Armageddon: The Necessary Warning from Revelation to the Churches …

Is Armageddon in Revelation An Actual Battlefield ?

Sensational & Literalized? Truly Global Culture War?

Will they “literally” gather in one place against Christ or Unite against Him in history’s most strategic culture war? Which view necessitates a warning from God (as per Revelation) and which is merely sensational?

Which interpretation is “cartoonish”… and which is a needed warning by God to His people?

Mere mention of the name, Armageddon, conveys all sorts of mental imagery. It was a strategic battlefield. It is the name made famous in the modern world by churches and apocalyptic writers and artists. It represents, to many in the churches, the actual, physical location where the final battle between evil and Christ will be confronted. AND… in what we are here proposing, its real meaning references THE titanic culture struggle as never before seen in the annals of history. Armageddon conveys the idea of battle and some great finale… some great, final collision in history. It is NOT a place where the armies of the world will gather to “shoot at” the incoming Christ with His saints.

Historical Backdrop

Armageddon is located on the pass that leads through Mount Carmel and on towards the Mediterranean Sea. Megiddo is the ancient city looking out over the Wadi-Arah Pass, has been identified by both tradition and archaeology as Har-Megiddon, the famous “Armageddon” of this book of Revelation.

It is universally considered one of the most strategic crossroads in Palestine. In the ancient world especially, any power wanting control of the ancient Near East needed to take control of the vital trade and military routes there. These routes connect with routes running south into Palestine and Egypt and from there, Africa’s northern corridor via the Nile. The Megiddo routes connect the Ancient Near East with Asia as they go East. Certainly, Europe also is accessed through Megiddo as well.

Battlefield of History

Battles fought at Megiddo and in the Jezreel Valley have determined the course of civilization. Over the past 4000 years Israelites, Canaanites, Egyptians, Philistines, Greeks, Crusaders, Mongols, Moslems, Arabs, Germans, British, and modern Israelis all launched their attacks on the plains of Megiddo. Solomon garrisoned troops and cavalry divisions here.

Thutmose III (nicknamed by scholars today “The Napoleon of Egypt”) once said, "Megiddo is worth a thousand cities." He fought the Syrians here in the Battle of Megiddo in 1479 B.C.
Napoleon called it the most strategically located place he had ever encountered. In 1799, Napoleon, with his army of 4000 soldiers, routed a numerically greater Mohammedan army here, though his bid to reestablish the old Roman Empire was thwarted as well. British general Edmund Allenby defeated the Turks at Megiddo during World War I.

In the 14th century BC the Israelites, under the leadership of Barak, defeated there the Canaanites commanded by Sisera. Again, in the 13th century BC Esdraelon was the site of a great victory by Gideon over the Midianites, and the site of Saul’s final defeat at the hands of the Philistines (11th century B.C.). In the 7th century B.C., King Josiah was defeated by Pharaoh Necho of Egypt on the historic plain (2 Kings 23:29-30). Elijah is believed to have confronted the Baal prophets in his famous contest of ‘miracles’ on the border of Esdraelon.

The armies of ancient Assyria and Egypt engaged in battle on the plains of Esdraelon. Assyria invariably was the victor on those occasions. In 1187, Saladin, sultan of Egypt and Syria, destroyed a fortress erected on Esdrealon by the Knights Templars.

Let’s step back to view what Armageddon represents. Despite overstatements about how “all the armies of the world could assemble here”, the Bible is not stating a literalism, i.e., it is not teaching that all nations will send troops to settle “strategically” so as to await Christ’s attack. What a silly portrayal!

From a literal standpoint, a place could otherwise be the most “strategic” place to do battle, but would however, cease to be so “strategic” if the armies are packed together like sardines on every other square foot of its terrain! Such absurdities characterize so much of today’s “pulpiteering!” No wonder God’s people cannot respond to the massive, worldwide culture “war” being mounted against Christianity everywhere. Their leadership cannot teach them to recognize the primary CALL to WARN the churches of the extreme danger!

The obvious sensationalism with such an interpretation leads to an absurdity. If all the armies did meet at Megiddo, the strategic advantages would be lost entirely. Arriving at a strategic battlefield is not the same as arraying yourself strategically within it. It becomes more “cartoonish” to picture such a meeting.

Like so many names and events which passed into Biblical usage, this one did the same, by borrowing from the historic use of term. Here are a few historic uses of names adopted into biblical language in non-literal uses of original terms:

Ekklasia (political institution) – Word adoption into the language from paganism. This word, denoting the Greek political assembly of free citizens, was adopted by the Bible for the Church of Christ.

Whale, snake, ram horns (animals as symbols) – Animals as symbols of pagan beliefs used by God’s prophets. The Whale was the most admired animal by the Assyrians, to whom Jonah preached. The snake was represented on Pharaoh’s headdress as symbol of a protecting deity. Moses’ serpent consumed those of the priests of Pharaoh. The two-horned ram represented the Medo-Persian Empire in Daniel, a pick-up from the Rams headdresses used by Median chieftains.

Elijah (A person adopted as a symbol) – Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD – Malachi 4:5. This prophecy, given long after Elijah’s lifetime, was fulfilled in John the Baptist.

And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. – Matthew 11:14

“Bewitched” (occultic verb usage) – From the Greek βασκα?νω: baskain?. It was used of those who practiced the use of occultic charms to bring evil upon others. Paul adopts its use in Galatians 3:1

Trees, Grass (vegetation) – represent prominent men and masses of mankind. Grass represents the masses of mankind. "The grass withers, the flower fades … surely the people is grass." – Isaiah 40:7

Body (human body) – represents the Church. “And He is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the preeminence." – Colossians 1:18

Serpent (animal) – All throughout history, the snake has been associated with evil and even the spirit world. In the Bible, it can to represent Satan, himself.

Armageddon: Worldwide culture war… and Hazor

Armageddon… is upon us here in the opening drama of the 21st century. Even if today’s confrontation with the Three Greatest Adversaries of the Christian faith is not Armageddon, the global culture war being fought on all fronts is the most monumental “epistemologically self-conscious” cultural struggle in world history. All aspects of culture, all leaders worldwide, all financial instruments and institutions, and all political and social events … potentially can erupt into cultural conflagration.

But, it is becoming especial epistemologically self-conscious in its attitude and aggressiveness against the Christian faith. One might reply, “All non-Christians are in a fallen state that is ‘at enmity’ with God” (Romans 8:7).

One of the most important HERMENEUTICAL issues in the Bible, and certainly in this book of Revelation, is found in an example like the one we are handling here – the DIFFERING uses of any given word or concept in Scripture. Note the following:

This verse states clearly the natural, fallen estate of mankind – all men individually. All individuals have a nature that cannot and will not do the will of God (Romans 3: as expressed in His Word. There is a great difference between that “enmity” (Hebrew: ???? ‘eybah –“hatred”) and the same word used in Numbers in which the statute deals with premeditated killing (murder):

Here the kind of hatred involved is epistemologically self-conscious of its FOCUSED hatred of another SPECIFIC individual who is then actually murdered. Note the fact that the sanctions involved are quite different. In Genesis, everyone will die (eventually) due to sin (the existence of which IS enmity toward God). In Numbers 35, a specific hatred is upon another who is murdered. That person is put to death as a capital sentence.
The same is true here. Faith in the Lord will not be found “naturally” anywhere in the world because of man’s enmity. But, missionaries know full well that as they step into a pagan culture, the enmity will be focused and sharpened to a more “Conscious” (self-awareness) of its own resistance and resentment toward the Christian faith.

That brings us to an important example of such specific enmity, as found in the king of Hazor for example…

And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel … And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. – Joshua 11: 1-5,10

When it became apparent that the progress of Israel through the land of Canaan, as led by Joshua, was not being turned back, Jabin, king of Hazor, conspired to unite kings of Canaan in north and south, east and west, to assemble for a final showdown with Joshua. Of course, that union of enemies, quite specifically at enmity with Israel, was utterly crushed by the Lord.

That is precisely what is occurring today.

God’s enemies are FORCED to unite – conspire, intrigue, assemble… whatever approaches are most STRATEGIC, in order to fight God’s people.

Of course, they are fighting the Lord but harden their hearts (FOCUSED ENMITY!), telling themselves always that their newfound unity is expressive of “a Post Christian era”. In other words, Hazor led the kings in a desperate, unified attack against Israel…
… and failed.

- submitted, Wayne C. Sedlak, ICHR

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The Census, James Madison, and the 14th Amendment

Robert H. Bork… The preeminent legal authority (feared and stopped by Sen. Kennedy and the Senate)

Before we get to the Census and the video about it below, there is something YOU should understand. I am quoting Robert H. Bork, considered by many to be this generation’s greatest legal mind. Quite apparently, his conservative views of the Constitution were such a threat to the Leftist elite, he was blocked in his nomination to the Supreme Court by Sen. Ted Kennedy, et  al. Incidentally, it was Bork who said, no one goes to jail unless they first agree to go there. If that is correct, then something radical has occurred in our system in recent years, and contrary to our forefathers’ designs.)

In discussing the 14th Amendment and our system of governance, he wrote the following (Note his assertion that a more radical interpretative framework came to the forefront of the judicial process AS A RESULT OF THE INTERPRETATION OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS with the FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT. Emphasis below is mine):

"There is probably more debate today than ever before about the duties of judges, and indeed about the freedom of judges in deciding constitutional cases. Though there is much to be said on the topic of the actual performance of our courts and the theories of adjudication they appear to be following, this paper is not a critique of courts. I intend to focus instead upon the theorists of constitutional law, the legal intellectuals, these days mostly to be found in the academy. Their styles tell us something about the attitudes of intellectuals not only toward law but also toward the American polity and American society. We may also discern what is being taught in the law schools and, hence, what may be the views of the profession and the judges of the next generation.

"Differing styles of constitutional theory are best examined in the context of the Bill of Rights and Fourteenth Amendment, for it is there, in the tension between governmental authority and individual liberty, rather than in questions of governmental structure and operation, that styles differ most radically and that the most interesting inferences are to be drawn. 

"The problem in this area of constitutional theory always has been, and always will be, the resolution of what has been called the Madisonian dilemma. The United States was founded on what we now call a Madisonian system. One which allows majorities to rule in wide areas of life simply because they are majorities, but which also holds that individuals have some freedoms that must be exempt from majority control. The dilemma is that neither the majority nor the minority can be trusted to define the proper spheres of democratic authority and individual liberty. The first would court tyranny by the majority; the second, tyranny by the minority.

"It is not at all clear that the framers assigned the federal judiciary a major role in the resolution in this dilemma. Indeed, it is good for any incipient judicial hubris to recall that in Federalist 78, Hamilton, misquoting Montesquieu only slightly, said that "… of the three powers… the judiciary is next to nothing." The framers attempted to balance majorities and minorities primarily by such strategies as enlarging the political unit, federalism, separation of powers, and the structure of representation. But, over time it came to be thought that the resolution of the Madisonian definition of majority power and minority freedom – was primarily the function of the judiciary and, especially, the function of the Supreme Court. That understanding, which now seems a permanent feature of our political arrangements, creates the need for constitutional theory.

"For most of our history, theorists found resolution of the Madisonian dilemma no particular problem. Men such as Joseph Story, James Kent, James Bradley Thayer, and Thomas Colley viewed the Constitution – a unique form of law, perhaps, one requiring special handling – but law nonetheless. The primary problems were the usual ones of interpretation and construction.

"It was not until the latter half of this century, so far as I can tell, that it began to be suggested seriously, and with elaborate argument, the courts had power to create and enforce against the majority will values that were not in some real sense, to be found in the Constitution…" (A Time to Speak, Robert H. Bork, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2008, p. 223-224).

The Census and the Fourteenth Amendment…

Given the above, I wish you to see that the Fourteenth Amendment is seen by legal  theorists as itself, an overpowering interpretative instrument that has allowed such latitude in "interpretation" of the Constitution, that the courts feel unencumbered many times in challenging what was once unchallegeable, namely, the Bill of Rights.

What most people, including this gentleman in the  video,  do not understand, is that the 14th Amendment has usurped the Constitution. "Citizens" of the United States have no rights under the Constitution as far as our "rulers" are concerned (as structured since FDR in the 20th century). Haven’t they PROVEN to you as yet that they believe they are on firm LEGAL footing, as they encumber businesses with regulatory malevolence, unleashing regulations that destroy growth, passing hate crime bills checking your ability (again, "legally") to restrain them Constitutionally, allow abortion (murder) on demand, emit fiat money in lieu of an unamended Constitutional requirement that honest money be used as currency (gold, silver)? They deem your children to be "theirs" and "grant" you the privilege to educate them, with the caveat that you "give account" to the rulers.

The reason they feel this way is due to the adhesion contracts embedded within the statutory rules frequently cited in court, allowing them "jurisdiction" to commit you and your family to such unconstitutional rules and acts.  For example, there is no "separation of Church and State in the Constitution" as used today.  Whether one agrees with the concept (the Laws of God cite such a separation of governments but as under one Standard, God’s Word),  the point is, such a clause IS NOT THERE. To cite one is to invent one… and THAT is what is now occurring with (against!) all our rights.

Jurisdiction… Do they have it? (They say they do!)

Americans no longer understand the kinds of laws and legal terms necessary to protect them. Adhesion contracts basically refer to the fact that you are deemed to be in a legal relationship of which you were happily unaware. In contrast, contract law agrees that you are bound to such issues of which you were specifically AWARE, at the time of agreement (Blacks Law Dictionary, 4th ed. p. 62). Such agreement is the basis of a free society . Adhesion contracts nullify such freedoms, opening the door to tyranny.

But, "jurisdiction" is an issue, as well, but not well understood by Americans. It is "a term of large and comprehensive import, and embraces every kind of judicial action." (Ibid. p. 991). Furthermore, "It is the AUTHORITY by which courts and judicial officers take cognizance of, and decide judicial cases." (Ibid. p. 991).

The US Government, and their state surrogates, no longer feel a need to solicit  our permission…due  to a host of adhesion contracts you have volunteered yourself, your family and your posterity. By such adhesion contracts, you have been volunteered into a series of contracts which take you out of your constitutionally guaranteed rights.,  as per  the Fourteenth Amendment. THAT’S THE REVOLUTION!

Unfortunately, people can, and do, contract away their rights… though most Americans have no idea that such has occurred TO THEM. That is what makes such adhesion contracts invalid. Of course, you must invalidate them before you contest them… or you run the risk of "contesting them" within a system that says you’re bound by statutes to which you’ve "agreed".

All legal authorities agree that the 14th Amendment was a revolution in American jurisprudence. Their problem, perhaps including Mr. Bork, is that they still don’t know HOW great the dimensions the legal revolution really encompasses.

With THAT information in mind, listen to this video and UNDERSTAND just HOW MUCH WE’VE LOST by our lack of understanding.  This 14th Amendment issue has placed us under a de facto governmental system (a system in place and governing without legal authority – kind of like the person who steals your identity and acts as you do, all the while governing the use of your legal resources as if he were you).

Note in the video, what  I suspect is true of most Americans… Outrage in the belief their rights are violated by the Census, without understanding that the statutes allow the Census to forsake the Constitution, unless, of course, you do something about that status.

- submitted, Wayne C. Sedlak, ICHR

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Armageddon: Christianity provokes a worldwide change in “warfare”

A new look at an old subject: “Armageddon” (Part I)

The Bible anticipated a change in “warfare” not readily understood even by the finest scholars. The reason for such a lack of understanding is due to our assumptions. We are so used to hearing that the battle of Armageddon will be a literal battle in the Middle East, it just didn’t occur to previous generations of Bible scholars and pastors that war would change drastically, necessitated by changes in the world itself.

No one scholar could anticipate how the world would change so radically. After all, everyone can be just an email or phone call away, for example. Note the following changes that will accompany the rise of God’s Kingdom, as it will be exalted in prestige and presence worldwide 

 Two movements – unrelated directly to one another – would lead to the modern worldwide culture carrier war… the first of its kind in history. Those two movements are… 1) The changes in war itself, where the much more powerful culture carrier war (worldwide) is flanking the concept  of military warfare . 2) The Second major movement – epitomized in the  humanism and philosophies of three men – was the rise of what came to be called "humanism" … and all its surrogates in Socialism, Darwinism, Hegelianism, Marxism, Keynesianism, Higher Criticism, Psychology, Sociology, etc.

We will consider "Warfare" first… and its current propensities  toward its own elimination.

1. Warfare: Nations will move from weapons to tools. The Law and the Gospel will go out from Jerusalem. Then God will bring terrible judgments throughout the world. The result? The world will  reject war as a means of economic gain or even as a means of defending itself.  Why? Three reasons come to mind:

1) Like Vietnam, Iraq, and other wars, confusion reigns as to the meaning, purpose, and goals of these wars. Peoples all over the world are war-weary … and they are beginning to understand through the Internet HOW and WHY these wars are financed and made profitable to an elite.

2) Wars are becoming too expensive to fight. Afghan fighters, fighting with little more than basic weapons and explosives, defeated Russia in the 1980s… and are causing immense cost to  the  burdened American taxpayer. Indeed, in Vietnam, the Viet Cong "policy" was to inflict our troops with "wounded" in stead of killing them, often times. Why? Because the wounded drew in expensive evacuation helicopters, and many other American personnel within gunsight of the Cong. Furthermore, each wounded soldier needed the attention of a whole line of medical staff extending from the fields  of Vietnam to the hospitals in Korea, Japan, Hawaii, and mainland USA. The expense drove us from the field, though we had the far superior soldiers (but treasonous diplomats).

3) The Gospel teaches the moral cost and Judgments of God, as well as the necessity of teaching nations the necessity of getting gain with tools (capital goods), as opposed to the plunder of warfare.

2. Humanists See Christianity Prevails through Culture Carriers…

Those who led the antichristian leadership in Europe began to realize they needed to capture the  culture carriers to thwart Christian advances in society. War and persecution hadn’t worked. That process began with…

1) the modern philosophers , especially the thinking of Voltaire, D’Lambert, and Frederick II… and …

2) then moved to the French Revolution.

3) Of course, philosophers such as Hegel, Kant, Hume, and Marx all had their turn in changing the world.

But, let’s consider just three men… men in their intense, internal hatred against Christ and His people.

3. Brief Backdrop… From Failed Persecution to Successful Worldview Attack…

The wars of religion in Europe, foretold by the book of  Revelation, mostly initiated by kings and prelates with the intent to destroy the Christianity of the Protestant Reformation, failed to accomplish that “mission”. Instead, kings and papacy, Holy Roman Empire and despots, fell from power, ultimately consumed by their own fire (See Ezek. 28:18 for an example of what God provokes in the Devil, in the latter days). 

The Jacobins of the French Revolution PRECEDED their alleged founder, Adam Weishaupt, by well over a century. The Jacobins grew out of the leagues formed in France by the nobility and priests who persecuted and fomented multiple wars against the Huguenots of France. It is no secret  that all those organizations who eventually formed the “Jacobins” of the early 1700’s, like them, utilized Jesuit organizational structure and tactics. 

Philosophers such as Voltaire, D’Lambert and Frederick II all saw nothing had  stopped the rise of Christianity.  But, these master humanists were not the ultimate cause of  Christianity’s woes in the 18th and 19th centuries. The real problem was to be found in the increasing apostasy of the churches of Europe. Thus, God’s wrath would raise up cunning, skillful men to chastise them, a principle announced in the Old Testament several times, including the prophet Ezekiel (later illustrated in the New Testament as well):

God raises up FOR His Church men with supernatural gifts, skillful in building the “Temple of the Lord”. In like manner, He will raise up men of  His wrath, skillful (supernaturally endowed by the Devil – See I Kings 22) in their ability to undermine the civilization Christianity may be holding at any given time. That is the way the Devil is able to achieve a dominion "for a time."

Roman Catholic priest and historian (in the Jesuit mold), Abbe Barruel, definitely associated the resurgence of Jacobinism with the rise of Voltaire and his impact in leading a movement to destroy Christianity. Being that he was familiar with the Jesuit organization and strategies, he was quite able to pick up upon the Jacobin counterfeit of same. 

Barruel’s description begins with those who were at the heart of a resurgence of Jacobin activism:

4, Voltaire, D’Alembert, and Frederick II (the Great) (by A. Barruel):

What distinguished these men was the mutual recognition that Christianity could not be destroyed by military and persecutive means. Christianity is a culture carrying religion. As such, it always forces its enemies to fight it on the cultural-economic-political “battlefield”. 

The result, as we will see, will be the rise of a global culture-carrier “War” never before seen in the history of the world, for its extent, range and depth. We will see how such a culture-carrying conflict will unite anti-christian elements worldwide against the rise of the Christian faith… in our generation. 

-submitted, Wayne C. Sedlak, ICHR

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Exploding the Myth: “Money Doesn’t Matter”

Blood and Money Revisited in the Case of Joseph Stack

1.    Blood and  Money: Mr. Joseph Stack

For decades, the Christian Church has taught the nation that “Money doesn’t really matter.” Different versions of the same heresy have been taught to our  countryman from sea to shining sea. William Jennings Bryan, the “progressive” (Read “socialist”) “Christian” politician of the late 19th and  early 20th centuries, repeatedly decried the inequality of inheritance, the “idolatry” of the gold standard, and the exaltation of laws that granted entitlements to an ever growing welfare class.  In short, “money doesn’t matter”, a point he made repeatedly, getting himself nominated for high office.

I hear the same heresy out of the  mouths of many very good Christian people, and I must say, that I have justified myself on this or that occasion in the past, with the  expression that what  I was doing “was not because I was in it for the money.” [Note: There  wasn’t any…  money that is.] I can truthfully say that about ministry in years past, for example, and I believe, generally, Christians mean it when asked about such things.

But, that is a  far cry from the heresy,  “Money doesn’t matter.” The Bible teaches  us  money, life and blood are used almost as interchangeable concepts in different places in the Bible. MONEY does matter. Money represents (temporal) redemption in the Bible and it is used to represent Christ’s redemptive work on the Cross: “You’ve been bought with a price. Therefore, glorify God…” we are told.

I grieve that Mr. Joseph Stack is dead because of, what appears to be, the ongoing violence and oppression of our rapacious government. They levy taxes to seize our  money, and promise us “tax credits”. How foolish. That’s not wealth-building and it is not good stewardship. It crushes the human spirit.

2.     Blood  and Money: an Exasperated people

 I have spent 30 years Preaching about what the Bible says concerning governments that hate God’s laws. The fiction of “separation of Church and State” as it is currently “interpreted” by our government, has no greater motive than to push the legacy of the Triune God’s influence in our country “out of  the way”, as an obstacle to their unrighteousness. Not the least of such interpretative schemes, are all those fictions perpetrated upon us to seize our money, homes and wealth, through differing excuses, the latest of  which is their costly version of health care.

During those 30 years, I have feared that EXASPERATED people – damaged time and again financially – oppressed to the point that they have no means of rebuilding their lives, would just “lose it”, and act in a manner as Mr. Stack did.

The Bible teaches the following concerning the interplay between money, governments, and life:

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Wealth Creation It Isn’t

1.    Jobs, Stimulus Bills and Talking Points: Economic Doublespeak

When Fed Chairman, Fred Barnanke, sat before a Congressional Committee not too long ago, he was asked about the (infamous) Obama Stimulus bill, not then a year old.  You know the bill. It’s the one that purportedly created jobs for the economy. In fact, President Barack Obama hailed the one-year-old economic “stimulus law” as a measure that  “…staved off another Great Depression and kept up to 2 million people on the job.” (Note the language, “kept people on the job”, not “brought back MORE productive jobs”).

Anyway, a funny thing happened on the way to the alleged “jobs creation.” The banks got the lion’s share of the money. When Fed Chairman Fred Barnanke answered the above-cited Congressional question, he answered that the money went to the banks. When asked “What happened to  the stimulus money after that…” he replied, “I don’t know.”

Hum… Let’s see if I have this right. The President says the stimulus money “…staved off another Great Depression and kept up to 2 million people on the job.”  But, the guy who is supposed to know the  nation’s money issues – I mean, it’s his JOB to KNOW THE MONEY and where it goes (!) – said he DIDN’T KNOW where it went AFTER THE BANKS got it.

So, what does the President, who during his election days, slipped up on  more teleprompter retorts when the issues were “economic”… again, what does the President know that the Fed is SUPPOSED to know but DIDN’T? More doublespeak, that’s what he knows.

2.    Jobs and Stimulus Bill: Fish … or Teach them to Fish?

First of all, let’s clear the air. As author G. Edward Griffin showed by his title of the second chapter of his book, Creature from Jekyll Island, “The Name of the Game is Bailout”… bank bailout. The banks got … and kept the money for their own financial “well-being”.

The problem is simple. Let’s say that President Bareconomic really does know what happened to the money. What should that mean to us? Well, no surprises here, “get rid of the Federal Reserve” because it hasn’t done its job, nor is it even able  to keep track of the money (Actually,  I don’t believe the latter point. But that might involve the “conspiracy” word.).

But, the real  lesson is a simple one: The President’s real damage  to the economy involves several basic economic issues:

But, the worst thing stimulus bills producing fiat money do is to destroy the true job-creating sector of the economy and hand out non-wealth creating jobs. Jobs which are simply government handouts do NOT create wealth. They do not create profitability… you know, the kind of wealth companies need to invest into more productivity,  thus creating the economic necessity for jobs which will help them build more wealth.

Government handouts hurt everyone, by helping create some jobs TEMPORARILY. But, they are not wealth creating jobs… meaning, they are not created in response to true economic demand (the laws of human action) to which business enterprise responds by hiring jobs to be done which will create more productivity.

3.    AND… LOSS  of Jobs

Stimulus bills create inflation… a devilish information system that misdirects resources and creates the infamous “boom” cycles. Businesses expand production and find  out the demand signals were false. Damaged businesses and wealth are the results. Loss of jobs.

Stimulus bills of fiat money raise prices … driving marginal producers out of business. More damage, more loss of jobs.

Stimulus bills of fiat money distort economic  recovery by misdirecting consumer purchasing. Consumers end up in vicious cycles of debt accumulation which leads to consumer loss through compounding interest. Notice how much economists watch the Consumer purchases each month. Why? If consumers are damaged, businesses suffer losses. Losses mean more cuts to employment … MORE Jobs are lost.

INSTEAD of Stimulus bills of fiat money that distort economic  recovery by misdirecting valuable economic resources through the false information system, why not STOP this inflation-central bank fraud, and allow businesses to  recover… allow consumers to recover… and allow the economy to recover? To do that, stop all the taxes, and fiat – inflation, while stripping out the debilitating regulatory chains that bind the economy. Protect businesses from further bank induced fraud. Let the businessman create more jobs by recovering …  not by “directing” him with more misdirected economic “indicators”, producing more inflationary (depreciating) money, piling  on more taxes on top of taxes, and adding mounds  of regulatory edicts that restrain productive enterprise.

Stimulus bills create Job loss. Let the banks keep the stimulus money! Then close them all.

-    Submitted, Wayne C. Sedlak, ICHR

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The Approach of Today’s Fabian Socialists

“Definition” of Fabian Socialism: The current basic approach of all American governmental socialistic bureaucracies is that of  “Implementing, through education, public policy, social programs, legislation and the judiciary, a philosophy of “arrested development”, “envious malevolence” and “impossible equality”.  The result? The dissolution of societal bonds… the destruction of Christianity. 

1.    Sir Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Churchill, writing in the Sunday Illustrated Herald, February 8, 1920, made this statement:

If you look to Winston Churchill’s 1920 pronouncement here, he is describing an elite whose existence was unquestioned and who are exceptionally powerful, “untouchables” in society.  If we were discussing almost anyone else, there could easily be a reaction which would vociferously deny the point of  his statement here.  But, this was a statement made by one of the great leaders of the 20th century, a man noted for his understanding of “political science”.

It should be noted that the METHOD of control, he alleged,  begins by tearing down a society through three distinct approaches:

2.    Arrested development

Hum… arrested development?  Could that mean things like: EPA standards that crush economy and damages the truck industry’s capacity to transport?  Could  it include inflationary Central Bank policies that create artificial “boom and bust” business cycles that entice  businesses to  build up  inventories when prices are rising (artificially through inflation) with the thought that such price rises reflect economic demand? If so, the subsequent business cycle “bust” (recession) can, and does, catch many businesses heavily invested, chasing markets that don’t exist and leave businesses scratching their heads asking  why no one’s asking for goods thought to be  in demand.

“Inflation captures all the laws of economics  on the side of destruction.” – V.I. Lenin

3.    Envious Malevolence

Otherwise defined “envious malevolence” refers to someone in authority who WANTS what you have, and engages in “legal” violence or “legal” plunder to get it. Note the following statement showing “How” the Ultra Wealthy among those in the Banking Industry view your home and assets:

4.    Impossible Equality

The word “equality” has been thrown around so much in our economy for several decades now in America especially. Historic “rights” have  been turned  over in the name of equality and whole segments of our culture have been restructured, whether  it is

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Trade offs We Get With Obamacare

Congressman Mike Rogers’ opening statement on Health Care reform in Washington D.C.

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The End is Always Near…

Commenting on the movie: "The Book of Eli"

That is a great way to describe how the Church of Jesus Christ has abandoned,  in part, its Great Commission legacy, for  another gospel… in essence,  “the  End is Near.” In the Early Church there were many who believed that Christ was coming “soon”, though more responsible teaching, like that of Tertullian and Augustine, tempered those thoughts with more responsible understandings of  Scripture.

Tertullian stated Christians were responsible to pray for the then current Roman Empire which persecuted them, not because that  Empire was worthy nor because Christians were pacifists (most were not), but because Revelation clearly warned the churches something more frightening was to occur… a “flooding” of some kind that would sweep European civilization, and with it, the end of the Roman Empire bringing social upheaval for a time. Christians did indeed pray… and act upon such guidance attempting to bring in social reforms and stability.

However, the massive flooding of the barbarians did sweep the Empire and bring its demise as we all know, setting the stage for the Middle Ages. Even Tertullian would live to see the beginnings of that issue.

But, in the last several centuries, the Christian faith has repeatedly neglected the content of Revelation by teaching the imminent Return of  Christ, bringing ridicule upon the content of Scripture. The Millerites and some revival groups preached Christ’s Return in the 19th century. World War I was to be the era for Christ’s Return for some denominations. Varied dates have been assigned to His Return, always “apocalyptic” in content, rarely properly “proofed” from Scripture or the Apocalypse.

Now, we see the churches joined by Hollywood and television, all in agreement that the world is about to see a scorched earth, people huddled in little towns with meager resources, rampant murder, filth and debris in all directions … and some version of nuclear and/or biological holocaust.

Perhaps, a more responsible look at Revelation, coupled  with an intelligent inquiry into the Scriptures as The Book of  Eli recommends, should take place. Too much of  the Bible has been rejected through misquote…  or misrepresented Scripture. I see trying times ahead but I also see much good for mankind and the churches.
 
Incidentally, I enjoyed the movie…Perhaps, it’s because Denzel Washington, as always, is a great actor.
-    Submitted Wayne C. Sedlak  ICHR

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