Where is America Going?

At one time one of our mottos was “Land of the Free, Home of the Brave.” Are we? Really? If we are free, why is there no longer private property? That’s right. There is no truly private property in America. Please allow me to explain.

Ownership is determined by several components. One of the major components of ownership is the power to destroy. Not power as in strength, but power as in authority. If I own a chair, I am free to destroy it. If I own an article of clothing I am free to destroy it. Destruction of property is reserved to the owner of the property. Someone else may destroy your property but they would owe you for the destruction of your property.

Now lets consider taxes. We are bound by both law and God to pay our taxes. We are to render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s. When in 1819, Chief Justice John Marshall observed in McCulloch v. Maryland, “The power to tax is the power to destroy,” it should have set off some major warning bells about private ownership of property, if the property is taxed.

What do we own that is not taxed? Additionally, when our private property is taxed on an annual basis, are we nothing more than holders of the property and not owners of it? When my forefathers came to this land from Wales, they were true property owners. There was no property tax, and they could dispose of it in any method they wanted. They could improve it, plant trees, cut trees, build a house, or just let it lay with no obligation to the government.

Today the government, through the power of taxation, zoning and permits, has become the owner. Pay your taxes and you are permitted to live on the land. Refuse to pay and the government will kick you off and put someone there who will pay. In a sense, the tax has become a payment of rent. We no longer own, we rent. An additional proof of non-ownership is the permission you must have from the government to build or modify a building. In a sense, the “owner” asks permission if he can build an structure, even a shed, on the property before it can be built. Another foreign idea to our forefathers.

Oh, by the way, remember those “wild” animals our forefathers could shoot and eat at any time? They have also become the property of the government. The government regulates all aspects of the previously “wild” animals. Notice again, the aspect of destruction of an item helps you determine who owns it. Every deer, turkey, owl, and skunk is regulated. No animal may be killed unless at government approved times and using government approved methods, unless you are permitted by the government to have a waiver.

One last item, as I think of hunting and gun ownership, I think of the abolition of the Second Amendment. Yes, I said abolition. The Second Amendment says, “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” Notice the wording of the second part: “The right of the People to keep and bear arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.” Just a question: Isn’t requiring a permit, like a CCW or a Concealed Carry Permit, an infringement? Yes, of course it is. Our forefathers understood this Amendment was not a permit from the government but a recognition of a RIGHT given by God. They knew they had the right to carry a weapon, concealed or not, when they wanted. Are not people who agree to getting the permit also agreeing to, or consenting to, the infringement of their Second Amendment right?

There are other amendments being violated too, but I come to the question: So what? What’s the point? The point is understood when you realize government ownership of property and the destruction of the Bill of Rights are all a part of a greater plan. These issues are all connected to a greater goal of a global government, a global economy and the control of the commerce of every human on the planet.

The government of the beast will require every person in the world to join it. Revelation 13:16 says this world government will have the power to force ALL to join it. The America of our forefathers, where private property was truly privately owned, where wild animals were truly wild, and arms could be carried any way they thought best, is no more. Those rights we have surrendered to the government will never be returned, but don't despair.

We don’t need to stock up on gold, guns or ammo. Remember the warning found in 2 Corinthians 10:3-5, “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;”

What is the best thing you can do to prepare for the future? 1) Get saved, commit your heart and life to Jesus Christ and trust Him to be your King; 2) Get right, repent of your sins and live a life obedient to God’s Word; and 3) Get busy, the world is being overtaken by the evolutionists, they need to be told of the Creation, the Creator and the Coming Judgment.

How Bad is the Economy? Really.

The news of our terrible economy is everywhere. The economy is in such terrible shape some are even saying we are in a “free fall”. If you believe the reports, you might think millions of people are loosing their homes and jobs and dying of starvation in America. The hype started when President Bush was in office, and now, as of this writing, President Obama has declared there are “glimmers of hope” now visible. So how bad did it get? How bad is it?

I am not ignoring the Americans who have lost their jobs, but Americans are always loosing their jobs. Remember when we have a 5% unemployment rate we must also have a 95% EMPLOYMENT rate. If you examine the 5% called the unemployed you will find the temporary unemployed moving from one position to another. You also find people “working the system” who intentionally work just long enough to receive unemployment benefits.

Additionally there are those who are “looking for a job” of course only in those pay levels of an acceptable range. These people are not satisfied with a job, they want a specific job with a specific amount of benefits and a specific type of benefits. If you count only those who really want to work and really can’t find a job, the numbers go down significantly.

Now, back to the economy, I do not evaluate the economy by the newspapers, TV or even by the internet. I don’t like to have people tell me how bad it is, I want to see it for myself. I use a few practical gauges found in the way people spend money and the way companies price their merchandise.

First, I look at how the restaurants are doing. How many restaurants have customers? In the great depression, the REAL depression, people did not go out to eat, because they had little or no disposable income. What do the restaurants of today show about the economy? When was the last time you went out to eat? When was the last time you found an empty restaurant? We have found just the opposite. When we have gone out to eat, we never find an empty restaurant, to the contrary, we have had to wait over an hour to get a seat on a Friday or a Saturday. Does this sound like a distressed economy to you?

What about places like the Disney parks complex, Sea World parks, water parks and amusement parks? See any of them shutting down, limiting hours, laying off workers (except for seasonal people)? What amusement parks have closed during the “recession”? How many amusement parks were full during the Real depression? How many were even open? Still think we have a distressed economy?

I also like to look at how many people are customers of cable television, cell phones and internet companies. It seems strange how people, in our suffering economy are still able to afford cable TV, cell phones and the internet, even when there are ways to avoid the use of these items. Any cell phone companies going out of business? How about cable TV companies? Any internet providers closing their doors? Oh sure, there are claims of reduced PROFITS, but a profit, any profit, shows they are paying all their bills, people and costs and still have money left over.

So if the economy is not really so bad, why are so many sources saying it is? Is there a conspiracy? Is it a right-wing conspiracy or a left-wing conspiracy? I submit to you it is a conspiracy of a higher order. We are warned in Ephesians 6:12, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Yes, there is a conspiracy to move the world away from Christ and toward the satanic goals of satanic rulers.

What is one of their satanic goals? Money. Remember the instruction of God’s Word in 1Timothy 6:8-10: “And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”

Then in verse 11 of the same passage we read: “But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.” Jesus in Matthew 6:24 said, “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”

In 2Peter 2:1-2 we are warned, “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. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.”

This may leave some of you saying, “Yeah, so what?” But notice now the next verse: “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.” A newer version says it this way: “In their greed these false teachers will make a profit out of telling you made-up stories. For a long time now their Judge has been ready, and their Destroyer has been wide awake!”

Notice how the world media drives the economy through fear. By fear people give up freedoms given by God. Through fear people invest, or refrain from investing. Fear is the overall motivational force driving our economy. Second only to fear is greed. The greed of man is only limited when his fear stands in the way.

But fear and greed are not the ways of God’s Kingdom. We walk in the ways of love and we know perfect love casts out fear as it says in 1John 4:18, “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.”

Do you fear the news reports, the “economic turmoil” or the government? Are you gathering guns and ammunition for a war only won by the power of God? Do you find comfort knowing our King promised us, “Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.”
Matthew 10:31.

Have you forgotten the provision promised in Matthew 6:26, “Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?”

Provision or no, the command from our King is clear: “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33. If you believe it, talk like you believe it, live like you believe it.

“And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:”
Ephesians 4:11-15