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The 4th Revival — An Answer for Tomorrow (Corrected)

 

This article has been resubmitted due an error in the main topic video link. 

This is admittedly one of my longer articles, but it is imperative that you read it — like after church Sunday for example.  And then share it with other church goers you know.


If you were to read about our real history in America, you would learn among other things, that our country has been through not one, but three religious revivals since our inception — as early as the 1700’s.  Which is startling, since the original immigrants coming to our continent were extremely religious (compared to today) as evidenced by their fleeing from Europe due to religious persecution with great sacrifice and discomfort.

Time and again our forefathers went from a very difficult existence to a progressively easier one.  Each time things got easy, we ‘blew it’ and lost one thing in particular — our love and respect for God.  And just to show that we are very slow learners, we are doing it again!! 

America has gone from a very ‘religious’ country, to a much lower ranking one with regard to quantity of those even claiming to be Christian.  You can cherry pick statistics all day, but suffice it to say, we are much less religious today than we were merely 30-40 years ago.  

Understand that in a Christian person’s world, it is often stated that Christianity is the light of the world and where it doesn’t exist, typically there is darkness.  Well, a lot of our light is gone and darkness is filling the void, rapidly.  I personally believe a lot of the cause is Hollywood’s (TV) efforts to marginalize religion.  The end result is that we are  too happy with ‘things’, and not with people or ourselves.  That in itself sounds dark to me.  As demonstrated by suicides being up significantly in the U.S. in just the last 12 months.

We now have corruption everywhere in this country — the corporate sector, the government sector (largely at the federal level), and yes, even our church world.  Political correctness has been a very successful tool devised by those who wish to destroy America and to bring on this destructive phenomena.    Consequently dishonesty is now a way of life and accepted in America.

Most people ask the same question, “What do we do now?  How do we turn this around?”  Answer, stop doing what you’ve been doing, namely sitting on your butt doing nothing!  Everyone is waiting for everyone else to make it all go away.  Memo to America:  No one is going to save us but YOU!!  Not the other guy.  If we all stand against the evil which is destroying our country, we WILL survive.  If not, we will be plunged into darkness for a very long time — not years, but decades.

We should start with the ‘seniors’.  After all, they are supposed to be the older and wiser people — like 80 million worth!  What are they busy doing?  Largely taking care of #1?  Largely just trying to live out their final years in comfort and getting free stuff from the feds?  (Thank you AARP.)  If the vast majority of them are retired, what is their excuse (besides medical issues) to do nothing?    

What can the average senior do to help with our ‘meltdown’?  If nothing else, they can try to educate their children and grandchildren.  We are at war with ourselves in this country and the war is lead by Marxists in our government and elites who are seeking inordinate power.  (If you haven’t read my previous posts on this website and didn’t get that message, please read them now at Justice4USA.wordpress.com.)

If your kids are like most, they think they know more than you and/or believe they no longer need your advice.  But, this issue is of such a grave nature, that we seniors must take action.  This battle won’t be over soon and will affect our kids.  They’ve been pumped with propaganda for so long now, that it’s hard for them to believe much of anything.  But we must persist.  If you can’t make a dent in their thinking, try finding some other younger person in your circle of influence to educate.  They represent our future and that of our country.  If we don’t turn this around, then possibly they can — if left with the truth to fight with.  Without it, they too are lost.

Myself, I’m a busy guy, but I at least take the time to try and educate the public on what’s wrong and what we can do to help.  Far too many seniors have the view that there’s nothing they can do, and that their vote doesn’t even count. 

But let’s not forget the parents — although they are very busy making money to pay bills etc.  Parents can talk to their kids before they learn they have a brain (and no longer need their parent’s brain).  The younger they start teaching their kids what’s right, wrong, and hard to understand, the better.  They’re not as dumb as we might think.  The key point to remember is that their kids have formed 80-90% of all foundational value systems by the age of ‘7’! 

The churches of America are going to the dark side of sorts also.  Rather than fighting like the ‘Black Robe Regiment‘ (I strongly recommend visiting this link) they water down their sermons so as to not offend anyone.  It’s like today’s modern cliche goes, “You’re either part of the solution or part of the problem.  No action is action.”

Of key note, the typical church has what is called ‘elders’ who help the pastor lead the church — suggesting older and wiser members are a value in leading the church.  That wisdom should be addressing what is happening in America and the church making a big difference in our society — not one church, but many. 

With that said, please watch the video below.  The speaker is a pastor from South Africa.  He speaks of the problem(s) we face and what we as ‘elders’ can do to save this country.  (And when I say elders, I mean not only church leaders, but all senior citizens in this country.  After all, you at least had the opportunity to live in this great country without communists openly trying to change it into a soviet state.  It’s high time to pay back.)

Pastor’s Video

I seriously encourage you to watch this video.  Derek makes it very clear: what is happening, what we need to do, why, and when.  Please believe that he is not exaggerating when he speaks. 

I have said for years now that we are getting closer to our enemies (Marxists) in this country making a ‘touchdown’.  Although we have been asleep on the bench, we still have a small window to make the difference between darkness in this country and light.  The decision is partially yours.  You were put here on earth to make a difference, this is your big chance, don’t blow it… 

Prayer works, but with action, works much better. 

Re-balancing America’s Prosperity

A recent article from Prophecy News Watch tells of the plight of Americans today and how they are struggling to ‘survive’ our current economic status.  Understanding that there are those who will always be ‘at the bottom’ of the food chain — by choice or otherwise — we need to understand ‘why’ we’re in our economic situation, and what will get us out of it.

The American people are, in general, resilient and good at ‘coming back’.  The Revolutionary war was a great example of that resiliency.  All we need is the right motivation, and then get out of our way!  World War II was another example — the Japanese learned that lesson at a high cost.

But, one can argue, that we are in the situation we are today because of the things done in this country during the Obama era — not just economic, but our world status and sense of leadership in the world.  Like FDR, Obama made a recession into a gloomy time with little growth and extended that period mercilessly.  We were told that 1.5-2% growth was the ‘new normal’.  Every time we would watch the news, we would see him bowing to kiss some foreign leader’s hand or disparage America in some way.  And on the local front his did everything he could to pit this country against itself — economically, racially, politically, etc.  Is it no wonder we were depressed for eight years?

During his tenure he did his best to allow those from our southern border to enter this country without any resistance.  Today we have millions of lower educated people flooding our welfare system and taking up some of our lower paying jobs.

But even worse, he did his best to promote the moving of good paying jobs overseas!   Now even those who were skilled workers were busted down to lower paying jobs shoving those beneath them to even lower paying jobs (what used to be part-time jobs).  Now that’s depressing.  Many in America had to obtain two jobs to make ends meet. . .  sort of.

Now today there are those who complain that president Trump hasn’t done enough (anything) for those who struggle at the lower-middle-class in our society.  Although he implemented a tax reform which has re-energized our economy, there are still those complaining that we haven’t done enough for the middle class.  Well, give the man some time and let him implement phase-2 of his tax plan — that being another tax cut specifically for the middle class.  (Estimates are that he wants that cut to be 10% and for the middle class only.)

But now that the democratic party has taken over the House, it is very doubtful that they will help employ yet another cut.  My guess is they’ll do what they can to get rid of his first cut!  If that were to happen, we’d be in the next recession for our country quickly.  Then we’d all be very unhappy.

Reality is that around 47% of the American public do not pay taxes at all.  Many of them in fact receive government benefits and do little to nothing for them.  It is therefore hard to devise greater help for that group.  Therefore we should work on those who are in the next ‘rung of the ladder’ — those in the lower part of the middle class.  If we give them a ‘leg up’ to help them raise even higher in the middle class, they would leave behind them a vacuum for that 47% to get to work or get a better job.  At least some of those people would rise quickly.

To help facilitate this entire scenario, we need to bring a lot more jobs back to America.  Tens of thousands of jobs have been lost to India, Russia, China, and other societies with some level of education and ‘motivation’.  A significant example of that work is IT jobs — programmers, engineers, etc.  Those are the jobs that will be most critical in our very near future.  Technology has only started and has a long way to go toward automating the world.  We need to move on this issue now while we still have some level of expertise left.  (Babyboomers are dying off at a rate of 10,000/day!)  If not, our country can slip further down the food-chain in this world leaving it’s people in an even more depressed state.

To whine and complain and ask for handouts is not the American way.  We do NOT need a socialist society.  We are more than capable of lifting ourselves out of the funk the Obama administration put us into.  We just need to fight those who are trying to drag us into a third world situation so that an extreme minority can rule this country with an iron fist and take all of our riches for themselves.  Every socialist country in history has done just that to their people.  We must not allow that to happen on our watch!!

Please excuse my seeming rant.  It’s veteran’s day and the military in me is showing.  But we actually do need more fighters in this country and less whiners.  Please recommend this reading to your friends to help re-energize America.  We’re better than this.

The following ‘poor me’ article is what motivated this response.  I hope you can see why I wrote what I did.

62 Percent Of All U.S. Jobs Do Not Pay Enough

 

 


 

Warrior Teens of Yesterday vs. Today’s Snowflakes

Many of us in this country have totally lost sight of who we are, what we stand for, and what is expected of us today.  The focus typically is to ‘feel good’ and not be bothered or uncomfortable.  “It’s all about me”, in too many cases.

During the second world war, teenage men were drafted into a horrific war where those young men saw things that shouldn’t be seen by anyone — not even hardened men of experience.  Watch this video and think about what the men on that ship were thinking when the aircraft with a dead 23 year old in it sinks to the bottom of the ocean.  I seriously don’t believe there were any snowflakes there that day.

 

Can you even imagine how our youth would ‘handle’ such chaos today? You’d better cross your fingers we don’t get into anything like WWII any time soon.  We have a LOT of people to ‘fix’ before we could take on a task like that.

 

 


 

The End Times — A Well Informed View

A very large number of people in this country (world) believe that we are in the ‘end times’.  But what evidence do they have?  Moral decay?  Natural disasters?  ‘Wars and rumors of wars’?

The following video is very much worth watching and gives another perspective on this subject.  It is a recorded documentation of a lecture at the 2016 ‘Understanding The Times’ convention which is hosted by OliveTree Ministries.  Jan Markell is its founder.

What is key, to me, is that the speaker weaves history and biblical references into a compilation of evidence to make his point.  Although the atheist may find a lot of coincidence in his lecture, after awhile that becomes an obvious stretch.

Is his idea of the end much different than others?  No.  But he gets there in a very different way.  Believe me, it is a guarantee that you will learn something from this talk.  In fact, you might consider sharing with your ‘believing’ friends and/or use it for a bible study session.

The lecture is just under an hour, but moves very fast.  I doubt you’ll fall asleep.  :-)

 

 

 


 

Faith, Culture and The Fate of Our Nation

If you have the time to watch/listen to this video, it is a fountain of knowledge and common sense worth hearing.  Two speakers are engaged on stage with questions.  Both give their responses which are very encouraging to hear.  I highly recommend your listening to this Q & A lecture.  My guess is, if you’re like me, you’ll hear the first 5-10 minutes of it and get hooked!  Two very smart guys.

Dennis Prager and Eric Metaxas Forum

Dennis has his website which is DennisPrager.com and his educational site which is PragerUniversity.com.  Both are very educational websites worth checking out.

 

 


 

Confused Society

America at one time had a compass — and people  watched it!  It was called the bible!  America was founded on Christian/biblical principles which we stood by for hundreds of years until the 50’s (regardless of what the president says).  Then we grew up.  We knew better.  We no longer needed any bible — we’re capable of determining our own destiny by following our own ‘rules’..!!?

Well, look where it’s gotten us..?!

 

Schools vs. Prisons with Bibles..?
Schools vs. Prisons with Bibles..?

Islam Prayer vs. Football Prayer..?
Islam Prayer vs. Football Prayer..?

Now we hear about Christians being killed in the middle east — and Oregon!!  But it couldn’t get worse, right?

You probably shouldn’t ask, but imagine where we’re headed..?

America, you’d better wake up and start fighting back…    FAST!!

 

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Religion Today

The bible states that in the ‘end times’ we will see religions turn from what God dictates in the bible and make up their own rules.  That is becoming more obvious daily.

The following information comes from Pew Research.  Hard to believe…   sort of.

U.S. Catholics Open to Non-Traditional Families
When Pope Francis arrives in the U.S. later this month, he will find a Catholic public that is remarkably accepting of a variety of different family arrangements. American Catholics also question some key church teachings, such as those dealing with birth control and same-sex marriages. read more >
Catholics Say Traditional Families Ideal; Other Family Arrangements Acceptable

Fact Tank: Key Findings About American Catholics
Fact Tank: 45% of Americans Have a Connection to Catholicism
Fact Tank: Who Are ‘Cultural Catholics’?

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Poem Of Recognition

Police today get very little recognition for when they do something ‘good’.  But if we think they did something wrong, watch out — it’s butt kicking time…   again.  (If they’re lucky.)

The following poem is dedicated to those who put it all out there for the people who sometimes love them, and all too often hate them.  Their reward is typically not here on earth, but later.

 

End of Watch — Heavenly Police Patrol

The officer stood and faced God,
Which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining,
Just as brightly as his brass.

Step forward now officer,
How shall I deal with you?

Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?’

The officer squared his shoulders and said,
“No Lord, I guess I haven’t.”
Because those of us who carry guns,
Can’t always be a saint.

I’ve had to work most Sundays,
At times my talk was tough.
And sometimes I’ve been violent,
Because the world is rough.

But, I never took a penny,
That wasn’t mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime,
When the bills just got too steep.

And I never passed a cry for help,
Though at times I shook with fear.

And sometimes God forgive me,
I’ve wept unmanly tears.
I know I don’t deserve a place,
Among the people here.

They never wanted me around,
Except to calm their fear.

If you’ve a place for me here Lord,
It needn’t be so grand.
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don’t, I’ll understand.

There was a silence all around the throne,
Where the saints had often trod.
As the officer waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.

“Step forward now you officer,
You’ve borne your burdens well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven’s streets,

You’ve done your time in Hell.”

 

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‘Mega’ Agenda 21 — You Haven’t Seen Anything Yet!!

Far too many people in this country are totally unaware of Agenda 21, much less, know what it stands for or where it came from.  But now, the U.N. has come out with ‘Agenda 30’!!  The ‘new and improved’ Agenda 21.

Although these sound very innocuous, they could spell the end of the world economy as we know it.  In brief, they are wealth distribution on steroids!  The goal is to eliminate poverty throughout the entire world!  And the only way to meet such an extreme goal is to take from the rich (that’s you) and give it to others in another country.  (If you think you’re struggling now, just wait.)  Generosity and free contributions to those in need will no longer be required — your money will be taken from you.

As if this isn’t hard enough to believe, the current pope will be pushing this agenda.  Read the following article to learn about this world plan and how it will more than likely be part of our future.

‘Mega’ Agenda 21

 

Postscript:

It should be noted of import that our current pope is the 268th pope in history.  But of greater interest, he has been mentioned in prophecy as the ‘last pope‘ (112th) by St. Malachy.  (See BibleBelievers and read the last entry on the page at the bottom.)  What makes this even more curious is, Nostradamus predicted the same thing.  If you read this webpage toward the bottom, you’ll see what I mean.

Stay tuned folks…   we’re in for one hell of a ride over the next few years..?

 

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10 facts about religion in America

Anyone who watches the news on TV or reads a newspaper knows that Christians today are being persecuted daily.  It should be clear that Christianity is one target of the evil in this world that requires it to be stamped out — by all means, including death.

The following report by Pew Research is enlightening and worrisome.  To say the least.

Pew Research Report on Christianity in America

 

 

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