This world has been ruled by what can be termed an establishment for over a century. Merriam-Webster defines the word 'establishment' as it is used here as "an established order of society....a group of social, economic, and political leaders who form a ruling class.....a controlling group.' This is not to say that there haven't been challenges to that establishment, for Communism and Hitler's National Socialism had sought their own world rule and were responsible for well over a hundred million deaths through wars, famines and extermination.
These people, globalists if you will, regularly meet in their secret conclaves around the world and make their plans. Government leaders, bureaucrats and think tank experts would then leave to do their part, bankers to do theirs and the mega-rich to do theirs. It always worked, for the media is owned by these mega-rich.
It didn't really matter what specific challenge came up to their political and economic hegemony because they had vast resources in money and power to deal with it but today they are panicking and with good reason. One hundred years of plans gone awry and decades of complete and utter failures have put them behind the eight ball. Their monetary schemes have run their course and can no longer buy them time. The American public may no longer let them bail out the losers. Americans are carrying around pocket versions of our Constitution. They are about to lose the White House which they have owned since 1989. England may leave the EU and Italy may follow. Their global warming scam is a bust. Celebrity endorsements of their schemes are worthless and no one believes the media anymore.
This is not to say that these people will give up. What it means is that drastic measures may be necessary to secure their lifestyles lived in Alpine castles, metropolitan penthouses and on private islands. This is also not to say that the collapse of the world's ruling class holds any hope for America. China and Russia may make their move on the globalists while radical Islam may find a way to take the drastic decisions out of their hands. Chaos is everywhere except in God's design.
The world's schemes only amplify our problems which are spiritual in nature. There is an interesting passage in the gospels of Matthew and Mark where Jesus, after making His triumphal entry into Jerusalem, retires outside the city for the evening and the next morning He is hungry and sees a fig tree in the distance. Upon approaching it He sees that its leaves are out but it bears no fruit. He curses the tree with these words...."May no fruit ever come from you again!" The fig tree withered. When the disciples asked Him about this He said..."Have faith in God" and then gave that often quoted verse about commanding a mountain to throw itself into the sea...and believing that what you pray for will happen. What part of this discourse might interest you the most....the symbolism in the tree as it relates to Israel...or the command to remove a mountain and it will be done....or asking for and receiving the desires of your heart?
What interests me the most is that this was near the end of Jesus ministry and after leaving the temple the next day He would give His famous discourse on the end times in answer to a question from a disciple. (Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21) I believe that the fig tree is indeed Israel but I also believe that there is a message here for us today as the veils are being lifted as to the day and age that we live in. There may be mountains ahead of us barring us from where we will need to go and what we will need to do. Our desires may be for strength amidst the tempests and faith amidst the temptations.This is what I find myself meditating on. My comments are merely as if we were sitting at a table drinking coffee and talking about God's Word as we look at the pandemonium in the world around us and contemplate the seeming nearness of the return of our Lord and Savior as King and as the Judge of this earth.
These people, globalists if you will, regularly meet in their secret conclaves around the world and make their plans. Government leaders, bureaucrats and think tank experts would then leave to do their part, bankers to do theirs and the mega-rich to do theirs. It always worked, for the media is owned by these mega-rich.
It didn't really matter what specific challenge came up to their political and economic hegemony because they had vast resources in money and power to deal with it but today they are panicking and with good reason. One hundred years of plans gone awry and decades of complete and utter failures have put them behind the eight ball. Their monetary schemes have run their course and can no longer buy them time. The American public may no longer let them bail out the losers. Americans are carrying around pocket versions of our Constitution. They are about to lose the White House which they have owned since 1989. England may leave the EU and Italy may follow. Their global warming scam is a bust. Celebrity endorsements of their schemes are worthless and no one believes the media anymore.
This is not to say that these people will give up. What it means is that drastic measures may be necessary to secure their lifestyles lived in Alpine castles, metropolitan penthouses and on private islands. This is also not to say that the collapse of the world's ruling class holds any hope for America. China and Russia may make their move on the globalists while radical Islam may find a way to take the drastic decisions out of their hands. Chaos is everywhere except in God's design.
The world's schemes only amplify our problems which are spiritual in nature. There is an interesting passage in the gospels of Matthew and Mark where Jesus, after making His triumphal entry into Jerusalem, retires outside the city for the evening and the next morning He is hungry and sees a fig tree in the distance. Upon approaching it He sees that its leaves are out but it bears no fruit. He curses the tree with these words...."May no fruit ever come from you again!" The fig tree withered. When the disciples asked Him about this He said..."Have faith in God" and then gave that often quoted verse about commanding a mountain to throw itself into the sea...and believing that what you pray for will happen. What part of this discourse might interest you the most....the symbolism in the tree as it relates to Israel...or the command to remove a mountain and it will be done....or asking for and receiving the desires of your heart?
What interests me the most is that this was near the end of Jesus ministry and after leaving the temple the next day He would give His famous discourse on the end times in answer to a question from a disciple. (Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21) I believe that the fig tree is indeed Israel but I also believe that there is a message here for us today as the veils are being lifted as to the day and age that we live in. There may be mountains ahead of us barring us from where we will need to go and what we will need to do. Our desires may be for strength amidst the tempests and faith amidst the temptations.This is what I find myself meditating on. My comments are merely as if we were sitting at a table drinking coffee and talking about God's Word as we look at the pandemonium in the world around us and contemplate the seeming nearness of the return of our Lord and Savior as King and as the Judge of this earth.
