If we know nothing else we do know that we are living in a time of great change; a time of chaos. Life doesn’t make sense anymore. Our cultural anchors are gone. The Christian worldview has been swept away in a sea of post-modernism where right and wrong are relative concepts, personal responsibility is gone and the legitimacy of long-held, proven concepts are questioned and undermined on almost a daily basis. Marriage is no longer just between a man and a woman. That idea is fallen after holding sway for thousands of years. The responsibility for raising children is falling upon the state / society rather than on the parents. Inward focus and self-actualization rules the minds of men. We have become a society of rights …over responsibilities. The Apostle Paul warned that “in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves…. lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power.” (2Timothy 3:1-2, 4-5) Religious ideas from the East and the New Age have invaded and undermined the Biblical foundations that once undergirded Western thought. And the Christianity that survives is often tainted and compromised concepts foreign to biblical understanding. All of this stands as the background for the End Times’ prophetic fulfillments we see.
SOWING CHAOS
The pace of prophetic fulfillment is accelerating. Just in the last several weeks so much has happened – is happening – that would in former days be viewed as civilization changing. In late June the Supreme Court approved Obama Care despite admitting the fact that its legal basis for doing so was faulty. And thus we have an official end to the Rule of Law – replaced instead by the Rule of the Powerful. The very next day Gay Marriage became the law of the land. And civilization was changed beyond recognition. America, once founded upon and dedicated to Biblical principles had abandoned the Law of God for the Law of Man. Rapid-fire cultural changes descended. Bruce / Caitlin Jenner blurred the lines between the sexes. (Bruce became a woman…but insisted he was still sexual attracted to that sex. I guess that means he had his procedures to become a lesbian. But I digress.) The Boy Scouts of America announced a policy change that moves that organization closer to accepting gay leaders. Shortly before these decisions Oregon became the third state to outlaw Gay conversion therapy, which the supremely biased CNN described as “a widely discredited practice aimed at changing the sexual orientation of individuals who identify as gay or lesbian.”[i]
As America took to the streets to celebrate one sin, a video came out which highlighted another. We’re of course speaking of the tape which showed a high-ranking Planned Parenthood official glibly describing the harvesting and sale of body parts of unborn babies over wine and lunch. But while the response from the pro-life crowd was appropriately vociferous, what was most surprising was the lack of moral outrage coming from the Left. Several politicians began lining up to defend the monstrous practices described in the video – with some even ignoring the meat of the story – the murder and dismemberment of fetuses in the womb, [the unborn feel pain starting at 20 weeks] – and focusing instead on calling for an investigation of the group that produced the video itself. [Thus the rights of unborn children were ignored while the rights of those crushing and harvesting them must be protected.] Leading Democrat presidential candidate even joined Planned Parenthood’s impromptu defense team. Here’s Life News on the Subject. “Hillary Clinton today defended the Planned Parenthood abortion business after a shocking new expose’ video caught Planned Parenthood’s top doctor describing how the abortion business sells the body parts of aborted babies … Instead of condemning the practice of selling aborted baby body parts, Clinton rose to the defense of the beleaguered abortion corporation, saying Planned Parenthood offers ‘important services’.”[ii] All of this should not be surprising at all. The explosion of legal abortions since Roe-v-Wade in 1973 was aided and abetted by the Church. While the majority of pastors did little to engage the culture in this life-and-death debate, nearly 30 million of the 60 million abortions performed since then were performed on women “who claimed to be Bible believing Christians.”[iii]
[As this newsletter goes to press a fourth video has been released which “catches Planned Parenthood VP discussing how to break the law to sell aborted babies.” In the tape, the discussion turns to the relative merits of paying by the fetus verses paying by the body part. The callousness of the conversation is breathtaking. Here’s another excerpt from Life News. “‘We’d have to do a little bit of training with the providers or something to make sure that they don’t crush’ fetal organs during 2nd trimester abortions, says Ginde, brainstorming ways to ensure the abortion doctors at PPRM provide usable fetal organs. When the buyers ask Ginde if ‘compensation could be specific to the specimen?’ Ginde agrees, ‘Okay.’ Later on in the abortion clinic’s pathological laboratory, standing over an aborted fetus, Ginde responds to the buyer’s suggestion of paying per body part harvested, rather than a standard flat fee for the entire case: ‘I think a per-item thing works a little better, just because we can see how much we can get out of it.’”[iv] A California court has now issued a temporary restraining order preventing the release of any more videos in the series. Four have been released. There are nine in all.[v]The moral decay of the nation was reflected in the erection of a satanic statue in Detroit. On July 25th The Satanic Temple unveiled an 8½-foot-tall, goat-headed statue of Baphomet. Hundreds were in attendance and cheers of “Hail Satan” punctuated the ceremony.[vi] The Baphomet, also known as the Goat of Mendes, can trace its origin to the Knights Templar in the 14th century, where it was an idol of worship for the group[vii] that served as a carrier and safe-keeper of the occult knowledge which had its origin in ancient Babylon – is transferred to the today’s Illuminati – and will serve as the foundation of the religion of Antichrist during the Tribulation. This is not an isolated incident. Our culture is rife with signs of occultic infiltration. End Times commentator Paul McGuire explains. “Places of open Satanic worship are on the rise. Black masses and Satanic rituals are being held on major college campuses and satanic groups are erecting giant bronze statues featuring a goat-headed Satan in places like Detroit, Oklahoma City, and a growing number of cities. A Satanic Temple ceremony in Detroit is being sold as the largest Satanic ceremony in history with people invited to ‘come dance with the Devil’ and participate in a night of chaos, noise, orgies, and debauchery. The bronze Baphomet monument, which is a picture of Satan with horns, hooves, wings, and a beard is the same Satanic image seen at pop music concerts with some of the biggest music stars performing satanic rituals on stage. Behind the bronze Baphomet is an inverted pentagram. But the most disturbing thing of all is the two young children, a little boy and a girl reaching out to Satan as a father.”[viii]
This rise of Satanism is being accompanied and aided by an attack on Christians and Christianity all across the globe. Though the attacks are often grass roots expressions of hate, sometimes they come with the official imprimatur of government. The Saudi Gazette reports: “Saudi Arabia has reiterated its call on the international community to criminalize any act vilifying religious beliefs and symbols of faith as well as all kinds of discrimination based on religion….. We have made it clear that freedom of expression without limits or restrictions would lead to violation and abuse of religious and ideological rights’”[ix] But while Muslims call for the criminalization of any criticism of Islam, Christians are targeted for persecution and murder. [Christianity is effectively outlawed in Saudi Arabia and many other places under Islamic control.]
In Iraq and Libya, ISIS and other radical Islamic groups behead Christians and film the deed to fuel their terror goals. In Kenya, Al-Shabaab militants slaughtered 147 Christian students at a college earlier in 2015. Hindus in India have gone on a rampage in an attempt to drive Christians from their country, setting fire to a church and the homes of Christians. Two thousand were slaughtered by Muslims in Nigeria since the beginning of the year. China is cracking down on its nearly 100 million-strong Christian community, demolishing churches and imprisoning pastors and believers.[x] Even in America we are not immune to the anti-Christian onslaught. Here is a report on an incident in Seattle. The forces promoting sin……and tolerance – will NOT tolerate any message which challenges their life-style preferences. “Two street preachers were brutally beaten—punched and kicked—by a crowd at a gay pride festival in Seattle and the entire melee was captured on video. The preachers were holding signs reading “Repent or Else” and ‘Jesus Saves From Sin.’ The video shows a group of people initially screaming and threatening the men during Pridefest at the Seattle Space Needle. Television station KOMO reported that some of the attackers belonged to a group called NOH8. A group of women tried to steal their signs but were unsuccessful. The video then shows a group of men grabbing onto one of the preacher’s signs and dragging him to the ground. At some point he was punched in the back of the head a number of times while others can be seen kicking the man.”[xi] In the last year a pro-gay group vandalized Portland’s Mars Hill Church and a gunman opened fire at the offices of the Family Research Council in Washington, DC.
But the chaos does not end at our national borders. [In fact, little really ends there because they are open for entry to not only illegal aliens but also terrorists bent on our destruction. But I digress.] We learned this last week that ISIS is not content with terrorizing the Middle East. No, they are intent on provoking events that will lead to “the end of the world.” An ISIS document was discovered “, titled ‘A Brief History of the Islamic State Caliphate (ISC), The Caliphate According to the Prophet,’ seeks to unite dozens of factions of the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban into a single army of terror. It includes a never-before-seen history of the Islamic State, details chilling future battle plans, urges al-Qaeda to join the group and says the Islamic State’s leader should be recognized as the sole ruler of the world’s 1 billion Muslims under a religious empire called a ‘caliphate.’…. The document warns that ‘preparations’ for an attack in India are underway and predicts that an attack will provoke an apocalyptic confrontation with America: ‘Even if the U.S tries to attack with all its allies, which undoubtedly it will, the ummah will be united, resulting in the final battle.’”[xii]
And it’s turning out that the attack on the Chattanooga military installations was no lone-wolf occurrence. There are connections there that link the shooter to other domestic terror incidents with further connections to international bodies. Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez, the Chattanooga shooter, was not just some homegrown terrorist. Investigative journalist Paul Sperry revealed the details. Here’s an excerpt of the story as covered by the Glenn Beck Program. “According to property records, the mosque Abdulazeez and his family attended for years is affiliated with the same Islamic group as the mosques frequented by the Boston Marathon bombers and the 9/11 hijackers who attacked the Pentagon. Abdulazeez’s attack, which he carried out on a U.S. military base on July 16th, resulted in the deaths of four U.S. Marines and one U.S. Navy sailor. ‘They all tie back to the same trustee for the marathon bomber’s mosque as it happens in Boston and the 9/11 mosque in Virginia,’ Sperry said. “And by the way, also the Phoenix mosque, where the two ISIS terrorists attacked the Dallas event.” The trustee is called the North American Islamic Trust, otherwise known as NAIT, Sperry said. In 2007, the Justice Department designated NAIT as an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terrorist financing case in America history, US v. Holy Land Land Foundation, resulting in convictions and imprisonment of several US based Hamas terrorist leaders.”[xiii]
What more chaos could there be? Well, we haven’t covered the international front yet. As covered here before, America has embraced Iran, making a nuclear deal that will protect the terror-sponsoring state from Israeli interference as they develop nuclear weapons and a delivery system that will change the balance of power in that region. It will even threaten America’s strategic position there. That is the legacy Mr Obama has chosen for his legacy. Iran wasted no time, further inserting itself into the situation in Iraq, offering that country a “blank cheque” in its struggle against the rebel forces which includes ISIS – including troops and air assets.[xiv] And then there’s the economy. The stock market has been tumbling with numerous ‘experts’ predicting big trouble by September or October of this year. Many of those same ‘experts’ had predicted the massive downturn of 2008-2009 well over a year in advance. The government is not ignorant of these developments. Preparations have been being put in place to deal with any kind of social unrest that might accompany another collapsing economy. It’s the US Military that has been prepping for such events.
Right now, the Jade Helm 15 exercises are going on, which effectively has the military rehearsing putting areas of the country under martial law. (Not long ago I reported on the son of a pastor friend of mine who left the military because he didn’t like the fact that he was being trained to engage and fire on American civilians.) Now, here’s a letter from a member of the US Military, received and published by Dave Hodges of The Common Sense Show.
“Mr Hodges,
We are training for Jade Helm. We re also training to remove ‘undesirables’ from their homes and place them in the type of white vans that you write about and then transport them to waiting helicopters where these so-called “high value targets” are placed in restraints in an unmarked helicopter. I am serving with the _____. I am getting to the point where I am questioning how far I am willing to go along with this. If I had not read some of your articles, I might not know exactly what we are going to be told to do. Even if I had not read your articles, I would know what we are doing is wrong. American citizens deserve due process instead of being kidnapped in the middle of the night. In our removal drills, the subversive actors are screaming- I am an American citizen and you cannot do this to me-. By the way sir, you are correct in that family members are going to be separated during these raids.….When trouble begins, I will not obey these illegal orders. I am praying that this is only a drill that will go no further. My gut tells me something else.”[xv]
Whether this is ‘the time’ or not we cannot tell. But the signs are in place. We are living on the edge of the End of the Age. But as Christians, we MUST NOT live in despair. Here are the words of Isaiah 60:1-2. “Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the Lord will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you.”
[i] Oregon outlaws gay conversion therapy, CNN, May 20, 2015
[ii] Hillary Defends Planned Parenthood’s Body Parts Selling: They’re ‘Important Services’, Life News, July 23, 2015
[iii] Paul McGuire, BABYLON, SATANIC CHURCHES, VIRTUAL WORLD SEX, AND THE REBIRTH OF LOVE,
News With Views, July 27, 2015
[iv] 4th Video Catches Planned Parenthood VP Discussing How to Break the Law to Sell Aborted Babies, Life News, July 30, 2015
[v] Court bars anti-abortion group from releasing new videos of Calif. company officials, FOX News, July 29, 2015
[vi] Satanic Temple unveils controversial Baphomet sculpture to cheers of ‘Hail Satan’, The Independent, July 26, 2015
[vii] Jules Michelet, History of France – Volume 1, pg 375, 1892
[viii] Paul McGuire, BABYLON, SATANIC CHURCHES, VIRTUAL WORLD SEX, AND THE REBIRTH OF LOVE,
News With Views, July 27, 2015
[ix] Criminalize vilification of religious symbols, says Saudi official, Saudi Gazette, July 26, 2015
[x] Michael Snyder, The Persecution Of Christians Is Intensifying As Anti-Christian Hatred Sweeps The Entire World,
DC Clothesline, July 27, 2015
[xi] Todd Starnes, Christian Preachers Brutally Beaten at Gay Pride Festival, Charisma, June 30, 2015
[xii] Islamic State recruitment document seeks to provoke ‘end of the world’, USA Today, July 28, 2015
[xiii] Stunning pattern of radicalization at mosque attended by Chattanooga shooter, Glenn Beck Program, July 27, 2015
[xiv] Iran offered Iraq an ‘open cheque’ to help them battle ISIS, The Independent, July 27, 2015
[xv] Dave Hodges, Advanced Preparations for Jade Helm Led FEMA Camp Roundups Are In the Final Stages,
The Common Sense Show, July 25, 2015
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