Pardon my cynicism, but I can't get all excited about Donald Trump's signature on an admittedly worthless piece of paper, that carries no legal authority whatsoever. He does not strike me as the kind of trustworthy man to keep his word, just because he,"said so". If he wins the Republican nomination, you can bet that he will not run as a third-party candidate. If he does not win, all bets are off; and this is a man whose life is built around betting! He not only wants to win, he is used to winning, and when he doesn't get his way, he can buy it, anyway! Well, Mr. Trump, the presidency of the United States of America is one thing you can't buy. Your money can fund an independent campaign, and even help you win a nomination, but without enough substance to your platform, you can't win the presidency. In the case of all those Democratic presidents, whose platforms I disagreed with, especially the present one, they at least held up to their platforms, foolish as they were!
But, if Donald Trump doesn't win the Republican nomination, I'd expect a third party to be instantly created out of thin air. It would probably be called the Trump Party, or the Aces High Party, or some such.
As soon as he creates his third Party, you can kiss any Republican presidency hopes, "goodbye"! While I don"t particularly like Trump, myself, I recognize there are many conservative voters who do. And without their votes, no Republican candidate can hope to win the presidency. So, another 4, to 8 years of "Obama-esque" foolishness out of the White House is probably what we're in for.
Regrettably, this is what I've gone on record as expecting, though I certainly don't want it. I don't see how God can allow the Antichrist to come to power in his One-World government system, if America is restored to it's previous state of international prominence. Remember, just as the Devil is, "God's devil" (which He will allow to run amok, for a "short time", to test us to see who will stand for the Lord, and who will not), the Antichrist belongs to God also, and He must allow him to come to power for his seven-year reign, to test us to see who will take "the mark of the beast" (which is condemned), and who will not! If America is preeminent in the world, the Antichrist would have to conquer us first, and there is nothing about that in prophecy. In fact, America may not even exist by that time (see previous posts in the Archive list). So, it makes sense that the Demon-ocrats (sorry about the "completely unconscious" typo!) will win the 2016 election, and have their way finishing Obama's start to the destruction of America, economically, militarily, morally, and just about every other way, until we are left with a third-world-nation status!!!
Friday, September 4, 2015
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Ain't It Wonderful!!! Oil Prices Have Rebounded!!! Hallelujah!!! Praise OPEC!!!
Pardon the above sarcasm, but I have to feel sorry for the desperate investors who are looking for any reason to be optimistic about oil prices, specifically, and stock market trends, in general. Bloomberg reported the last three days have seen international oil prices rise at the highest rate ever, for the past 25 years! All the way up to an average price of around $50.00 per barrel of oil! Whoopee! That's all the way up to exactly half of what Russia needs to feed their starving economy (as I wrote in my 8/25/'15 post, as an update of my 12/16/'14 post). If the economists who meddle with the OPEC oil prices don't shut off the spigots soon, to stop production until the price rises to around $100.00 per barrel, we'll soon see the Russian invasion of the Middle-East that I've been boring my readers about for the past several years!
I am convinced that the Ezekiel 38, & 39 prophecies are about to unfold before our eyes, and that the desperation of the Russian economy will be the driving force that will cause Putin to invade the Middle-East, including Israel. Between the collapsing price of oil (which Russia needs to maintain at around $100.00 per barrel to fund their economy) and the effects of the western nations' sanctions against Russia for it's invasion of the Ukraine, God has put His "hooks" in Putin's jaw, (the imagery of a horse's bridle "bit"), in order to drive his armies into the Middle-East. There He will somehow cause a fragile truce between the various Muslim armies that will be confederate with him to implode in the self destruction of nearly 85% of their invasion force, "upon the mountains of Israel". Russia blatantly denies their Ukrainian invasion; as if the "revolution" there was a spontaneous revolt against those foolish government officials who actually wanted their country to remain independent, and not be overrun by Russian proxy troops! I'm sure Putin will also deny that his forces, "have come to...take a great spoil" (see Ezekiel 38:13, for this quote) in the Middle-East (is it a divine coincidence that the English words, "spoil" and "oil" rime? I think not, since English is our national language, and Biblical scholars have long believed that it will be American diplomats asking this inane question.)
Putin's intent will obviously be to conquer the various Arab oil fields, so he can control the international price of oil himself, with about 75% of the world's oil reserves under his control. Then he could either shut off the production (in the "mother of all oil embargoes"), or speed up production so much that he could fund his economy, no matter how low the price dropped. Thank God that he will not be given that choice, or we would soon see him as the "One-world Ruler" of a communist world! God is first going to spare the world that prospect, then (after seven years) He will deal with the Antichrist's "One-world Socialist" government. Between these two situations, I believe Jesus will send His Angels to the earth to "Rapture" the Church (the world-wide body of "Born-again" believers in Jesus Christ), to be with Him in Heaven. And I believe it's coming sooner, rather than later! So, as I keep writing, "look up, for your redemption draweth nigh". For those readers who are not sure if they are "Born-again", also, "look up..." to the top of this page. Under the "End Times News Review" heading are detailed instructions that Jesus gave us in how to be "Born-again". Then you too may "look up, for your redemption..."!!!
I am convinced that the Ezekiel 38, & 39 prophecies are about to unfold before our eyes, and that the desperation of the Russian economy will be the driving force that will cause Putin to invade the Middle-East, including Israel. Between the collapsing price of oil (which Russia needs to maintain at around $100.00 per barrel to fund their economy) and the effects of the western nations' sanctions against Russia for it's invasion of the Ukraine, God has put His "hooks" in Putin's jaw, (the imagery of a horse's bridle "bit"), in order to drive his armies into the Middle-East. There He will somehow cause a fragile truce between the various Muslim armies that will be confederate with him to implode in the self destruction of nearly 85% of their invasion force, "upon the mountains of Israel". Russia blatantly denies their Ukrainian invasion; as if the "revolution" there was a spontaneous revolt against those foolish government officials who actually wanted their country to remain independent, and not be overrun by Russian proxy troops! I'm sure Putin will also deny that his forces, "have come to...take a great spoil" (see Ezekiel 38:13, for this quote) in the Middle-East (is it a divine coincidence that the English words, "spoil" and "oil" rime? I think not, since English is our national language, and Biblical scholars have long believed that it will be American diplomats asking this inane question.)
Putin's intent will obviously be to conquer the various Arab oil fields, so he can control the international price of oil himself, with about 75% of the world's oil reserves under his control. Then he could either shut off the production (in the "mother of all oil embargoes"), or speed up production so much that he could fund his economy, no matter how low the price dropped. Thank God that he will not be given that choice, or we would soon see him as the "One-world Ruler" of a communist world! God is first going to spare the world that prospect, then (after seven years) He will deal with the Antichrist's "One-world Socialist" government. Between these two situations, I believe Jesus will send His Angels to the earth to "Rapture" the Church (the world-wide body of "Born-again" believers in Jesus Christ), to be with Him in Heaven. And I believe it's coming sooner, rather than later! So, as I keep writing, "look up, for your redemption draweth nigh". For those readers who are not sure if they are "Born-again", also, "look up..." to the top of this page. Under the "End Times News Review" heading are detailed instructions that Jesus gave us in how to be "Born-again". Then you too may "look up, for your redemption..."!!!
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
The Solution To Illegal Immigration
I'm so tired of lily-livered politicians running this country simply because we as voters find their solutions to problems to be the, "easiest way out" of our problems. Aren't there any politicians with a little backbone any more? I think that's the reason Donald Trump is running away with the Republican nomination, so far. Whether he is sincere, or not, I don't know. Or whether he knows how to get the job done, or not, I don't know. But we are so sick of politicians saying we can't do it, because of our laws! Didn't the Constitution provide the Congress with the authority to change laws that have outlived their effectiveness? Let's use the legal rights the Constitution gives us, and stop listening to those greedy lawyers, and lobbyists, who have a financial vested interest in maintaining the status quo!
Trump is the only one who is telling the conservative voters that we can stem the tide of illegal immigration, and begin to reverse it, before it destroys our country! I don't want to hear any more of this misplaced sympathy for those poor suffering illegals! Yes, they're oppressed by the greed of their own country's politicians. And yes, they have to deal with brutal crime organizations running amok, and stifling poverty that is rampant, mostly because of the greed of the afore-mentioned politicians and crime organizations. But, we have no realistic choice but to recognize our own limitations in being able to change these situations. We simply can not take on the problems of the whole world, by ourselves, or even the problems of the western hemisphere. We must close our borders to illegal immigration, no matter how heartless this seems, and begin to deport at least the worst of the 11 million immigrants that are here. We have laws on the books that are being intentionally ignored by liberal politicians who are afraid of "rocking the boat", as if the voting public can not distinguish between law-abiding immigrants who just want to raise their children, and live peacefully in the process, and the same organized crime members who have ruined their own countries. Lets elect people who have the courage to, 1) close the borders to further illegal immigration, and, 2) deport those who blatantly violate our civil laws, and, 3) revise our legal immigration laws to allow for the immigration of law-abiding people, who truly wish to live here for their life-times, and not simply gain citizenship by default because they had babies here before they were detected as aliens. If that means doing away with the "birthright citizenship" law, then so be it. It is not sacrosanct, in and of itself. I suspect it was a temporary solution for a country that was woefully under-populated, a couple of hundred years ago. But, when conditions change, so should the laws that were meant to address them.
We simply can not fling our doors open wide for the whole world! If they want to copy our legal system, in their home countries, it starts with a declaration of independence, similar to our own, and the willingness to lay down their lives for a Constitutional rule of law in their countries, rather than a weak-kneed ambivalence to the despotism that oppresses them. These countries all have many more people who are oppressed than greedy politicians, and criminals who are doing the oppressing. They must realize that democratic government can be established in their own country, if they are willing to fight for it; not only in revolutionary terms, but also in establishing a just rule of law, and defending it afterwards. We should be willing to assist them, with arms, or whatever (not like the "Bay of Pigs" fiasco), but they have to want it. And it has to be bought with their blood, not ours! First, throw those criminal bums out, then establish a lawful government to rule their land, then we'll see a reverse immigration situation instead of what we've got now! And it takes more than just reopening our long-closed embassy in a still-corrupt country, and pretending that everything is all right. Sanctions should be kept in place until their government shows a willingness to free their own citizens from their oppressive laws, or the lack of truly just ones!
Trump is the only one who is telling the conservative voters that we can stem the tide of illegal immigration, and begin to reverse it, before it destroys our country! I don't want to hear any more of this misplaced sympathy for those poor suffering illegals! Yes, they're oppressed by the greed of their own country's politicians. And yes, they have to deal with brutal crime organizations running amok, and stifling poverty that is rampant, mostly because of the greed of the afore-mentioned politicians and crime organizations. But, we have no realistic choice but to recognize our own limitations in being able to change these situations. We simply can not take on the problems of the whole world, by ourselves, or even the problems of the western hemisphere. We must close our borders to illegal immigration, no matter how heartless this seems, and begin to deport at least the worst of the 11 million immigrants that are here. We have laws on the books that are being intentionally ignored by liberal politicians who are afraid of "rocking the boat", as if the voting public can not distinguish between law-abiding immigrants who just want to raise their children, and live peacefully in the process, and the same organized crime members who have ruined their own countries. Lets elect people who have the courage to, 1) close the borders to further illegal immigration, and, 2) deport those who blatantly violate our civil laws, and, 3) revise our legal immigration laws to allow for the immigration of law-abiding people, who truly wish to live here for their life-times, and not simply gain citizenship by default because they had babies here before they were detected as aliens. If that means doing away with the "birthright citizenship" law, then so be it. It is not sacrosanct, in and of itself. I suspect it was a temporary solution for a country that was woefully under-populated, a couple of hundred years ago. But, when conditions change, so should the laws that were meant to address them.
We simply can not fling our doors open wide for the whole world! If they want to copy our legal system, in their home countries, it starts with a declaration of independence, similar to our own, and the willingness to lay down their lives for a Constitutional rule of law in their countries, rather than a weak-kneed ambivalence to the despotism that oppresses them. These countries all have many more people who are oppressed than greedy politicians, and criminals who are doing the oppressing. They must realize that democratic government can be established in their own country, if they are willing to fight for it; not only in revolutionary terms, but also in establishing a just rule of law, and defending it afterwards. We should be willing to assist them, with arms, or whatever (not like the "Bay of Pigs" fiasco), but they have to want it. And it has to be bought with their blood, not ours! First, throw those criminal bums out, then establish a lawful government to rule their land, then we'll see a reverse immigration situation instead of what we've got now! And it takes more than just reopening our long-closed embassy in a still-corrupt country, and pretending that everything is all right. Sanctions should be kept in place until their government shows a willingness to free their own citizens from their oppressive laws, or the lack of truly just ones!
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
The Reason For The Stock Crises
The Dow opened yesterday morning down almost 1000 points, with other international markets reacting similarly. The Dow then closed, in the afternoon, having recovered about half of it's losses. If that develops into a pattern, opening the same today, and recovering no more than that, then we're talking about a "Crash", of significant proportions. I don't pretend to understand all of the financial ramifications of this, but I do recognize one dangerous trend.
I wrote last December (see Archive list, for "God Is Turning The Ruble Into Rubble") that Russia's equivalent of our Federal Reserve Chairman had raised interest rates to an astounding 17%, in response to the fall of the international price of oil (Russia's main "cash crop") to an economically unmanageable level of $60.00 per barrel. Russia's economy desperately needs the price to stabilize somewhere around $100.00 per barrel, and Putin had been lobbying Saudi Arabia to turn off the production spigots, until the prices rose to that level again. Saudi Arabia refused, since it needs to fund their war with the Iranian sponsored Huthi rebels in Yemen. Now we have oil prices dropping to record levels (around $35.00 per barrel, with speculation that it could go as low as $20.00 per barrel soon), and the economic strain on the Russian economy must be excruciating.
Could this be the way God has chosen to, "put hooks into thy jaws (the imagery of horses' bridle "bits"), and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army..." upon the "mountains of Israel"? I speculated, in December, that Putin's real goal would be to conquer all the Middle-Eastern oil fields, so he could force them to turn off the spigots, himself. But, in order to do this, he would certainly realize that he would be vulnerable to reprisal from the only free, and democratic nation in the region, Israel, which would certainly respond to his aggression by coming to the aid of their neighbors, in spite of the decades of persecution, and armed conflict they have endured from them.
I further speculated that Putin might try to keep the Israelis busy, on the home front, by loosing the aggression of a coalition of Muslim nations, led by Iran, that have long desired to massacre the entire nation of Israel. This would further set up the scenario which God has prophecied (in Ezekiel 38, &39), which will bring about His judgment of this invasion army and it's self destruction when He causes them to turn on each other, and destroy nearly 85% of their forces.
It seems that all this is coming together like a "Jig-saw puzzle", and I feel like I'm the only one to see it all. Granted, I am able to say so because I have no credibility other than "some lunatic who writes crazy posts on his blog", I can just imagine the international "experts" laughing about my opinions, if they ever even bothered to read them (which I certainly doubt). But, we all know about the old adage of, "he who laughs last...". If nothing happens, I don't mind being laughed at as a "crazy lunatic". I've been called a lot worse before! But, if it all turns out to be true, God will get the glory, not me ( which is fine by me). So, Christians, keep looking up! (Referring to the closing remarks of previous posts.),
I wrote last December (see Archive list, for "God Is Turning The Ruble Into Rubble") that Russia's equivalent of our Federal Reserve Chairman had raised interest rates to an astounding 17%, in response to the fall of the international price of oil (Russia's main "cash crop") to an economically unmanageable level of $60.00 per barrel. Russia's economy desperately needs the price to stabilize somewhere around $100.00 per barrel, and Putin had been lobbying Saudi Arabia to turn off the production spigots, until the prices rose to that level again. Saudi Arabia refused, since it needs to fund their war with the Iranian sponsored Huthi rebels in Yemen. Now we have oil prices dropping to record levels (around $35.00 per barrel, with speculation that it could go as low as $20.00 per barrel soon), and the economic strain on the Russian economy must be excruciating.
Could this be the way God has chosen to, "put hooks into thy jaws (the imagery of horses' bridle "bits"), and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army..." upon the "mountains of Israel"? I speculated, in December, that Putin's real goal would be to conquer all the Middle-Eastern oil fields, so he could force them to turn off the spigots, himself. But, in order to do this, he would certainly realize that he would be vulnerable to reprisal from the only free, and democratic nation in the region, Israel, which would certainly respond to his aggression by coming to the aid of their neighbors, in spite of the decades of persecution, and armed conflict they have endured from them.
I further speculated that Putin might try to keep the Israelis busy, on the home front, by loosing the aggression of a coalition of Muslim nations, led by Iran, that have long desired to massacre the entire nation of Israel. This would further set up the scenario which God has prophecied (in Ezekiel 38, &39), which will bring about His judgment of this invasion army and it's self destruction when He causes them to turn on each other, and destroy nearly 85% of their forces.
It seems that all this is coming together like a "Jig-saw puzzle", and I feel like I'm the only one to see it all. Granted, I am able to say so because I have no credibility other than "some lunatic who writes crazy posts on his blog", I can just imagine the international "experts" laughing about my opinions, if they ever even bothered to read them (which I certainly doubt). But, we all know about the old adage of, "he who laughs last...". If nothing happens, I don't mind being laughed at as a "crazy lunatic". I've been called a lot worse before! But, if it all turns out to be true, God will get the glory, not me ( which is fine by me). So, Christians, keep looking up! (Referring to the closing remarks of previous posts.),
Monday, August 24, 2015
Prophetic Snippets For An End -Times Era
Lots of stories floating through my very cluttered brain today, having Prophetic significance, or at least the indication thereof.
First, former President Jimmy Carter has announced that he is beginning treatment for brain cancer that has apparently spread from his liver to various other parts of his body. What an absolute Christian enigma this man has been throughout his career!!! I confess that I truly can not fathom this man's values! His confession is as perfectly Born-Again Christian as can be, and yet the policies he supported during his presidency, and beyond would certainly not indicate that he was anything more than an International Socialist, doing everything in his power to assist the incremental movement towards the Antichrist's establishment of his one-world Socialist government (that many believe will grow from the European Common Market), which would certainly indicate that he is not truly a Born-Again Christian, in the Biblical sense of, "...by their fruits (meaning their words, in conjunction with their deeds) ye shall know them". That quote from the Lord was in response to a discussion with His disciples about how would they discern the true "Believers" from the imposters. [So what are you saying, Rick? Is he a true Christian, or not? In truth; I don't know!] He turned my stomach with some of his policies, yet he personified the personal behavior of a true Christian gentleman, as far as I can determine. Beyond that, I'll have to leave ultimate judgment up to the Lord, where it truly belongs! You and I are not big enough for the Lord's roll in these kinds of judgments, so lets just shake our heads, in wonder, and pray for the man (Jimmy Carter), and forgive the President, as we certainly must for this current one!
One must note, however, his great experience as a Naval Commander. He recounted his wartime experience when he was fishing in Georgia, when his "ship" was brutally attacked by a desperate, swimming, "Wasskalwee Wabbit", which he was able through great military prowess to overcome, probably with the aid of his mate, Elmer Fudd! This experience stood him in good stead when he sent in the helicopters to rescue the embassy hostages in Iran, just before the 1980 election.
Next, we are certainly appalled by the recent rash of anti-police attacks, including last night's shooting of a Louisiana Sherriff's Deputy, responding to the pickup truck that was stuck in a ditch by the side of the road. The driver was reported to be seen weaving recklessly in traffic, which normally indicates drunken, or otherwise intoxicated driving. He reportedly stepped out of the truck when the officer approached, with a sawed-off shotgun and shot the officer in the head. Some bystanders then, reportedly, subdued the suspect until other police arrived to arrest him. This man was a white, middle-aged American, so one may likely assume that it was neither an act of anti-American Terrorism, or anti-White Racism (as has become an all-too-common theme lately), since the deputy was himself white. So, what is the common denominator here? At the risk of sounding like a character from the old Flip Wilson comedy skits, when he said, "the Devil made me do it", to dismiss his (or "her") responsibility for the behavior; the Devil is the "common denominator" here. The "common denominator" in all these evil acts of terrorism, racial acts of violence, and hatred, (regardless of which race is perpetrating against another, without cause), or simply criminal violence for indiscernible reasons, usually under some form of chemical inebriation, the whole point is that God is allowing Satan to increasingly run amok, in order for us to realize that our military is not enough to protect us internationally, and our police are not enough to protect us at home. In these last days we are going to be forced to chose sides, either for the Lord, or deal with the increased chaos that Satan will be allowed to bring upon us to show those who have been sitting on the fence (thinking that everything is "fine") that the time to chose sides is now! The world loves chaos, and the Antichrist will soon be it's leader! If you don't chose sides now, it may be too late when you are ready!
Also, of concern is the downward trend of the international stock markets, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which opened this morning down almost 1000 points. many of the other nations' stock markets are likewise down, mostly over concerns that China is moving into a severe recession. Could this be the precursor to the great financial collapse that is prophecied in Revelation chapter 6? Who knows, but our own financial health has been hanging by a thread, and it seems that it would not take much to bring it collapsing around our ears. Could the total collapse of the Dollar follow thereafter? There have been media rumors that the Dollar is "due" to be "replaced in October", with an international form of computerized "Bitcoin". But, then again, the same people who spread these rumors probably get their information from Martian aliens, whose leader is Elvis Presley, who is alive, and well, living in Las Vegas.
First, former President Jimmy Carter has announced that he is beginning treatment for brain cancer that has apparently spread from his liver to various other parts of his body. What an absolute Christian enigma this man has been throughout his career!!! I confess that I truly can not fathom this man's values! His confession is as perfectly Born-Again Christian as can be, and yet the policies he supported during his presidency, and beyond would certainly not indicate that he was anything more than an International Socialist, doing everything in his power to assist the incremental movement towards the Antichrist's establishment of his one-world Socialist government (that many believe will grow from the European Common Market), which would certainly indicate that he is not truly a Born-Again Christian, in the Biblical sense of, "...by their fruits (meaning their words, in conjunction with their deeds) ye shall know them". That quote from the Lord was in response to a discussion with His disciples about how would they discern the true "Believers" from the imposters. [So what are you saying, Rick? Is he a true Christian, or not? In truth; I don't know!] He turned my stomach with some of his policies, yet he personified the personal behavior of a true Christian gentleman, as far as I can determine. Beyond that, I'll have to leave ultimate judgment up to the Lord, where it truly belongs! You and I are not big enough for the Lord's roll in these kinds of judgments, so lets just shake our heads, in wonder, and pray for the man (Jimmy Carter), and forgive the President, as we certainly must for this current one!
One must note, however, his great experience as a Naval Commander. He recounted his wartime experience when he was fishing in Georgia, when his "ship" was brutally attacked by a desperate, swimming, "Wasskalwee Wabbit", which he was able through great military prowess to overcome, probably with the aid of his mate, Elmer Fudd! This experience stood him in good stead when he sent in the helicopters to rescue the embassy hostages in Iran, just before the 1980 election.
Next, we are certainly appalled by the recent rash of anti-police attacks, including last night's shooting of a Louisiana Sherriff's Deputy, responding to the pickup truck that was stuck in a ditch by the side of the road. The driver was reported to be seen weaving recklessly in traffic, which normally indicates drunken, or otherwise intoxicated driving. He reportedly stepped out of the truck when the officer approached, with a sawed-off shotgun and shot the officer in the head. Some bystanders then, reportedly, subdued the suspect until other police arrived to arrest him. This man was a white, middle-aged American, so one may likely assume that it was neither an act of anti-American Terrorism, or anti-White Racism (as has become an all-too-common theme lately), since the deputy was himself white. So, what is the common denominator here? At the risk of sounding like a character from the old Flip Wilson comedy skits, when he said, "the Devil made me do it", to dismiss his (or "her") responsibility for the behavior; the Devil is the "common denominator" here. The "common denominator" in all these evil acts of terrorism, racial acts of violence, and hatred, (regardless of which race is perpetrating against another, without cause), or simply criminal violence for indiscernible reasons, usually under some form of chemical inebriation, the whole point is that God is allowing Satan to increasingly run amok, in order for us to realize that our military is not enough to protect us internationally, and our police are not enough to protect us at home. In these last days we are going to be forced to chose sides, either for the Lord, or deal with the increased chaos that Satan will be allowed to bring upon us to show those who have been sitting on the fence (thinking that everything is "fine") that the time to chose sides is now! The world loves chaos, and the Antichrist will soon be it's leader! If you don't chose sides now, it may be too late when you are ready!
Also, of concern is the downward trend of the international stock markets, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which opened this morning down almost 1000 points. many of the other nations' stock markets are likewise down, mostly over concerns that China is moving into a severe recession. Could this be the precursor to the great financial collapse that is prophecied in Revelation chapter 6? Who knows, but our own financial health has been hanging by a thread, and it seems that it would not take much to bring it collapsing around our ears. Could the total collapse of the Dollar follow thereafter? There have been media rumors that the Dollar is "due" to be "replaced in October", with an international form of computerized "Bitcoin". But, then again, the same people who spread these rumors probably get their information from Martian aliens, whose leader is Elvis Presley, who is alive, and well, living in Las Vegas.
Friday, August 21, 2015
"Bring It On "; Part Deux
On August 8th (see the Archive list to the right of this column) I stated that the "illegal" flight of the highest level of an Iranian Army general (who had an International War Crimes Warrant out for his arrest, and an international "No Fly" ban on his ability to travel internationally) to visit Russia's top generals in the Kremlin, in Moscow, perhaps indicated that something big was about to happen. Well it's happening now folks, so, "hold on to your hats, folks! We may be in for a bumpy ride!" (I think that was a famous line from an early Mae West "talky". Or am I confusing that with an old Bette Davis line, I can't remember which. I'm sure the context is in no way appropriate (but the caution sure is!).
Today, the news reports are that Israel fired four rockets across the Syrian border of the Golan Heights, near the Israeli/Syrian border, in retaliation for earlier rockets fired from Syria across the border into Israel. This is how it always begins, people (the Muslims fire rockets across the border with Israel and the Israelis retaliate, in measure...then the Muslim armies begin to congregate near the Israeli border, forcing Israel to pre-emptively invade their neighboring country, thereby receiving the international condemnation as the "original aggressor"), but it will not end quite the same way this time, unless I miss my guess. Ezekiel prophecied some 2000-plus years ago, in chapters 38, & 39, that there was a coming war that would be between Israel, and all of their Muslim enemies (by representation, at least), with Russia as the lead ally, when a huge confederation would enter the Middle-East, upon, "the mountains of Israel", with the diabolical intention of wiping the entire population of Israel off the face of the earth! What does it take to get through to these idiots??? How many conventional wars do they have to bitterly lose before they recognize that they are not just fighting against the Israeli Army, but they are fighting against God, Himself!!!
This time, though, I don't think it will be limited to "conventional warfare". There is plenty of evidence that both sides of the I.S.I.S./Syrian Army conflict have been guilty of using chemical weapons against each other. As unlikely as it seems, if some kind of fragile treaty is arranged between the Muslim armies on both sides, by the Russians and Iranians ( I realize how absurd this sounds, since the Sunni Muslims of I.S.I.S., and Syria hate the Shiia Muslims of Iran as much as they hate each other), they would be only too willing to violate "International laws" by using either Sarin Gas, or Mustard Gas on the Israelis, without batting an eye. However, the Israelis have been preparing for such a war for decades, by handing out free gas masks to their population, because they read descriptions in the Ezekiel prophecies that seem to indicate this type of warfare being described with ancient terminology, at a time when this type of warfare did not exist. It is even logical to expect that the Israelis might retaliate with tactical (or, Neutron) nuclear devises, of their own. Since this Muslim/Russian invasion force disregards conventional limitations of weaponry, in resorting to chemical warfare, the Israelis may feel justified in retaliating with other weapons that are "banned" by international "law". (So much for the wisdom of international diplomacy!)
Anyway, as I've written previously (ad nauseum, I know), God will somehow intervene to cause this invasion force to panic, and turn against each other, until it has killed up to nearly 85% of its troops, leaving only enough to tell the world what happened, after their desperate retreat. In Israel, God will get all the glory for saving His chosen people from certain genocidal massacre, but in the rest of the world, Israel will receive brutal condemnation for the horrible "crime" of defending their people from a murderous invasion. America may also receive worldwide condemnation, perhaps because it will be presumed that we (rightly, or wrongly, who knows?) supplied Israel with the technology to produce the Neutron Nuclear devices that started the panic that destroys the invasion force. There is prophecy that indicates (in Ezekiel 39:6, and seemingly agreed with in Revelation chapter six; verse 12) that a fiery war between Magog (thought to be Russia), and a country living peacefully on their "isles", (also translated, "coastlands") (most major American cities are located along either salt water, or fresh water "coastlands"), perhaps in retaliation for our presumed help in the "crime" of helping Israel defend themselves against their "minor misdemeanor offense" of trying to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. This account seems to use descriptive terminology that sounds like a man from 2000 years ago (the apostle John; and the Prophet Ezekiel, something like 2500 years ago) trying to describe a Nuclear conflagration in terms that the people of his day would understand, about technology that wouldn't be invented for 2000 years.
This account is followed by an account in Revelation Chapter 7 that describes an Angelic intervention, perhaps in the "twinkling of an eye", that there should be no destruction on the earth until they've sealed the foreheads of 12,000 "witnesses" from each of the 12 tribes of Israel (10 tribes of which are lost to everyone, but God). One may reason logically that God would have no need of 144,00 witnesses, if He still had His Church on earth (with hundreds of millions of "witnesses"). Therefore, is it logical to expect that this "sealing of the 144,000 'witnesses'" will coincide with some form of "disappearance" of the Lord's worldwide Church (the "Rapture" of the entire body of Christian believers, simultaneously, after the Nuclear missiles have been launched, but before they can detonate???) I wouldn't be surprised if it's so!!!
Just something for you all to contemplate, as you continue to, "...look up. For your redemption draweth nigh!"
Today, the news reports are that Israel fired four rockets across the Syrian border of the Golan Heights, near the Israeli/Syrian border, in retaliation for earlier rockets fired from Syria across the border into Israel. This is how it always begins, people (the Muslims fire rockets across the border with Israel and the Israelis retaliate, in measure...then the Muslim armies begin to congregate near the Israeli border, forcing Israel to pre-emptively invade their neighboring country, thereby receiving the international condemnation as the "original aggressor"), but it will not end quite the same way this time, unless I miss my guess. Ezekiel prophecied some 2000-plus years ago, in chapters 38, & 39, that there was a coming war that would be between Israel, and all of their Muslim enemies (by representation, at least), with Russia as the lead ally, when a huge confederation would enter the Middle-East, upon, "the mountains of Israel", with the diabolical intention of wiping the entire population of Israel off the face of the earth! What does it take to get through to these idiots??? How many conventional wars do they have to bitterly lose before they recognize that they are not just fighting against the Israeli Army, but they are fighting against God, Himself!!!
This time, though, I don't think it will be limited to "conventional warfare". There is plenty of evidence that both sides of the I.S.I.S./Syrian Army conflict have been guilty of using chemical weapons against each other. As unlikely as it seems, if some kind of fragile treaty is arranged between the Muslim armies on both sides, by the Russians and Iranians ( I realize how absurd this sounds, since the Sunni Muslims of I.S.I.S., and Syria hate the Shiia Muslims of Iran as much as they hate each other), they would be only too willing to violate "International laws" by using either Sarin Gas, or Mustard Gas on the Israelis, without batting an eye. However, the Israelis have been preparing for such a war for decades, by handing out free gas masks to their population, because they read descriptions in the Ezekiel prophecies that seem to indicate this type of warfare being described with ancient terminology, at a time when this type of warfare did not exist. It is even logical to expect that the Israelis might retaliate with tactical (or, Neutron) nuclear devises, of their own. Since this Muslim/Russian invasion force disregards conventional limitations of weaponry, in resorting to chemical warfare, the Israelis may feel justified in retaliating with other weapons that are "banned" by international "law". (So much for the wisdom of international diplomacy!)
Anyway, as I've written previously (ad nauseum, I know), God will somehow intervene to cause this invasion force to panic, and turn against each other, until it has killed up to nearly 85% of its troops, leaving only enough to tell the world what happened, after their desperate retreat. In Israel, God will get all the glory for saving His chosen people from certain genocidal massacre, but in the rest of the world, Israel will receive brutal condemnation for the horrible "crime" of defending their people from a murderous invasion. America may also receive worldwide condemnation, perhaps because it will be presumed that we (rightly, or wrongly, who knows?) supplied Israel with the technology to produce the Neutron Nuclear devices that started the panic that destroys the invasion force. There is prophecy that indicates (in Ezekiel 39:6, and seemingly agreed with in Revelation chapter six; verse 12) that a fiery war between Magog (thought to be Russia), and a country living peacefully on their "isles", (also translated, "coastlands") (most major American cities are located along either salt water, or fresh water "coastlands"), perhaps in retaliation for our presumed help in the "crime" of helping Israel defend themselves against their "minor misdemeanor offense" of trying to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. This account seems to use descriptive terminology that sounds like a man from 2000 years ago (the apostle John; and the Prophet Ezekiel, something like 2500 years ago) trying to describe a Nuclear conflagration in terms that the people of his day would understand, about technology that wouldn't be invented for 2000 years.
This account is followed by an account in Revelation Chapter 7 that describes an Angelic intervention, perhaps in the "twinkling of an eye", that there should be no destruction on the earth until they've sealed the foreheads of 12,000 "witnesses" from each of the 12 tribes of Israel (10 tribes of which are lost to everyone, but God). One may reason logically that God would have no need of 144,00 witnesses, if He still had His Church on earth (with hundreds of millions of "witnesses"). Therefore, is it logical to expect that this "sealing of the 144,000 'witnesses'" will coincide with some form of "disappearance" of the Lord's worldwide Church (the "Rapture" of the entire body of Christian believers, simultaneously, after the Nuclear missiles have been launched, but before they can detonate???) I wouldn't be surprised if it's so!!!
Just something for you all to contemplate, as you continue to, "...look up. For your redemption draweth nigh!"
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Caught Up In The Hipe???
I must admit to liking what I hear from Donald Trump, in spite of a very cautious concern for his "Adolph-Hitler-esque" appeal to desperate voters, who are so sick of the pathetic incompetence of the Democratic candidates (and especially the Obama Administrations concept of "diplomacy") that they seem willing to believe that he will actually do what he says he will, if elected. The rest of the candidates seem so terrified by the legal quagmire of trying to ship all the 12 million illegals back to their home countries that they seem to prefer not to address the subject. (It might be necessary to call for a Constitutional Amendment to relieve the due process legalities for people whose only claim to Constitutional protections was their illegal entrance into the country.)
Now we have the rather unsurprising news that the Iran Nuclear restraint treaty comes with a side-agreement that allows Iran to inspect their own facilities for reported suspicions of violations, rather than the independent international inspectors that we all presumed would oversee inspections. This is tantamount to allowing the "lunatics to run the asylum"!!! What kind of an idiot would agree to such a condition, and honestly call this a treaty? Only a liberal Democrat could try to pass this off as a legitimate accomplishment, as Obama, and Secretary of State John Kerry are trying to do. They can't believe that this will really keep Iran from cheating on the treaty conditions, so it must be assumed that they really don't care if Iran develops a nuclear missile, and blows Israel off the globe. I guess they reason that it will take long enough for Iran to do it that they will be out of office, and safely moved to Switzerland, for retirement before Iran uses their missiles on the United States. After all, they must really hate America as we are now.
And I'm deeply concerned that we may well have 4, to 8 years of another Romper-Room Democrat elected in 2016, to complete the process of turning this country into an effective third-world country! Remember, "good" Socialists believe that it's necessary (and therefore moral) to take from the rich, that the "poor" can have better opportunity. They simply ignore that the poor don't benefit from this "Robin Hood" mentality, because the people who do the "taking" usually also do the "keeping". So what we end up with is the Socialists, who moralize their robbing of the rich, incorporating some method to ensure that the new wealth is distributed by other loyal Socialists, who quietly skim off the top for themselves, while giving a piddling little tip to the genuinely oppressed poor. And we end up with the Socialists robbing from the wealthy producers of society, in order to create their own wealthy class of Socialists, who produce nothing, but new ways to steal other peoples' money. Eventually, the businesses that once created the original wealth become unable to profit under the Socialists' regulation, and taxation, and they go bankrupt. Their failure is not replaced by new businesses because the Socialists' restrictions make it unwise for anyone to try to do business in whatever field used to be profitable, but is no longer. So what you end up with is the "third-world-status" of the nation that used to be the most prosperous in the world! It's looking like that's what we're facing, as the liberals (in both parties) continue to corrupt our economic system for the "greater good" of creating a one-world Socialist system, that will enrich the Antichrist, and his "lackies", at least for seven years, while starving the Christians to death! This system will create a new wealthy class of loyal Socialists, and a new poverty class of Christians (probably those who came to be born-again believers after the "Rapture", only to realize that they were prohibited from receiving the necessary "mark of the Beast" that would allow them to participate in the economy). Good luck to those new elitist Socialists in trying to convince God that they should be allowed into Heaven after their seven-year crime spree! This brings new meaning to the adage, "you can't take it with you!"
Now we have the rather unsurprising news that the Iran Nuclear restraint treaty comes with a side-agreement that allows Iran to inspect their own facilities for reported suspicions of violations, rather than the independent international inspectors that we all presumed would oversee inspections. This is tantamount to allowing the "lunatics to run the asylum"!!! What kind of an idiot would agree to such a condition, and honestly call this a treaty? Only a liberal Democrat could try to pass this off as a legitimate accomplishment, as Obama, and Secretary of State John Kerry are trying to do. They can't believe that this will really keep Iran from cheating on the treaty conditions, so it must be assumed that they really don't care if Iran develops a nuclear missile, and blows Israel off the globe. I guess they reason that it will take long enough for Iran to do it that they will be out of office, and safely moved to Switzerland, for retirement before Iran uses their missiles on the United States. After all, they must really hate America as we are now.
And I'm deeply concerned that we may well have 4, to 8 years of another Romper-Room Democrat elected in 2016, to complete the process of turning this country into an effective third-world country! Remember, "good" Socialists believe that it's necessary (and therefore moral) to take from the rich, that the "poor" can have better opportunity. They simply ignore that the poor don't benefit from this "Robin Hood" mentality, because the people who do the "taking" usually also do the "keeping". So what we end up with is the Socialists, who moralize their robbing of the rich, incorporating some method to ensure that the new wealth is distributed by other loyal Socialists, who quietly skim off the top for themselves, while giving a piddling little tip to the genuinely oppressed poor. And we end up with the Socialists robbing from the wealthy producers of society, in order to create their own wealthy class of Socialists, who produce nothing, but new ways to steal other peoples' money. Eventually, the businesses that once created the original wealth become unable to profit under the Socialists' regulation, and taxation, and they go bankrupt. Their failure is not replaced by new businesses because the Socialists' restrictions make it unwise for anyone to try to do business in whatever field used to be profitable, but is no longer. So what you end up with is the "third-world-status" of the nation that used to be the most prosperous in the world! It's looking like that's what we're facing, as the liberals (in both parties) continue to corrupt our economic system for the "greater good" of creating a one-world Socialist system, that will enrich the Antichrist, and his "lackies", at least for seven years, while starving the Christians to death! This system will create a new wealthy class of loyal Socialists, and a new poverty class of Christians (probably those who came to be born-again believers after the "Rapture", only to realize that they were prohibited from receiving the necessary "mark of the Beast" that would allow them to participate in the economy). Good luck to those new elitist Socialists in trying to convince God that they should be allowed into Heaven after their seven-year crime spree! This brings new meaning to the adage, "you can't take it with you!"
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