Christianity is not a religion; Christianity is a reality. The more you think about this life in the flesh, the deeper this truth becomes. If you walk the walk and lead a Christian life based on forgiveness through repentance; Christianity, by definition, becomes your reality and God’s blessings naturally flow your way. However, there are some very bazaar activities happening inside some of the denominations of Christianity.
In 2019 the AP reported that the United Methodists Church was edging toward a breakup over LGBT policies. The majority of U.S. membership supported same-sex marriage and ordination of LBGT pastors, and U.S. delegates opposed what is called the Traditional Plan which strengthened bans on LBGT inclusive practices. U.S. delegates voted against the plan 438 to 384, but the Traditional Plan passed when U.S. conservatives teamed up and voted with delegates from Methodist strongholds in Africa and the Philippines. The liberal U.S. congregations vowed to disregard the Traditional Plan, fracturing the UMC into two separate denominations: one denomination accepting the LGBT inclusive policies and the other rejecting them. CNN is now reporting that the UMC lifted “… the bans on LGBTQ clergy and on pastors performing same-sex unions. They also removed the language that said homosexuality was incompatible with Christian teaching.”
In 2019 during the peak of the COVID 19 hysteria, a disturbing practice was promoted by the Genesis II Church in Washington state. The church was using Facebook to invite the public to attend their church where they conducted what they called an “effective alternative healing” in Leavenworth Washington. The event was publicized on Facebook where people were told that learning how to consume bleach “could save your life, or the life of a loved one sent home to die”. The Genesis II Church of Health and Healing asked people to donate $450 each or $800 per couple as a membership fee which included packages of bleach which they called “sacraments”, containing chlorine dioxide which is a powerful bleach (MMS)used in textiles and in industrial water treatment, it is not only dangerous but consumption by humans has been banned in several countries. The FDA issued a warning: “consumers should stop using MMS immediately and throw it away.” The FDA received reports of people requiring hospitalizations, developing life-threatening conditions, and even dying after drinking MMS. Thank God the leadership of this church, all having the same last name, who received more than $1 million from selling MMS, were prosecuted and found guilty of conspiring to defraud the United States by distributing an unapproved and misbranded drug, and for contempt of court.
Considering the current rush to legalize marijuana, you may not be surprised by this; the Lion of Judah, House of Rastafari Church in Madison, Wisconsin, openly uses and distributes marijuana as a sacrament. Similarly, the First Church of Cannabis, led by pastor Bill Levin, gained national attention when it was officially recognized as a religious sect by the state of Indiana. First bleach then marijuana as sacraments! Christ warned us many times to beware of false teachers. Granted, these are extreme examples of Denominationalism, however, there are many other less glaring examples across this nation that God is just as unhappy about. I won’t ridicule the many Traditions of Men being taught as the Word of God in some denominations, ideally that is the job of the membership.
Denominationalism has been devastating to Christianity and I imagine Satin is very happy about it. Satin is using basic warfare strategy against Christians; divide and conquer. Denomination means a way to divide something, such as monetary bills or religious people, into separate groups. There is only one Christ, and there is only one truth leading to one doctrine; this truth is taught in the New and Old Testaments. Period. First Corinthians chapter 1 tells us what God thinks about denominations, Paul is teaching here.
10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Paul is not happy with the actions of those people who recently converted to Christianity and were already beginning to splinter the young Church, which Paul was helping God build.
11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
Members of the church in Corinth were saying things like; “…Apollos doesn’t believe that…” and another would be saying, “Cephas taught me, and he says…” This was the beginning of the dividing of Christianity. Listen to Paul.
12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
Paul was having none of this, he is saying; there is only one Almighty God. After a while, there was an attempt to unite the Church, but it took almost 300 years to get to that point. By that time many Traditions of Men were accepted into church doctrine, and now most Christians don’t know the difference. If it is not written, if you can’t find it in the Bible; it is nothing more than the Traditions of Men. Sadly, many denominations are founded on the Traditions of Men, and if you don’t think that is serious, listen to Paul speaking to the church in Corinth:
14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in my own name.
Denominations are not going to exist when Christ returns, so why do we tolerate them now? Denominations divide God’s children and eventually have always led to the persecution of other religions or other denominations.
Most of my life has involved education, K through 12, then college, and after graduating I taught for many years. First Communication, then my teaching turned to the Word of God. Much later, I realized I had been poisoned in college, now the poisoning starts in the lower grades.
Watch the events happening on our college campuses, young adults protesting in favor of a ruthless, blood thirsty terrorist group and against the only democracy in the middle east! They have been poisoned! Students have been infiltrated by professional protestors, and this relatively small group of people are interfering with everyday life, in all areas, not just on college campuses. They have blocked bridges and entrances to airports and stopped the flow in and out of events. They have all been poisoned!
With me, it started in 1973 when I was teaching at CSULB; one of our activities in an Interpersonal Communication class was called the Privilege Walk, and I thought it was cool! We lined up a group of students in a straight line on a big open space and ask them a series of questions, if they answered “yes” they would take a step forward, “no,” a step backwards. It was a setup; the questions were designed so anyone of color would end up in the very back of the group and every white student would be at the front. This was the early 70’s! Fast forward to today and what we are seeing is the Privilege Walk on steroids.
The Bible speaks of being poisoned in several places, and as we are seeing today, the poisoning is mental, sometimes spiritual. There is something significant about the verses in the Old and New Testaments that speak of poison and poisoning, most mention a snake. Psalms 58:4, Psalms 140:3, Romans 3:13, and James 3:7 & 8 all mention a serpent or asps in the verses. They are not talking about a physical snake; it symbolizes evilness, lies, and false teaching.
Christ used the analogy between being poisoned and accepting false teachings in many places, He didn’t always speak of being poisoned by an animal. Christ used leaven in many places as an example of how lies and false teaching, once it enters the mind of a person, spreads through the whole body. One of these places is Matthew 16:6 - Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. The Pharisees and Sadducees were poisoning God’s children with their lies and false religion, the Sadducees didn’t even believe in life after death! They didn’t believe in eternity.
There is another place where the Bible talks about being poisoned, but the analogy uses another of God’s creatures to demonstrate what happens when a person accepts the lies and false teachings of the End Times. In Revelation Chapter 9 God tells us what will happen when anti-Christ, along with his fallen angels, comes to earth trying to convince God’s children he is the Messiah returned. This evil group of supernatural beings is compared to an army of locusts, and their poisoning power is likened to that of a scorpion. Having lived in the desert for many years I find this analogy especially compelling…I’ve been stung by a scorpion.
Revelation 9 begins with anti-Christ coming to earth and releasing his army of supernatural beings from the bottomless pit. Then, they are given power:
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
But there is nothing to fear if you have God’s truth in your mind.
4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
Just as it is with the Mark of the Beast, this is spiritual, and it is in your mind…what is in your forehead? If you have God’s truth sealed in your mind these supernatural brutes can’t touch you!
5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
Here we learn that the length of the reign of anti-Christ has been shortened from three and a half years to five months. And who will be tormented for five months? Those that DO NOT have the seal of God’s truth in their minds. I was taught that the use of the scorpion in this verse was because of how the killing of its prey involves the victim’s backbone being turned to mush. A few years back, after being stung by a scorpion, the actual meaning became clear to me. Notice this scripture says when a scorpion strikes a man, not when it strikes its prey.
I was struck on the right toe by my scorpion and for the next 24 hours I could feel the poison traveling through my body, up my right side, into my heart, then into my brain! Then the poison traveled down my left side until my entire body was experiencing numbness from the poison left behind. Suddenly, I thought of leaven.
The numbness in the thought process that must exist in a person’s mind, who would gleefully support an organization like Hamas, who beheaded babies, raped, tortured women, and committed the mass murder of over two thousand innocent people, must come from Satan. They have been poisoned! What worries me more than the numb-brained college students protesting for Hamas are all the other people in this country who have gone to college and are now politicians, judges, professionals in all fields, and even Christian ministers who all graduated from institutions of “higher learning.” Look around, obviously, many of them have been poisoned too.
Watching the carnival, which we call life today, can be entertaining and frightening at the same time. Sometimes you cannot help but laugh at what is going on but then you realize, wait a minute, this is real! Have you seen any pictures of Admiral Rachel Leland Levine? Have you seen the picture of Donald J Trump's mug shot as he was indicated for the fourth time in the Democrats’ attempt to influence the 2024 election?!?
As time passes, more and more questions come to mind, I think that may be true for most people. The more questions I have, the more I find myself thinking about the apostle John. Can you imagine being a disciple of Jesus Christ while he walked the earth? Hearing and seeing so many amazing things and at the same time understanding so little! Jesus told His disciples and us in the Book of John chapter 3 verse 12:
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
When it comes to that dimension, which we call Heaven or Paradise, we know almost nothing. Many of the questions I get asked at christschurchoftheholyword.com concern what is going on in Heaven. For some reason many people are concerned about what people do in the afterlife. Do people play sports in Heaven? Will I still be married to my spouse? Will my pets who have died be there when I get to Heaven? Only a few questions are decisively answered in the Bible, such as the question of marriage. In Luke chapter 20 Jesus answered that question.
34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
Other questions we are asked on our website, however, often have fewer clear-cut answers. Pets in heaven are not really addressed in the Bible although in Isaiah chapter 11, starting around verse 6, we find that animals will be there. In these cases, I usually depend on common sense: I cannot imagine God would destroy and send to oblivion anything as pure, innocent and loving as my dearly departed pets! So, I think they will be there, after all, we are told in Luke chapter 12 verse 6 that God knows intimately every sparrow that He has ever created. Then, there are other questions that are not addressed in the Bible at all.
The question most often asked is how we can be so sure this is the Last Generation. It is not surprising that this shocks people. The arguments usually go something like this, how can you say we are in the Last Generation knowing; “people have been saying that since the beginning of time and it hasn’t happened yet,” “things have been more chaotic at other times in history,” and “Jesus told us nobody knows that!”
It is true that we are told in Matthew chapter 24, verse 36,
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Ironically, it is from this same chapter 24 of the Book of Matthew that makes me certain that we are currently in the Last Generation before Jesus Christ returns. Have you ever heard of the Parable of the Fig Tree? Jesus told us to learn this parable in this 24th chapter of Matthew in verse 32: “Now learn a parable of the fig tree...” And then in verse 34 we read, “Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.” What generation? The Generation of the Fig Tree.
This parable begins in the Old Testament in Jeremiah chapter 24 where two shoots, the Good and the Bad Fig Trees, are set out. According to the parable, the Last Generation before Christ returns begins when Israel (both shoots) is reinstated as a nation in the Holy Land where it previously existed. Against all odds that took place in May of 1948. The CCHW website has a 2 Part Bible study on the Parable of the Fig Tree, and I recommend you go there and find the truth.
The only thing in question is how long is a generation in the Bible? There are three different generations mentioned in the Bible and some people argue it must be one of those. However, each of those three generations reflect how long people at that time lived; 40 years, 60 years, and 120 years. This fact leads me to believe that the Last Generation would be based on the same criteria. What is the life span of a human today? What will it be five or ten years from now?
I will admit there are a lot of unanswered questions. The wisest man I ever knew would always tell me, “When it comes to physical things you should prepare like you will live forever, but when it comes to the spiritual, plan like today is your last.”
We owe it to the ones we love to be prepared in these days of confusion which the Bible has warned us about. If we do not stand up against the disgusting political events, we are watching take place today and are content to just laugh about them, we may have to live with them for a long time.
Watching the carnival, which we call life today, can be entertaining and frightening at the same time. Sometimes you cannot help but laugh at what is going on but then you realize, wait a minute, this is real! Have you seen any pictures of Admiral Rachel Leland Levine? Have you seen the picture of Donald J Trump's mug shot as he was indicated for the fourth time in the Democrats’ attempt to influence the 2024 election?!?
As time passes, more and more questions come to mind, I think that may be true for most people. The more questions I have, the more I find myself thinking about the apostle John. Can you imagine being a disciple of Jesus Christ while he walked the earth? Hearing and seeing so many amazing things and at the same time understanding so little! Jesus told His disciples and us in the Book of John chapter 3 verse 12:
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
When it comes to that dimension, which we call Heaven or Paradise, we know almost nothing. Many of the questions I get asked at christschurchoftheholyword.com concern what is going on in Heaven. For some reason many people are concerned about what people do in the afterlife. Do people play sports in Heaven? Will I still be married to my spouse? Will my pets who have died be there when I get to Heaven? Only a few questions are decisively answered in the Bible, such as the question of marriage. In Luke chapter 20 Jesus answered that question.
34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
Other questions we are asked on our website, however, often have fewer clear-cut answers. Pets in heaven are not really addressed in the Bible although in Isaiah chapter 11, starting around verse 6, we find that animals will be there. In these cases, I usually depend on common sense: I cannot imagine God would destroy and send to oblivion anything as pure, innocent and loving as my dearly departed pets! So, I think they will be there, after all, we are told in Luke chapter 12 verse 6 that God knows intimately every sparrow that He has ever created. Then, there are other questions that are not addressed in the Bible at all.
The question most often asked is how we can be so sure this is the Last Generation. It is not surprising that this shocks people. The arguments usually go something like this, how can you say we are in the Last Generation knowing; “people have been saying that since the beginning of time and it hasn’t happened yet,” “things have been more chaotic at other times in history,” and “Jesus told us nobody knows that!”
It is true that we are told in Matthew chapter 24, verse 36,
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Ironically, it is from this same chapter 24 of the Book of Matthew that makes me certain that we are currently in the Last Generation before Jesus Christ returns. Have you ever heard of the Parable of the Fig Tree? Jesus told us to learn this parable in this 24th chapter of Matthew in verse 32: “Now learn a parable of the fig tree...” And then in verse 34 we read, “Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.” What generation? The Generation of the Fig Tree.
This parable begins in the Old Testament in Jeremiah chapter 24 where two shoots, the Good and the Bad Fig Trees, are set out. According to the parable, the Last Generation before Christ returns begins when Israel (both shoots) is reinstated as a nation in the Holy Land where it previously existed. Against all odds that took place in May of 1948. The CCHW website has a 2 Part Bible study on the Parable of the Fig Tree, and I recommend you go there and find the truth.
The only thing in question is how long is a generation in the Bible? There are three different generations mentioned in the Bible and some people argue it must be one of those. However, each of those three generations reflect how long people at that time lived; 40 years, 60 years, and 120 years. This fact leads me to believe that the Last Generation would be based on the same criteria. What is the life span of a human today? What will it be five or ten years from now?
I will admit there are a lot of unanswered questions. The wisest man I ever knew would always tell me, “When it comes to physical things you should prepare like you will live forever, but when it comes to the spiritual, plan like today is your last.”
We owe it to the ones we love to be prepared in these days of confusion which the Bible has warned us about. If we do not stand up against the disgusting political events, we are watching take place today and are content to just laugh about them, we may have to live with them for a long time.
Watching the carnival, which we call life today, can be entertaining and frightening at the same time. Sometimes you cannot help but laugh at what is going on but then you realize, wait a minute, this is real! Have you seen any pictures of Admiral Rachel Leland Levine? Have you seen the picture of Donald J Trump's mug shot as he was indicated for the fourth time in the Democrats’ attempt to influence the 2024 election?!?
As time passes, more and more questions come to mind, I think that may be true for most people. The more questions I have, the more I find myself thinking about the apostle John. Can you imagine being a disciple of Jesus Christ while he walked the earth? Hearing and seeing so many amazing things and at the same time understanding so little! Jesus told His disciples and us in the Book of John chapter 3 verse 12:
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
When it comes to that dimension, which we call Heaven or Paradise, we know almost nothing. Many of the questions I get asked at christschurchoftheholyword.com concern what is going on in Heaven. For some reason many people are concerned about what people do in the afterlife. Do people play sports in Heaven? Will I still be married to my spouse? Will my pets who have died be there when I get to Heaven? Only a few questions are decisively answered in the Bible, such as the question of marriage. In Luke chapter 20 Jesus answered that question.
34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
Other questions we are asked on our website, however, often have fewer clear-cut answers. Pets in heaven are not really addressed in the Bible although in Isaiah chapter 11, starting around verse 6, we find that animals will be there. In these cases, I usually depend on common sense: I cannot imagine God would destroy and send to oblivion anything as pure, innocent and loving as my dearly departed pets! So, I think they will be there, after all, we are told in Luke chapter 12 verse 6 that God knows intimately every sparrow that He has ever created. Then, there are other questions that are not addressed in the Bible at all.
The question most often asked is how we can be so sure this is the Last Generation. It is not surprising that this shocks people. The arguments usually go something like this, how can you say we are in the Last Generation knowing; “people have been saying that since the beginning of time and it hasn’t happened yet,” “things have been more chaotic at other times in history,” and “Jesus told us nobody knows that!”
It is true that we are told in Matthew chapter 24, verse 36,
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Ironically, it is from this same chapter 24 of the Book of Matthew that makes me certain that we are currently in the Last Generation before Jesus Christ returns. Have you ever heard of the Parable of the Fig Tree? Jesus told us to learn this parable in this 24th chapter of Matthew in verse 32: “Now learn a parable of the fig tree...” And then in verse 34 we read, “Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.” What generation? The Generation of the Fig Tree.
This parable begins in the Old Testament in Jeremiah chapter 24 where two shoots, the Good and the Bad Fig Trees, are set out. According to the parable, the Last Generation before Christ returns begins when Israel (both shoots) is reinstated as a nation in the Holy Land where it previously existed. Against all odds that took place in May of 1948. The CCHW website has a 2 Part Bible study on the Parable of the Fig Tree, and I recommend you go there and find the truth.
The only thing in question is how long is a generation in the Bible? There are three different generations mentioned in the Bible and some people argue it must be one of those. However, each of those three generations reflect how long people at that time lived; 40 years, 60 years, and 120 years. This fact leads me to believe that the Last Generation would be based on the same criteria. What is the life span of a human today? What will it be five or ten years from now?
I will admit there are a lot of unanswered questions. The wisest man I ever knew would always tell me, “When it comes to physical things you should prepare like you will live forever, but when it comes to the spiritual, plan like today is your last.”
We owe it to the ones we love to be prepared in these days of confusion which the Bible has warned us about. If we do not stand up against the disgusting political events, we are watching take place today and are content to just laugh about them, we may have to live with them for a long time.
Confusion is often the goal of this activity; some people don’t always want you to understand what they are saying! Every day, new meanings for established words and phrases are created which have different meanings than what they traditionally meant. This phenomenon occurs when a person or group takes a word that is universally understood and promotes it as meaning just the opposite or as something different. An example of this would be the word “sick.” Today, the younger generation sometimes uses “sick” to mean “really cool” instead of something that is nauseous. Someone might say, “Wow! That car is sick!” Meaning it is very nice.
A more dangerous side of changing the language and how words are used involves using an existing word that is similar to another word but using it in a way that tricks people into thinking they mean the same thing. Some of these misleading word and phrase usages are domestic terrorists instead of concerned parents, misinformation instead of another's opinion, or undocumented instead of illegal aliens.
Using equity and equality in the same way is an excellent example, sadly few have any idea what the difference in their meanings are today. Many people think equity means the same thing as equality, but it doesn’t. Equal means to be the same in measurement; size, quality, opportunity, etc., whereas the word equity means fair, impartiality, something that is just. Here is the problem; what is fair, impartial, or just depends on who is doing the assessment.
Many in politics use equity as being interchangeable with equality, but they are not at all the same, and the reason they do this is not honorable. They are trying to fool people! If someone says there should be equity in the workplace or in the hiring of teachers, or in the grading of students, it means that things should be conducted, in their opinion, fairly. But they would lead you to believe that it means everyone should have the same opportunity or be held responsible to the same standards. That is obviously not what they mean at all.
This intentional attempt to mislead people is often intended to cause division among people; divide and conquer as they say. Are you willing to call a woman “he” or a young boy “they”? Will you concede a man can have a baby, or that ten-year-old children know when they are in a “wrong-body”? Or does our country have a “debt-ceiling”? Sorry, I don’t see one, but I do see people being divided over words and phrases like these.
This same thing has been done sometimes with scripture in an attempt to mislead people about the Word of God. The word hell, as an example, causes confusion and division between many Christians. Most Christians’ perception of hell comes from Dante’s 14th-century poem Inferno and his vision is much different than what the Bible teaches. There are four words in the Bible that are translated into English as hell, one is found only once and is the holding place of the fallen angels.
The other words all basically mean the grave or in the case of the word “geenna,” found in Mark 9:45, as well as other places, it was a garbage pit outside of Jerusalem. According to Revelation chapter 20, our final judgement doesn’t take place until the end of the Millenium, that is 1000 years after Christ returns. And when He returns, that is when the real dividing will begin; the truth from the lies, good from evil, His children from Satan’s, the saved from those who are not yet saved. Jesus Christ warned His children not to be deceived in Matthew chapter 24;
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
As published in the July 2023 issue of
The Patriots Free Press
I have a new book, The Four Hidden Dynasties of the Bible, it should be out in time for Christmas. These four Hidden Dynasties that the book exposes control everything we see happening in the world today. These dynasties are Education, Politics, the Economy, and Religion. Perhaps the most frightening thing happening in the world today concerns the economy.
The people that control the Third Hidden Dynasty of the Economy have a goal in mind for all of humanity and it involves keeping them poor and under control. These powerful people will happily support the Antichrist, when he arrives, if it means it will keep the status quo. They will dictate when you can buy and sell, and through regulations imposed upon us by the Political Dynasty they will control the world economy. It is made clear in the Book of Amos that God is going to put holes in the pockets of his unbelieving children. The financial powers of the world will support Satan’s total takeover, so don’t expect what is to come to be fair.
The Nation’s Fiscal Health 2023, from the U.S. Government Accountability Office is available online in PDFF format, here are some highlights.
“The Federal government faces an unsustainable long-term fiscal future; the balance of the current revenue and program spending policies result in debt growing faster than the economy. This is unsustainable over the long-term.” Then this Federal report continues.
“The fiscal year 2022 Federal deficit was among the highest in American history...CBO has stated that high and rising Federal debt as a share of the economy increases the risk of a fiscal crisis.” In other words; our economy could totally collapse! The report continues.
“...debt held by the public as a share of GDP (Gross Domestic Product) grew during the economic expansion of June 2009 to February 2020. It did not grow during the economic expansion from March 1991 to March 2001.” The report continues.
“Projections...show that debt held by the public would reach its historical high of 106 percent of GDP by 2029 and continue to grow at an increasing pace...to more than 219% of GDP – more than twice the size of the economy – by 2051.” There is more evidence of trouble coming in the annual reports of Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees, they state concerning Medicare;
“The Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund will be able to pay 100 percent of total scheduled benefits until 2031... At that point, the fund’s reserves will become depleted...” That is only eight years from now! Then concerning the bulk of Social Security, the report states; “The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund will be able to pay 100 percent of the total scheduled benefits until 2033...” That is only 10 years until Medicare and Social Security will be totally depleted!
These reports came out of the Executive Branch on March 31, 2023, and were sent to all in leadership of Congress, and yet we are seeing the Executive Branch, the Biden administration, push spending in ways and magnitude we as a country have never seen before in history. Our political fiscal system in this country is broken. Instead of sending billions to the Ukraine, why aren’t we shoring up Medicare and Social Security?
It is easy to see what is happening around the world already, just look at what has happened in Spain and Venezuela over the past few years. During the financial crisis of 2007 & 2008 until now Spain’s currency has been devalued over 50%, so if you had one thousand dollars in Spanish currency it would now be worth less than five hundred dollars. Venezuela is even worse; your one thousand dollars would be worth zero.
What is going on in this country today sounds very much like what is described in the Book of Amos chapter 8; shutdowns of this, shutdowns of that, driving small businesses out of business, you must have permission from the government to operate your business, and on and on. According to the Book of Amos, the means by which the fairness of finances and the economy are administrated will be turned upside down:
Amos Chapter 8;
4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
What the elite globalists who use the poor to enrich themselves are doing is being done on purpose.
5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
Justice by deceit. Does that sound familiar? When this was written, the ephah was worth much more than the shekel. What percent of interest are you paying on your credit cards today? What interest rate is the bank paying you for using your money in your savings account? God’s Word is perfect, He tells us all things. Let’s continue in the Book of Amos chapter 8.
6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
The evil forces of this world want to own us, by controlling the money we use, the everyday goods we need, and the food we eat. It is time to get prepared because the fix is in. Several respectable financial analysists are predicting an event in July or August 2023 that will put us into a tailspin. There is one event scheduled to happen in August that may mean the end of the dollar being the reserve currency for the world. It involves the rollout of a major new currency by a group called the BRICS.
As published in the June 2023 issue of
The Patriots Free Press
Political Correctness (PC) has been around for quite a while, Bill O’Reilly was warning about it back in 2006, he may have been the first person I heard sound the PC alarm in his book Culture Warrior. It is ironic that in this day of “Defund the Police” our country is being run by the Political Correctness Police (PCP). The PCP are everywhere, they are literally lurking around every corner, and have infiltrated every social class. We find the PCP in education, science, politics, government, business, the media, and even religion.
In education, where the battle cry of the educated liberal used to be “Free Speech for Everyone,” back in the 1970’s and 80’s, is now “Silence Anyone Who Disagrees!” Now, thirty or forty years later their poisonous ideology has spread throughout our culture. Some of these Politically Correct Policeman are well meaning, they think it is necessary for the unity of the country, or the business or organization to which they belong. They are destroying the very fiber of the greatest country this world has ever seen.
The Bible speaks of Political Correctness and Wokeness, yes it existed back in the days Jesus walked the earth, and He warned us about the people who live by these un-Godly practices. There was a group of priests at that time called the Sadducees, and Jesus liked to call them the scribes, another story for another time. Jesus called them out when He give His disciples this warning right in front of them, Chapter 20 of the Book of Luke:
46 Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
It was just like it is today, the woke elitists loving their fancy everything, so sweet to each other when they meet at the supermarket, and always taking the place of honor any time, they can.
47 Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
Evil, prideful, narcissism, that is what Woke is.
The effects of Political Correctness upon our society over the past couple of decades has been devastating, one of the most obvious effects of PC is the stifling of public dialogue, you are not allowed to say anything that is outside the “party narrative” or you are censored. Thousands of accounts that put something on Twitter or Facebook disagreeing with the “party narrative” about the use of masks, or the non-dangerousness of the China virus to school age children, or anything that questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 election were banned. Things may have straightened out a little with Twitter since Elon bought it, but Facebook is worse than ever.
You may find this eerily familiar if you have ever been in a failed relationship or marriage. Just as in a failing relationship or marriage, Woke Political Correctness creates a total lack of communication, and the involved parties regularly fail to reach any type of consensus. Where PC is injected into any situation, differing sides act very similar to feuding sides in a failing relationship or marriage. The use of Political Correctness creates Hypersensitivity everywhere it exists.
Saul Alinsky authored a book entitled Rules for Radicals and is the playbook for the current attempt to move this country away from being a Democratic Republic into a European style Socialistic country. Alinsky sets out the roadmap for community organizers to follow and helps them accomplish the goal of successfully uniting people into an active organization with the power to effect change. Do you know any community organizers? We had one as President of the United States, and Obama is a student of Saul Alinsky.
Rule number one in Rules for Radicals is: no conversations with your opponents because it will lend credence to their arguments and humanize them. Does Joe in the basement ring a bell? Alinsky preached cultivating hypersensitivity and perceived slights as convenient ways to halt important conversations and demonize opponents. The Political Correctness Police love to play the “Blame Game” and use it to justify their wrongdoing. “Blame Game” people and groups will seize upon any opportunity to distort the meaning of what is being said, and they will not accept any explanations whatsoever. The goal in using the “Blame Game” is to destroy their enemy, and they hope their attack will cause their opponents to rashly counterattack them, which will then be used to discredit them. In 2020, the “Blame Game” attack was; if you disagreed with any of their PC rubbish you were immediately labeled a racist and racists are to blame for everything!
To combat this assault against our Constitutional right to Free Speech, we must resist the normal anger that usually follows the Political Correctness Police’s attacks upon us. Anger is our enemy, not our friend. Staying calm, cool and collected is difficult sometimes, but it is essential in combating these illegitimate enforcers of Woke. When you do, know the facts that need to be stated, and always be reasonable. If you can harness the calmness of your inner self, they will usually make a fool of themselves; then others, observers that we need to influence, will be able to see their foolishness. God bless you and your family; we need to be praying every day for our country, these are the most dangerous times I have ever witnessed.
After thousands of years the subject of biological differences between men and women should already be settled, but that does not seem to be true in the 21st century. Science sometimes sees white as black and black as white and sometimes there is a scientific stampede towards proving a secular view and disproving the existence of God and His creation.
Today, transgender people want to participate in sporting events according to the gender they would psychologically like to be, it seems like it is always men wanting to compete against women. It is absurd! In August 2013, San Antonio Texas passed a law called “the transgender bathroom bill” that mirrored a California law allowing a student to use the public-school bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice. The craziness is spreading across the country, men are being allowed to use women’s bathrooms, participate in women’s sports, and are now demanding you use whichever gender they feel like on any given day.
One possible repercussion of this lunacy is that male rapists could go to women’s prisons where they would no doubt assault female inmates. Another is that women who have survived rape would be unable to contest a male’s presence in a woman’s shelter, prison, or other female only designated places. What has happened to the Feminist Movement? They have been silent.
Abortion is a volatile issue in American politics today, many women believe that abortion rights of women in America are being threatened by conservatives. It is true that conservatives are generally Pro Life, but if over half of the population is female, how many women really support abortion? According to an article in Real Clear Politics, 61% of women think our government should restrict abortion to the first trimester, 59% said that abortion is morally wrong and 51% believe that abortion causes more harm than good over time. Most interesting; more than half of the Pro-choice women polled, would limit abortion to the first trimester. The debate over abortion eventually arrives at one question for most people: When does life begin? Modern science supports the view that life does not begin until after the first trimester.
Does God’s WORD say anything about when life begins in the womb? In the Book of Luke chapter 1 we are told that immediately after the conception of Mesiah, Mary went to her cousin's, the mother of John the Baptist. According to verse 41 life begins at conception:
41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb...
Opponents of Christianity assert, that the Bible makes women second class citizens, but is that true? In the epistle of Paul to the Ephesians, chapter 11:
21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear (reverence) of God.
22 Wives submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
But is God really telling women they need to submit themselves to their husband no matter what? Not at all, God forbid! And notice, in Ephesians the message is to both men and women; “Submitting yourselves one to another.” It is obviously not a message to women only.
God is saying that your job as a couple is to serve God. If your husband’s a good honest, truthful, “God fearing” man, then why would you not listen to him, and the same is true with a wife; if she is a good honest, truthful, “God-fearing” woman then why would you not listen to her. In Ephesians chapter 5, Paul goes on to say;
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
This is mutual submission, and the order from God is true for both husbands and wives. But this submission is conditional, the Bible tells us to be careful not to listen to fools or drunkards. This applies both to husbands and wives; if you are married to a drunk or a fool you should not be listening to that person. Anyone who is familiar with the Old and New Testaments will agree, the Bible honors women. In the Old Testament there are many women who were heroes and leaders of their times. The story of Deborah is told in the Book of Judges chapter 4. Deborah was married to Lapidoth, his claim to fame was he was married to Deborah! Deborah was a prophet, and a Judge of Israel. She ran the whole show and was just like Samuel and all the other Judges in Biblical history. One of the generals of Israel’s army once told her he would only go into battle if she was there with them!
What about the New Testament? In the 16th chapter of Romans, we read;
3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
4 Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
Paul points to the All-Star of all the churches of Asia; Priscilla. a woman, who along with her husband Aquilla built the foundation of the Gentile Christian Church. I finally refer you to the Book of Acts chapter 2:
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
“Your daughters shall prophesy,” if you think the Bible makes women second-class citizens, you are reading a different book than I am.
Note: Tares are a weed that in their infancy look exactly like stalks of wheat but as they grow into adulthood, they begin to look different and the fruit, unlike wheat, is black, bitter, and uneatable.
24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
So here Christ is going to explain the entire parable:
36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
You know who the wicked one is…right? Christ doesn’t leave understanding to chance, listen.
39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
The Tares are the Kenites, the children of Cain and are the bloodline of Satin himself in this Earth Age.
One of the topics which the science and media arms of the Hidden Dynasty of Education have promoted and protected has to do with space, space travel, and the possibility of intelligent life on other planets. I was recently going over some of the research I did when I was writing my last book. I became intrigued with some of the statistics I uncovered about space travel. For instance, with our current knowledge and technology the actual trip to the planet Mars, which is the planet nearest to earth, can be completed in 2 years. The route actually takes 6 years however, if we are going to be able to get into an orbit around the planet.
At the time of this writing Mars is in the eastern Arizona sky and looks huge with its reddish hue, it seems amazing that it is actually that far away from us. While watching Mars at night, it is hard to miss my favorite constellation, Orion. Scientists tell us that the light from Orion’s nearest star takes about 736 light years to get here, in other words, if we could travel at the speed of light, which we cannot, it would take us 736 years to get there from earth. Science tells us that if light is in a vacuum it can travel at the speed of 186,282 miles per second, and that theoretically nothing can travel faster than light. According to science, if we could travel at the speed of light, we could travel around the earth 7.5 times in one second! The fastest a human being has ever traveled was in 1969 when the Apollo 10 capsule returned from the moon at a peek speed of 24,790 mph. According to science, the speed of light is equal to 670,616,629 miles per hour, according to my calculator that is equal to 27,051.9 times faster than a human being has ever traveled. Science tells us that space travel is in our near future, and the press and media tell us that we should all be excited about it. Hummmmm…
As I pointed out in Angles or Aliens? the media has told us for over 50 years that the universe is teaming with intelligent life and extraterrestrial beings are probably visiting earth regularly, and the “science” backs up this idea. Really? The media is lying to you friend, that is why, for science fiction to be believable it must create some type of travel that is unknown to everyone including those childlike journalists in mass media. It is a pipe dream, and they have to imagine things like wormholes and stargates, and the ability to travel at warp-speeds in order for any science fiction to be even a little believable. That is fine if you are looking for an exciting book or motion picture, but this is being present to the public as truth, real, scientifically sound. Let me share a secret with you, humans in flesh bodies will never visit anyplace outside our solar system, that just is not going to happen.
Have you ever heard of “Q” or the whole conspiracy surrounding “Q”? If you believe “Q” is real, and certainly if you believe all that is being said about “Q”, this piece should interest you. Actually, I don’t believe everything that is being thrown into the political conspiracy theory called “Q”, but I do believe some of it! My grandson introduced me to the whole “Q” thing, and I believe members of our younger generations are more likely tuned into “Q” than folks my age. It is not however hard to find information on it, just google Q or QAnon and you will find a wealth of intriguing supposition.
One of the things that caught my interest in researching “Q” was the idea being passed around that six, only six mind you, companies control around 90% of the Media in America. That sounded outrageous to me and with so much fake news out there today I decided to do a little research and find out if this is true. What I found was that this statement is untrue, but shockingly because the state of affairs is actually worse!
Amazingly, I found in 1983 there were 50 companies that controlled the Media in America, and by 2011 they had dwindled to only 6 companies. As I searched the information on this claim, I found most of the data was from 2011 and listed six companies controlling 90% of the Media in America then, they were: GE (General Electric), News-Corp, Disney, Viacom, Time Warner, and CBS. But because this information came from 2011, I started digging a little deeper. I found that because of mergers and purchases things had changed. I found that in 2018, the 6 companies listed as controlling 90% of the Media were News Corp, Time Warner, Sony, Comcast, Viacom, and Disney.
Then I found an article on WebFX, dated January 30, 2020, which listed the 6 companies controlling 90% of the Media in this country as being National Amusements, Disney, Time Warner, COMCAST, News Corp, and Sony. The problem was, I had already discovered that in December of 2019 a major merger and realignment took place that the author of the piece in WebFX did not seem to know about, perhaps because the details of the merger were a little hard to find, but I kept digging.
It seems that on December 4, 2019, National Amusements was neutered and relegated to managing some 1500 movie screens across the country along with a couple of other small operations. A new corporation, ViacomCBS Inc., was formed and became the new Giant in the world of media. The other issue I have with the WebFX listing is that SONY doesn’t seem to me to be in the same league with the others, check out the chart below.
The Six Companies Controlling 90% of the Media - WebFX
COMCAST
NBC, Universal Pictures, Focus Features, RCA, MSNBC, CNBC, Telemundo, USA, Bravo, others
NEWS-CORP
FOX, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, FX, FUEL TV, others
DISNEY
ABC, ESPN, Miramax, PIXAR, Marvel studios, 20thCentury Studios, Searchlight Pictures, Blue Sky Studios, and others
VIACOMCBS Inc.
CBS, 60 MINUTES, Paramount Pictures, CBS Entertainment Group, MTV, Nickelodeon, NICK Jr, BET, Comedy Central, Showtime, SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL, NFL.COM, and others
TIME-WARNER
CNN, HBO, TIME, WARNER BROS., TBS, Cinemax, TNT, CW, others
SONY
SONY, GSN, AXN, Crackle, AFFIRMFILMS, and others
If you have any doubt about the size of SONY, compare the CEOs’, of these corporations, yearly salaries: SONY $4.9 million, News Corp $22.3 million, Time Warner $32.5 million, ViacomCBS an estimated $36.5 million (first year), COMCAST $40.8 million, and Disney $44.9 million.
If my estimation is correct, it would mean that in reality there are only 5 Companies that control 90% of the Media in America, and SONY is just part of the other 10%!
In 1963 a U.S. Congressman, Albert Herlong Jr, read into the Congressional Record a list of 45 Communist goals the communists wanted to achieve in the United States. This list was based on a book written by Cleon Skousen who was a researcher and the author of “The Naked Communist.” The reason Congressman Herlong read this list of 45 communist goals into the congressional record was to alert America to the liberal elitists’ ideas and strategies that were being used to gain control in this country. The question is do they sound familiar to you? Do they resemble what is going on in this country today?
Here is the list, along with some of my observations:
1 U.S. should accept coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.
2 U.S. should be willing to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.
As a child I had been scared to death, along with the rest of the entire population in this country, of being annihilated by an attack by Russia with atomic weapons.
3 Develop the illusion that total disarmament by the U.S. would be a demonstration of “moral strength.”
4 Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.
5 Extend long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.
6 Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.
7 Grant recognition of Red China and admission of Red China to the U.N.
Look at what happened over the last 60 years, we raised Russia, which was and had always been a third world country, to Super-Power status, and then did the same to China. Both of these countries are our enemies, not our friends. This practice of financing these third-world countries has led to the extermination of millions. In my opinion, President Jimmy Carter rushed to bring this support to our enemies about and in doing so betrayed the American people as well as our allies in Afghanistan, Angola, El Salvador, Iran, Nicaragua, as well as elsewhere.
8 Set up East and West Germany as separate states….
9 Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the U.S. has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress.
10 Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the U.N.
11 Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If the charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces.
A One World Political System has been the dream of some of the worlds most despicable tyrants the world has known; such as Adolf Hitler, Stalin and Osama bin Laden to name a few.
12 Resist and attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.
13 Do away with Loyalty Oaths.
It is necessary, appropriate and proper for the U.S. government to require employees to take an oath of loyalty to the United States Government!
14 Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office.
The United States of America’s intellectual properties are under constant attack by these enemies of our country and this war against us is being led by Red China.
15 Capture one or both of the political parties in the U.S.
This process has been going on for years, but in 2020 we are actually seeing the degree to which communists and their sympathizers penetrate the Democratic Party
16 Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions, by claiming their activities violate civil rights.
17 Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for Socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers’ associations. Put the party line in textbooks.
18 Gain control of all student newspapers.
19 Use student riots to foment ublic protests against programs or organizations that are under Communist attack.
Look around the country and the world today, is there any doubt of these education goals have succeeded? I was in college in the 70’s and free speech was the ultimate cause of our generation. Now, free speech is “Higher Education's’” sworn enemy, and not only student newspapers but most newspapers nation wide have been taken over by liberals. Our children have been educated and indoctrinated by radical liberal professors who have infested our country’s colleges and universities. It is most evident in all areas of media!
20 Infiltrate the press. Get control of book review assignments, editorial writing, policy-making positions.
21 Gain control of key positions in radio, TV & motion pictures.
Just saying, look around!
22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all form of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to
“eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings,” substituting shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms.
23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. ” Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art.”
24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them “censorship” and a violation of free speech and free press.
Remember the art exhibit in New York that was supported by American tax dollars that displayed a crucifix submerged in a jar of urine?
25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio
and TV.
26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as “normal, natural and healthy.
Have you been to the movies lately? How about TV? How many TV programs can you think of, in Prime Time, that don’t have one or more homosexual characters in them?
27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with “social” religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity, which does not need a “religious crutch.”
The National Council of Churches, as well as Conservative and Reformed Judaism, and Catholic seminaries have been infiltrated by communist ideology!
28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the grounds that it violates the principle of “separation of church and state”
Wow!
29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.
30. Discredit the American founding fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the “common man.”
31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of “the big picture.” Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took over.
The goal is to obliterate the history of the past, that is what tearing down all the statues across this land is all about, and its antecedents in the principles of freedom, liberty and private ownership.
32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture – education, social agencies, welfare
programs, mental health clinics, etc.
33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus.
34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
Done.
35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.
Hummmmm……..
36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.
37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business.
Done, AFT, NEA, IBT…Facebook, Nike, Microsoft, the NFL, etc., etc., etc. They are supporting the conversion of America into a police state and they do not deserve our support.
38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders
which no one but psychiatrists can understand or treat.
Hold on!! Ever heard of Black Lives Matter and defunding the police?
Remember, Russia used to send their “social misfits” and politically incorrect citizens to huge mental institutions called gulags. The Red Chinese calls them lao gai, and Hitler called them concentration camps.
39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose communist goals.
40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.
Done!
41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.
Hillary Clinton believes it takes a village to raise our children and the liberals resist “school choice” at every turn.
42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special interest groups should rise up and make a “united force” to solve economic, political or social problems.
Have you been watching the news?
43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government.
44. Internationalize the Panama Canal.
It’s not ours anymore.
45. Repeal the Connally Reservation so the U.S. cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction over domestic problems.
Give the World Court jurisdiction over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction over nations and individuals alike.
They have been trying very hard to make this a reality.
It is not too late, there is still time to put an end to the insanity and reclaim our county. I know, we are in the End Times and the Last Generation (Mark 13:28) is here but remember a deadly wound will be delivered to the Beast (Rev. 13:3) and I believe the U.S. is who delivers that blow. I believe this country was created by God to bring forth His will and we as a nation must be ready to take on that task.
God bless you and yours,
Jim Brouillette
God has a plan, I think most Christians have a vague idea that it has something to do with salvation, but very few Christian have a solid understanding of the actual plan of God. Sadly, biblical illiteracy is self-inflicted, after all the Bible is everywhere. Granted, guidance is needed in some areas, but if you will spend the time, with the help of a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance and a Smith’s Bible Dictionary, you can take any word in the King James Bible back into its original language and understand what it actually meant at the time it was written; a concordance works just like a dictionary. A good Bible teacher is also very helpful, but I’ll give you a little advice; always check them out in the Word. Make sure, using the tools I have mentioned, that you can verify what is being taught as the Word of God. Do you know what God’s plan is? Do you know how you fit into it? As a Christian, the answers to those questions should be very important to you. It is very difficult to imagine being useful in any endeavor if you don’t understand what’s happening. Our Father has work that needs to be done, His Son gave His life in order to further God’s plan of salvation. In order to complete His plan, God wants His children’s help. Some of His children are useful to Him and work to do His will, but unfortunately most are not. The job of the elect is to “forge the path to the Lord”; in other words, make it easier for others to follow.
.Let’s begin this study in Isaiah 48; God has just warned his children that if they trust in enchantments, sorceries, astrologers, and prognosticators they will be lost.
1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
These guys are fake, false teachers, they talk the talk, but they don’t walk the walk. Don’t listen to false teachers, check them out in the letter God sent you.
2 For they call themselves of the holy city and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is His name.
They come in Christ’s name, beware of them.
3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
God’s prophecies always come to pass, but some of God’s children are very stubborn. These people are not interested in God’s word and how magnificently he has created this world. They’re more interested in hearing from psychics and fortunetellers, astrologers and gurus, palm readers and career politicians. Sorry to tell you this, they’re all fakes; they tell you what you want to hear or what they know will get them some money. God has told us what is going to happen, and the events to watch for just before the end.
5 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass, I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
An idol can do nothing!
6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
God has told us everything we need to know in order to make it through this life, but many of His children are not interested. You learn God’s plan from the Word, if you don’t know the plan you are not useful. You don’t want to be useless to God.
7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heard them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
Hindsight is usually 20/20, although sometimes it takes History a while to catch up with the truth. If you think about it, most false teachings are easily identified. I don’t want to insult anyone, but sometimes you just need to hear the truth. If a new “teaching” emerges that you haven’t heard before, the first place you need to start is in the Word. If you can’t find it there it’s not true. Again, I don’t want to insult anyone, but this whole idea of pre-tribulation rapture was never taught before 1830. According to the Bible; the false Christ returns, deceives most of the people, and then Jesus returns. I find it amusing that pre-tribulation-rapture…ists, who believe they’re going to fly out of here before the false Christ arrives, also believe somehow a few will stand up to Satin and testify against him. If all the good people are already gone, and all that is left on earth are sinners, who are these heroes going to be? Do you think these pre-tribulation-rapture…ists will be useful to God?
8 Yea, thou heard not; yea, thou knew not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou would deal very treacherously and was called a transgressor from the womb.
False teachings, and the traditions of men make void the Word of God (Matthew 15:6). Sadly, much of what we hear today is made up of false teachings and the traditions of men. It is hard to do good without the truth
.9 For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
The world is full of affliction, dealing with it makes us stronger. God is not happy, but he is not angry with His children that believe and live according to His Word; they cannot help but be useful to God just through their example. But woe to those on the other side, who will not listen to God’s Word and will not straighten out their lives so they might be useful to Him.
11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
The reason God hardened Pharaoh’s heart in Exodus, was so he wouldn’t free the Israelites. This led to the unleashing of the plagues upon Egypt which allowed God to show everyone at that time who the God of Israel is, it is also proof for us of God’s power and control. God is saying; if He had destroyed His people out of anger for what they had done, it would have polluted (damaged) His name with the gentiles (non-believers). It would not have been useful to His plan. God is calling His children to Him, all 12 tribes of Israel (that definitely includes you now that Jesus opened salvation to all). Jesus said, “I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last” (Revelation 22:13).
13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
God is the creator of heaven and earth and when He speaks, His entire creation stands at attention waiting to do His will. All but His children, there’s one thing God won’t make His children do; He won’t make them love Him. If you are forced to love someone, it is not real love.
14 All ye, assemble yourselves and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do His pleasure on Babylon, and His arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
God is referring to Cyrus, the heathen king holding the Israelites in slavery at the time, and He is going to have His way with him. God used Cyrus to bring Judah back to Jerusalem after their captivity. Cyrus was a type of Messiah, he allowed Judah to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem, which the Smith’s Bible Dictionary identifies as the beginning of Judaism.
15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and His Spirit, hath sent me.
God has been in control since the beginning, and he turned Cyrus into a useful servant. With God’s blessings, a person naturally prospers, and God is saying; “I told you this from the beginning.” Do you have eyes to see and ears to hear God’s truth? Will God’s children listen and act, and be useful?
17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
In this verse the word profit means “to be useful” in Hebrew. Through His Word, the Lord teaches us how to be useful, and he leads us down the right path through life which leads to the eternity.
18 O that thou had hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; His name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
God is speaking to those who have not listened to his commandments and he is telling them what could have been. Their peace in life could have flowed like a river and their righteousness would have been as strong as the waves of the ocean. Their offspring could have been much more numerous and powerful. He’s not happy that the Israelites of that time did not listen to Him, and He’s not happy with His children that do not listen to His Word now.
20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say yes, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
This verse is addressed to two different groups, the Israelites of that day and His children at the end of the earth. Babylon means confusion, Jacob refers to all His children of all 12 tribes (that includes you now that Jesus opened salvation to all). We are in the middle of the confusion of the end times, and mother Babylon reigns supreme. Just look around this world, is there any doubt it is in a state of confusion about everything? Come out of Babylon, come out of confusion. God just said that he will teach you and lead you down the right path to eternity. Are you listening?
21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
God takes care of His children today, just as he did in the days of Moses. Have you noticed how some people seem to be continually blessed? The Israelites (perhaps over a million at first) wandered in the desert for 40 years and God provided them with water and food. For 40 years! Do you think He can provide for your needs? He promised you He would; if you only listen and believe. Do you want peace and strength in your life? It really is up to you. God will teach some of His children how to be useful, but there are some he won’t teach. Why do you think this is? Let’s turn to Isaiah 57 to find out.
8 Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed and made thee a covenant with them; thou love their bed where thou saw it.
Some of God’s children have been cheating on Him, He compares their idolatry to adultery. Christ is returning to earth for a wedding and He expects His bride to be a virgin, spiritually. The false Christ returns first, you don’t want to be spiritually in bed with Satan when the Bridegroom returns. That will not be useful.
Note: A useful side study for you would be the parable of the 10 Virgins in Mathew 25, the oil 5 of the virgins run out of is God’s truth.
9 And thou went to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet said thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou was not grieved.
You don’t want to end up in this group, they think they have an alternative to God.
11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not
I wouldn’t want to be one of these people, they have forgotten God, and have disrespected Him.
No one wants to be corrected, but when God chastises us, we should learn from it. If we correct the situation and straighten out our lives, we will become useful to our Father. In conclusion let’s turn to Hebrews 12;
13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
Remember, it is the elects’ job to forge the path to the Lord, this makes us useful to God. We are useful to God when we help the spiritually lame become healed by Him.
15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
Don’t let the little things mess with you! Get rid of them immediately, run them out of your life. When you let anger, hurt feelings, and bitterness fester in you or your family, they will tear you and your family apart. Drive them out of the situation immediately, so you can be useful to God.
16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
You remember Esau, he was Jacob’s brother, he sold his inheritance for a bowl of porridge. Esau’s tears were to his earthly father Isaac, not God. God says; for he found no place of repentance, Esau didn’t repent for his sin! Don’t be like Esau, your inheritance is God Himself! Esau was useless to God; he was more concerned with his own material needs. His flesh got in the way of his usefulness to God, and he never repented to the Lord. Don’t let that happen to you friend, allow your Father to teach you to be useful. If you do your part, God will always do His part.
God bless you and yours, Jim Brouillette
If you are familiar with this website or my writings, you know I believe we are in the Last Generation; based on the Parable of the Fig Tree, spoken of by Jesus Himself in Matthew 7: 28. If you are not familiar with this parable we have an in depth, two part study on this subject on this website.
If we are in the Last Generation; based on what the Bible tells us about the end times, we should expect GREAT confusion to reign during this time. As Christians look out upon what is happening in the world at this time, it is difficult for me to imagine how any of them cannot see the confusion of which the Bible speaks. From “Christian” politicians (and their “Christian” constituents) that support the killing of children in their mothers’ wombs, to the belief that man can control nature and the environment; confusion abounds. Yet millions of “Sunday Christians” go about their lives oblivious to the confusion. It is mindboggling! But we have been warned, we’re told it would happen in Romans 11: 8;
Do you have eyes to see and ears to hear, or are you part of this group that is overcome by the confusion?
At the time of this writing, the United States of America is entrenched in the shut down of the entire country because of a strain of flu that is likely to be much less deadly than other viruses seen in this country in the past. Consider the following facts:
SWINE FLU IN AMERICA
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that from April 12, 2009 to April 10, 2010, there were 60.8 million cases, 274,000 hospitalizations, and 12,469 deaths (0.02% case fatality rate) in the United States due to the virus.
AMERICA WAS NOT SHUT DOWN.
COMMON FLU IN AMERICA
The CDC estimates that up to 42.9 million people got sick during the 2018-2019 flu season, 647,000 people were hospitalized and 61,200 died. That is a typical season, and well below the CDC’s 2017-2018 estimates of 48.8 million illnesses, 959,000 hospitalizations and 79,400 deaths.
AMERICA WAS NOT SHUT DOWN.
TRAFFIC DEATHS IN AMERICA
According to Hyperdrive;
TRAFFIC DEATHS IN U.S. EXCEED 40,000 FOR THE THIRD STRIGHT YEAR
• Over 40,000 fatal car accidents per year in the U.S.
• Each day, more than 90 Americans die in car accidents.
• On average, 2 million drivers experience a permanent injury every year.
• Almost 8,000 people are killed in traffic accidents involving drivers aged 16-20.
• Each year, more than 1,600 children younger than 15 die in traffic accidents.”
America has not outlawed cars, or young drivers, or the transporting of children in automobiles, and…………
AMERICA HAS NEVER BEEN SHUT DOWN LIKE THIS FOR ANYTHING…UNTIL NOW!
As of today, March 26, 2020, there have been 1081 deaths from the Coronavirus in the US. The question we all should be asking is; what will we do the next time something like this happens? What will we do the next time the media decides we have a fake crisis on our hands?
It is obvious; the confusion is everywhere.
There was another school shooting a few days ago in Santa Clarita, California, and it brings several things to mind. It amazes me that so many shooting deaths take place in a state with some of the toughest gun control laws in the country, yet the left continues to try to take guns away from law abiding citizens. Having lived in Arizona for over 40 years, the idea of not being able to defend my self goes against my entire way of life. The same is true in other parts of the country; tough gun control laws and yet they have the highest gun violence on record. Chicago, New York, and Washington D.C. are prime examples, all governed by the left.
The most disturbing thought this produces in my mind, however, lies in the fact that these shooters all seem to expect to die during their attack. Oh sure, some chicken out when push comes to shove, but during the planning and fantasizing about the attack before committing the atrocities, these shooters predominately picture themselves as going out in a blaze of glory. This is simply a symptom of a growing phycological cancer within the youth of America, of the world actually; a deterioration of their belief in God.
This falling away, of our youth from God, is the basic problem plaguing them as well as many others of all ages. Suicide in general is a symptom of this plague; if you don’t believe in God and some eternal accounting for your evil deeds, mass murder doesn’t mean any more to a person than taking their own life or robbing some elderly woman. No accountability for anything is a recipe for disaster and I believe we are on the cusp of the greatest disaster of all time; the arrival of anti-Christ.
The widespread belief in extraterrestrial life from outer space is also a symptom of this falling away from God Almighty. My new book, Angles or Aliens? (now available everywhere - ISBN 978-1-64569-886-9) addresses this growing problem and the indications it has for End Times prophesy. If you have sons, daughters, or anyone else that believes aliens from outer space exist and are possibly visiting earth, you need to read this book. There is a new lie being spread by the media, the scientific community and institutions of high education that is meant to replace the now debunked theory of evolution as the seculars’ alternative answer to the creation of the universe by God. You need to know the truth so you can withstand this new attack upon Christianity.
God bless you and yours.
Jim Brouillette
“An 'extremely rare' case of twins born with different fathers has been reported in Vietnam after a DNA test was ordered…The bi-parental twins were taken for testing because of stark differences in their appearances, according to local reports…Twins born with different fathers can happen if two eggs from the same mother are fertilized by sperm from two different men during separate acts of sexual intercourse within the same ovulation period, AFP reports.”
Thisarticle continues:
“A similar case was previously reported in 2009, with Mia Washington admitting she was having an affair when she conceived, with two eggs fertilized by the sperm of two men…‘I have twins, but they're by different fathers,’ Miss Washington told Fox News…Miss Washington and her partner James Harrison took DNA tests after noticing twins 11-month-old Justin and Jordan, had different facial features. Clear Diagnostics’s President Genny Thibodeaux said at the time: ‘It is very crazy. Most people don't believe it can happen, but it can.’”
It can happen and does happen in this world today, and it happened in the Garden of Eden – for documentation see the Bible Study Key of David on this website.
“Christianity is not a religion; Christianity is a reality.” That is one of my favorite quotes from my favorite Bible teacher of all time; Arnold Murry. Over the years before he passed, I bet I heard him say that a thousand times! It took me a little while to catch on, it is not only a catchy saying; it is dead on true. The more you think about the reality of this life in the flesh, the deeper you can go into its truth. If you walk the walk and lead a Christian life based on forgiveness through repentance; Christianity, by definition becomes your reality, and God’s blessings naturally follow.
Our last entry was on persecution of religions worldwide, and as sad as this is, what is happening inside the denominations of Christianity, to me, is even more tragic. Let’s take a look as what I think are some of the more bazaar activities going on today in the name of Christianity.
In an AP article entitled, United Methodists edge toward breakup over LGBT policies, the problems going on inside the United Methodist Church (UMC) are discussed. It seems that the majority of the U.S. membership supports same-sex marriage and ordination of LBGT pastors. The U.S. delegates opposed what is being called the “Traditional Plan” which would strengthen bans on LBGT inclusive practices and U.S. delegates voted against the plan 438 to 384. The Traditional Plan passed when U.S. conservatives teamed up and voted with delegates from Methodist strongholds in Africa and the Philippines. Now, many believe those from the liberal U.S. congregations, that vow to disregard the Traditional Plan, will end up splintering the UMC into two separate denominations. One denomination accepting the LGBT inclusive policies and the other rejecting them.
According to an article by Ed Pilkington, a disturbing practice is being promoted by the Genesis II church in Washington state. The church is using Facebook to invite members of the public to attend what they are calling an “effective alternative healing” in Leavenworth Washington. The event has been publicized on the organizers personal Facebook page and people are being told that learning how to consume bleach “could save your life, or the life of a loved one sent home to die”. According to the article the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing is asking for people to donate $450 each or $800 per couple as a membership fee which also includes packages of bleach which they call “sacraments”. The “sacraments” actually contain chlorine dioxide which is a powerful bleach (MMS) used in textiles and in industrial treatment of water, it is not only dangerous but has been banned in several countries around the world for use as a medical treatment. The FDA issued a warning: “consumers who have MMS should stop using it immediately and throw it away.” We need to pray for these people and their followers.
Considering the rush in several different states to legalize marijuana, you may not be surprised by the next story, but CBS News Chicago reported in April that officials were cracking down on a church that was using marijuana as a sacrament. First, we have bleach then marijuana as sacraments! The Madison Wisconsin assistant city attorney Jennifer Avie said;
“I have not seen any documentation or anything that supports they are, in fact a church... They’re just fronting the church so they can sell cannabis”.
Christ warned us many times not to listen to false teachers. Marijuana is illegal in Wisconsin and apparently the city attorney’s office notified the group and their landlord that they must stop the activity, but I couldn’t find a report of anyone going to jail yet.
The word denomination means to divide something, such as monetary bills or religious people, into separate groups. In the case of the Church; what does the Word have to say about denominations? “Denominationism” (splintering the Church into denominations) has been devastating to Christianity and I imagine Satin is looking on; laughing a great big demonic belly laugh! Satin is using basic warfare strategy against Christians; divide and conquer.
There is only one Christ, and there is only one truth leading to one doctrine; this truth is taught in the New and Old Testaments. Period. But, that’s not good enough for some, let’s go to 1 Corinthians chapter 1 and see what God thinks about denominations, Paul is teaching here;
10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but thatye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Paul is not happy with the actions of those people who had recently been converted to Christianity and were already beginning to splinter the young Church, which Paul was helping God build.
11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
Members of the converts in the church in Corinth were saying things like; “well Apollos doesn’t believe that, he says…” and another was saying, “Well Cephas taught me, and he says…” This was the beginning of the “Denominazation” of Christianity. Listen to Paul and learn;
12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
Paul was having none of this, he is telling these converts; there is one Almighty God. After a while, there was an attempt to unite the Church, but it took almost 300 years to get to that point. By that time so many “traditions of men” were accepted into church doctrine, most Christians don’t know the difference, unlike the Word of God, many traditions of men don’t jive with each other. If it is not written, if you can’t find it in the Bible; it is nothing more than the “traditions of men”, sadly many denominations are founded on the traditions of men. If you don’t think this is serious, listen to Paul:
14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
Denominations are not going to exist when Christ returns. Really, no denominations, so why do we tolerate them now? Denominations divide God’s children and eventually have always led to the persecution of other religions or denominations. Persecution of Christians has been going on since the crucifixion, and should be expected;
2 Timothy 3:12 - Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
In chapter 5 of the Book of Matthew, Jesus tells us our reward for enduring the persecution;
10 Blessed [are] they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
And in chapter 6 of the Book of Luke Jesus tells us:
22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you (from their company), and shall reproach (you), and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
Persecution of Christians in the End Times will end in the trials of the elect, where the Holy Spirit will speak through them in that amazing tongue described in the account of the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ on Pentecost (Acts 2: 1-11). We are told in 1 Peter chapter 5;
10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle [you].
In closing, I want to urge you to trust in God, He is in control. Let’s go to Chapter 28 of the Book of Deuteronomy;
1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
The stakes have never been higher, literally everything is on the line. Trust in God and His Word and you can’t go wrong!
God Bless you and yours.
Jim Brouillette
Religions all over the world are being persecuted today, some of the religions that are being persecuted in one place of the world are the same religions doing the persecuting somewhere else. We also see different sects (denominations) of the same religion persecuting other believers of the same religion because the beliefs of the two sects differ. In some eastern countries it is like the Baptists are at war with the Catholics, reminds me of Ireland.
Another factor that complicates the situation is that some of the countries engaged in religious persecution of others are also close allies of the United States. How can that be? Living in this country, which was founded on liberty and personal rights, which includes freedom of religion, it doesn’t seem possible we would join forces with countries that have the opposite political views on religious and personal freedom. But we have. Let’s begin our examination with some of the religious persecution going on in the world today against Christians.
In a May 7 article by Caleb Parke of Fox News, she claims, Christian persecution in some parts of the world is approaching genocidal levels. A representative of the Christian Relief Council of Iraq, Julianne Taimoorazy, claims that one out of nine Christians across the globe are being persecuted. I have been speaking out against political correctness for several years, and this article makes the case that PC creates some of the hostility we see against Christians around the world and caters to terrorists who are trying to eradicate Christianity. At the present time in Iraq, the biggest culprit is ISIS, and the recent Sri Lanka Easter massacre highlights the danger of turning a blind eye to current events due to political correctness. In this Easter attack by Islamic radical terrorists, churches and hotels that were celebrating Easter were targeted and over 250 people were killed, and more than 500 people were wounded. According to the same article almost 80% of all religious persecution worldwide is against Christians.British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt stated; “I think we’ve all been asleep on the watch when it comes to the persecution of Christians.” The report states that Christians are being targeted by extremist groups all around the Holy Land, Sub-Saharan Africa, and East Asia.
One of America’s strongest allies in the 21stcentury is Saudi Arabia; whose leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, happens to be one of the most bloodthirsty religious persecutors alive. Recently 37 men were killed by the Crown Prince’s regime in one day, and two the prisoners were aged 16 and 17. The 16-year-old boy was tortured with electricity and beheaded because he sent a WhatsApp message about a protest being held within the country. The average number of people executed, for religious reasons, has risen from 71 per year in 2009 to 142 last year. From 2009 to the present day there have been 1137 people officially killed by the state for religious reasons, and some evidence infers many were mentally handicapped.
Women are sometimes executed in public; they are often branded as witches or it is claimed they are participants in sorcery. Men and women are also executed for engaging in homosexuality but there are no official figures on how many gay people Saudi Arabia beheads every year. It is difficult to understand how America has allowed itself to be allied with such a medieval backwards country that participates in gruesome religious genocide.
But allied with them we are, a recent report on MSN by Karoun Demirjian on May 24 says; the Trump administration is planning to push through an $8 billion arms deal that would benefit Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and other countries in the region. Although I understand this is about counter balancing Iran’s assault against everything having to do with the U.S. and Israel, it seems to me, that this military buildup might very well come back to bite us; according to the Bible they all will eventually attack Israel. As the old saying goes politics makes strange bedfellows, but this arrangement seems very dangerous to the U.S. in the long run. As Christians, I think we must speak out against the atrocities that are being carried out by some of our close allies, because if they are allowed to continue, I believe the prophecies of Matthew 24 will come to pass sooner rather than later.
According to a May 24 article in the CONVERSATION by Kelly Anne Hammonnd, over 1 million Uighur Muslims are being detained in the far western province of Xinjiang, China. While the Muslim population in China dates back to the seventh century, and has enjoyed religious freedom most of the time, with some exceptions during periods like the Qing Dynasty years and the Cultural Revolution of the 60’s, that all changed with 9/11. The Chinese government is slowly and quietly increasing the restrictions on the movements of Muslim minorities in China.
Rohingya Muslims are suffering religious persecution in Burma and over a million have fled to Bangladesh. In 2010 when pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest by the Burma military, it seemed things were moving in the right direction. However, almost ten years later the persecution of the Rohingya Muslims is escalating. Muslims have also suffered religious persecution in Lebanon, Syria, Myanmar, Philippines, USSR, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Herzegovina and other places. People of other religions in many other countries across the globe are also suffering religious persecution including Jews, Hindus, Buddhists and others.
The following was originally published as an answer in our "Question and Answer" section. The response was such that we have included it in our Blog.
First, let me say that suicide is a very serious and growing problem around the world, especially among young people, and I must be very careful how this question is approached and answered. We, as mature Christians, must avoid communicating anything to any person that infers suicide is an acceptable behavior. Unstable, immature people may look at suicide as an easy way out of this life and we must not give any support to that idea. I believe most people, who would embrace the view that suicide is acceptable, do not have healthy relationships with the LORD. In fact, I believe the most effective suicide prevention method is to help these at-risk people develop a relationship with our LORD and Savior; Jesus Christ. That being said, there is only one unforgiveable sin and it is not suicide, in fact murder is not the unforgiveable sin either! Hebrews chapter 6 states;
4 It is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucified to themselves the son of God afresh and put Him to an open shame. This is speaking of members of the elect, in the end times, if one was to refuse to allow the Holy Spirit to speak through them when they are delivered up to anti-Christ (Mark 13:11). That is the only unforgiveable sin, and it can only be committed by a member of the elect and it can only be committed after Satin is here on earth as anti-Christ. In other words; it is impossible for anyone, up to this point in time, to have already committed the Unforgiveable Sin.
Many people who commit suicide suffer from various types of mental disorders and/or chemical imbalances. People will not be held responsible for their actions if they have mental problems, because God is totally fair and just. Let me ask you a question; what circumstances did Jesus promise salvation and life everlasting? You will find the answer in Mark 13;
So, did Jesus say that if you believe in Him and you don’t commit suicide you will receive salvation and everlasting life? No! Jesus said; whoever believes in Him shall not perish but will receive everlasting life. Over the decades, since Jesus died for our sins and ascended up into heaven, false teachers have let the traditions of men creep into their “doctrine” in order to deceive and control God’s children. No man can decide who goes to heaven and who doesn’t, only God has that power, and we should be very thankful that God makes those calls not our neighbors. By the way, this also applies to other so called “unforgiveable sins”, with which some preacher/teachers like to saddle and control Christians; such as divorce.
Finally, for those who insist that God gave us the Ten Commandments and murder is condemned… and suicide is murder… You need to read Romans 11: 8;
This verse is referring to Isaiah 29:
These people are in a mental fog, an intellectual slumber, and God put them in this state! Do you have ears to hear and eyes to see? God would never hold one of His children responsible for something He poured out upon her or him. So, don’t let anyone tell you someone is going to hell because of something they have done. God alone has that knowledge; God alone is judge and no one else.
God bless you and yours.
MAD SCIENCE
I find myself, now almost 20 years into the 21st century, skeptical of almost anything I read concerning new “scientific discoveries.” As I have pointed out in the past, anyone can “prove” just about anything they want through a scientific study; by manipulating the data collected. So, I recommend examining very closely who paid for the study in order to determine how much credence one should put in the final analysis of any research. We will look at some of the news stories that were released last month that fall into the category I call “Mad Science.”
Our first group of mad science articles written last month have to do with space, space travel, and extraterrestrial life. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, also owns the company Space X, which contracted with NASA to make flights to the International Space Station circling the earth. On April 20, 2019, less than a minute after launch, their delivery vehicle, Dragon, failed in a fiery explosion. No American astronaut has been launched from US soil since 2011, thankfully this craft was un-maned.
Another recent article that fits into the mad space science category is a “discovery” about a piece of rock that entered our atmosphere sometime around 3 AM on January 9, 2014 and fell into the ocean off the coast of Papua New Guinea. I know what you’re thinking; five years later they went down to the bottom of the ocean and found what remained of the meteor, and now have discovered all kinds of things about it. No, they haven’t found the actual rock. But according to a ScienceNews article entitled, “A 2014 meteor may have come from another solar system” by Lisa Grossman, they determined that this space rock came from another star system. According to, Avi Loeb of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, by looking through old catalogs containing the record of times, dates, locations, and velocities of incoming meteors he was able to establish that this rock came from a place far, far away! Really, are they that desperate for stories about new discoveries? Even the article concedes the truth, “if this theory can be proven,” it will be a really big discovery! Problem is it can’t be proven, sounds like fake news to me.
An article which appeared on April 25 on San Francisco’s KPIX website and written by Molly McCrea and Juliette Goodrich exposed the efforts to search for extraterrestrial life by using advanced digital technology. This search for extraterrestrial life, as I explain in my soon to be released book “Angels or Aliens?”, accelerated back in the 1980s in part because of Carl Sagan’s novel Contact which was also made into a movie in 1997. According to this article they are replacing the old international interstellar radio messages that have been being broadcast from Earth into outer space for decades with a new generation of messages sent into deep space in the hopes of contacting some intelligent extraterrestrial life. Although I don’t believe in extraterrestrials from outer space, if they did exist, I would be a little worried these folks might contact some outer space aliens they don’t expect. You know, the human species might seem like a good source of protein to some alien visitors.
The rich and powerful have always been searching for a way to facilitate immortality. Most recently, cryonic freezing has been thought to offer the best hope, but now according to a USA TODAY article written by Kim Hjelmgaard, we are on the brink of a Frankenstein-ish achievement. Two neurosurgeons from China and Italy claim to have made unprecedented advancements in repairing spinal cord injuries. These two researchers, Sergio Canavero and Xiaoping Ren, claim that they are now very close to performing the world’s first human head transplant. Canavero estimates that the operation would involve several dozen surgeons and specialists and would cost up to $100 million. There’s one big difference between cryonic freezing a dead body and cutting off the head of a living person; one body is dead, and the other is alive! Another study, released last month by Harvard University researchers, claims that through their research humans may someday have the ability to regrow limbs and other body parts. Hummmmmm…
The explosion of modern technology has imposed its influence on just about everything in the world today. Technology is growing every second we breathe, and some are warning it may already be out of control. The influence that technology has on us and our children is actually frightening. In an AP article by Rachel Lerman, the subject of human emotions concerning robots is discussed. The article asserts that human emotional responses to social machines are widespread in our society, and that the “death” of a faithful robot causes emotional stress and sadness. I can tell you from personal experience, I was sad when my Rumba robot vacuum quit working, but it had to do with the amount of money that I had paid for it, not that I was going to miss its company. We are watching socially intertwined technological devices, like smart phones, invade our lives and some are retarding our children’s social behaviors. Now we have robots to worry about too.
Another example of how the boom in technology has really influenced American life can be found in the movie and TV industries. Hollywood has influenced our nation’s morals over the last 60 years, and its influence has been devastating. Now in a new report by Reuters, the claim is made that a new Netflix series influenced young Americans to committed suicide. In the popular Netflix program “13 Reasons Why”, in its final episode of the first season, the teenage star is shown slitting her wrists in a bathtub. According to this article, in the month following the debut of this Netflix drama the number of suicides committed by young Americans rose by nearly a third. Parents need to take seriously their responsibility to monitor what their kids are watching.
Let’s see what’s going on in the news about Global Warming. As you may know by now, I believe Man-Made Global Warming is a hoax, perpetuated by the governments of the world in order to increase their power, tax the people and convince the masses of the importance of government. Just recently one of the world’s most respected experts on the subject, Dr. John Patrick Michaels IPCC Climatologist, completely debunked the climate change hysteria running rampant in the media, of course you don’t hear that reported in the mainstream media.
At the same time however, the onslaught of articles accusing mankind of being responsible for what happens with the climate continues. It still amazes me we hear very little about the sun and its effect on our climate here on earth. In a recent article by James Rainey who is a reporter for NBC News, we are told that millennials are now making the choice not to have children and ignoring their biological clocks because of their fear of climate change. And then, in what was perhaps the most humorous article on climate change last month, Lucy Diavolo a writer for the CLIMATE DEPOT, tells us that a group called the International Extinction Rebellion carried out climate demonstrations in Los Angeles. The protesters were at Universal Studios, and CBS Los Angeles reported that several of the activists climbed the iconic Universal Studios Globe Sculpture and glued themselves to it. I guess the police didn’t have to worry about them fleeing the scene of the crime.
Perhaps the scariest story I found this month dealing with whether and technology was by NBC News, New York. The article was entitled “Don’t Panic! Errant Tsunami Warning Sent in Jersey Shore Town” and was written by Brian Thompson; it exposed a frightening scenario that actually happened. On April 27, 2019 a town along the Jersey Shore was put under tsunami alert by the National Weather Service. The police chief of the Harvey Cedars Township, chief Robert Verna Ford immediately called the National Weather Service, and was told it was a mistake. The police chief was able to put out a notice to disregard the initial message within minutes. Imagine if the police chief hadn’t been on top of things, imagine the terror and confusion, and outright panic that would have continued for who knows how long. The results might have been catastrophic. The more technology expands, and mankind depends on it; the more likely it is incidents like this are going to happen. Do you remember Y2K? Another false alarm. But what if it wasn’t, what if something really catastrophic goes wrong with technology?
THE WORD
When you look at the “mad science” articles from last month, one thing stands out; all of them in one way or another have to do with mankind trying to control God’s creation. Whether it has to do with controlling and/or influencing the climate and weather, controlling birth and the type of children being born, or medical and astrological “discoveries” being made, they all have one common thread; human beings trying to control God’s creation…or deny it. Basically, it comes down to pride. Man’s opinion of his own importance is grossly exaggerated. Remember, Satin’s sin was one of pride and he used pride when he tried to tempt Christ.
The global warming alarmists have told us for years, decades actually, that global warming is causing the ice caps to melt, and the sea waters to rise! They have told us oceans and seas will rise to a degree where the land masses will be covered with water and life will be extinguished. Did you know God promised us after Noah’s flood, that will never happen again! Let’s go to Genesis 8, which picks up shortly after Noah and his family left the ark:
20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in His heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
I think God made it pretty clear; as long as the physical earth continues to exist, all its normal functions “…shall not cease.” Exactly what else can be said?
God doesn’t like mankind or super-natural beings tinkering with His creation! When you see mankind or angles begin to tinker with His creation, God steps in and puts a stop to it. That is why, with all the tinkering going on today, we can expect God to step in and straighten things out soon. Remounting a head on another person’s body sounds like tinkering to me. Why did God bring on Noah’s flood? The answer is in Genesis 6:
1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
So, who were the sons of God mentioned in this verse? The fact is that in the Old Testament the phrase “sons of God” always refers to angels (Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7). The main argument that this verse is the only verse where the phrase, “sons of God”, means something else uses Matthew 22:30; where Jesus states that angles in heaven do not marry. The problem with using Matthew 22:30 is; we are not talking about marriage in Genesis 6, we are talking about intercourse which leads to procreation, which as you know is a completely different topic. However, from Genesis 6 we do discover; the spiritual body of an angle does lend itself to procreation with female humans.
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
The offspring of these un-natural and un-holy unions between human females and angles were giants. That is where the amazing giant skeletal remains that have been discovered in many places all over the globe came from.
5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the LORD that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart.
It grieved God that He put the souls of His children in flesh; because the flesh is so weak.
7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Thus, Noah’s flood. Tinker with God’s creation and you risk having His wrath descend upon you, but remember, He promised us He will never destroy earth again by water. People believe they are so important that they can influence and even control God’s creation. The unbelievers think they can exert their power over nature. What fools! Then after the flood of Noah in Genesis 11:
1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
They are going to impose their power upon God’s creation, they are going to band together to build their own way to heaven. A tower!
5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
If man was left to run wild and allowed to control God’s creation; immediately the whole thing would be on a downward spiral towards destruction.
7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Tinker with God’s creation and you will pay the price, for some in the future, the price will be eternal death. Non-belivers, through “science”, have done their best to deny God and His creation. Job may be the oldest book in the Bible, and chapter 38 addresses this very question; What exactly is man’s knowledge and control over God’s creation? Job’s buddies have been bloviating for 37 chapters about things they know nothing about, and God is not happy that Job has been listening to them. Let’s pick it up in chapter 38 of Job;
1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
He is talking about Job’s buddies.
3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Job nor his buddies has any idea about the creation! They had nothing to do with it.
5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
God wants to know if any of Job’s buddies had anything to do with the balanced, measured nature that exists here on earth.
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Here is one of the places where the phrase sons of God is used, and again it means angles. God is speaking of the very beginning of His creation, at the beginning of the first earth and heaven age, spoken of in 2 Peter chapter 3.
8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Think about it, God is saying that He, and He alone, controls the waves and height of the water against the land. Let’s go to verse 16 where God is still questioning Job about his knowledge of the creation.
16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
The answer is simple to God’s questions; man doesn’t have a grasp or control over of any of it. God continues for another 20 verses proclaiming that mankind has no real knowledge or control over anything in nature from the snow, light, hail, water, clouds, or lightning, to the stars in the heavens above. Today we hear claims from the world’s secular scientific community denying God and His creation. They create studies and write papers about results that are based on computer models using fictional foundations as their starting point.
Now, the non-believing secular scientific community, in their desperate attempt to disprove God’s existence, have turned to a last resort, the search for extraterrestrial life on another planet! Again, they refuse to even address the two most obvious questions, their claim that the universe is teaming with extraterrestrial life demands. First, why in all the years they have been searching the heavens, have they found absolutely no proof of extraterrestrial life? Second, if extraterrestrial life does exist, where did it come from in the first place? To me, they sound a lot like Job’s buddies.
God bless you and yours!
Jim Brouillette
Christ's Church of the Holy Word
P.O. Box 1609, Parker, AZ 85344
Copyright © 2018 Christ's Church of the Holy Word - All Rights Reserved.