224) Iniquity Abounds

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A major investigation by the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News into reports of sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), published in 2019, finally galvanized a grassroots drive by individual Southern Baptist churches to hire a firm to conduct its own independent investigation. This report summarizes decades of gaslighting and cover-ups in the SBC with just under 15 million members. 

Complaints about sexual abuse and sexual assault on the part of pastors were sent to higher-ups who then kept those accusations quiet. Guidepost found accusations leveled against people at all levels: church volunteers, staff, and leadership, including those at the top of the church’s ladder. Those accusations were made by people of different ages and genders, and they include allegations of child sexual abuse, the grooming of adolescents, and the sexual assault of adults.

What the Guidepost report has shown is the sheer enormity of the problem, beyond the already staggering scope the Houston and San Antonio newspapers had revealed. Russell D. Moore, formerly the head of the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission called the report the “Southern Baptist apocalypse” in a column for Christianity Today.

I can personally attest that I experienced serial sexual misbehavior and abuse of authority from church leaders unparalleled by any secular authorities throughout my entire life.

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225) Jezebel Right On Cue

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Jezebel was so notorious that her very name is a byword for women who exploit sexuality to accumulate earthly power.

“Ahab [King of Israel…did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him…he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.” (I Kings 16:30-31)

And Ahab…laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread…Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad…Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money…and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard. And Jezebel his wife said unto him…I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal…set Naboth on high among the people: And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die…when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.” (I Kings 21)

God generalizes this individual to the Bride of Christ, whose collaboration with secular powers is also adultery.

“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.” (James 4:4)

“thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols / join spirits together with sacral-kings of false gods. (Revelation 2:20)

The spirit of Jezebel is characterized by a lethal combination of political and religious power.

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226) Sowing The Seeds Of Self Destruction

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“there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction…they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage…

it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.” (II Peter 2:1,18-22)

My Top 8 Female Headed Christian Bands.

Hello Metalheads! There are many Christian metal bands, as well as rock bands. These bands are my favourites, which I think that you may also like them. Don’t take it religiously, nor like I’m bashing on you or anything like that.

(By the way, I hate religion too)

It’s all about Love and knowing who you are.

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227) Religious Leaders Devour Their Flocks

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“Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me…And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him. And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.” (II Samuel 15:4-6

There are two approaches to counseling – whether legal, psychological, political or spiritual.

  • Like Absalom, support your client’s version of who is to blame, without determining the facts.
  • Conduct a thorough investigation of the situation, including obtaining collateral witness testimony of the client’s version.

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228) Sold Out One Way Or The Other

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  1. “The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it. 
  2. So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came…and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth…the redemption is thine…
  3. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.” (Jeremiah 32:6-8)

The reason it was so important for Jeremiah to recognize the word of the LORD was because Jeremiah’s response to this event was absolutely contrary to common sense. In the first place, Jeremiah knew that Judea would shortly be captured by Babylon, so it would seem he was throwing his money away.

In the second place, the priests in his home town of Anathoth were conspiring to kill him, so even if he could figure he would be one of the people left behind by Babylon to maintain the land, as did indeed happen, Anathoth would be the last place he would want to go.

However, against his common sense, Jeremiah being the good servant of God that he is obeys the word of the LORD.

“And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it…this evidence of the purchase, both

  1. which is sealed,
  2. and this evidence which is open…

may continue many days…”

Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying…fields shall be bought in this land…for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD” (Jeremiah 1:1, 32).

Jeremiah’s – and our – actions speak louder than words to prove our faith in Almighty God’s promise of restoration.

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SECTION XLII: The Signs Of The Times Are Chastening Of God’s Sons

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“The Pharisees also [allied] with [normally their rivals] the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven…”

  • Symptoms are self-reported by a patient such as “I feel sad/pain of 6 on a scale of 1-10″, or “like I’m going to throw up”,
  • Signs are observed by the professional assessor such a hot and swollen joint, or a broken bone.

Obviously, signs are much more reliable than reports by someone who may be trying to sway the listener to give them what they want, or avoid giving them what they need. When I was 10 years old I falsely claimed not to be in any pain because I didn’t want to be left at the hospital overnight then have surgery in the morning. My rigid abdominal muscles, temperature, and facial grimacing were the reliable signs of appendicitis on which the doctor took action.

Informed followers of God’s Chosen Savior are supposed to recognize the signs of the End Times!

Recognize! Not interpret symbolically!

“He answered and said unto [the rulers of the Jews]…O ye hypocrites…can ye not discern the signs of the times?” (Matthew 16:1-3)

“And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us…what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? ” (Matthew 24:3)

I have no doubt that Jesus was just as frustrated with his disciples as he was with the religious leaders, because the signs that Jesus recited to the disciples are taken straight from scripture and they should have known them. As should we.

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229) Daniel Is The Required Second Witness Of End Time Prophesy

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“At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.”

While current eschatology focuses on Daniel’s prophecies of the end times, they are in fact the required second witness to the earliest prophesy of Israel’s latter days given before Israel had even entered the Promised Land.

From Numbers 22-25: pagan priest-king Balak of Moab was so disconnected from his Hebrew relatives – and their God YHVH – dating back to Lot, that despite having a kinship basis for an alliance, in contrast with the Gibeonites who could only act on a basis of faith in the Hebrews’ miraculous God of goodness, he didn’t send an emissary to inquire about an alliance, but instead chose to attempt to wipe them out.

“Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people…: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.”

“Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said…which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open…

Pagan priest-king Balak of Moab thought he understood exactly what Balaam meant – the pineal gland is revered as a metaphysical organ of perception that transcends physical sight.

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230) The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse Cycle Through History

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John’s Revelation of the signs of the times is drawn directly from Jesus’ report in Matthew 24. They detail a sequence of events inevitable to every society reaching out for a false savior instead of turning inward to repentance of their self-destructive ways.

  1. “many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ / Promised Prince of Peace; and shall deceive many…

    • behold a white horse [peace]: and he that sat on him had a bow [like Cupid]; and a crown was given [voluntarily by the people] unto him: and he went forth conquering [this very nation!], and to conquer [other nations].”

  2. “nation [ethnic group] shall rise against nation, and kingdom [geopolitical organization] against kingdom…wars and rumours of wars”…

    • there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.”

  3. “there shall be famines, pestilences / epidemics“…lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand…And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.” For the average person “a man’s daily wages would be but just enough to buy himself bread, without any thing to eat with it; and when he would have nothing left for clothes, and other things, nor anything for his wife and children:” while the rich get richer during crises, especially the corrupt military-industrial complex. Along with famine comes dreadful living conditions, not just for combatants but civilians in homelands diverting resources for war and in lands devastated by war, earthquakes and other natural disasters experiencing a break down of law and order, and homeless refugees in camps fleeing battlefields and genocide.

  4. ” except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved:”

    • …a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him…over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts [unknown creatures, invisible microbes] of the earth.

As Yeshua spoke these words, the prophet Zechariah’s vivid description of a team of four horses furiously racing to alter the course of history would have been in Yeshua’s and his listener’s minds’ eyes, and should be in ours.

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231) The Four Horsemen Of The Roman Empire

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The continuation, succession, and revival of the Roman Empire is a running theme of the history of Europe and the Mediterranean Basin.

The vocabulary of a “Third Rome“, the “First” Rome being Rome in Italy and the “Second” Rome being Constantinople in the Byzantine Empire, is often used to convey such assertions of legitimate succession.

Several polities have claimed immediate continuity with the Roman Empire, using its name or a variation thereof as their own exclusive or non-exclusive self-description…The most enduring and significant claimants of continuation of the Roman Empire have been, in the East, the Ottoman Empire and Russian Empire, which both claimed succession of the Byzantine Empire after 1453; and in the West, the Holy Roman Empire from 800 to 1806…

The tracks of the horses out of classical Rome through the Middle Ages to the Third Rome are easy to spot. Step One – a powerful nation befriends the Jews, only to turn on them to destroy them.

Spain

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The continuation, succession, and revival of the Roman Empire is a running theme of the history of Europe and the Mediterranean Basin.

The vocabulary of a “Third Rome“, the “First” Rome being Rome in Italy and the “Second” Rome being Constantinople in the Byzantine Empire, is often used to convey such assertions of legitimate succession.

Several polities have claimed immediate continuity with the Roman Empire, using its name or a variation thereof as their own exclusive or non-exclusive self-description…The most enduring and significant claimants of continuation of the Roman Empire have been, in the East, the Ottoman Empire and Russian Empire, which both claimed succession of the Byzantine Empire after 1453; and in the West, the Holy Roman Empire from 800 to 1806…

The tracks of the horses out of classical Rome through the Middle Ages to the Third Rome are easy to spot. Step One – a powerful nation befriends the Jews, only to turn on them to destroy them.

Spain

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SECTION XLIII: America Drives Apocalypse Now

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America has been at war 93% of the time since its birth in 1776.

America’s tax-base wealth empowers the US Presidents to execute the political strategy of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

  1. Promising peace and prosperity through political deals of foreign aid and bribing rulers,
  2. the foreign disenfranchised masses revolt,
  3. leading to repressive measures by their foreign overlords causing famine, sickness, death
  4. and inevitably the outbreak of catastrophic war from which America must “defend” itself from the problem it started.

American Revolution Era during Napoleonic Wars

  • White Horse: George Washington led the American Revolution, a vision which propelled America to become the super power it is today by, ironically, inspiring British colonists to free themselves from British taxation without representation.
  • Red Horse: Immediately supported the Napoleonic wars in Europe by diverting France’s greatest adversary, Britain, in the War of 1812, followed by over 1,500 wars, attacks and raids on Indians, the most of any country in the world against its Indigenous people. 
  • Black horse: Dreadful living conditions, poor nutrition and pandemics for the majority with a small minority of wealthy benefitting from all the resources of the continent. Plains Indians were unable to hunt buffalo since these had been deliberately exterminated. Instead, they had to rely on government rations that could be withdrawn at any time for poor behaviour. Since they could not leave their reservations they were reduced to a subsistence life. Indian children were forcibly taken from their familiess and sent to boarding schools. In 1889 the federal government opened lands in the Oklahoma Territory to white settlement that were by treaties reserved for Indians. Starvation was common, and living in close quarters hastened the spread of diseases brought by white settlers.
  • Pale horse – massive death rates from all causes. By the close of the Indian Wars in the late 19th century, fewer than 238,000 Indigenous people remained from the estimated 5 million to 15 million living in North America when Columbus arrived in 1492 – statistics worse than the Holocaust.

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