We’ve Got To Make Noises In Greater Amounts

The Whos make themselves heard. We've got to make noises in greater amounts

I took great joy in my childhood in the story “Horton Hears a Who!” by Theodore Seuss Geisel, writing and drawing under the name of Dr. Suess. In this story, Horton the elephant hears the cries for help of the microscopic Whos, who live on a dust speck on a stalk of clover. The other animals consider Horton’s perception of the Whos as a delusional fantasy. It is only at the very end of the story, where the Whos, through a united, monumental effort, make themselves known to the other animals.

We’ve got to make noises in greater amounts

I share this story because I feel a similarity between the New Message from God community and the Whos. We have been making significant efforts for some time now to publicize the idea that there is a new message from God in the world. You can imagine that many people have rejected that claim as not merely false, but implausible or non-well-formed gobbledygoop. That’s how the animals responded to Horton’s testimony of the Whos.

We’ve got to make noises in greater amounts! And in 2017, we did. Our hopes and efforts were rewarded in that the New Message from God was mentioned in multiple places in print and electronic media.

In August of 2017:

In November of 2017:

  • Reed Summers (son of Messenger Marshall Vian Summers) had an interview with UK radio host Iain Lee.
  • Reed Summers appeared on the UK television talk show The Moore Show in the UK.
  • An article about Marshall Vian Summers appeared in the online magazine Ozy.

In December of 2017:

  • Reed Summers had an hour-long interview on the Mysterious Radio podcast.
  • Reed Summers had an interview on the Why Is This True? YouTube Channel.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wF9b_sstGA
  • Two articles on Marshall Vian Summers appeared in the UK newspaper The Daily Express, here and here.
  • Marshall Vian Summers had an interview with Iain Lee. There is a distinct possibility that the nation with the greatest familiarity with the New Message from God is the United Kingdom.
  • Marshall Vian Summers had an interview with US radio host Jimmy Church.

In the story of the Whos, the Mayor of Whoville told a young Who, “We’ve got to make noises in greater amounts! So open your mouth lad, for every voice counts!”

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Do You See Aleppo? 2014 Encampment Day 2

Souq Khan Al-Wazeer, Aleppo, Before and After Do you see Aleppo?

Souq Khan Al-Wazeer, Aleppo, Before and After

There is a city among troubled humanity. This city vividly represents the difficult times ahead predicted by the New Message from God. This city is the city of Aleppo, Syria.

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of human activity near Aleppo from the period of 10,700 to 9,500 BC. Excavations at Tell as-Sawda and Tell al-Ansari show that the area was occupied from around 5000 BC. There was a temple to the storm god Adda in Aleppo about 5,000 years ago. Legends among both Jews and Muslims say Abraham passed through Aleppo as he journeyed from Ur of the Chaldees. But the point is that Aleppo is a symbol of human civilization.

Dar-al-ifta (The House of Fatwa Issuance), Aleppo, Before and After. Do you see Aleppo?

Dar-al-ifta (The House of Fatwa Issuance), Aleppo, Before and After

Do you see Aleppo?

In 2009, Marshall Vian Summers travelled to Aleppo with his grown son, Reed Summers. During that time, Marshall Vian Summers received the revelation “The Race to Save Human Civilization.” That revelation contained the words:

“At this moment, you can stand in the middle of a city of two million people and in 20 years, it will be desolate.”

Reed Summers shared his experience of that time in a post entitled “The Prophecy of Aleppo’s Collapse.” I have added further information on the destruction which has taken place in Aleppo since 2009.

Aerial photographs of Umayyad Mosque and vicinity, Aleppo, before and after. Do you see Aleppo?

Aerial photographs of Umayyad Mosque and vicinity, Aleppo, before and after

I mention this because on the morning of Day 2 of the 2014 Encampment, Reed Summers shared his experience of that time. And what is happening in Aleppo now? Vice News reports:

Aleppo, one of the world’s oldest cities, is now a wasteland. Since the Syrian civil war reached Aleppo two years ago, Syria’s commercial and industrial capital has been the scene of bitter house- to-house fighting, as both the rebels and regime struggle for overall control.

I believe no joy was taken by Marshall Vian Summers or Reed Summers at the 2009 prophecy of Aleppo’s collapse. I believe no joy was taken by the people in the room at Encampment at the prophecy of Aleppo’s collapse. I believe they realized that if Aleppo, a city with millennia of habitation and civilization, can be desolate, then that seems to say something about the difficulty of the times ahead. During this time, I wrote in my notes the words of a voice in my mind’s ear:

“Do you see Aleppo? Without the New Message, that is the world’s future.”

“Do you see Aleppo? Without a lot of [the participant who said “All my life has been preparation for this.”], that is the world’s future.”

“Do you see Aleppo? Without a lot of you’s, that is the world’s future.”

What do you see when you look at Aleppo? Do you see Aleppo?

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An Appointment In Aleppo

Citadel Hill in Aleppo, Syria. In July of 2009, Marshall Vian Summers had an appointment in Aleppo

Most of the time, there is very little reference in the revelations received by Marshall Vian Summers, to the location where the revelation is received. Most of the time, not much detail is available as to the events leading up to any particular revelation. The revelation “The Race to Save Human Civilization” is an exception on both counts.

An appointment in Aleppo

This revelation was received in the city of Aleppo, Syria, on July 22, 2009. Aleppo is a city of a little more than 2 million people. Some say Aleppo has been inhabited since as early as 5,000 BC. There is archeological evidence showing Aleppo as a commercial center in the third millennium BC. Others say Abraham milked his sheep on Citadel Hill in the photo, although I don’t know how anyone would know that. But the point is that Aleppo is a symbol of human civilization.

I have already introduced you to Reed Summers, son of Marshall Vian Summers, in this space. This is from his account of that day:

Together we [Reed and Marshall] walked through the Umayyad Mosque, had lunch overlooking its thousand-year-old minaret and talked to the shopkeepers of the ancient souq nearby. We walked up towards the old citadel, just in time to face roadblocks and soldiers – not because of any conflict – but because the Turkish foreign ministry was holding bilateral trade talks with the Syrian government. From atop the citadel we looked out on Aleppo. It was high Summer and the city hummed and steamed with movement and heat. Already millions of Iraqi refugees had relocated to northern Syria and we wondered aloud about the fate of the country.

Between the time of Reed’s account and now, the thousand-year-old minaret of the Umayyad Mosque was reduced to a pile of rubble in clashes between Syrian government forces and rebels. But they were not merely tourists. It is as if Marshall Vian Summers had an appointment in Aleppo, an appointment with revelation. Reed goes on to describe the receiving of this revelation:

That night, The Messenger sat quietly in our small room at the Al Faisal hotel. At his side was a voice recorder. He turned it on, checked the microphone and did a sound test. Then he closed his eyes and waited. A dull silence ensued. Looking over to the closed window, I could hear the blunt honking, revving and shouting of typical evening traffic. Through the faded drapery I looked over the rooftops of the nearby buildings. The sky was gray and the wind was picking up. Above the chaos of satellite dishes, water tanks and laundry hung out to dry, was a Syrian flag flying tall above a government building. It flapped violently against its own flagpole as the wind picked up. In that moment Marshall raised his head, eyes closed and the voice began speaking – not his voice – but the voice of revelation now about to deliver page 9201 of the New Message from God.

The Hotel Al-Faisal is comfortable, but not fancy. It’s not like Marshall Summers wakes up in the morning and decides to receive a revelation. According to the timeline of the New Message from God, there was a period of almost four years (late 2001 to late 2005) where no revelations were received. Marshall has a certain experience of something wanting to come through for a certain period of time prior to when this voice speaks. This voice is distinct from Marshall’s normal voice. The audio of this message is available, and its the only message I know of with car horns honking in the background of the audio. People aren’t counting pages these days, because everyone familiar with the New Message from God knows that it’s a large number, and still growing. The message continued…

And then the words came: “At this moment, you can stand in the middle of a city of two million people and in 20 years, it will be desolate.”

Those prophetic words drove into my mind like a steel hammered into the ground. And they’re lodged there. As I read about the unfolding tragedy of Aleppo I remember that time in 2009 when everything appeared to be normal. Normal outside that room, outside the closed window with the faded drapes. But inside the room, the voice of the New Message from God bore down with the pressure of 2013, 2017, 2025.

Now Aleppo is caught in a spiral of destruction and disintegration. But it was foreseen. This is why God’s New Message must reach the world. Because it can tell the world what is coming.

It must be mentioned that Aleppo was not mentioned by name in this message, but it is as if the voice of revelation answered the questions Reed and Marshall were wondering aloud about earlier in the day.

I have no desire to be an alarmist or doom-monger.  I don’t believe Marshall Vian Summers has a desire to be an alarmist or doom-monger. But if the thousand-year-old minaret of the Umayyad Mosque can be destroyed, are any other historical treasures safe? And if Aleppo, a city with millennia of habitation and civilization, can be desolate, then that seems to say something about the difficulty of the times ahead. Perhaps that was the barbed point of this appointment in Aleppo.

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Reed and Ayesha Summers – A New Message Marriage

Reed and Ayesha Summers - A New Message MarriageI am pleased to announce the marriage of Reed Summers and Ayesha Uppal on November 10, 2013.

Reed was briefly mentioned in this post on the 2012 Encampment of the New Message from God.  He is the only son of Marshall Vian Summers, the Messenger of the New Message from God.  And yes, he looks a lot like his father.  I imagine that Marshall must have looked a lot like Reed when he was Reed’s age.

A New Message Marriage

I met both Reed and Ayesha for the first time at the 2012 Encampment.  They were engaged at the time.  They were both very nice to me.  I didn’t talk to them all that much. Reed was relatively busy with the supervision of the event.  Ayesha spoke one time from the platform during the event.  Furthermore, between September 2012 and now, I discovered that the New Message considers gabbiness and garrulosity to be traits to be restrained.

Reed and Marshall Summers - Reed is filling out the marriage license - A New Message Marriage

Marshall Summers conducted the ceremony.  I am not aware of Marshall Summers performing any marriages besides this one.

Looking from the pictures, there does not seem to have been a great deal of pomp and splendor, but the couple and the attendees displayed a great deal of happiness.  While the New Message challenges cultural conventions from time to time, this ceremony didn’t seem to be very different from many other marriage ceremonies which take place in the course of a given day.

Ayesha Summers - the bride in a New Message marriage

Reed wrote the following about the event:

On November 10 2013, Reed and Ayesha joined in holy matrimony in the Greater Community Sanctuary in Boulder, CO USA. We were married by the Messenger Marshall Vian Summers and surrounded by a small gathering of family and Members and Core Assistants of the Society [for the New Message from God]. For us, this sacred event marks the beginning of a new union joined in love and service to the New Message from God and the Worldwide Community of Students.

 

After giving the disclaimer that in the New Message, everyone’s life is necessary, everyone’s life is important, I believe I can say that this was the New Message superstar wedding of 2013.  I wish them a lifetime of happiness together.

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