So we are at the time of the return of the Lord, and so many
still cannot really comprehend it. It is
not yet real in their hearts and minds.
Just something to be considered intellectually.
But Ebola is not an intellectual problem. The enterovirus is not an intellectual
problem. ISIS and other such horror
groups are not intellectual problems.
The general situation on the planet is worsening day by
day. And the governments of the US and
other western countries are ill prepared and ill-equipped to deal effectively
with much of this. They don’t really
know what is happening spiritually, and they don’t seem to understand what is
happening in a secular sense either.
The first responsibility of any national government is to
provide for the common defense of the country – i.e., to keep the people safe,
to protect them and the nation from foreign countries and organizations that
would do them harm.
That is the primary responsibility. To that end in the US Constitution, the very
first words describing the President’s job duties are these: “The President shall be Commander in Chief
of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several
States, when called into the actual Service of the United States.”
There are common sense steps that could be taken now:
·
To stop the rapid exponential expansion of Ebola
in the US, stop all entry into the country by persons from areas where the
disease is rampant. And quarantine
people for 21 days who have been in any way in contact with someone with
Ebola. There is nothing wrong with doing
this and everything wise and right about it.
Quarantines have been used throughout history.
·
Real help can, should, and already is being sent
to the African countries suffering so from Ebola, help from wise and skilled and
organized persons who can put together a realistic program to contain the
disease and heal the people. The risk
here of course is in the medical personnel and the soldiers sent picking up
Ebola themselves.
·
Reconsider just what the plan is in the Middle
East. The absolutely horrible groups
that kill and torture everyone in their path must obviously be stopped. That is an assignment for all civilized
people. As reported elsewhere in my
writing, the goal of these evil groups is worldwide rule. Sounds like another totally evil leader in
the last century who clearly also told people what he was going to do. Somehow the US and the West and any other
nations that can be involved need to take whatever steps possible to stop and
eliminate such groups. This is evil in
action. Conversations and task forces
will not stop it. That is an academic
and totally ineffective approach.
·
End the bogus political correctness issue which
paralyzes leaders into inaction.
Political correctness never was truth, just a horribly misguided
concept. Truth is what is needed. And clear-thinking.
·
Close the borders to the US and revert to legal
immigration. Allowing open borders through
which all sorts of persons such as members of the terrorist groups can just
walk in unimpeded does not border on insanity.
It is insanity.
I
think we should close this with the verse God gave Cathy when we were praying
about his guidance on the return some time back:
The end of all things is
near. Therefore be alert and of sober
mind so that you may pray.
- I Peter 4:7 NIV
Another
translation of the second sentence in that verse is
“Therefore be focused and
self-controlled so that you can pray.”
I like that translation.
What
about you? Are you focused and
self-controlled so you can pray? Are you
doing what it says in blue below? And
have you truly realized that the end of all things is near?
Keep Your Eyes on Jesus!
(October 2014)
Copyright © 2014 by John
Newlin
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