The obvious paranoia . The constant denial of responsibility. The constant reinvention of her persona.
Yet I get people telling me how wonderful she is, how qualified. A look at her life, through published biographies, her college thesis on Saul Alinsky, make her chosen methods of gathering power are absolutely an open book. I am not trying to use rumor gossip or slander. I will use the Bible to examine her decisions. It is reported that up and comer Hugh Rodham was abusive and controlling with his wife and children, He provided his family a nice life ,built a great business, moved to better neighborhoods….and failed in politics He was bitter towards democrats, and hated groups of people including Jews and blacks. He did not allow her to date. But he did pay for Hillary to go to one of the most liberal colleges in the US, as well as one of the most expensive. Wellesley, where Hillary did extremely well. Perhaps he just wanted her in a women’s only school. (if she got scholarships or loans I have not found any proof of it) Her roommate was a political scion and a lesbian. No I am not pointing any fingers; that seems to be common knowledge. This is where Hillary met women who wanted power, who had money and powerful connections. Hillary had the money to at least participate, but not the political pedigree. Her associations during this time would help to lead her down a particular path. She got noticed for being class president and giving a scathing speech to the key note speaker at graduation. So, we have an upper middle class woman (seven years of very expensive schools, Most of her middle class supporters… then or now cannot afford such schooling for their children) in the era of the sixties getting her baptism into social justice, leftist policies, and women’s rights. Her original interest seems to have been because of social works at the Methodist church she grew up in, and she claims to read her Bible to this day This is important. Remember that. http://www.umc.org/what-we-believe/foundational-
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/04/hillary-clintons-1969-thesis-on-saul.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_for_Radicals He basically believed that communities had to organize and then do battle, create conflict, in order to obtain the power and economics to live as they wished. He dedicated his book, Rules for Radicals, to “the first rebel, Lucifer” and worked with Communists, Labor unions, churches…anybody in fact, as all morals were, to him, relative. A few of his tactics (does any of this sound familiar, today? In politics?)
One thing not mentioned is his use of an outside enemy to solidify the group. In President Obama’s case, it is bringing Islamic interests in the fold, LGBT interests in his fold, and leaving anyone white male or Christian out of his fold, we have become the enemy! I would say his use of the rainbow flag is his symbol, Saul liked symbols too. Divisiveness works to keep you in power; no group will join another to back another candidate. Hillary would do the same without a doubt. She has continued the same tactic. By calling ½ of Trump’s supporters a “basket of deplorables” and irredeemable, she has called for war on ¼ of the US population. That they have no positive good for society; they are not salvageable, which allows just about anything she wishes to do to become public will with her followers. And I suspect Israel will be on that list, along with whites and the wealthy. ( the wealthy part is just for show, you cannot fix a tax base on the tiny top of the pyramid, basic economic theory) So we can place her in the social warrior camp, not the socialist camp. We see that acquisition of wealth was always on her mind, as a way to power. She left Washington, after being thrown off the Watergate investigation due to unethical conduct..here is a list of her document scandals…includes the Watergate info http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/03/04/hillary-clintons-long-history-of-hiding-documents/ Instead of joining a Washington Dc law firm after her departure from the White House investigation, she went to Arkansas. She, after several years, married Bill Clinton (they met at Yale Law School) She took over his campaigns after an embarrassing loss. She kept on working, at the Rose Law Firm, and when it was deemed important to his political future, started using the last name of Clinton instead of Rodham, had a baby, and used the resources of other lawyers at the firm to get signed statements from all the women who had accused Bill of sexual misdeeds to agree they never slept with him. Yup even the current one back in the news, Gennifer Flowers. It was enough to stem the controversy and land them in the White House. She attempted healthcare reform, which failed, traveled the world, and covered up the bimbo factor as long as she could. When everything became public and Bill was impeached, she famously “stood by her man.” Strange thing for a feminist to do. Amazingly, she had an easy win to enter the Senate. After watching her hop from Jewish supporters to Palestinian supporters on the same newscast!, I thought for sure she as finished as a candidate, but that was not the case. Payment in full for saving Bill’s presidency. She used that position to begin her run for the White House, But another Chicago community organizer, also influenced by Saul Alinsky, proved the Democratic and then US favorite.. Now she is running again, after serving a somewhat controversial term as Secretary of State, with private email servers and blackberries which no one knows if they were secure, and the terrible incident in Benghazi. Despite her “being a Methodist” (I suppose being called Christian would put her with Evangelicals Catholics and Pentecostals can’t have that…) and focusing on issues for women and children, she seems to think that acquiring power is the only good in this world. She has become vicious with the Alinsky prescribed attacks. She remains paranoid, obsessed with what she calls loyalty (not merit, or good service) and is promising every group whatever they want, I guess winning is the thing and then you let the groups fight it out to achieve their own good. Despite the fact that the conflict has become violent, the welfare projects started in the sixties have led to such impoverished and crime ridden inner cities and it will be a tough road ahead of us to begin to heal those wounds, she wants to up the ante, and pour tens of thousands of immigrants into this country..coming from places of war and terror, in need of so much more help than food stamps and free housing, she has taken millions in donations from foreign countries (a tactic also used when Bill was in the White House, renting out the Lincoln bedroom for the night, taking money from a Chinese businessman) and promoting and taking monies from Planned Parenthood, wanting to end the Hyde amendment so we will, as taxpayers directly pay for abortions, threatening Christians that they will have to change their theology, and has no real plan for the Middle East conflagration though she claims she has experience…and is accused of pay for play between the Clinton foundation and the State Department. So she likes Saul’s conflict and chaos, She likes riding the wave of uncertainty, sure that her operatives will make sure she wins. I can’t imagine what she wants to do with the power That is worrisome. Unfortunately, power at the federal level, the national level, where you have necessarily crossed over to the radical’s main enemy, the government, also leaves you without the consensus building or other skills needed in a President. We have seen some of this with President Obama. It feeds nicely into a personality consumed with control, or a totalitarian outlook. What does the Bible say about leaders and kings? Timothy 2:1First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered on behalf of all men 2for kings and all those in authority, so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity. 3This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,… Micah 3:11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us. Judges 9:7 When Jotham heard the news, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below, “Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you! 8 “The trees were determined to go out and choose a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Be our king!’ 9 But the olive tree said to them, ‘I am not going to stop producing my oil, which is used to honor gods and men, just to sway above the other trees!’ 10 “So the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come and be our king!’ 11 But the fig tree said to them, ‘I am not going to stop producing my sweet figs, my excellent fruit, just to sway above the other trees!’ 12 “So the trees said to the grapevine, ‘You come and be our king!’ 13 But the grapevine said to them, ‘I am not going to stop producing my wine, which makes gods and men so happy, just to sway above the other trees!’ 14 “So all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘You come and be our king!’ 15 The thornbush said to the trees, ‘If you really want to choose me as your king, then come along, find safety under my branches! Otherwise may fire blaze from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’ The thornbush. Someone likely to pull in old friends as her Cabinet, continue to broker deals for her foreign investors, and to blaze her way through any perceived enemies. God gives us good leaders and bad leaders. It is a reflection of our own hearts and minds. We are to pray for them, no matter what, as we know authority is from God. We are blind to the difference between righteous and unrighteous rulers (some think the changes in America began with Woodrow Wilson.) This therefore cannot be a reason to exclude Hillary There is a part of this election cycle that is in God’s hands, for good or ill. She reinvents herself after every loss or scandal. (remember the headband era? )She seems to think that lawyer level honesty…or parsing instead of speaking, is perfectly Ok. As long as it is not a chargeable offense, it’s ok. She carefully crafted every step of her career for a particular resume, though her believability as a grandmotherly , loving type of person is of course laughable She claims to be the most famous woman in the world. Narcissism is not exactly unknown in politicians, so that also does not disqualify her. Nor does her social awkwardness, refusal to meet another’s gaze eye to eye, or her rumored lapses into name calling and racist talk (actions matter; talk not as much). Her stately, well, queenly walk, just awaiting her crown. Not being likeable is also not disqualifying. Reexamining her supposed belief..going to prayer breakfasts in Washington, carrying a Bible with her, and focused on that one part of the Methodist statement..doing good..without the do no evil, live holy or stating the most important part, that Jesus Christ died for the remission of sin, is a problem. Now, you say, it doesn’t take being a Christian to be President, No it doesn’t. It is a show often put on for us by candidates on their way to the White House. But when you pull that Bible in front of you like a shield, while continuing policies no believing Christian would in any way consider moral, now I have a problem. Let’s examine the place of good works in Christianity Matthew 7 15“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them. 21“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’ Romans 11:6 “And if by grace, then is it no more of works otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace otherwise work is no more work.” Doing good works for the purpose of worldly attention is no more than dross. Good works will never get you to God. I am not God and cannot tell you the state of Hillary’s soul …saved or not saved, He sees our hearts and not what we present to the world.I do offer here a most sincere prayer that if she has not made a decision for Christ, that she be presented with the offer, touched by the Holy Spirit, and can find the faith to believe. Good works without God are in a way rebellion, it assumes we do the work because God cannot. And it allows you to name almost anything as a good work, because you have no grounding in the ways of God .Scripture isn’t prescriptions, it is a living walk of faith. The minute you give works equal status, you allow human thought to overrule God’s thought ( many discussions between Jesus and the Pharisees point this out) And finally, a visitation to the problems of the seven churches in Revelation. Rev 2:20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. If one claims to be saved by Jesus Christ, we who are believers are to study their fruits. This is discernment; we are not to be swayed by anything that is not in accord with the Word of God. Someone who has claimed to be of the Body of Christ, should show some of these fruits in their life Galatians 5:22-23 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. I don’t see wealth, power, or fame on that list. Who was Jezebel partnered with? A powerful king. Once that apparently was likeable, fooling even the righteous king of Judah for a time. But he participated in Jezebel’s promotion of Ba’al. Infant sacrifice, orgies, and most of all, rebellion against God. If one acts like a worshipper of Ba’al, promoting abortion, LGBT issues, and governmental control of the raising of children, then maybe that is exactly what one is. A false prophetess, a wolf in sheeps clothing, a woman who would lead others to believe that sin and conflict and rebellion is perfectly OK with God. What is worse, I believe, is not just the secular/humanist/pagan people of the US think she is just fine, but that many christians see themselves reflected in her. Successful, given worldly acclaim, not letting her avowed belief stand in the way. And who is it that sponsors lies, elitism, and making oneself like a god? John 4:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. |
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