A Nightmare's Final Days

We're coming to the end of one of the most turbulent periods in American history. That period began in 2007 with the Great Recession, followed by the failed presidency of Barack Obama.

Though Obama certainly had nothing to do with the recession that began with the housing market crash, his administration's inept economic policies crippled America's economy and inflicted pain upon millions of people.

Even worse, the United States--once the most powerful nation in the world--became an international laughingstock under Obama. The Russians built up their military and nuclear arsenal; they annexed Crimea and they dared the U.S to respond to a series of increasingly provocative military confrontations.

The Chinese manipulated their currency in order to damage America's economy; they hacked into America's economic cyber-infrastructure and they used their economic strength to build up their military and challenge the U.S. in the South China Sea.

The Iranians literally robbed the proverbial bank without a gun when the Obama administration lifted economic sanctions against the Persian state in order to sign a one-sided nuclear pact that allows Iran a clear path to develop nuclear weapons. That horrible deal was consummated in order to craft Obama's mythical legacy as a global peacemaker.

Of course, there were the lies. There were multitudes of them. There was Obama's denial in the face of the evidence that his IRS intentionally targeted conservatives; his promise to Americans that they would be able to keep their health insurance plans under his new healthcare bill; his pledge to keep the government's nose out of churches and his assurance that the Iranian nuclear deal would prevent Iran from developing weapons of mass destruction.

But of all the sins committed by the Obama regime, perhaps none was worse than America's betrayal of Israel, her most loyal ally in the Middle East. And that betrayal has brought the United States perilously close to divine judgment.

In the ancient times, the Lord promised to bring harsh judgment against anyone who persecuted His people: To the patriarch Abraham, He said this:

I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great,and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse, and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you. (Genesis 12:2-3)

That promise was fulfilled through Abraham's son Isaac. The nation of Israel came into existence through him, and the Jewish Messiah Jesus Christ came into the world through the Israel, fulfilling God's promise to Abraham.

Throughout history, whenever nations have threatened Israel either overtly or covertly, they've come under God's heavy hand of judgment. When Great Britain violated the terms of the Balfour Declaration by giving away land to the Arabs that was promised to the Jews, the powerful British Empire disintegrated. Once a bastion of Christianity, Britain is now being taken over by Muslims.

When George W. Bush coerced Israel into turning over Gaza to the Palestinians in August, 2005, the city of New Orleans and surrounding areas were devastated just days later by Hurricane Katrina.

Was Katrina merely a coincidence? Or did the Lord punish the United States for dividing up His land that He gave to the Jews and to no one else? Here's what He spoke to the prophet Joel about 2,700 years ago concerning His coming judgment of the nations that persecuted Israel throughout history:

In those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will put them on trial for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel, because they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land. They cast lots for my people and traded boys for prostitutes; they sold girls for wine to drink. (Joel 3:1-3)

Obama, of course, wants to divide up Israel by creating a Palestinian state and forcing Israel to retreat to pre-1967 borders that would doom the Jewish state if that ever happened. Obama has purposely leaked Israel's military secrets to the world, and he's threatened the Jewish nation for building settlements in its capital city of Jerusalem.

And obviously, Obama's Iranian deal puts Israel in harms way. The Iranians have pledged to destroy Israel, and they will try to do that unless God intervenes and prevents that from happening. And He will prevent that. But not before He brings judgment upon the United States for enabling the Persian state to threaten His chosen people.

Hopefully, America's next president will undo the damage Obama has inflicted upon America and Israel. If not, then fasten your seat belts. Because bad things are coming to America. And very soon.

Hillary, Donald and the World

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

Barring an indictment or an unforeseen circumstance such as a catastrophic illness, Hillary Clinton will become the 45th president of the United States in November.

I hope I'm wrong. I don't like Hillary Clinton. And I never did. She was a terrible secretary of state, and she'll make an even worse president. Maybe not as bad as Barack Obama who may arguably go down as the worst president in the history of the United States. But Hillary will be bad for America.

However, she'll be good for the world and for her wealthy benefactors that include the big Wall Street money men who hate accountability, and powerful globalists who are seeking a world government. Those folks want Hillary Clinton in the White House. And they aim to accomplish that. 

How will Clinton be good for the world? She'll continue to steer America down a path toward economic destitution and military impotence, and she'll try to push the U.S. away from constitutional law and into international law. Certainly, Barack Obama made those issues a key part of his agenda. That was part of his "fundamental transformation of America." 

But don't blame Obama because he's a political puppet who only did what he was chosen (not elected) to do. And before that, George W. Bush was doing the same thing. 

Remember LOST? That's an acronym for Law of the Sea Treaty that proposed limiting America's sovereignty over her coastal waters to 12 nautical miles. The United Nations would gain control of the waters beyond that limit. That was the treaty that Bush wanted the U.S. to sign that would've hurt America's economy. How? By forcing the U.S. to obtain permits and pay heavy taxes to the UN for fishing and offshore drilling. Thankfully, the Senate rejected that terrible proposal.

If Hillary Clinton wins the upcoming presidential election, expect more of the same that's been going on in America for the past 30 years. That will include more unfettered illegal immigration, more "free trade" agreements that will make it even easier for U.S. manufacturers to relocate to Mexico and Asia, more crime and violence in America's streets, more poverty, and more persecution of conservatives and Christians.

That sounds insane. Why would anyone with a functional brain want to live in a nation like that? Why? Because poverty and chaos lead to anarchy that eventually leads to totalitarian regimes that wield absolute power over their citizens. That's where the elites want the U.S. to go, and that's where Hillary Clinton will continue to take America if she's elected.

And that's why the elites in both of America's corrupt political parties hate Donald Trump and are desperately trying to stop him from winning the Republican Party's nomination for president. Trump's not a globalist. He's a nationalist. He's extremely wealthy, and unlike Hillary Clinton, he can't be bought. 

And that's why the elites fear and loathe Trump. The Republican Party elites claim that Trump is unelectable. That's why they say they need someone else. But in reality, they fear that Trump may indeed win the election if he wins his party's nomination. And that terrifies them. That's why they're trying to stop him. Because they want Hillary in the White House. And to ensure that, they need to nominate another loser just like John McCain or Mitt Romney who has absolutely no chance of winning. Think Paul Ryan or John Kasich.  

America no longer has two political parties. It hasn't for many years. America has one political party with two heads. Both heads pretend to oppose each other. Both heads pretend to have different worldviews. But that's a mirage. Both heads belong to the same monster that has one distinctive goal. And that goal is to transform the United States from the wealthiest, most powerful nation into just another member of the world's 196 nations. 

If we can learn anything from this year's election process, it's this: the game is rigged and it has been for a long time. For all of his character flaws, Donald Trump has managed to expose the seedy, corrupt side of American politics where the big money people pull the levers and control the action. They also live in the shadows and prefer to remain there. 

They control the media that churns out the propaganda for and against candidates, and they control the activist groups such as Black Lives Matter, La Raza and MoveOn.org that send their useful idiots out into the streets to create disturbances and silence the voices of the opposition through intimidation and violence. 

Am I endorsing Donald Trump? No. I'm not endorsing anyone. I'll vote in November because that's my constitutional right. But my hope is in the Lord Jesus Christ who is the eternal king who has all the power and authority to raise up and depose political leaders.

Then why would He allow such people as Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to gain power? Because wicked people choose wicked leaders after their own hearts. And America has become an exceedingly cruel and wicked nation that glorifies death (abortion) and sexual immorality, and celebrates perversion. As such, America's leaders are a direct reflection of the people who elected them. They're vile and evil.

If Americans truly want to see their nation rescued from the forces of spiritual darkness, then they need to heed the words of the Lord: "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land." (2 Chronicles 7:14)

Nothing else will do.

Feeling the Heart-Bern

Bernie Sanders

Can Bernie Sanders be elected as America's 45th president? That's a possibility that seemed remote and absurd just a few months ago, but now it seems quite plausible.

Yes, he has a decent chance of winning the Democrat Party's nomination for president, and then winning the general election in November.

Who's Sanders? He's a 74 year-old Vermont senator who's an avowed socialist. For those who aren't familiar with the term, a socialist is a benign label for a communist. And that's what Sanders is. He's a liberal Jew from New York City who grew up in a progressive Jewish culture that embraced leftist ideals and Soviet communism.

And that's what America could get if Sanders is elected. Is Sanders a bad guy? Not at all. He's intelligent, well-spoken and likable. Unlike Barack Obama, he's honest about who he is and what he wants to do if he's elected president.

He wants to dismantle America's already decimated military; soak the rich with punitive taxes and he wants to hand out all sorts of free stuff to the so-called 99 percent of Americans who've allegedly been screwed over by the wealthy one percent.

That's not revolutionary stuff when it comes to progressives. They believe in Marxist economic principles. They believe that the government should run everything and decide who gets what and how much money they can have. And that's what Sanders believes in.

Obviously, Sanders would be a train wreck if he's elected to the presidency. America's economy, already teetering after nearly eight years of Obamanomics, would collapse. More jobs would flee to Mexico and Asia, and America would be further on her way to becoming a third world outhouse.

However, what's equally troubling about Sanders is his worldview that would directly affect his foreign policy. Like most progressives, Sanders presents himself as an atheist who doesn't believe in a personal God.

And that would most certainly affect his foreign policy because if he doesn't believe in God--the true biblical Judeo-Christian God--then he doesn't believe that Israel is anything special in the world, or that the land that the Jewish nation possesses was given to the Jews by God and to no one else.

Although Sanders believes that Israel has a right to exist, he also believes that the Palestinians should have their own state that's recognized as a legitimate nation by the world.

Furthermore, Sanders believes that more economic aid to the Palestinians will make them more benign and less inclined to launch terror attacks against the Jewish nation:

 Again, I think that you have volatile regions in the world, the Middle East is one of them, and the United States has got to work with other countries around the world to fight for Israel’s security and existence at the same time as we fight for a Palestinian state where the people in that country can enjoy a decent standard of living, which is certainly not the case right now. My long-term hope is that instead of pouring so much military aid into Israel, into Egypt, we can provide more economic aid to help improve the standard of living of the people in that area.

For decades, the U.S. has given tons of money to the Palestinians that's been squandered and stolen by Palestinian Authority officials. Much of that money has been used to fund terrorism that's shed the innocent blood of thousands of Jews. And yet, Sanders wants to increase aid to the P.A.

Does Sanders believe in God? Sort of. Here's what he said recently: I think everyone believes in God in their own ways. To me, it means that all of us are connected, all of life is connected, and that we are all tied together.

While that sounds benign and innocuous, it's not because anyone who rejects the biblical Judeo-Christian God, rejects His laws and commandments. Those laws forbid murder (abortion, euthanasia etc.) and sexual perversion (homosexuality).

Concerning murder, the Sixth Commandment says this: "You shall not murder." (Exodus 20:13) Abortion is always murder and never a choice. Concerning sexual perversion, the law says this: "Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable." (Leviticus 18:22) And it says this: "If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads." (Leviticus 20:13)

Certainly, as president, Bernie Sanders couldn't overturn abortion and same sex marriage laws. However, he could use his influence to change a leprous culture that mocks God and defecates on His laws. But he won't because he supports abortion and same sex marriage.

As they say; wicked people choose wicked leaders after their own hearts. And not all wicked people are nasty scoundrels. Some are sociable and amusing like Bernie Sanders. But there's nothing sociable and amusing about evil.

Evil Rulers

Bill and Hillary Clinton

A website that I won't publicize because it provides no documentation to support its information, claims that 81 suspicious deaths occurred while Bill Clinton was president of the United States (1993-2001).

Why are those 81 deaths considered suspicious? Because they involved folks who were extremely close to Clinton and had personal, political and business dealings with him. Thus, where there's smoke, there's often fire. The deaths do seem beyond coincidental. However, no one's ever been able to link Clinton or his associates to any of them.

Why do I even mention that? Because controversy has followed Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary like a caboose on a train for over 30 years. There's no need to rehash them. Anyone who's interested in researching the numerous Clinton scandals can do a simple Google search and find out for themselves. You can't miss them.

Hillary wants to become the 45th president of the United States, following the catastrophic Obama presidency that's inflicted significant damage upon the nation. At age 68, she's running out of time, so if she isn't elected this year, she probably won't get another chance.

Does Hillary have a chance? Certainly she does because (1) anyone looks good compared to Obama, and (2) most people who were born after 1980 simply aren't concerned about ethics and morals in their political leaders. All they care about is what the government can provide and do for them. Beyond that, they couldn't care less.

That's why Obama was reelected in 2012 despite his corruption and mendacity. Obama's so bad that he's made the inept Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) look like Abraham Lincoln. Carter was subsequently defeated by Ronald Reagan because the nation couldn't tolerate another four years of the incompetent Georgia peanut farmer. However, that was a long time ago in another era.

Today, of course, things are different. America has become a post-Christian nation where moral relativism prevails. There aren't as many folks around who still care about ethics and morals as there were in 1980 when Reagan defeated Carter. And that's why Hillary Clinton has an excellent chance to succeed Obama in the White House next year if she manages to stay out of jail.

Think about that. Can you ever remember a presidential candidate being threatened by an indictment while they were campaigning? Hillary faces a potential indictment in the ongoing email scandal that alleges she broke the law and compromised national security by using a private server to conduct top secret government business while she was the U.S. Secretary of State. And yet, most people don't seem to care.

That says more about them than it does about the political candidates they support. As a wise man once said: Wicked people choose wicked leaders after their own hearts. 

Here's what the Bible says concerning wicked leaders: "When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, But when a wicked man rules, people groan." (Proverbs 29:2)

During the time of the ancient prophet Isaiah (8th century B.C.) Israel had sunken into moral depravity, much like modern America. Israel's leaders were corrupt, and so were her people, prompting the Lord to speak these words to the prophet: "Your rulers are rebels and companions of thieves; Everyone loves a bribe and chases after rewards. They do not defend the orphan. Nor does the widow's plea come before them." (Isaiah 1:23)

And the Psalmist wrote this: "For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the land of the righteous, So that the righteous will not put forth their hands to do wrong." (Psalm 125:3)

Indeed, people get the political leaders they deserve. Americans got Barack Obama as their 44th president because they deserved him. Do they deserve Hillary Clinton? We'll find out, won't we?

Why Nations Die

Mythical hope and naked reality

If nations are only as strong as their leaders, then it's easy to understand why so many western nations are in rapid decline. Thus, political leaders are a mirror reflection of the people who elect them.

Unlike much of the eastern world, Africa and the Middle East where political strongmen and dictators seize power and use their militaries to hold on to it, western leaders are chosen by their people. If the people are morally strong, they will choose morally strong leaders. But if the people are corrupt and morally depraved, they will choose wicked leaders after their own hearts.

However, that's not an indictment of bad leaders. Rather, that's an indictment of the people who choose them. When Bill Clinton was America's president during the 1990s, he was plagued by endless scandals involving philandering and rape. Someone remarked at the time that what Bill Clinton did in his private life was irrelevant to what he did as America's CEO.

But that's dead wrong and it underscores the world's moral myopia concerning sin. Political leaders are responsible for setting a strong moral example for their people. Thus, a political leader who is openly debauched and promiscuous will give young people the impression that it's cool to fornicate, use drugs, get drunk and commit adultery. 

Those who choose that sort of lifestyle will put themselves on a path to spiritual ruin, poverty, self destruction and ultimately eternal destruction. Sadly, many young people go to college today not to pursue a higher education, but rather to party and use drugs and have sex. 

It's no wonder why the western world has fallen behind Asia in academic achievement, technology and productivity. While westerners are partying their way to hell, the eastern world--and particularly Asia--is rapidly rising as an industrial, economic and technological powerhouse. Why? Because the eastern world and Asia have embraced the morals that the west has discarded.

Some folks are beginning to take notice. Sam Gerrans, an author, translator and activist who resides in the United Kingdom has certainly taken notice of America's rapid descent into the moral abyss. For example, he noted that a record number of Americans now depend on psychotropics to cope with life's daily pressures: According to the Scientific American, use of antidepressants among the US population was up 400 percent in the late 2000s over the 1990s. Many of these drugs are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. These are the type of FDA-approved narcotics lone gunmen are frequently associated with, and their psychoses often attributed to a forced or sudden withdrawal from such drugs.

Gerrans has also noticed that America is becoming a violent, depraved nation: During the objective hardship of the 1930s, there was surprisingly little crime. People were brought up with a conception of morals and right and wrong. Frugality and prudence were prized virtues. Communities were generally fairly cohesive. Relative to then, society today is undisciplined, unrealistic and selfish. 

Certainly, there's a cause and effect for this. We already know what the effect is. But what's caused this? It's been caused by the Christian church's abrogation of the faith for universalism and temporal riches. Beginning in the mid to late 19th century, the Christian church fell into laziness and apathy and stopped contending for the faith. Though it didn't happen right away, the church lost the culture to secular humanists who imposed their godless worldview through politics, the education, entertainment and media industries. As they say, the devil never takes a day off.

The fall of the west and America is also prophetic. In his epistle to the early Roman church, the apostle Paul revealed what happens to people who reject God and His transcendent moral laws: "Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them." (Romans 1:28-32)

That's an ugly reality. Can that be reversed? It can but that seems unlikely, considering that biblical prophecy reveals that the epicenter of world power will reside in the eastern world (Daniel 11, Ezekiel 38-39) rather than in the west preceding the return of Jesus Christ.

Thus, the west's glory days appear to be over. And when the western world finally collapses under the weight of its own sin, many will look to the east and see what they once had. But by then, it'll be too late.