Watching the (new) news frenzy over Bill Reilly, Tucker Carlson ..and his choice of first guest, and watching Fox appear to align with their competitors,answering to a handful of media corporations who own ALL of the news, and use it for their own agendas..one might assume the left has won, globalists have won, and the era of lock in step drone type news is here to stay.
They lost the weapons to shut down other viewpoints on the Internet, they cannot control Twitter either..but they try, oh they try. And all of it is ridiculous, the millennial( and younger) they keep desperately trying to attract, are not interested. They get their news on the fly, through websites and Facebook. To continue thinking you can pigeonhole people as to beliefs, to come up with a "picture" of voting or beliefs or anything else (which is what Clinton's campaign did, demographics instead of actual polling,it is discussed on the new book on her campaign. I was right....apparently they thought polling was too expensive... ) is a stupidity in today's world, its sells advertisements, but does not guarantee your message gets to an audience that, well frankly, cares. Yellow journalism, shaping the news to fit a government decision, none of this is new .When governments align with these global media owners, all is well, When they don't. the negativity rules. But why are we to the point that any authoritative group thinks it can own shape and control all human beings? 100 years, When I heard a speaker talk about how the influx of drugs into this country, and Europe, really started about 100 years ago,and moved from government..labeling every addict a sinner, and not helping them, to they are sick and attempting large rehab programs, without ever touching the conditions that allow addiction,,and making the drug trade an expensive criminal operation within our borders,to..let's give out needles and give them safe spaces to use....none of which has worked, and in many cases, recovery seems to be more about having relationships,,family,work, etc..a sense of purpose, and nothing to do with the medical model.. I started looking at what else had changed in 100 years. The industrial revolution had already started. changes in societies, technology was leaping ahead,,planes cars,and much of it in response to war. 1914-1918.WW1 Woodrow Wilson was President ( 1913-1921) considered the first president with a globalist view instead of national only. Planned Parenthood 1916 Prohibition 1919 to1 933. Women get the vote 1920 social security 1935 Women wanted to control their lives, a last ditch effort to stop drunkenness as away of life eventually died, drugs were beginning to come in, and the President wanted to win a war and take us into the world as a major player. And many many men died in the first world war, and so many more would die in the second world war.the lack of fathers began to be the norm, Women worked in factories,,,the "we can build better" response of the US internally and externally in the 50's, exploded in the 60's with human rights, desegregation,significant increase in drug use, abortion and divorce.the beginning of the Great Society, which has led to a slew of social programs meant to alleviate suffering, but are now considered..entitlements that those who work owe something to those who don't. You could argue both sides of that issue, as a christian. The government used news reels at the movies (a growing and huge part of entertainment) and posters/art to encourage patriotism..including Rosie the Riveter! They would then attempt to control the news about Vietnam. Nixon was a master of this, by the way. We believed the nukes were coming, that only a strong defense would save us from Russia...we had drills in school to survive a blast...we were programmed with family shows, with commercials to make us want to buy buy buy, and news reports. We trusted those guys. Other voices raised to say...its not what it seems.Unfortunately, they too often used guns or bombs or horrific rhetoric to make their point. The world rolled on, technology and bad times and good times..banks and hedge fund had too much power, we opened up trade..wanting the cheapest products possible,while allowing our own jobs to flow away..the most productive country the world has ever known, destroyed its own blue collar sector.the rush for college degrees became a flood...no longer funded by parents or a second mortgage, but a government loan. we had the new computer technology..games, sex, shopping, at your fingertips. in 2017, 100 years later, news is entertainment, and you can watch whatever political flavor matches your own. History, even biology is being swept away as not important (allowing us our baser impulses, with no control, means we do not have the sanity left to figure out where we need to change things) we are isolated, psychiatry and science itself have bent to political aims, (not new either. Read about Operation Paperclip, as we took in enemy scientists as we figured their contributions were more important than anything else) Instead of despairing, we can see from the Bible that other people watched their societies implode, and Godly wrath was not immediate. 120 years for mankind...not a longevity issue, a sin issue, Noah had 120 years to build an ark and preach righteousness.How lonely that time must have been,, as literally not one person listened. Noah and his family, however, were saved. Israel was told, 200 years before , that a king named Cyrus would send them back to Israel, that Babylon really would take them away, for 70 years, and a different kingdom would send them home..do you think people that lived through this era understood? or did they just mourn their captivity? Abraham was told his descendants would spend 430 years in slavery. Did Jacob think about that when he took his family to Egypt? Did Joseph know? I think not.. We have lived through one of the biggest shifts in human history,, a war filled, terrorism filled era, where the very root of family and community have been twisted to a place of total spoiling of children , or total spoiling, as in misuse and destruction..of children.the powers that be want to reduce all of us to drones that respond only to the benefits offered by government,to be the only voice in reality ,be it science or world events. But the young have tuned out, as we in the 60's said, they are into gaming, or fighting on college campuses for feelings, not laws or rational thought, as the only reality.there is no sin, no truth, only what makes you feel good. Others struggle with a return to strictness and control. This is dangerous too, because it lacks one thing. God. We are not gods in the making, we are created beings. Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. But Christians..and we give plenty of reason for it..are mocked and hated. Jews have focused on appearing totally secular, or are so orthodox they shut the world out.These are the only groups left who have had personal revelation from the one true God. Yet. through this ramp up to something big..even atheists know it is coming, the earth itself knows it is coming, something else happened 100 years ago The Balfour Declaration. 1917. That the Jews should have a homeland. in 1948 it became a reality. We had..just about 100 years of the Gentile church overlapping the Jewish system of worship, (Paul is thought to have begun preaching about 40 AD,most converts for the first years were Jewish.The Jews were permanently denied Israel by Rome in 135 AD and the land renamed Palestine..as a rebuke, no longer Judea or Samaria) If you thought you didn't need prophecy, or that there is no return of Jesus as King, I beg you to open that Bible and start reading, read Genesis and the promises read Daniel before you try Revelation, and then read Isaiah,. then re-open your eyes to what the world is saying,versus what the Word of God says,and see what is going to happen. Don;t be afraid, God wants you prepared, and he wants you aware, and depending on Him, not the world. He wants you offering salvation through knowledge of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.no matter how angry or outrageous the lost seem, God offers the same invitation to all. No matter how watered down the church, how divisive the theological arguments, you CAN know true peace and security through a relationship with Jesus Christ.I would give a list of authors I personally think speak truth to any who feel they can;t read the Bible on their own.just message me. Because no matter how awful on the surface, redemption is coming. Hallelujah! |
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