At the risk of sounding cliché or overly-biblical, all we like sheep have gone astray. The decline of this country did not happen overnight…but it has exponentially increased in the last seven years. "We the people" have sat idly by and let it happen.
Before I go any further, I must ask myself why not sound overly biblical? You can open your Bible in the morning instead of turning on the news and still know exactly what is happening in the world around you. We are approaching "game over" at breakneck speed. It is only a matter of "when", and the Father in Heaven is the only One who has that answer. My greatest concern and anticipation is that the Bible tells us who endures to the end will be saved…Heaven only knows what we will have to endure.
As for the path this country is headed down, a pie chart would show significant slices of socialism, and more than one thin sliver of fascism. The Marxist view of socialism is that it is a state that exists between the death of capitalism and the rise of communism. Hello, is anyone paying attention?
I have recently been watching two documentaries, one on the Roosevelts and one on the events that led up to World War II. I cannot watch without shaking my head and saying "Lord help us". We need a Teddy Roosevelt today. He was a little bit off-kilter I will admit...but he got the job done.
One interesting fact that was brought out is that after World War I the birthrate in France had dropped significantly so that by the time of WW 2, they only had enough fighting age males to form a "defensive" army. Look around you in this country right now and you will see that our population is growing more from immigration than birth. We are being invaded in a most peaceful fashion, and our government is paving the way and through taxpayers, paying the bill. Not only are we encouraging and funding this invasion, we are no longer requiring immigrants to assimilate to our culture...we are being told to bow to theirs. Back to TR on this one.
"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
The main focus of the WW 2 documentary was a certain head of state who came in from seemingly out of nowhere on the support of the deceived public; who preached one message yet lived another; who used the media to push his hidden agenda; who kept the country's focus in one direction while he secretly changed laws in another; who used victims to his advantage and mock emotions to tug the heart strings of the huddled masses. Wow! Sound familiar?
One thing that gripes me to the bone is that people will support the current administration simply because of skin color. You can say what you want but the truth is the truth. During the last election I watched as the returns came in and people of different races on my friends list on Facebook who claim to be evangelical Christians were cheering for reelection. There is absolutely no way you can support the cause of Christ on the left and the current administration on the other. These two cannot mutually coexist. If you think differently, please submit your proof. If you so vehemently believe, then at least back it up. Don't merely lean in a specific direction on general principle alone. Have some backbone. To support the current president simply because he is half black is racist. Yet I would be labeled as such because I dislike him. I dislike him for shipwrecking our country and it wouldn't matter to me if he were half Chinese and three-quarter bull mastiff.
Personally I was not a Clinton fan and he is about as WASP (white Anglo Saxon Protestant) as a guy can be. He was likeable enough personality-wise but very untrustworthy, and an absolute goofball with regards to dignified leadership. I disliked him as our president but I could have tolerated him at deer camp for a weekend, provided he left his girlfriends behind. He is Caucasian. I am Caucasian.
The American people are constantly being deceived and flat-out lied to. Here are two examples, and I will only need two examples. I challenge any one of you who stand on the other side of my opinion to take one of these two examples and prove me wrong. One: There are documented and videotaped speeches where BO himself eschews the dangers and evils of executive orders, yet he continues to enact them. Truth or no?
Two: He goes on national television with feigned tears and says he wants to save just one child yet continues to allow the funding of abortion. Is there any rebuttal? There cannot possibly be an explanation other than the fact that the majority of the voting public was duped, and pride or ignorance (or both) keep them sticking to their positions.
We get all up in arms about supporting corporations who's values we disagree with. Doritos came out with a gay pride bag and some people stopped buying Doritos. I remember when it was said that Target would not support Toys-for-Tots and some people stopped shopping at Target. With that in mind, imagine yourself standing at the Great White Throne of Judgment. As God reviews your life, He asks you who you supported for President, Senate, Congress, etc. As you begin to stutter and stammer your answers, He interrupts you and reminds you of their policies on matters that went against His Word. Your response?
In the last seven years in this country, people have become so overly-sensitive that now "words hurt". College freshmen need their own safe space. When I was a college freshman I needed gas money and time to study between classes and work. I needed new clothes. I needed a cheeseburger and a root beer.
We are making allowances for the Muslim community and welcoming them in with open arms like never before. Much like the old farmer's tale about the man who rescued a rattlesnake and was surprised when his patient bit him, there are going to be some very shocked people in this country someday should the Lord tarry. I can see a liberal in my mind's eye, blindfolded and down on bended knees, pleading and reminding the executioner that he or she was a friend to them. The blade still falls.
If you put a frog in a pot of cold water and gradually increase the heat, he will boil to his death. It is happening. It has already happened.
The mainstream news media is used to push the agenda. Would you like an example? Do we hear of blacks killing blacks as much as we hear of whites killing blacks? Why not? I thought all lives mattered. Statistics don't lie. You want to talk about spin? From two separate news sources, on the same day, I saw the situation in Oregon reported as 1: patriots standing for a cause and as 2: terrorists seizing government property. Which is it?
I probably shouldn't but since the egg is cracked, let's go down that road. Why must any news story include race? If a police officer of any race shoots an unarmed and innocent teen of any race, it is a tragedy. If it is a case of a white officer and black teen, the news anchor will lead into the story with the fact that it was a white officer shooting an unarmed black teen. If the victim turned out to be a thug, we will not hear anymore about it. If the officer turns out to be any race other than Caucasian we will not hear anymore about it. If the officer was black and the victim was white...silly me, that never happens according to the media. Again, statistics don't lie. Look them up for yourself.
Do you remember the guy who shot the teenager in Florida? Isn't it amazing how his Latino heritage disappeared and he became just another white guy? Yes, the media feeds the frenzy. We are so appalled by this that we tune in three times a day...or more. Take a gander at the Facebook page for our local news affiliate. On any given story on any given day, within one dozen posts of the headline, more often than not a verbal race war erupts. My point? We only recognize the boogeyman we are told to recognize. We are being programmed to be divisive. Pay attention folks!
People have cried racism for so long they have actually flipped the script. Do you remember the college students who needed their own safe space because of racism? Did it dawn on anyone that by doing that they actually were practicing segregation? Hello?
I have friends and fellow brothers and sisters of all types. I cannot be a true Christian and be a racist. However I am an equal opportunity disliker of stupidity of all types and creeds, and friends our country is neck-deep in it.
Facebook is a classic study in the sad state of our society. Create a post that is 100% made up...the more outrageous the better; post it and wait a few days. Viral! Facebook privacy notice? Zuckerberg's fortune? Deadly onions in the fridge? Woooooooo! Stop being sheep! Do your own research!
On the flip side, if social media had been around in the 1700's, the famous line "The British are coming!" might have gotten two likes and one share. Today, "Jesus is coming" will net even less interest. People will die and go to hell thinking they might win some money with a click and a share and we never told them about the saving Grace of Christ and the infinite love of God.
God help us!
OK the first step is recognizing there is a problem. If you do not see multiple problems around you today, and if you are not concerned on some level by those issues, well....I won't say what popped into my head, I will let it lie fallow for now. Anyway, my question is, for those of you still with me, what are we going to do now?
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