Preface: It's 9 in the morning....and after all is said and done concerning the State of the Union....those who watched the shameless demonstration....witnessed a severely psychologically ill man....yet a potent manipulator....do what ultimately he does best....and that is destroy. The Democrats....for roughly forty years now.....since they no longer became Democrats as those my age grew up to know....a party that visibly rejects the God of the Bible....they seem to sit there in shock more than anything else. They played a game for decades....and were devoured by a spiritual force that actually gave them their power to begin with. As for the Republicans......"Faithless Israel has proved herself to be more righteous than treacherous Judah....(Jeremiah 3:11)....for as bad as the Democrats turned out to be over the past few decades....it was us that went beyond mere idolatry....to an idolatry of greed and power that uses God as its banner. We went beyond abortion and LGBTQ....to in some cases....'worshiping'....a blatant false prophet....who tells us exactly what we want to hear....and laughs his way through the deception and delusion. The following....preface and paragraph from a 2023 post....were posted last evening about 9:30:
Preface: I wanted to post the following paragraph from May of 2023 right now as I sit with the television on in front of me.....muted....and Trump about twenty minutes into his speech. I've been in the exact same situation before....many times....mostly over the past ten years....when I watched our president.....whether it was Trump or Biden....or Trump again....enter this hall....and witnessed one standing ovation after another....and felt....deep in my heart.....disillusionment....at how far a nation can lose its way. I'm looking now at the woodwork on the walls of the first level....and the gray wall-papered balcony....and wondered on which one....should Almighty God command it....would fingers of a hand appear....writing...."Mene....Mene....Tekel....Upharsin?" Woe are us....who in almost unimaginable pride....especially considering the circumstance of a nation either in utter rebellion to God....or blasphemous presumption....to act like this....and celebrate like this....and cheer as a kingly speaker claims that we have entered a golden age....when the King of Kings has made it clear for anyone with eyes to see.....and ears to hear....that before this judgment is over we will throw our worthless gold and silver into the street! Later tonight....Lord willing....I will go over the transcript....and read the commentary....and probably fast forward through a recording of the speech.....but for now....I can only pray for God's mercy on us.
From a post titled...."Thank You God....For The Winds That Warn Us"
"Our pastor began his sermon as he stepped into the pulpit by thanking God for the gorgeous day. Probably nine out of ten pastors in Western Pennsylvania began their message with that comment. There is nothing wrong with it....in fact thanking God for his blessing in the weather is wonderful....and I have said the same thing many times....but today the words hit me a little bit differently. My thought was that I would rather have had a windy day....with cloud cover....and ominous darker clouds on the horizon. I would rather see the brothers and sisters in Christ hurrying from car to church....grasping more firmly the hands of their children and anything they might be carrying....and only upon coming through the door of the sanctuary breathing a sigh of relief and thanking God for the reprieve of being in the church. The 'gorgeous' day....with the Antichrist....[whoever or whatever or wherever he might be]....plotting even as I type....and the world barely holding sway against world war....and the church of Jesus Christ....so many of us....thinking about their day's activities as they sit in the pew....in these troublesome times we do not benefit from a....'gorgeous' day. I would rather the pastor have the opportunity to begin with....'Thank you Lord for the winds that warn us of the approaching storm....and the reminder that only in Christ is their shelter from that storm.' "
Addendum: Trump added this in his concluding remarks...."and when God needs a nation to work his miracles....he knows exactly who to ask." This blasphemous comment alone....should send the Christian to his and her knees....seeking mercy and forgiveness.
