ANOTHER KENNEDY TRAGEDY

Sometime during the early morning hours of July 16, a small plane was making its way toward Martha's Vineyard, when suddenly, it disappeared from the radar screens of the air traffic controllers at the airport. That signaled the beginning of a search for a possible downed plane, by authorities.

Now, this type of thing, happens occasionally, and while the reactions to it are the same, you might hear about it, in a thirty second, or one minute sound byte on the news, the pilot and passengers of this plane, have caused this whole nation, to take notice. Practically every news organization in the world, has been talking about it for almost a week. The news media, continually interrupts regular programming, with updates on how the search is going. What makes this plane and its passengers so important??? The pilot, was John F. Kennedy Jr., son of the late president, John F. Kennedy. And along with him, were his wife, and her sister.

Once again, it seems like tragedy has chosen a family, that has endured so much more, than any family should ever have to go through. Almost a year ago, a nephew, was killed in a skiing accident, when he ran into a tree. A little before that, the wife of president Kennedy, died, of complications from cancer. Then, you have a daughter, that died, of something else. But, the two most notable tragedies, were the assassination of president John Kennedy, and then his brother, Robert, who was seeking the office of president.

In between these things, you have children dying, or afflicted with incurable conditions, and such.
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To quote some people on what they think about these tragedies, 'it seems like the family is, cursed.' Cursed ??? As silly as that may sound to a lot of people, who would dismiss it as the babbling of some idiot, that knows nothing about anything, they may not be far from the truth.

You see, to most people, the idea of someone being cursed, is kind of stretching fairy tales, in to reality. But, I am here to tell you, that what is happening to the Kennedy family, could, in all likelihood, be the reaping of seeds that were sown, some 50 or more years ago.

It was back then, during the prohibition era, that a man, by the name of Joseph Kennedy, had a thriving bootleg business. This man, was making lots of money selling booze. But since it was illegal, he had to do everything under the shade of anonymity. Business was good. Through channels and acquaintances, he found out that the prohibition law was going to be repealed. With the money that he had, and the connections, he was able to buy the Haig and Haig distilleries in Europe, and when the law was repealed, he flooded the entire country with liquor. Since he was the only one that had the means to do it, he became a multimillionaire, hundreds of times over.

It is this money that was used to educate his kids, and fund their political and social careers. His children were Ted, John, and Robert. He also had a daughter or two.

Now, while this seems like an American dream come true, there is something that you need to understand. Joe made his millions, but at the expense of millions of lives. How???

Since prohibition was repealed, more people have been killed in alcohol related accidents, than all the people, in all the wars that this nation has been involved in, and quite possibly the world. That, my friends, is a staggering number, being attributed to alcohol alone.

Add to that, the number of people injured in these accidents, and the lives ruined because of it, and the marriages broken up because of it, and you begin to see the scope of the problems alcohol has had on mankind. And Joe Kennedy, got wealthy, and financed the careers of his children, and grandchildren, on the money he made, promoting this tool of the devil, to destroy mankind.

That's right, their wealth, and careers were financed by 'blood money.' Now, what I am going to say, may sound harsh to some of you, but it is bible truth. All of this stuff that is happening to them, is the reaping of what Joe Kennedy has sown.

The bible says, 'whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap' [Gal. 6 : 7]].

In a sense, Joe Kennedy, was planting the seeds of destruction, of everyone that has been injured or killed, in alcohol related accidents, since prohibition was lifted. He may have been a nice man, but, his sin, has brought the reaping, not on him directly, but on his off spring. Many times, that is what will happen. This, because that is more painful, than it happening to you personally. No parent, wants to be the one to bury their child. They would hope that the child would be the one to bury them.

God, has said, that He will visit the iniquities of the father, upon the third and fourth generations [Ex. 20 : 5]. That means it could go on for years to come.

All of this, serves as a reminder, that no matter how long it takes, or by what means it comes, your sin, will find you out.
God, will make sure of that.

This is why, preachers like myself, are still standing up, and saying what the bible says, in hopes that someone will listen, and turn from their wicked ways. Many, however, will not.

Ted Kennedy, the last of the brothers, has to endure, watching his family, being decimated, before his eyes. Yet, he, still acts and behaves, like he is mad at the world, when the problem, is within his own family.

Maybe he is mad at God, because of all the things that have happened to him and his family. Remember, some years back, he caused the death of a young woman, named Mary Jo Koppeckne, in Chappiquidic, when he ran his car in to a lake, and got out and swam to safety, and left the woman, to suffocate in the submerged car. Investigations say, that if he had reported the accident, as soon as he got to safety, Mary Jo could have been saved. It took hours for her to slowly suffocate.

But Ted, was busy, making up an alibi as to what happened, and no one knew Mary was in the car, until hours later, when he finally mentioned her. This is another part of the curse.

Today, he seems bitter, and trying to take it out on all of us, by supporting everything that goes against what God says is right.
Being in the position he is in, he is quite capable of setting up obstacles for this nation to get back to what it was meant to be. And the thing is, people just keep on reelecting him to office.

What does that tell you about them???

Yes the Kennedy family is cursed, and it could continue and get worse, in the coming years, as a new generation comes in to visibility.

Only God knows what is in store for them. Despite their politics, they still need our prayers. Hopefully they will find God, before it is too late.


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AUGUST 1999


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