IS LIVING UNDER TYRANNY WORTH THE “PEACE” THAT COMES WITH IT?
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In my last column I pointed out that the bar ought to be very high before any citizens consider overthrowing the government. It must be as high as Christian Just War theory properly sets it…
It might seem obvious why Christians should set up so many barriers before reluctantly turning from peaceful means to violent ones…let’s remind ourselves…
Jesus did not (and could not) contradict His Father’s first Covenant, and impose on us absolute pacifism. But He did tell us to “turn the other cheek.” We must not…consumed with the thirst for revenge…
None of that means, however, we must stand idly by…When Gandhi told Europe’s Jews not to fight back against the Holocaust, he was proving that his tradition was utterly different from our own…
So violence is a resort, but it’s the last one…
War kills or cripples the courageous, and…spares cowards and profiteers…It embitters men…as they choke on their leaders’ lies. It piles up deep-seated grievances, planting seeds for future wars or acts of terror…
So would we be right to say that civil war, at least, is completely out of the question?…If you want to do that in principle, you’re saying that Dietrich Bonhoeffer was wrong to plot against Hitler. That slaves in Haiti were sinful for overthrowing their masters. That the crowds joining Boris Yeltsin when he climbed on top of a tank were guilty of resisting divine authority, wielded by any government in power.
So no…If there’s one list of evils worse than those caused by war in the 20th century, it’s this: the death tolls wracked up by governments abusing their helpless citizens…
Some 10 million died in World War I, and 50 million in World War II. Those numbers are dwarfed by the number of civilians purposely murdered by their governments between 1910 and 1990. Scholar of genocide R.J. Rummel estimates that number at approaching 170 million. Governments from China to South Africa shot, starved, froze, poisoned and strangled their citizens…The one thing virtually all of those citizens all had in common? Their governments had disarmed them first. So they couldn’t even resist.
Before you decide to embrace “civil pacifism,” sit down and read Rummel’s sobering study, Death By Government. It’s free, on the Internet…
Nor is death the only fate a tyrannical government imposes on its people. Look at how citizens live in North Korea today. Or in China’s concentration camps…Consider…los[ing]e the freedom to speak your thoughts. Or practice your faith. Or control your children’s education…To protect your property from arbitrary confiscation, and refuse to do forced labor at the whim of some government thug. Such a “peace” is worse than war…It’s unconditional surrender to evil.
We far too much take for granted…That’s why we so blithely shrug as the Deep State, and public health dictators, take them from us one by one. As arbitrary judges, and unelected bureaucrats, make a mockery of the claim that we’re a government of laws, rather than men…
Our founders risked their lives to wage a just civil war of rebellion. Then they…craft[ed] a system of government that would be, so far as possible, “tyranny proof.”…Their goal was to avoid the rise of arbitrary dictatorships…
The Progressive movement, starting in the early 20th century, scorned the founders’ project, and set about smashing [it up]…In the name of Utopian goals…these social engineers tried to centralize power in the hands of the few. Let “experts,” “specialists,” and “elite” cadres of “enlightened” petty despots agglomerate all the power. They knew how to wield it better…
That’s how the Left was talking back in 1917, under Woodrow Wilson. (Before running for president, he’d written academic books on the need to smash the “archaic” mechanisms of the Constitution.)…In 2016…our nation’s Oligarchy turned on us. Civil servants in the Deep State…boasted that they would defy the orders and frustrate the policies of our elected leader. And so they did…
Our founders were prescient. They knew…That the State is a guard dog always ready to turn into a wolf…That’s why they drafted the Bill of Rights, and the Second Amendment in particular…they regarded an armed citizenry as the last backstop against a tyrannical government.
No surprise then, that members of our public health dictatorship are trying to nullify that amendment. It’s the last thing holding them back from treating us all like piglets on a pork farm…
What is the Lord speaking to you through this article about our nation? Share in the comments below!
Excerpt from The Stream. Article by John Zmirak. John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or co-author of ten books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. He is co-author with Jason Jones of “God, Guns, & the Government.” (Photo Credit: Steve Harvey/Unsplash).
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Our government is out of hand & on a course of self destruction even though they are unaware of it. the Word says righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach to any people. When you begin dictating to people to take a shot that isn’t proven yet & hold their jobs on line in an effort to threaten & coerce them to give in for fear of their security both physically & financially, bells & alarms should be going off in the hearts of the people whether they are spiritually discerning or not. We have a puppet in office who is doing everything he’s being told because he can’t think for himself. if he could, he would understand that his actions are ones of control that seeks to take the rights of the people. We can’t stand for this type of action & it’s time for the church to speak up. speak out & stand for our values. if we remain silent now, the next thing they’ll want to do is go after our religious freedoms. So Father I pray for that our Christian leaders would rise up, come together & go as one body in unity to speak out against this decision & demand it be withdrawn in Jesus Name.
This is an Esther moment. We are here for such a time as this. Touch, strengthen & encourage your people to stand in this hour in Jesus Name Amen.
To answer your question, the answer is ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!
Even Jesus at 1 point made a whip from some ropes and drove out all those who sold and bought in the temple and overthrew the tables and seats of the money-changers. “My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you are making it a robbers’ den.” See Matthew 21:12-13
And John 2:14-16
In other words, we, as a people have become apathetic, complacent, passive, lukewarm, etc. God said He’d rather we be hot or cold because those who are lukewarm, He will spit you out of His mouth!!
We, as a body of believers MUST wake up, stand up, put on the armor of God and get ready for
battle. Even though the Word says the battle is the Lord’s, the people were instructed to get ready-suit up for war!! Example: 2 Chronicles 20:1-32; especially 12-24.
I think it would behoove every believer to read all they can about this amazing country Almighty God has given us, the covenant made with the Lord in 1607 by Robert Hunt and his men at Cape Henry and our founding Fathers, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States of America and the Bill of Rights, etc.
It’s our choice:: whether we stay in our comfy slumber and be eventually enslaved OR prepare for battle and fight for and take back what Almighty God has given us. We are instructed to submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. James 4:7 (whole chapter is excellent for us to study/meditate on).
Evil triumphs when good men do nothing!!
What say you, what will you choose?
I choose to get ready for war the best I can and with His help, I will overcome and be
victorious!!
Step one for people who love our Nation, our Constitution, our Religious Freedom and our Liberty is fighting to expose 2020 election fraud.
We should not support a party or politician that will not prioritize investigating 2020 election fraud.
Without free and fair elections our good manufacturing jobs and industries will continue to be outsourced to other nations.
Without free and fair elections our borders will remain porous and immigration laws will not matter.
Without free and fair elections our energy supplies will again become dependent on countries that wish to do us harm.
Without free and fair elections our respect and leadership among our allies and other nations will be destroyed.
Without free and fair elections the last, best hope for Freedom and Liberty around the globe will be gone.
Without free and fair elections we WILL NOT be a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.
Instead, we will be a gov’t of unelected lobbyists/bureaucrats, corrupt media, and leftist globalist elites who want a managed decline of the U.S. so they can implement their ideology and goals.
We, the people, have been trampled on, worn out, and beaten down by a corrupt system for decades. We need politicians to stand with and defend our citizenry, like Trump did. We need politicians that will take action to stop this hostile take over, like Trump did. And we need politicians that will fight for this great nation and defend our constitution and God given rights. We hear lots of words but rarely get help from our political leaders, including many Republicans.
Freedom is not easy, we must always fight to preserve it.
So instead of politicians pouting in their ivory towers and pretending they are representing us, they need to give our nation back to the people by fighting to expose this election fraud.
Dear Heavenly Father. Please hear our prayers, please forgive our sin, and please heal our land.
Well said and in total agreement. Only God can heal our America and the world.
Agree!
We need to make ensure election integrity for 2020 and beyond.
My Urgent Prayer Request for the California Recall Election
Problem
First, millions of illegal aliens are voting in California.
1. When they get their drivers licenses at DMV, they are automatically registered to vote.
3. By law, no one is allowed to ask if they are a citizen.
4. No one can ask for valid ID. Millions of illegal alien voters tip the scale for failed socialist Democrats in California. It’s pretty simple- they vote for the party that won’t deport them and will keep welfare checks coming from cradle to grave.
Second, California has sent out tens of millions of mail-in ballots. Just like Biden-Trump in 2020, there is no way to know who’s who.
1. There is no Voter ID.
3. There is no chain of custody.
5. There is no signature verification.
6. There is nothing but millions of fake ballots, signed with fake names.
7. Someone received 16 ballots at his California home.
Third, California allows anyone to print out ballots on their home computer.
Fourth, California has ballot harvesting.
1. Anyone can collect thousands of fake ballots, fill them out and hand them in.
Fifth, the actual ballots were designed with a flaw.
1. You must fold the ballot to mail it. Computers that scan the votes often auto-cancel the name checked on the fold. Guess who’s name is on the fold out of 46 candidates? Larry Elder. What a coincidence. What a shocker!
Prayer, Decrees, and Declarations! Agree with me.
First, we decree that no illegal aliens’ votes are accounted in California.
1. illegal aliens will not be allowed to vote with just their drivers licenses. Their registrations to vote will be void without proof of US citizenry.
2. The unlawful law that says “no one is allowed to ask if they are a citizen” will be thrown out.
3. Valid IDs will be required from all voters.
Second, all fraudulent mail-in ballots will be thrown out. There will be forensic digital tracing to expose all criminal culprits. We declare that for votes to count there will be:
1. voter ID
2. chain of custody
3. signature verification
We decree that:
1. All fake ballots, signed with fake names will be exposed and traced back to their source.
2. All those who received multiple ballots at their home will report it to the voter integrity auditors.
Third, all printed ballots from home computers will be deemed illegal and not counted.
Fourth, we declare there will be no ballot harvesting of fake ballots. All fake ballots ballots will be confiscated by righteous leaders.
Fifth, no actual valid ballots will be rejected by the computer scanners. No design flaw will prevent a legitimate vote from being counted.
We pray for these decrees and declarations to be carried forth on the wings of the host of angels of God in Jesus name.
Notes taken from:
WAYNE ROOT: Why Larry Elder Will Win the California Recall Election…But He Will Lose a Rigged Election Just Like Trump 9/13/21 from Gateway Pundit.