Today is Memorial Day and we get caught up in thinking about soldiers and warriors who sacrificed everything for our (freedom, safety, sovereignty, lifestyle, etc.) benefit. We’re all aware of the various conflicts and the human cost of them, and we’d like to think of the sacrifices of the fallen to be for some iteration of our well-being. My neighbor spent a day this past week down at one of the local cemeteries placing flags over the graves of veterans, and his work is duly noted as a reverent act of memorial dedication to our military heroes as is fitting for the occasion. There are festivities in communities all over the country in honor of our soldiers, in fact, as on every Memorial Day, I’m wearing a printed t-shirt with a picture of a distant cousin who died in Japanese captivity after enduring the savage Bataan Death March in the Philippines in WWII.
With all the recognition taking place today, there’s probably not a lot I could offer in the way of testimonials that isn’t already being told, so I would like to dedicate this post to another cadre of fallen warriors who should be recognized. These martyrs are after all, the very people who sacrificed their lives in furtherance of the entire future of mankind. I’m speaking, of course, of the great men of God who made it their mission in this life to impart faith and honor of God to the rest of us. Men like Saint Peter, the great apostle to whom Jesus Christ appointed the maintenance of the whole Christian Covenant. According to Christianity.com and as is believed throughout the world of faith, Peter died as a result of his crucifixion in Rome, but there is no definitive evidence. When Nero was the Roman leader, it is believed that he had Peter crucified. Some have said that Peter asked not to be crucified the same way Christ was because he didn’t think he was worthy, so they crucified him upside down, but again there’s no proof. I think it can be safely presumed that Peter died for his faith in Christ, for at one time during Jesus’ time here, Jesus had told Peter, [John 21:18]: “‘Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.’”, and following that, He said, “Follow Me”, believed to be signifying that Peter would be executed by crucifixion.
One of my favorite fallen heroes of battle is John the Baptist. Although mention of John is minimal in the Scriptures, he was nevertheless one of – if not the – greatest supporter of Jesus Christ in all Christendom. John wasn’t afraid to speak up when he saw something going on that needed attention, even to the extent of publicly calling out Herod for marrying his brother’s wife. Since Herod was the tetrarch, or king, of that part of Israel, he eventually had John taken captive and Herod’s wife, apparently stung by John’s accusations, schemed to put him to death, which Herod finally did. John was beheaded, but in his life, he had made it known to his followers (and everyone else) that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, and he never backed down from his faith. John was born and raised as a poor pauper who lived on the bare minimum of sustenance and wore clothes made of camel hair. But John the Baptist was a dyed-in-the-wool true servant of God. John was the one who had the supreme honor of baptizing Jesus Christ Himself! Jesus commended John to the disciples by saying that no greater man had ever been born of woman than John the Baptist, so coming from Jesus, you gotta believe John was the real deal. A true martyr of Jesus Christ.
The apostle Paul was a disciplined adherent of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. A good portion of the New Testament was written, or transcribed letters of instruction in the faith by Paul, nee Saul and prior to his Christian conversion, a rabid persecutor of Christ’s followers. Paul was on the receiving end of a powerful vision of Jesus which actually left him temporarily blind, but which also got his attention so that he became one of Jesus’ most ardent supporters, and became the apostle assigned to preach to the Gentiles. Again, there’s no proof, but is widely believed to have been beheaded in Rome, probably at the behest of Nero and around the same time as Peter’s execution. Another valiant warrior for Christ worthy of remembrance.
James, the brother of Jesus was reportedly beaten to death or thrown from the pinnacle of the temple. James the brother of John was slain by the sword on orders from Herod Agrippa. In fact, all of the original disciples of Jesus are thought to have died violent deaths, primarily because of their faith in Christ, with the notable exception of Judas Iscariot, who committed suicide, and John, son of Zebedee and brother of James who apparently died of natural causes.
In addition to the disciples and prophets, there have been innumerable heroes of this great battle, guys like St. Francis of Assisi, Deidrich Bonhoeffer, the early prophets, and so many more. Early Christians were slaughtered wholesale at the hands of the Romans – many times for spectator sports. It’s important to note that most of them died at the hands of violent men for their faith in Jesus Christ.
By all means get out today and show your respect and support for our fallen soldiers; they deserve no less. But keep in mind the other warriors who gave their all to ensure you had the opportunity to be saved from this world of war and trouble. And give some thought to exactly what their cause was that was so important to them that they were willing to lay everything on the line for you and me. Your understanding (and acceptance) of what they were willing to die for was worth it to them. Think about it.
May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.
I was walking in the wood late in evening, enjoying wild birdsong and dining on a delicious landscape of somber hardwood seasoned with a dash of savory ice on branches now long bereft of rattling leaves, and as I approached a stream of hard and silent water, there boldly came an apparition upon my reverie. It was an ageless man of whom I felt no dread, yet anticipation of his purpose consumed any thought I might entertain to ignore or depart from him.
It was plain from his dress and demeanor that he was a soldier, adorned in a crisp blue long coat with the boldest of black threefold hats. His trousers were of white cotton and bore no scratch or mark of his trek in the wood, nor were any brass buttons missing from his breast. Perplexion was fixed upon his countenance as he stared at me and in his presence, strange thoughts of shame of long-endured passivity weighed heavily on my bearing. “From whence”, said he, “do ye hail, who so casually tread this wood? Is it not the same land upon which I, among thine forbears and fathers shed my blood to provide thee with a sacred and free republic?”
Fright, not at his presence, but at his seeming insistence for answer, overwhelmed my heart as I could but stammer words that might be interpreted that, indeed, this was a continuum of that hallowed land. As I stood in awe of such bewilderment as he displayed, it came to me that he wept silently as he spoke words which pierced my heart with arrows from a former time, a time when this nation was but in it’s youth. “Doth not the same God redeem thy souls, is not the Savior of man the same in this day as He of long ago? Hast thy people forgotten the valor with which we of hope and incredible vigor and relying on Providence braved deadly volleys of rank musket and cannon balls to gain thy sovereignty and prosperity? How then, has an evil enemy so stealthily crept upon, and forsooth, overtaken this nation today?”
“This is a place beyond that land which you secured,” at last spake I, “As years passed, lesser men of lesser heart appeared, gained status endowed of evil by mammon, and came tempted, as knowledge of vast tracts beyond the nation you knew, came about, by great deceit and dishonor, to wrest from rightful owners the abundant and fruitful lands beyond that which your army secured.” As my confidence waxed, I continued, “He of Providence was denied, yet might of weapons from whence malicious heat from the forges of Satan’s armouries had not yet dissipated, were put to use to diminish, to defeat and yea, to slay those by whom fair title was claimed.”
“As scores of years became centuries, all but the Creator forgot the wicked abrogation of treaties once foreordained to be honored as leaders continued in moral decline, and colonial appropriation of lands and nations increased the world over, but especially in his nation – descendants of those peoples with whom your leaders treated were slain and imprisoned and vanished into memory. Indeed, the banner under which your drums sounded amid the blue-white smoke of cannon is changed now, by many added insignias to that number of thirteen by which your blood gained liberty.
“Must thee and thy progeny, therefore, be thus accursed as to receive upon thyself such waxing theft and murder as this which ye bear witness and yet lift not thy hand to resist? In mine years, would neither citizen nor soldier deign approach the Almighty Creator for prayer belabored with such cowardice weighed upon his conscience. And now in another place ye witness again the theft of lands and slaughter of rightful owners and say nought for fear.”
“I shall now return whence I have dwelt nigh four and a half hundreds of years and once more watch, share tears with those with whom I served, for my own blood and that of my companions, forbears of yesteryear, that ye should so lightly and cowardly abandon, yea and forsake, the sovereignty of this land for which we fought and died. Farewell, yet still pray thee for thy long-ignored want of Providence.” As his last words sadly reached my ears, he began to walk away as he cried now aloud, slowly and completely evaporated into the woodland, but his wailing cries echoed, and if one listens, especially on days when those who purport to lead us slavishly perform acts of obeisance to – and among – our enemies, his piteous cries can still be heard.
(Another previously posted article being republished – hopefully for Spiritual inspiration for the reader)
Pray, beloved child of God, your prayer in sadness, silence and wonder for He patiently waits in silent and peaceful places where He watches for wholesomeness of heart, even – and especially – on somber mornings of clouded silence. His gaze is ever upon your humility and compassion, for the blessing he desires to visit upon you is predicated on these. Keep your own eyes to those fellow travelers endowed flush with righteous purpose and bestowed with wisdom; emulate such as you may be able and as your spirit allows. Surely the Creator will rest His mighty hand on your hope, for shipwrecked ever become ambitions elsewise, although it may seem not so for now. With purity of heart, keep your sanctuary of solitude in His reach. For it is but with purity of heart that we may behold Him.
Take shelter there and trust your tears go not unheeded, that your despondent mourn is indeed regarded by the Master, whose abundant presence ever awaits your return to that burning bush in your place of solitude. Weep then, loudly if at all – fervently cry for mercy and for justice – for assuredly He gives pause to those hopeless, woeful echoes such as fill the heavenly censer. As surely as the morning star arises from a pale dawn of twilight to beckon your spirit, encouragement such as may be rightfully and fruitfully gained from His compassion and wisdom shall blossom from the very despair you presently endure. From eternity itself, incomprehensible peace shall indeed reveal to you His presence and the depths of His love.
Go then, to your fortress of solitude, that simple haven chosen by you among strewn leaves beneath oaken boughs where your tears as rivulet testimonials entreat His presence into your spirit to lift, to promise of eternal hope, eternal life, eternal love. Consider always your burden as a blessing, through all awaiting sorrow and trepidation to which you must return from this sanctuary of tranquility ere you suffer the beastly conflict once more and with such steadfastness as you are gifted. You need not face it alone. Reap and gather courage here, then embrace it as you return to that life of need and poverty. With passion, regard such destitution as His grace to you, for the wealthy ever deny themselves purity of faith. Consider the patch on your garment as witness of travail you’ve endured in humble determination to remain faithful in the tempest. The wealthy cannot fathom a need of fortress against those merciless winds blowing covetousness and impurity upon the dark, endless paths they travel. Such need is never regarded as they dwell within ornate decadence of realms unknown to you, but trust that unfamiliarity is for your benefit. They have no place to pray. They have no place to weep.
Few souls among the multitudes of the uncompassionate whose hearts are laden with envy and desires of the flesh – sadly so few – shall ever come to know the blessing to be had spending time and tears of despondence in His presence. Burdened with such pursuits of vanity as they carry, they deny themselves the incredible grace that awaits their presence in those humble silent places where Jesus Christ seeks to meet them! To mend them. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Walk upright, holding the hem of His garment through each emerging shadow and understand that misfortune befalls every soul, therefore find that sacred place and avail yourself of an instance to pray. And as need demands, to spend tears.
If the Almighty awaits our fellowship beneath forest boughs in a misty wood or within a secluded glen among rocks on a mountainside – a meeting place where thoughts and tears are spilled before Him, there go I. If we must shun the allure of worldly lust and desire so that we may be comforted in such places where it is meet to tearfully implore the mercy and compassion of Jesus Christ, there go I. If I might find that place where God abides awaiting the piteous cries of the needy and destitute so that there I too may be blessed – blessed indeed to be one with fellow sojourners in poverty and tears in the sanctity of His Holy Spirit – there, in poverty and purity of heart and by any means, go I.
The following post was previously published in April 2024 and is one of a few I salvaged before my recent website overhaul in which I deleted several years worth of earlier work. This one was kinda special for me and I hope y’all enjoy it.
There’s a creek running across the property that comes from up in the woods. It starts up on the neighbor’s land high up the ridge and empties into the big creek in the bottom of the holler. The resident old-timer out here says there was an old sawmill up there, somewhere close to where the neighbor’s property and our land meet, but there’s no sign of it today. There’s an old, galvanized tub in the creek bottom where I suspect the mill might have been, but I don’t have any idea whether that rusty old tub had anything to do with a sawmill, but who knows? Anyways, whether it did or not, it’s the only sign of anything man-made out there.
I like to walk up there and enjoy the serenity – it’s one of those places where you can chill out and get your thoughts together – and enjoy the company of Jesus. He’s always there to hang out with me and listen to my problems and accept my thanks for the place, but mostly He’s just simply there. And that’s more than a mouthful to try and get across to a person who doesn’t know Him. It’s hard to explain, this faith I have, but it’s real. If you haven’t experienced His wonderful presence, don’t let any more of your life pass by without getting to know Him. You will never regret a moment of it.
One day – and I’m pretty sure it’s going to be soon – we’re going to see Him return in all of His glory. Most of us have a vision of Him as a lowly carpenter, a preacher with no wealth or standing in society, but trust me when He comes back, the world is in for the biggest shock of all time. Our Savior will be the most glorious, powerful figure you could ever imagine. Although everyone on earth will be completely awestruck, unimaginable fear will overwhelm the hearts of all who denied Him. At the moment we see him, we will realize just how puny all of our weapons – in fact, all of the pursuits and accomplishments of mankind through all of history – really are. The very skies will be opened in a flash of dazzling brilliance as multitudes of angels fill the whole realm of space, time, and thought. It will be huge! Incredible lightning, thunderous voices of fearsome angels will resound and echo across the universe, and a Savior come to claim His own and exact vengeance upon all who chose to be servants of the stranger who has wreaked havoc on His people for all the years. It will be a fearsome thing to fall into the hands of the living God!
As I stroll through the peaceful, silent woods, I think of the contrast on that day when human beings, those who survive the horrors of tribulation, flaming hailstones, pestilence, disease, war, and all of the other horrors that will have been unleashed upon humanity, will literally cry out – some in fear, but some few in sheer delight and relief. Amid scenes of destruction and horror that the mind cannot fathom, mighty men will scurry into their holes in the earth in piteous and futile attempts to hide from the face of this God who is filled with wrath and indignation. The righteous, those who have been faithful to Him, will be able to stand and face Him with unimaginable joy in their hearts. What kind of thoughts will His people experience, seeing those fellows who were the “elite” – those whose riches gave them mastery of armies and nations? I’m pretty sure we’ll pity them at that time. But do you know what? Anticipating the horror they will go through at the judgement of God, we should pity them now.
A human soul is worth more than the value of the whole world to the Lord. As I watch a gentle southern breeze caress the budding trees, I can feel the tenderness with which He nurtures us. He really doesn’t want any of us to perish and it goes against His design, even for souls of the rich to be lost. His tender mercy is revealed to us in so many ways, it’s a shame that Satan has deceived so many and that they disregard the opportunity for becoming saved so that they would have opportunity to spend all of eternity in the presence of absolute joy and love. Jesus said that (human) eyes have not seen, nor ears heard, nor has entered into the mind of man the joy that awaits those who love the Lord. Let that one sink in.
I know there are many folks who don’t know what it’s like to enjoy a day out in the woods, watching the thrushes flit about, hearing the beautifully insane call of the pileated woodpecker echo through the holler, maybe catching a glimpse of a shy doe strolling through the glen with her curious fawn in tow. For those folks, I feel pity, because some of the most wonderful experiences of life are being missed. God is out here in His creation, and although He’s a lot harder to find in some big city with sirens and horns blaring, He’s there too, nevertheless. I’ve written posts about His fellowship in which I try to share this country experience in spirituality with folks who don’t have opportunity to see it for themselves. Mostly though, I try to get people to thinking about what lies ahead, after we finish with this stage of existence and enter into the next.
I constantly read people’s opinions on social media chats and such and I pay particular attention to the endless comments of those who claim not to believe in God or the afterlife, they put forth arguments that sound reasonable enough if one insists on ignoring evidence of God’s presence. I guess it’s easy enough to disregard people like me who keep trying to help them open their eyes, but us guys who are sincerely trying to get them to take a serious look are doing it from our hearts. The Lord has given us faith – a precious commodity, and indeed, we believers realize just how precious it is, but we can’t go so far as to put our own thoughts – our own faith – into other people’s heads. Once in a while I have the heart-lifting experience of running across someone who is willing to actually give thought to the possibility of the existence of Jesus Christ as the Son of God, and even though they don’t usually immediately become believers, you can tell that God is at work in their heart and if they continue with their honest curiosity, it will only be a matter of time. “Blessed are the pure at heart, for they shall see God.” I pray earnestly for these folks.
If only people could hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ and understand that He is exactly who He says He is, if all of us could just trust that the Gospel of His life, death, and resurrection is the absolute truth, and that He is the Son of God who came here to the earth to teach us of a better way and to be the ultimate Sacrifice Who would make it possible for us to connect with the Heavenly Father, what a joyous and peaceful life they could enjoy! There would be no need to succumb to the macabre fear that is darkening the world today. He promised us that as believers we have nothing to fear – we must focus, and stay focused, on what lies ahead after this life, this world which is no more than a test in which we must decide where we choose to spend eternity.
Ignore the foolish people and so-called evangelists – obscene, wealthy fellows who preach no more than distractions from Christ. Incredibly, they are some of the principal elements of Satan’s attack on goodness, wholesomeness, righteousness, and many are those who are ensnared by them. Jesus told us that the gate is wide that leads to destruction. I get a mental image of a huge herd of sheep all being led through a huge wide gate into what they presume will be a wonderful pasture, but they cannot see in beyond the gate. In reality, what awaits them is a great, dark abyss for which they are ignorantly, but not innocently, heading. Then there are a few sheep fighting their way out of the crowd, often enough through some serious obstacles, but they are on their way to a narrow, tiny gate beyond which they, through faith, know an unimaginable paradise lies. They will not be distracted, they hear and know their Shepherd’s voice, a voice to which the big crowd never listened; those ones don’t know His voice at all, by their own choice, even most of the folks who claim to know Him only listen only the deceiving voices of their false preachers.
In God’s grand scheme, and as we are admonished in the Bible, this life we currently live is a very short moment in time. In fact, if there was any such thing as a graph depicting eternity, a dot representing all of human existence wouldn’t even be detectable on it. The time that has passed since Jesus ascended to Heaven is but a brief moment, maybe like you’d think about going to the grocery store and coming home. The Bible constantly speaks of the fact that we are living in the last days, not as we imagine the last days, but as God sees it. When we think of “last days”, we think months or weeks, or maybe even a few years, but when the Word mentions the last days, even though there are many references to the end times as we understand them, He is most often talking about the entire period of time after Jesus appeared and left to go to Heaven. As we watch the dark times that are enveloping the whole world right now, I believe that we are approaching the last days as we humans think of them, in other words, I believe the time is drawing nigh for our encounter with eternity, and that some – maybe even most – of us alive today will see it in our lifetime, possibly very soon.
Imagine the apocalyptic happenings when Heaven and His host is revealed. Mighty Angels with thunderous voices making great proclamations, intense, never-before witnessed lightnings, earthquakes, the very heavens shaken with the mighty and angry Creator of all things looking down in extreme wrath. Now imagine that the anger of this awesome Being is directed at you – when you find yourself in the unenviable position of having chosen to be His adversary because you rejected His Son. His beloved Son who had to die an excruciating death in which the very heavens were agonized, on a cross long ago just so you could be saved, but even after He went through all that, you rejected Him.
Even though Jesus was dying, hanging by the cruel nails onto that cross in what had to be excruciating pain, such was His unimaginable love for mankind – even His tormentors – His last thoughts were to pray to the Father for their forgiveness – yes, He loved them (and us) that much! His unbelievable love is the most potent force in all of creation, God Himself is Love. When a person becomes a believer in Jesus and makes the decision to follow Him, that person begins the process of immersing himself/herself in that profound universe of God’s infinite love and will forever live in His blessed presence!
We have opportunity while we’re here on earth to experience small glimpses of His love. We can see it in a dogwood bloom, or hear it on a summer evening whippoorwill song echoing through the holler. When you see a newborn fawn wobbling up to his mother in a peaceful green meadow, you see God’s handiwork. This is the world God intended for us to inhabit and enjoy, and though most who read these posts don’t get to see things like this, I’m happy to share the experience as much as my words allow. I’m happier to share the experience of knowing Jesus though. Being able to get to know Him is the most important thing in this existence, and I hope and pray the readers will do so. Get yourself ready so you don’t have to find yourself in fear and dread on that awesome day when He returns. You’ll be forever glad you did.
Now I have to go out and check on the progress of this year’s dogwood bloom – it looks to be another nice one.
The dogwood bloom has come and gone, but nothing says springtime like dogwoods, so here…
It’s a beautiful, rainy May morning here in our neck of the Ozarks, and if the world was in a better condition, it would be one of those days in which to rejoice and be glad, but alas, there are tidings that do not bode well for many and which preclude that festive humor. Most of us readily see fearsome, dark carrion birds circling ever nearer to our earthly abode. It is said such winged creatures are able to discern breath of fallen morsels at great distance and patiently await that last exhale before engaging in their feast, a notion that is probably true. For our world, it is becoming apparent they will not have long to wait.
There is a great battle in which the spirit world has been engaged for time unknown, but as mankind progresses towards the consummation of our age, we are becoming able to discern the intractable spillover of the same conflict into the physical realm which we inhabit. Indeed, this intrusion of spiritual evil has been in progress since time immemorable, we simply have not been able to understand with our limited senses the magnitude of the threat. The evil coming to fore has been previously unimaginable to humanity.
I’m able to speak as a septuagenarian who has walked, especially in the last several years, with my eyes open to world events, and I’ve not seen anything even remotely resembling the evil days presently upon us. The US has, at least for the majority of my life, been what we were taught to believe to be a bastion of freedom and ambition, and we’ve ignorantly allowed ourselves to believe this country should be an example – the example – for the rest of the world to emulate. It actually sounds awkward at this point of US history with all the revelations of US chicanery, to imagine such an ideal society ever existed, but such was the power of the media and the propaganda of the day to persuade the world of this notion. The fact is, the US was never what we were led to believe it is/was. We were just gullible.
I was well into my adulthood before I’d ever heard of a man named Mohammed Mossadegh. It was as if the entire history of Iran started in 1979 when a bunch of “terrorists” overthrew the Iranian government and took hostage all of the American embassy personnel. Neither did Americans have any way of knowing that Fidel Castro, Mohammar Khadifi, Nicolas Maduro or Saddam Hussein were, or might have been, leaders beloved by their countrymen. We did not question when we were told these were evil men who deserved to be executed. We didn’t understand that in most cases, these were leaders who made the horrific mistake of believing that their countries’ resources should be the sovereign property of their citizens and not the stockholders of wealthy American corporations.
When examined properly and honestly, most of, if not all American conflicts have originated at the behest of the wealthy. Be it in the City of London, Versailles, Tel Aviv, or New York City, such men have mapped out conflict to further enrich themselves (always at the expense of the poor man’s blood). I strongly advise one to research what one Marine General Smedley Butler concluded about war and it becomes easier to understand why they are fought.
In order to be able to see why there are wars in the modern world and why they are always fought with the blood of the commoners, we must; MUST understand that our enemies – I write as an American commoner – are not in Iran, nor Moscow, nor Beijing – our enemies are right here in the USA, behind gates in communities where our likes are unwelcome. They swarm the seats of power in Washington DC where the needs of normal Americans are never considered except in platitudes by politicians when elections draw near. Our enemies are the wealthy, and they are bursting at the seams trying to keep it hidden. They are the ones installing those massive, power and water consuming data centers in order to store the incredible amounts of information with which to control, no to enslave, all of the common people. They are in a great rush to get the AI system in place as fast as possible because us proles are catching on to what they’re up to pretty quickly and if enough of the plebes band together, they can stop them and take the nation back, but it’s unlikely to happen because the commoners have to be more expeditious than they know.
The rich are the enemy of mankind. They’ve paid off legislators and presidents to enact garbage legislation that always ends up making it easier to steal the country’s wealth then proceed to steal it by unscrupulous but “legal” means and then have the gall to claim they “earned” their wealth! They repay Satan for their largesse by committing some of the most unspeakably atrocious and despicable acts violating children, and now we all know they’re doing it, but yet most choose to remain silent. God in Heaven knows of this cowardice, and He’s not very pleased with it. [Revelation 21:8]: “But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” We watch Satan literally consume our whole society while we keep our heads down so as not to attract attention. One of the chief leaders of the whole evil house is our president, for crying out loud! And he still has some backers – people who smugly advertise themselves as conservatives – or even Christians; what unspeakable hypocrisy!!
There’s always, in almost every poll imaginable, around thirty percent of the population that support every form of evil, no matter how repugnant. Do you think it’s a coincidence that according to the Christian Bible, that ONE THIRD of the angels in heaven decided to follow Lucifer? That third is ALWAYS there, one-third, or thereabouts – always show up as supporting guys like an evil leader who could smash a baby on the street and they’d still stand with him. Even people who’ve never heard of Jesus Christ would want to throw up at this man’s behavior, but that third of the people are still there. They’ve lost their place in Heaven – the Bible says [Revelation 12:8] “no place was found for them {Satan and his followers} in Heaven any longer”. It’s pretty simple – if you choose to follow Satan, you lose any place you might have wished to claim in Heaven -forever. Still supporting an evil madman even after you see him committing despicable acts is supporting Satan!
Despicable acts are things such as murder on the high seas off Venezuela when – if an American president was convinced they were running drugs, their boats should have been boarded by the Coast Guard, evidence seized, and arrest of the suspects ensued and them taken to court. That would be the legal way, the moral way to deal with them. But if the president was an evil maniac who wanted to murder, but feared there might not be any evidence, i.e., drugs, then just slaughtering them with bombs would please Satan more. The same evil maniac murdered a great Iranian general during a mission in which the General (Soleimani) had been intentionally misled to believe he was on a peace mission – another despicable treachery, but one which the evil maniac’s master Satan must have found delightful.
Such is the sordid state of our world on this otherwise blissful Ozark country morning.
I conclude this post by affirming that according to my Christian Bible, which I’d lay odds that the evil madman has never opened, there is no doubt whatsoever that anyone who supports this man supports the very same evil he represents. They support the sexual exploitation of children. Anyone who supports this administration is guilty of supporting a foreign nation which approves of raping prisoners, killing children, intentionally starving mass populations, using dogs to commit horrid sexual acts on hostages, and visiting unimaginable evil upon innocent people. The ones who support this vile man and his subordinates will not have any excuse when it comes their turn at the judgement throne. They’ve been served notice of their inescapable culpability – by their own Bibles.
For the rest of us who support goodness, love Jesus and our fellow travelers, may the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.
If you are in a place in your life where everything seems to be upside down, somewhere in a shadow that threatens to destroy you, then you are precisely where the enemy of mankind wants you to be. As this world quite rapidly begins to come unraveled, as we watch wholesale slaughter of human beings by other human beings, as we become aware of pressing droughts and water shortages around the world, erupting volcanoes, and so many other things over which we have little or no control, it seems impossible to have any hope. But more importantly, when you are at the end of your rope and believe that because of your sinful lifestyle that God won’t help you out of your darkness, there’s plenty of reason to hope, because your sinful lifestyle is precisely why Jesus Christ came to our world! I’m not saying that your sin is a good thing – it’s not – but we’ve all made mistakes. Most of us did things that were wrong in the eyes of God, myself being one of the worst, but we are told by the apostle Paul: [Romans 3:23]: “…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…”
Every human being has screwed up in the eyes of God. All sins are looked down on by the Lord, and if you were to find out the truth, the very worst things you’ve ever done, things of which you are ashamed, are common among people. You haven’t done anything other people have or at least have been tempted to do. done: [1 Corinthians 10:13]: “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it” So it really doesn’t matter what the error you’ve made, most other people have been tempted to do the same thing, and many have succumbed to the human proclivity to do wrong.
Your sin is not so peculiar after all, so understand that by the precious blood of Jesus Christ, the Father is willing to forgive you and furthermore, He will gladly welcome you into His Kingdom. There’s no fee for joining, no paywall, no cost other than admitting (to yourself) that you screwed up, however many times, over however many years. Also, prospective entrants into God’s Kingdom must repent of the life they’ve led without the guidance of the Spirit of Christ. Repentance is very important, because it also involves the intent to avoid the previous behavior. There are times when we become overwhelmed by the temptation to sin and sometimes we lose sight of that Godly protection and fall into that sin again. As long as we know we did wrong, are sorry of it, and commit to trying harder, we can be forgiven.
There was a time when the disciple Peter saw Jesus walking on the water and desired to walk to Him on the water. Peter did okay until fear took him; then he began to sink. He cried out to Jesus for help and Jesus took his hand and saved him. That’s a phenomenal example for us – if we begin to sink into the darkness, we must reach out to Jesus and understand we need His help, it’s that easy. Even though in this human form our human eyes cannot see His hand, it’s there every time we need Him. We may begin to sink into our former lifestyle, but Jesus is always there to pull us out if we but ask. If we just reach out to Him.
There were times in this old hillbilly’s former life when I would find myself too inebriated to drive my vehicle. When that happened, I would let someone else drive if someone else was available. There were other times when I foolishly took the wheel against all sensibility. I use this example to illustrate that we might not realize it, but just like the drunk who cannot drive safely, none of us are capable of living a righteous life. Not on our own – we have to give Jesus the keys and trust Him to get us where we need to go.
The crop is ripe; the harvest is upon us, and we all need to get involved. I know it’s getting late, but Jesus is still willing to save souls; even if people have only been in service to Him for a short time. The reward of eternal life in a far better place awaits all who follow Jesus. [Matthew 20:1-16]: He told a parable about a guy who went to what was the first century equivalent of Home Depot and hired workers early in the morning for a certain wage and throughout the day he went back to the store and hired more. He even hired men at close the end of the day and when it came time to pay them, he gave them all the same wage. Some of the guys who were hired in the morning started carping about the evening hires getting the same wage as the them (the morning hires), but the boss said that he paid all the agreed wage and basically it was his business what he paid as long as it was agreed before beginning the work. This is how the Kingdom of God works. Even though we may not have a lot of time left, the reward will be the same – eternal life in a place of unimaginable joy. What a wonderful experience that will be for mankind – especially those of us who have lived in this world with a crumbling society.
Folkpotpourri normally directs posts at folks who are already believers, but this one is for anyone who might be afraid that their behavior is too shameful for God to forgive or maybe worry that since we are so close to the end that they might not have time to do enough. If He was (is) willing to forgive my behavior, and believe me, it wasn’t pretty and I hesitated for a big part of my life – He will forgive others – everyone who comes to Him with a sincere desire to leave the sinful life in this world and follow Jesus. We don’t have a lot of time left to spend sitting on the fence, so just call on Him. There are Christian Churches all over the world – get baptized and be a part of something marvelous and it doesn’t cost a dime. Do yourself a favor and join in on a magnificent homecoming!
May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.
What we are seeing is exactly what we should have expected to see. The churches of America are emptying out – their pastors have led their flocks astray for too many years now. Only a few left out there telling the truth, steadily ministering the Gospel for those who seek that narrow gate. It’s for the best, of course, since the vast majority of parishioners were only there to pad their social account, donate a few bucks to assuage the conscience, then go back out to the parking lot and shake hands with several like-minded hypocrites. Then climb into that shiny plastic vehicle that costed more than three fourths of the world’s houses – always making sure they are seen driving away in it.
The Christian Church in America is an enigma. Our forebears, men claiming to be of stalwart Christian conscience, blazed the first trails (that have since become freeways) through vast swathes of land that rightfully belonged to other people as they indiscriminately slaughtered the native land owners and their children. Our great “christian” (lowercase – because their behavior was about as un-Christian as imaginable) forefathers “conquered” (stole) this land and claimed it for their own. This was the beginning of what has become a regretful saga of a people who would go on to create a society on their newly stolen land with living conditions envied by the rest of the world – in the 20th century that living standard came to be at the expense of the rest of the world. And we find ourselves living here and enjoying the largesse today, complete with leaders who all take oaths with their hands on a Bible they’ve never even opened.
It wasn’t long after the founding of America that our ancestors brought in slave labor to build and maintain a whole civilization the like of which had never been seen before in all of history. From the very beginning, crooked bankers set out to enrich themselves by the abundance of the land, and using financial machinations that have evolved into a complexity such that one must have a post graduate degree to understand it (by design), they’ve been able to pretty much take it all. Those guys are smart enough to understand that there are enough proles here to upset their apple cart, so they reluctantly allow us commoners at least here in the US, to live a pretty good lifestyle – that is compared to a rickshaw driver in Mumbai, but as we progress through this capitalist era, they are turning the screws on the vise ever so incrementally. There will (soon) be a time, however, when they have reinforced themselves to the extent that they no longer need the voluntary cooperation of peons. They are now using new technical tools with which they plan to enslave our society.
A certain genre of people in every society since mankind developed societies has always made it their purpose to obtain more wealth or resources (or slaves) than others, and to take over the whole society when the time was right. There is a technical term for this tendency – it is called greed.
The greedy have always used their influence (which is proportional to their financial worth) to install “leaders” who serve their purposes. The John Roberts court went a long way toward ensuring that only rich people can “appoint” our leaders with the horrid Citizens United decision. I believe that decision is precisely why Dick Cheney put him in the Chief Justice seat. Even so, most of the real leaders prefer to stay behind the curtain while allowing those who are far too ignorant to realize they will bear the brunt of accountability should the commoners ever break out the guillotine, and they always find someone(s) of lesser wisdom to be their figureheads. Our current president is proof positive of this. This information age is changing that scheme – an unintended consequence of the information deluge, at least for the hidden government apparatus, and slowly but surely the plebes are learning what happens in their circles – just like what went on at those secretive Mentmore parties that our president so desperately wants to emulate. Finally, though, ordinary people are hearing about what they have started calling the Epstein class and just exactly how those servants of Satan have to operate to pay him back for their largesse. After all, they made a deal and, as their secrets are revealed, the public at large doesn’t seem to be taking too kindly to what they have to do on their end.
The fact that children have been involved and abused seems to be the straw that broke the camel’s back of this human trafficking travesty. Somehow, we still have a president who was at the very least intimately involved in all this and who has escaped indictment or prosecution – most of the people of this country are convinced or at the very least, highly suspicious of his culpability but thanks to the Republican majority, he’s still president! Although I believe the democratic party is every bit as off-track as the Republicans, this is in your face as to what the cowardly Republicans are willing to do to cover for their pathetic boss! It’s amazing that this whole nation is bending to the will – not of the president – but the class of elites that perpetrated this. We allow the media and their masters to put out excuses, justifications (that supposedly excuse their sick behavior), but in the end, the media are just digging themselves a big hole. Look! A war in Iran! Hantavirus! No time to investigate something trivial like someone sacrificing children.
Now all is not lost however – our national shame brought about by the current administration and the horrid Republicans has given rise to some real heroes. Guys Like Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie are the ones who should be in charge of this country, and it’s beginning to look like they have enough popular support to get to the top. Due to the efforts of the elites to hide their atrocious behavior, Massie’s opponents in elections are getting tons of money, and that might end up being a good thing because I think Massie has enough support to get elected president should he lose his congressional seat. If he loses it, though, that’s going to speak volumes for the political savvy, not to mention the common decency of Kentuckians in his district.
Maybe there’ll come a time – I’m not holding my breath – when enough people in the country who are not rich will finally come to the understanding that the real war is between those who truly follow Jesus Christ and Satan. Satan has poured out wealth on his followers and that skews the battlefield, at least for this short while in which we find ourselves here on this decaying planet. It’s pretty hard to go against men who command vast wealth, but at least we know who the devil has appointed to be our enemies. Their private jets give them away. Their disdain and contempt for the poor gives them away. While the average family is trying to figure out how they’re going to put food on the table, the servant of wealthy benefactors who in turn serve Satan, worry about the important things like some gaudy and expensive ballroom so he can throw parties like they did at the Rothschild’s mansions.
There was a big gala down a while back in Mar a Ghetto where the partiers dressed up in dog costumes, complete with dog face masks – trying to be like the one the Rothschilds threw at the Chateau de Ferrieres in France in 1972. What a coincidence! There was a movie made that showed a set representation of that Rothschild gala and the director, Stanley Kubrick, included some scenes that were forbidden. The director was found dead within the week and the movie version that survived had the forbidden scenes removed. The really wealthy ones who control everything aren’t ready quite yet to be revealed.
Blessed are the poor – don’t forget what Jesus said and for crying out loud, stop envying people with money – that’ll be their undoing and we certainly don’t want what’s in store for them!
May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.
While this site isn’t necessarily being used to play Chicken Little to create panic and stir up fear, I am nevertheless doing what I can to get people’s attention onto things that I feel strongly that we should be paying attention to. One of the biggest obstacles I keep running into is the ubiquitous attitude that folks seem to have that causes them to just ignore these dilemmas in which we keep finding ourselves. That seems to be the default reaction to anything that might threaten us – just whistle past the graveyard and look the other way and maybe it’ll go away. I’m here to tell you that attitude is exactly what our enemies want us to have! And without our attention, the problems mentioned in this post will not go away!
I’ve written recently about the impending water crisis in the Southwestern US that is rapidly approaching, but if you just look around, there are iterations of varying degrees of water crises all over the world! If water is still available in many of the places, it’s becoming polluted to the extent that many rivers and reservoirs are toxic and unusable for human consumption. For instance, there are several areas of West Virginia where water seems to still be plentiful, but runoff from dormant coal mines and industrial wastes and improperly treated sewage is leaching into some of the abundant streams, rendering them useless for both people and aquatic life.
In the USA, the Colorado River which supplies some 30- 40 million people with potable water throughout the Southwestern states and electrical power via the Glen Canyon and Hoover Dams, is also drying up. I wrote a post on that one last week, but the aridification of our planet is much more widespread than just the southwest US. The Rio Grande actually runs completely dry in some places for some 50 miles! Many places like El Paso, Juarez, and Albuquerque depend on the Rio Grande and Albuquerque gets its water from the Elephant Butte Reservoir which is fed from the Rio Grande.
Atlanta, Georgia uses the Lanier Reservoir which gets its water from the Chattahoochee River which is operating at a deficit as more water is being siphoned from Lanier than is replenished during dry years – which is recent years and that lake is down by 20 feet from its full level. The court battles over Chattahoochee water between Alabama, Florida, and Georgia are currently paused due to the courts’ holding that Georgia has more rights to the water than Alabama or Florida claimed. I say paused because when the taps start running dry, they’ll almost certainly be back in court. Too many rich people in Florida to let that one go. At least Georgia repurposed an extinct granite quarry and filled it with several weeks worth of water for Atlanta in emergencies, but weeks will only prolong the disaster if they get into an extended drought.
The Mississippi River is running way low and has been in recent years. Barge traffic has been severely decreased in America’s greatest economic artery and it looks to go down further.
It’s not only the US running out of water. The Rhine River, one of the most crucial waterways of Europe is drying up and has become unnavigable in some parts of the countries during dry months. This river has always been the key lifeline for German industries – at least as far back as history records. The Yangtze River in China is no exception to the depleted freshwater crisis. Snowpacks and glaciers in the Tibetan uplands are thawing out very quickly and the engineering problems with the Three Gorges Dam may not be so critical if the river feeding the reservoir stops running and it’s running lower every year. In India, over the last four decades the Ganges River flow has declined by around 17%, the greatest reduction in the last 1,300 years, due to lower rainfall, groundwater extraction, damming and diversion, and once again, Himalayan glacier retreat. This reduction of flow threatens some 650 million people!
The great Zambezi River in Southern Africa which has been metered at a maximum flow of near 10,000 cubic meters/second during construction of the Kariba Dam in 1958 (although the mean average annual flow is much less), as of April 2026 it was recorded at around 1,830 cubic meters/second. Last year in April it was 2,749 m3/s. Still a lot of water for sure but greatly reduced and dropping every year.
Water shortages here in the US are, or will be, upon us throughout the country. Everyone should be aware that the huge AI data centers being constructed all over the country will consume unbelievable amounts of precious fresh water. We are at a point where it is critical that we reevaluate our priorities – do we want to protect our remaining water, or do we want our increasingly bribed politicians to ensure that Zionist billionaires use it all up for cameras to record and store our license plates so they can find out where we go every day? So far, I’ve not seen anything useful that data centers can provide for the society that is being deprived of water so they can run. Law enforcement likes them because they are a big step toward having a total police state, and I’m sorry, but I think the folks in Lubbock need water for their cattle more than for their cops to know if someone runs a red light.
There simply isn’t enough water, nor electricity for that matter, for people and data centers. Data centers only benefit a small percentage of the population, and although capitalism has made a lot of people rich, the sacrifices that the .01% are expecting everyone else to make so they can have total surveillance (that is essentially useless to the public) are outrageous. From the law enforcement perspective, we’ve had cops and bad guys in their struggle since mankind decided to form societies, and if a few bad guys get away because Houston didn’t have but 5 million cameras on their streets, then the cops might have to put more effort into their work, and even then a few folks might not get tickets for a stop sign violation. That citation is not worth all the water the network resources need to generate it. So what if some of the violators get away with their “crimes”. There are lots of cold cases still open and there always will be, data centers, police state, or no.
The point I’m trying to argue here is that the costs, in water, in electricity, damage to the environment, and other resources are becoming too great to be able to justify building a big police state run by billionaires. There’s a great fourth amendment argument to be made against such vast surveillance and since there are laws (read FISA) now in place that allow (read require) intelligence gathered on US citizens by US government entities to be shared with another country’s intel apparatus, we really need to make everyone aware of who’s behind this intelligence dragnet and shut it down. I’m quite sure we’ll find that whoever’s behind this couldn’t care less about American plebes’ water problems, but have their own reasons to want to store these vast amounts of information on American citizens. This cancer must be excised ASAP. We can start by eliminating data centers – all owned by billionaires of dubious loyalty to the American Constitution, installed and operated by traitorous American citizens working on behalf of foreign entities.
No one has yet made any cogent argument of how the public will benefit from this waste of water when it is becoming so scarce – worldwide! Especially when that very public is being forced to sacrifice resources for AI. But even less reasonable is the fact that these things will be useful for the establishment of a police surveillance state. That is, after all, what they’re about. Do you have any idea how much storage it would take to store every license plate video from every traffic camera in this country? And that’s only a small part – how about facial recognition data on every citizen that walks or drives by every camera?
This problem won’t go away no matter how hard we try to ignore it. The people involved – as diligent servants of evil who owe Satan enormously for their wealth – won’t stop working at their enslavement of human beings until they get where they want to go and it’s our jobs as citizens – as free Americans – to stop this takeover of our freedom and our country. Looking the other way ain’t gonna cut it – it’s exactly what they want us to do -at least until they get what they want – our freedom, and our children’s freedom. Is an enslaved, surveilled, nation (out of water, no less), controlled by billionaires from another society what you want to leave your kids? Me neither.
May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.
They wait. They do not know what they’re waiting for, possibly for someone sane to come along and fix things, but no one dares to step up and suggest ways to do so. The irony of the situation is that everyone can see as plain as day what’s wrong, and thus have ideas as to where to start, but we look at it with the same trepidation as one is asked to lay his neck across a guillotine, the fear of repercussions keeps everyone in line. There are just too many threats to our social status, our financial status, and/or our standing in what passes for civil society for anyone to dare make a move that might flag them as someone who might pose a threat to the almighty system. The glaring fact is that our nation, in fact the entire world, has turned away from our God and things aren’t going to get any better – in fact they are going to get plenty worse – until we seek His favor. When we decide to seek God and come to Jesus Christ, we become a threat to the system – but so be it.
One day a long time ago, there was this itinerant preacher – at least most of the crowds to whom He preached thought He was just a preacher, or rabbi, but He would prove Himself to be much more – who roamed the countryside around Galilee and Capernaum telling people of a new Covenant. He spoke of a kingdom which had come upon the world into which He was inviting everyone to enter. There were, as of His appearance, a new set of rules, a whole new Way of life for men to adopt, that no longer required the religious practices which God had required heretofore, and when the theologians of the day compared what He was teaching to what the prophets of old had prophesied, the serious ones realized this was no common itinerant preacher, but that the very Son of God had come to them.
He taught them that the old laws they had been trying to follow could not avail them of a proper relationship with God the Father and gave specific examples of why this was so. For instance, until His time men had been taught to exact vengeance – an eye for an eye – upon their enemies, but this Jesus taught that a more perfect resolution of dispute would be to forgive someone who wronged them. This new attitude was based on a completely alien approach they had never practiced it was, and is, based on love – the most powerful force in all creation, but hitherto unpracticed as a way to interact with others. Love was, and is, absolutely underrated as to its efficaciousness in human dynamics and in the resolution of human conflict. Other aspects of the old law, He explained practices one by one, which were shown to be not only impractical, but impossible for men to follow to the letter, like a man looking on a woman with lust in his heart being just as bad for him spiritually as actually committing an immoral act with her. In the old Covenant, only the physical act was wrong, and the inner feelings were not considered.
Jesus Christ very succinctly taught His followers that this new Way was much easier to follow due to its simplicity, but now religion must be practiced from the heart and no longer from practice lists and rituals enumerated in ancient texts. His new Covenant is still in effect today – over two thousand years later. This religion is completely derived from – and in obedience to – the presence of God’s Holy Spirit which dwells within the heart, the inner being of the human soul. The prophets of old had foretold that the time would come when God would “write His law on the hearts” [Jeremiah 31:33]:“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” This new covenant was initiated during the gathering of the disciples and followers of Christ described in [Acts 2:1-4]: ” When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all [a]with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 Then there appeared to them [b]divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. That meeting was when God gifted the Holy Spirit into the hearts of Jesus’ followers – the beginning phase of the new Covenant.
Later events would go on to demonstrate the availability of the Holy Spirit to all who made the decision to follow Jesus Christ, thus making the promise in Jeremiah that “they shall be my people”. There are ample other scriptures of prophecy that make it abundantly clear that in the new Covenant all – Gentile and Jew – who call on the name of Jesus Christ will become God’s people. God’s chosen people are, and have since the advent of Jesus Christ, all who follow Christ – but no other. [John 14:6]: “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
There’s no distinction – skin color, nationality, previous belief system, if you are a human being and choose to follow Jesus Christ, you are able to become one of God’s chosen people. That’s a good title to carry – so don’t let anyone convince you that you are second-class or that there are any others more preferred by God the Father than you as a believer in Jesus Christ. Get to know about Him. You’ll be eternally glad you did!
May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.
Artificial definitions – imitation; simulated; sham. lacking naturalness or spontaneity; forced; contrived; feigned. It ain’t real!
We’re seeing more and more about AI and how it is developing, and from social media I’m starting to see more and more fear within society of what this information avalanche might be capable. Several events have come to pass which on the surface don’t really appear to be connected, but if you see it all through the Spiritual lens the Lord has provided to each of us, the dots connect perfectly.
AI is no doubt the most potent weapon the enemy has ever developed. Were it not for the Mighty hand of our God, it would definitely become capable of terminating this human experiment, but it’s my job to make sure you understand that no weapon of the enemy is capable of defeating God’s people. All who lose the great battle do so because they choose defeat. This battle is taking on the trappings of man’s created “intelligence” against the profound wisdom of the Almighty God!
The big particle accelerator is another contrived weapon – whether or not it can open a portal to allow demons to come through it is a question for smarter folks than me, but that gizmo has another purpose – the same purpose as AI and all the other hi-tech manifestations have – it has been created to generate fear in human beings. Our enemy can cause harm to us with the sword, arrows, or bullets, but he cannot defeat us with such weapons. He can, however, defeat us with fear. Fear is his biggest threat, but even fear cannot defeat the stalwart Christian who believes in the almighty power of our Savior. We are given the perfect weapon with which to defeat any fear the enemy tries to inflict on us – that is perfect love. If you don’t remember anything else from this post, keep this in mind. [1 John 4:18]: “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.” It is with the most potent force in the universe that we can stand against the most powerful weapon the enemy can contrive. God’s Love. Once we learn to love, and he realizes he cannot threaten us with his fear, Satan is disarmed against us.
I don’t know how much the reader understands about the spiritual warfare that is underway but always remember that God’s angels kicked Satan and his angels out of Heaven in what must have been the most epic battle ever fought. This means our God is more powerful than the entity that controls this world, but for now He is allowing things to play out to determine which humans will come to understand our purpose here – to serve Him and no other.
There was a documentary I just watched about the huge number of expensive houses sitting empty in urban Texas. The housing market boomed there for a while a few years back when the big tech companies moved there from Southern California. Satan decided to spread his damage to other places, moving the high-paid tech heads around to new places. As far as those folks knew, they would be set up in expensive homes (and paying enormous mortgages) that would see them through their years, but – and here’s a dot connection that might sound crazy – each and every gigabyte of code they created was a contribution to Satan’s planned takeover of humanity by using AI and when they had served their purpose, Satan moved on to the fruition of his great project and threw them under the bus. A lot of hugely disappointed technology experts were left scratching their heads after being laid off and having large monthly mortgage payments and no job. Once this AI thing is set into operation, the guys who contributed to building it are no longer needed – only the ultra-rich billionaires who paid for it all have any control of it now. And their debt is to Satan and not the employees who created their weapon.
A reasonable evidentiary foreboding of God’s hand in all this is the lack of water to sustain the large-scale AI data centers. God is making it where there in an increasing scarcity of fresh water in many places, but primarily in the very areas of the country from whence this evil cloud of AI arises. Southern California and West Texas for example – geographical locales known for their aridity. But for the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead which it created, there would be no people in So Cal to make software weapons. There’s just not enough water (or electricity) available to supply such behemoth data centers, so that’s a good thing, but I wouldn’t bet on the servants of evil giving up – they’ll try everything – including running America completely bone-dry. And ironically, this is the same God Who created the monstrous flood of Noah’s time which submerged the whole world.
Satan is ultimately trying to recreate humanity into servitude to him only, and guys like me out here screaming at the tops of our lungs trying to spread the knowledge of Jesus Christ are his only threat. But guess what? We may know nothing of the inner workings of AI or CERN, but we do know they have been created as an attempt by Satan to gain as many followers as he can to take to hell with him. He doesn’t care in the least how many humans die as he goes around like a roaring lion, in fact, the more he can have killed, the better. His aim is to have us killing each other, that way our souls become his, and every soul he gains is a loss to our Savior. God doesn’t want to lose any of us, but some – most – are determined to ignore His calls for salvation. Even those techies who lost everything on a useless mansion. People like that should be the easiest to convince of the spiritual battle we are in, and maybe some of them will be, only God knows.
There’s rumor that we are about to be invaded, or infiltrated by aliens from other worlds, and right now that looks to be the next contrived threat. Remember that believers in Jesus are Satan’s predominant enemies, and maybe this new lunacy will draw some believers away. Remember also that by creating the new threat of masterful celestial beings, even some believers will succumb, but true believers won’t walk away from Jesus Christ, no matter how tenuous this faith might be made to appear. We believe in a Masterful Celestial Being already, and it is this faith that will carry us through all these machinations of the enemy.
I’m sure the reader is shaking his head trying to make sense of this post using the internet, part of the weapons system of the enemy, to spread the message of Truth. I’m not sure myself how this all works, but as long as it’s possible to get the Word out, to convince even a few, maybe we have opportunity to use this part of the weapon of the enemy against him. I’m sure this opportunity won’t be here long, but as long as it’s possible, we need to work on it. Above all else, do not allow the enemy to instill his precious fear in your heart – fear of this plague-riven AI (or demons showing up in alien garb) is really all he has.
May the blessings of the Almighty Father fins and keep us – it won’t be long now.
