I recently had one of those eye opening moments the other day. I am still chewing on the implications.
Ok, so here is the scenario. I'm watching a 5 part show on World War ll. I don't remember the exact name, but it covered both fronts of the war.
As the show progressed, they interviewed some of the soldiers, airman and sailors. One of the soldiers was a former Senator from Hawaii Daniel Inouye. See Photo
Remember him?
Senator Inouye was a US Army soldier in Europe, and did a fine job as a soldier. I say fine job because he fought and came home alive. As Senator Inouye talked about his experiences, the interviewer asked him how he felt about killing Germans. His answer is what opened my mind to the REALITY of our nation today.
He said, and I am paraphrasing here. "We had no problem at all in killing every German soldier we came across. With all of the propaganda that our country was filling us with, we saw killing them as our duty, and we did that very well."
Did you get that?
Almost two thousand years ago Jesus Christ walked and performed miracles. The disciples and Jesus were in Jerusalem. The disciples were gawking at the beautiful buildings and especially the Temple. Jesus told the straight away that all those buildings they marveled at would be destroyed. So much so that not one stone would be left on another.
Obviously this shook the disciples. The Temple was THE center of the Jews faith. So they needed to know WHEN. "Tell us when will these things be and the sign of your coming, and the end of the age?"
Jesus answered "Take heed that no one deceives you..." This begins the Matthew 24 discourse.
The first thing Jesus tells us is that in the time of the end, there will be deception.
What do we see? Is the media being honest and forthright with us? What about our politicians? What do you see as deception today?
About 500 years before Jesus walked the Earth, the prophet Isaiah said
Isaiah 5:20-21
"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
I guess its almost like we
have to live our lives in denial if we are to maintain any semblance of
normalcy. I mean, how involved in world events do we need to be to live a
peaceful life?
Think about that for a minute.
Who of us wakes up in the morning and prepares for a day of war, hunger,
disease, political turmoil or international deception?
When I say "Us" I
mean those numerically few folk who actually read this blog. I am not saying
that we are special or protected or different...we are just not actively
involved in the worlds horrors right now. I believe that will soon change.
This week something happened,
which the folks who are watching, knew would take place. That is, ISIS
has gotten to the Northern Israeli border and made an attack on Israel. Israel responded in the way Israel responds, aircraft blowing up the truck and killing
the 4 ISIS thugs.
To someone just taking a
casual read of the news, we would give a fist pump and cheer on Israel.
However, there's much, much
more to this and Id like to work through it with you.
First of all this Syria thing doesn't make much sense. I mean you have a
country where the leader is being targeted by the US to be removed. Long gone are the days when our
country would help nations by putting in water systems, establishing hospitals
or generally being a help. No, we have made it our policy that either you
accept our brand of lifestyle/politics or we will remove you...even if it means
we will actively foment civil war in your country and kill hundreds of
thousands of your people.
Sound far fetched? The stuff
of fiction writers?
Thank you WikiLeaks.
Ok so lets take a step back. The
major players in the Islamic thughood are Shiite and Sunni. Make no mistake
about it, they HATE each other. Hate is bred into their souls from birth...its
what they know and they dont care as it is their 'Honor' to hate their enemies.
Shiite are Saudis, Qataris,
Indonesians....and are about 85% of total muslim population.
Sunni's are Iraninans...and
are about 15% of muslim population.
A WikiLeaks email from the Clinton camp stated that the 'Government of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, our supposed "allies and friends" are
funding ISIS directly. Let that sink in for a minute. ISIS
is being funded by Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Yeah the very people we went to war to protect are
guilty of murdering thousands and thousands of people in a very brutal way.
Heads hacked off? Burned alive? Sex Slaves? All funded by the Saudis and
Qataris.
President Obama is as guilty
as sin in this matter. It was his inability to lead in the Middle East and subsequent turning our backs on the people we recently died
over...and handed them all over to this group. His bowing down to the Saudi
king at the start of his Presidency was a slap to the face of every American.
Its stuff like this that
makes my blood boil...but I know that this is not who we really are. I know
that the majority of our people are proponents of the good and not the evil.
Ok so we know the
divisions...Lets now look at why ISIS attacking Israel is so important.
Im posting a map to make it
easier to understand.
Ok so lets look at a couple
of areas that are important. First of all, notice that small area in northern Israel next to the Lake Tiberias, or as
we Christians know it as the Sea
of Galilee. The map reads, Golan Heights. This is important because this strip of land is
vital to Israel's security. It is the high ground, if you hold it you
can defend...if you lose it, everything below you is ripe for any and all
artillery.
The Golan is also important
because of one other thing...oil. Israel discovered a couple of years ago, the largest
deposits of oil sands ever...ever.
Now, there is one country who
totally covets oil, that is Russia. Russia has oil and natural gas, but because it is so hard to
get to, its expensive. Russia also uses oil and natural gas to control those
nations they supply...namely Europe.
So now, we have this tin pot
dictator who rules brutally, that is Bashar al-Assad. This guy has stood up to
the rebellion in his country, one that we probably had our hands in. He needs
help, and along comes Putin and Russia.
The Russians desperately want
and covet a warm water port...so they have been now given carte blanche from
the port at Latakia. Look this up on the map...its important.
Now, Russia moved in and set up camp in a permanent way...they
aren't going anywhere anytime soon. Part of this permanence is their very good
air defense systems. After all Russia has enemies. The system Russia installed at Latakia is their S-400 Triumpf anti
aircraft missile system. The video below explains what this system is.
Notice the effective range of
the radar and of the missiles. 400 Kms for the missiles and 600Kms for the
radar. If you draw a line down from Latakia, due south...Jerusalem is 420 Kms. In other words, every time a jet lands or
takes off in Israel, they are in the crosshairs of this missile system.
Lets put this in perspective.
Lets say that Mexico wants to protect a military base near the US border. They install a S400 and it covers all the way
to PhoenixArizona or DallasTexas....how do you think that would sit with us?
So Israel attacks a ISIS group near the Golan Heights...and a Russian radar technician is watching on a
screen, his finger near the fire button.
Yesterday I got into a
conversation with someone on a "faith" type website. These sites draw
all types, especially those to argue against God and those who liberalize God.
This person I talked with
basically said to me, "Where did God say..." she then added
"God...not Paul not Leviticus." In other words, she asked 'prove to
me that God said it.'
My reply to her was that it
didn't matter whether I could prove anything to her, what mattered was whether
she believed it and what effect that would have on her life. So, nothing
happened...
I have found that when people
say, "Paul said this or that...so it doesn't mean anything," then it
doesn't matter what is said after that, your argument is null and void.
So does God want us to stand
up to these people and argue for what we believe? Yes He does. In Jude 1:3
¶
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write
unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and
exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once
delivered unto the saints.
So I accept that and will
contend for my faith. The next question needs to be asked, to what end? What is
the end result of contending for our faith? Is this thing we believe just some
warm fuzzy? or is it a cool thing to do on Sunday, a way to make business
contacts? Make friends?...why do what we do?
Well, lets look at what our
world will look like WITHOUT Christ. The nation of Venezuela is a seething reeking crap hole right now. Venezuela used to be a prosperous country, until Socialism.
Hugo Chavez came on the scene and did what Socialists do...they foment unrest
and pit one group of people against another. When Socialists pit one group
against another its usually along economic lines. It goes something like this:
Dont you hate rich people? They stole their money, your money...Dont you hate
paying college tuition?...Dont you hate paying for Medical? Dont you
hate...just fill in the blank for the next social hot button.
So the people, the faceless
masses, all in agreement...vote these liars and thugs into office.
And yet people in the US continue to entertain this philosophy.
Jesus said (Matthew 24: 1-13)
that in the end times that we would see famines, earthquakes and disease in
various places. He also added that these are the Beginning of Sorrows. A term
used by Jesus to describe the times of pain, suffering and death.
