"Blessed are YOUR Eyes"
"But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear." (Matthew 13:16)
The above quote from Matthew 13 comes after the parable of the sower and the seed (v3 - 8) and Christ's explanation to His disciples as to why He talked in parables to the multitudes:
- "He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given." (Matthew 13:11).
Yet to this day, worldly Christianity claim that the parables were given to help the masses understand the message Christ was trying to get across! They do NOT understand the very basic point He was making in this well known parable: God is not calling everyone now – some will be firstfruits, but the majority remain blinded for the time being. That seems straightforward to us – it's a condensed Plan of God – but we didn't come to that understanding through our own human intellect. As with the disciples at that time, the meaning had to be revealed verbally ... "Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower." (Matthew 13:18)
In about 3 weeks' time we will once again celebrate the Day of Pentecost (Sunday, June 1st) and the coming of the Holy Spirit to the New Testament Church, without which we'd be no better off in our understanding than people in the world. But as did the disciples, the apostles, and all of God's people through the ages, we've also needed someone to teach us. For centuries people didn't have the scriptures to refer to – hence Christ mentioning blessed are our ears also! As Paul explains to the church in Rome:
- How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
- And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
- But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
- So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10:14-17)
In Acts 8, Philip was moved by God to meet up with the Ethiopian eunuch, who was struggling to understand a section of Isaiah:
- And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
- And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. (Acts 8:30,31)
Once God's spirit had opened the eunuch's ears to understand what Philip taught him (v35), then, "the eyes of his understanding was enlightened; he then knew the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints," (Ephesians 1:18 paraphrased). It's been the same identical process with us, and in this Pastor's Report I'd like to examine a few areas in which we view things very differently to the world – and how we've come to do so.
Why No Peace in the World?
The world situation today is succinctly summed up in Isaiah 59:
- The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
- Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
- We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men. (Isaiah 59:8-10)
With the 'threat' of a ceasefire instigated by President Putin – who plans to hold a WW2 parade in Moscow on May 9th – this past week Ukraine launched a drone attack on Moscow and warned anyone who plans to attend the parade that Ukraine cannot guarantee their safety. In the troubled Middle East, Israel's security cabinet has approved a plan to expand its military offensive against Hamas which includes the 'capture' of Gaza and the holding of its territory. And once again India and Pakistan are at each other's throats over Kashmir.
Relationships between nations are deteriorating virtually daily. Wikipedia divides up the 'armed conflicts' into 4 groups ... Major wars, Minor wars, Conflicts, Skirmishes and clashes ... and this year alone they have been responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths and life-changing injuries. But why? Why can't the nations work out their differences? The world doesn't understand that there are spiritual laws that govern all relationships, and the result of breaking these laws will be destruction of some kind.
Why do WE know this? Because Jesus Christ, via the apostle sent to us at this end time, explained how the world we see today came about: The time lapse between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2, and the reason; the rebellion – possibly millions of years ago – by the archangel Lucifer who became Satan the devil (Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 28); the subsequent 're-booting' 6,000 years ago of the creation in Genesis chapter 1 (Psalm 104:30); and the momentous and far-reaching 'get vs. give' decision recorded in Genesis 3 which has brought us close to the annihilation of life on this planet, and also has cut off the majority of mankind from a relationship with God (Genesis 3:22-24)
Now once again, there are the Two Trees. If I mention it, someone’s going to get up and walk out and say “There’s Mr. Armstrong getting back to those Two Trees.” You betcha! And I’m going to do it again, and again, and again – because you can’t understand salvation, you can’t understand what Christ is doing, you can’t understand the Church, you can’t understand the world or what’s wrong with it, you can’t understand ANYTHING unless you understand the lesson of those Two Trees and the incident of the forbidden fruit. (Sin, April 4, 1983)
The Meaning of Life
For the majority of brethren called in the latter half of the last century, it was the World Tomorrow radio or TV programme that was used to draw them ... it was very much a case of "blessed are your ears!". We certainly didn't come to the understanding of the two trees or any other doctrines by personal Bible study alone. Dozens of individuals have produced various Bible translations, handbooks and concordances but still have no idea of what life is all about and what God is doing with humanity.
Some time ago my wife and I tuned into a BBC Radio 4 programme, entitled: "Will Self asks some of Britain's key opinion makers to share, in simple terms (emphasis ours!), their conclusion about the nature – and meaning – of our existence." We were left open-mouthed at some of the pseudo-intellectual twaddle that followed and this section is sadly, typical:
"... For the non-philosophically literate, we could characterise phenomenology of these philosophers like Sartre, Lucelle, Ponty, as privileging again the fact of human experience, but still being interested in metaphysics. You know, perhaps what they didn't share with the analytical philosophers was what was called the linguistic term – the idea that simply by examining language we can somehow find answers. In Wittgenstein's case, there are no answers to the big questions. But somehow the phenomenologists do have this metaphysical penumbra to their thinking. They seem to touch against the ineffable, don't they?" (bbc.co.uk)
As the programme ended, we sat stunned, both thinking what an incredible blessing it is to know the truth, and have had it so clearly explained to us! None of the "literary excellence or flowery language of scholarship" that Mr Armstrong would criticize. Contrast the above with the following:
"Now listen: do you for one moment suppose that a God great enough to have planned, have designed, have created, imparted life to all that is living, all that we see; do you suppose that He is unaware of your personal existence? A God with the all-encompassing intelligence – the limitless power to have designed and created all of the millions of different forms of animal and plant life, the myriad stars and heavenly bodies and to have created force and energy and everything that moves, is a God of such infinite capacity that He is very much aware of you – you as a person, you as one individual and of your personal life.
Almighty God planned and designed this earth and all life upon it for a purpose. Yes, there is a purpose being worked out here below and your life and what you do with it during these few years that it is allowed to exist on this planet that we call earth – it's a vital part of God’s overall purpose. God Almighty did not permit you to be born for just no purpose at all; you were not an accident. Then don’t you think that it’s about time that you begin to stop right where you are and to know something about that purpose?" (WT– Why Were You Born? – Part 1)
Sometimes it takes an outside TV or radio programme like this to open our eyes – to shock us, in fact – to what we take for granted each and every day ... the reason for our very existence, and even the benefit of trials and difficulties, and that there is most definitely life beyond the grave.
The Plain Truth
Gender identity is how a person feels and who they know them self to be when it comes to their gender. There are more than two genders, even though in our society the genders that are most recognized are male and female (called the gender binary) and usually is based on someone’s anatomy (the genitals they were born with). This is gender assignment and it is based on an assumption that someone’s genitals match their gender. However, gender isn’t about someone’s anatomy, it is about who they know them self to be. There are many different gender identities, [some reckon 72!] including male, female, transgender, gender neutral, non-binary, agender, pangender, genderqueer, two-spirit, third gender, and all, none or a combination of these. (teentalk.ca)
Such chaos is engendered by blatantly rejecting what is clearly evident in the natural world, and society is more and more accepting the previously unacceptable. Just this past week there have been VE celebrations across the UK, remembering the day 80 years ago that victory in Europe was declared. But would those men and women who died for their country recognise what that country has now become? For a start, what kind of judgment will come from a transgender judge, (and yes, they exist) who doesn't know if he/it/they is male or female? These verses from Romans chapter 1 below could have been written yesterday, with just the addition of 'identity' issues!
- For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
- For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
- For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
- For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
- Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
- and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. (Romans 1:18-23 English Standard Version)
Not long after Mr. Armstrong's death nearly 40 years ago the apostasy got into full flow, and being hostile to the truth (Romans 8:7) they set about to do away with God's law, and especially the Sabbath and the Holy days. This involved totally reinventing what the Old and New covenants were all about. One of their articles "The New Covenant in a Nutshell" – takes multiple pages and 8 additional and lengthy commentaries to try to wriggle out of what the new covenant really is. Whereas, "our ears were blessed" by this clear and concise explanation by Mr. Armstrong:
Now, there was the Old Covenant; and Moses was the mediator of the Old Covenant. And that married the nation Israel to God, but Israel was not a faithful wife. You know the story. There’re so many prophecies about it–in Jeremiah, in Hosea, and many other places in the Bible–especially in the Old Testament, and in the New Testament too.
But there was something wrong with that Covenant. You’ll find it in Hebrews the 8th chapter. You also will find it back in Jeremiah 31. The fault was NOT the law, as so many people seem to think. The fault WAS that the people didn’t keep it. And what will be changed is that God will write His law of love in their hearts and in their minds. Now, that law is a spiritual law..
... Well, now notice here: Christ is coming as the Messenger of the New Covenant. The New Covenant also will be a marriage, but a marriage of THE CHURCH to Christ. And this time we will come to the place I just read to you, where we can’t sin, before that marriage takes place. He said HE WILL WRITE HIS LAW IN OUR MINDS AND OUR INWARD PARTS. He wasn’t talking about rituals, the works of the law. THE LAW–THE LAW THAT IS SPIRITUAL. The law that is holy, and just, and good. (Bricket Wood Message May 1974)
Holy Days = Plan of God
The main reason that worldly christianity doesn't understand the parable of the sower is because their eyes have not been opened to God's Holy days and the need to keep them, or – as happened in the apostasy – they are totally rejected! You might think that a book entitled "The Gospel in the Feasts of Israel" by Victor Buksbazen, and under the section on the Sabbath, we'd be on solid ground for keeping the seventh day ... but no. In the final chapter "Sabbath or the Lord's Day – Which?" Mr. Buksbazen takes ten pages to try to explain why we don't have to keep the Sabbath these days: "How pathetic and misguided are some Christians who would induce anyone, Jew or Gentile, who has known 'the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free' to take upon themselves again the burden of the Law".
Unlike Mr. Buksbazen, when Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong read in Leviticus 23 about the "feasts of the LORD", their eyes were opened to the need to keep them as well as the weekly Sabbath. They obeyed, and were eventually granted the incredible understanding that these days contain ... and which no other church on earth understands. And our apostle has passed on this astounding revelation to us, who have the ears to hear:
Now God put us here for a purpose, and God is working out His purpose here below. He’s doing it according to a definite plan. He has allotted so many years – a total of 7,000 years. And let me tell you something: that eighth day pictures the last part of the working out of the plan of God. The people (and the professing “Christian” church) have entirely lost the plan of God! They don’t understand even the plan of salvation! They don’t understand HOW God is working out His plan.
Let me tell you something: the reason is because God gave these annual holy days that cumulate in the Feast of Tabernacles for the very purpose of PICTURING that plan and reminding His people of it year after year. Because they have not kept those holy days that God make holy (and that are never called any feast days of Moses anywhere in your Bible, but are the days of God) and because the churches have LOST them, they have lost what they picture and portray and were intended to remind the Church of year after year – the plan of God. They have lost it.
The plan of God is very clearly portrayed in the Bible, if we would believe the Bible. But the Bible is profitable to correct us and reprove us, and people don’t like it. And so, when they let it correct them and reprove them, my friends, they try to read their meaning into it. They try to their interpretation on it. The Bible should never be interpreted. No wonder people don’t have it straight! No wonder they have twisted it, and turned it upside down, and maligned it, and polluted it; and now they believe just the opposite. (The World Tomorrow, July 24, 1979)
Hope for the Future
- For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. (I Corinthians 15;22) – "and it's the same all !"
The world in general has accepted the materialistic theory of evolution, which gives no hope whatsoever of a life of any kind after death. But even if you do believe in a god of some description, there's no agreement as to what happens on death. One individual on the internet is struggling with the concept:
I've recently been experiencing a lot of death anxiety even at a young age. For this reason, I've been doing a lot of research on whether anything happens after death. According to science, consciousness just ceases to exist and that's it. I have heard the idea floating around that you continue to live the same life over and over in parallel universes, without your memories or former self moving between that transition. Even if that is true, that would mean when I die I'm basically a different person in the parallel universe. So my consciousness would die in a certain way, even if I still lived. Unless there's an alternate idea. So if my consciousness is dead, it doesn't matter if there's a "life after death" or not. Part of that freaks me the hell out, but part of it is comforting to know that there will be an endpoint I can plan my life around, and it gives more meaning to my contributions here on this earth. In addition, living forever with the same consciousness would eventually turn into an absolute Groundhog Day hell. So my question is, is there any evidence for consciousness actually surviving death in some way, and if so, how would that manifest? Would it matter in the end?
Compare that sad reflection on life and death and beyond, to what we've been blessed to understand:
When Christ comes as KING OF KINGS and LORD of lords, He will reign for the next thousand years. EVERYBODY living from His coming will be called.
After that thousand years, shall occur the “Great White Throne Judgment” of Revelation 20:11-12. All who ever lived from Adam on, who were uncalled by God, shall be resurrected MORTAL in human flesh and blood as they were in their first life. Then they shall give account for the sins of their former life – but on real repentance and faith they shall be forgiven and receive God’s Holy Spirit, begetting them to ETERNAL LIFE.
GOD’S WONDERFUL MASTER PLAN WILL CALL EVERYONE WHO EVER LIVED TO RECEIVE ETERNAL SALVATION but, there is a time order in resurrections (I Corinthians 15:22-23). “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order; Christ the firstfruits, afterward …” (two other resurrections revealed in Revelation 20:11-13, are not covered in I Corinthians 15.) Those called in the Millennium, and those in the Great White Throne resurrection and judgment, shall NOT have Satan, then, to overcome.
How WONDERFUL are God’s ways – even though hidden now from most of humanity bringing so much suffering on themselves! As the apostle Paul exclaimed, “O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!” (Romans 11:33). (A Voice Cries out Amid Religious Confusion, part 5 – PT 1980)
The Future of the Family
Evolution would have it that the only reason for our existence is to pass on our genetic code and that is the only way we achieve "immortality" or benefit our descendents. On the other side of the argument, my wife came across a short Facebook reel from a worldly evangelical church which caught her attention, as it began with "Are you worried that you will die and go to heaven before your children are saved?" Not having yet the understanding of God's Plan for ALL mankind so many parents have deep concerns over their children's future, many thinking that they will never see them again – if they allow themselves to think deeply at all.
But God has allowed us to understand that He is in the process of building a FAMILY, and that our children are very much part of His plan:
- And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
- As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
- Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
- For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
- And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
- Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side (Isaiah 59:20, 21 and 60:1-4)
- Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy [Spirit].
- For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. (Acts 2:38,39)
- Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
- A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time. (Isaiah 60:21,22)
A Priceless Gift
- Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
- Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
- Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. (Matthew 13:44-46)
Having the blessing of our eyes and ears opened to God's truth, we understand that within the Holy Days is not only the very meaning of life but an exquisite plan through which God intends to offer immortality to all mankind. Unlike mere philosophy, God's holy days are practical things – in other words, you have to keep these days in order to understand their meaning! And in this way, He is able to hide this transcendental truth from the wise and prudent of this world and reveal it unto babes (Luke 10:21), those He is working with.
With this in mind, consider for a moment just how priceless such understanding is. So often we can take this for granted when year after year on the Holy days, we hear the same basic "Why are we here?" messages. We need to be aware therefore of the danger of taking this revelation lightly – almost 'old hat'!
And yet via the Passover we are given the incalculable gift of direct access to the very throne of the universe and the spiritual power that then gives our lives true purpose. I wonder if we would take prayer so much for granted, and sometimes feel it is a burden, if we meditated on what it took to rent that veil from top to bottom, to allow us access to the Holy of Holies, 24/7? (Mark 15:38)
Feeding on the word of God, while coming out of sin, pictured by the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we change our 'spiritual DNA' to that of our Father, and then Pentecost shows us how we can become part of the firstfruits of God's harvest, by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit – the self-same power that was used to create this endless universe and all we see around us.
Then follows the day of Trumpets – 'our day' in many ways, when this ailing human flesh will be changed into glorious, eternal spirit bodies at the return of Christ, and which stands as the fulcrum between two entirely different worlds. Atonement (and the Jubilee) finally proclaim liberty throughout the entire earth at the removal of Satan the devil – and his violent and depraved broadcast – which will allow the age of God, pictured by Tabernacles and the Last Great Day, ushering in a Utopia to last for eternity and bring God's transcendental purpose to fruition. The most joyful of times when:
- "...God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." (Revelation 21:4)
Yet we live in a world – this present evil age – (Galatians 1:4) – that is totally oblivious of such things, and the danger is that we too can fail to truly appreciate what we have been called to. We are so very close to the end of the 6,000 year period given over to man and under the rule of the devil, and it does appear that the satanic deception has reached such a fever pitch that man is now deliberately choosing blindness, darkness and ignorance.
At this pivotal time in the history of mankind, we had an apostle sent to us who God used to open our eyes and ears to the reason for our temporary, physio-chemical existence, and gave us a glimpse into eternity – something the self-styled philosophers of today ridicule as utter foolishness. (I Corinthians 1:18-29). And in this technological age, Jesus Christ's words – through that apostle – live on via the internet, printing press, DVDs, audio files etc. So as we continue in this Holy Day season, 2025, let us make sure we truly appreciate the 'out of this world' understanding we have, and determine to use this rare opportunity to the utmost, so that one day we can be used to open the eyes, ears and minds of the currently misguided to the incredible human potential for each and every human being that has ever lived.
How To Destroy America
Could America be destroyed?
Could it really happen?
The handwriting is on the wall for those who have eyes to see!
It appears to be happening - right now!
How is it happening?
Why is it happening?
How Is America Being Destroyed?
“Victor Davis Hanson (born September 5, 1953) is an American classicist, military historian, and a conservative political commentator. He has been a commentator on modern and ancient warfare and contemporary politics for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the National Review, the Washington Times, and other media outlets.
He is a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, Fresno, the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in classics and military history at the Hoover Institution, and visiting professor at Hillsdale College.” (wikipedia.org)
As a historian he understands the lessons of history, so often forgotten or overlooked by today’s leaders.
What follows are excerpts from a transcript of a video presentation in which Mr Hanson asks the question:
“What If You Really Wanted To Destroy The United States? What Agenda Would You Pursue?
…And then I started thinking of civilizations; what was the stuff of civilizations that make them work? And it’s basic - their borders, their finances, their unity, their fuel, their food.
Destroy The Borders
So if you really wanted to, in civilizational terms, destroy the United States - the first thing I would do, if I was an enemy of the United States, was I would destroy the borders. In other words I would just let anybody come across our version of the Rhine or the Danube, as they happened in fifth century, and that’s pretty much what we have done the last 40 years, but particularly the last four years.
But what was behind all that? Joe Biden apparently thought that if he let in 12 million people without audits or background checks, would it alter the demography? Would it give him new constituencies for big government? What was the thinking about it? But it’s caused billions of dollars in increased expenses. It’s really damaged the inner city. It’s damaged the Rio Grande Valley. It’s damaged the San Joaquin Valley. We have all of this crime spike. Was it deliberate?
An Impossible Problem
Keep in mind that while these people were allowed into the USA freely, once safely over the border, everyone had the “right” to appeal against deportation. It’s not hard to see that to have 12 million individual court cases would be near impossible!
Money Printing
If you also wanted to hurt the United States, you know what I would do if I had nefarious intent? I would keep printing money and I would call it ‘BUILD BACK BETTER’. And the more inflationary it got, I would say it was going to be the ‘Inflationary Reduction Act’ and in that process I would borrow maybe $7 trillion within four years, maybe eight, and add to an existing $38 trillion in national debt so that the interest per day would be $3 billion. That would really hurt the United States.
Global Warming
You know what I’d also do? If I looked at the United States and I said ‘…They’ve got almost limitless supplies of natural gas, they’ve got almost more coal than any European country. They’ve got all of this oil. They once had a vibrant… they were the nuclear energy. They were the founders of nuclear power, they have all these dams with hydroelectric. I know what I’ll do, I will castigate all of that and say it makes either the environment too hot - global warming - or it ruins the natural landscape with dams, or it will kill us all through radiation.’
Whatever particular complaint I’d have I would stop it, as much as I could. I would dismantle nuclear power plants, cut back on natural gas, stop full drilling, fracking. Blow up dams rather than build them. And I’m talking about California for example, where the result would be 40 cents a kilowatt would make it unaffordable. That way, if you did all of that, a quarter of all the people who paid their power bills would default and that model would sweep across the United States.
Racism - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The third thing that I would do, and I think it's besides debt and borders and fuel, I would kind of sew disunity. And I would say that the content of our character is not as important as the color of our skin, and I would go back and reinterpret all of the hard won progress of the civil rights movement and sort of get rid of it. I would just say the color of our skin matters more than anything and so we’re going to hire on the basis of superficial appearance. We’re going to have reparations to go back eight generations and adjudicate who might have had an ancestor that owned a slave and who didn’t. And then I would say I’m going to predicate graduations, dorms, who gets to go into a dorm, who gets to go into a library, a safe space, on the basis of race - but I’m not going to call it racism or segregation, I’m going to call it ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ and mainstream it.
If I also wanted to create disunity, I would just say from now on - after 7,000 years of civilization - there are three sexes, not two, and women’s sports must include biological males. Not that it was an important topic but it would create enormous tension and disunity.
What Am I Getting At?
It seems to me that in the last four years, if you had an agenda that was designed to hurt the United States, in terms of an influx of 12 million foreigners that were unaudited, an unprotected border, a repression on energy, a desire to print money rather than to cut expenses and save money and go toward a balanced budget, and a way to divide the people. If you wanted to do all that, you couldn’t have done a better job than what we have seen from 2021 to 2025.” (youtube.com)
Even The Russians Warned America Against Socialism And Open Borders
“History shows us how great empires like Rome fell not because they could be beaten militarily, but because they could collapse from within. When the population of that country fails to unify under a single culture, that nation’s flag, only social unrest will result. All the enemies of that nation have to do is instigate protests and influence the media to lie to the people and just watch an independent republic melt away.
Yuri Bezmenov, a former KGB agent defected to Canada, gave lecture tours throughout the US in the 1980’s warning Americans of the perils of not responding to the false narratives of radicals advocating SOCIALISM AND OPEN BORDERS.” (12160.info)
“Hard times create strong men.
Strong men create good times.
Good times create weak men.
And, weak men create hard times.”
(G Michael Hopf:- goodreads.com)
Now - The Era Of Weak Men
The way in which today’s world is led is described in the book of Isaiah.
“As for my people, children are their oppressors, and WOMEN RULE OVER THEM. O my people, THEY WHICH LEAD THEE cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.” (Isaiah 3:12)
Back in the Second World War, times were hard - and dangerous. Strong leaders led the people to victory - leading to good times.
But this in turn created weak men - and now we see the end result - heading right back to hard times. But this time, no soft landing! If Jesus Christ does not step in to end the coming war, there would be no survivors! (Matthew 24:22)
The Fall Of The Roman Empire
Back in 1969, the Plain Truth Magazine ran a series of articles on the fall of the Roman Empire.
“There were those who warned the Romans of the inevitable end of their ways…
Romans, as a whole, would not listen.
And Rome fell.
Today, people are surrounded by the lessons of history…
The news is full of warnings…
Few are listening.
Will our nations also fall?
The five major causes for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire deduced from the writings of Edward Gibbon and noted historians of the Roman world are these:
- The breakdown of the family and the rapid increase of divorce.
- The spiralling rise of taxes and extravagant spending.
- The mounting craze for pleasure and the brutalization of sports.
- The mounting production of armaments to fight ever increasing threats of enemy attacks.
- The decay of religion into a myriad of confusing forms, leaving the people without a uniform guide.”
The Warning - Updated
We can now update the list of warnings to include open borders, global warming, racism - renamed ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ - mixed up genders, woke issues, the list goes on and on.
Every one of these factors is brimful and running over today. You see it in the media and on the internet. The growing incidence of divorce, broken homes and juvenile delinquency, inflation and taxation, the pleasure binge, the revelation of the gigantic “military–industrial complex,” the startling growth of occultism and alternative religions.
WHY?
Why Is All This Happening?
“Once the British peoples and the Americans – the ‘lost’ Israelites now supposing they are Gentiles – found themselves basking in the pleasant sunshine of such wealth and power, they were less willing than their ancient forefathers to yield to their GOD and HIS WAYS. They felt no need of Him, now! It seems few ever turn to God until they find themselves in desperate need or trouble.” (The United States and Britain in Prophecy - Chapter 13)
This is what God has to say about His People:
“That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, CAUSE THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL TO CEASE FROM BEFORE US.” (Isaiah 30:9-11)
God Is Correcting His People
“So now, if twentieth-century Ephraim and Manasseh – Britain and America – refuse to turn to God in obedience – refuse to live the way that causes, retains, and increases blessings, God will punish them in a manner far more INTENSE – and even strip entirely from them this colossal, unprecedented national blessing – RETURNING THEM TO CAPTIVITY AND SLAVERY – as continuing verses of this prophecy show.
Do you think so great a fall could not come to so great powers as Britain and America? Do you say, ‘It can’t happen HERE?’ Do you think the GREAT GOD who was able to GIVE them such unprecedented world leadership and power and wealth is not able to take it away from them and throw them, like their ancient forefathers, back into SLAVERY?
The Handwriting IS on the Wall!
You need, now, to UNDERSTAND the remainder of this prophecy of Leviticus 26 – and also of Deuteronomy 28 – and the many other prophecies relating to them and events soon to VIOLENTLY affect YOUR life! For MANY prophecies warn us of a CERTAINTY that it will be trouble such as NEVER happened to any nation or people!
Knowing our identity – knowing how the British and American peoples are identified in the prophecies – you need now to become AWARE of what is said about us in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Joel, Hosea, Amos, and the other prophecies – what JESUS foretold – as well as in these prophecies written by Moses!
And you need, also, to know why a just and loving God is going to punish His chosen people – people He chose for a glorious PURPOSE they have refused to perform.
The very fact of punishment implies CORRECTION. We need to understand that correction is applied to correct WRONG WAYS harmful to us – to turn us around into RIGHT WAYS that will cause desired blessings! Understand! God punishes every son he loves (Hebrews 12:6).
God’s punishment only reflects God’s LOVE – turning us from causing evil results to the way that brings happy results! God is now about to STOP US from bringing colossal evils on ourselves! God is not angry because we are harming HIM – but because we are harming ourselves – whom God loves!
The prophecies do not stop with revealing the unprecedented multiplied intensity of punishment already beginning to descend upon America and Britain. The prophecies record also the RESULT of that intensified punishment. The result will be a corrected people.
The result will be an eye-opening realization of what we have done to ourselves. The supreme punishment will teach us, at last, our lesson! The punishment will break our spirit of REBELLION! It will lift us up from the cesspool of rottenness and evil into which we have sunk. It will teach us the way to glorious peace, prosperity, abundant well-being!
On beyond the frightful national calamities now descending upon us will come a BLESSING inconceivably greater than the national material birthright we have possessed.” (The United States and Britain in Prophecy - Chapter 13)
Who Ultimately Allows Leaders That Lead People Astray?
The Bible answers this vital question:
“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: THE POWERS THAT BE ARE ORDAINED OF GOD.” (Romans 13:1)
This explains that all authority comes from God, so those in positions of authority are there because God allows it.
The prophet Daniel wrote: “ …He removeth kings, and setteth up kings.” (Daniel 2:21)
But if God is allowing the present crop of leaders - we have to ask - why? Aren’t there more qualified people available, people with wisdom and experience?
Right now, the way is being prepared for the greatest time of trouble that this world has ever seen. EVER!
(Jeremiah 30:7)
God Uses People Who will Fulfil His Plan
This is made clear in Revelation 17:
“These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.” (Revelation 17:13)
Here we see ten nations, with different languages, cultures, and a history of not getting on together, suddenly, giving their power and strength to the Beast.
How come they are suddenly united?
Why the sudden change of heart?
Why do they surrender their sovereignty?
“For God hath put in their hearts to FULFIL HIS WILL, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, UNTIL THE WORDS OF GOD SHALL BE FULFILLED.” (Revelation 17:17)
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“On beyond the frightful national calamities now descending upon us will come a BLESSING inconceivably greater than the national material birthright we have possessed.” (The United States and Britain in Prophecy - Chapter 13)
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