Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. –John 14:17
I intended to take a much-needed Christmas respite between December 25 and January 2. I got my week off, all right, but it was not exactly within those parameters and nothing like I expected.
On December 21, I encountered headaches and fevers, which morphed into a stomach bug that had me down for the count. One sleepless night turned into three and then four.
But while my body suffered, I found my spirit quickened. God had my attention like maybe He hadn’t had in a while. Sometimes, in the fog of war, and we are in a war, you start to lose perspective and can get temporarily disoriented. That was me.
So I needed that time, shivering under the covers, alone. The hours seemed like days, the days passed like weeks. Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the day after Christmas.
Then, on the second day after Christmas, the fevers broke. A cloud lifted. It seemed as if God was saying: “Wake up from your slumber son. Wipe the grit and grime from your eyes, remove the dross, and get ready to see some things with a fresh outlook and renewed clarity.”
So I arose from my sick bed at 4 a.m. on Tuesday, December 27, and did something I hadn’t done in days. I ate something. I toasted a slice of sour-dough bread, buttered it, and devoured it. I made a pot of coffee and thanked Him for the small jolt of life I felt returning to my body and soul.
Later that day we sat down to watch a familiar movie, The Patriot, starring Mel Gibson in the role of a fictional character named Benjamin Martin, who finds himself drawn into the American Revolutionary War.
It’s always been a favorite and I’ve seen it many times. But this time I would see the story unfold through an entirely new lens. There’s more to it, I found, than just a patriot hero, a keen military strategy and an intriguing history lesson.
The movie actually contains many of the essential elements of spiritual warfare, useful for us living on the earth today, heading into the year of our Lord, 2023, which promises to be another year of volatility and disruptive events.
While the movie received mostly high praise at its release back in 2000, if you Google “The Patriot” you will find some spurious things have been written in recent years by mainstream critics taking pot shots at Robert Rodat’s dramatic presentation of a story about revolutionary colonists who rebelled against the British Throne. His story centers on the life of one Benjamin Martin, a fictional character based loosely on the real-life character of Brigadier General Francis Marion, an American Revolutionary War officer, planter and politician also known in history as the Swamp Fox.
Rodat’s critics say his script presents an overly simplified view of the period, some going as far as to say it should not be shown to American school children — of course not as it might instill values such as national pride, bravery and courage under fire. They totally miss the point. Every good story is simplified so as to cut through the noise and allow those listening to hear the single most salient lesson being taught. If told well, the lesson from a good story can ring for generations. That’s why I think Rodat knocked it out of the park with this film, solidifying its lofty place in the American historical film genre, where it captures the psyche of the early American agrarian settlers who lived and worked far from the population centers in New York, Boston or Philadelphia. They formed militias to protect themselves from government mobs and faced a moment in history similar to what we are living in now where they were forced to make a decision: Do they confront the obvious evil that had come out of the shadows and into broad daylight, had even come for their children, or do they bow and offer up their posterity to this illegitimate thing claiming authority, claiming ownership, over their lives?
Leaving that early American agrarian psyche unexplored is to miss out on a valuable lesson so desperately needed not just in America today but throughout 21st century Western culture. Where does that American fighting spirit of independence come from and where did it go? Who crushed it and how? Is it even possible to take it back? If so, how?
But even more than that, I believe The Patriot offers a hidden commentary on the Christian believer’s natural desire to remain free, to refuse to bend the knee to any earthly authority that controverts the will of Almighty God and his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the sole source of our freedoms, and the moment any government or corporate entity makes the claim to usurp His role as the author and definer of right and wrong, it’s our duty to rise up and oppose that entity. Evil always must be confronted or it will rob you of everything you have that is truly valuable. It won’t just take one of your kids or grandkids, it will not rest until it’s taken them all. He created each of us in His image with freedom of conscience and a free will, and it is to Him whom we will all be held accountable in how we exercised that precious gift.
When any earthly king or authority tries to subvert and supplant the laws of nature and of nature’s God, violating the sacred free will He instilled in us, that entity has now overstepped its bounds and gone rogue. It has given itself over to the Prince of Darkness. We cannot follow the dictates of any man or woman who represents this evil cabal, whether he be in Washington or in London, in Paris, Davos, Geneva or Jerusalem. We’ve been far too tolerant for far too long and that’s why we’ve come to this dark place in history.
So what’s any of this have to do with The Patriot? After watching it again, I saw plenty of parallels between then and now.
For starters, when evil shows up and bares its fangs, you should expect that at least 97 percent of the people will be caught off guard and will cower. They’ll simply never show up. Most will not even recognize the evil for what it is, but even among those who do, they would rather believe lies than truth. It’s always the path of least resistance to deny the truth and follow the lie. The bigger the lie that is told to them by an illegitimate earthly authority, the more committed to it most of the truth-deniers will become.
Benjamin Martin found himself in this camp, with the truth deniers, at the beginning of the film. He didn’t want to believe that the tyranny of the British Crown was really as bad as others were making it out to be and tried to justify his inaction.
“An elected legislature can be just as tyrannical as a king,” he argued, which was a true statement that sidestepped the issue at hand and only served to muddy up the waters. They were not dealing with a tyrannical legislature; they were dealing with a tyrannical king!
We see good people engaging in this same type of stubborn denial today. Even if the forces of darkness get their minions to pass laws or enact policies that are so blatantly evil, something like, say, “family friendly” drag queen shows presenting barely clothed men dancing erotically and simulating sex in front of young children, you will hear the 97 percent try to justify it or at least downplay it, as somehow not as bad as it looks. We are just overdramatizing it. It’s not grooming. It’s artistic expression or some other bizarre construct. They’ve already chosen to which authority they will submit — rather than choosing to follow the ageless wisdom of the One and Only definer of what’s right and wrong, the God of the Bible, they choose that which seems most convenient and expedient at the moment.
They listen to the whispers: Don’t get involved. That’s not your fight. Leave it for someone else. Another person. Another time. Another day.
They will always find some reason to cower, bend, back down, cut a deal, compromise.
Lesson number 1: You can’t negotiate with the devil.
Benjamin Martin learned this the hard way.
When the Revolutionary War broke out, Martin, played by Mel Gibson, was part of this first group, the 97 percent. He wanted nothing to do with it.
But he gets a staggering wakeup call when a British officer named Col. William Tavington arrives at his house with a garrison of troops. When a harmless scuffle breaks out, Tavington shoots and kills one of Martin’s young sons in cold blood right in front of his father’s eyes.
They slaughtered Martin’s young son like a stray dog. But these monsters aren’t done. They shackle his oldest son, Gabriel, and haul him off to be hung as a traitor because he had already enlisted in the Continental Army.
With the war now having arrived at his personal residence, Martin goes from the first group of 97 percent not wanting to fight, to the second group of 3 percent who rightly divided good from evil and became active volunteers in the fight against the Crown.
Nobody has to convince him to pick up a weapon now.
As his house is set ablaze, he frantically goes in amidst the smoke and flames to grab whatever weapons he can find — several muskets, a pistol, an old tomahawk — and heads to the woods with his two remaining sons, who look like they’re still pre-teens. After some brief instructions from dad, they lie in wait for the passing British army unit that torched their home and was hauling the oldest son off to the gallows.
Hiding behind trees, Martin and his two young sons take out 20 Redcoats before they even knew what hit them and the ambush concludes with Gabriel being freed and Martin disappearing into the woods with all three of his sons like ghosts into the mist.
They carried out many more surprise attacks, using the same guerrilla tactics, as the stunned British officer corps searched in vain for the leader of these secret assassins. They start referring to this invisible attacker as “the Ghost.”
Meanwhile, Martin continues to not only fight but recruit fresh blood into his now growing militia.
Lesson number 2: The initial volunteers will only get you so far when fighting a committed, determined, well-organized army of demons – and the British were all of the above, much like the globalists and leftists coming for our children today. Eventually you will need to call in backup and that means going out to recruit fresh foot soldiers.
So Gabriel went into the surrounding churches while his father Benjamin went into the underbelly of society to find new recruits.
Those were some rough-looking characters that Benjamin dredged up from local bars and saloons. His son cringed at the sight of them. These guys did not fit his idea of a professional soldier, but Benjamin saw something in them that was needed, an eagerness to fight and not run. While they had nothing in common at first, these men from country churches and tough-guy saloons ended up earning each other’s respect and making for a potent fighting force.
Lesson number 3: Do not falsely judge your neighbor based on his background being different or not as pristine as yours.
Eventually, British General Cornwallis begins to gather enough intel to identify the rebel militia and he agrees to an evil plan to annihilate it once and for all. Cornwallis turns to none other than Col. Tavington to carry out the task. This is the same Tavington who murdered Benjamin’s young son. Tavington figures out not only who is leading these devastating attacks on British troops but gets his hands on a list of all volunteers serving in the local militia, including names and addresses of family members.
So now Benjamin Martin is no longer anonymous. He’s no longer a “Ghost.” He’s now got a name, a face, and a bounty on his shoulders, along with every one of his renegade militiamen, and their families back home in the South Carolina countryside are alone and vulnerable.
Lesson number 4: If you’re living in evil times and you choose to be on the side of good, you can only remain anonymous for so long. You will eventually have to embrace your role as an outspoken voice of resistance.
Tavington commissions a specialized Gestapo-like force to raid their homes in the dead of night, kill any family members on site and burn their houses to the ground.
The story goes on from there and I don’t need to relay any more of the details, other than to say that the small ambush attacks were effective for a time but were not enough to defeat an enemy of this caliber. Half-hearted attacks, blind-sided attacks must eventually turn into a full frontal assaults on the heart of the enemy’s troops. At some point, the rag-tag militiamen had to get prepared to face the mighty British Army in the open field in a major epic battle for the ages. When that happened, and God showed up, the results changed history.
Now, let’s get into the trenches for more lessons in warfare.
These battles started out with the two armies situated far apart, lobbing cannon balls and rifle volleys from a distance, with sporadic hits taking out a man here, another there. As one falls, another rushes in to take his place and close the gap.
As the fighting advances to the next stage, you bring out your muskets. A musket was a smooth-bore weapon that did not have the range or accuracy of a grooved-bore rifle, but when fired in synchronized volleys at a distance of less than 100 yards, they could be devastating. You can see the men falling more frequently now, to your right and to your left, but the smoke and the distance were still such that you couldn’t see exactly how many of your musket balls were landing hits on the enemy’s side.
Lesson number 5: You won’t always see the results of your fervent prayers, your hard work, your faithful service, at least not immediately.
Then the battlefield shrinks again. Sometimes one side will break through the lines only to find itself too far in and without enough manpower, at which point they will decide to retreat rather than face more devastating losses.
I don’t know what percentage of the overall Revolutionary War battles went to the final and most terrifying stage, but you had to know it was about to happen when you heard your commanding officer shout, “Fix bayonets!”
Here’s where your training becomes imperative. What did you do with your free time back when you first became a soldier, and the battlefield was still far off?
Did you do the bare minimum, just enough to pass muster, or did you spend extra hours sharpening your skills, knowing they would likely be more in demand at a future date?
Hand-to-hand combat ensues. You are now toe to toe and eyeball to eyeball with the enemy. You must fight like a madman and leave nothing on the field. You must simultaneously fight defensively and offensively. You must have mastered every weapon at your disposal, from your musket to your pistol to your sword, your dagger, your axe, right down to your pitchfork or pocket knife if that’s all you have left. Surrender is not an option at this point. It’s fight or die. And if too many of you die, you know the enemy hordes will go and have their way with your women and children.
When there’s no more time to reload and fire your musket, you use it as a club. While organized movements and synchronized sniper shooting were important in the earlier stages, now it’s every man for himself while also watching the backs of your fellow soldiers. Your sense of awareness, your peripheral vision, are more alive, more capable of seeing and reacting than you ever imagined possible during “normal” times.
These are what patriot men faced and this is how they reacted in 18th century America.
Imagine knowing even a tiny bit of this history and still wearing a Covid mask in 2023. Shame on you.
Where have all the Patriots gone?
But lest we get discouraged and feel we are alone in the pitched battles of today, we are not. I know quite a few brave men and women who I can count on to be with me in the trenches in 2023 and I’m sure you know some too.
Only about 3 percent of the colonists signed up to fight the mighty British Empire, which was roughly the equivalent of what we see fighting the modern technocratic beast system. You could get by in life as long as you paid the king’s exorbitant taxes and obeyed his ungodly rules, celebrated what he wanted celebrated and decried what he wanted decried.
That’s all it took, 3 percent. And I don’t expect it will be any more than that willing to head to the front lines in 2023 to fight today’s modern warfare, which is not fought with guns and canons but with ideas and information.
The main problem I see today is this: Many of the 3 percent are still fighting as if it’s the early stages of the war. They think they can launch an ambush attack here and there, then fade back into their comfortable homes, maybe turn on the NFL, play their video games, go to concerts, and remain anonymous. Some are just into their jobs and busy family lives, but have neglected the bigger picture. We’ve all been there. It’s too late for that friends. Find the front. Go on the offensive. Launch an attack. Learn how to sustain your attacks. We are, I believe, already beyond the stage of musket volleys and heading for hand-to-hand combat. At any moment now, our field General could shout: “Fix bayonets!” Are you ready? Will you even hear him when he issues the command?
We should be preparing now for the sound of His voice. We know the time is close because the enemy is taking names and making lists. We can no longer remain anonymous.
So, if they existed today, what would the 3 percent who are willing to make a final stand against the 21st century beast system look like?
First of all, they would have a burning love of the truth and an uncompromising hatred for lies, half-truths and watered-down messages that give a false assessment of the battlefield, thereby deceiving the people into keeping their guards down.
Secondly, they would have wisdom and discernment beyond their years, enabling them to divide fact from fiction, information from propaganda, truth from error, reality from fantasy.
Thirdly, they will have a spine of iron from having taken so many beatings from the enemy over the years. Most were involved in skirmishes that led up to the looming final confrontation but there are always fresh recruits willing to join, we just need to invite them. It’s important to know that sometimes you will need to back off for a brief period to regain your strength, but a true warrior always returns to the battlefield.
Finally, they will have developed a doggedness of soul and an uncompromising devotion to Christ.
In a nutshell, we become like the battle-hardened Christian Warriors of old.
Until we develop that warrior mentality, we will never be ready for the battlefield. Some folks are fair-weather Christians. They’re in it for all the wrong reasons, looking for material blessings, social status, perhaps to see the world through the mission field, whatever. Those are all nice but they’re not valid reasons to follow Christ.
We follow Him with the purpose of becoming more like Him: Take up your cross and follow Me.
Be not conformed to this world but transformed by the renewing of your mind.
And knowing that the more we become like Him, speaking truth to power, the more unpopular we will become in the eyes of the world.
If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.
In other words, count the earthly cost that will be involved in receiving that eternal reward, and hearing those words, “Well done my good and faithful servant.”
I’ve often said that those of us alive on planet Earth right now have reached a point in history where we are standing in the valley of decision. You won’t be able to bridge the gap, to ride the fence. You will be forced to pick a side in this monumental struggle between good and evil. Don’t make your decision on the cheap. If you’re not encountering some hate and resistance in today’s world, then it’s quite possible that you pose no threat to the enemy’s territory.
Kingdoms are in conflict. And every kingdom has its king.
Kings are very demanding. Each requires his toll.
Jesus said “My yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Many observers have said over the last three years, myself included, that Klaus Schwab’s World Economic Forum/Great Reset is nothing but the return of the old feudal system, only this time the slaves will be marked by their digital devotion to their overlords (show your QR Code, sir, before you are allowed to pass from point A to point B).
To which king or kingdom will you swear your fealty?
To the Kingdom of God or to one of the vastly inferior kingdoms of this world?
In the year 2023, we will see more people making what could be their final decisions to join themselves to one of two fathers, their Father in heaven or the father of lies.
Just know that if you choose the Kingdom of your Father in heaven, he might lead you into places where you get your hands dirty and your back scarred.
Because there’s no shortage of minions out there right now working for the devil. If you’re worried about being called a name, then please, don’t sign up for God’s army. Because if you can’t handle a musket volley today, how will you stand tomorrow against a slicing sword-stroke to your torso, or a biting stab in the back, when the battlefield closes in, and the bayonets come out?
Standing for truth starts by becoming a lover of truth.
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Really good article Leo. Well done. I also appreciate many of the comments here. It’s nice to find many more that truly get what is happening, and the fact that this is indeed Biblical/spiritual, while the masses continue to be deluded, distracted and deceived. Praying for all of us Godly men, who are willing to be the 3%, no matter how we’re called to fight what we’re facing. All the glory to Jesus Christ.
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Amazing article…and AMEN. May all of the Godly Warriors in the 3% wake up and rise to the occasion. I’m doing everything I can to awaken others and haven’t found many in the 3-percenter-club yet, but I’m not giving up. God Bless.
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A very worthwhile story (based on true events) of resistance is the 2015 German film “Alone in Berlin”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alone_in_Berlin_(film)
This is the story of a working class husband and wife (real life persons Otto and Elise Hampel) who carried out a post card campaign against the Hitler regime. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_and_Elise_Hampel
They were part of a tiny minority of people in Nazi Germany who resisted evil and tried to encourage others to do the same (with little success). They dared much with few communication resources. We are very fortunate today that despite censorship, the resistance can still communicate via many avenues, including the internet. Surely we can accomplish something.
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“Alone in Berlin” can be seen in its entirety here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je9-SGlKE30 Note: the color was mostly removed rendering this nearly a B&W film, but it is very watchable.
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China will attack Taiwan this year, which may have a bad impact on the United States and pray for those who can be saved by the United States.
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Oh my what a great article!! Leo keep on doing what you are doing and encouraging and giving knowledge to the troops. We all need to be (en)couraged. We are in a hot battle. Some people don’t see it.
I wanted to share something I keep noticing. It is regarding covid subvariants. This thing is not going away. All these new subvariants coming out in dizzying fashion to keep people off balance and enslaved which is what their goal is…BA.1,2,3,4,5
BA2.75, BQ.1, BQ.1.1,2 etc etc etc etc….and this morning I see XBB.1.5.
I cannot believe that these subvariants are being tracked and recorded and the information being disseminated is accurate in any way. My opinion is they’re using it for control purposes only.
Anyways there is a multipronged attack and one of the prongs are these ‘covid subvariants’. We’ve lived thousands of years with viruses and coronaviruses and now we’re supposed to be all afraid about it and wear masks all the time and vaccinate against a cold virus? This is ridiculous. I believe they won’t drop this line of attack any time soon and will double and triple down on it to try and force people again to either get vaccinated or show ‘proof’ with negative covid tests. The whole thing is built on a lie. How do I know? Because they only give one option, vaccination. No word on natural immunity, no word on eating healthy, no word on taking a long walk, no word on boosting the immune system with vitamin supplementation to give your immune system a fighting chance, no other strategy if you happen to get sick …like ivermectin, zinc, a vitamin c infusion etc. Not a peep. Any other remedy is off limits. I was with my wife in the hospital for 14 days. Who knows what viruses were floating around but I have to think there were a lot. My non vaccinated 60 year old self survived without a problem. Don’t be afraid and fight this everyone. Be smart and keep your immune system, body, mind, and soul in a strong place. On top of all this Christ is the great I Am. He is the One who wonderfully made us for His glory. Keep Him in His rightful place as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
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“Patriotism” fell by the wayside with history. Would new generations understand or appreciate the movie as an awakening? A required watch by schools nonetheless.
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Thank you, Leo, for the post, and thank all the authors of the comments. Your understanding of that film, I think, differs from the way that the vast majority of people understand it. For them, the film is about patriotism as a good thing. But patriotism is a trap prepared by the devil for people. It is one of the ways he catches human souls. I see it with my own eyes where I live. The country where I was born – Ukraine – is caught in that trap. As well as a neighbor country. People on both sides are fighting and killing each other – and often in the name of patriotism (of course, there are also other reasons: money, hate, obedience to authorities). On both sides are people who think they believe in God. But they are in the trap.
The fake virus was a sieve that separated people into two groups: those who could obey and remain silent, and those who couldn’t. This war is the next sieve. And many from the second group (who didn’t obey in 2020-21) are now caught by a trap called “patriotism”. Of course, on both sides. So it seems that few people can remain sane while pressure grows. And, obviously, there will be next sieves and traps. We can assume: QR, CBDC and so on. Finally, only two prophets will remain. All other public persons won’t go through sieves.
Brothers and sisters, be careful there in America and worldwide. Don’t get caught in devil’s traps like “patriotism” and others mentioned here in the comments.
God bless you.
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Thank you for your wise insights, Max. I think you are right, although I would describe the dangers of the patriotism “trap” a little differently. I agree it can be a trap. But it doesn’t need to be. All patriotism is not bad. It’s when we allow it to grow outside of its God-intended boundaries that we wade into dangerous territory. Patriotism is nothing more than loyalty to one’s country. When we allow that loyalty to supersede our loyalty to Christ, then we have walked into the trap. Christ must always be the epicenter of our devotion.
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leohohmann says:
January 1, 2023 at 3:57 pm
RE: “All patriotism is not bad. It’s when we allow it to grow outside of its God-intended boundaries that we wade into dangerous territory. Patriotism is nothing more than loyalty to one’s country. When we allow that loyalty to supersede our loyalty to Christ, then we have walked into the trap. Christ must always be the epicenter of our devotion.”
All of militant Democracy’s sacred flag-waving patriotism, within the Marxist Beast’s Socially Secured UN-Global Village, is not bad?! Where is found God’s holy exception? Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to patriotically bow or pledge their heart allegiance to Babylon’s sacred golden image, not unlike the prideful heart-pledging allegiance to Uncle Sam’s sacred Masonic ‘Old Glory’. The deluded clay vessels of dishonor that are democratically formed in the Potter’s left hand inherently grow their idolatrous patriotism outside of the holy boundaries of God’s theocratic Kingdom.
Patriotism within the Beast’s UN ‘City of Destruction’ is nothing more than the carnal-minded loyalty of a sinner’s uncircumcised heart that is pledged to a Socialistic country. Within Christ’s virgin Bride are many hypocrite Xians who foolishly perish in the Satanic trap of Socialism’s abominable Security System, because, their democratic loyalty to a country within Babel’s re-United Nations supersedes the divided-loyalty that they lukewarmly espouse to Christ. The LORD Jesus is the eternal epicenter of John Bunyan’s Christian Pilgrim, who lovingly served only one Master with his undivided heart’s loyalty (see Luke 16:13).
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Healthy patriotism is the antidote to the UN Marxist Global Village mentality of which you speak. Nations and national sovereignty we’re ordained by God, just as families and individual sovereignty (free will) were ordained by God. It’s Satan who hates humanity, families and nations. Hence the drive toward a one-world government, under satanic influence. It’s only when societies elevate the state or nation above God’s sovereignty/authority that they wade into the danger zone, becoming totalitarian and corrupt.
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leohohmann says:
January 1, 2023 at 9:19 pm
ALL societies, nations, and national sovereignties that were birthed and scattered in confusion from Babel’s democratic global village are foreordained by God. Which of them possess spiritually enlightened Freemasons who can boast of having created Democracy’s Socialistic Utopia with “healthy patriotism”?
Humanism’s uncircumcised self-willed hearts, which spiritually assimilate together within Democracy’s demonic melting pot, are the most deceitful of all things and desperately wicked. Who really knows and understands how self-righteously deluded a Sinner’s reprobate self-willed heart is? (Jer. 17:9)
According to the social justice gospel of Freemasonry, mankind’s universal brotherhood must be democratically reunited within the melting pot of Neo-Babel’s re-United Nations. Only then will a peaceful, utopian New World Order be created where nothing that mankind imagines to do will be impossible for him to accomplish. (Genesis 11:6) Therefore Freemasonry’s unrelenting quest has been to reunite mankind’s scattered and confused brotherhood and to rebuild Babel’s tower and the UN global village. The LORD’S archangel Michael no longer restrains the seven-headed Beast’s antichrist spirit to prevent its scientific quest to conquer the heavens and obtain immortality from the ‘tree of life’. (Daniel 10:20; 2 Thess. 2:6)
Neo-Babel’s Freemasons proudly declare they have reunited Babel’s scattered nations into: “One Nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” Lucifer is democracy’s angel of light (as seen in America’s idolized Statue of Liberty) and is the god of Babel’s re-United Nations. Babylonian patriots boast never again will the LORD be able to scatter in confusion their “indivisible” global village. Licentious liberty and social justice will be basic human rights guaranteed to all of Babel’s Socialistically-Secured and ‘numbered’ brotherhood. According to the Universal Brotherhood of Freemasonry’s egalitarian Constitution, the Devil’s reprobate children of darkness and God’s holy children of light are inherently created equal. Therefore the wise virgins of Christ’s Bride and the foolish virgins of anti-Christ’s Whore must be assimilated together within the ecumenical melting pot of Democracy’s antichrist spirit and Orwellian political correctness.
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You totally don’t understand the concept of nations John. Who scattered the one-world plotters at Babel? It was God almighty! God does not want a one-world system, which is Satan’s counterfeit of His eventual one-world Kingdom. This is why the Lord divided the peoples into distinct nations speaking different languages!
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I do understand that God sovereignly scattered in confusion Babel’s democratic global village, thereby creating ALL societies, nations, and national sovereignties that corporately make up the 7-headed Beast as God foreordained.
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Once God allows Satan to take his wicked plan to the next level, the one-world beast system, things will get exponentially worse for believers. I don’t think any of us should wish for that. That’s why I root for nations. Yes, nations can’t be wicked too but just wait till they’re totally subservient to the global Satanic beast! Strong nations will provide a check on the global beast system. It is looking like nations are about to fall in 2023 and that’s bad news for us.
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I got angry at being accused of being a “white supremacist” and “MAGAt” along with “Christian nationalist.” Therefore, I’ve taken to calling them “Satanic globalists” as I dismiss them in turn.
You can’t argue with them. Sick of their lying accusations.
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Leo, thank you for making that distinction. The words “patriotism” and “nationalism” have been twisted by leftists to mean things that they were never intended to mean, and conservatives, not realizing this, are using these twisted definitions and arguing against them. Patriotism and nationalism are related, both having to do with loving and supporting your country and the principles upon which it is based. Doing so means that when your country departs from its founding principles, you criticize it and do what you can to bring it back. Neither word means that you think it’s fine to start wars against other nations or believe that your nation has the right to bully other nations. Neither means “my country, right or wrong.” And neither implies that other nations are inferior.
As you say, our allegiance to Christ comes before everything else. Patriotism is no more devilish by its nature than is love of family. Both go wrong, as does everything else in life, when they are not subservient to Jesus.
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It’s easy to make an idol out of your country.
A Brit named Clive Staples Lewis addressed this in one of his minor works, The Four Loves.
Love for your native land can be a beautiful thing. An extension of loving your family or church or community. But–like the good, godly love for those–patriotism can go bad when you make your country a god to be worshipped.
Our love for Christ and loyalty to our true native land–the Kingdom of Heaven–must always come first. According to Jesus, we must love Him so much, that our loves for our parents, spouses, children, siblings, and life itself should look like hatred by contrast.
If a Christian loves Jesus properly his heart will be safe from the bad kind of nationalism. His love for his country will be pure and unconditional. (Great or small, this is still my native country.) He will oppose his country when it attacks others or seeks to destroy what makes them unique.
To quote another famous patriot Joan of Arc. “England for the English. France for the French.”
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Rachel Nichols says:
January 1, 2023 at 4:49 pm
To quote a famous Christian Pilgrim who obediently fled OUT of the Beast’s global ‘City of Destruction’: As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross that I daily take up, my patriotic-political interest in the re-United Nations of this world’s demon-cratic “City of Destruction” has been crucified, and the world’s Reset Fabian interest in me has also been crucified. Galatians 6:14
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Hello Max
You are correct about the negative side of patriotism which so often has been used by leaders to draw their nation into war.
Both Putin and Zelensky have been trained by Klaus Scheab to be ‘global leaders’ . I don’t see them as true patriots. I believe they are serving the ‘globalist agenda’ and not their own people.
I believe they will drag out this war in order to create a world food and energy crises. They are also displacing the Ukrainian people by forcing the women and children to leave Ukraine. How can Ukraine grow it’s population when the women of child bearing age have been driven out of their own country by their own leader whilst their men are left to fight a war which they can’t win. How many young men will lose their lives in this war?
I wonder how the harvest season went in Ukraine this year? was there enough manpower available to reap a full harvest ?
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Hello Anthony.
You’re right. I know Ukrainian and Russian societies from the inside, and I agree with your estimates.
Not only elites are serving the ‘globalist agenda’, but common people did so. As far as I understand, digitalization in these countries is more developed than in the West. And the vast majority of people are OK with that because it is convenient.
When shots were forced by governments (of both countries), the level of distrust in societies was pretty high. There were even some cases of resistance. Now far fewer people can understand what is going on.
Regarding the harvest, as I read, it is about 1/2 of grain crops yield-2021.
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You should have a look at 2 essays by George Orwell: Notes on Nationalism and an essay that sometimes (usually?) goes by the name H. G. Wells (it begins with 3 quotations from Wells telling people not to worry about Adolph Hitler, too OTT to get very far). Although Orwell was highly critical of nationalism, he understood that it was the only force strong enough to stop the Nazis. And he knew that the NWO’ers of the time were setting the real trap for the unwary; at one point he says something to the effect that that if we (the British) had embraced the internationalism that they were promoting, the SS would be patrolling our streets right now. So don’t dismiss patriotism even if you’re critical of some of its cruder manifestations (which are probably something other than genuine patriotism anyway).
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At present, 5.6 million people in China have not been vaccinated. Pray for the 5.6 million wise people.
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Yes, these people will probably come under pressure now as China creates another Covid crises. So, we should pray for them.
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Outstanding & timely column Leo. I’m with you all the way! This week, fortunately, I escaped the covid I had last year at this time & have been reading Patrick K. O’donnell’s “The Indispensibles.” Every other page I am talking to myself… “Look how far we’ve fallen, look at their courage, look at their sacrifice…” I thought of the youngish (20?) man who waited on me in the drive through yesterday, masked & obviously terrified (no other employee wore a mask). I have also thought about making ourselves ready. Arm, get in shape if you’re not already, prepare economically, talk to your family about the values of the formerly great America & make sure they know from which family they came!!! We’re sort of waiting for now, but there are always things we can do, especially stay mentally healthy & joyous in our lives. Because you have to have something to fight for when the time comes! Makes you stronger.
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Pray with all your might, but remember even David eventually had to pick up a stone.
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Leo , Thank you for sharing your heart in what you saw and felt in this movie . Certainly a style of your writing that we haven’t seen to often in the past . You are a gifted writer .
I can truly relate as I was once down for the count with a bout of pneumonia and thought I was on my out of this world . A temperature to the point of hallucinating and lungs filled with so much mucus that I couldn’t breath . Something about being in that condition that we draw near to God , and just like you said when we begin to feel the healing that we and others had been praying for coming we seem to wake up out of a fog with a new vigor for life .
Some really great comments as well and so here are mine . I think that when push comes to shove and its going to happen very soon, we just don’t know for sure how we will react in any given situation . I go back to the garden of Gethsemane and here we have Peter wanting to defend the truth and he had the Living truth standing beside him . Jesus says put away your sword for those who live by it will die by it . And then a little later here we have Peter again who said he was willing to die for Jesus completely denying he ever knew Him . Then we have David who was called to a warrior and slay the giant for the sake of truth because he ( the giant) was insulting his God . There are a number of other examples in the bible as well.
Bottom line , we are all called to different callings, some may have to take up the sword and some may be called to resist in a way that the Lord will show them . There is not going to be a one basic recipe for all . I think through the adversity we need to continue to be light and salt . the light only works though when it is plugged in to the Light of Lights Jesus Christ. This is a time of drawing close to Him with all of our hearts and mind . He will see us through, He promised .
Leo to you and yours , Happy New Year ! May Gods favor be upon you for health and blessings,prosperity and may he use you for His kingdom in continuing to be a watchman on the wall. And the same to all of the commenters who I have come to know in some form because of your articles.
Be blessed , Frank
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Great comment Frank, thanks for sharing. And a very Happy New Year to you and yours!
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Great comments Frank. Blessings to you as well Brother.
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Hello, Mr. Leo, how is the situation in the United States?
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Hello, Mr. Leo. How is the situation in the United States?
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If we are true christian we know that these things are are going to happen we are to obey God not men and God tells us our purpose on earth is to bring all men to Him.Being rebellious is not of God,if we have just a little in our hearts satan can use it.We are commanded to love God is Love.Most important is listening to God’s voice so many so-called christians don’t hear His voice, which God has His realm.Yes we are to hate evil but not to try to save this world from God ‘s judgment we are to work for God’s Kingdom.This is a spiritual fright for souls not a physical. Prayers and Love!
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I will rebel with every fiber of my being against the antichrist spirit and its demonic worldly system.
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I agree with you Leo. This is how Jesus sees His bride ” Who is she that looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, awesome as an army with banners ” Song of Solomon 6:10 .
We are expected to be adept at warfare as soldiers in the army of the Lord, training ourselves to fight with the weapons of our warfare mighty through God. That’s the only option open to us even if we die fighting.
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If Satan is a rebel who orders us to disobey God, then the only virtuous course of behavior is to rebel against the usurping prince. Expect to be called a “rebel” when you refuse to burn incense and say, “Caesar is lord.”
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I agree with you, Gloria. I believe that God is more concerned about the state of our souls and our hearts than He is about what kind of government we have or any other aspect of our physical lives. We are to focus on “things above and not things of the earth”. Therefore, as you state, it’s a spiritual fight for souls, and for the Kingdom of God. But also, being willing to participate in whatever He asks of you; in some cases, it will be physical action, but not cuz we must “save our country” but for whatever His reasons are for the task to which you’re called
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We have no more country anyhow. A lot of Patriots would love to string me up for stating the obvious. America officially went into her death throes in 2020.
But try persuading most conservatives of this. Especially the MAGA kind. Or the Q Anon cult. Many still holding out for Trump winning the recount (“Any day now!”) or winning in 2024. I doubt we will have the formality of elections by then.
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@ Gloria Cole December 30, 2022 at 5:17 pm
Hello Gloria I think you made some good points there.
I just don’t get this notion of Christians using violence to impose their beliefs on others.
This was the mind set of the crusaders and the inquisition who were not true Christians.
The only change acceptable to God is the change in the heart which is the work of the Holy Spirit who acts through the preaching of the gospel. It cannot be achieved by brute force.
I agree with you when you say “Yes we are to hate evil but not to try to save this world from God ‘s judgment we are to work for God’s Kingdom”
Jesus said that his kingdom is not of this world, yet so many people seek to establish Christ’s kingdom on this earth through physical force. This is the will of men and not of God, it is unscriptural and contrary to the expressed will of God.
The world is headed inexorably towards the events foretold by Christ and his apostles. We should not comply with the will of man when it is in blatant defiance of God’s expressed will. Our job is to testify to God’s truth and be faithful witnesses to Christ.
Unfortunately, Christianity has been politicised in America and is being used to hype people into the Trump type frenzy which has gained so much popularity in America.
Our battle is a spiritual one and cannot be won with guns and bullets. The devil is not bothered by a few ego maniacs and their pea shooters. But he fears Jesus Christ and his true witnesses who are the saints of God.
The time will come when many of us will be martyred for our testimony. True Christians have always suffered at the hands of men. But what appears to be defeat of the true Christians is in fact a victory which will be revealed at the coming of Christ when he judges the nations.
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I hope you know William that my rebellious spirit should not be confused with zealotry or violence. My rebelliousness is to be taken in the sense of resistance and noncompliance with evil. When all you see in our Lord is love, love, love I think you will be open to deception because your view of God is not in proper balance. Yes God is love but God is not JUST love. I’m not correcting anyone in particular, certainly not you and not even Gloria. Just thoughts I wanted to flesh out a little.
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I definitely bristled at Gloria’s remark about being rebellious. For me, the question isn’t whether or not you’re rebellious but what are you rebelling against?
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@ Leohohmann December 30, 2022 at 9:47 pm
Hello Leo, my comment to Gloria was not aimed at you. I think you always promote non violent resistance as in non compliance with the agenda of the evil globalists. I was just agreeing with “some of the points” she made in her comment.
As I’ve said before, I believe that a Christian has the right to defend his innocent family against aggressors.
But my main concern is about the likes of those gun toting Trump fans who talk about arming themselves in readiness to start a civil war etc.
And I agree that we cannot confine God to one word, i.e., ‘love’
God is also vengeful and a warrior who will avenge his saints when he returns to judge the nations.
As I said in my comment :
“But what appears to be defeat of the true Christians is in fact a victory which will be revealed at the coming of Christ when he judges the nations.”
Paul says in 2nd Thessalonians:
“6Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
7And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
9Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
10When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.”
Vengeance belongs to God who will avenge his saints at his coming.
PS. I hope you are feeling much better after your stomach bug.
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Thank you for expounding William! And yes I am gradually gaining my strength back! The cough lingers, with occasional shortness of breath, but I’m feeling worlds better than I was!
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If you liked “The Patriot” you will also like the “Free State of Jones” —
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_State_of_Jones_(film)
A blueprint of how to break free (as a collective) from the usual (diabolical) culprits that have (always) been out to destroy America and Humanity.
https://henrymakow.com/000285.html
When are the real Men going to stand up to them? It is not hard to see that they are an enemy of America and Christ.
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I saw the “Free State of Jones”. Problem I had with it was that Jones was so independent minded that he flaunted morality and became a polygamist in the movie. And it seemed that the tone of the movie approved of this. Again, the confusion as to what real freedom is as opposed to what it is NOT.
This is why we are in the mess we’re in. Morality has been junked for decades in favor of extreme individualism (such as demonstrated in the song “My Way” as sung by the demonic Sid Vicious). Our culture and order has collapsed as a result. We are not free to sin. Our true freedom is from sin, starting with our own.
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@ kayjae December 30, 2022 at 5:47 pm
Hello kayjae. I haven’t seen the movie so I wont comment on it but just to clarify that the bible doesn’t condemn polygamy
There is a verse where Paul says “2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;”
But this call to monogamy is addressed only to ‘bishops’ and does not apply to everybody else.
During wartime a country may suffer a depletion of men.
After the second world war many women were forced, unfairly to live a single life without having children through no fault of their own because of the rule of monogamy enforced by the Catholic and Protestant churches.
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There are pockets of Mormonism that would agree with that Anthony.
But in Mark 10:11-12 Jesus says that if a man divorces his wife and marries another woman he commits adultery against HER. (His first wife.) If polygamy were acceptable it would be impossible for a man to commit adultery against his first wife since the following marriage/s would be just as legitimate as his marriage to her. In Mark 10:6-9 Jesus talks about God creating marriage for 1 MALE and 1 FEMALE. Both singular and gender specific. And He says the TWO shall become ONE flesh. Hard to reconcile that with a Sister Wives scenario.
Believe me, it stinks to stay single due to lack of Christian men my age to marry. In my generation and geographical area, we outnumbered them at least 2 to 1 before we were legal adults. For whatever reason God seems to want some very godly, pious Gen X women to stay single forever. Marriage is not necessary to get into Heaven after all.
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Hello Rachel
Christ does not mention polygamy in this passage.
The subject in discussion is ‘divorce’ not ‘polygamy’
The key to Christ’s judgement on this matter is the unjust divorcing/putting away of the wife in order to take on another wife.
This makes the second marriage a violation of the first marriage because the wife from the first marriage has been violated and denied her marital rights and status which would have been a dreadful fate for a woman.
Jesus is saying that a marriage was meant to be permanent and he uses the bond between a husband and wife to emphasize the point he is making.
Look at the patriarchs like Abraham and Jacob
Abraham was married to Sarah and Hagar
Jacob was married to Leah and Rachel
So, I think that we have to be careful not to fall into the trap of imposing rules which are not biblical laws and which add to the burden of Christians.
I think that the monogamy law being imposed by the Christian churches is following in the footsteps of the Pharisees who Christ rebuked for adding their own rules to the laws of God.
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The hypothetical woman was already being cared for by another man, so the argument that he was depriving her of what she needed doesn’t fly.
The Plus Community doesn’t like the common interpretation of Mark 10 either. They argue that nowhere in the Bible/New Testament is same sex marriage forbidden. When people point out passages, they dismiss them and complain how legalistic and harsh these “unbiblical restrictions” are.
I could dig up some more passages for you to similarly dismiss but am too tired.
Churches are too complacent about multiple divorces and remarriages IMO.
Do you want a harem, Anthony?
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@ Rachel Nichols December 30, 2022 at 11:37 pm
Hello Rachel
You say:
“The hypothetical woman was already being cared for by another man, so the argument that he was depriving her of what she needed doesn’t fly.”
I say:
You are missing the point. The hypothetical woman mentioned in Mark 10:12, had NOT been unfairly put away by her husband. She in fact was guilty of putting away her husband.
“12And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.”
So, I wasn’t referring to this woman in my last comment.
The type of woman I was talking about was a woman who had been unfairly put away by her husband.
“11And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.”
Jesus is saying that it is wrong for a man to unfairly put away his wife. The reason I say “unfairly” is because in Mathew 35:31-32, Jesus gives an example of when it is fair for a man to divorce his wife.
“It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.”
You say:
The Plus Community doesn’t like the common interpretation of Mark 10 either. They argue that nowhere in the Bible/New Testament is same sex marriage forbidden. When people point out passages, they dismiss them and complain how legalistic and harsh these “unbiblical restrictions” are.”
I say:
As Christians we do not allow the opinions of unbelievers to force us into a pharisaic interpretation of the scriptures.
Mark 10:2-12, should not be dragged into a debate about homosexuality. There are other scriptures which clearly condemn homosexual behaviour.
Mark 10:2-12, is not about polygamy or homosexuality.
It is about DIVORCE!!
You say:
“Churches are too complacent about multiple divorces and remarriages IMO.”
I say :
This shouldn’t force us to take an extreme view on divorce which is not backed by the scriptures. Christ’s teaching is strict enough and is fair to the husband who has been betrayed by his wife.
We must stay focussed on what God is saying and not alter his teaching because of concerns about liberalism in society or in certain churches which you mention.
But getting back to my original comment I repeat what I said:
“the bible doesn’t condemn polygamy”
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Anthony William says:
December 30, 2022 at 6:18 pm
Heel Anthony . I must say I am little surprised with you view on this when scripture is very clear .
Matthew 5: 19 Jesus speaking , For this reason a man shall leave his mother and father and be joined to his wife ( single not plural ) and the two will become one flesh
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Anthony William says:
December 30, 2022 at 6:18 pm
sorry Anthony i meant to say, Hello
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Sorry Anthony I meant to say Hello
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Abram married his half-sister, Sarai. Afterward the Mosaic Law forbade this. It also condemned a Jacob/Leah/Rachel situation by forbidding a man from marrying two sisters even though it tacitly permitted polygamy (including divorce and remarriage.)
It said a man was obligated to sleep with his dead brother’s widow if she was childless till she conceived a son in his brother’s name. Marriage was allowed but not required according to the Kinsman Redeemer Law.
It made allowances for slavery too. And it required stoning rebellious teenagers, blasphemers, and the unchaste.
Interesting how the Law of Moses was both harsher and more permissive than what Jesus ushered in with the Sermon on the Mount.
Which is harder? Not lying in wait to kill your enemy? Or actively loving him?
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@ Rachel Nichols December 30, 2022 at 11:37 pm
Correction I meant Mathew 5:31-32, not 35:31-32
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Hello Frank
I think you are referring to Mat 19:5
When Jesus is speaking in this passage we have to understand the context in which he is speaking. So the answer that Jesus gives is limited to the question which he was asked.
He was not asked about polygamy, yet people are quoting as though was.
Here’s the question which he was asked:
“3The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?”
They didn’t ask about “wives”, they asked about a specific situation where a man decides to put away his “wife” and Jesus limits his answer to the question he was asked.
So, it is wrong to conclude that Jesus says a man cannot have more than one wife when Jesus never said any such thing. The bible does not say that a man cannot have more than one wife, so neither should we.
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@Frank M December 31, 2022 at 12:22 pm
Hello Frank
I think you are referring to Mat 19:5
When Jesus is speaking in this passage we have to understand the context in which he is speaking. So the answer that Jesus gives is limited to the question which he was asked.
He was not asked about polygamy, yet people are quoting as though he was.
Here’s the question which he was asked:
“3The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?”
They didn’t ask about “wives”, they asked about a specific situation where a man decides to put away his “wife” and Jesus limits his answer to the question he was asked.
So, it is wrong to conclude that a man cannot have more than one wife when Jesus never said any such thing. The bible does not say that a man cannot have more than one wife, so neither should we.
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Hello Rachel
Why do you keep changing the narrative.
The original point I made was that the bible does not condemn polygamy.
Sarai being Abram’s half sister has nothing to do with polygamy, neither does the fact that Leah and Rachel were sisters, have anything with polygamy.
The fact is that the bible does NOT condemn polygamy.
You seem determined to prefer the teaching of men over the teaching of God as expressed in the scriptures.
This is like what the scribes and the Pharisees did and Jesus rebuked them on many occasions. Jesus said:
“For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.”
(Mat 23:4)
The scribes and the Pharisees added their own laws to the laws of God and made it very difficult for people who were striving to live a holy life.
Jesus speaks again about the scribes and the Pharisees, Jesus says:
“But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” (Mat 15:9)
I will repeat what I said in a previous comment :
“So, I think that we have to be careful not to fall into the trap of imposing rules which are not biblical laws and which add to the burden of Christians.
I think that the monogamy law being imposed by the Christian churches is following in the footsteps of the Pharisees who Christ rebuked for adding their own rules to the laws of God.”
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@ Anthony
Hello Anthony,
You say,
So, it is wrong to conclude that Jesus says a man cannot have more than one wife when Jesus never said any such thing. The bible does not say that a man cannot have more than one wife, so neither should we.
I say , you are wrong , Jesus in Matthew 19:5 is quoting Genesis 2:24 so from the start God made it very clear that it was meant that man should have a wife not wives.
Polygamy is never sanctioned or approved in the bible. While it is true that some Old Testament champions of the faith had multiple wives it is never presented as acceptable in the eyes of God . No comment is ever made of these relationships being good.
God does not always execute His wrath for every violation of what He has already commanded clearly. There are many instances where God overlooks the sins of his people so that His purposes are carried out .
The apostle Paul in Romans 7 explicitly states that if a person is married and the spouse is still alive, to marry someone else is adultery, not a legal marriage.
Biblical examples from silence where polygamy was practiced but not directly punished or condemned are simply records of history and cannot nullify moral principles of God already revealed in scripture .
Blessings, Frank
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@ Frank M January 1, 2023 at 11:53 am
Hello Frank
You say:
“While it is true that some Old Testament champions of the faith had multiple wives it is never presented as acceptable in the eyes of God . No comment is ever made of these relationships being good.”
I say:
You should know that Jacob’s SECOND wife, Rachel was the mother of Joseph who was chosen of God above his brethren. Joseph’s two sons were designated as Jacob’s own children placing them higher than all of Jacob’s other grandchildren. Through his two sons Josephs descendants would receive a double portion when it came to the allocation of the land of Canaan.
So, Frank, your supposition is wrong.
You say:
“God does not always execute His wrath for every violation of what He has already commanded clearly. There are many instances where God overlooks the sins of his people so that His purposes are carried out .”
I say:
So, please quote to me where God has clearly commanded men not to have more than one wife!
You say:
“The apostle Paul in Romans 7 explicitly states that if a person is married and the spouse is still alive, to marry someone else is adultery, not a legal marriage.”
I say:
Again you are taking a verse of scripture out of context in an effort to fit in your false narrative.
In Romans 7:1-6, Paul is expounding on the transition from the law to a relationship with Christ.
He goes on to say:
“4Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.”
Paul is using a simple example to make his point but you have chosen to use Paul’s teaching on a separate subject in order to support your false narrative.
BTW. You might notice that Paul uses the plural when he says “ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead”
I could use this passage to argue that God favours polygamy but I wont because that is not Paul’s intention.
I will simply state yet again that “God does not condemn polygamy”
You say:
“Biblical examples from silence where polygamy was practiced but not directly punished or condemned are simply records of history and cannot nullify moral principles of God already revealed in scripture .”
I say
Nowhere in the bible does it say that polygamy is against God’s moral principles.
Stop imposing your false notions on the word of God.
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@ Anthony William says:
January 1, 2023 at 3:52 pm
Hello Anthony,
You say:
So, please quote to me where God has clearly commanded men not to have more than one wife!
I say: I did Genesis 2: 24 is as clear as it gets .
You say:
You should know that Jacob’s SECOND wife, Rachel was the mother of Joseph who was chosen of God above his brethren. Joseph’s two sons were designated as Jacob’s own children placing them higher than all of Jacob’s other grandchildren. Through his two sons Josephs descendants would receive a double portion when it came to the allocation of the land of Canaan.
So, Frank, your supposition is wrong.
I say : my supposition is not wrong , Anthony all you are doing is saying that God can make something good out of something that is wrong we know that . That’s God nature . We see it over and over in scripture . God took the sin of Adam and Eve to save humanity but that wasn’t His original intention as we read in Genesis . God created everything good it was the heart of man that destroyed it . Just because something is not condemned in scripture doesn’t make it right . Divorce was allowed because of the infidelity of man . When adultery occurs the union between the original two which became one is broken , even our own conscious tells us that .
Have a great day
Frank
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Moab was born to one of Lot’s desperate daughters who set their father drunk and did the unthinkable.
Ruth was a Moabitess. Because of her faith she figured into Jesus’ family tree.
Tamar and Judah have a juicy story as well. And Tamar is mentioned in the Messiah’s genealogy.
Still doesn’t make incest acceptable.
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@ Frank M January 1, 2023 at 5:58 pm
“24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
This verse does NOT command men not to have more than one wife.
If you read this verse in it’s context along with the accompanying verses you will see that of all the fowl and the animals which were brought to Adam, ” there was not found an help meet for him.”
So, God formed a woman from one of Adam’s ribs and brought her to him and determined that this is the partner suited to man.
“24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
In Genesis 2:18-24 we are told that the only suitable partner for a man is a woman as opposed to fowl or animals.
Obviously, Jacob obeyed this rule by only marrying women. Each of his wives was a suitable partner and each wife would become one with him in accordance with God’s design that mankind should be “fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth.”
With regard to Jacob’s two wives, God could easily have caused one of Leah’s children to be a great prophet if he wanted. But he instead chose a son of the second wife who was Rachel and he blessed Rachel with a son who he would use to save Israel.
God is not playing catch up when he chooses Rachel to be the mother of Joseph. In fact God is preferring the second over the first. He has done this before with Jacob and Esau and with Isaac and Ishmael and with Ephraim and Manasseh and of course with Jesus Christ and Adam. In the case of the Christian the carnal man is supplanted by the spiritual man showing that it is not man who chooses. It is God who chooses.
You don’t seem to believe in the predetermined will of God.
Do you really believe that God did not expect Adam and Eve to sin?
God’s salvation of his people was planned from before the foundation of the world.
Paul says we have been chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world.
Ephesians 1:4
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
This shows that God is always in control.
You seem to think that biblical events are un-foreseen by God and that he spends his time in crises mode.
The history and future of man has been foreordained by God. Joseph was able to interpret Pharaoh’s dream because the coming events were pre-planned by God.
And of course the many prophecies throughout the bible show the predetermined will of God.
You say:
“When adultery occurs the union between the original two which became one is broken , even our own conscious tells us that .
I say:
Yes I agree. This was never in dispute. But polygamy has nothing to do with divorce. In a polygamous marriage the husband has entered into a contract with both wives and has a duty to honour his commitments and to respect their rights in accordance with the terms of the contact. Polygamy is not an act of betrayal.
So, there it is. As I said before “the bible doesn’t condemn polygamy”
Take care.
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Rachel Nichols January 1, 2023 at 8:16 pm
There is a difference between incest and polygamy. God condemns incest but he doesn’t condemn polygamy.
An action is condemned when God says so and NOT when you say so.
Incest has nothing to do with polygamy.
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@ Anthony
I think you have a hard time to read between the lines and understand what people are trying to say . You have a argumentative spirit and always insist on having to be right .
Of course I know that God is not always in crisis mode and of course I know that He knew Adam and Eve would sin , Like really is that how low you have to to go win a discussion .
All that I and Rachel are trying to say is that the bible in no way endorses polygamy . But you in your in your insistent need to be right all the time you can’t see the forest through the trees.
As they would say in french , Tête dure
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@Frank M January 2, 2023 at 12:37 am
Hello Frank
You say:
“I think you have a hard time to read between the lines and understand what people are trying to say . .”
I say:
This is not about me. It is about God’s truth.
But you read too much between the lines. You over divide the scriptures by quoting single verses outside of there original context in an effort to support your false notion.
You say:
All that I and Rachel are trying to say is that the bible in no way endorses polygamy
I say:
Not true. You entered this debate by challenging my comment where I clearly said “the bible doesn’t condemn polygamy” I never mentioned the word ‘endorse’, so stop twisting the narrative. And please let Rachel speak for herself.
You say:
“You have a argumentative spirit and always insist on having to be right .
I say:
It was you who chose to weigh in on a discussion I was having with Rachel. I showed you the errors in your comments but you are not interested in the truth.
You say:
“of course I know that He knew Adam and Eve would sin , Like really is that how low you have to to go win a discussion .”
I say
Then why did you say the following:
“God took the sin of Adam and Eve to save humanity but that wasn’t His original intention ”
You are contradicting yourself. You twist and turn because you are not grounded in the truth and then you resort to personal insults when your errors are exposed.
You seem incapable of having a fair debate so I wont waste any more debating this topic with you.
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@Anthony
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@Rachel Nichols
Hello Rachel,
I apologize for mentioning you in my comment , Anthony is right you can speak for yourself
You say:
All that I and Rachel are trying to say is that the bible in no way endorses polygamy
I say:
Not true. You entered this debate by challenging my comment where I clearly said “the bible doesn’t condemn polygamy” I never mentioned the word ‘endorse’, so stop twisting the narrative. And please let Rachel speak for herself.
Oh and just for the record , one of the opposites of condemn is endorse
Blessings , Frank
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Well done, Mr. Hohmann. Thank you for a message which I believe was inspired by the good spirit.
As a proud veteran, a SAR member, and an ordained servant of the Lord Jesus Christ, I already own the uniform that indicates my allegiance in the past, present, and future struggles of good versus evil. But owning the uniform and wearing the uniform are two very different things.
Your words have served as a reminder that I need to make sure I am always unafraid and unashamed to wear it.
I have always had a rebellious nature. What I find ironic is that as a younger man, my rebellion was mostly against established norms that I now know we’re basically good, whereas these days my rebellion is against established norms that I am convinced are basically evil.
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exactly
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Great article and great comments! I have been beating that drum for a decade now. It is the west that is in a mess mostly. Many don’t realize that the church has been infiltrated to weaken it and prepare it to accept the beast system. It is a form of warfare as well; covert infiltration while the people are unaware. I could go on for a week about all that I learned on that research journey that the Lord took me on. It is so late in the game now and most have not heeded the warnings and remain in slumber as the storm clouds have gathered.
One thing I will mention is that the current church system is designed to make weak Christians, fair weathered followers, temporary dabblers, lukewarm Laodiceans, those who are superficial in commitment, only in it for perceived benefits and goodies such as ‘wealth,’ and will turn and run at the drop of a pin at the slightest sign of discomfort let alone actual peril.
When you study the rise of the nazi’s in Europe you see the pattern that repeats its cycle like a wave throughout history. I see the same thing again today. I will use a made up example that will cover cases in the recent past, present, and near future.
Consider Bob. Bob is the typical American guy. He has a job in a big company, has a mortgage payment, and a family. He goes to church and considers himself to be a Christian because he said a prayer many years ago at one of those big events. He plays golf with his work buddies. He watches sports with some of his buddies from church. He lives a comfortable life. He has all his insurance and retirement packages in place. One kid is in college and the other in a private school. There are several cars in the driveway and more toys in the garage.
All was rolling along smoothly until Bob was hit right between the eyes out of the blue. His boss wanted everyone to take the jab. Bob knew enough from some at church to not want it. He saw his whole life orbiting around him if he did not comply…. his income… his house… his kid’s education… his reputation…. his comfort zone. After asking around he found out about the ‘religious exemption’ and applied for it. He prayed about it and he ended up getting the exemption. Whew! He wiped the sweat off his forehead and kept on moving through life. Half a year later…. his boss announced that he is paying for the whole company to go to Las Vegas to see a drag show. Oh my heavens! Not again! Bob told his boss that he was not comfortable with going because of his values. His boss gave him a hard time about it and then finally let it go. Wow. Another bullet dodged! Bob thanked the Lord and went back to his everyday life. Well a few months later…. his boss announced to the whole company that he was sending everyone to one of those ‘diversity and inclusion’ trainings and that there would be no excuses for not going. Bob started panicking again. The boss made subtle hints in the hallway that Bob caught in passing that this had to do with ‘certain people’ declining to go to the drag show a few months back. Bob started wishing he had just ‘come down with the flu’ at the last minute instead of telling his boss the real reason. Too late now. So here was Bob, with a fork in the road. If he chose not to attend, he would be fired. He could get a lawyer but more and more companies were having these trainings and it might be hard to win a case, and it could be costly. He could look for another job, but he was already 50 and this was the only job he had in 25 years and his boss was not about to give him a good reference to new prospective employers, not to mention the job market was not great right now. He would lose his house, his new car, his oldest would have to drop out of college or work his way through, the youngest would have to leave private school right in the middle and be dropped into public school. His wife would not be happy. He would lose his friends at work, his reputation, his comfortable life, his pensions, and so on. If he chose to attend, he would have to sit through a tirade of lecturing about what a big ‘bigot’ people like him were for not wanting to go see drag queens prance around in pink tutus with hairy legs and high heels, he would have to sign a document stating that he agrees with their values instead of his own, and basically apologize for his previous stand, tail between his legs, spine under his arm, and pride in the waste basket in the corner of the conference room. He could not face himself in the mirror after that, let alone face the Lord and His disapproving stare the next time he prayed. (Matt. 10; 32-33)
So, what does Bob do? That is the choice most people are either facing or going to face in the near future. That is the choice that the citizens of Germany had to face under the nazi tyranny. That is the choice the Russians faced under Stalin. The enemy knows it. And he has most people by the billiards over it too. It is the same fork in the road faced by the early church in the shadow of caesar all the way up through history. The reality is that many caved and cowered under the pressure. But… not all. What made the resisters different? They were willing to self sacrifice. They had put themselves and all they had on God’s altar. They had put the cross before them and the world behind them. They had avoided entanglements in the world and with its snares and chains. They had counted the cost. They were determined to carry their cross daily, no matter the cost. They were willing to let it all go at a moment’s notice if they had anything. They had enshrined Jesus on the throne of their hearts, and there was room for none other. If they had all been like that, there would have been an army of resisters that the nazi’s would have been no match for. But there were few. And the devil knows it. He pits them against each other in divide and conquer schemes. He pits society against them and labels them the ‘enemy.’ There are so few of us, there is an easy target on our backs. We won’t win the territory. But we will not lose our soul if we resist evil and remain steadfastly anchored in good and righteousness. The victory has already been won by Christ. When He returns, He crushes the antichrist kingdom and sets up His kingdom. None can do it for Him. He will claim what He has won. The only Normandy beach we face is the battle for our own soul. So Bob, what will it be? Gain the whole world and lose your soul? Or lose the whole world and gain your soul? That fork in the road? It’s coming!
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Blandina, none of the Christians I know offline see anything immoral about the shots. In fact, my family believes they are good for people and God has blessed us with modern medical science to prevent sickness and death. That I’m rejecting something beneficial out of silliness. Those who reject it do so on the basis of health rather than moral grounds.
I tried telling my family how live babies have had their organs harvested to make it but was told that was just a conspiracy theory. (I got it from Life Site News.)
Frustrating how so few Christians know the evils modern medicine and pharmaceuticals are capable of. They believe that mind altering drugs are “lifesaving medications” even while decrying the kind purchased on the street.
The church people nagged me for decades to “obey doctors’ orders” and “take your meds instead of being stupid. Science has proven your brain has a chemical imbalance.
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Check out 7:40:00 min in for Stanley Plotkin admitting to 76 aborted babies being used to develop 1 vaccine.
https://odysee.com/@VaxxedWorld:d/Stanley-Plotkin-Deposition—Full-Audio-Video:2
The full 9 hours is very informative.
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I decided that, for me, it would be sinful to take the covid shots because I would be complicit in the evil agenda which is killing and maiming. I have been extremely disappointed in religious leaders who complied, and urged others to comply, without doing any research. I offered Dr. Peter McCullough’s book to a Bible teacher who has stayed injuries are rare. He declined, saying this is divisive and he doesn’t want to get involved. He’s already involved! He urged his class to get boosted and lied about the potential harm.
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Not sure that counts as lying. He’s ignorant and passing on lies made up by others. Anne, so very few Christians have taken a stand against psychiatry.
The majority think they’re being kind by relaying on the “chemical imbalance” myth invented by marketing teams working for Big Pharma.
They urge members to take mind altering drugs and claiming they are effective treatments for “scientifically proven brain diseases” such as depression, mood swings, odd beliefs, bizarre or sinful behaviors.
They shame people who disobey “doctors’ orders” and try to live drug free. Why? There are a number of books out there they could read and sites pointing out the corruption in pharmaceutical industries and the lies psychiatry is based upon. (No bio markers. Higher recovery rates with no help at all. Etc.)
Instead they have encouraged countless people over the decades to harm themselves physically and spiritually and ruin their lives.
Why? They don’t know because they don’t care.
And medicine and drugs help the well-heeled members earn comfortable livings with disposable income they can contribute to the church. Best not to inquire to hard into corruption of the industry.
This blind spot is causing a wreck which might have otherwise been prevented. Tragic.
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The man you describe is a false teacher, which Jesus said in Matthew 24 would abound in the last days apostate church. I hope he doesn’t claim to be pro life because that makes him a hypocrite on top of a false teacher.
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Profound comment Blandina. I hope every reader of my article also takes the time to read and contemplate your real-world example here and the implications of seemingly small decisions throughout life that end up coming back to bite us as Christians. I’m starting to think that very few people can handle wealth and still emerge on the other side uncompromised.
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Wow. You nailed it. The scary part is how many not only go along with it all, but how they’ve turned on those who don’t and become emboldened in their mob mentality.
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All I can say is, WOW!! THANK YOU Mr. Hohomann and 1blandina for your straightforward, call to action words of advice and alarm. I have travelled all over this globe and without a doubt Americans think/act like the most entitled, leave it to everybody else people on the planet. Americans have brought a lot of this upon themselves because of their “I’m not going to get involved; leave it to somebody else” attitude. Kudos to you both for having the hoodsfa (SP?) to stand up for righteousness, standing shoulder to shoulder for “the cause”!
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Outstanding!
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RE: The only Normandy beach we face is the battle for our own soul. So Bob, what will it be? Gain the whole world and lose your soul? Or lose the whole world and gain your soul? That fork in the road? It’s coming!
Christ’s virgin Bride daily faces persecution for not faithfully complying with Freemasonry’s technocratic Fabian effort to digitally mark and socially secure humanity’s souls, enslaving them within the Fourth Reich’s UN Global Village. So Bob, what will it be? Proudly take up Uncle Sam’s militant sword to idolatrously gain the whole world and eternally lose your Socially Secured soul? Or passively take up your daily cross by which Socialism’s Secured new world order is crucified to you and gain Christ’s eternal life? So…what does God say about this divisive spiritual fork in the road, to the Left—Socialism’s Broadway leading the Devil’s many digitally-marked chattel down to destruction, and ascending to the Right—the narrow path leading the small remnant of Christ’s Bride into Heaven? The Lord Jesus divisively proclaimed: “No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” Luke 16:13
But far be it from me to boast [in anything or anyone], except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. Galatians 6:14
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Hallelujah,Thank You Brother well said..
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Good analogy of the dilemma of a christian. What we really have to be willing to do is to live a simpler, more “self-sufficient” lifestyle, making a living under the radar, rather than going for the gold by being in the system. That’s really tough in America, where our parents and culture teach us to reach for the stars. My husband is in business for himself, so he is not subject to the system, but he doesn’t make nearly as much money as he would within a corporation. Were just as happy.
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Embracing austerity now will prepare us for what lies ahead.
How many will wind up in the Beast System Network of Babylonia just because they wanted to believe the American dream (or western dream) was still possible? That the ugly truth was too painful to accept?
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Leo,
My grandmother was a Marion and a direct granddaughter of Francis Marion. She would tell me stories as a kid about him while my granddad would tell me stories about Stoneman’s Cavalry who ravaged the Carolina’s. My grandmother died while I was in Iraq serving the Rockefellers. Their cabal instigated all three of those wars and the one we are in now.
Yet, we will defeat them. The demons will ultimately lose. There are enough of us out there worldwide who have figured this out and understand the spiritual nature of this fight. We were born for these times. Ruck up. God and his legions of angels are waiting.
I suggest watching “For Greater Glory”and read “The Guillotine and the Cross”, about the Marxist/Freemasonic attacks against the church in Mexico and France, respectively.
Hard times don’t last, hard men do.
God bless you.
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Wow! Thank you John. Will definitely be checking out those two sources. God bless you brother!
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According to the Bible, the time will not be long.
I believe something very beautiful lies ahead.
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@ Rachel Nichols December 30, 2022 at 5:06 am
So, what are you expecting?
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“Fear not! Be strong and of good courage, nor be ye dismayed for, I, your Lord God goes before you and will fight for you!”
How many times does our Bible and our God tell us this? We must listen and believe and obey and, as Leo has said, be ready to “fix bayonets” and do our part — to do less is to dishonor God and lose our souls.
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Sorry to hear you’ve had a real bout of it Leo! And yeah ,going through stuff like that can sure bring about epiphanies… I had outpatient knee surgery yesterday for a torn meniscus ,kind of a weird experience. Now for the recovery part, painful. Yes, it gives lots of time for thinking…
Let me know if you do an interview on this article; I’d like to hear you expound on this “in person”….
BTW: in Washington state to get outpatient surgery I did have to wear the fake little mask as my ticket in the door. I needed the knee surgery. I did not take a substance into my body. I did talk take the mark. But shame on me? Just curious.
Blessings! Kira
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Hello Kira. I was referring to those young strong men I see prancing around town with face diapers, not those in a predicament like you just found yourself yesterday. Get well soon!
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Our dentist still makes us wear a mask! Then once we go back into the office, it’s open wide. He’s a very nice man, says he “follows the science” but I’m wondering where the science is in this? I’m in PA, where people voted for Fetterman so there’s that.
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Hi Jill , well I doubt they “voted” for Fetterman… Dominion has dominion!
Sadly , my surgeon who is a very gentle spirited man, kind hearted, is all in with the shots. He doesn’t push them, he knows I am resolutely UNvaxxed, but he’s bereaved at his mother’s death 10 days ago (she was probably about 80) and blames it on her not getting the shot because she died of “Covid.” All I could do in that pre-op moment was give him much compassion, but I think for my postop I’m going to take to him 2 books as a gift: Died Suddenly, by Edward Doud, and Turtles All the Way Down ,edited by Mary Holland. Pray for me re how to approach that as I give him those gifts while still showing much compassion for the loss of his mother.
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Thanks for clarifying, Leo! I was hoping that would be the case. I also value the movie, The Patriot, and I appreciate your deep assessment of it as an analysis of the battles we are now facing, and the different metaphorical modes for fighting that battle. The lessons pulled are important ones, and deep, but I’m on pain meds so I need time to wrap my mind around them – – hence my hope of hearing you in an interview! Lol!
God bless!!
Kira 🙂
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@ Kira December 30, 2022 at 5:13 pm
“All I could do in that pre-op moment was give him much compassion, ”
A wise decision, Kira. Upsetting the man may have caused his scalpel hand to go a little shaky. You don’t want an upset man standing over you with a scalpel in his hand. 🤣
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😂 Good point! “Honey, I think he did the wrong knee!” 🤣
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Correction: *I did NOT take the mark* (not as if it’s here to take ha ha).
I thought I proofed this, but it’s a dangerous thing to be commenting publicly when one is on pain meds… oy veh! By the way I thought I was sending a personal email; I’m so embarrassed!
Anyway, there’s a lot more depth to what you’re saying here, Leo , and I want to wrap my mind around it.
There hasn’t been a lot of teaching regarding not only the spiritual warfare aspect as it applies here, but the physical resisting and what that’s going to look like in a 2A USA ,as long as that lasts anyway…
How far do we go to resist tyranny? And things are certainly different from when it was musket for musket ,cannon for cannon , bayonet for bayonet in the Revolutionary War and what the common people had on hand.
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Also my mistake: the book is called “Cause Unknown: the epidemic of sudden deaths in 2021 and 2022,” by Edward DOWD… (had spelled his name wrong too!) I think I’m done for now before I get into some real trouble!! lol
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thanks for clarifying, Kira! My brow furrowed when I read “I took the mark” cuz it wasn’t consistent with the rest of your comments. Hope you’re convalescing well.
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Great article, well done. Sounds like you have personally been “in the grease.” Normalcy bias is tough for civilians to shake off. On fear of being criticized, “if you’re not catching flack, you are not above the target.” We traded dignity and independence for social acceptance. People in sandals and pajamas with AK47s and RPGs won in Vietnam and A-Stan, while we had armor, artillery, air superiority and satellite technology. “The Greatest Generation” from the Great Depression and WWII has passed away. They gave us safety, prosperity and taught us how to be frugal. We traded that for complacency, apathy, sloth, pride, and being wasteful of time and income. Since no one gets out alive, if you find yourself being on death’s ground, remember that God knew before we were born when He would call us home. So live it for His glory.
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Thank you Mr H, this article found me in a despairing mood, most of the men around me have once again become comfortable and are unwilling to see the big picture of this war waging on us now. Sharpening myself spiritually will hopefully bear fruit , I pray for the fortitude to not faint in combat . May God bless you and all your readers.
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Thank you M. Perez for those kind words. You will stand strong!
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I’ve read a lot of histories about the persecution of the Russian Orthodox during the Soviet era and there are many stories of those who were martyred or imprisoned for the faith (thousands of them) in those years. In my opinion, the history of their experience under an utterly savage totalitarian regime determined to exterminate Christianity is a deep lesson in Christian resistance and endurance for our times.
One of my most favorite Orthodox saints of that era is St. Luke of Simferopol and Crimea (1877-1961), a famous doctor and surgeon from before the Russian Revolution, who served as a surgeon during the Russo-Japanese war, WWI and WWII, and as an archbishop to his flock wherever he was sent in exile. Like many of his Orthodox contemporaries, he was much persecuted by the Soviets, enduring prison, beatings, torture, exile—generally much suffering throughout his life, yet he remained steadfastedly Christian throughout, evangelizing Christian and communist alike, and serving humanity as a dedicated doctor, despite the ill-treatment and ingratitude of the communists. I found his story very inspiring and it shows what a true and honorable Christian can consistently accomplish despite dire circumstances and extreme hostility in a particularly grim totalitarian era. It is this kind of person I wish to emulate to meet the dark times we face ahead. My step-father, a country doctor, was much like this man in many respects in his dedication to his patients, so that’s partly why this saint interests me so much. This book of his life I found inspiring https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6040781-the-blessed-surgeon
Or watch this short documentary on his life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtiiforcVLw
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I’ve already thought about this. I am prepared to lose everything material in order to save my soul. I will not comply with the beast system even if I lose my life.
Eternity is a long time, and what happens there depends on choices made in this short life.
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Great article! One of my favorite movies too, but never thought of it in spiritual battle terms.
Here’s the rub… at least here in the U.S., for the most part, Christians live comfortable lives. We’ve fixed up our homes, have decent cars, have food on the table, and stay mostly below the radar hoping no one notices we’re different. We don’t want to be doxxed with queer people protesting in front of our house, or possibly burning it down with us in it. So, are we willing to give it all up for Christ if we’re called to do so? Do we REALLY believe He’ll take care of us? Do we fear possible martyrdom and death?? These are mostly rhetorical questions at this point, but something to think about at like the hero in this movie, we will eventually be forced to take a stand. Do we take the Lord at His Word, or not? Is He really our Rock and fortress, a very present help in trouble?
Take this time to evaluate where you stand with the Lord.
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Excellent comment Wayne. Thanks for sharing.
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Very true. We have to be willing to give up everything for Christ, including our homes and our families. People don’t respond well when I say something like that.
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Do we joyfully take up our daily cross and obey the Lord’s holy commandment in Revelation 18:4, or not? Is He really the Rock and fortress of our eternal security, a very present help in trouble? Take this time to evaluate where you stand with the Lord in His virgin Bride. Are you a wise virgin, such as John Bunyan’s Christian Pilgrim, who has obediently come out of Sodom’s global-UN ‘City of Destruction’ and its harlot (501c3) Laodicean Church? Or will you be among the foolish self-willed virgins, who do not take the Lord at His Word, whose digitally-marked souls are enslaved as dependent wards within Fabian-Socialism’s eugenic Security System?
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All valid questions we should be asking ourselves, now!
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This was excellent. I’m not sure exactly what it means for this 75 year old woman, but I’m using words to hopefully wake people up. Sometimes people find that offensive. Fine, I can love them regardless. One thing I’ve found is that when I’m supposed to do something specific, the Lord lets me know what it is and gives me a sense of urgency.
Like Benjamin, many will wake up only when the fight comes to their homes and loved ones. I’ve never watched the movie but will do so now.
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75 year old women can get away with more than most. Take full advantage of that dear Kay!
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Not sure 3% is enough for this style of warfare Leo.
If they were using obvious weapons on us–bombs, drones, parachuters with guns dropping out of the sky–everyone would know we were invaded. Most patriots say, “We’ve still got our guns.” And thank God they live in such a wonderful, free country.
Stretching the supply chain till it snaps, regulating/taxing everything but corporate monopolies out of business, destroying family farms with the so-called green agenda, disguising bioweapons as safe and effective medical care, using conveniences to spy on us, replacing currency with the CBDC. We can’t shoot our way out of these problems.
We need more of a Gandhi approach to much of this. A lot of his civil disobedience was about economic independence.
Part of the frustration is that there seems to be no course of action outlined for resisters.
Glad you are doing better. I noticed you hadn’t posted for a while.
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Thanks Rachel. You are absolutely correct if we are talking about the physical realm but in this particular article I’m not addressing that realm. I’m addressing more of what’s going on in the unseen spiritual realm. I know, it’s a little different from my usual way of writing.
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I actually needed this today. Spent the past 2 days crumbled in fear…which really just angered me at the same time. Woke up refreshed (thank God) and then saw this first thing, which is just what I needed. I’m still scared, not going to lie, but it doesn’t have me pinned down. One thing I hate is a bully.
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@ Jill December 30, 2022 at 2:15 pm
Hello Jill, It’s normal to feel a bit scared. Just remember that it’s Christ in you who will give you the strength to cope when the challenges come. So, just focus on today’s challenges as best you can and don’t get too preoccupied with the future.
I hope this helps.
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Thank you Leo and again my favorite hymn ” Onward Christian Soldiers “
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God Bless You Leo and I’m glad that you are starting to feel better! We Need You here as you tell it like it is and a real Fighter for Truth, and for Jesus! 2023 probably won’t be an easy ride, but if we go at together we are stronger and with God and His Son on our side, then Who can be against us? God Bless and watch over You Leo!
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Thank you, Sir Leo!
I needed this.
Glad you are feeling better.
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Amen brother Leo! We are Christian soldiers in God’s Army and quite peculiar, set apart. We are HIS and nothing can remove us from Him, not even death! When I got sick some months back, it has a humbling impact and has a way of “resetting” the inner man. The battles come in many forms, even teaching little children in Sunday school.
God is with us,
Jeff Bayard Website Content Manager Virginia Christian Alliance https://vachristian.org/ ________________________________
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“Resetting the inner man.” Very well put Jeff.
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Jeff Bayard December 29, 2022 at 7:25 pm
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God speed to all.Why did God throw Satan Out of Heaven?Jesus tells us to
walk in the spirit and if we are we will be led to do what he wants us to do and yes laying our life down, protecing our family but most people have anger issue that is led by their flesh and are not led my their spirit…That was my point.Prayers
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