The Masks We Wear
"...every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: " (Psalm 39:5,6)
At the time of writing, the media here in the UK is awash with speculation, rumours and condemnation regarding the unmasking of a prominent British politician – previously a member of the House of Lords – and his close association with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Many are even questioning the involvement and integrity of the Prime Minister who appointed him to the post of British Ambassador to the US last year. This exposé has even involved a high-ranking member of the Royal Family, who has lost his royal title and many privileges. No doubt there are other individuals in such high circles who are wondering if they too will be 'unmasked' – and their private lives be put under investigation.
Reading of such hypocrisy – the two-facedness of those in high office – we might adopt a "holier than thou" attitude, but what we must keep in mind is what the apostle Paul mentioned to the church in Rome in this first verse and throughout chapter 2:
- Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. (Romans 2:1)
Not one of us is immune from a certain amount of duplicity! As Psalm 39 in the Amplified version brings out ... "Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]! Selah. Surely every man walks around like a shadow [in a charade]" (Psalm 39:5,6) And with a new holy day season starting at the end of next month with the Passover service, it would be wise for all of us to start thinking NOW of examining ourselves in this particular area of misrepresentation and deceit.
A Good Impression
- Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. (Psalm 32:2)
When you consider the various 'masks' we as human beings wear, the most insidious of them are not those that are physical but rather spiritual in nature – trying to conceal our true selves behind an outward facade of some description. In the same way that physical masks distance us from others and can damage relationships – as they did during the Covid years – even more do the spiritual masks we wear!
The various spiritual masks we wear have at their root an almost universal purpose – the desire to make a good impression, to be thought of in a more favourable light. This appears to be particularly true for those that rely on a public profile ... such as politicians, actors, religious leaders etc. But we are warned by Jesus Christ;
- Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. (Luke 6:26)
- But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
- For not he that commendeth himself is approved [Grk dokimos], but whom the Lord commendeth. (II Corinthians 10:17,18)
"Approved: Gk – dokimos Strongs 1384 – These were men of honour who put only genuine full weighted money into circulation. Such men were called "dokimos" or "approved".
We can see this problem vividly described in Jeremiah where the religious leaders at that time were more concerned with their popularity than warning the people of the consequences of their actions. Back then, the Jewish nation was taken into captivity by Babylon as punishment for their various sins, but the fact that this book has been preserved through the millennia shows it also carries a sobering message for us today.
- ... shall I not avenge Myself On a nation such as this?’
- An appalling and horrible thing has happened in the land:
- The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule on their own authority; and My people love it this way! But what will you do when the end comes? (Jeremiah 5:29-31 ASV)
Satan's Tool
As with so many things it is important that we recognise the true source of this desire to hide behind such spiritual masks. A quick glance through a thesaurus clearly shows the insidious scope of the word 'mask' and its companion, 'masquerade': "blind, camouflage, cloak, concealment, counterfeit, deception, cover-up, facade, guise, obscure, pretence, subterfuge, vail." (Chambers). As soon as God allowed Satan access to Adam and Eve, he set about doing just that ... practising deception, masking his true intent, and hasn't stopped since. In addition to being identified as "a liar and the father of it" (John 8:44), he cunningly disappears behind his own mask by depicting himself as an angel of light:
- For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
- And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
- Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. (II Corinthians 11:13-15)
In Jeremiah 17:9 it states that a heart so manipulated by the god of this world is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. We read daily of black being called white and vice versa, of what is right termed as being wrong:
- Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
- Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: (Isaiah 29:15,16)
We're bombarded with the still unproven (and unprovable) theory of unguided evolution stated as categorical fact in just about every facet of life. This self-deception, this need to mask the truth when it is unpalatable, or not along the lines of what WE want is highlighted again in Isaiah:
- 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)
Satan desires above all things to separate us from our Creator, and to replace God with himself as Number One in the universe and he has a myriad ways of attempting this takeover. The western nations in general refuse to believe he even exists, but in other countries where a spirit world is accepted as fact, the evil influence by Satan and his cohorts can be seen in a number of pagan rituals and dances, where in the vast majority of cases masks are worn to literally depict these demonic powers – the underlying motive being intimidation, control and the gaining of power over something or someone.
The World's Mask
As noted above, one of the synonyms for mask is "blind" ... and that is the state in which the vast majority of the world find themselves right now. It's a situation that God is allowing – for the time being – as stated in Romans 11, and II Corinthians 3:
- What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
- (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day (Romans 11:7,8)
- But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
- Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. (II Corinthians 3:15,16)
As stated in Revelation 12:9, Satan has deceived the whole world and a deceived person doesn't realise he is deceived, generally speaking. But as is so clearly and unambiguously brought out in Romans chapter 1, that is not always the case. The entire world each day wakes up within a reality that shouts intelligent design from virtually every facet of creation, but not only do many of the so-called 'intellectuals' suppress this fact, but they actively prohibit and ban any who would dare to point to the supremely obvious – blatantly and dishonestly pursuing and rooting out any in the scientific community who would disagree with their unguided and godless evolutionary stance.
- The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness,
- since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
- For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
- For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. (Romans 1:18-21 NIV)
Lying Wonders
With what appears to be an increased activity of the spiritual broadcast at the end time we need to be particularly aware of the masking of the truth as we proceed into the immediate future. The chances are that the way ahead is going to be strewn with obstacles, muddying the waters to the actual truth of what is going on. Satan already has the rest of the world under his thumb, so his main target has to be those within the church, the soon-to-be-born sons of God, as indicated by Matthew 24:24 – when read as it was originally given.
- And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
- And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many ...
- Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
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For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if
it were[not in the original] possible, they shall deceive the very elect. (Matthew 24:10,11,23,24)
And again, the warning the apostle Peter gave to the church shortly before his death was seen fit to be preserved by Christ to specifically alert the church at the end time.
- But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.
- And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.
- And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them. (II Peter 2:1-3 BBE)
This masking of the truth becomes particularly important when we consider the role of the false prophet, who is prophesied to appear and be active right at the time of the end. Being labelled a prophet carries with it the role of teaching – but what is destined to be taught will be very much a masking, twisting or obscuring of the truth. Empowered by Satan this individual will be producing 'lying wonders' and we need to be prepared and on our guard within God's church as the entire world will apparently be taken in by this personage. To this end, we are encouraged to remain well grounded in and have a love for the truth – the honest and unambiguous truth of Almighty God.
- Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
- And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
- And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
- That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (II Thessalonians 2:9-12)
Pharisaical Hypocrisy
As a human being, Christ was well aware of the blindedness of the majority of the people He came into contact with, as His explanations of the parables show ... "Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand" (Matthew 13:13) But not so with the Pharisees of His time, who He clearly labelled as hypocrites. Not only does Chamber's Thesaurus amplify this word with; charlatan, deceiver, fraud, imposter." ... but also "Pharisee" and "whitened sepulchre"! The Greek from which we get the word hypocrisy (Strongs 5273) brings with it the concept of an actor, stage player, pretender.
And we don't have to sink to the depths of old-time Pharisees to find ourselves being two-faced in our own lives, deceiving ourselves as to our true motives and abilities. As Paul brings out "For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself." (Galatians 6:3)
- I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
- And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
- For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. (Romans 12:1-3)
We might think we're doing OK, paying our tithes, giving offerings, keeping God's holy days, but could the following warning apply to us on occasion? It's much easier to present a 'masked' view of ourselves to others ... maybe concentrating solely on what can be seen physically, while our minds and hearts are going in a very different direction:
- Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
- Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. (Matthew 23:23-24)
King David understood this common human weakness and asked God many times to help him be open and upright in his relationship with Him:
- Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
- Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
- Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. (Psalm 19:12-14)
Nothing Hidden
This need to be transparent – and therefore 'unmasked' – is particularly important when we consider the true reality of both our present and future lives. All of us are destined to eventually appear before the judgement seat of Christ (Romans 14:10) and when we do so, it's guaranteed there will be no mask involved! As indeed "all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do". (Hebrews 4:13)
- And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
- For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
- If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
- And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
- For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath (Mark 4:21-25)
- For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
- Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. (Hebrews 4:12,13)
Even though such a thought can be disconcerting when we consider the various masks all of us sometimes wear. Yet at the same time it can be quite comforting to know that not only will WE appear before that judgment seat, but so too will the rest of humanity. At that time it won't be a case of buying the best lawyers available and/or hiding behind some kind of mask for protection, as their lives too will be "open and naked" before God. We find this position superbly expressed within the book of Psalms:
- LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
- How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
- They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
- They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
- Let they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
- Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
- He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
- He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
- The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. (Psalm 94:3-11)
Seeking Light
Really coming to grips with the fact "all things are naked and open etc" ..should make us much more clear and transparent in our dealings with one another – yes, but particularly in approaching God. Paul was painfully honest about his shortcomings in chapter 7 of Romans. "O wretched man that I am... " (Romans 7:14-15) as was David in his prayer to God in Psalm 51, knowing God "desired truth in the inward parts". (Psalm 51:6) Only then – when we are 'unmasked' before God can we really develop and deepen the relationship, and get the contact and help we desperately need.
This honest and 'open-faced' approach is absolutely imperative if we are to be part of the God Family, as we are reminded by the book of James that with God Himself – unlike Satan – "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning" (James 1:17)
If we are being led by the very spirit and mind of this Being – which must indeed be the case if we are to be the children of Almighty God (Romans 8:14) – it is important that we don't just grudgingly allow God and Christ to shape and mould us, but that we actively seek their input, as expressed in John 3:
- And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
- For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
- But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God (John 3:19-21)
Rest assured that there is no place for a mask within this process but we can simultaneously receive great comfort in knowing the overall purpose of God is "...to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy..." (Jude 24) and to that end: "...the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him..." (II Chronicles 16:9) For, as King David points out within the book of Psalms:
- A song of David: Thou searchest me, Eternal One, though knowest me,
- thou knowest me sitting or rising, my very thoughts thou readest from afar;
- walking or resting, I am scanned by thee, and all my life to thee lies open;
- ere ever a word comes to my tongue, O thou Eternal, it is well known to thee;
- thou are on every side, behind me and before, laying thy hand on me.
- Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is far, far beyond me.
- Where could I go from thy spirit? where could I flee from thy face?
- I climb to heaven? – but thou are there; I nestle in the netherworld? – and there thou art!
- If I darted swift to the dawn, to the verge of the ocean afar,
- thy hand even there would fall upon me, thy right hand would reach me.
- If I say, "The dark will screen me, the night will hide me in its curtains,
- Yet darkness is not dark to thee, the night is clear as daylight.
- For thou didst form my being, didst weave me in my mother’s womb.
- I will praise thee; for the awful wonder of my birth; thy work is wonderful.
- Thou knowest all about my soul; my body was no mystery to thee, as I was being moulded secretly and put together in the world below;
- all the days of my life were foreseen by thee, set down within thy book; ere ever they took shape, they were assigned me, ere ever one of them was mine.
- O God what mysteries I find in thee! How vast the number of thy purposes!
- I try to count them? – They are more than the sand; I wake from my reverie, and I am still lost in thee ...
- ... Search me, O God, and know my heart: test me, and try my thoughts:
- See if I am taking any course of wrong, and lead me on the lines of life eternal. (Psalm 139: 1-18, 23,24 Moffatt)
No roads… freezing cold… lots of rock and ice… few people.
Suddenly everyone cares about…
GREENLAND
It Sits On Top Of The World!
Greenland Was Really Green
“Since most of Greenland is covered in ice, snow and glaciers, the Arctic nation is mostly white. So how did it get its name ‘Greenland’ when it’s not really green? It actually got its name from Erik The Red, an Icelandic murderer who was exiled to the island. He called it ‘Greenland’ in hopes that the name would attract settlers.
But according to scientists, Greenland was actually quite green more than 2.5 million years ago. A new study reveals that ancient dirt was cryogenically frozen for millions of years underneath about 2 miles of ice.
A Vibrant Capital City
Almost one-quarter of Greenland’s population lives in the capital city of Nuuk. Vibrant and funky, the city is the biggest, most cosmopolitan town on the island and it packs in quite a lot of museums, hip cafes and fashion boutiques for its small size.
Midnight Sun
Every year, the sun does not set from May 25th to July 25th, and it stays visible throughout the entire day and night. The midnight sun, as it is called, is a pretty cool natural phenomenon that everyone needs to experience at least once in their lifetime. June 21 is the longest day of the year and is also a national holiday. July is the only month when the temperature reaches above freezing.” (visitgreenland.com)
Size Matters
On some maps, Greenland looks bigger than Africa. So, how big is it really?
“All map projections produce some distortion. The Mercator projection — which is still widely used for world maps — disproportionately exaggerates the size of landmasses that are more distant from the Equator. So Greenland, which is roughly the size of Saudi Arabia, looks like it is larger than the entire continent of Africa.” (britannica.com)
The World’s Largest Island
“Greenland is the world’s largest island, with a size of 2.175.600 square kilometers. That area is larger than the following countries combined: France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, Italy, Greece, Switzerland, and Belgium. It is 4.2 times smaller than the United States.
Approximately 80% of Greenland is permanently covered in ice. The Ice Sheet is covering the middle of the huge island and it is the world’s largest glacier. At its thickest point, the Greenlandic Ice Sheet is 3,500 meters.
Imagine a country where there are no roads between towns. You can’t just take a bus or your car to the nearest town. There just aren’t any roads between towns, therefore the infrastructure is based on air and sea traffic.” (greenland-travel.com/)
Tiny Population
The population of major cities in Japan, Mexico and Nigeria are huge:
Tokyo - 36,953,600
Mexico City - 23,000,000
Lagos - 17,803,400
Jerusalem - 1,000,000
A small US city - Chapel Hill, North Carolina Population 59,000. “the location of the nation’s oldest public university — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.”
That’s still 3,000 more inhabitants than the whole of Greenland - for a land mass around a quarter of the size of the entire USA!
America - 3,800,000 square miles - 343,150,750 inhabitants!
Greenland - 836,330 square miles - 56,000 inhabitants!
Not Exactly Overpopulated!
“Greenland is officially the world’s largest island that is not a continent. Greenland has just 56,000 inhabitants. They mostly live in the 20% of the country that is not covered by ice and snow. Historically, fishery and hunting have been the key to survival due to the short summers. Greenland’s climate and geography make farming almost impossible, except for the extreme south of the country, where sheep farming is popular.
Resources
The Greenland Government is investigating ways to profit from the mineral resources of the island, which includes gold, natural gas, diamonds, lead and zinc. The idea is to attract foreign investment to this sector and to provide the services needed.
Links to Denmark
Greenland is officially the world’s largest island that is not a continent. Greenland has its own extensive local government, but it is also part of the Realm of Denmark. Despite the distance between Greenland and Denmark - about 3,532 km between their capitals - Greenland has been associated with Denmark politically and culturally for a millennium. Greenland was a Danish colony until 1953, when it was redefined as a district of Denmark. In addition to its own local government, Greenland has two representatives in the Danish Parliament, the Folketing.” (denmark.dk)
Why Does President Trump Want It?
Why Does Everyone Suddenly Care About Greenland?
“Greenland’s importance has not changed, even if the recent spotlight makes it feel that way. The island sits astride the shortest route between North America and Eurasia. That means that any long-range missile, bomber, or hypersonic system launched between the US and Russia would need to pass near or directly over Greenland. From Washington’s point of view, it’s a strategic necessity rather than a diplomatic provocation, and the island plays a key role in the defence of North America.
The US has therefore always maintained a permanent military presence there since the Cold War. The Pituffik base (previously known as Thule) is equipped with space-surveillance equipment, missile-detection radars, and early-warning systems. These capabilities are not symbolic – they are foundational to nuclear deterrence, missile defence, and space situational awareness.
Greenland Never Stopped Mattering to the Navy
Russia has been investing heavily in modernising its Arctic bases and fleet of submarines. China – despite not being an Arctic state – has declared itself a ‘near-Arctic power’, increasing its polar presence and research. From Washington’s perspective, allowing either power to establish meaningful infrastructure or influence on the island would be strategically unacceptable.
Security Today Is Inseparable From Industrial Power
Greenland holds significant, undeveloped reserves of uranium, rare earth elements, and other critical minerals essential for electronics, aerospace, weapons systems, batteries, and advanced manufacturing.
Greenland’s rise in global importance is the predictable outcome of geography meeting scarcity, technology meeting power, and a world reorganising around security of supply and access. Greenland always mattered. But the scramble for influence is accelerating, and new opportunities reveal themselves in the melting ice of the Arctic.” (theexposenews.com)
There’s Method To Trump’s Greenland Madness
“The president’s theatrics have forced Europe to recognise the strategic importance of the territory. Greenlanders are the biggest winners. Greenland – a geographical afterthought for most of history – has suddenly found itself at the centre of great-power intrigue, complete with threats, counter-threats, congressional pushback, NATO awkwardness and a level of theatricality usually reserved for Hollywood dramas.
Yet, once the noise subsides, Greenlanders, despite being threatened with invasion, may well emerge as the key winners. For decades, Greenland has been subsidised by Denmark and sheltered by NATO’s security umbrella. Now more money is likely to flow in – both from Copenhagen, keen to demonstrate commitment, and from Washington, eager to secure access and influence.
Expect investment not only in runways and ports, but in minerals, research, hearts and minds. Few places on Earth sit at that sweet spot where cash, protection and strategic attention converge. And unlike most courted territories, Greenland can plausibly play suitors off against each other. Not bad for an island everyone once forgot.” (telegraph.co.uk)
Zelensky Attacks ‘Weak And Indecisive’ European Leaders
“Volodymyr Zelensky said Europe was weak and fragmented in a speech at Davos, attacking its leaders for being too indecisive to stand up to Russia, China or Donald Trump. The Ukrainian president said European powers were too busy arguing among themselves to join together and become a ‘truly global power’. In a remarkably aggressive address to the World Economic Forum on Thursday, he said the countries funding the Ukrainian war effort ‘love to discuss the future but avoid taking action today’.
He singled out the decision to send ‘40 soldiers’ to Greenland as insufficient to protect the island. The Ukrainian president mocked European nations for sending too few troops to the island for any meaningful defence. ‘Forty soldiers will not protect anything,’ he said. ‘What message does that send to Putin, to China – and even more importantly, what message does that send to Denmark, your close ally?’” (telegraph.co.uk)
Greenland’s Election Results Just Changed Everything!
March 2025 - “The Demokraatit party just SHOCKED everyone with a massive victory, jumping from 9% to 30% of the vote. They’re replacing the anti-American leftists who kept saying ‘Greenland’s not for sale.’ Let’s be CLEAR: This is a HUGE shift. While the old guard was busy shouting ‘NO’ at everything American, the new leadership is talking about ‘business’ and ‘pragmatic cooperation.’ Trump’s been crystal clear: ‘We need Greenland for national security.’ He’s offering BILLIONS in investment, to an island with only 57,000 people, but that’s bigger than the Louisiana Purchase.
That means job opportunities and prosperity Denmark has NOT delivered. 4 out of 5 major parties want independence from Denmark. The debate isn’t IF, it’s WHEN. Now a pro-business party is in the driver’s seat. But Trump’s plan likely INCLUDES independence! Trump’s plan could mean:
- Massive financial aid and US investment
- US passports and social services for Greenlanders
- Defense protection
- Employment for Greenland’s impoverished youth
This isn’t about ‘buying’ Greenland. It’s about strategic partnership and mutual benefit. And with anti-American leftists OUT of power, everything is now on the table.” (100percentfedup.com)
Trump Has Crossed All Lines: It Is Time To Cut Off His Global Credit Card
As usual in this world, there is an elephant in the room. To fund the Greenland situation, along with the situation with Iran, the Israel/Hamas war, Somalia, Cuba, Yemen, Venezuela - and now spending $1 trillion on “defence” - the US has to borrow money - huge sums of money, to pay the bills. US debt in now more than $38 trillion dollars - and rising! It seems that there is little effort being made to slow down the borrowing. This is America’s weak spot!
“America has lost its credibility. The only thing that can stop the president is the bond market. The only constraint on Trump Unleashed is the global bond market.
If you have a structural fiscal deficit of 6-7 percent of GDP, a savings rate near zero and a reliance on the goodwill of foreigners to fund an explosive increase in debt issuance, you might wish to treat global creditors with a little care. The US treasury sold $654 billion of federal debt over the four days from January 12-15, about the same in one week as the annual GDP of Argentina or the United Arab Emirates. It did not go well.
This rising spread may simply reflect fears of resurgent inflation… But it may also be the first sign that America is starting to pay a price for the collapse of political credibility.” (telegraph.co.uk)
National Debt Is Already Killing The American Dream
“The government’s $38.5 trillion national debt is suffocating the American Dream, a leading economist has warned. Many factors have been blamed for the death of the American Dream. Most recently, it has been housing stock, with President Trump moving to bar large Wall Street investors from buying up single-family homes. Elsewhere, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon agrees that housing is a barrier but so is education, saying opportunities need to be more accessible to young people across the country.
Meanwhile, the rising cost of retirement, raising children, and owning a car has led many to believe they can only achieve the lofty heights of the American Dream if they have $5 million in the bank.
However, many of these symptoms trickle back to the vast sum America owes to its debtors, according to Kurt Couchman, a senior fellow in fiscal policy at think tank Americans for Prosperity. In the final THREE MONTHS of 2025, the government spent $276 billion in interest on the debt…” (finance.yahoo.com)
Inflation Bites
The US and British governments are finding it harder to borrow money - so they are having to pay more interest on bonds. If you have debts, credit cards, mortgages and hire purchase agreements, then you will pay more interest. This is already causing deep economic problems for people. If governments start to refuse to lend more money to the US and Britain, this will cause deep economic trouble nationally. The financial system is already sliding downhill - reflected in a sudden huge rise in the gold price, as the following article points out.
Gold Surges Past $5,000
“Gold fever is burning hotter than ever after the price of the precious metal smashed through a fresh milestone of $5,000 an ounce on Monday. The surge has reignited speculation that investors are bracing for deep economic trouble - and few are louder about it than Robert Kiyosaki, the bestselling author of Rich Dad Poor Dad.
‘Gold soars over $5,000. Yay!!!!,’ Kiyosaki posted on X. ‘Future for gold $27,000.’ The eye-popping target would represent one of the most extreme forecasts on Wall Street. Most major banks and commodities strategists see gold peaking far below that level.
In fact, experts warn that a move anywhere close to $27,000 would require something far more severe than today’s inflation worries. ‘US is in civil war, China’s taken Taiwan, Russia’s gone after NATO,’ Andrew Glass, founder of Avatar Commodities told Daily Mail as he rattled off the kind of doomsday scenarios that could send gold to such extremes. Others point to a complete breakdown of the monetary system as the only plausible trigger.” (dailymail.co.uk)
Financial Collapse Coming!
We have been warned: A financial collapse is coming and it will strike as out of a clear blue sky - SUDDENLY!
And who will the rest of the world blame for this disaster? The USA and Britain!
As Mr Armstrong warned:
“Now when the financial structure breaks down, all civilization is going to break down. I just wanted to say that much - maybe you can begin to see how serious this thing can become!” (Sermon - 7 July 1984)
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“Just what is an APOSTLE?”
Today we find the Church of God in a “wilderness of religious confusion!”
The confusion is not merely around the Church – within the religions of the world outside – but WITHIN the very heart of The True Church itself!
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