Wake
up people this isn’t a game
This time there will be nowhere to run
And
nowhere to hide
In the 1930’s when Hitler was ramping up his war machine, the Jewish parents
that could “read the writing on the wall” did whatever was necessary to at
least get their children, if not the whole family out of Europe, unfortunately,
this time, there is nowhere safe to go.
There is a stench emanating out of Washington D.C. that has permeated the
United States of America, and this odiferous attitude has been fostered
throughout the world by the different media formats; greed is good; eat, drink
and take advantage of others, no matter the consequences; it appears to be a
“we are special and you should bow down to us” attitude. Sadly it looks like we
have gotten way to big for our britches and just as we don’t appreciate a
spoiled, bratty kid in a restaurant; most of the rest of the world really
doesn’t care for our whining and bulling ways.
I can already imagine the responses, who gives a rip, what are they (the
rest of the world) going to do about it.
Well if the past is any indicator of what the future holds…the
destruction of the United States could lie in the balance and unlike the 1930’s
and 40’s this time there is nowhere to hide.
The Founding Fathers of this nation read, studied and understood the
Bible and that without the help and blessing of God they would not have made
it.
We have done well as a nation making it over 200 years but history is
replete with instances where “societies” have thumbed their noses at God and
suffered the consequences. Here in the United States we went from a just nation
that openly worshiped God and his Son, Jesus, to a nation that tiptoes around
issues of Jesus and God so that we don’t insult the people who refuse to
acknowledge that God had a Son who crushed Satan so that we might be free.
Israel, Gods’ chosen people has been besieged with war and
plundered numerous times since its inception according to the Bible, to the
point of utter destruction in 70 AD, for what I believe to have been the
rejection of the Son of God, the sacrifice that he made for the people and the
wonton slaughter of Christ’s followers, until its rebirth 1878 years later in
1948.
When one plays the part of a bully, brat or witch in the sandbox
eventually nobody wants to play with you and that appears to be what is
happening here to the United States. We have lived the high life with very
little thoughts for anyone else’s well being. We have collectively as a nation
thumbed our nose at God and his Son rejecting the blessing that had been
bestowed on U.S. much as the Jewish people have done over the years to their
own detriment.
There used to be a time not so long ago that we were known as a
Christian nation now we are viewed with suspicion, distrust; so what happens
next?
Is it possible for the United States to be utterly destroyed as Israel
was? The Bible informs us not to take on debt: our funded obligations exceed
$13.8 trillion, our unfunded obligations exceed $60 trillion; that seems
self-destructive to me.
The Bible informs us to provide justice, not pervert justice; all the
laws necessary to run (not rule) the world are listed in the Bible in less than
15 pages. With over 30 million laws on the books (how many are for special
interest groups) there is no justice, just perversion of justice; seems
self-destructive to me.
The U.S. government has American Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and
Coasties in over 60 countries throughout the world could it be that in our
self-righteous zeal we are guilty of enormous amounts of collateral damage (we
are not always right). Are we oppressing others by meddling in stuff that
is other people’s business at a cost of tens-of-thousands of lives, billions of
dollars, and destruction on a scale that is hard to imagine, it seems that we
are guilty of being hypocrites, busybodies.
We have let corporations take control of almost everything. Corporations
seems to have only one function in life and that is to make money for their
shareholders, at any cost. They do not care about the people (people are an actuarial
problem), only money.
If the people of this nation don’t wake up and change our ways fast we
have a disaster of unmitigated proportions headed our way. This country has
been protected over the years by the Second Covenant which is explained in the
New Testament of the Bible, but this nation has been led astray, and the
consequences of rejection are sure to follow.
Just as God punished the Jewish people for thumbing their noses at him, God
will have no choice but to punish the United States because of the actions of
the people of this nation. He is a just God, if one group struck the agreement
and suffered the consequences of rejecting Him any other group in the future
agreeing to a covenant will also have to suffer the consequences of their
actions.
First Covenant (contract) was with the Jewish people during the time of
Moses and they failed miserably numerous times.
Part one is what happened when the Jewish people rejected or forgot the
Covenant or contract they made with God.
Part two is what the Jewish people were supposed to fulfill for their
half of the Covenant, it was approximately 600 laws and rules (not all of them
are listed here, a complete listing is in Exodus, Leviticus and Deuteronomy).
The Founding Fathers staked their lives on the word and promises of God
and the second Covenant because the first Covenant was superseded when the
second one was sealed by Jesus.
Just as with the first Covenant, when Christ who sealed the Second
Covenant is rejected, bad thing happen.
What follows was the first agreement that was broken
Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain and
said, "This is what you are to say to the house of Jacob and what you are
to tell the people of Israel: `You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt,
and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Now if you
obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured
possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of
priests and a holy nation.' These are the words you are to speak to the
Israelites."
"You shall have no other gods before me.
"You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in
heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow
down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God,
punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth
generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of
those who love me and keep my commandments.
"You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD
will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
"Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall
labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your
God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter,
nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your
gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and
all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD
blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
"Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in
the land the LORD your God is giving you.
"You shall not murder.
"You shall not commit adultery.
"You shall not steal.
"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
"You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not
covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey,
or anything that belongs to your neighbor."
"Do not spread false reports. Do not help a wicked man by being a
malicious witness.
"Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimon
in
a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd, 3 and do
not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.
"If you come across your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, be
sure to take it back to him. If you see the donkey of someone who hates you
fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help him with
it.
"Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits. Have
nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person
to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.
"Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists
the words of the righteous.
"Do not oppress an alien; you yourselves know how it feels to be
aliens, because you were aliens in Egypt.
"For six years you are to sow your fields and harvest the crops,
but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused. Then the poor
among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what they
leave. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.
"Six days do your work, but on the seventh day do not work, so that
your ox and your donkey may rest and the slave born in your household, and the
alien as well, may be refreshed.
"Be careful to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the
names of other gods; do not let them be heard on your lips.
These are just some of the Laws and Rules that the people agreed to in the
First Covenant, to attempt to get a grip as to what is happening one must turn
off the idiot box and read the Bible or you will never understand.
This
is what happened to the Jewish people for rejecting their covenant with God
`But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands, and if you
reject my decrees and abhor my laws and fail to carry out all my commands and
so violate my covenant,
then I will do this to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting
diseases and fever that will destroy your sight and drain away your life. You
will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. I will set my face
against you so that you will be defeated by your enemies; those who hate you
will rule over you, and you will flee even when no one is pursuing you.
`If after all this you will not listen to me,
I will punish you for your sins seven times over. I will break down your
stubborn pride and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you
like bronze. Your strength will be spent in vain, because your soil will not
yield its crops, nor will the trees of the land yield their fruit.
`If you remain hostile toward me and refuse to listen to me, I will
multiply your afflictions seven times over, as your sins deserve. I will send
wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your
cattle and make you so few in number that your roads will be deserted.
`If in spite of these things you do not accept my correction but
continue to be hostile toward me, I myself will be hostile toward you and will
afflict you for your sins seven times over. And I will bring the sword upon you
to avenge the breaking of the covenant . When you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague
among you, and you will be given into enemy hands. When I cut off your supply
of bread, ten women will be able to bake your bread in one oven, and they will
dole out the bread by weight. You will eat, but you will not be satisfied.
`If in spite of this you still do not listen to me but continue to be
hostile toward me, then in my anger I will be hostile toward you, and I myself
will punish you for your sins seven times over. You will eat the flesh of your
sons and the flesh of your daughters. I will destroy your high places, cut down
your incense altars and pile your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your
idols, and I will abhor you. I will turn your cities into ruins and lay waste
your sanctuaries, and I will take no delight in the pleasing aroma of your
offerings. I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who live there will
be appalled. I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out my sword
and pursue you. Your land will be laid waste, and your cities will lie in
ruins. Then the land will enjoy its sabbath years all the time that it lies
desolate and you are in the country of your enemies; then the land will rest
and enjoy its sabbaths. All the time that it lies desolate, the land will have
the rest it did not have during the sabbaths you lived in it.
`As for those of you who are left, I will make their hearts so fearful
in the lands of their enemies that the sound of a windblown leaf will put them
to flight. They will run as though fleeing from the sword, and they will fall,
even though no one is pursuing them. They will stumble over one another as
though fleeing from the sword, even though no one is pursuing them. So you will
not be able to stand before your enemies. You will perish among the nations;
the land of your enemies will devour you. Those of you who are left will waste
away in the lands of their enemies because of their sins; also because of their
fathers' sins they will waste away.
`But if they will confess their sins and the sins of their
fathers--their treachery against me and their hostility toward me, which made
me hostile toward them so that I sent them into the land of their enemies--then
when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they pay for their sin, I will
remember my covenant with Jacob and my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with
Abraham, and I will remember the land. For the land will be deserted by them
and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them. They will pay
for their sins because they rejected my laws and abhorred my decrees. Yet in
spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject
them or abhor them so as to destroy them completely, breaking my covenant with
them. I am the LORD their God. But for their sake I will remember the covenant
with their ancestors whom I brought out of Egypt in the sight of the nations to
be their God. I am the LORD.' "
Have
we become a nation of fools?
We are in trouble and until this mess is acknowledged
It is only going to get worse
for
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his
folly.
Although Isaiah was speaking this warning to the Jewish
people over 2500 years ago it is easy to see where history is repeating itself.
This time it will probably be the Christians and Jews who will suffer for
giving lip-sevice to God. While reading the following change the word Judah to
USA and Jerusalem with Washington D.C.
ISA 3:1 See now, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, is
about to take from Jerusalem (Washington D.C.) and Judah (the USA) both supply
and support: all supplies of food and all supplies of water, the hero and
warrior, the judge and prophet, the soothsayer and elder, the captain of fifty
and man of rank, the counselor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter.
I will make boys their officials; mere children will govern them.
(Street Gangs?)
People will oppress each other-- man against man, neighbor against
neighbor. The young will rise up against the old, the base against the
honorable. (30 million laws and counting, that’s some serious oppression)
A man will seize one of his brothers at his father's home,
and say, "You have a cloak, you be our leader; take charge of this heap of
ruins!"
But in that day he will cry out, "I have no remedy. I have no
food or clothing in my house; do not make me the leader of the people."
Jerusalem (Washington D.C.) staggers, Judah (the USA) is falling;
their words and deeds are against the LORD, defying his glorious presence. (We
the USA export a lot of sick attitudes through MTV)
The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their
sin like Sodom (from Broadway to Hollywood); they do not hide it. Woe to them!
They have brought disaster upon themselves.
Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy
the fruit of their deeds. Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them! They will
be paid back for what their hands have done.
Youths oppress my people, women rule over them. O my people, your
guides lead you astray; they turn you from the path.
The LORD takes his place in court; he rises to judge the people.
The LORD enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of his people:
"It is you who have ruined my vineyard; the plunder from the poor is in
your houses. What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of
the poor?" (Hello, could this be the greed of Wall Street, Lobbyists and
smooth talking lawyers?) declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.
The LORD says,
"The women of Zion (America) are haughty, walking along with
outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, tripping along with mincing
steps, with ornaments jingling on their ankles. Therefore the Lord will bring
sores on the heads of the women of Zion; the LORD will make their scalps
bald."
In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery: the
bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces, the earrings and bracelets
and veils, the headdresses and ankle chains and sashes, the perfume
bottles and charms, the signet rings and nose rings, the fine robes
and the capes and cloaks, the purses and mirrors, and the linen garments
and tiaras and shawls.
Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a sash, a rope;
instead of well-dressed hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth;
instead of beauty, branding (tattooing anyone?).
Your men will fall by the sword, your warriors in battle. The gates of
Zion (America) will lament and mourn; destitute ($13.8 trillion+,
13,850,000,000,000 in debt and rising), she will sit on the ground.
Have we become a nation of fools?
Most of the following come from Proverbs.
But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing
into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and
clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into
temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men
into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of
evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced
themselves with many griefs.
The wise woman builds her house, but
with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.
A quarrelsome wife is like a constant
dripping on a rainy day; restraining her is like restraining the wind or
grasping oil with the hand.
Some became fools through their
rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning
of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
"How long will you simple ones
love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate
knowledge?
For the waywardness of the simple will
kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
The wise inherit honor, but fools he
holds up to shame.
You who are simple, gain prudence; you
who are foolish, gain understanding.
The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son grief to his mother. (How many children don’t have a clue as
to who their father is?)
The wise in heart accept commands, but
a chattering fool comes to ruin.
He who winks maliciously causes grief,
and a chattering fool comes to ruin.
Wise men store up knowledge, but the
mouth of a fool invites ruin.
He who conceals his hatred has lying
lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
The lips of the righteous nourish many,
but fools die for lack of judgment.
A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct,
but a man of understanding delights in wisdom.
He who brings trouble on his family
will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.
The way of a fool seems right to him,
but a wise man listens to advice.
A fool shows his annoyance at once, but
a prudent man overlooks an insult.
A prudent man keeps his knowledge to
himself, but the heart of fools blurts out folly.
Every prudent man acts out of
knowledge, but a fool exposes his folly.
A longing fulfilled is sweet to the
soul, but fools detest turning from evil.
He who walks with the wise grows wise,
but a companion of fools suffers harm.
The wise woman builds her house, but
with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.
A fool's talk brings a rod to his back,
but the lips of the wise protect them.
Stay away from a foolish man, for you
will not find knowledge on his lips.
The wisdom of the prudent is to give
thought to their ways, but the folly of fools is deception.
Fools mock at making amends for sin,
but goodwill is found among the upright.
A wise man fears the LORD and shuns
evil, but a fool is hotheaded and reckless.
A quick-tempered man does foolish
things, and a crafty man is hated.
The simple inherit folly, but the
prudent are crowned with knowledge.
The wealth of the wise is their crown,
but the folly of fools yields folly.
Wisdom reposes in the heart of the
discerning and even among fools she lets herself be known.
A fool spurns his father's discipline,
but whoever heeds correction shows prudence. (With all these single women head
of households: Who’s your daddy?)
The lips of the wise spread knowledge;
not so the hearts of fools.
The discerning heart seeks knowledge,
but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
Understanding is a fountain of life to
those who have it, but folly brings punishment to fools.
Arrogant lips are unsuited to a fool--how
much worse lying lips to a ruler!
A rebuke impresses a man of discernment
more than a hundred lashes a fool.
Better to meet a bear robbed of her
cubs than a fool in his folly.
Of what use is money in the hand of a
fool, since he has no desire to get wisdom?
To have a fool for a son brings grief;
there is no joy for the father of a fool. (How many men have foolish sons and
don’t even know it because they don’t know they have children?)
A discerning man keeps wisdom in view,
but a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the earth.
A foolish son brings grief to his
father and bitterness to the one who bore him.
Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps
silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.
A fool finds no pleasure in understanding
but delights in airing his own opinions.
A fool's lips bring him strife, and his
mouth invites a beating.
A fool's mouth is his undoing, and his
lips are a snare to his soul.
Better a poor man whose walk is
blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.
It is not fitting for a fool to live in
luxury--how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
A foolish son is his father's ruin, and
a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Penalties are prepared for mockers, and
beatings for the backs of fools.
It is to a man's honor to avoid strife,
but every fool is quick to quarrel.
In the house of the wise are stores of
choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has.
Do not speak to a fool, for he will
scorn the wisdom of your words.
Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the
assembly at the gate he has nothing to say.
Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,
honor is not fitting for a fool.
A whip for the horse, a halter for the
donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
Do not answer a fool according to his
folly, or you will be like him yourself.
Answer a fool according to his folly,
or he will be wise in his own eyes.
Like cutting off one's feet or drinking
violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
Like a lame man's legs that hang limp
is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Like tying a stone in a sling is the
giving of honor to a fool.
Like a thornbush in a drunkard's hand
is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Like an archer who wounds at random is
he who hires a fool or any passer-by.
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a
fool repeats his folly.
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but
provocation by a fool is heavier than both.
Though you grind a fool in a mortar,
grinding him like grain with a pestle, you will not remove his folly from him.
He who trusts in himself is a fool, but
he who walks in wisdom is kept safe.
He who gives to the poor will lack
nothing, but he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses.
If a wise man goes to court with a
fool, the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.
A fool gives full vent to his anger,
but a wise man keeps himself under control.
Do you see a man who speaks in haste?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
"Under three things the earth
trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a servant who becomes king, a fool who
is full of food, an unloved woman who is married, and a maidservant who
displaces her mistress.
"If you have played the fool and
exalted yourself, or if you have planned evil, clap your hand over your mouth!
For as churning the milk produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces
blood, so stirring up anger produces strife."
Discipline your son, for in that there
is hope; do not be a willing party to his death.
Discipline your son, and he will give
you peace; he will bring delight to your soul.
Unfortunately there is a
large number of undisciplined sons, daughters and adults playing the part of a
fool.