The ping pong ball pops up into a tube then rolls down another clear tube where the painted....17....is clearly visible. A voice announces the number and another ball pops up and rolls down....8....then another....58....another.....19.....all across the state people's eyes are darting from one ticket to another.....the fifth ball rolls down the tube....41....that voice as if from from heaven gives the audience a few seconds to collect their thoughts......they either are hoping to at least hit the big ball....for a few bucks....or they may be looking at a few thousand dollars......or maybe even 50 million dollars.....the ball pops up.....rolls down....the last number is staring out and a fair amount of people are high-fiving those around them.....while others are simply ripping up their tickets.
We in America are playing the Devil's lottery with a somewhat different matrix. There's little of real substance and no eternal value to be won but everything to be lost. Only one 'death' ball is needed to bring calamity to the United States of America. Sixty-nine white-lettered and a few red-lettered balls are in the first tank....North Korea can be the catalyst to catastrophe......Iran can push start it all.....Communist China can light the fuse....that giant bubble market looming overhead like the Goodyear blimp can set off a chain reaction.....an artifical intelligence....aka Satan himself....can be the beginning of the end.....and as for the big ball....Satan has thrown a bunch of weighted 666s into the mix.
The air valve opened some time ago and then everyone waited with baited-breath.....Donald Trump.....we all cheered.....the second ball rolled down the tube.....Bull Market....more cheers.....the third ball popped up.....Tax Cuts....even more money for us....what a wonderful way to celebrate the birth of Christ....Merry Christmas everyone.....but there are more balls to be drawn. Somewhere in that tank there is surely is a ball with Peace and Security written on it.
We as a people bought a ticket for this game many years ago when we ceased to depend on the Benefactor of all of our blessings....preferring to rely on our own strength. The remaining balls are bouncing off the glass....what's the chances of one of those red balls coming up....apparently not high enough to concern us.
God watches all of this. He has kept those red balls from entering the tube.....watching our reaction to each ball that pops up.....but this is no game of chance.....Satan is doing everything that he can to bring one of those red balls up.....but God has to take His hand off the machine for that to happen. We are unaware of this.....all we would have to do is plead for mercy for ever buying this ticket.....but we like our chances.....the valve opens once again.....we're waiting to see the color....."anything but red" we chant...."anything but red......baby needs a new pair of shoes!"
Congratulations......we can all now say Merry Christmas.....but have less understanding on what the birth of Christ meant for us than when when couldn't say it.
We in America are playing the Devil's lottery with a somewhat different matrix. There's little of real substance and no eternal value to be won but everything to be lost. Only one 'death' ball is needed to bring calamity to the United States of America. Sixty-nine white-lettered and a few red-lettered balls are in the first tank....North Korea can be the catalyst to catastrophe......Iran can push start it all.....Communist China can light the fuse....that giant bubble market looming overhead like the Goodyear blimp can set off a chain reaction.....an artifical intelligence....aka Satan himself....can be the beginning of the end.....and as for the big ball....Satan has thrown a bunch of weighted 666s into the mix.
The air valve opened some time ago and then everyone waited with baited-breath.....Donald Trump.....we all cheered.....the second ball rolled down the tube.....Bull Market....more cheers.....the third ball popped up.....Tax Cuts....even more money for us....what a wonderful way to celebrate the birth of Christ....Merry Christmas everyone.....but there are more balls to be drawn. Somewhere in that tank there is surely is a ball with Peace and Security written on it.
We as a people bought a ticket for this game many years ago when we ceased to depend on the Benefactor of all of our blessings....preferring to rely on our own strength. The remaining balls are bouncing off the glass....what's the chances of one of those red balls coming up....apparently not high enough to concern us.
God watches all of this. He has kept those red balls from entering the tube.....watching our reaction to each ball that pops up.....but this is no game of chance.....Satan is doing everything that he can to bring one of those red balls up.....but God has to take His hand off the machine for that to happen. We are unaware of this.....all we would have to do is plead for mercy for ever buying this ticket.....but we like our chances.....the valve opens once again.....we're waiting to see the color....."anything but red" we chant...."anything but red......baby needs a new pair of shoes!"
Congratulations......we can all now say Merry Christmas.....but have less understanding on what the birth of Christ meant for us than when when couldn't say it.
