Israel Isn’t Ready

Conflicted Again...

Y’all know why the ‘Crusades’ failed, Right¿

The tensions across the area that a lot of religious  folks (of several sects) call ‘The Holy Land’ are almost... almost at an all-time high.  Just this last week the Israelis and Palestinians concluded... (read as: are taking a rest from) nearly two weeks relentless rocket attacks & bombings. It’s also noted that several of those rocket/missile attacks upon Israel also came from within Lebanon and Syria.  HAMAS is not the only Iranian sponsored terror group attacking Israel.  

Israel also faced diplomatic attacks by the US and members of Congress for defending their sovereignty from attacks by Iran’s proxies.  All of this strife has been foretold by God through many prophets and even Christ himself. God tells Us plainly that suffering will be brought down upon those that forsake his Word and Will.  This has been demonstrated time and time again. From the banishment from Eden, the Flood of Noah, the enslavement in Egypt and even the destruction of Jerusalem and subsequent diaspora that followed the murder of Christ by the Jewish religious establishment. 

Last Sunday morning,  the Pastor reminded me (and the rest of the congregation) that We are not to despair over these things... for no matter how much We worry and ‘pray’; God’s Will shall come about. In being witness to these things, we are encouraged in knowing that God will return and vanquish the Slave of Satan.  No matter what eschatological perspective You hold... the end result is always the same.  God will conquer all evil... 

We are to be joyous in the salvation of eternal peaceful existence through Christ... that the things God is doing are to demonstrate his awesome power and glory.  These things are absolute proof of the Truth of his might and his mercy. Despite all of the suffering and evil that abound... God grants an eternity of peaceful love to all his people that choose the righteous path to redemption and salvation. God always redeems his people after they turn back to Him and his will.  

Herein lies a truly concerning technical issue with the whole State of Israel and the people of Palestine.    Conflict that is now 75 years old.  I personally think that Christ as our Savior would never condone the way that modern Israel came about and continues to exist.  I cannot see where Christ would support the apartheid regime that at a flick of a thumb can cause such great suffering to their neighbors and even their own blood. But yet here We are...

I honestly cannot know how to address these inequities in American support for Zionism and professed belief in Christianity.  Yes... GOD says that the tribes of Israel are his people and that we are to stand with them. But Christ also teaches that we mustn’t support or profit from the evil ways of Man.  Nowhere in the New Testament will you see any of the Disciples and Teachers profess that holding power over people through hatred and violence in God’s name is acceptable... No Where. 
Until the Jews return to God and accept the salvation that God gives through Christ, they will exist in conflict. 

Hunker Down...

Russia Says...

“Repeated combat actions by U.S. aviation under the cover of counterterrorism against lawful armed forces of a country that is a member of the [United Nations] are a massive violation of international law and de facto a military aggression against the Syrian Arab Republic,” 

I have long opposed any US involvement in the Syrian conflict because it makes absolutely no

sense for American to be bombing anyone or

funding anyone in that nation.  The situation that the world finds itself in because of the Syrian Civil War that was started by the previous Administration is probably the last straw.  The Middle East has had enough of Anglo-American meddling that has been fueling the regional conflicts for the past century all for the benefit of modern day robber barons from the natural resources exploitation industry.  More Wars means More Gold, Oil and Drugs is needed for the War Machine to go and take more Gold, Oil and Drugs. 

The current administrations seems hellbent on furthering all of the agendas set in-place decades ago.  Trump's not going to put #AmericaFirst... because that would harm the aforementioned elitists.  

#NoWarInSyria!

Read More: http://americanmilitarynews.com/2017/06/russia-says-it-will-now-target-us-aircraft-and-come-after-them-following-downed-syrian-jet/

So… I volunteered to help out at church, Partially Redacted Version.

During our weekly service, Pastor Rob leads us in a “Prayer For The Nations”.  Since he is traveling for a couple weeks on family affairs back East, I volunteered to help out during the intervening services.  The sermons are being handled by a couple of friends that are more than capable of fulfilling those roles, but I felt that with my skills and experiences, I could cover this portion of the service.  Easy Enough Right? He’s been doing this alphabetically and last Sunday We were on…

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Prior to this show of force operation, the US had been closely involved with providing arms and intelligence to the Contras via several special operations units that rotated in and out of Southern Honduras.  As the reader should remember, this was also the time frame that GOP icon Ronald Reagan’s administration was involved with illegal gun running with Iran. The end means being to bring down Nicaragua’s populist Sandinista government that loosely aligned with Cuba and the USSR.

This supposed socialistic regime was the people’s answer to three-quarters of a century of heavy American involvement in this country.  The US became interested in the tiny Central American nation of Nicaragua in 1909 when making plans to build a canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean shipping lanes.  This interest evolved into an occupation of the capitol of Managua by American military forces from 1912 through 1933.  In 1927, the Americans politically engineered that an ally named Anastasio Somoza Garcia be named head of the new National Guard.  During the ensuing decade with American support, Somoza gained total control of the state apparatuses and eventually the Presidency in 1937.   The Somoza regime was propped up by America through 1979 when a populist revolution ran him into exile.

Almost immediately President Reagan authorized the CIA and other entities to begin cooperating with the anti-Sandinista militias that became popularly known as the ‘Contras’.  These militias ran terror operations to undermine the operations of the new populist government.  The US also set underwater mines in the harbor of Carinto to disrupt shipping into Nicaragua. The total life cost of the American involvement from 1979 through the early 90s is estimated to be near 30000 and is probably several times higher.

Sound’s familiar huh?  The US funding rebels to depose the head of a government because corporate interests will benefit from regime change.  Currently the US is engaged in this same thing in Syria.  Meanwhile Americans are feeling uneasy about a lot of things because to be quite frank, a lot of things are royally screwed up in Our nation.  We The People have been used for the last Century to promote terrorism and mass death that benefits a select few.  The absolute antithesis of what America was founded for…

American Status Update from 2013