Right vs Might

Verse of the Week

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithes of mint and dill and cumin, and you have left aside the weightier matters of the Law - judgment, and mercy, and faith. And these things were necessary for you to have done and these things you should not have forgotten.

(Matthew 23:23)

Thought for the Week

If there is no God there are no God given rights. Aside from man, do any animals grant rights to other animals? In Nature there is no right to shelter or food. The strong take what they want and the weak accept whatever is left. In nature it is kill or be killed for most. Those that do not kill to live learn to run and/or hide - every minute of every day for their entire lives.

Without a Creator “might makes right”, and the golden rule becomes “he who has the gold makes the rules”. Without a Creator all laws are based upon one law, the “law of the jungle”. All governments, no matter how benign, rule by threat of force. No animal uses prisons the way man does. Did YHWH ever decree a prison sentence for a crime?

Governments and bodies of laws are “social contracts”: Contracts which we are born under without, in most cases today, the ability to reject the contract. This is not unique to such countries as the USSR. Even the US refuses to allow many people to leave by refusing to issue a passport. Get caught trying to illegally enter and you may get educated, housed and fed for free. Try to escape and get caught and you will go straight to prison. Governments hate “lone wolves” from their own pack. They want herd animals - sheeple. The Government demands it be the alpha.

If there is no Creator then the ultimate power resides in the government. Is it any wonder governments either claim God does not exist or that they are acting with His approval? But YHWH does exist and it is to Him only that we owe allegiance. The false apostle Paul revealed his true colors when he claimed we do not need to obey the laws of YHWH but only the laws of man. The children of YHWH are under an obligation to do just the opposite. The midwives of Exodus 1:17 obeyed YHWH rather than king of Egypt (pharaoh). So too did Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego ignore the king in Daniel 3:12. In Acts 4:19 Peter and John ignored the threats of the Sanhedrin and later again reminded us in Acts 5:29 that YHWH must be obeyed rather than men. (Note that when the false apostle Paul was threatened by the Sanhedrin he appealed not to YHWH for protection but to the Romans!)

Few folks understand the true meaning behind Jesus’ statement regarding rendering to Caesar that which is Caesar’s. At that time, under Jewish custom, the coinage used acknowledged who the Jews accepted as the “ruler” of the country. Jesus had been asked if the Jews should pay tribute to Caesar. He replied by asking who’s image was on the coin. They knew what that meant. When Jesus said to render to Caesar that which is Caesar’s he was not telling us we must obey government officials. He was reminding the Jews that they had already submitted to Roman rule and were suffering the consequences (SEE NOTE). If Caesar wanted “his” money back then they should give it to him. He then reiterated the need to render to God that which is God’s because the Jews were more submissive to Rome than they were to YHWH. In addition to the failures Jesus pointed out in the verse above the Jews later even declared that they had no king but Caesar (John 19:15). This is a key reason for Jesus’ comment about trying to serving two masters (Matthew 6:24)! In their zeal for Rome they omitted not just Jesus but YHWH as well!

When people allow their government to ignore YHWH’s laws without fighting back they are implicitly accepting a “social contract” which shows they accept Government authority over YHWH’s authority. That is why YHWH punishes entire nations and not just individuals.

Man is not just another animal; and, no earthly Government is the supreme authority. Will you stand up for YHWH and suffer the earthly consequences now or will you remain a sheeple and pay for it with your very soul.

NOTE: One of the first things the Jews did in the Jewish Revolt (War of 66-73) was to mint their own coins to show who ruled. (Reference Tacitus’ Histories)

 

Quote of the Week

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do. - Helen Keller

Comment: Most Americans disappointed with the direction the US is heading are so apathetic that few even voice their discontent much less act to eliminate it. If you are not part of the solution then you are a part of the problem - and will pay accordingly.

 

                                                                      Did You Know

The Barna Group conducted a study by testing professing Christians about their worldview. Only 9% of those who professed to be born-again believers also professed a biblical worldview. COMMENT: Many are called but few chosen. Will you be chosen?

US law enforcement, under pressure for employing deadly Gestapo tactics when serving warrants, is increasingly using a physically safer method called delayed notification warrants (AKA sneak and peek). COMMENT: This means they can “legally” wait until you leave home and then break in and trash the place to make it look like it was a burglar that tore up the place; or, they may be so careful you would never know they were there. They are “required” to inform the victim they were there within 90 days but in one documented case they waited 455 days! They can do the same to your car. In one documented case they actually stole the car - even leaving broken glass in the parking lot to misleading the victim! PS - US law enforcement is truly multicultural by using tactics from the Gestapo, the KGB, etc! But I guess delayed notification is better than a gestapo raid - then they might “legally” kill you. Americans used to fight, kill, and die for their rights. Now the only right they do this for is the “right” not to be pregnant!

As of 2013 there were just over 1 million sworn law enforcement officers in the US. US Law Enforcement averages killing over 1000 American each year (that is 1 murder by cop for every 1000 officers). Alabama (one of the few States that are standing up to the LGBT mafia) had about 5 million people in 2013 - and only 2 killings by criminals (that is 1 murder by crook for every 2.5 million people). COMMENT: Nationwide if you are robbed it is most likely a crook not a cop; but, you are more likely to be killed or sexually assaulted by a cop than a crook! Our greatest danger comes not from crime but from “the justice system”!

 

Joke for the Week?: In an effort to remove the stigma of prisons being a hot bed for forced sodomy officials from the Bureau of Prisons are joining the LGBT in trying to declare sodomy a Constitutional right irrevocable even for felons.

 

Extra: Due to financial constraints the Abridged New Testament (without the writings of Paul but with the OGM, the Didache, & Study Guides) project is on hold.

I will still continue working on my next project: A How-to Manual for a Christian Underground