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Jesus said, “You cannot serve God and Money” (Matt. 6:24) We each must choose our King.
I had been thinking of beginning this final blog with another JP Sears satire. However again my plan for the series was interrupted when I received the following video. I would title it “The Pain of the Irish”. Thomas is not a Catholic Archbishop and his is not as polished a presentation as Carlo Vigano’s letter I posted previously. Both however sound a ‘Reset’ alarm, Thomas with a rougher expression of ‘raw’ emotion – sadness and anger.
Father confirmed to me I should post this more sobering video rather than the humorous one because of the gravity of these days and the importance of the upcoming election not just for America but for the ‘ordinary people’ of the whole world. You can get the feel in the first half of the video.
I never really ‘liked’ Donald Trump
His style that is. Brash and bombastic doesn’t really fit with ‘Minnesota nice’ or a polite Ulster Protestant. But then as Gerald Coates said, “Niceness is not one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit.” and as Jesus still says, “By their fruits you will know them.“ (Matt.7:16) I needed to look beyond style to substance for “facts that add up over time.” that may indicate an integrity and humility lurking beneath the surface.
When I began this series I got an email from our friend Julie who is a respected intercessor in Australia. She wrote,
“Loved your blog and although you won’t be marking the voting papers this year you have already BOLDLY and FAITHFULLY marked the heavenly voting papers and that will not go unnoticed!!!! Pondering these days and chuckling to myself …. I could be one of the most politically naïve and disinterested persons I know, and yet without any bolt of lightening or sudden revelation I have found myself becoming more and more aware of the upcoming elections and what it means in both the natural and supernatural realms…..if Abba can turn me from my total disinterest to someone who has joined global prayer and fasting for the upcoming elections and actually “seeing” what is happening and what it means, then the Lord is really wanting His body to see and understand and take a stand!!!!”
It couldn’t have resonated more! Growing up, ‘politics‘ was always such a literal ‘turn off’ – when it got to that point in ‘The News’ – just more boring vacuous rhetoric and no real change!
That was why Donald Trump ‘The Outsider’ peeked my interest and prodded by the Holy Spirit I began to prayerfully engage. Surely anyone who inspired such hatred from some and such admiration from others might break the ‘same old same old’ cycle? How refreshing!
Derek Prince used to say “The main motivation of all religion is the maintenance of the Status Quo” Now religious spirits were being stirred up all over the place in the ‘establishments’ not only of politics and media but of the church, science, medicine and business, to name a few, making a lot of people very uncomfortable. Remember it was ‘the establishment’ that crucified Jesus.
Bob Jones used to say, “The religious spirit is judgmentalism, criticism, opinionism and legalism.” Watching many believers whom I love and respect succumb to what has been dubbed “Trump Derangement Syndrome” has been alarming.
“I have set my king on Zion my holy hill.” (Ps.2:6) refers to the ultimate establishment of King Jesus kingdom on earth, but in the meantime we are to recognize that “all authority is established by God.” (Rm.13:1) and those who govern us for better or for worse are GODSELECTION.
We therefore have only one of two responses we can make as believers; to either give thanks and pray for a ‘good’ leader, or to repent on behalf of the church for our sins that have placed us under a ‘bad’ leader. Understanding God’s long term plan being outworked through authority being granted to the ‘beast systems‘ as outlined in Daniel and Revelation, is extremely helpful in our being able to play our part.
For a believer, ‘judgementalism, opinionism and criticism‘ is not an option. In fact Peter exhorts us, “Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear the Lord. Honor the king.” (1 Pet.2:17)
My doing due diligence to discover what this President has actually done (not what the Harfung Media say he has or hasn’t done) has been quite revealing. I will give one example.
President Trump has advocated for the millions of unborn children who never got to see ‘the light of day’ because of the scourge of abortion. He has in the last 4 years overseen thousands of abused children being released from the scourge of human trafficking. His ‘opening up’ policy will protect literally billions of vulnerable children worldwide from the damaging influence of ‘lockdowns’ antisocial distancing and masking and their devastating effects on economic, physical and mental health. (Like the precious ‘little ones‘ Thomas laments)
Jesus sobering words have been repeatedly playing in my mind.“It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.” (Lk.17:2)
If it were for “these little ones” alone, Trump I have discovered deserves not just my honor, but my respect.
He will not get everything right (I wonder about’ “Operation Warp Speed’), however, the primary issue, I believe he has been called to address is the core issue of CORRUPTION in these Noahic days. Civility may be important, but morality is even more important.
After nearly 4 years of his ‘accusers’ failing to find him corrupt, is it time for “The Hunters to become the Hunted”?
We have shared on these blogs over the last few years our own personal experiences where in the face of false accusations we have now experienced God’s vindication
I believe now is the time for “justice (to) roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever flowing stream.” (Amos 5:24)
Having said this, I will when the election results are finally in, “give thanks in ALL circumstances”. (1 These. 5:18) The final destination is in no doubt. The prayer our King taught us to pray will be answered. God’s kingdom will come.
“I have set my King……….“
This is the reality
“‘Not by (human) power and not by (human) might but by my Spirit’ says the Lord.” will hearts and minds be changed, and this nation be transformed to fulfill it’s destiny to lead in seeing this kingdom of “righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.” (Rm. 14:17) come, “on this part of the earth and then from this part of the earth to the Gaelic Gulag Archipelago, and to the uttermost parts of the earth, as it is in heaven”.
Inspired by developments in our two homes of Ireland and the USA I began writing this song over a year ago. It seems more true now than ever.
This week we will witness – GODSELECTION, and we can trust that
All Will Be Well