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Will God Destroy The US for Her Sin?

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That is a good question. I wish I could give you a simple straight forward reply. However, I am not a prophet. God has not told me. I did have a couple of pages addressing this thought but then I realized that I don’t need so many words.

Fact 1: He can do it if He wants. We have been forewarned and we have certainly had our chances.

Fact 2: He doesn’t have to. We are doing a pretty good job of it by ourselves.

Fact 3: The natural result of sin is destruction. If God takes his hands off this country, destruction will quickly follow. Only his mercy will spare us.

Fact 4: As a nation, we have turned our backs on God. I know of no reason that He should not turn his back on us.

Bottom line: If we maintain this course we can count on destruction whether He causes it or sits back and watches. It does not take a prophet to see that.

EV Police Cars?

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One consideration we must eventually face is going to total EV police departments. I mean the police do buy their vehicles from those available. The design of the dems is to get gas and diesel vehicles off the road.

There will be problems, you know. Assuming the police car has a 300 mile range, that’s just about 6 hours of driving time. In addition, some time should be reserved for the possible chase, or simply the 911 call near the end of the shift.

In addition, police cars generally need more electric power anyway. Also, hopefully, the police cars should be a little better than non police cars.

Another thing to take note of is that while a car is being charged, it will be out of service. Typically, this might mean a 50 thousand dollar auto will be out of service during recharging. This would likely mean one additional car would be needed for each 6 cars needed for a police department.

And, of course, after solving these problems for EV police cars, we will need to start working on ambulances and fire trucks. By the way, has anyone started thinking of all the charging stations that will be needed?

I hope someone has given some thought about the loading on the electric grid. I mean, I know those police cars and fire trucks will need to be changed, but I assure you I also need my air conditioning. I won’t be the only one.

Success

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I have had no formal training as an evangelist. If I were fortunate enough to address an audience of a hundred and 3 of them made decisions to accept Jesus as their savior, I would consider it a success. If it were 5, I would be ecstatic.

I guess most preachers would hope for something greater than that; maybe 10 or 12. I mean, when the plan of salvation is presented, it is usually rejected. I really don’t have the foggiest idea why. It is really a good thing to accept Jesus as your savior. Yet, many reject him. I suspect, mostly the things of this world are more important to them than their eternal souls.

Well, some have better success than others. Billy Graham certainly had his success. He had a mostly simple straightforward way to present the plan of salvation and certainly God did his part. Paul, the one who wrote much of the New Testament presented the gospel to his thousands, and in a way, he is still helping to persuade people to accept the Lord today through the printed word.

A person might ask, who could possibly be more successful than that? Yet there is one, percentage-wise, who has us all beat. Moreover, he had a very simple sermon. “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” Simple and straightforward as it was, it apparently had 100% effectiveness. Everyone who heard the words repented and worshiped God.

Wow! I wish I could have that kind of success. However, there were two more things that made the conversion different. First, Jonah did just about all he could to keep it all from happening. He hated the people of Nineveh and he did not want to see them saved. In other words, perhaps the most successful preacher in history wanted to be an outright failure. Secondly, when the people repented God relented and did not destroy the city. Now that angered Jonah and he pitched a fit. (my interpretation)

In essence, it appeared God used Jonah’s rebellion for success. After all, it was very likely that the people of that great city knew of Jonah and what all he went through to keep from going to the city. When they saw Jonah arrive, when they all saw the sad expression on Jonah’s face, the people likely decided that God did really did mean it and that if they didn’t repent something bad was going to happen.

Now, that was success. Oddly, it was his determination to fail that made it succeed. It does make me wonder. What would have happened if Jonah would have done as he was told immediately. Maybe his success would have been 80% or 70%. I don’t know. It’s a guess and likely not a good one. Maybe, had Jonah done as he was told, no one would have listened and the city would have been destroyed, which was the very thing Jonah wanted.

At any rate, the people of that great city backslid and went back to their previous ways. Then, God did as he said he would. The city was destroyed so badly that some doubted the story of Jonah. No one could find the city. Then, one day they did. They not only found proof of its existence but also of its destruction. I have no idea if Jonah lived to see it or not. At any rate, those people did have their second chance and they ignored it.

I just wonder, how much is God going take from the US before he destroys this great country? At this point, I’m not sure we are not that much better than Nineveh. How long will God allow us to ignore his messengers and destroy the US?

Just as He destroyed that great city, He can also destroy this great nation. He needs no one’s permission and He need not send any warnings. We have the examples of the Bible. If we ignore them, then we will likely ignore any other warnings.

Certainly, one of those things that He will not overlook is the killing of babies. Children are very special to Him. Calling it family planning does not make it look one iota better to Him

The Definition of Fast Food

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A while ago, we went to a restaurant that looked nice. We decided to go in and try it, El Agave Mexican Restaurant in Southaven on Airways. Once inside we were shown to a table and given a menu. Roughly six or seven minutes after turning in our order, we had it sitting in front of us, hot and steaming. We weren’t timing it so we don’t know exactly. However, we were both surprised at how fast it was. The food was better than I expected and there was plenty.

Then, the really surprising part. The bill was but about $23. I’m sure most will spend more there but the wife and I don’t drink alcoholic beverages. I don’t know, but they might have given us a senior’s discount. The staff was really friendly and professional.

I’m thinking why would anyone want to go to McDonald’s when there are places like this. I mean, it seemed they had their own definition of fast food. If McDonald’s wants to stay in business, they might want to take note. They have a really nice place providing competition. I might say Wendy’s should take note of it too. All the ads in the world will do little to cover up poor service, especially with the prices as they are.

Incidentally, I rarely leave a five dollar tip, but this time I did. I didn’t consider that too much even though it was nearly 25% of the cost of the meal. The food and service was that good. If I wasn’t living on Social Security, I would have left seven dollars.

Reference, My post “What’s in a Name” this date

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In my previous post, I said I could not find the quote. Well I did. It was on CNN by Dana Bash. Others might have said it too, but, according to Fox News and the Internet, she did make the statement though I did not get it exact.

What she said was “Taking politics aside, if you change the name from Hunter Biden to Joe Smith, you would say, ‘You know what, that’s not fair.'”

Truth is if his name was Joe Smith, all those from other countries would not have given him 20 million. Fact is, it was because his name was Hunter Biden that he got all the money. It was because he relied on the name while he made the deals. If his name had been Joe Smith, he would not have been able to make two cents.

That is why it is a bribe. That is why it is and should be illegal. That is why both he and his father ought to take up residency in a federal pen. However, it is because of reporters like Dana Bash that they likely won’t. That’s okay. They won’t get away with it. Whatever they don’t pay for in this life, they will suffer for in the next. By the way, that goes for the Dana Bashes (reporters) of the country. They will pay for their part too. They know that they are all part of the aiding and abetting squad. They all know that they have all taken their part in false witnessing.

What’s in a Name?

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Just heard a quote from the White House, sorry I don’t know who. I tried to look it up but couldn’t find it. Maybe those who run the internet decided it was a good idea to remove it. At any rate the woman said that if you change Hunter’s last name to Smith, no one would pay any attention to anything he did.

The micro-second question to the statement is simple. How many Smiths are there in this world that have made 20 million dollars doing nothing. I submit, Indeed, Hunter used his last name to make the money… by doing nothing.

Moreover, if someone by the name of Smith did make his fortune the way Hunter Biden did, he’d have been behind the big walls years ago. In fact, I doubt there are many Smiths that would try such a thing. Hunter does it because he knows he is protected by Pops. However, if things keep collapsing, even Pops might not be able to protect him. Pops just might not be able to protect himself. I am actually somewhat surprised that one of his puppeteers has asked him to step aside already. Then again, all they need is a puppet to accomplish their goal. However, they do need one that does not keep falling down and asleep.

It’s a Joke, Right?

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Weiss a special investigator! Really!?? This is me laughing. The man should be one of the targets of a special investigation. The man is part of Old Joe’s mob. By law he is not permitted to head a special investigation. More than that, he should be one of those defending himself.

Well, I guess we can say one thing about the mess. They now have their backs against the wall. Appointing the special council is a defensive move. They are starting to feel the recourse of the people and the heat of the law. They have been resistant to the action. Now, they feel they need to in order to slow the exposing the truth.

Hen Houses and Foxes

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There is an adage, “Like the fox watching the hen house.” I should not have to explain it but I will. There is an element of society that just might not remember it. They just might not know what it means. In the old days, on the old farms, the farmers used to have problems with foxes getting into hen houses and killing the hens. Hence, it would be considered a bad practice to put foxes in the hen houses to protect the hens.

Now why should I bring this up. Well our neighborhood dems have done it. That’s right. They have just put the fox in charge of protecting the chickens. Can’t figure out why.

Well to be honest, it is not quite a match as a metaphor. It is somewhat opposite even. Weiss was just appointed special prosecutor. Now that’s dumb. They just appointed the prosecutor that was willing to give Hunter Biden the sweetheart deal. Does anyone really think that Weiss will raise his little finger in an effort to convict Hunter. Certainly, he will very carefully avoid any possibility of dragging the liar in chief into the investigation.

Besides, we all know the outcome from the beginning. Hunter has his father father by the short hairs of his neck. No one has said as much. I have absolutely no proof, but I suspect that Hunter somehow told dear old pops that if he spends one day behind bars then so will Pops. Hence, Old Joe will make sure Hunter, his beloved son will not spend one day in prison.

Hence, my guess is that Weiss and his crew will spend the next 5 to 7 months partying on the funds allotted to him. Then, Weiss will come out to the podium and announce that Hunter was addicted to drugs but has done nothing worthy of being prosecuted. By then, the nation will be buried in a campaign and no one will care about the likes of Hunter.

Then again, Weiss just might surprise us all. He might actually do the job that he was appointed to. He just might prove Hunter guilty and he might even implicate Old Joe. In an effort to save his career, he just might lose it. He just might end up penniless where all the bums hang out. He will be able to brag he took down a big criminal in court and for that, he has been relinquished from the courts of royalty.

Somehow, I don’t think Joe is worried about that. My guess is that Weiss knows his place and what is expected of him. Old Joe and his family have nothing to fear. The fox is in the hen house and he will see to that no harm comes to the chickens or Old Joe.

Now why did I use that metaphor? It just doesn’t work. Still you get the idea.

What They Promise

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Ever since Marx, they have been promising communism, the paradise on earth where everyone is equal and no one goes hungry. Stalin and Lenin promised everyone they would never go hungry again. What they gave the Russian people was another dictatorship. What Mao promised was the idealistic world of communism. What the Chinese got was a world of hunger, war, and strife. And oh yes… another dictator; a heartless ruler that killed millions some for little more than sneezing.

What Castro promised was the idealistic world of communism where all would be treated equally and everyone would have an equal education. Of course, some of his friends were more equal than everyone else. Shortly after the revolution, the people figured it out and fled the island “paradise.” They did so knowing they might not make it. They did so knowing they might die. They just knew the dictatorship they had was worse than death.

It happens every time it is tried. They offer paradise but what they give you is a ruthless dictator. Those who were in on the promise of equality got to be equal and those that were not part of the revolution, well, they were just another one of the surfs.

The process is being repeated today, right here in this country. They are promising communism. They are promising equality. They are promising paradise. They are trying to tell you that the black people will be treated as well or better than the whites.

Yet. If it is permitted to play out to its end, as in Russia, China, Cuba, Venezuela and all those other places, the results most certainly be a dictatorship. Even more, you won’t likely find any Black people as part of it. Remember, this is the party of Democrats, the party of slavery, the party of Margaret Sanger, the party of Woodrow Wilson ( the president who segregated the armed forces ) and it is the party of Andrew Jackson, the president who ordered the Trail of Tears for the Indians.

The dictator who takes over will likely be a white man and he will surround himself with white men. Women need not apply. Black men need not apply. Asians need not apply. Jews need not apply. It will likely be a very limited membership.

And guess what folks. Guess what. After that, there will be nowhere to run. The communism will be on a rampage. There will be no equality world wide. There will be no paradise anywhere on the globe. Many will prefer to die than to continue to live in such a place. And there will be nowhere to go. There will be no freedom. There will be no equality, unless you want to think of suffering everywhere as equality.

And, may I remind one and all. Every time a so-called communist regime takes over, millions die. In Russia, it was about ten million. In China, likely twice that, though no one really knows. In Cuba, about a forth of the population. I suppose, in a way, if they manage such a revolution here, the ones who live will be the ones who suffer.

If They Would Just….

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Most of us just want to do our work each day and hope the rest of the world would just leave us alone.

When I say the rest of the world, what do I mean? Well, there are the thieves. Their attitude is that whatever they can take will be theirs. I mean, they steal from the stores. They steal from the banks and they steal our cars. Through what some call it white collar crime, they steal our identity and they steal our property. Moreover, on the large scale, they steal our country. This is generally little by little and bit by bit. Even the slow train gets there eventually as the slow thief eventually takes what is ours, even to and including our freedom.

The problem is that they just won’t leave us alone. We bar our doors. We arm ourselves and we put bars on our windows. Yet, the stealing persist. The bars and windows only work for a while but the thieves persist. We have police and court systems but they can only do so much. From what I understand there are people that steal homes, somewhat with the blessing of our systems.

There are, of course the killers. Some use guns. Some use dope. Some even use automobiles. The truth is that a knife can kill someone just as dead as a gun and it is not nearly as easy to trace. For that matter, a rock will work and has been used many times in the commission of a murder.

That’s right. Those thieves and killers are after us and they just won’t leave us alone. But it is more than that. The casinos are after our money and many politicians seek our freedom. My question is what do they offer in return. The casinos say they are fun. They are for enjoyment. Seems strange to me. I never did like giving away my hard earned money. The politicians offer equality and safety. They tell us that we can’t take care of ourselves so they will.

That is an old ploy. It is what the surf policy of the dark ages promised. You pay homage to the royalty and the royalty will keep the nearby city state from taking over. If they take over, then you will owe homage to the other royalty. In a way, it seems odd. Does it really matter if we have to pay our taxes to the present king or the one that takes over.

At any rate, that went on for a while. Then the city states started grouping together. It was still the surf system but larger. London became Britain. Paris became France. Other little city states were swallowed up. Some kingdoms became history, but not much. Today, most folks don’t know most of the kingdoms that were gobbled up. There was a little war here. There was a little war there. Before you know it, there is no longer a country of Wales. Normandy is suddenly just an area of France and Alsace Loraine becomes a little piece of land for two countries to fight over.

Meanwhile, the citizens of the world keep calling out, “If they would just leave me alone!”

Why is all this you ask? To be sure there are three reasons. It started after the flood with a man called Nimrod. He was a man who set himself against God by his disobedience. His desire was to keep the world population together while God told them to spread out. In essence, Nimrod was the first one who wanted world control.

God stopped the effort by giving them different languages, which accomplished his command for them to spread out. Ever since, there have been those who wanted to rule the world and some had some success. The Pharaoh, the king of Babylon, of Persia, of Greece, and so on and so on, etc, etc.

My guess is that I don’t know all those who had set their goal to control the ancient world. I mean, there were men in Asia, Africa, and northern Europe as well as those we study in and around central Asia. It was and is a goal of Satan. If one man controls the world, then he can control the world by controlling the one man.

Certainly there are those who just like to control things. You put ten men in a room and one of them will want to control the other nine. Most of the rest will be followers. I don’t know why this is but it is. Hence, the knights, the kings, the emperors all sought ultimate control. Rarely, occasionally, they had good reasons. After all, one man united Europe just it time to keep them from being overrun by the Moors, who came up through Spain with the intention of ruling Europe.

Then, you have those who want to rule the world by religion. I don’t mean Christianity, I mean religion. In essence the largest of all empires was that of the Roman Catholic Church. Though it passed itself off as a religion, it was nothing more than another method of world domination. Those who spoke contrary to it were in danger of losing their life. That is not Christianity. That is another form of controlling, no better than any other at the time.

So, when a person seeks to be left alone by those who would like to control him, most likely he will include the Catholic Church as well as those who fought wars to further their empires. (Wait a minute. The Catholics did fight wars to further their influence. The pope, himself took up his armor and sword in his battles. I really don’t think Peter would have done that.)