Psalm 97: Obama at Federal Hall

Obama Traveled to New York City and Federal Hall to give a speech to top leaders on Wall Street.

Psalm 97

Theoretical Time:

  • 13000-08-27 NH 08:2:13 AA
  • 2009-09-15 01:12:00 TMMT
  • 2009-09-14 22:51:06 GMT
  • 2009-09-14 18:51:06 EDT

26 Psalms 97
1Yahvah reigns; let the land rejoice; let the multitude of islands be glad.
2Clouds and darkness are around him; righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.
3Fire goes before him, and burns up his enemies all around.
4His lightnings enlightened the world; the land saw, and trembled.
5The hills melted like wax at the presence of Yahvah, at the presence of the sovereign of the whole land.


6The skies declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
7Confounded are all those who serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols; worship him, all his angels.


8Zion heard and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of your judgments, Yahvah.
9For you, Yahvah, are high above all the land; you are exalted far above all gods.


10You who love Yahvah, hate evil; he preserves the souls of his saints; he delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
11Light shone for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
12Rejoice in Yahvah, you righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

Yet Another Speech

Obama picked Federal Hall, an historic venue, to give a verbal tongue lashing to Wall Street's elite. The building was the original location of the US Federal government. It was after the first meetings there that the original members of Congress first dedicated the country. President Washington was sworn in, and the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution.

The original building was replaced in the early 1800s and became a customs house and then later a branch of the US treasury, with its basement vaults used to store silver and gold. By 1939 it was turned into a museum.

It is also located on the southern end of Manhattan Island, 4 blocks from Ground Zero. The building was closed in 2004 for repairs to its foundations caused by the collapse of the Twin Towers.

The damage to the foundations of the building caused by the collapse of the towers is highly symbolic. The financial system troubles, which was the general subject of Obama's speech, were caused by Federal Reserve responses to 911 itself. In flooding the market with low percentage rate funds, the housing bubble was formed. When the bubble could no longer be sustained, the financial markets began to collapse, following the dates given by the Exodus Plagues.

Obama invited heads of various Wall Street firms as well as various politicians including Barney Frank and Mayor Bloomberg. It was a well attended who's who of US fiat money system.

Various reports of the attitude of the people in attendance indicated they could hardly wait for the speech to end. There was only 1 round of applause. The speech kept to script and to schedule.

Obama proposed more oversight by the Federal Reserve Bank, which is a private share corporation owned by the very firms represented in the room. It made about as much sense as calling for a fox to guard a hen house. He also implicitly granted that the US Federal government will continue to bail out these guys if they blow another bubble.

Matches

The Psalm opens with a reminder that God reigns, a fact some times forgotten when men like Obama give speeches. Verse 1 concludes with a reference to many people in an island, which is a match to Manhattan Island, the venue for this speech.

Verse 2 mentions clouds and darkness, and the foundation of God's throne. The building where Obama chose to give this speech received a cracked foundation after the events of 911. At one time the building housed US Treasury owned gold and silver, but since the introduction of fiat currency and the Federal Reserve after 1913, that sure foundation to the financial system has been removed.

The building, along with the rest of wall street, was darkened in the clouds of dust stirred up when the towers collapsed. This is a negative example of how men rule, in contrast to how God rules, and also a match from this Psalm to the venue.

Verse 3 is also a reference back to the fires at this location at 911, another match.

Verse 4 explains in past tense how the land saw and trembled at the events at this location. This is also pointing back at 911, another match. This may also be pointing at the establishment of the US Government itself, something that has been seriously usurped by the Federal Reserve and by Obama and his team.

Verse 5 uses the illustration of melting like wax, which is another way to describe how the towers collapsed. Fire at the top, and then a meltdown.

Verse 6 includes a reference to the skies, which is where the 911 attack came from, another match.

Verse 7 deals with the confounding of those who serve images. The judgement that the United States received at God's hands in 911 is usually missed. 3000 were killed when prophetic Samson pushed over 2 columns. Most pundits say these people were innocents, instead of using Samson's scriptural explanation and saying they had opposed God and his plans.

The banking system, headed by people in the room for Obama's speech, was aspect of American life that was most directly targeted by that judgement. Their confounded understanding of 911 is thus another match to this Psalm and to the venue for this speech.

Verse 8 contains a reference to Judah, what is now Russia. It was a Pravda article in July of 2001 that first publicly predicted the September attack on the New York City financial system. Russia is in the least leveraged financial state of any major country and can easily survive another round of collapse. Chances are good that Russia was the source of, or party to, the original attack.

Verse 10 deals with those preserved from the hands of the wicked. The term wicked has been applied to Obama by previous Psalms. Those in the room for this speech need to ask if they are preserved from this man's hands, or not. The question is a match, though it leaves more questions.

Verse 11 talks about lights that shine. One of the ways 911 has been memorialized is through lights shining into the sky. Yet another match.

Verse 12 concludes on the topic of remembering, which is the general structure of how this Psalm fulfilled in headlines this date.

Notes

The US Constitution set gold and silver as the foundation of the US economy. The Federal Reserve was unconstitutional. It provided a means for the bankers of New York to take control of much of the economy, while at the same time undermining the foundation of the government itself. Federal Hall's foundations, devoid of gold since the 1920s, were cracked at 911.

There is some sense in this that the rest of the building risks collapse at the next round of disasters.

Levi Seal

This Psalm is also the Levi Seal Date Psalm. Fulfillment events for this Psalm are usually related to themes that matter to the tribe of Levi.

In this case the subject of the Obama speech was the banking industry of the United States. Banking, or more specifically tithe or interest collecting, is the business of the Levites in scripture. This is why the fulfillment headline was on this subject.

The Swiss have a traditional banking industry as a form of Levitical responsibility. The banking industry in the USA is a reflection of this deposit in the Levitical tribes. It is probably the case that Manhattan is some sort of localized match to Levi.

For historical note, Obama was golfing with the head of UBS, the largest Swiss bank, when he vacationed in Martha's Vineyard a few weeks before. UBS has been under IRS scrutiny for obeying Swiss bank secrecy laws.

Attendees

The critical attendee was Robert Wolf, who sits on the board. He is the only member of the board not from a United States company. Indeed, UBS is from Switzerland, the modern Confederation of the Helvetti, the lost tribe of Levi. His presence confirms this as a Levi Seal event.

ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS

  • Department of the Treasury, Secretary Timothy F. Geithner
  • White House Council of Economic Advisers, Christina Romer

PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY ADVISORY BOARD

  • Paul Volcker, Chairman
  • William H. Donaldson, Former Chairman, SEC
  • Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., President & CEO, TIAA-CREF
  • Mark T. Gallogly, Founder & Managing Partner, Centerbridge Partners L.P.
  • Charles E. Phillips, Jr., President, Oracle Corporation
  • Penny Pritzker, Chairman & Founder, Pritzker Realty Group
  • David F. Swensen, Chief Investment Officer, Yale University
  • Robert Wolf, Chairman & CEO, UBS Group Americas

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

  • Representative Barney Frank, D-MA Chairman of the Financial Services Committee
  • Representative Gary Ackerman, D-NY
  • Representative Joseph Crowley, D-NY
  • Representative Jim Himes, D-CT
  • Representative Michael McMahon, D-NY
  • Representative Gregory Meeks, D-NY
  • Representative Anthony Weiner, D-NY

NEW YORK OFFICIALS

  • New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
  • New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn
  • New York City Comptroller William Thompson
  • New York City Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum
  • New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver
  • Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer
  • First Deputy Mayor Patricia Harris
  • Deputy Mayor Robert Lieber, Economic Development
  • Deputy Mayor Kevin Sheekey, Intergovernmental Affairs
  • President of the New York City Economic Development Corporation Seth Pinksy
  • New York City Small Business Services Commissioner Robert Walsh
  • New York City Department of Consumer Affairs Commissioner Jonathan Mintz
  • New York City Department of Consumer Affairs Senior Policy Advisor Mitchell Kent

MEMBERS OF THE FINANCIAL AND CONSUMER ADVOCACY COMMUNITIES AND OTHER OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS

  • Roger Altman, CEO, Evercore Partners
  • John Atlas, Executive Director, National Housing Institute
  • Robert Azeke, Managing Director, Parish Capital
  • Jeep Bryant, Executive Vice President, BNY Mellon Corp
  • Pamela Banks, Policy Counsel, Consumers Union
  • Jeffrey Barker, Market President, Bank of America Corporation
  • Ron Baylock, President, Baylock & Co.
  • Pam Bennet, Director, NY Citizen Action
  • Tom Bernstein, President, Chelsea Piers
  • Shonali Bhowmik, President, Little Lamb Recordings
  • Bill Borner, Executive Vice President, Spraylat
  • Nicholas Bourke, Manager - Safe Credit Cards Project, The Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Darcy Bradbury, Senior Vice President, D.E. Shaw
  • John Breyault, Vice President of Public Policy Telecommunications and Fraud, National Consumers League
  • Paul Calello, Investment Bank, Credit Suisse CEO
  • Michael Campbell, Managing Director, Phene Capital
  • Roel C. Campos, Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish
  • Margaret Cannella, Professor, Columbia University
  • Elizabeth Caputo, Chair, Democratic Leadership for the 21st Century
  • Monty Cerf, Managing Director, Barclays
  • Jim Chanos, President, Kynikos Associates
  • Jaimie Cloud, President, Sustainability Education
  • Rodge Cohen, Senior Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell
  • Daniel Cohen, President, Cohen and Company
  • Eleni Constantine, Director, Financial Security Portfolio, The Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Rebekah Cook-Mack, Southern Brooklyn Legal Services
  • Sheila Davidson, EVP and Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, New York Life Insurance Company
  • Kim Davis, President, JP Morgan Chase Foundation
  • Jamie Dinan, Chairman, York Capital
  • Donald Donahue, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp
  • Kelly Dougherty, Columbia University
  • Tamara Draut, Vice President of Policy and Programs, Demos
  • Richard Dresdale, Managing Director, Fenway Partner
  • Hazel Dukes, President, NYS NAACP
  • Tim Duncan, Chairman, American Business Leaders for Financial Reform
  • Doug Dunham, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
  • Wes Edens, CEO, Fortress Investments
  • Steven Gallen Edersheim, Founder & Principal, Credit Renaissance Partners LLC
  • Marjorie Elias, Genworth Life Insurance Co of NY
  • Raudline Etienne, Chief Investment Officer, NYS Common Retirement Fund
  • Harold Ford, Vice Chairman, Bank of America
  • Wen Gao, , Credit Renaissance Partners LLC
  • Teddy Goff, Account Manager, Blue State Digital
  • Sally Greenberg, Executive Director, National Consumers League
  • Robert Greifeld, Chief Executive Officer , NASDAQ OMX
  • Agnes Gund, Chairman, Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission of NY
  • Doug Hammond, Coordinator, American Sustainable Business Council
  • Kathy Harget, Program Director, Green America
  • Carla Harris, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
  • Jane Hartley, CEO, Observatory Group
  • David Heller, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
  • Robert Henrikson, CEO and President, MetLife Chairman
  • Marten S. Hoekstra, CEO, Wealth Management Americas, UBS Financial Service
  • Brad Madison Hoylman, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs and General Counsel, Partnership for New York City
  • Glenn Hutchins, CEO, Silver Lake Partners
  • Heidi Schloegel Hynes, Community Leader, Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition
  • Mel Immergut, Chairman, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
  • Alan Jenkins, Executive Director, The Opportunity Agenda
  • David Jones, CEO, David Jones LLC
  • Robert S. Kapito, President, BlackRock
  • Shiegsuke Kashiwagi, President and CEO, Nomura Holding America Inc.
  • Karen Spar Kasner, Owner, Karen Spar Kasner, P.C.
  • Phyliss Salowe Kaye, Executive Director, NJ Citizen Action
  • Kirsten Keefe, Senior Staff Attorney, Empire Justice Center
  • Saywallah Kessely, Executive Director, African Center for Community Empowerment
  • Gene Kirby, President, New Alliance
  • Peter Robert Knitzer, Group Executive Vice President, Citigroup
  • Orin Kramer, Managing Partner, Boston Provident
  • Vivien Labaton, Director of Strategic Program Initiatives, Atlantic Philanthropies
  • Vivienne C. LaBorde, Attorney, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
  • Marc Lasry, Managing Partner, Avenue Capital
  • David Levine, Co-Founder, American Sustainable Business Council
  • William Lewis, Co-Chairman Investment Banking, Lazard Freres & Co. LLC
  • James H. Lewis, Director of Policy and Organizing, Communities Homeowners and Neighbors Gaining Economic Rights Inc. (C.H.A.N.G.E.R.)
  • Peter Lewis, Chairman, Progressive Insurance Companies
  • Kevin Liles, Managing Partner, KWL Enterprises
  • Dan Loeb, CEO, Third Point Capital
  • Sarah Ludwig, Co-Director, Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project
  • Tracy Maitland, CEO, Advent Capital Management
  • Monika Mantilla, Altura Capital
  • Robert Marchman, Executive Vice President, NYSE
  • Ellen S. Marmur, M.D., Chief, Division of Dermatologic Surgery, The Mount Sinai Medical Center
  • Don Marron, CEO, Light Year Capital
  • Brian Mathis, Managing Partner, Provident Group Asset Management
  • Katherine McFate, Program Officer, The Ford Foundation
  • Ray McGuire, Head of Global Banking, CitiGroup
  • Christopher Meyer, Vice President, Consumers Union
  • Donna Marcy Milrod, Managing Director and Deputy CEO, Deutsche Bank
  • Eric Mindich, Managing Partner, Eton Park Capital
  • Daniel Mintz, Campaign Director, MoveOn.org Political Action
  • Calvin A. Mitchell III, Executive Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  • Robert S. Nichols, President and COO, Financial Services Forum
  • Thomas Nides, Chief Administrative Officer, Morgan Stanley
  • Janice Nittoliz, Associate VP, Rockefeller Foundation
  • Michael J. O'Neill, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Communications, American Express Company
  • Deven Parekh , Managing Partner, Insight Venture Management
  • James Parrott, Chief Economist, Fiscal Policy Institute
  • Dick Parsons, Chairman, CitiGroup
  • Don Peebles, CEO & Chairman, The Peebles Corporation
  • Lawrence Penn, Managing Partner, The Camelot Group
  • Pete Peterson, Founder, Blackstone
  • Al Puchala, Managing Director, Signal Equity Partners
  • John Rhea, Chairman, NYC Housing Authority
  • Tarrus Richardson, Founder & Managing Director, ICV Capital Partners
  • Janice Cook Roberts, Director, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
  • MarySol Rodriguez, Senior Vice President, Partnership for NYC
  • Marcos A. Rodriguez, Managing Director, Palladium Equity Partners LLC
  • Brian Rogan, Senior Executive Vice President, BNY Mellon
  • Marvin Rosen, President, Fusion Telecommunications
  • Bill Rudin, President, Rudin Management
  • Jeronimo Saldana, Program Associate, OSI US Programs
  • Thomas Schick, EVP Corporate & External Affairs, American Express Company
  • Ralph Schlosstein, President, Evercore Partners
  • Walter Schubert, CEO, The Schubert Group
  • Paul Sheridan, Managing Director, Schechner Barclays
  • Stan Shuman, Managing Partner, Allen & Co.
  • Esther Silver-Parker, Senior Vice President, Wal-Mart
  • Sam Simon, Executive Director and Board Member, National Consumers League
  • Brian Snyder, Principal, HBJ Investments
  • Marc Spilker, Co-Head of Asset Management, Goldman Sachs
  • Seymour Susswein, VP Sales, Sartorous LLC
  • Scott Everett Talbott, SVP Government Relations, Financial Services Roundtable
  • Andy Tobias, Financial Advisor
  • Kevin Toner, Managing Partner, Arestia Capital
  • Jim Torrey, Chairman, The Torrey Fund
  • Seth Waugh, CEO, Deutsche Bank Americas
  • Rebecca Weber, Executive Director, NYPIRG
  • Peter Weinberg, Perella Weinberg
  • Chris Williams, Chairman and Chief Executive Office, Williams Capital
  • Anre Williams, President, American Express
  • Deborah Wright, Chairman & CEO, Carver Federal Bank
  • Josh Zinner, Co-Director, NEDAP

By Phil Stone
Revised 13000-08-27 (2009-09-15)