7th in 1968, so it's not even likely that confusion resulted from mixing up such sermons with similar dates in different years. That could have been the case for 1962 and 1968, when Palm Sundays fell in April both years, but the point is moot since the date given for this sermon is in March. Curiouser and curiouser, the identity of the President and Attorney General is not specified here. All of which raises questions briefly addressed earlier, about the extent to which there might have been conscious efforts to obscure controversial issues in the dissemination of these sermons. This issue will become clearest in my next posting.
My best guess about what may have involved some actual reasoning for the inclusion of this 1962 sermon among sermons from 1968 is its indictment of Robert Kennedy in a specific subject area, probably seen as especially relevant as he sought the presidency himself. In 1962, Swift denounced alleged statements made by the Attorney General in a press release, which pledged "that he would use all of the power of his office to integrate all areas of American life." Swift claimed such intentions violated principles of common law, as the Attorney General was "going to upset mores and customs not ten years old, but over hundreds of years old." (His probable theatrical use of the press release "which I am holding in my hand" is also reminiscent of Joseph McCarthy's allegations about Communist infiltration in various institutions of the US government. Ironic in itself, given Kennedy's initial work on McCarthy's staff, but then maybe it was that "treasonous" aspect of RFK's career that made him all the more despised by the Right and organized crime. Roy Cohn, anyone?)
THE CHALICE OR THE CROWN
PALM SUNDAY
3-26-68 [4-15-62 is probable actual date sermon was delivered-dwd]
........Before we turn into our subject ‘The Chalice or the Crown,’ this has been a very deep and significant week. Because we want to reach the people on this tape ministry all over the nation, there are things that we would like to point out to you at this time, that are very important to each and every intelligent child of the kingdom. We have had every evidence that when men are not guided by the spirit of God, or when they surround themselves in high offices with the children of darkness, and in the influence of those whom surround them, we see the evidence of those who work for the enemy. The events then in a great nation such as this in God's kingdom show the hand of the Antichrist, the powers of darkness and even the progress of attempted dictatorship. We, here in America, have another dynasty and its influence will be short lived as far as its influence is concerned, because of the Great purpose of God for this great nation of God's kingdom. It was only a little over a week ago that the Attorney General, brother of the President of the U.S., issued a statement to the press which I am holding in my hand. This was published in the L.A. Times and in newspapers across the nation. In which he pledged at that time that he would use all of the power of his office to integrate all areas of American life. To do this, he said will cause bloodshed and riots and violence. To do this will upset the peace and the tranquility of the land. But he said, 'This is progress.' He said, 'I want the world to understand as to what I am about to do, because they will not realize what is going on in America unless they know that this progress in which we are participating in as we establish integration into every branch of American society, is a violation of the customs and laws of this people for hundreds of years. And we shall irrespective of this violence, we shall enforce this and we shall accomplish this program, and we want the world to be patient with us.’ This was spoken to any Christian people in any nation, recognizing the background of our history and of the instructions of our God. And of the laws and customs we have had thru the years which have been founded upon these responses of responsibility. This statement upon the part of the Attorney General is evidence that he would compound a violation of what we know as our basic common law. The laws of the United States were founded upon British Common Law. And this is expended in the works of Blackstone as true law, Colonial law, and even in the provincial law as expressed in the University of Hartford Connecticut while we were still a colony.
The law as Blackstone enumerated it and as British law understood it was the law of our race and of our people. And therefore was not to be set aside. And using a quotation from Blackstone--- ‘had existed here for decades and was not to be set aside. And was not to be altered by decrees, except if all of the people were willing to accept such a decision.’
Thus, we have evidence of this common law, which had been accepted by the people and founded upon their acceptance of the vision coming out of their faith, the background of morality. And is known as English Common Law and is also the law of our land. The President here then has pledged his support on the bad advice of his advisors. And the Attorney General now suggests that he is going to upset mores and customs not ten years old, but over hundreds of years old. And by his own statement will produce violence and bloodshed, if necessary. And this, my friends, is a part of the Communist, Socialist revolution which is a violation of the very fundamental principals of law in our land. For this law has been used in our courts and even by decisions made in the Supreme Court. So the outlaw is the Attorney General and the revolution is coming out of the Royal family.
This past week, the President was priding himself in settling the dispute between labor and industry. But in every instance of this there has always been since the times of FDR, a tendency to support the side of organized labor with all of their arguments with industry and various areas of production. And we have noted that in the last three disagreements with labor, then steel did not raise their prices. Altho labor won a pay raise. This last time with the government intervening on the part of labor, the agreement was not in a pay raise, but in more unseen benefits. If they had been given a pay raise that would have been taxable. But this still cost the company. This amount is charted to be about $12,000.00 per year for each worker. And this happens to be the amount that the Steel companies were planning to use for the replacement of material and equipment. So the Steel company announced they would have to have an increase in the price of steel. And the moment that this was announced the President of the United States flew into a rage visible on the T.V. Altho this was against what he stood for. But if he stands for Socialism, this was understandable. Thus the President announced that this would hurt all America and cause a great inflation. And he said that because of the number of people involved, that the Steel Companies should have been willing to operate even if they did not make a profit. But you do not run a business and have no profit, or there will not be a reason to keep the business open. So the President blasted out and said that he was going to take action even if he had to disintegrate United States Steel. And then he announced that he was going to move in on these companies and see if they could be convicted of anything that would bring a heavy fine and prison sentence. And in his anger, the President calls in the F.B.I. and changes it from a proper investigating agency to an OGPU like that which exists in Russia. It is not the responsibility of the F.B.I. to become a persecuting OGPU. They do not have the authority to get people out of their beds of a night and put them thru questioning. They are investigators who are to supply their material to the Justice Department. They can have Grand Juries and so forth, but to harass men like the Soviet Union, this is not the work of the F.B.I. [it's as if J. Edgar Hoover was whispering right in his ear there-dwd] Fear thus fell upon business and this was recognized in the markets. Thus, the government warring with business, this is prophecy of an end of the age, as business wars with Antichrist. This is the result of leaders in our government who are not spiritually guided to defend America, but fall in line with the ‘One World Mystery Babylon.'
Then the President went one step further. He ordered Mr. MacNamara [sic, Robert McNamara, US Secretary of Defense] to see that any business that raised their price could not be used in any contract with the government for anything that was made of steel. But this action should have been a warning to Christian Patriots that the President, under the influence of his advisors, was out to destroy the industry of America. Just one step in the whole process of reducing America to a Socialist nation which would fit in the timetable of events. The government thus is the largest consumer of Steel. The third is the Car industry. And the third largest is those that make the tools. And the government being the largest buyers of steel has an impact. The steel companies feel that they cannot fight big government and win. But no one will be able to win in America if Christian patriots do not start to stand up and defend our way of life.
Now the Jewish steel companies have a different way of life, for they are built on your money. [I did not see that coming-dwd] And you continue to subsidize them, so they do not have to make a profit. This Kaiser Steel company set back and preened themselves, saying they were the only company that did not raise their price. Thus, there is something vitally wrong with this picture. Thus this reminds us that the same factions are trying to take over any American Industry that they do not completely dominate..............
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