Tough title. Tough
subject.
Recently I wrote of how there are only two groups of people
on earth – those who truly believe in Jesus Christ and everyone else. Reality.
I’m not the first or only person to recognize this. Years ago Derek Prince spoke about how as we
move through the prophecies of the end times and near the return of Jesus,
those who say they are Christians will split into two groups – those who truly
stay with Jesus and those who drop away (and thus join those who never
pretended to believe). And just last
week I read Jonathan Cahn writing about how the grey is disappearing in our
world, the grey being that vast middle group of people who tolerate all sorts
of things but still try to cling to the Christian label . That grey group is disappearing as it is all
coming down to Jesus’ sheep and everyone else.
The everyone else, which is as of now by far the largest
group of people on earth, fall into the category of people I would refer to as
braindead. Those are the people who
cannot see what is happening on earth, who cannot come to grips with the fact
that the modern civilized world is at war with significant groups of muslims
some call radical islam. These groups
include ISIS and also Al Qaeda and others.
An organization that occupies and governs a piece of land
the size of Indiana and which in short order brings down a Russian passenger
jet leaving Egypt followed by numerous attacks in Paris, France, all the while
waging war against its neighbors in the Middle East and fighting against all
attackers coming against it is not just a terrorist group. It is a rogue nation, a horrible nation with
medieval and evil beliefs and ideas. The
evil it pushes far surpasses that of Nazi Germany. ISIS clearly is very willing to exterminate
and torture anyone who does not think or believe exactly as it does, which
means most of the people on earth.
Now in the midst of this horror, we have thousands upon
thousands of refugees from Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East seeking to
escape the hell that is their homeland.
It is a natural response to be sure.
Get away. And they are heading
for the modern western nations.
Why? Because those are the places
that typically have a heart to help such refugees. So some European leaders have declared they
will take in large numbers, even hundreds of thousands. One of the problems with this is how does any
country know who is coming in? Aside
from the real economic and cultural impact, how can anyone be sure which
refugees might or might not be members of ISIS?
Or Al Qaeda? They can’t of
course. And the USA itself is led by a
government that expects to take in thousands of these refugees and send them to
different cities. But who are they? Can they be vetted, be reliably checked
out? No they can’t.
If I told you there was a group of people that wanted to
come visit in your home and that possibly some of these would like to kill you,
would you willingly open your front door and invite them in?
Braindead.
Just yesterday I read a comment by one of America’s
well-known political comedians/commentators.
He asked the question “Why do they hate us?” and then continued with
maybe we should just get out of their land.
He obviously has no idea or understanding of the spiritual nature of
this jihad, this religious war. To ISIS,
everyone who does not think like them is an infidel – Christians, Jews, members
of other religions, even other muslims who do not think as they.
It is a spiritual war.
It is part of the ushering in of the last of the last days before Jesus’
return.
And Europe and the US are saddled with leaders who do not
have a clue. One article I read
yesterday referred to the leaders of Europe – Cameron, Merkel, and Hollande –
as infantile. Fits the US too, where the
top leaders in Washington refuse even to identify the foe as radical islam. Either these leaders and their staffs are
spiritually blind or they are intellectually ignorant or just plain evil
themselves. I think the spiritually
blind part fits.
Remember, the Bible warned us about all this. 2 Corinthians 4:4 says the god of this world
(the devil) has blinded the minds of unbelievers. That is what we have here. These people and so many others can’t see the
truth. As I wrote some time ago about
people like this, they don’t know because they really don’t know. It is as if someone is speaking another
language to them, one they cannot understand.
Sadly, obviously, in America that is the majority of people. And they elect the leaders of the
country. (Note: Jesus also warned us in Matthew 24, Luke 21,
and Mark 13 to watch that we are not deceived in these last days! All these people who just can’t see what is
happening are either unbelievers or they are massively deceived.).
The American government and those of Western Europe intend
to continue to admit refugees and thus possibly terrorists to their
homeland. They will continue to think
some weak bombing sorties flown over certain areas will eventually stop a
determined foe. There is no recognition
this foe is zealous in the extreme, that this is a spiritual war. Yes, the foe is following a false religion,
but they think it is the real religion.
They think their allah is the real and true god, and they surely and
obviously are willing to die for him.
And they are dying for him, and they will. All the while Americans watch weekend
football and pay attention to meaningless music and entertainment stars and fashions
and the latest technical fads. Reminds
you of Nero, doesn’t it? Let’s see these
next few days just how far anyone in European leadership has waked up after the
Paris attacks. Or will they continue
with their self-destructive policies. As
of now there are signs Hollande of France intends to do something more. And in the USA as I write this state governors
are rising up to declare no Syrian refugees now.
Don’t ever stop praying for a spiritual awakening for your
leaders and for all people, especially those you know personally. Pray for God to draw them to a true knowledge
of Jesus. And whenever possible, if you can find him or her, support
a born again, spirit filled Christian who is seeking public office.
Keep Your Eyes on Jesus!
(November 2015)
Copyright © 2015 by John Newlin
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