You see, racism must die. That is the hard fact about the matter. If you hate due to skin color, shame on you. That is not a civil thing to do, that’s not a fruitful thing to do, and it is absolutely against the Bible. There is no longer any place in our world for hatred and racism.

The Bible says (1Jn 4:8)  He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. This is as plain as the nose on my face. God is love. God does not want you to hate anyone, nor does He have any hate Himself for anyone either. You can hate God, but He still loves you. This is because love is closest thing to God that you can come across in this world.

Why do I say that? Well first of all, God loved the world enough to send His son to die for the sins of the world. He made this sacrifice because He loves humanity so very much. He gives us the Gospel of Jesus Christ so that we might all know His love and come to accept Him.

(Gen 1:26)  And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. (Gen 1:27)  So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Notice that it does not say God created whites, or Asians, or blacks. He just made man. This lets us know that we are in God’s image, and that there is no distinction made between any color neither at the Creation or any other time.

(Act 17:26)  And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; now we have God making all nations or races from one blood. I believe that this means we all came from this single origin, and that makes us all the same, we are all descendants of Adam.

To continue this line of thought I believe that skin colors came after creation. Here’s my breakdown. The people were of a singular race, likely Middle Eastern. Then people moved into other areas as space requires or due to a pioneering spirit. Another major event that added to the distribution of people across the face of the earth is the events at the Tower of Babel.

When the languages were changed, people banded together by language, and they went their ways. With time they spread into the entire world. As they lived in their surroundings, they adapted to the area by variations in skin color, among other things. I think that all races arose from a single race, and that races developed from the surroundings the people found themselves in and not from some superiority or any other factor.

In this vein, there is no difference between any two people. If someone has darker skin that likely means that their ancestors lived in places with a lot of sun, and probably close to the equator where darker skin was a boon. People with lighter skin came from places where the sun was not as intense, and lighter skin was a better choice.

This is called ‘variations’. Some people call it ‘micro evolution’ but I shy from that term because of its negative connotations.

Maybe I’m wrong, but this explanation makes the most sense to me, and answers the question why there are different skin colors.

(Gen 3:20)  And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Eve is the root of all humans, and she was of the same race as Adam obviously, so the races have to have arisen due to things like variations, and not because anyone is created inferior to anyone else.

(Rom 5:12)  Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: One man here is listed as bringing something into the world. Therefore he must be the father of all living because everyone (with a few exceptions) dies. So if he brought death, and death happens to everyone, we must all have come from him.

The exceptions to the death rule are Enoch and Elijah, both that were taken to Heaven in their physical form. (2Ki 2:11)  And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. (Gen 5:24)  And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

(Joh 3:16)  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (Joh 3:17)  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. Notice the love of God here. He loves the WORLD not just a certain group.

(2Pe 3:9)  The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. We see here that God wants all of us to come to repentance. Now tell me, who are we to go against the will of God? He loves everyone, and we are no one to condemn what God loves.

(Gal 3:28)  There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. (Gal 3:29)  And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. This is where we see that no matter who you are. Gender doesn’t matter, your status in life doesn’t matter. Your race does not matter. If you are Christ’s then you are part of the promise that God gave to Abraham’s descendants.

(Act 10:34)  Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: (Act 10:35)  But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. The nations can all belong to God if they all do what is right. What is meant here with the term ‘respecter of persons’ means that God does not care how much money you make, what family you come from or anything like that.

(1Jn 2:9)  He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. (1Jn 2:10)  He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. If you hate your brother, or in other words hate other people, no matter the reason, you are in darkness, period. If you love others then you are in the light and in God’s favor. He wants us to love each other and that’s why racism is so very wrong.

(Jas 2:8)  If ye fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well: your neighbor counts for the world. If you are told to love the person that physically lives by you, how is that any help to the world? You could live beside anyone, technically.

(1Jn 2:2)  And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

Now, we all know that we’re sinners. We see that in fall of Genesis 3. We continue in the mortal plane and in sinful nature by birthright of our parents. In other words we’re born into this reality by our parents instead being born into Eden as illustrated in Romans 5:12. We all need to be saved, that’s all over the New Testament. Jesus came to save all mankind, as seen in John 3:16-3:18, 14:6, and 2Peter 3:9. And if Jesus wants to save all mankind, that means He loves all mankind, and who are we to hate what Jesus loves? Nobody, that’s who.

If you do as you’re told, which is to love your neighbor, or all people in other words, then that’s awesome. But if you respect, or think a group is better than another for superficial reasons (read as supremacy) then you are quite simply sinning.
One story that many use to point out the intolerance of the Bible is the tale of the Canaanite woman with the possessed daughter that sought out Jesus in Matthew 15:22-15:28, and Mark 7:25-7:30. This event happens right before the feeding of the masses that leaves seven baskets of leftovers.
The story goes that Jesus had one of several arguments with the scribes and was weary of fighting with them. He left out to take some time off from their foolishness. He goes to the border of Jewish land, and enters into a house in secret, but He could not remain hidden.
A woman, of another race, in Matthew she is referred to a Canaanite, and in Mark a Greek, either way, she’s not Jewish, she’s different from Jesus and those with Him. She seeks out and finds Jesus. Her child is afflicted by a demon, and she implores Jesus to help her. Jesus responds to her that He is sent to the lost sheep of Israel only. She does not let that stop her, she instead worships him. Jesus replies that the food for the children is not fit for dogs, and the woman replies that even the dogs eat the scraps that fall on the floor. Jesus marvels at her faith and heals her child.
I don’t think that Jesus was racists. I don’t think He was ‘colored’ by His raising and His cultural surroundings. To say that Jesus turned away from non-Jews because that was the way of things in His day would be to say He committed sin. That is absolutely false. There was a lesson in His actions that day. Jesus was not racists because people were racists back then, as we’ve shown in all those other verses.
But what was the lesson? Jesus did not mean to say that He was not meant for the world. His death was for all John 3:16 is one of many verses that clearly states that. But, in Jesus’ life, He was meant for the Jews. He had to be of the Jews to fulfill the Word of God, and the promises. The Old Testament was of the Jews, not the Greek or Canaanites. For Jesus to be Messiah, He had to do His work in Israel. He had to die in Israel to fulfill the Scripture. That was what He meant. His death was for the world. His life was meant to fulfill the needs of Jewish prophecy. It was not racism.
After Jesus tells her this, the woman worships Him. This is a peculiar turn of events. The woman was not Jewish and was not likely even familiar with Jewish protocol. She knows Jesus is a descendant of the great Jewish king David, for she calls him the Son of David. While she might know He was royal in His bloodline, she might not have heard of His divinity outright. But her faith tells her of His true nature. She knows He’s the Son of God. She called out after Him, knowing He could truly help her.
So Christ has told her that He is for the children of Israel during His life so that He might fulfill the scriptures of the Jewish prophets and save the entire world. The woman continues to follow Jesus, calling for His mercy and imploring for His help. She cried out after Jesus, and worshipped Him, saying ‘Lord help me!’ And she literally meant it, since well, she was talking to the actual Lord.
The woman refuses to leave the house Jesus and crew is staying in, and Jesus tests her one final time with the table and dog comment. I don’t think that Jesus was calling the woman a dog. Or even comparing her or her race to anything less than His mortal being.
I think it had everything to do with the fact she was not a follower of His. She was not a Jew, she had likely not heard the sermons given by Jesus, she had probably not read the scriptures, nor likely knew of the prophets. I think it was more a test of faith. I think He wanted to see if she truly understood He was Christ or if she was just chasing what she thought to be the latest voodoo doctor.
The woman gave her wise answer, and Jesus was satisfied, and granted the healing she asked for.
There is also another lesson to be had here. In the Matthew version, the disciples want to run her off, and Jesus ignores her. This detail is missing from the Mark version. Anyways, the woman is making a scene and is annoying the disciples. Remember, we know from many sources that in Jesus’ time and location, society was extremely patriarchal. Men were dominant and women were relegated to subdued roles. So a woman that is making a fuss and doesn’t ‘know her place’ so to speak would be offensive to the Jewish men, along with annoying.
Jesus does not ignore her to condone His disciples’ behaviors, but instead to give them a chance to prove themselves. Jesus did that here and there. He checked to make sure His lessons were getting through. He held His tongue hoping His boys would show the kindness He had taught them. Of course, they let Him down, but we all fail and fall short of the glory of God.
I think Jesus also continued the line of speech too with the woman as a secondary example to His disciples. He takes the path they wanted to take. He uses a bit of reproach towards her. She answers Him with honesty and wisdom. In the end, He sets her up to answer Him perfectly, and proves to His boys that no one is lesser than anyone else.
There are multiple layers of meanings in most of Christ’s workings usually I think. He was good like that.
Why would the writers of the Bible change the beliefs of the Bible if Jesus was in fact a racist? Some would accuse the Bible of being rewritten. But racism has survived, sadly, very well until fairly modern times. In the King James Bible, we’re talking a good amount of years back when distrust among the races was no big deal. We’re talking over 250 years in some printing versions. There would be no reason to remove racism in the time period when changes could have been slipped in.
In the Old Testament, there are only two so-called races; the Jew, and the Gentiles. The Jews were meant to be the priests, and were meant to minister to the Gentiles. Instead the Jews became proud of their religious position and cut themselves off from the Gentiles and eventually that led to hatred between the groups.
Ephesians 2:14-2:16 ‘For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross.’
There went that wall, that hatred. The cross made us, both Jew and Gentile into one body of mankind unto God. So if you hate someone of another color, then you hate what Jesus has wrought with His death on the cross.
The Jews, as priests, were not meant to be more special than Gentiles, but instead facilitators for the Messiah. They are chosen so Jesus might arrive. God had a plan, and that plan included a society of priest class people, the Jews. God isn’t racist either. He just had a job for everyone, the Jews to bring Jesus, and the Gentiles to spread His word to the ends of the earth.
Ruth, of early Jewish times, felt the warmth of Jewish hospitality and graciousness herself. If you are not familiar, I’ll give you a run down. There was a drought and some lean times in the lands of Israel, so this fellow Elimelech heads out to the land of Moab with his wife Naomi and his two sons. They are there a while, and the guy dies, as time marches on. Naomi and her sons continue on with their lives in Moab, and stick it out. The boys grow into men and get married. One marries Orpah, the other Ruth.
Life went on about ten years or so, and for a reason not explained, the two sons die as well. So now all three women in the family, Naomi, Orpah, and Ruth are all widows. Naomi decides it’s time to go home to Israel, since she’s heard word that things have turned around there, and the Lord had blessed the people with plenty.
So Naomi packs up and starts towards home. She tells her daughters-in-law to load up and return to their mothers. She honors them, saying they had always been good to her, and they were good to her sons. She then told them to find rest in the house of their husbands. I think this means she was blessing them to go remarry, for they were widowed, and remarrying was the proper thing to do when widowed in a manner they would call, well, honorably. Even now days, people often remarry after becoming widowed, especially if it happens when they are young.
Everyone says they married so young in the past, but I’m not all that sure of exact age. I think 16 years old for a woman is reasonable. That’s past first menstruation, and is long enough to allow for most physical maturity. So if Ruth married at 16, and her husband died 10 years later, she’s still in her 20’s, which is obviously young.
Many would say that people in these times lived extraordinarily long, others say it’s a wildly different counting system only, I’m not sure. But even if we use the short system, I’m seeing somewhere around mid to late 40’s as an acceptable lifespan. That would still make her no more than middle aged. It would be like telling someone at 40 they’re too old to marry. Now days people are just starting to get serious about love, marriage, and starting a family by their late 30’s and early 40’s.
Anyway, back to our tale. Naomi tells them to go home, thanks them for loving her sons and herself so deeply, and then sends them away, telling them to find themselves another husband when their hearts are ready.
Of course they both protest, claiming their loyalty to Naomi. She is the mother of their husbands, who are likely still not long deceased. Emotions are still likely very high because of this. They want to be with Naomi because Naomi is the last bit of their husbands they have left.
Naomi counters that there is no reason to bring them to Israel since she will bear no more sons for them to marry, and they are not Jew by race. Naomi is clearly by this point an older woman, having a pair of grown sons that were married for a decade. So she is too old to even care to remarry, by her reckoning. So she puts to the pair that even if she did have a husband and bore a son that night, would they waste their lives waiting for the son to grow up? Naomi then, in her grief, says that the hand of the Lord has gone out against her. That is a common thing to hear when you’ve lost a husband and both your children, especially when both kids die close together or at the same time. She was heartbroken, felt she was accursed by God, and was warning the girls away in her sadness.
There was more crying, and Orpah heeds Naomi and turns away and goes home. But Ruth will have none of it. She’s not going to let anything separate her from Naomi. She denounces everything of her former life. She decides to be with Naomi in all things. She will lodge in the same places as her mother-in-law, she claims the God of Naomi, and she would turn herself from Moabite to Jew if she had the power.
Naomi saw that there was nothing she could do, so they took off for Israel, and came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barely harvest. They are a sad pair, two widows, one old, one a foreigner. In these days, after the harvest, that which was left over, the bits here and there that weren’t caught in the harvest was left for the less fortunate. Since there’s always some ears of corn or whatever that end up getting missed, might as well let someone eat them, and it’s a waste to double back to pick up a single ear or pick a single head of wheat.
So Ruth says she’s going to go out and scour the corn field for some corn so that they might eat. Ruth, though, is very modest about this, not even knowing that this is okay and legal. She says she will look for corn in the fields of him whose sight finds grace in her. She’s thinking she’s going to have to beg. Or at least worrying that she’ll be denied access.
Ruth ends up in a part of a field owned by Boaz, a wealthy man who also happens to be Naomi’s brother-in-law, or at least a relative of her husband’s. When Boaz passed by those in his fields gathering the leftovers, he actually speaks to them. What a novel concept. He says “The Lord be with you” and even more unusual, they answer back! The less fortunate, the ‘beggars’ so to speak, say “The Lord bless ye”. Civility among humans, so weird!
Boaz sees that Ruth has been working hard, and sees that she is not freeloading. He also knows who she is, and who she is working so hard to provide for. He knows Ruth is working the fields, the equivalent to modern day panhandling to give to his relative’s spouse. This is not lost on him, not at all.
He does well by her, and when she asks him why, he tells her because she has taken care of Naomi, even when Naomi was not of Ruth’s people. How well does he do? He was so impressed with Ruth and her dedication to Naomi, that he went through a great deal of legal wrangling to marry her. So we’re talking not only did the Moabite Ruth welcome and marry a Jew and into a Jewish family, she followed the Jewish Naomi to Israel where she, a Moabite, impressed and won the heart of a very prominent, wealthy Jewish man. The Jewish man went as far as to risk his reputation to marry her, since she was the wife of his (possibly) nephew, which is too close of kin.
And our boy Boaz here was David’s great grandfather! That also makes Boaz a direct ancestor of Jesus as well. So without the blurring of racial lines we see in the book of Ruth, there would be no King David, and thereby no Messiah.
That’s not racism, that’s a love story, how Gentile accepted Jew, and how Jew accepted Gentile.
All people are creatures of God. Jesus marched all over the place interacting and healing people. He often healed the non-Jew. He healed Samaritans, Canaanites, and Syrophoenicians. If peoples of all races were good enough for Jesus, they are good enough for all of us. Jesus casts His nets, and catches all kinds of fish, the fishes of humanity, of which He casts none back. His love extends to all.
We cannot judge on the color of skin, or on any other factor that does not count for the content of character. Matthew 7:1 ‘Judge not, that ye be not judged.’ Good advice there. Good advice, Lord.
Racism needs to die here and now. Erase the hate my friends, God has commanded us to do so. Until next time my friends, God bless.

This monument is sometimes referred to as the ‘American Stonehenge’ and has been the host of numerous pagan rituals, meditations, ceremonies, and even a couple of weddings.

The guidelines featured on the stones are clearly New Age in origin. It features principles that not only serve the ideals of the New Age, but also seems to step in line with the requirements of the New World Order.

Now Frank of the Salvation Revelation Podcast might have mentioned something similar to what I’m about to propose, and if he did, then I must say I agree with him. These principles that are being pushed by the New Age and other occultist types play right into the hands of the New World Order.

Now the New World Order might just be a front for the true Beast system that is going to come as we see in the Book of Revelation. People will suffer oppression under the New World Order to the point that when the true Antichrist is seated and comes to power, they will beg him to take over and save them. At first it might seem like it is a better solution but it will not be. The oppression will actually surpass the level perpetrated by what was called the New World Order.

If this is the case, then the Beast system will continue the draconian measures enacted by the New World Order. So basically, the New World Order, in my opinion, is actually nothing more than a front for the system that is described in the Book of Revelation. This New World Order is not only going to be a practice run for the Beast system, it will also serve as a catalyst to launch the son of perdition onto the world stage, where he can come to power quickly and likely do so by the demand of the population.

I believe this is why the New World Order seems to be so prominent in our society today. Everyone and their grandmothers have heard of the New World Order. It is not a hidden thing, in fact it is quite obvious. This makes the likelihood of the New World Order being the system that runs the show in the Book of Revelation unlikely.

Too many of us are vigilant against this New World Order. This also includes people that are not Christian, and are even openly pagan or a member of another faith, if any at all. With the majority of the people being prepared, this leads us to realize that this world order will not be loved or even accepted by a good chunk of the population.

This is problematic because we know that the Bible tells us that the Beast system will not be so very obvious and so well guarded against by many people. (Rev 13:3)  And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. (Rev 13:4)  And they worshiped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

So here we see that the world wonders after the Beast and that they worship the Dragon and the Beast. This cannot happen if there is a huge chunk of people are looking to go against this system.

We have tons of podcasters speaking against the coming New World Order, we have message boards lighting up about this issue, there are commentators on radio and television talking about this issue. There are so many people speaking out that it cannot be the system where the world loves and worships the pair of creatures.

This will dull the senses of so many, but if we hold to our Bibles we’re going to be ready and see it coming. We are to be vigilant against the coming storm. (Rev 16:15)  Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. This is why we must make sure to pay attention to things going on in the world, and one of the signs that shows us the New World Order type of system is coming is the Georgia Guidestones and all they represent.

Here’s a picture of the Guidestones themselves. [image]

As you can see, the stones are made up of four slabs featuring the commandments in various languages, and a center stone, also called the Gnomen stone, with a capstone sitting on top of the astrologically aligned stones.

The stones are nearly 20 feet tall, and the grand total weight tops 100 tons. There is a slot and a hole drilled in the Gnomen stone, to allow certain alignments to be observed, such as the position of the North Star, and the position of the sun at noon on the solstices.

The slot that allows this to be done is clearly seen in the picture above. Here is a picture of the smaller hole on the opposite side of the Gnomen stone. [image]

On the top of the center stone the words ‘Let these be guidestones to an age of reason’.  The stones themselves have the ten guidelines or commandments etched on them. If you look closely here, you can see the writing on this picture. If not, here’s a picture that shows the words directly.

As I said, these guidelines are written in several different languages. These languages are English, Spanish, Swahili, Hindi, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, and Russian.

This picture features a stone called the ‘Explanatory Stone’ and also features the saying ‘Let these be guidestones to an age of reason.’ On each side of the square featured on the stone is the name of an ancient language/form of writing. These are Sanskrit, Babylonian cuneiform, classical Greek, and Egyptian hieroglyphics.

On the lower left corner the text reads:
ASTRONOMIC FEATURES:
1. CHANNEL THROUGH STONE
INDICATES CELESTIAL POLE.
2. HORIZONTAL SLOT INDICATES
ANNUAL TRAVEL OF SUN.
3. SUNBEAM THROUGH CAPSTONE
MARKS NOONTIME THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR

AUTHOR: R.C. CHRISTIAN
(A PSEUDONYN)

SPONSORS: A SMALL GROUP
OF AMERICANS WHO SEEK
THE AGE OF REASON

TIME CAPSULE:
PLACED SIX FEET BELOW THIS SPOT
ON
TO BE OPENED ON

Because the dates are missing on the time capsule it is postulated by some that the capsule was not placed due to some problem like time constraints.

The lower right corner says:
PHYSICAL DATA
1. OVERALL HEIGHT - 19 feet 3 inches (5.9 m)
2. TOTAL WEIGHT - 237, 746 POUNDS
3. FOUR MAJOR STONES ARE 16 feet (4.9 m),
FOUR INCHES (102 mm)  HIGH, EACH WEIGHING
AN AVERAGE OF 42, 437 POUNDS.
4. CENTER STONE IS 16 feet (4.9 m), FOUR-
INCHES HIGH; WEIGHS 20, 957
POUNDS.
5. CAPSTONE IS 9 feet (2.7 m), 8-INCHES
LONG; 6 feet (1.8 m), 6-INCHES WIDE;
1-foot (0.30 m), 7-INCHES THICK. WEIGHS
24,832 POUNDS.
6. SUPPORT STONES (BASES) 7-FEET,
4 INCHES LONG 2 feet (0.61 m) WIDE.
1-foot (0.30 m), 4 INCHES THICK, EACH
WEIGHING AN AVERAGE OF 4,875
POUNDS.
7. SUPPORT STONE (BASE) 4-FEET,
2 1/2 INCHES LONG, 2 feet (0.61 m), 2-INCHES
WIDE; 1-foot (0.30 m), 7-INCHES THICK.
WEIGHT 2,707 POUNDS.
8. 951 cubic feet (26.9 m3) GRANITE.
9. GRANITE QUARRIED FROM PYRAMID
QUARRIES LOCATED 3 MILES WEST
OF ELBERTON, GEORGIA.

In 1979 a man calling himself R.C. Christian appeared in the town of Elberton and sought out the granite company to commission the project. We know from the stones themselves that Mr. Christian was using a fake name, and we are told that a small group financed the quite expensive project to bring this so-called ‘age of reason.’

The man then disappeared just as quickly and mysteriously as he had come, with no one ever knowing his real name supposedly. There are many different theories as to who this R.C. Christian really was.

I’ve heard it said that it was L. Ron Hubbard, I’ve heard that the R.C. stands for Rosicrucian, and I’ve even stumbled across those that think R.C. Christian stands for Roman Catholic Christian. I have no idea which one is right, if any of them are. I will say that the Rosicrucian explanation is the most common from what I’ve seen.

Let’s go ahead and cover the commands listed, and see what is going on.

The first one is ‘maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.’ Now the idea of living in balance with nature is appealing to many people out there, and I can say that I think we should respect the environment as well, but the problem here becomes that number of humans it calls for.

You see, the world population has topped 6 billion people so to reduce this to 500,000,000 is a bit of a problem. 9/10ths of the planet’s population would have to die for this to come true. I do not think the proponents of this guideline would be willing to be the first to hit the chopping block.

This view is all over the place where we have powerful men and women attempting to gain or maintain control over a situation, people, or financial situation. This view is not a Biblical view, for the Lord says to be fruitful and multiply. Children are special in the Bible, with Jesus even using them to explain spiritual matters, remarking on the innocence of children.

We can also see that parenting is important in the Bible, since so many commands are given to parents on how to raise their children. There are no commands on limiting your family however.

In fact, most of the Biblical people spoken of in the Bible have large families. They did not have any qualms about having children, being fruitful and multiplying.

Now you might say they had the ability to do this because they did not live in our modern times. This does not change anything, the world is not overpopulated as badly as they want you to think it is.

It is not because of food shortages either because there is plenty of food to go around, if we were to actually grow it properly and see to making sure there are no hungry. There are a lot of places where irrigation is possible and crops could be grown, but the people are too busy doing other things, and waste the land they do have.

This can be seen in places like parts of Africa where civil wars and other conflicts preoccupy the people and prevent them from farming and producing food. If you are being shot at, that lowers the likelihood that you’re going to want to be on a tractor plowing a field.

If we could only convince some of these oppressive regimes and warlords to stop what they are doing, the people could get around to working on supporting themselves through farming and ranching.

Then we have places like Afghanistan where farmers are making money hand over fist in the poppy trade, and so they either cannot afford, or do not want to settle for growing staple food crops. There is more money in growing ingredients for the drug trade than it is to grow food.

If the world was able to farm as much as possible, I don’t think we’d have a problem with world hunger. There would be some places that need to import food, but there would be plenty available. Instead we have wars, drugs, and things like biofuels eating up the possible supply of food.

We also know that in our nation we have food to spare because every time I’ve been to the store, there is plenty of food there. I have not seen the grocery side bare.

This idea of reducing the population started not with some Illuminati type character, in fact it started with Satan in the Garden of Eden. How do we know this? Well consider what the Serpent did to Adam and Eve. Before Eve ate of the fruit, there was no sin. (Rom 5:12)  Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: as we see here, death came to the world via sin, and sin came via man. Therefore there was no sin in the Garden, and no sin means no death.

Satan does not like this, you see, he hates humans with a passion. God made us in His image, and He gave His Son through mankind to save man. Satan wants to destroy us because of the love God has for man. So by getting Adam and Eve to sin, Satan introduced death to mankind by that sin, and so he tried to destroy us. He is still trying to destroy us.

This big old world is here for us, and God does not want His creation to sit empty because there are no more men to inhabit it.

What the guidestones want is nothing but mass wholesale murder. There is no other way to lower the population. Having children is something that is going to happen. You’re not going to have much luck convincing the 6 million people that have a baby every month to give it up.

Even draconian measures would not bring us to a population that low anytime soon. It would take several generations to even begin to approach any kind of serious population reduction.

Living in harmony with nature is not a bad idea, and I think we should respect nature and realize that we are the custodians of God’s creation, and should act responsibly with it.

The guideline is throwing in something that is agreeable to keep you from thinking about the part that is not agreeable. The idea of environmentalism is popular and many consider it to be a good idea. When they throw this in, people think ‘well, they want to take care of nature and that’s good’ and they don’t think about exactly what it means.

Population control has been done before. Think about people like Hitler, Pol Pot and others. We even have a nice sounding term for it: eugenics.

The second command is ‘guide reproduction wisely – improving fitness and diversity.’ This doesn’t sound too bad either, they are promoting ‘wisdom’ but think about what that means. This guideline would clearly be a violation of the rights us Americans hold most dear, for one our privacy. To guide reproduction is to have government in our bedrooms and nurseries.

This also could play out where abortions are forced on the population to control the number of babies born. Pregnant couples might be required to go through genetic screening, and if they show any chance of having a special needs baby, they could be forced to terminate.

This boils my blood because I come from what would be considered a ‘tainted’ bloodline. As I’ve said before, I have bipolar disorder, and it is carried from generation to generation. If they could detect it in my genes, they might prevent me from having children, which is against my rights.

China’s system of controlling birth rates would seem like pure freedom under the idea of population reduction and ‘guiding reproduction’. These two things combined has to end up with either people being forced not to breed, which I don’t think will ever happen, or they will begin only allowing the most fit children to survive. I see loss of life on a massive scale.

Fitness and diversity sounds so good, but the price we have to pay for them is going to be ultra high.

‘Unite humanity with a living new language’ is command three. This may not sound so bad, but I think it is part of the setup that is prepping for the Beast system. I think the intention is to reset the world to before the time of the Tower of Babel when there was only a single language in the world.

The reason I think this is a Beast system language is because the world will all be of one mind as they follow the Antichrist. This group would be much easier to handle if they all spoke or understood a single language.

Managing the worship of the Dragon and the Beast might be easier if there was only a single language.

The Scriptures appear to be silent on this issue, so I have no other proof that my own beliefs on the manner. I do not trust the idea of a single world language, even if it is English. I constantly try to get my children to speak Spanish, and I am studying it myself. I do this because my children are half Hispanic and they should be in touch with their heritage.

Many languages are specific to a nation, or a few nations, and they should keep their national pride in having their language. Blurring it by having a worldwide language would seem to be one way to weaken those nations which is augmented by the ‘unions’ of nations.

A single language might well serve the world by being convenient, but it also allows for so much abuse as well. It would facilitate the one world government and would also be a huge help to the one world religion that is coming.

Number four is ‘Rule passion – faith – tradition and all things with tempered reason.’ The problem here should be obvious: the ‘tempered reason’ coupled with ruling faith.

In other words, people like me and so many others, would be likely silenced because of our dissidence. For example, I do not and will not accept or support evolution (barring variations) in any manner. I will not accept that man evolved from any other creature because my Bible tells me it didn’t happen that way.

To have evolution you must have death. Death creates man through the slow processes of evolution according to the theory. This should be a problem for any Christian out there. (Rom 5:12)  Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: This tells us plain as day that man brought death into the world, not death bringing man. (Pro 8:36)  But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. To promote an idea that takes thousand or millions of years of death to create man seems to be loving death. This is because people believe in evolution and are grateful that we’ve evolved to the state we’re in. To be grateful is to be accepting of death.

Of course evolution is wrong so there’s no reason to love death at all.

This means that anyone who isn’t a Theistic Evolutionist, or a Day-Age believer will be branded unreasonable, and then us anti-evolutionists and young earth creationists will be punished in some manner. To rule is to have control, and they’re going to have to lock me away, and even then I’m not changing my mind.

I will still believe that Jesus is the only way to Heaven and that religion and spirituality is not enough. I will carry this passion no matter how they try to force me to abandon my beliefs. I will not accept the New Age Christ Consciousness crap they are pushing. I will love the Lord with all my heart, accepting no others.

Our halfway point, number five reads ‘protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.’ Again, this one sounds fine on the surface, and even I had to think about it for a minute. Then one little word jumped out, the word ‘nations’. Fair laws and courts for nations is obviously a World Court and is nothing more than another extension of the One World Government that will be part of the Beast system. There will have to be a place to try and convict those that do not obey the Beast.

So we see that while just courts in a nation are a good thing, the idea of a World Court may not be. It would seem to only add to the signs and systems of the End Times.

Number six also brings up a World Court. Let’s take a look: ‘let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a World Court.’ Now some of you might be yelling at me that this proves that they are not promoting a One World Government, but I beg to differ. The idea of the One World Government is that the seven continents will be ruled by ten different unions, similar to the European Union. You can leave the nations as appearing to be independent but really they answer to the Union.

I believe we will see unions in North America, South America, Europe (already exists), Asia, Central America, Scandinavia, Russia, Oceania, Africa, and Middle East. This will be the ten horns of Daniel I believe, along with the ones mentioned in the Book of Revelation. I might be off, but the seven hills of Revelation to me could be the world the seven continents, because the spread of the mother of harlots has covered the entire world. Then we see in Revelation 17:12 that there are ten kings to come who have their power with the beast for ‘one hour’ or a short time.

This is my theory as of the moment about the seven heads and ten horns, that they represent kingdoms over the entire earth which will be translated as various Unions.

In this vein, a world court would be nothing more than an extension of the world government that is coming.

Number seven is ‘avoid petty laws and useless officials.’ Can’t argue with this one much, just because they are overwhelmingly New Age and New World Order in their agenda doesn’t mean they won’t get something right on occasion.

Number eight goes like this: ‘Balance personal rights with social duties.’ So now we’re giving up rights? If this is stated, then it would seem to indicate that when the monument that we did not have a balance of rights and duties, so therefore we’re going to have to lose some rights to balance it out.

This is an idea most Americans do not think is a good idea, and in fact we would abhor the idea of losing our precious rights, no matter which ones.

To me this seems to indicate that they want us to do things like give up our guns, and our privacy among other rights.

I believe we should hold to the Constitution of the United States, and keep all rights granted therein. I think that the way our government is going even now that we’ve lost too many rights and we need to be trying to get them back. We definitely don’t want to lose any more rights.

The preservation of rights is for the good of society.

Now we have number nine: ‘prize truth – beauty – love – seeking harmony with the infinite.’ Here’s our big one. This shows the truth of the group and their intentions. They do not refer to God, nor to Christ, showing R.C. Christian to probably not be an actual Christian. Instead they go with this idea of an infinite consciousness, which is a huge New Age principle. Many New Age groups claim this idea of a Christ consciousness or some infinite consciousness.

The idea of an infinite or Christ Consciousness is usually an open door to the ideas of being a god oneself. This teaching is clearly heresy to Christianity, the one true faith. If they wanted to put something on there that was a religious command they should have put something like John 3:16, John 14:6, or Romans 10:9. That is the truth, and that is the beauty and love that we should cherish. That is what we need to be harmonious with.

Finally we have number ten: ‘be not a cancer on the earth – leave room for nature, leave room for nature.’ This is one that is not too bad. We shouldn’t be cancer-like on the earth, we should be proper custodians. I think wildlife preserves are a good idea, so I have no bones there. But this when coupled with the other guidelines on eugenics is a bit scary and we must be vigilant against that kind of thing. But straight up, this is one of those bits of truth thrown in with the other crazy ones.

The guidestones promote some idea that we must stand against the best we can because it supports not only the coming New World Order, but also the Beast system that will likely follow that. Be mindful and make sure that you are vigilant. (Rev 16:15)  Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

The Guidestones sit atop a hill in Elberton County Georgia. They lie about 90 miles east of Atlanta, and 45 miles from Athens Georgia, and 9 miles north of the city of Elberton. Until next time, God bless.

If you are someone that is waiting, maybe questioning why you should bother with being saved, know that you’re not the only one that has ever looked to the side when it came to being called by the Lord.

Moses, one of the most famous prophets, was also called by God. He was called to be the leader when God brought His people out of Egypt. Moses tried to disqualify himself from this role with various excuses. So even some of the men of God have tried to procrastinate.

Moses tried to make the excuse that he was no one to demand anything from the Pharaoh when he was told to have the people released. God told him that He would be with him and there was no reason for him to fear.

Moses then said that he was no one to stand before the people of Israel and lead them out of the nation. God tells him that He is giving him authority, and that would be enough for the people.

This leads to the staff to snake and back again event, for reference. Even with the staff-snake miracle happening right in front of him, Moses still tried to hem and haw his way out of the situation.

He tells God that he is not a public speaker, but God then reminds him that it was God that made man and his mouth, and therefore God would give Moses the words He wanted spoken.

Moses then tells God that He should send anyone else, but not him. This angers God, as He’s answered every last concern of Moses’ but yet he still tries to wait, to be disengaged and ‘sit on the fence’ so to speak. Moses realizes that he has to do what God has requested of him so he does just that. And that is the rest of the story, as they say.

Are you like Moses, always making one excuse or another when you feel the Lord calling you in your heart? Or even if you are saved, are you like Moses when it comes to service to the Lord?

Today God is calling all of us like He called Moses. He’s calling all of us to obey His voice. He is calling us through the Gospel of Christ. If you haven’t obeyed God’s voice, I ask you why? If you think you have a valid excuse, let me assure you that God will have an answer to your reasoning.

(Act 22:16)  And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Satan uses procrastination as one of his greatest weapons. Here’s some excuses used by people to avoid the calling that the Lord has put on them.

a. 12 year old to delay by saying “I’m much too young to think about God”
b. 18 year old to delay by saying “I’m much too smart to think about God”
c. 22 year old to delay by saying “I’m much too happy to think about God”
d. 25 year old to delay by saying “I’m much too busy to think about God”
e. 30 year old to delay by saying “I’m much too smug to think about God”
f. 40 year old to delay by saying “I’m much too tired to think about God”
g. 50 year old to delay by saying “I’m much too worried to think about God”
h. 60 year old to delay by saying “I’m much too old to think about God”
Much too often, death comes unexpectedly, and then it is too late to think about God!

This is just a silly thing to do when you really think about it. We don’t know when death will come for any of us, so why in the world would we put off such an important issue?

Would you be as laid back about things if there was a bomb in your house that could go off any moment? What if you had a terminal disease and could possibly die at any moment? In these situations would you neglect the question of your spiritual disposition? I don’t think that many of us would.

Why then do so many lay aside this critical issue these days? You are not promised tomorrow. You are not even promised your next breath, or the next second. Your life may be quite short or it might be quite long, none of us have any idea.

Just because you are in good health doesn’t mean that a tragic accident won’t happen. Do you want to leave something as important as your spiritual disposition hanging in the breeze?

Why do people realize the importance of writing a will even while quite young but yet will not think a moment about where they are headed in their spiritual lives? Why will people invest copious amounts of time to their physical health while ignoring their own souls? This is something I cannot understand. (Mat 10:28)  And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Many offer the argument that they just don’t know enough. This sounds like a viable and reasonable excuse but it is not. I think most of us would like to know more than we do, but we cannot allow that to stop us from doing what we need to do.

For the longest time I told myself I cannot speak out as I felt moved to do because I didn’t know enough. I would use this as an excuse to discourage myself from my calling. But I have realized now that I will never know as much as I would like, that I’ll never know enough to satisfy my own desire.

If I allowed that thought to keep popping up in my mind, I would never get anything done, and that would not be God’s will for my life. The fear I felt did nothing but serve to keep me from what I needed to do. I’ve had to banish that fear so that I might do what I need to do to glorify the Lord.

The Bible tells us that a good deal of learning comes after one is saved as we see in (Mat 28:19)  Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: (Mat 28:20)  Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

We see in this verse that the teaching is covering the salvation, and then the baptism comes, and after is the ‘nuts and bolts’ teachings, the more complete study of the commands of the Lord. You can become a Christian with very little knowledge. Once you have become a Christian, you can focus on learning more. This would seem to be the most sensible course of action anyway, since most would not bother to deeply study or learn about a religion or philosophy they are not going to follow. So that excuse of not knowing enough doesn’t count.

The question becomes ‘how much do I need to know to become a Christian?’ If you look at the Book of Acts along with many other various places in the New Testament you will find that most people were converted after a single lesson or sermon. How many lessons or sermons have you heard?

In Acts chapter 8 we see the story of the eunuch that Philip finds on his travels. The eunuch apparently knows little if anything about the Scriptures since when Philip asks him if he understands what he is reading from the Book of Isaiah, he basically asks if Philip can explain it to him. Philip then preaches Jesus to him and he is saved on the spot. He is even baptized as soon as they come across a pond big enough to get the job done.

This man did not require a college course on the Bible to understand the truth. He was able to see that the truth was Jesus. (Joh 14:6)  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

What you need to know is that you are lost in your sins, and that Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins. This is the information that allows you to partake in the benefits that His death grants. You just need to believe that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God as we see in (Act 8:37)  And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. (Act 16:30)  And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
(Act 16:31)  And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

You must also repent of your sins. (Act 2:38)  Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. (Act 3:19)  Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.

Then you must confess your faith. (Rom 10:9)  That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (Rom 10:10)  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (Act 8:37)  And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

You then should be baptized for the remission of your sins as we see in (1Pe 3:21)  The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The final bit is the most obvious: stay faithful to the Lord. (Rev 2:10)  Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days; be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

This is all it takes to be a Christian. Realize you have done things wrong, then believe Jesus is the Son of God, repent of your sins, confess your faith, and be baptized. You can learn all about different prophets and other details after you have been saved and became a Christian.

Many that are not saved do know this information. And if you are not saved and didn’t, well now you do. Some of you might say that you don’t think you can live, or are living, a Christian life. You might say that you’ll become a Christian later when you are able to live a ‘Christian’ life.

This is no excuse either. This is a misinterpretation of the Christian life. Some might be looking at people who have been Christian for years and years, and think they must act like those people immediately. They know that for whatever reason they will not be able to completely and utterly change in an instant so they put off considering Christianity until some time in the future, where they think they might be living a different lifestyle.

This is forgetting that being a Christian is a growing process. None of us know it all, and none of us are perfect in our ways. We are all growing in our faith, or at least we all should be. You cannot expect yourself to be comparable to a Christian that has been working on walking in their faith for dozens of years.

This is the same as skills, whereas an apprentice that has only started learning his craft would not be comparable to a master that has been on the job for a whole career.

(1Co 3:1)  And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. We all start as babes in Christ as we begin our walk with the Lord. We are not to stay babes, but instead are to grow, the same as a child grows. (2Pe 3:18)  But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.

We come through our growth and come to be a ‘new’ man. (Col 3:8)  But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. (Col 3:9)  Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; (Col 3:10)  And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him.

In fact, you cannot live the Christian life without Christ! You can’t live in a ‘Christian’ manner without Him! In fact, if you wait to live the Christian life before you become a Christian, you will be waiting forever. It is only in Christ that we find the power and strength to live the Christian lifestyle we need to.

(Rom 6:17)  But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. (Rom 6:18)  Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. (Rom 8:12)  Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. (Rom 8:13)  For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

This is what you need to live a Christian life. And to delay the choice in favor of living a ‘correct’ lifestyle is putting the cart in front of the horse. You need the Lord to truly reform your life and bring it to being in line with a Christian lifestyle.

It is only through Christ that we receive the strength to stand against the temptations of the world. (Rom 6:17)  But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. (Rom 6:18)  Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

As we see here that we are servants of sin before we have the doctrine, or the truth of Jesus Christ, delivered to us. Then we are freed from sin and we can move forward into a Christian life and begin to grow in Christ.

(Php 4:13)  I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. This is pretty clear, only Christ strengthens us.

Some unbelievers are probably dismissing this argument because they claim that there are hypocrites in the Church and that, by some reason, discredits the entire institution. This is just not the case. One bad apple, in this case, does not spoil the whole bunch.

The reason why is that if you go by this ideal, then you cannot be a member of anything. There are hypocrites in the local PTA meetings, in church meetings, in local government, in federal government, in just about any group you can think of. There is probably no place that is free of hypocrites. This is something that is just a truth in our world today. These people can cause havoc in an institution, but that does not mean that all people are hypocrites, nor does that mean the institution is corrupt itself.

If you think this hypocrite thing is a valid argument, then I suggest that you abstain from all clubs and organizations. This is clearly a junk argument.

Consider this: do you want to spend a few years in a church or in a religious organization that has hypocrites, or would you rather spend all eternity in Hell with hypocrites?

Look at the example given by Biblical characters. Jesus did not avoid synagogues although there were hypocrites there. The Apostles did not abandon Jesus because Judas Iscariot was a hypocrite and traitor.

If you let the hypocrite keep you from church or other religious organizations, you are allowing the hypocrite to be bigger than God! They are keeping you away when God should be bigger and drawing you in.

Maybe you want to wait for your parents or your spouse to become a Christian. This is a commendable idea, but are you helping them become a Christian by not converting yourself?

It would seem that you would not be a help to them in their conversion if you are living a life without Christ.

Now think about this: maybe they are waiting for you and you are both in a gridlock situation because both of you are waiting for the other to take the first step! This always ends up with people getting a whole lot of nowhere.

Your delay only serves to give them reasons to keep delaying themselves. Remember we just talked about you cannot really live a Christian life without Christ, so therefore you are likely in the way of your parents or spouse if you are waiting for them to convert.

But if you do convert, you can be a powerful example to those that you might wish to see converted as well. (1Pe 3:1)  Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives. I imagine this works in reverse as well, that husbands can win wives over by conversation as well. So as we’re told here, the best way to convert anyone is to be obedient to the Word yourself first.

One huge point is that when you stand before the Lord, you will not stand as a couple or family, you will instead stand as an individual, and you will answer for yourself. (Rom 14:12)  So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. (2Co 5:10)  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. As you see here, everyone must answer, and saying that you were waiting on someone else just isn’t going to be an excuse.

You might also be afraid of what your parents or spouse might think. You might even be wary of what your friends might say, if anyone will make fun of you or be off put by your decision.

(Mat 10:34)  Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. (Mat 10:35)  For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. (Mat 10:36)  And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household. (Mat 10:37)  He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

We must put the Lord before all things. It is just that simple. Your loved ones will likely support you, and if they don’t, well the Lord gives you peace beyond all understanding and you always have that to lean on.

By following the Word and becoming a Christian, you are actually honoring the traits your parents probably wanted instilled in you. Did they not teach you to do what is right? What about not violating your conscience? Did they teach you to stand on your convictions and what you believe? So they shouldn’t think bad of you then, should they?

You might offer other excuses but God can answer them all. These examples should show you that God has an answer for everything and there is no excuse for putting off coming to Christ.

Let’s close with (Act 22:16)  And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. Until next time, God bless.

Welcome. The title of this episode might seem a bit paradoxical, considering if you cannot literally read you will not even know the question is being presented. But I am not talking about literally reading, instead what I am talking about is Bible literacy. The sad fact is, not many people know their Bibles, and few read them on a regular basis.

What’s even sadder is that many have little to no clue at all about many of the major Bible stories. According to various surveys fewer than half of all Americans can name all four Gospels. As a refresher this would be Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

Many of the professing Christians could not name more than two or three of the disciples, nor could they name even five of the Ten Commandments. The disciples could include James the Greater, Thomas, Simon, James the Less, Peter, and Andrew. For the Ten Commandments, five of them are no other gods before the Lord, no graven images, don’t take the Lord’s name in vain, honor your father and mother, and do not kill.

One survey reported that some eighty percent of respondents believed that ‘God helps those that help themselves’ is in the Bible. This is not true. In fact, the opposite turns out to be the case. (Joh 15:5)  I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. You see here that we can do nothing without the Lord, so therefore we cannot help ourselves without God in the first place. God wants us to depend on Him and not on ourselves.

This one is mind-blowing: some twelve percent of respondents in one survey said that Joan of Arc was the wife of the Biblical Noah! The differences between the two are astounding! [do more on Joan]

One survey indicated that over half of students graduating from high school believed Sodom and Gomorrah to be husband and wife! This is what being ‘politically correct’ has done to our world when it comes to religion.

The massive failure here is the fact that most of those students either would claim Christianity as their religion directly, or come from a home where the parents claim to be Christians. If these children are growing up in a home that is supposed to be Christian, they should be well aware of these places, and should also be well aware of the significance of them.

The reason why this happens is because more and more people are finding it hard to speak out against anything in fear of offending someone. That and a lot of people are either Sunday morning Christians or even just Easter morning Christians. They are either deeply ‘backslidden’ believers or are not believers in the first place, since they are not seeking after God with a diligence.

Finally, when asked who delivered the Sermon on the Mount, a considerable number of respondents on one survey answered Billy Graham. This sermon was of course given by Jesus.

These are some of the indicators that show us that Bible literacy is very low in our country. This is a true shame in a nation where some seventy to eighty percent of the population claims to be Christian.

If we are so deep in our religion, why aren’t we better educated in our sacred text?

George Barna said “Increasingly, America is biblically illiterate”, laying it out bluntly. George Gallup and Jim Castelli are quoted as saying “Americans revere the Bible  but, by and large, they don’t read it. And because they don’t read it, they have become a nation of biblical illiterates.” These people are absolutely correct. We won’t read the book but we hold to it and oftentimes defend it vigorously, even when we don’t know what is said inside it.

This is not just a problem in the non-church going crowd either. Even those in the pews on Sundays are increasingly not familiar with the Bible.

Let’s take a moment to look at the effects of Bible illiteracy on ourselves, our churches, and the entire world.

Firstly we find that the lack of knowledge has led to destruction for God’s people in the past. (Hos 4:6)  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

I think this is an interesting point considering what the world itself says about us and how it is claimed that Christianity and religion in general leads to the repression of information and knowledge. We see that the Bible itself says that the lack of knowledge is a bad thing. And being lacking in knowledge about the Bible itself is even worse.

(Amo 8:11)  Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: (Amo 8:12)  And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it. (Amo 8:13)  In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. Here it is said that people shall faint for want of God’s word.

They will not make correct choices because of their lack of knowledge of God’s word. They will also have no idea where to turn when they stumble either.

People who lack knowledge about God have no real direction in life as we see in (Psa 119:105)  Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. This shows us that God’s word is what we need to guide us along our path. The true meaning for your life is found through the worship of the Lord and seeking His will.

True peace can only be found through the Lord as well. The peace of the world is no peace at all. Joy is also something that can be felt deepest through the Lord. We see this demonstrated in (Joh 14:27)  Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Along with these verses from the book of Psalms: (Psa 119:111)  Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage forever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. (Psa 119:165)  Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

How many lives are wandering in darkness without the light and love of the Lord?

This lack of education also affects the church as a whole. Churches are in want of teachers, and there is a distinct lack of them. There are getting to be less and less Biblical literate teachers available. (Heb 5:12)  For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

Churches and individuals are being led astray by false doctrines and false teachings such as the Word Faith movement, the Little Gods teaching, and the Gospel of Prosperity for if you don’t know what the Bible says how can you realize when something is presented is false? You need to know what is right to see what is wrong.

(2Pe 2:1)  But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. (2Pe 2:2)  And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. (2Pe 2:3)  And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

How many churches are dying on the vine so to speak or are just completely fallen in to apostasy because of erroneous teachings?

This lack of discernment is spilling over into our society. We now live in a society that is so politically correct that it does not allow anyone to speak out against nearly anything. Acceptance is reaching the point that nearly anything is tolerated. We have people openly fighting for homosexual marriage which is expressly against the will of God, along with the acceptance of premarital sex and many other wrong behaviors. (Isa 5:20)  Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

We slaughter the innocent with abortions. We reward many immoral people such as celebrities with great riches while teachers and even police in many areas are suffering from poor wages. We see divorce as something that is no big deal, and consider marriage in a very casual matter, with most people having at least one divorce in their past, and many having marriages lasting only a few months to a few years, showing a serious lack of commitment and foresight.

We come to the point of promoting premarital sex and promiscuity, and we’ve had an explosion of prominent people admitting to having affairs on their spouses. We have children being deprived of the proper parenting that they need, for parents fear traditional values, rules, and punishments in fear of some agency charging them with abuse. This in particular is leading to juvenile delinquency and later in life, adult criminal behavior.

(Jdg 21:25)  In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. What would happen if every man did that which was right in his own eyes with no concern for anyone else?

This illiteracy has poisoned our lives, our churches and our communities. What can we do to counteract this? We will have to work ourselves, and convince other to do so as well. The first thing we can do is study the word of God every single day.

The truly blessed keep themselves in the word every single day. (Psa 1:1)  Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. (Psa 1:2)  But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. (Psa 1:3)  And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

The practice of prayerful Bible study will bring a person closer to God, it will increase a person’s understanding as they grow, and will offer strength, hope, and comfort that only the Bible can bring.

Are you willing to do what is needed to fight illiteracy? Are you willing to read your Bible every day? It only takes the average person 70 hours to make their way completely through the Bible, and it only takes a few pages at a time to read the Bible all the way through within a year. And even if you have read the Bible completely, you should read it every day, because there is always something that can be learned through study.

Another thing you can do to help eliminate Biblical illiteracy is to study with others when you can. (Heb 3:12)  Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. (Heb 3:13)  But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

Churches often provide opportunities for fellowship and mutual Bible study. There is also other formats that I believe allow us to support and study with each other such as podcasts and other alternative means of communication.

Parents must also accept their duty as parents. We are charged with the spiritual wellbeing of our children, and we are to raise and nurture them in the Word. (Deu 6:6)  And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: (Deu 6:7)  And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. (Eph 6:4)  And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

We are the ones with the responsibility to make sure our children are exposed to God and the Bible. The church can help, but it is ultimately our responsibility. We should be not only teaching our children, but also making sure others that teach them are teaching proper doctrine.

This is most important since most of the education system in our country pushes Darwinism so heavily. We must work hard to teach the word so that we can counter the propaganda that they are having their heads filled with at school.

Pastors must also be held to their duties as well, teaching the word of God as it is in the Bible and not wandering off into some ‘pop theology’ or ‘pop psychology’. They should be held to a higher standard, and should not be believed blindly.

We should expect them to be men of God. (1Ti 4:16)  Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. (2Ti 4:1)  I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; (2Ti 4:2)  Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. (2Ti 4:3)  For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; (2Ti 4:4)  And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. (2Ti 4:5)  But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

An article by Albert Mohler says it quite well: “Churches must recover the centrality and urgency of biblical teaching and preaching, and refuse to sideline the teaching ministry of the preacher. Pastors and churches too busy–or too distracted–to make biblical knowledge a central aim of ministry will produce believers who simply do not know enough to be faithful disciples.” “We will not believe more than we know, and we will not live higher than our beliefs. The many fronts of Christian compromise in this generation can be directly traced to biblical illiteracy in the pews and the absence of biblical preaching and teaching in our homes and churches.” “This generation must get deadly serious about the problem of biblical illiteracy, or a frighteningly large number of Americans–Christians included–will go on thinking that Sodom and Gomorrah lived happily ever after.”

Bible illiteracy is something that is ravaging our world. Many of our brethren are not educated in the Bible nor do they try to be. It is important that we do not allow ourselves to be a part of this group.

Every Christian should open their Bible every single day. It is an activity that will bring us closer to God, and that should be the goal of every Christian, to walk closer with the Lord. We should be seeking out His will and His word.

So open your Bible and help fight Biblical illiteracy. Until next time, God bless.

One of the things mentioned in the film is that we must be willing to accept new information, no matter how it threatens our beliefs, and thereby our identities. This is a correct statement. We should be willing to accept new information, for if you look, most new information from the scientific world is doing nothing more than pointing out the grandness of God.

Look at things like the cell, where we are learning that it is so complex as to basically be impossible to be gradually evolved, and therefore must have been engineered. This kind of information is not threatening to our faith, in fact it actually confirms it.

There is no information that is being brought forth that is a threat to us as believers. By this I mean there is no new learning that is going to disprove our God or our Savior, no matter what someone thinks or hopes.

(2Ti 3:16) All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: (2Ti 3:17) That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

You see, the Bible can handle it all, and bring us closer to God. There is nothing to fear from science, since science is merely the study of God’s creation. In the end it will always confirm the hand of a creator, which is of course God. (Joh 1:1) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (Joh 1:2) The same was in the beginning with God. (Joh 1:3) All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

So be open to new information, new learning, for it will just show you the beauty of God’s handiwork here on earth.

Really you shouldn’t blow up at people that try to challenge your faith. You should listen to them, understand their arguments, and then refute them with the Scriptures in such a way that you might have the chance to lead them to the Lord.

There is no reason to get angry over the situation. If they won’t listen, let them be, and go about your life. When I do these podcasts on these types of subjects, I’m not angry. I’m not angry at the makers of Zeitgeist, or anyone else. I feel an obligation to point out the lies, but the people do not anger me.

My faith may cause me to write them off, but they will not anger me because I have a peace they can’t shake. (Joh 14:27) Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

When they said ‘blind tradition’ you better believe they were talking about Christianity among everything. In fact, I would go so far as to say they were mainly talking about religion, which is, in this country, predominantly Christian.

(Col 2:8) Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. Funny how the Bible outright calls these people straight up even though it was written all those years ago eh? Says plain as day here we’re not supposed to follow the traditions of men since it can lead us away from Christ.

(Mar 7:7) Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. (Mar 7:8) For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. The commandments of God teach that we should follow after Christ, not follow after blind traditions, so they really have missed the boat on this point, haven’t they?

Now how do they figure this? I don’t know about those other religions, nor do I care to know, but I know that Christianity does not stunt social growth in the least. In fact, I would venture that the Bible supports it via providing a set of stable moral values that promote a healthy society.

Secular groups such as this don’t have any room to talk. They are usually supporters of such ideas as is presented in the Georgia Guidestones, which calls for a massive population decrease.

Many people in the secular world have supported such an idea. How would be killing off some nearly 90% of the world’s population be considered ‘social growth’? Some have called for a decrease from 6 billion currently to some quarter-million. The loss of life on this scale would not be what I call ‘building a better tomorrow’!

Now I will give it to the Zeitgeist movies that they do not actually come out and promote eugenics, but I find their stance on other issues to make it likely they do.

Also in that clip we hear them call faith a distortion. Now I will say that they believe in what they believe. They think what they think. They, follow me here, have faith. The definition of faith is Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting on his authority and veracity, without other evidence; the judgment that what another states or testifies is the truth. I have strong faith or no faith in the testimony of a witness, or in what a historian narrates. I know these people aren’t gaining this idea from themselves, they are building on what others have already said. That means they are agreeing, or laying judgment that those other New Age and occultist teachers and thinkers were correct. Faith.

This man does not realize that not all religions originated this way. Christianity is founded on Judaism which has recorded how man has come from the dwelling in the Garden to where he is today. There is nothing made up, it is facts as history has them.

Adam was where he said he was, in the Garden. After he was removed, he told his kids about the Garden and they theirs, and eventually it was recorded in writing, and lo and behold, we have Scriptures.

The history was not made up. There are other forms of history that has survived to this day that are true and originated from an oral source. Just because something is old doesn’t mean it is false, it just means it’s old.

Do we have to go here again? They presented, in part one of the first movie, a huge list of deities that supposedly resembled Christ, and predated Him. One good look at the list produced results that were not only wrong, but are downright embarrassing to anyone that actually applies any intelligence to it.

Let’s take a few of the worst examples from part one, to show that this tired, old argument is nothing more than intellectual trickery. It should be noted, if you have not seen this list, that it was presented in a fairly fast scrolling list, and it was glossed over, not promoting any deep examination.

Well, we did a deeper examination. So here’s some of the ‘gods’ they try to use to debunk Christianity and the insanity that they represent.

Crite of Chaldea is a being who seems to only appear on anti-Christ pages, whom all point to another site, book, or person as having the actual proof for who this being was, what they did, and how they resembled Christ. We do not know if this being even ‘existed’ in mythology, when the worship of it was prominent, or any attributes given to it. The source given for Crite appears to have no backing, and may well have made the being up thinking that no one would call the bluff.

Bali is listed as a god from Afghanistan though I cannot find any references outside of the lists claiming the similarity to Jesus. With Afghanistan being an area that has been heavily influenced by Hinduism in the time before Islam, it’s possible they are referring to a minor Hindu deity that has faded with time. Again, this is an entry appearing only on anti-Christ lists with no evidence presented beyond goose chases through like-minded individuals.

Jao of Nepal also only appears on the anti-Christ lists. There was no other information I could find on this being, including on major mythology sites that are considered to be top notch by secular researchers. If you have information on this being, email me.

Wittoba is considered a form of Krishna in one geographical area of followers of Krishna. This is clearly a way to pad the list considering Krishna has already been mentioned.

Atys of Phrygia also known as Attis. Another padding of the list by using a different spelling. Shameful.

Hil Feta is also called Hil AND Feta, or even Hil OF Feta. There are some obvious problems right off the bat. There isn’t even an agreement on the nature of the being, or beings. This could be one god, Hil Feta, two gods, Hil and Feta, or a god of a specific location, Hil of Feta. I cannot find anything on this listing outside of it’s inclusion on anti-Christ lists, with no evidence offered whatsoever to even explain who this being or beings were. If you have any information, email me. Until then, I consider this a padding of the list, and not even a very good one. For all I know, the name could be made up.

This is just a few, and does not include obvious ones like Prometheus, Odin, Thor, and others that we all know have no clear connection to Christianity. We see that they pad the list, they used multiple names for a single being, and they included beings that existence is not supported by any credible, secular mythological/historical/theological groups! So we have a name swapping games, and other beings that might have been made up by some kid sitting in his mother’s basement, since they only appear on one or two obscure, non-educational pages. When the best you have is chuck’s room dot com, and nothing from a group or university, people aren’t and shouldn’t take you seriously. This list contained more than one being like this.

A later list blows their intellectual integrity even more when they list traits of Christ against Horus I believe it was, they list Christ was the quote ‘little black bambino’! You have to be quick with the pause button, but it is there. That would seem to be a joke, and a not very amusing one at that. But don’t throw racial jokes around and then expect me to think of you all seriously with your next breath. This reference can be found on the scrolling list that comes along at 27 minutes in or so, in that general vicinity.

There are many sects of Christianity that much cannot be denied. And yes, some groups vary wildly from others, but that is just the nature of things. We will always have differing opinions in this world. There is no way we will all agree on everything at one time. I honestly don’t think it’s possible to all be ‘of one mind’ so to speak.

We are humans, we have brains, the ability to think, decide, judge factors, and have our own opinions. We will always have those that see things differently than others. It is just the way things are.

Religiously speaking, we are told not to conform to the world, we are told to have a different opinion. (Rom 12:2) And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Make no mistake however, these people are not all of one mind either. There is an insane amount of New Age groups and movements out there, of which the Zeitgeist people are a member of. They have just as much division and different sects as any other religion in the world. And yes, the New Age is a religion, period.

I will probably be called stupid for this one, but it struck me and I have to mention it. The clip there said that all system are emergent right? Well, what does emergent mean? I think they want us to use the definition issuing or proceeding from, as my dictionary lists it. If this is the case, that it is emerging from previous systems, then why is it invented for conversation?

And if you include nature, you are getting into the territory of self eradication, because if nature is not real, and there is no God, then we cannot exist, and somehow our existence, as we know it here, becomes a paradox. If there is nothing, what are we?

If we exclude nature to allow for our existence, and limit the systems to social and political ones, we have to admit that not all systems are emergent as in they did not rise out of some truth of life, but instead some were invented. Either the system is invented, and not emergent as in out of some spring of truth and reality, or they are all invented, if you are so leather-bent on making a blanket statement.

Now we’re in the unconditional love department, are we? Well, I hate to tell them that extensionality does not make you love everything. For example, I hate my hair. Maybe not a literal burning hatred, but I dislike it and would probably change it if I could. There is no unconditional love there. It may be a part of me, since according to these guys everything is, but I still don’t like it.

This may seem like a silly argument, but the idea that just because something is part of you makes you love it is silly too. I have personally at times in my life hated myself, so how, in those moments, can I love everything if I hate the me which is supposedly everything?

And that’s a hatred to take seriously, at least with some people. There are those that hate themselves to the point they take their own lives. This is a serious kind of feeling, and not something you can just shrug off. If they could not feel love for themselves personally, what good would telling them they are one with a trashcan or a car or a donkey do? None whatsoever.

Also we have the issue of sick people, as in murderers and the criminally insane. These people probably aren’t loved by everyone, especially the victims and their families, which nullifies the idea that knowing we’re all connected brings unconditional love.

There are sick people in the world that will kill, maim, and commit other violent acts whether there is a monetary system or not. They tell us that prisons would become obsolete if there was no money, but that is a lie.

Some people commit their crimes for the rush, some are crimes of passion. If you have a serial killer, he is not likely killing for cash, he’s probably insane and killing because he’s out of his head. We would want him locked up, connected or not.

Then you have the husband that murders his wife’s lover when he catches them in the act of adultery. He would need to face a punishment of some sort for his crime as well. So you see, there is no unconditional love from us thinking we’re connected to objects and people like Charles Manson.

I actually think the idea of Manson and I being connected in some way is repulsive. I feel the same way about all violent criminals. If we are all one, and he’s a murderer, doesn’t that make us all murderers by default? I am no murderer because the Bible commands me on this issue in (Exo 20:13) Thou shalt not kill.

Also if we are one with all the cosmos and all reality, then that makes us equals to all things. You therefore become no better than a mouse, or a cockroach. All life is equal in this system. Now a lot of you might agree with this notion, but it is not a Biblical doctrine.

I believe that life is beautiful and should never be wasted, but there is a separation between us and the animals. Human life is above animal life, for we are allowed to eat the animals, as there are rules on what was edible and what wasn’t in the Old Testament.

Humans fall under the ‘no kill’ rule, meaning our lives are obviously different and above edible animals. (Gen 1:28) And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

As we see here, we have dominion. Now what does that mean? Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling. So we are given authority, raising us above the natural world. Again, life is precious, and I believe sport hunting is wrong. But hunting for food is fine, and in fact is the way of things.

This extensionality idea is absolutely a religion. They are pitching a faith the same as I am. I just openly admit it and don’t try to hide it. They are nothing more than New Age practitioners pushing their own beliefs.

They have the right, this is the land of free speech, but I have the right to speak against their views, as I am doing. They have the choice of rejecting God, and I have the choice of trying to bring them, and all that I can, closer to God.

Now I want to take a moment to look at their website, and the questions and answers portion, since it does bring a lot of things to light.

The first question is about sources. They claim that we attack and marginalize the ‘messengers’. They say we’ll find a flaw in a scholar and then dismiss their position just because of it.

Well, I don’t think we do that beyond those that are just wrong, and provable. The so-called ‘flaws’ are usually where they’ve done sloppy or incorrect research or have pulled something out of thin air and then claim it to be legitimate. We don’t attack the messenger, but if the messenger lies, we will expose those lies. Don’t claim we marginalize when you’re presenting junk sources and research.

They say that we’ll dismiss someone because they are just a Freemason or something like that, but it should be remembered that some of these groups are biased and should be recognized as such. With the works of Manly P. Hall and Albert Pike, it is easy to say that Freemasonry has an anti-Christian slant and therefore casts a shadow over any statements on religion made by members of the organization.

We don’t write off Freemasons just because they are members of that group but only if they make statements that are false. What makes the Freemasons more likely to be correct than Christians are? Nothing. That is why we will always challenge those that challenge us.

To claim that we use some form of hit tactics is really the pot calling the kettle black.

We are also accused of not doing any real research. They say we just open our Bibles and the encyclopedia. This, in turn, means we have no clue about some obscure fact that is so minor as to not be included in main articles.

This one is a funny one really. You would think that if what they claim is true in regards to mythology that it would be mentioned somewhere. It’s not. If Horus did have all those attributes that they claim, that would make a major source somewhere, and not only some obscure, single scholar’s word.

I have personally dug through tons of information to see if I could substantiate their claims and have found nothing to support what they say. I have done my homework so to speak, and found them lacking. Hours and hours of digging through secular information sources is more than just ‘cracking the Bible’.

And I’m just a minor league player here. There are researchers and pastors among others that have spent a great deal more time than I could imagine looking into these claims and have come up empty as well. I know that personally several of us here on the Revelations Radio Network have done ‘real’ research in places beyond Wikipedia, especially Frank of Salvation Revelation and Wise as Serpents and Chris White at Nowhere to Run and the Full Armor of God podcasts. Those guys and others have shown that it is the Zeitgeist people who are failing in doing their proper research, not us. I think they are pointing fingers hoping no one will notice this fact.

Let’s look at a quote from the website, and we will see the religion they are pushing.

‘What we do in life through understanding life’s processes is the true philosophy and the faster people stop looking to some invisible power that doesn’t exist for guidance, judgement and afterlife, the faster “heaven” will dawn on the planet earth. The true guidance comes from within, for we are nature itself. We are all brother and sister and we are symbiotically related to all other life forms in the most literal and profound ways. We are God. Period. There is no Evil and no Good- these are false notions based on biased ideals from a very primitive time in our evolution. The fact is we are one family living on the planet in harmony with nature, and religion serves ONLY the perpetuation of division and hatred. Also, the idea that the human race needs religion to be “moral” is absolutely absurd. We are not simply “guilty” or have perpetual “Sin” as certain religions would like you to believe. We are perfect. The reason the world is such a disaster is not because of some innate human flaw. It is a disaster because separatist, racist institutions like Religion, Nationalism and thus Politics, continue to corrupt each generation with the same age old value systems, designed only for social subservience and the perpetuation of the status quo.’

There you have it, we are nature, and thereby one with all. That is a religious statement my friends. It is a statement of their beliefs, what they have faith in. Just because they use language that sounds final doesn’t make them correct, nor does it take away the fact they are New Age to the core.

If we are God, then why are things the way they are? Religion? No, there are many religions that believe we are God. In fact, if you listen to the opening of this podcast, you will hear both Jim Jones and Kenneth Copeland erroneously teach that we are God.

I promote Christianity because it is the true faith and because it is filled with love. They promote their New Age thing because they want you to believe it is love. Well, we’ve already shown that their religion cannot be love because of the lack of love we would have for those among us that are criminally insane, not even counting those that we personally do not love, or even like. Everyone just about has someone they dislike, how is being ‘one’ with the universe going to change that? It’s not. There is no command to change it, no ‘thus sayeth the Lord’ in that scenario.

But in Christianity, which wants to bring the world together in love, there is. Here is what the Lord said: (Mat 5:44) But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. We are commanded by a higher power to change our thoughts and behaviors because God is love, and God does not want us full of hate for anyone. (1Jn 4:16) And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

This command from the Lord means that those murderers should be loved, because God loves all of us, every last one, and we should love every last one too. (Joh 13:34) A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. Jesus loved the whole world, so we are to love the whole world too, as one another. (Joh 3:16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. There is unconditional love, right there. We can call off the hunt, for it is not found in any kind of connectivity, but instead in the Lord.

We are not divisive or ‘spiritually racist’ either. (2Pe 3:9) The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. This is inclusive, not exclusive! We want everyone to come to repentance and be saved! This is the same as what they are doing, trying to convince everyone to believe in this ‘oneness’ of theirs.

The problem is that we are realists when it comes to our religion. (Mat 7:14) Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. This verse tells us two things. Firstly that we are a minority, true Christians are, because only a few find this way that leads to life. Secondly this tells us the truth: not everyone is going to agree with us and follow the true God. That’s just a fact of life, there will be scoffers always. We are not denying that we’re not going to get the whole world to be Christian. Jesus was just telling us here that we need to get as many as we can through that strait gate.

We would love to have world unity with our religion, but that’s not going to happen and we’re not going to lie to ourselves and say it is. Bring as many as you can through spreading the Gospel, but realize you can’t win them all.

The only unity will come when Christ returns on the clouds. But that comes when it’s all just about over. Before none can deny Him because He’s standing right before us there will be no complete unity.

If anything they are diluting themselves, these Zeitgeist people, into believing they even have a chance at getting the world to all realize the ‘truth’ they think they’ve found. It’ll never happen, if I personally have to be the last holdout.

We are perfect they say? I’m sorry, my father suffers from a nerve disorder that has him in terrible pain most of the time, my niece is facing developmental challenges and might have some muscular disorder, and I personally have a bone defect that has messed me up, so I absolutely debate this idea that we are perfect.

No social system caused my bones to do what they do. No level of politics or religion puts my dad in pain. It is our natural state. And even if there are secret cures being withheld from us that does not change the fact that we were imperfect without the cures. No, we are flawed, and that is the nature of things. If they cannot see that, then they have reached a point of self delusion that no one can break.

Diseases and disorders are not the result of someone voting for some candidate. That’s just a stupid idea. ‘Oh my brother has rheumatoid arthritis because I voted Republican’, yeah, tell me that’s something that makes a lick of sense. No, our physical world is not impacted at that level by our social systems.

These guys are doing nothing more than promoting their own religion, same as I’m doing. It is up to you who to believe. The Lord loves you even if you decide to deny Him. Until next time, God bless.