A STRANGE IRONY, INDEED

I find it a strange irony that we in the US have made such a bold move toward socialism. Although I have firmly held political views, I have tried to keep this blog limited to the topic of Biblical Prophecy. But I find it impossible to discuss how current day events are fulfilling prophecy without a discussion of political events and their ramifications. So, I am forced to view the current political forces at work as a context within which Biblical Prophecy is being fulfilled. Back to the strange irony.

Since the end of WWII the west was locked in a deadly battle with the forces of Marxist Communism around the world. Wars were fought in Korea and Viet Nam by the US to stem the tide of the “Red Menace.” We spent untold billions in defense of Europe, the Berlin air-lift, building and maintaining a nuclear deterrent, establishing military bases and alliances world-wide, development of a nation-wide interstate freeway system to accommodate rapid deployment of military assets and the list goes on. After all that, the voters of the United States, a democratic republic of free people, elect a Marxist Congress and President bent on “fundamentally transforming the United States of America” (the words of President Obama). The government now controls elements of major industries and banking and as of last Sunday, Health care and higher education. The freedoms and rights of the people of this nation are no longer derived from their Creator, but from the Congress. What the Congress gives, the Congress can take away.

The main issue for me is not that Marxism is anti-free market or anti-capitalist but that it is Godless! Our Founding Fathers stated in very clear terms that our rights (Life-Liberty-Pursuit of Happiness) were “endowed by our Creator.” In a move of Godless arrogance, our House of Representatives declared that our rights come from the government. And they declared this on Sunday “The Lord’s Day.” Sunday is the day that most believing Christians set aside as a time of worship and praise of our “Creator,” the Lord Jesus Christ. This Godless bunch of Marxist radicals voted in the socialist health care bill they had been touting as necessary because "everyone should have the right to medical care." They saw that it was their job to redistribute the wealth of this nation (taking from you and giving it to someone else they deemed more deserving i.e. Marxism) and take control of 1/6th of the economy through health care. They also stole away the business of lending institutions to make loans to students. That way they can control not only the lending business but the educational entities that ultimately receive the money.

The reason I mention all this is that the Bible describes the Last Days as a time of ultimate governmental control. The current Presidential Administration and Congress are only just beginning. They will soon gain control over energy, immigration, climate change and anything else they can get their hands on. This nation has gone the way of the Nations of Europe, (need I remind you that they are the nations of the Revised Roman Empire from which the Anti-Christ will rule)Canada, South America and Asia. I believe that Biblical Prophecy will be fulfilled but that does not mean that we should just sit back and do nothing, waiting for the inevitable. No, we must resist evil wherever we find it. As of this writing, we still have the vote. We still have the power to expel these Godless Marxists and their socialist utopia. We still have the duty to protect and defend the Constitution as it was written. We have the responsibility to awaken from our slumber and demand that this damage be undone. We must not allow the crushing debt that is piling up be passed on to our children and grandchildren. We have a responsibility to do everything in our power to pass on a nation as strong and devoted to godly principles and faith to our progeny as we received from our forefathers. We have the responsibility to seek the God and Savior of our Founding Fathers, seek His forgiveness, grace and guidance and never give up. We have a responsibility to the countless tens of thousands who laid down their lives to gain and protect our freedom and to be willing to do the same for those who follow behind us.