In reading about the latest outbreak of “fierce” violence between whom I sometimes refer to as Israel and Ishmael–namely, the modern Jewish state of Israel and the so-called Palestinians–I am disgusted. Perhaps that identification of my contempt for the violence is both inept and imprecise but the other metaphors just do not seem to work well because I would resist the temptation to liken these parties to either cats or dogs and the like. They sure do fight with each other, however. The hatred is both historic and unquenchable. The lust for blood is insatiable on both sides. It will continue yet for a little while longer and then the issue of Universal Sovereignty will be settled decisively by Jehovah of Armies, the Holy One of New Israel. Both sides are destined to know the truth–they are both out~!
I bet that causes some eyes to roll and, in others, a skip of the heart by at least 20 beats per minute, if not more. Let it finish its own work. In the interim, in reading about this latest conflict something stands out more so than ever before. It has always seemed “futile,” to try and broker a peace accord between the relevant parties. I have long been convinced that absent the hate and the lust for wicked murder, on both sides, born out of hate, the relevant parties would truly not know what to do. Indeed, I believe a strong case can be made for the deployment of “agent provacateurs,” or “inciting agents” in French, by both sides upon the establishment of any state of peace. They each wish to utterly slay the other from off planet earth and neither side will care to end the dispute that began it all–jealousy and pride. It is the same everywhere, among all people on earth, because as the Revelation makes clear, Satan the Devil was cast down to the earth and the result is woe to the earth and those who reside upon it, for the Devil has been cast down and he knows his time is short.
I recall the words of the glorious Messiah who once confronted the established religious leaders of his day, saying in essence, if you say you are the sons of Abraham then do the works that Abraham did. None of them do that. Abraham would be disgusted at the whole lot of them, an entire civilzation built around a historic hatred, fanned on by religious zeal, corrupted by all evil.
My very good friend is primarily disgusted with the Jews and their cruelty and their most wicked oppression of the Palestianian people. He is right, of course, and Justice is coming on that score, together with every other score. Whether we have faith or not is soon to be largely irrelevent, because what happens is truth and what is going to happen has long ago been clearly and decisively foretold. The Jews are an amazing example of the lengths to which human pride and jealousy can arise. Their ability for even self deception is shocking to the conscience of all the faithful worldwide. Yet we must await Jehovah’s action by Christ Jesus. We want that more than anything because that and only that will stop the fighting everywhere, all at once, in one big showdown. It is fast arriving from on high and none of those fighting ont he ground are expecting what they have been taught to believe is mere metaphor, as literature and nothing more than that. Surprise! It is real. More real than anything else on planet earth because it is God’s Word. It always achieves that which it was sent forth to achieve. Always. No exceptions.
In the news of the modern mass media the wars in the Middle East occur not in a vaccuum but in a context that other stories help to define. I have made that point repeatedly here on this weblog. In Mexico, for example, we see a fear and efforts to deal with it, and primarily all efforts are predicated upon the growing War on Terror model of the most recent U.S. Administration. Notice this from NY Times, “In Mexico, Curbing Violence Before It Is Learned.”
“The bills face varying probabilities of success and are in some cases dismissed as irrelevant by security experts. But they show the concern, and even desperation, that many politicians feel toward the state of their crime-racked country.”
“The overhaul of Mexico’s judicial system — introducing quicker, oral trials instead of the current trials conducted solely by the exchange of legal documents, and making arrests of organized-crime suspects easier — is considered by experts to be among the most important legislative steps taken recently.”
“Substantive proposals are also under consideration to improve intelligence-sharing among law enforcement agencies and to overhaul the security forces to make them less corrupt.”
The general theme is the same, everywhere, all at once. Notice the reality–that entire governmental systems are widely seen as corrupt. Building in various “procedures,” ultimately to perhaps strive for the truth by means of the so-called “adversarial system,” while the most widely sought aftwer reform for the developing world for many, many years, is now seen as a waste of time. Let us do an oral trial. Here’s the charge. What do you say? Be quick, you have 5 Minutes only for thereafter you are to be tortured and raped and then murdered because we are fearful and because we know not what else to do with those we hate. Bang! Here’s the Judgment. Drag him away. We have no more time to waste on any of this, on any of these. And the “these” will increasingly look like those the Nuremburg Courts handed out to the Camps, as this world slips farther and farther into the expediency of executive action and the “fog of war” scenarios that are ubuiquitous worldwide.
Pay close attention. This is so very important to all those who remain on their watch.
The world as we know it is sliding into the abyss and it cannot be stopped. The people, generally, are looking in vain to the earthly governments to deliver for them, to save them.
In South Africa– (See: “Governing Party … Moves Left In South Africa,” NY Times.com
“JOHANNESBURG — Facing a determined challenge from a breakaway faction, the governing African National Congress presented a campaign manifesto on Saturday that advocates a greater government role in generating jobs and major new spending on education, health and antipoverty programs.”
In Ghana– (See: “Ghana’s Unlikely Democrat …,” NY Times.com)
“Africa’s vast stage has seen many complex players, but few match the contradictions of Mr. Rawlings, the ruthless military man who seized power at the age of 31 and then oversaw the summary executions of his rivals, only to later usher in a new era of prosperity and democracy.”
“Mr. Rawlings, 61, was an unlikely savior for a country that from its founding represented Africa’s brightest hopes, but that in its disappointment of those hopes became emblematic of a continent’s malaise.”
Everywhere they are looking for that “savior” to deliver the world from its various descriptions–including such blande falsities as malaise. It sounds like a spilled blob of mayonaise on the counter top, not any meaningful description of a nation’s condition.
Violence and unbridled wickedness is increasingly rampant worldwide. In Mexico, again, the reality is kidnappings are as rampant as murderous roving dogs, salivating evil pus of greed and demonic evil. Nobody can stop them because nobody knows how. They are too busy on their own greed and its expression in a world comprised almost entirely of greed and avarice and pride and vanity and jealousies and … and …it does not end. The entire listing at 2 Timothy 3:105 is rampant worldwide.
My last foray into Mexico was during my law school days in 1995 and that ended it for life, this side of Armageddon anyway.
In Asia the wars persist. The economies of the world continue to spiral out of control. In China … try this one out for size …as someone tries to stand int he way of unbridled greed run riot:
“A Shanghai woman who had traveled to Beijing to protest home evictions for real estate developments was detained and beaten by the authorities, a human rights group said Friday. The woman, Cao Yibao, was beaten so badly that she received multiple fractures to bones in her face, according to the group, China Human Rights Defenders. Ms. Cao and other members of a group from Shanghai, who were also protesting the loss of their homes, were detained in Beijing last month and handed over to Shanghai security personnel members, who beat her, the group said.”
Worldwide. You will increasingly notice that entire institutions are failing, everywhere, and all at once. This has happened before, yes. But not everywhere all at once and in the same general patterns. This is truly historic.
Let us recall the admonition that when we see these things beginning to occur, let us lift ourselves erect for our deliverance draws near. It is near, at the gates. The world will soon be ungovernable. Then it all winds up into that final fireball called the End.
May Jehovah glorify and sanctify His Most Holy Name. May His Messiah, Jesus, ride triumphant against all evil. Let us pray, “let your Kingdom come, let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” For that to happen it is a real government that must arrive worldwide, even with spiritual swords. It could not be more obvious what is coming. The only question I have is: Why isn’t the entire world press asking about it? The reason why is because they have been, as scriptures have made clear, given up to a diseased mental state, because they loved the lie and did not want the truth.
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