National Movement for Righteousness and Transformation (N-MRT)

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National Movement for Righteousness and
Transformation (N-MRT)
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God has a purpose for our nation.
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We can understandGods purpose for our nation

• By reviewing prophetic words given to our nation
  in the past
• By studying our history
• Gods purpose for our nation has been preset
• God has been preparing us for this purpose
• Our past will show how God has invested in our
  country

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Framework in studying our history

• Jesus parable of the wheat and the weeds (Matt
  1324-30)
• When God is at work, the enemy is also at work.
• As we study our history, we should see Gods work
  in preparing the Philippines for its destiny.
• But we should also discern what the enemy has
  planted to hinder the fulfillment of Gods
  purpose for our nation.

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Overview of our nations history

• Pre-colonial period
• Spanish period 1521-1898
• American period 1898-1946
• Philippine Republic 1946-1972
• 1972 (Martial Law) to present

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The Pre-Colonial Period
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Pre-Colonial Period

• From one man he made every nation of men,
  that they should inhabit the whole earth and he
  determined the time set for them and the exact
  places where they should live (Acts 1726)
• God created the LAND
• God caused the land to be inhabited by PEOPLE
• God provided natural RESOURCES in order for the
  people to live in the land

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Pre-Colonial Period The Land

• An archipelago made up of 7,107 islands
• Total area of 300,780 square kilometers
• as large as Italy
• larger than New Zealand
• very much larger than Britain
• Rivers and seas all around
• A crossroad in the migration and trade route

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The World in Actual Size
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Google Image of Asia
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Google Image of the Philippines
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Pre-Colonial PeriodThe Resources

• extremely fertile agricultural land with
  potential of 18 million hectares, only 1/3 of
  which is currently cultivated
• teeming biodiversity in flora and fauna on land
  and marine life on sea
• inexhaustible sources of energy oil, natural
  gas, deuterium
• minerals for the technological age - gold,
  silver, copper, silicon, uranium

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Map by Peter Loud lthttp//users.powernet.co.uk/mkm
arina/philippines/philippines.htmlgt
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The fusion fuels are deuterium and tritium
These nuclei are isotopes of hydrogen they have
the same number of protons, different number of
neutrons.
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• Deuterium  One gallon of water contains 1/8
  gram of deuterium.

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If fully burned in fusion reactions, the energy
output would be equivalent to 300 gallons of
gasoline.
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• In other words, the available energy supply of
  fusion fuel is equivalent to filling the Atlantic
  and Pacific oceans 300 times with gasoline.

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If fusion can be successfully harnessed, it
could satisfy the entire world's electrical
energy needs for millions of years. Fusion can
also produce hydrogen which may be useful for
transportation.
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http//other.nrl.navy.mil/LaserFusionEnergy/fusion
fuels.html
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Pre-Colonial Period The People

• The land was peopled by a mixture of races these
  were not homogeneous in terms of local culture
  and development
• Early Filipinos were greatly influenced (but
  never conquered) by Asian countries
• Early Filipino culture was deeply-rooted

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Early Filipino political economy and culture were
deeply-rooted

• Early Filipinos believed in a Supreme Being.
• Each tribe had a deep sense of consensual
  democracy.
• Women were the equals of men, and played a
  pivotal role in tribal society.
• Tribes had no intent of expanding their
  territories or subjugating other peoples.

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Early Filipinos believed in a Supreme Being.

• He came by various namesMagbabaya, Bathala,
  Manama, Kabunian
• But he lived in the seventh realm of heaven, too
  awesome for early Filipinos to know
• The early Filipino was so humble s/he did not
  dare to describe the Supreme Being.
• S/he needed someone else to describe it for
  him/her.

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Democracy permeated early Filipino life

• Property was communal no one person owned the
  land.
• Therefore, no one ruled a triad consisting of
  datu, babaylan and panday LED the tribe.
• All issues were settled by consensus.

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Women were mens equals

• They provided the pickings and horticulture to
  feed the clan out of Gods bounty.
• Men needed to hunt wild boar and deer only
  occasionally, because vegetation was already
  bounteous enough for nutrition.
• This made the babaylan, often a woman, not only a
  healer, but a counselor, historian, epic chanter,
  and vice datu.

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Early Filipinos never subjugated others.

• God gave them such bounty that they did not go to
  war to expand their territories or subjugate
  others.
• Their wars were caused by petty disputes between
  adjoining tribes.
• Visayas and Luzon communities, however, were
  helpless against Muslim pirates who raided and
  kidnapped one or two of theirs for the slave
  trade.

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Precolonial societies were ripe for the Spanish
conquest by 1521.

• They needed a better understanding of their
  Supreme Being
• They had to be united into one nation
• They had to be brought into a more modern
  world
• And suffer the consequences for these

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Spanish Period (1521-1898)
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Spanish Period Archipelago Named

• Magellan reached our shores on March 17, 1521
• And gave the islands its first name, The
  Archipelago of St. Lazarus.
• 21 years later, Villalobos reached the islands
• And renamed the land Islas Filipinas in honor
  of Crown Prince Philip, who later became King.
• Our lands name tells our lands purpose.

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Spanish Period (1521-1898)

• Spanish colonization laid the groundwork for our
  nation.
• The Spaniards stayed 333 years. The development
  of the Philippines as a nation was therefore
  greatly influenced by the Spanish colonizers.

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Spains effects on us

• It stopped Islamization of the islands
• It brought Catholicism to our shores
• It developed our economy, politics and culture
  into a feudal one
• It unified our tribal societies

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What Spanish colonizationdid to our indigenous
democracy

• Colonizers instituted a centralized form of
  government
• Uniting all barangays
• Excluding Muslim communities
• Datu families were gathered around town centers
  or pueblos
• Peasant families lived in the old barangays, in
  the peripheries
• This gave rise to classes and corruption of datu
  families

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The weeds of Spanish colonization

• Imposing a system of classes on Philippine
  society, Spanish colonizers destroyed the
  indigenous Filipinos sense of consensual
  democracy and equality between men and women.
• Spanish colonial structures of inequality
  produced a sense of inferiority and low
  self-worth among Filipinos, encouraging datu
  families to plow into public bin.

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Birth of a nation through revolution

• The destruction of democracy incited revolts
  throughout Spanish rule.
• More than a hundred major revolts took place from
  1565 to 1872
• Execution of GomBurZa in 1872 served as a
  catalyst for a nationalist movement
• Filipino nationalism reached its peak during the
  Philippine Revolution of 1896 to 1898.

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Birth of a nation through revolution
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Nevertheless, the Spanish Period establishedthe
Filipino Nation

• The nation was defined geographically
• The nation was given a name
• The nation was born independence, flag, anthem,
  constitution
• A national consciousness was formed

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American Period (1898-1946)
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Arrival of the Americans

• Industrialization led America to wage war against
  Spain
• Americas victory brought out the issue colonize
  the Philippines or not?
• US decision to colonize the Philippines was
  legitimized by
• the decision of Pres. McKinley to colonize the
  Philippines after seeking the Lord through
  prayer.
• the ratification by the US Senate of the Treaty
  of Paris

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The Filipino-American War

• Pres. McKinley, issuing his benevolent
  assimilation policy towards Philippines, declared
  it under Military Control
• Filipinos rose up and fought hard in spite of
  their scanty arms
• Before the war ended 200,000 Filipino lives
  taken.
• 4,000 American soldiers, 20,000 Filipino
  soldiers, 200,000 Filipino civilians dead
• The Anti-Sedition Law prohibiting display of
  Philippine flag, among others, was passed .

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Campaign for Independence

• Filipinos were defeated but never gave up.
• Some resisted American rule through arms, others
  through legal means
• In May of 1934, the Tydings-McDuffie or
  Philippine Independence Law was passed.
• This resulted in the granting of independence on
  July 4, 1946, after World War II.

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Americas contributionto the Filipino nation

• The Americans trained the Filipinos in the
  democratic form of political governance.
• Public education became a right of all people.
• The English language was extensively propagated
  in the country.
• Public health was promoted.
• Major improvements were made in transportation
  and communication facilities.
• Biblical Christianity was introduced.

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Another American contribution One nation,one
national government

• Establishment of one national government
  throughout the whole archipelago
• Approval of the 1935 Philippine Constitution
• Establishment of the Philippine presidency

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The American tares

• American military conquest suppressive laws
  subverted growth of nationalism
• Filipino consensual democracy was further
  subverted with introduction of a large middle
  class in the cities
• Corruption in top rung of government was covered
  up by existence of this middle class
• The public school system induced Filipinos to
  regard American culture as superior
• Filipinos, in becoming avid consumers of American
  products, learned to despise their own

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Japanese times (1942-45)
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Independence delayed

• The War was a horrifying time for Filipinos, esp
  women and children
• But despite their atrocities the Japanese
  encouraged rediscovery of our culture
• We had already won the war when the Americans
  arrived
• But we treated them as heroes anyway

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Philippine Republic (1946-1972)
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The Philippine Republic An independent nation?

• The Tydings-McDuffie Law of 1934 granted us
  independence.
• The question is were we truly independent during
  the Philippine Republic?

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Philippine Republic An independent nation?

• Economically
• After the war, we were Asias most war-devastated
  country
• Economically bankrupt, we begged for financial
  assistance.
• The conditions imposed for the rehabilitation and
  reconstruction fund tied our agricultural economy
  to the American economy .

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Philippine Republic An independent nation?

• Conditions
• for US rehabilitation and reconstruction fund
• Amendment of Philippine Constitution to give way
  to American access to our natural resources
• Agreement to the Bell Trade Relations Act free
  trade relations for 8 years
• Institutionalization of foreign exploitation of
  our country

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Philippine Republic An independent nation?

• Militarily
• Military Bases Agreement was signed, giving U.S.
  the right to an unlimited number of bases in the
  Philippines for 99 years
• final agreement reduced number of years to 25,
  renewable, during Marcos time
• However, since the count started in 1966, the
  U.S. had already gained 44 years

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Philippine Republic An Independent nation?

• Politically Culturally
• Government remained under US dictates
• People remained poor
• Diaspora started
• National resources were depleted
• Colonial mentality was fostered

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American taresin the Philippine Republic

• We developed a love for US products
• We had only one target market the US
• American companies were our largest investors
• Our elite supported American interests
• We aped US foreign policy
• We adopted the American dream as our own
• We supplanted our bayahihan spirit with
  individualism

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But Filipino nationalismnever really went away

• 1930s Crisanto Evangelista established the
  Partido Komunista with help from UP students
• 1950s Claro M. Recto campaigned for nationalism
• 1960s anti-US demonstrations increased
• Youth took up struggle against one-sided economic
  relationship with US

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Simultaneously,Revival in Philippine church

• 1948-60 20 new evangelical missions arrived
• 1960s spiritual revival among students
  accompanied demos
• Nationalism affected the Philippine Churches
• Protestant churches moved for autonomy from US
  mother churches
• Catholic clergy revived Filipinization movement
• Liberation Theology spread

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Martial Law to Restoration of Democracy
(1972-present)
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Martial Law Years (1972-1986)

• Conjugal dictatorship of the Marcoses was
  established
• Crony capitalism spread corruption and
  politicized military
• Foreign debt reached 25 billion in 1983, 70 of
  the population lived below the poverty line
• CPP-NPA and MNLF forces grew
• Human rights violations became rampant

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Democracy Restored, Corruption
Democratized(1986-1992)

• Reconciliation
• and the Cory Aquino Administration
• 1987 Freedom Constitution
• Coups, Crises and Calamities
• Corruption spread to the middle and lower classes

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Democrary Restored(Corruption Privatized)(1992
-present)

• The quest for nationhood continues
• EDSA People Power became source of national pride
• Complete territorial sovereignty was attained
  political economic sovereignty lags behind
• But corruption remains unabated, spreading to all
  sectors and classes

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1991 the Year of Breakthrough

• Philippine Senate rejects the renewal of bases
  treaty
• U.S. bases finally dismantled after the Mt.
  Pinatubo eruption
• Split in Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)
  occurs
• Unity among born-again Churches seen
• Catholic charismatic communities arise

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Corruption and lawlessnesson the rise

• This is how we can describe our situation today.
• Arent these tares planted by the enemy
• To thwart Gods plan for the nation?
• Isnt it our duty to bind these tares and burn
  them?

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Our Journey Towards National Transformation

• (PART II)

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Love of Country The main quality of a Filipino
Christian

• Without a deep love for our country, we cannot
  serve Gods purpose for our nation.
• Love of country will cause us to overcome every
  obstacle, every hindrance and every opposing
  force to the fulfillment of Gods purpose for
  our nation.

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Love of Country The main quality of a Filipino
Christian

• This is how we know what love is Jesus Christ
  laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay
  down our lives for our brothers. (1 John 316).
• Looking after the interests of others, not only
  our own
• sharing our resources, skills, abilities and
  talents for the good of the Filipino people,
• Willingly giving ourselvesour very livesfor
  this generation and for the next generation.

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Partnership between Godand the Filipino people

• Jesus and the Raising up of Lazarus(John
  1138-44)
• Jesus, though supernaturally capable of moving
  the stone, asked the people to move it
• Jesus, though supernaturally capable of removing
  the burial clothes, asked the people to remove it
  themselves
• In the same way, God is asking us to actively
  participate in the miracle He will do for our
  country
• that of raising up the Archipelago de San Lazaro

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The Urgency of the Situation
The nation today is facing a critical crossroad
towards its destiny. Will it be destruction or
deliverance? Will it be judgement or mercy? The
nation hangs in a precarious balance. IFP
Philippine Prayer Alert October-November 2003
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Generating a National Movement for Righteousness
and Transformation(N-MRT)

• The movement that we want to generate
• is a National Movement
• for Righteousness and Transformation
• (N-MRT)

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Character of the N-MRT

• It has to be nationwide.
• It has to be a force meant to goad the population
  towards righteousness in the eyes of God.
• It will impel Philippine society towards social
  transformation for the fulfillment of Gods
  purposes for the nation.

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Character of the N-MRT

• It is the National MRT,
• traversing the nation,
• providing spiritual transport for Gods plan
• for the Filipino nation,
• cutting through the moral and spiritual
  congestion that besets the land.

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Our Clarion Call

• Righteousness exalts a nation,
• but sin is a DISGRACE to any people.
• Prov 1434

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Our Vision
To fulfill Gods purposes for the nation A
nation, united as one in righteousness, that is
the worlds paradigm for God-centered and
pro-people progress
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Our Mission

• To birth the purposes of God for this nation
• To build the nation in righteousness
• To send the nation as a Light to the world

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Our Two-Fold Strategy

• Prayer in Action, Action in Prayer

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Our Movement
The force at the core moving our cause forward is
Jesus Christ.
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Our Movement
The embodiment of Jesus Christs purposes on
earth is the Body of Christ. We rely on the
Body of Christ, to be the core of The National
Movement for Righteousness and Transformation
(N-MRT).
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Our Movement
The Coalition of Christian Forces will represent
the force at the core moving our cause
forward. It will, however, aim to draw into its
locus all righteous forces in the land, thereby
pooling the resources of the best in the
population towards the spiritual battle against
evils stalking the land.
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Coalition of Christian Forces
Other Righteous Groups
The Entire Filipino Nation
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