"Make no friendship with an angry man,
And with a furious man do not go,
Lest you learn his ways,
And set a snare for your soul." Proverbs 22: 24,25 NKJV
Here is a verse that you may have read in your....'read the Bible in a year' programs....but probably never heard mentioned in a sermon....Isaiah 3:12...."Youths oppress my people, women rule over them. My people, your guides lead you astray; they turn you from the path." This is another of my 'graybeard' posts....which are simple reflections from someone with age and experience from which to speak.
The America of the twentieth century....is gone. This that we have today is something altogether different....but we do not know this. Oh we are quick to point out that we are losing freedoms but we are not able to discern that the America of 1776....and that of colonial America....has already been replaced. You would have had to live the baby boomer life to realize that it is gone with the wind.
Evangelicalism....from Billy Graham to the Jesus freaks to the born again heyday of the 70s and 80s to the minor revival of the 16th century Reformation in the 90s....is also all gone. There are a new set of preachers....a new model for the gospel....new spiritual food....new exercises....a new heaven....and a new Jesus...all of which has snuck in on us unawares.
We should have been given a clue when we showed no compassion at all during the pandemic...laughing about masks and vaccinations as if we were barbarians. We should have at least noticed how we tore a man's reputation apart....(Fauci)....because we were told to do so. We should have had some pings from our conscience as we could not care less about poor immigrants trying get to a nation were they could get a decent wage for their work.
Youth rules us today. That's where the money is....so that is the squeaky wheel that will get all the attention....and therefore wield far more influence than they should have. England is about to have a woman prime minister....(she is already gone)....as may Italy....(she is already in power)....but we do not produce Golda Meirs or Margaret Thatchers anymore....women proud of their heritage....and determined to defend it....but rather women....proud of their gender....and determined to defend it.
Just who are our guides today? Well Tucker Carlson is probably the chief pied piper....but talk radio and podcasts lead us where the intellect would not normally lead us....if we had any vigilance at all. As for Donald Trump....might I remind again that I have read over ninety books covering his entire life....I wonder how many Carlson has read....probably NONE....and it became apparent halfway through that reading....that Donald Trump was....is....and will probably always be....a destroyer. He destroys.
We are not able to see beyond the fog that has come in from the pit of hell. The church has been judged....I mentioned that in my last post....the next step should the Lord will it would be for Him to begin to blow that fog away by the power of the Holy Spirit....and what we would see is the results of a winnowing....most of the church still lost in pride and selfishness....but also a remnant....realizing that we share equally in the responsibility for what we have become....all of us now humble....seeking only the guidance of our King.
As for Trump....I spent years having no ill-will towards this man....hoping only that he would fade away....free to waste his life as usual....no longer as a curse upon us....but as it is he may continue....even resurrected....one of his 'horns' of power restored....or he may not be able to evade justice this time....either way....the world will continue to implode....as there is no longer a warning as it was from Jonah....with time to change....but a declaration as it was from Nahum...to prepare to meet the coming King of Glory....with time only to get our houses in order.
