We all know that no one ever receives welfare payments that they are not legally qualified for. Riiiiiiiiiight!!! So, the trick is to get "legally qualified", no matter how absurd the reasoning may be behind your application. "Welfare Mothers" have been applying this principle for decades, here in America, often clouding the distinction between those who are legitimately qualified, and in need, from those who merely wish to take corrupt advantage of a thoroughly corrupt system, that doesn't track it's own trail of payments, because "it's only taxpayers' money, and not mine, so who cares?" This bureaucratic ambivalence is a direct consequence of a welfare state mentality, which sets up a "charitable concern" for those truly in need, when they are actually only interested in the permanent job creation of the bureaucracy that supposedly regulates the dispersment of benefits to the recipients. And the larger the bureaucracy (measured by the amount of taxpayer money expended thereon), the greater job security for the administering bureaucrats. The Obama administration has taken this practice to extremes, with the obvious reasoning being that the greater number of new bureaucratic jobs that are created by the Democratic administration, the more likely those new employees will perpetually vote for future Democratic candidates. In fact, you can bet that every new employee is carefully screened for their loyalty to the Democratic party.
We now see Russia's President Putin taking the most egregiously absurd position yet in demanding his "welfare", both from the U.S. government, and the governing bodies of international sport. While he is not screaming for his largess from the U.S., I'll bet it's only because he has enough confidence in the overall corrupt nature of our present government that he will receive his uninterrupted bailout money to fly our astronauts to the International Space Station, now that we have scrubbed the reusable Space Shuttle program, at least until we have developed the replacement system. This plan smells of corruption, but it's at least minimally defensible.
Then there's the flap over the International Soccer governing body (or F.I.F.A.), and the accusations of officials taking bribery money to award the future World Cup soccer championships to the highest bidder. Isn't it "coincidental" that Putin starts screaming "foul" as soon as the story breaks publicly, claiming that this is merely an American attempt to steal their World Cup award, for (I think) 2022. This may be true in part, but America could not even attempt to pressure for a re-vote on the issue unless it were easily proven that the Russian award was the result of such illegal bribery payments to the top F.I.F.A. officials, which would make their original awards null, and void. "Me thinks thou dost protest too much", Mr. Putin. That's how Hamlet would have viewed his clamoring. Shakespeare's original line was meant to convince the audience that the "protest" was tantamount to an admission of guilt! Is there some similarity here? I'll bet so! I've drawn the parallel before between Putin's behavior and that of an overgrown spoiled brat, and I think that description is most appropriate here. A brat screams his innocence the loudest when he knows he is caught "red-handed", and knows the punishment is unavoidable.
In an unrelated news item, today we have a story on Fox News that Wikileaks, the ...
[At this point, I experienced another great "koinkydink", as I like to refer to them. For the first time ever, I was interrupted (mid-sentence), and my computer began to shut down, on it's own, and then to force me to wait through a Microsoft Upgrade, with the necessary rebooting procedure, before I regained the use of my own computer. This would be normal behavior if I had tried to shut my computer down first, but it is not normal for Microsoft to interrupt my normal use to pre-empt it with their so-called "upgrades". I have to wonder if there might be some Russian "hacking" going on for all bloggers who dare to write something negative about their "Fearless Leader", to refer to the terms of "Boris, and Natasha" (from the "Rocky and Bullwinkle Show"). Ain't it pathetic how my mind works?]
As I was saying...Fox News reported today that Wikileaks was set to release some 500,000 new documents, that are supposedly Diplomatic messages from Saudi Arabian foreign missions. Now let's just pause a minute to consider a few facts... Wikileaks' founder recently fled the United States to the "safety" of Putin's Russia, in order to avoid arrest and prosecution for leaking American classified documents. Do you suppose Putin's pressure might be behind these new leaks??? We know he can't flee Putin's wrath as easily as he did America's. And why would he single out Saudi Arabia, unless the leaks would serve to embarrass their government, in the eyes of a potential Russian-Middle-East-nations confederation, like the one described in the Bible, in Ezekiel 38, & 39 (you knew that was coming, now didn't you?). I'll bet these documents will somehow serve to strengthen the forming of this confederation, though I can't imagine how. This has got Putin's fingerprints all over it. Why would Wikileaks' founder care about Saudi Arabian diplomatic messages, unless Putin were holding a Communist gun to his head. I wonder if Putin's guns are more comfortable than the threat of America's court system?
Perhaps the documents will show some behind-the-scenes negotiations between Israel, and Saudi Arabia, concerning their mutual fear of Iran's developing nuclear capabilities. In the sense that, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" diplomacy, it may be that Israel is negotiating the permission to fly it's jets over Saudi air-space, in the event that they feel it is necessary to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities. They recognize that a nuclear powered Iran would attack Israel, first, then Saudi Arabia, second, and much to Obama's lunatic denial, America third!!! Somebody has got to do something to stop Iran, and we know we can't count on our Muslim President to be the one to do it!!!
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Sunday, June 7, 2015
America's Finest Hour...What If We Weren't there???
I think God is allowing me to have trouble sleeping at night, so He can better use me for whatever purpose He has in mind. I seem to consistently have trouble getting through the early morning hours. It's not that I'm not tired enough to sleep, but that my mind seems to be more rested than the rest of my body. I hate to just lie there in bed, desperately waiting for sleep that is apparently not available, so I usually get up, watch a little T.V., and if that doesn't make me sleepy enough, I frequently think of something to write about in my blog. That usually polishes off a couple of hours, or so, after which I am ready to go back to sleep, just as the rest of the world around me is getting up.
This morning was no different. I couldn't sleep, so I tried desperately to find something interesting on the T.V. That's not easily done at 3:00, or 4:00 in the morning. Weeding through the endless stations of "infomercials", I finally settled on a History Channel tribute to the June 6th, 1944 "D-Day" Normandy Invasion of Nazi-occupied France. After watching several minutes of the show, and listening to the statistics of what the allied invasion force overcame, as well as the concern for what they very well could have faced, but by the Grace of God didn't have to, it became clear to me that this was "the finest hour", not only for the American troops, but for all the allied forces. I am convinced that this generation was no better than our own, but they knew the stakes were so high against them that the only way to defeat the world's most evil empires (both Nazi Germany and Japan) was their own selfless sacrifice on the battlefield. I don't think they were made of "better stuff" than we are, just that they had no choice but to measure up, or perish. Fortunately, enough of them decided to "measure up".
Which brings me to my point for today. What if there was no one to "measure up"; not in America, Britain, Free France, Poland, Australia, New Zealand, India, etc. No one! Bible prophecy talks of a time when there will be a World-wide evil Government that will make Nazi Germany look like pre-school. I think there is enough prophetic evidence to expect that Jesus will have already "Raptured" the Church (world-wide), and there will be no one to resist this evil, except for those who knew of the Gospel before the "Rapture", but did not ask Jesus into their hearts, to save their souls, until it was too late. They are apparently left with no choice but to refuse the Antichrist's "mark of the beast" system, which means they will face slow starvation, or arrest and execution as a consequence. Eventually, when the Lord determines that all who are pre-destined to be "Martyred" in this manner have been executed, He will determine that it is time for His final judgment of the whole earth. Apparently, His judgment will be so complete that He will not need any troops to die on a "D-Day-like" invasion. He will merely speak the Word, and the "Mountains will be brought low, and the valleys will be lifted up", probably like a giant farmer tilling his soil, and guess who He's going to use as fertilizer for the whole earth? That's right, everyone else left on the earth, who thought it was more convenient to accept the Antichrist's system, than to resist. Boy are they in for a big surprise! The sad thing about it is that these same people are probably alive today! They are probably the very people who ridiculed you, and me, when we tried to explain what the Bible prophecies say is soon to happen. It could literally happen at any moment, and we'd be gone, and they'd be left with the most bitter of choices: Stand up to the Antichrist"s system, which will carry a death penalty, with ultimate salvation, or wait comfortably for Jesus' ultimate judgment, and His permanent, eternal damnation! What a difficult choice, but one which will have to be made because when it's too late this time, it will be eternally too late!!!
This morning was no different. I couldn't sleep, so I tried desperately to find something interesting on the T.V. That's not easily done at 3:00, or 4:00 in the morning. Weeding through the endless stations of "infomercials", I finally settled on a History Channel tribute to the June 6th, 1944 "D-Day" Normandy Invasion of Nazi-occupied France. After watching several minutes of the show, and listening to the statistics of what the allied invasion force overcame, as well as the concern for what they very well could have faced, but by the Grace of God didn't have to, it became clear to me that this was "the finest hour", not only for the American troops, but for all the allied forces. I am convinced that this generation was no better than our own, but they knew the stakes were so high against them that the only way to defeat the world's most evil empires (both Nazi Germany and Japan) was their own selfless sacrifice on the battlefield. I don't think they were made of "better stuff" than we are, just that they had no choice but to measure up, or perish. Fortunately, enough of them decided to "measure up".
Which brings me to my point for today. What if there was no one to "measure up"; not in America, Britain, Free France, Poland, Australia, New Zealand, India, etc. No one! Bible prophecy talks of a time when there will be a World-wide evil Government that will make Nazi Germany look like pre-school. I think there is enough prophetic evidence to expect that Jesus will have already "Raptured" the Church (world-wide), and there will be no one to resist this evil, except for those who knew of the Gospel before the "Rapture", but did not ask Jesus into their hearts, to save their souls, until it was too late. They are apparently left with no choice but to refuse the Antichrist's "mark of the beast" system, which means they will face slow starvation, or arrest and execution as a consequence. Eventually, when the Lord determines that all who are pre-destined to be "Martyred" in this manner have been executed, He will determine that it is time for His final judgment of the whole earth. Apparently, His judgment will be so complete that He will not need any troops to die on a "D-Day-like" invasion. He will merely speak the Word, and the "Mountains will be brought low, and the valleys will be lifted up", probably like a giant farmer tilling his soil, and guess who He's going to use as fertilizer for the whole earth? That's right, everyone else left on the earth, who thought it was more convenient to accept the Antichrist's system, than to resist. Boy are they in for a big surprise! The sad thing about it is that these same people are probably alive today! They are probably the very people who ridiculed you, and me, when we tried to explain what the Bible prophecies say is soon to happen. It could literally happen at any moment, and we'd be gone, and they'd be left with the most bitter of choices: Stand up to the Antichrist"s system, which will carry a death penalty, with ultimate salvation, or wait comfortably for Jesus' ultimate judgment, and His permanent, eternal damnation! What a difficult choice, but one which will have to be made because when it's too late this time, it will be eternally too late!!!
Monday, June 1, 2015
What's Up With the World???
I can't figure what's going on. At least three times now I've checked my "pageviews" records for the day, and found statistics similar to yesterday's. "Zero for today, and 175 for yesterday (and Sunday is usually the slowest day for readership "stats")." There have been three times when I've gotten "stats" of multiple hundreds of pageviews in a single day. It fits no recognizable pattern, I can't discern any subject matter that consistently seems to strike a nerve, and they seem to come from different countries of origin. If a particular subject struck a nerve, and there was plenty of Prophetic word written about it, I would certainly do everything in my power to exhaust all possible examination of those scriptures. But, like I said, I can't discern any pattern here. I wonder if GOOGLE is playing games with me, trying to make my blog seem more important that it really is. If so, it's a waste of time, and effort, because there are only two people that have to care what I write about: me, and God. The rest of you are important, too, but if you pin me down to it, I'll keep writing even if none of you are reading my blog. I consider this to be a "labor of love", humble though it may be. But, if anyone can guess the reason for the unusual spikes in readership, I'd appreciate a comment.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
"Spiritual Wickedness In High Places", Like, Umm...The White House???
I'm not trying to suggest that President Obama and his staff perform Voodoo rituals, and dance naked around the Oval Office, chanting Satanic incantations (though nothing would much surprise me about that incompetent Administration). But I am deeply concerned about the level of official denial, silence (instead of outrage), and intentional ignoring of the obvious threat of Muslim terrorist groups like I.S.I.S., as they grab more and more territory in Iraq, while Obama sits on his hands, trying to make the world believe that an air offensive is sufficient to wipe out the advancing threat. How long will it take for him and his like-minded advisors to admit the obvious, and send in enough troops to eradicate these vermin from off the face of the earth. Let's send them to Hell, where they belong, and let them spend the rest of eternity wondering what happened to their 72 virgins. Better yet, give them the 72 virgins that their "beloved prophet" was referring to at the time, some 1400 years ago, as a fitting reward for their earthly behavior. Let them have their lustful pleasures with the wrinkly old prunes that have been waiting all this time for them to arrive! I can't think of a more "Hellish" fate than that, and it would certainly be deserved for these murderous imbeciles.
Today, we have reports that Obama has sunk to new lows of Presidential credibility, in that he dared to say, in a commencement speech before the Coast Guard Academy, that Global Warming was responsible for the development of Nigeria's off-shoot of Al Quaida, known as Boko Haram. I guess I shouldn't be surprised at the level of logic he seems to think we are capable of here. After all, he hired the idiot as an assistant spokesperson for the State Department who recently said that the solution to the I.S.I.S problem was that they needed more jobs. Do these people really think so little of the voting public that they expect us to buy this cr@p??? How did this guy get elected in the first place? Obviously, the color of his skin was his greatest drawing point, then his brilliant mind was next. But I can only hope that America's voters remember that a brilliant mind without a wise heart is pathetically inadequate for the job of President of the United States! George W. was no brilliant thinker, as his knowledge of military "strategery" made evident. (Credit for that one goes to the writers of "Saturday Night Live". I don't know if Bush actually said that, but I'm confident that the SNL. writers wouldn't lie to us. Would they???)
I really don't think that Obama believes the slop that he's trying to feed the American public. But I am afraid that he and his idiot advisors believe we are stupid enough to buy it. His real purpose is to buy time for the Muslim "Caliphate" to become established, and I don't think he cares much whether it's the Sunni concept of I.S.I.S., or the Shiite concept of Iran. He knows that his term as President of the most powerful nation the world has ever known is ended in less than two years. I firmly believe two points about Obama. One, that he is, and has always been from the day he was elected, a "closet Muslim", indoctrinated by his great hero the "Reverend" Jeremiah Wright, the Chicago minister who poses as a Christian, while spouting Muslim and Communist doctrine. Obama didn't spend twenty years attending his "Church" without becoming indoctrinated, and it wasn't because someone was holding a gun to his head, either. Second, I think he wants the "Calliphate" to become so firmly established that they will need someone of his experience to manage their government for them, after he leaves office here. In essence, Obama is being soft on the Muslim nations because he is lobbying for the job of "Chief Caliphate", or whatever that position would be called. I know this all sounds ludicrous, but remember, there is only one thing (besides God) that can override the intelligence of a man like Obama, and that is a foolish heart that is totally deceived by Satanic false doctrine. And I think it's pretty obvious who came up with the doctrine given to Mohammed, which I believe Obama has swallowed, "hook, line, and sinker"!
Today, we have reports that Obama has sunk to new lows of Presidential credibility, in that he dared to say, in a commencement speech before the Coast Guard Academy, that Global Warming was responsible for the development of Nigeria's off-shoot of Al Quaida, known as Boko Haram. I guess I shouldn't be surprised at the level of logic he seems to think we are capable of here. After all, he hired the idiot as an assistant spokesperson for the State Department who recently said that the solution to the I.S.I.S problem was that they needed more jobs. Do these people really think so little of the voting public that they expect us to buy this cr@p??? How did this guy get elected in the first place? Obviously, the color of his skin was his greatest drawing point, then his brilliant mind was next. But I can only hope that America's voters remember that a brilliant mind without a wise heart is pathetically inadequate for the job of President of the United States! George W. was no brilliant thinker, as his knowledge of military "strategery" made evident. (Credit for that one goes to the writers of "Saturday Night Live". I don't know if Bush actually said that, but I'm confident that the SNL. writers wouldn't lie to us. Would they???)
I really don't think that Obama believes the slop that he's trying to feed the American public. But I am afraid that he and his idiot advisors believe we are stupid enough to buy it. His real purpose is to buy time for the Muslim "Caliphate" to become established, and I don't think he cares much whether it's the Sunni concept of I.S.I.S., or the Shiite concept of Iran. He knows that his term as President of the most powerful nation the world has ever known is ended in less than two years. I firmly believe two points about Obama. One, that he is, and has always been from the day he was elected, a "closet Muslim", indoctrinated by his great hero the "Reverend" Jeremiah Wright, the Chicago minister who poses as a Christian, while spouting Muslim and Communist doctrine. Obama didn't spend twenty years attending his "Church" without becoming indoctrinated, and it wasn't because someone was holding a gun to his head, either. Second, I think he wants the "Calliphate" to become so firmly established that they will need someone of his experience to manage their government for them, after he leaves office here. In essence, Obama is being soft on the Muslim nations because he is lobbying for the job of "Chief Caliphate", or whatever that position would be called. I know this all sounds ludicrous, but remember, there is only one thing (besides God) that can override the intelligence of a man like Obama, and that is a foolish heart that is totally deceived by Satanic false doctrine. And I think it's pretty obvious who came up with the doctrine given to Mohammed, which I believe Obama has swallowed, "hook, line, and sinker"!
Sunday, May 17, 2015
"Those That Live By The Sword..."
There is a spiritual principle that unfortunately cuts both ways, in the temperate world. Jesus pronounced it, and Peter nearly practiced it, when he cut off the ear of the High Priest's servant, in the Garden of Gethsemane, when Jesus was arrested. I quoted the first half of it above, "Those that live by the sword shall die by the sword." The Lord was quick to tell Peter to put away his sword for this very reason. He new that he couldn't defeat all of the soldiers by himself, and he would surely be arrested and executed if he were to murder one of the servants. Plus, Jesus knew that He had to allow the arrest to be carried out, in order to fulfill the prophecies about His execution for all of our sins, that we might be forgiven.
Today, we are joyfully told that American Special Forces teams of the Army's Delta Force have moved into Syria, and after a brief firefight have succeeded in killing one of I.S.I.S.'s top commanders. That would normally be cause for celebration, except for the fact that I.S.I.S. is a lawless group of terrorists, and that principle was obviously spoken with reference to those who operate in the realm of lawlessness. Jesus new that Peter had no legal authority to execute anyone, therefore, if he killed anyone he would be either killed on the spot, or convicted of murder, and executed for his "crime", no matter how righteous his intentions. I am reminded of the Mafia tradition of murder-for-murder, as in "an eye for an eye". This is the way lawless people think; they don't "get mad, they just get even". And with the White House Secret Service security recently proven to be run by the descendants of the "Keystone Cops", I have to say that I have grave concerns for the safety of President Obama! Obviously, anyone who has been reading my blog for very long knows that I do not say this out of any great love for our President, my greatest hope for him is that he finishes his term quietly, without doing too much damage to our Constitutional form of government, and melts away into political oblivion, never to be taken seriously about anything, again. The worst thing that could happen would be for him to be assassinated, while in office, and someone like-minded, like Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, or Elizabeth Warren, should receive a "martyr's" sympathy vote from a swooning Democratic party, and we would have to suffer through another four, or even eight years of Obama-like Presidential lunacy! May God save us from that tragedy!
Today, we are joyfully told that American Special Forces teams of the Army's Delta Force have moved into Syria, and after a brief firefight have succeeded in killing one of I.S.I.S.'s top commanders. That would normally be cause for celebration, except for the fact that I.S.I.S. is a lawless group of terrorists, and that principle was obviously spoken with reference to those who operate in the realm of lawlessness. Jesus new that Peter had no legal authority to execute anyone, therefore, if he killed anyone he would be either killed on the spot, or convicted of murder, and executed for his "crime", no matter how righteous his intentions. I am reminded of the Mafia tradition of murder-for-murder, as in "an eye for an eye". This is the way lawless people think; they don't "get mad, they just get even". And with the White House Secret Service security recently proven to be run by the descendants of the "Keystone Cops", I have to say that I have grave concerns for the safety of President Obama! Obviously, anyone who has been reading my blog for very long knows that I do not say this out of any great love for our President, my greatest hope for him is that he finishes his term quietly, without doing too much damage to our Constitutional form of government, and melts away into political oblivion, never to be taken seriously about anything, again. The worst thing that could happen would be for him to be assassinated, while in office, and someone like-minded, like Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, or Elizabeth Warren, should receive a "martyr's" sympathy vote from a swooning Democratic party, and we would have to suffer through another four, or even eight years of Obama-like Presidential lunacy! May God save us from that tragedy!
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
More Prophetic Musings
The following comes mostly from my own imagination, which certainly should serve as due warning for those brave enough (or foolish enough?) to pursue further.
I was napping today, and I awoke with a rather strange thought in my mind. I won't say that God showed me something in a dream, because I have no memory of even dreaming. But Joel 2:28 does prophecy about the "Latter Days" (nothing to do with Mormonism) when he says, "...that I (God speaking through Joel) will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions...". Unfortunately, I must confess to qualifying to the "old men" category.
Anyway, concerning the propecied "Gog/Magog" invasion of the Middle-East (bare with me; I realize my obsession with this prophecy must be getting tiresome to those who have been reading many of my posts. Nonetheless, I feel that this is something new that has never occurred to me before, and so I must share it with the reader and let him, or her decide if there is any merit to it.)
I have always assumed that the prophecy concerning God's turning of the allied invasion forces against each other (Russians, verses the Muslim allies of the region, namely Iran, Libya, "Ethiopia" which may mean Somalia, or even an Iranian conquered Yemen, and any others not mentioned) until their fighting has destroyed their forces to the tune of 83%, probably meant the forces on both sides would most likely be destroyed roughly equally, about 40 some odd per cent on each side. But, what occurred to me today, upon awakening ( I won't claim it was God-inspired, because if it wasn't I won't blame Him for my foolish imaginings) was this: If the Russian field commander realizes that his forces have already been severely decimated, and are about to be overrun, mostly by his former Iranian allies, and he knows that he has mid-range, tactical nuclear weapons at his disposal, wouldn't he be very tempted to use them??? It occurred to me that he might! Therefore, perhaps the 17% survivors were to be all Russian, with the complete destruction of the Iranian forces. Perhaps this would happen upon their home territory, which would also destroy the civilian population. I realize this is a callous, and even gruesome thought, but when God has had enough of an evil people, total destruction has been His way of ending their evil ways, especially when it has been directed towards His people, Israel.
As a Biblical support for my musings, I recalled the prophecy of Isaiah 13, which dealt with God's judgment for ancient Babylon. This ancient Empire covered the present-day territories of both today's Iran and Iraq, which is becoming less, and less of an important distinction daily, as Iran's army "assists" the Shiite dominated Iraqi government in fighting the threat of the I.S.I.S. insurgents ( because our cowardly President refused to commit our "boots-on-the-ground", leaving the door wide open for Iran to step in). After the I.S.I.S. insugency is defeated, you can bet that Iran will simply decide to stay there. Anyway, verse 19 (of Isaiah 13) says, "And Babylon (now Iraq, and Iran combined), the glory of kingdoms (obviously referring to it's ancient splendor) the beauty of the Chaldees's excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gommorrah." The imagery of the complete destruction of those ancient cities sure carries the present-day image of a nuclear explosion, at least for today's version.
The prophecy continues in Chapter 14, where it describes how God's people (Israel) will rejoice over the destruction of the "King" of their most dangerous enemy, Iran, whose real leader has been spewing threats of death to all Israeli citizens for years. This may well be God's way of receiving the glory, and revealing to His people that He does exist, and that He is still protecting them from their enemies.
I was napping today, and I awoke with a rather strange thought in my mind. I won't say that God showed me something in a dream, because I have no memory of even dreaming. But Joel 2:28 does prophecy about the "Latter Days" (nothing to do with Mormonism) when he says, "...that I (God speaking through Joel) will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions...". Unfortunately, I must confess to qualifying to the "old men" category.
Anyway, concerning the propecied "Gog/Magog" invasion of the Middle-East (bare with me; I realize my obsession with this prophecy must be getting tiresome to those who have been reading many of my posts. Nonetheless, I feel that this is something new that has never occurred to me before, and so I must share it with the reader and let him, or her decide if there is any merit to it.)
I have always assumed that the prophecy concerning God's turning of the allied invasion forces against each other (Russians, verses the Muslim allies of the region, namely Iran, Libya, "Ethiopia" which may mean Somalia, or even an Iranian conquered Yemen, and any others not mentioned) until their fighting has destroyed their forces to the tune of 83%, probably meant the forces on both sides would most likely be destroyed roughly equally, about 40 some odd per cent on each side. But, what occurred to me today, upon awakening ( I won't claim it was God-inspired, because if it wasn't I won't blame Him for my foolish imaginings) was this: If the Russian field commander realizes that his forces have already been severely decimated, and are about to be overrun, mostly by his former Iranian allies, and he knows that he has mid-range, tactical nuclear weapons at his disposal, wouldn't he be very tempted to use them??? It occurred to me that he might! Therefore, perhaps the 17% survivors were to be all Russian, with the complete destruction of the Iranian forces. Perhaps this would happen upon their home territory, which would also destroy the civilian population. I realize this is a callous, and even gruesome thought, but when God has had enough of an evil people, total destruction has been His way of ending their evil ways, especially when it has been directed towards His people, Israel.
As a Biblical support for my musings, I recalled the prophecy of Isaiah 13, which dealt with God's judgment for ancient Babylon. This ancient Empire covered the present-day territories of both today's Iran and Iraq, which is becoming less, and less of an important distinction daily, as Iran's army "assists" the Shiite dominated Iraqi government in fighting the threat of the I.S.I.S. insurgents ( because our cowardly President refused to commit our "boots-on-the-ground", leaving the door wide open for Iran to step in). After the I.S.I.S. insugency is defeated, you can bet that Iran will simply decide to stay there. Anyway, verse 19 (of Isaiah 13) says, "And Babylon (now Iraq, and Iran combined), the glory of kingdoms (obviously referring to it's ancient splendor) the beauty of the Chaldees's excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gommorrah." The imagery of the complete destruction of those ancient cities sure carries the present-day image of a nuclear explosion, at least for today's version.
The prophecy continues in Chapter 14, where it describes how God's people (Israel) will rejoice over the destruction of the "King" of their most dangerous enemy, Iran, whose real leader has been spewing threats of death to all Israeli citizens for years. This may well be God's way of receiving the glory, and revealing to His people that He does exist, and that He is still protecting them from their enemies.
Fertile Ground For Christianity
The Washington Post reported today that according to the Pew research polling service the number of Americans who describe themselves as having no religious affiliation at all has increased from 18% to 23% since 1990. This represents a decline in the overall percentage of those who consider themselves to be "Christians" from some 86% to about 71% in roughly the same time period. Catholicism has lost at the rate of 6 to 1 of every person who says they were raised Catholic, but switched to other faiths in adulthood, verses new converts. The Post's view on these findings was alarm at what appears to be a trend away from the Christian faith. I have to disagree.
I sense that God is setting this nation up for a wonderful Revival that is prophecied to come in the "Latter Days" (see Joel, chapter 2). The prophecy is very general about the location of the Revival, but with modern video technology, I suspect that whatever happens in one part of the world will quickly spread to the rest of the world as well. With all the unrepentant sin in the world, especially here in America, I'd have to say that we certainly have a situation that resembles the fertile fields of the typical farmer, after he has spread all of the stored up manure he has collected over the past year, from all his horses, cows, pigs, and whatever animals he has, and spreads it all over his fields to enrich the soil before planting the seed. I suspect that God is allowing these people who have turned away from formal "Religiosity", thinking that that was as good as God had to offer them, to give them time to try living in a world without God at all. They will soon find that they are incapable of controlling their own lives, and when they become desperate for something that offers real direction, and hope, they will be ready to receive the real God of Christianity (His name is Jesus), and not the pretend God of structured "Religiosity". That's when we could see a glorious revival break out all over the land, which could easily spread throughout the world, especially through Christian television.
I would have to say that now is the perfect time for all born-again Christians to spend as much time as they can spare on their knees, praying that God will bring all this to pass, just as He has prophecied it to be. All He's waiting for is enough of us to agree with His plans before He brings it all to Pass!
I sense that God is setting this nation up for a wonderful Revival that is prophecied to come in the "Latter Days" (see Joel, chapter 2). The prophecy is very general about the location of the Revival, but with modern video technology, I suspect that whatever happens in one part of the world will quickly spread to the rest of the world as well. With all the unrepentant sin in the world, especially here in America, I'd have to say that we certainly have a situation that resembles the fertile fields of the typical farmer, after he has spread all of the stored up manure he has collected over the past year, from all his horses, cows, pigs, and whatever animals he has, and spreads it all over his fields to enrich the soil before planting the seed. I suspect that God is allowing these people who have turned away from formal "Religiosity", thinking that that was as good as God had to offer them, to give them time to try living in a world without God at all. They will soon find that they are incapable of controlling their own lives, and when they become desperate for something that offers real direction, and hope, they will be ready to receive the real God of Christianity (His name is Jesus), and not the pretend God of structured "Religiosity". That's when we could see a glorious revival break out all over the land, which could easily spread throughout the world, especially through Christian television.
I would have to say that now is the perfect time for all born-again Christians to spend as much time as they can spare on their knees, praying that God will bring all this to pass, just as He has prophecied it to be. All He's waiting for is enough of us to agree with His plans before He brings it all to Pass!
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