Conquistador II

Judges 2:10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, that knew not Jehovah, nor yet the work which he had wrought for Israel.

When perusing through history there are things that, because we can stand back and look from afar, seem about as self evident as those things written in the Declaration of Independence.

The Separatists left everything they knew; sacrificed their way of life in the old world to settle in a strange and hostile land. The group arrived in November and during that winter half of their small group died. Many paid for their desire for religious freedom with their life. Their governor, John Winthrop, envisioned them as a model of Christianity...a city set on a hill. Unfortunately, the Puritan fathers' sense of spiritual mission did not transfer...too much success got in the way of the next generation.

They became wealthy, and settled on their lees, they forgot God. Satan knows how to tempt the children of Adam. Some people can not stand pain and suffering, and that will tear them away. Others? Wealth will be their down fall. When humans become too full of them self the old proverb comes true time after time.

Proverbs 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

But wait, yes, pride, egotism, wealth, these are all recipes for disaster, or maybe a novel on the best seller list. However, even though Satan knows how to tempt the children of Adam, in many descendants of the Puritans/Separatists, the desire to 'walk with God' is still strong. There is something that still wants to come back to a right relationship to our God.

To many people this may come as surprise, however, in the past there have been many so called 'depressions'. Severe economic downturns if you will. In these harsh times people became more 'humble'. Returning to their God and to their 'roots', many times moving back to a 'farming' lifestyle in which they could sustain themselves. In short these depressions caused people to turn back to God.

Change happened more slowly in past generations, and the 'change agents' were slower at work. Charles Darwin...published his book on evolution in the 1850's, and by 1870's many had accepted it as fact...without proof. They were assured by many prominent philosophers that as scientist, continued to explore the world, they would soon discover the proof to support this 'new' theory. ~The discovery has never happened, by the way, and is being attacked by its own scientific community.

Another change agent reared its ugly head when our public school system was hijacked in the 1800's by people who wanted to 'train future generations' for their own purpose.

Couple these changes in our society with our Federal government's subtle tentacles growing into everyone's life, by the 1930's many people were ripe for falling into the basket of government handouts. The depression was hitting hard, some harder than others, but yes, many were hurting. Some tightened their belts, turning to a deeper faith in God growing together as families, much in the same way that past generations had done. But many, with the subtle prodding of big government, instead of turning to God, turned to government--government 'should DO something' they insisted.

Now, continuing into the 1900's, others (socialists/communists/humanists) are changing our future as a nation by indoctrinating our young in their precepts.

No, I'm not kidding. Check out these names and references: Michael J. Chapman, Education; John Taylor Gatto, The Underground History of American Education; Marlin Maddoux, Public Education Against America: the Hidden Agenda. Separately these are shocking, taken as a whole they are chilling.

When we take a step back and look at what is still happening, and like a snowball in an avalanche it is happening faster and faster, we must ask ourselves, Is there a way to stop this? I honestly have no affirmative answer. Our sovereign nation is giving up its sovereignty hand over fist to nations that want to see its downfall, as well as to people in our own country that lust for power. We are in debt up past our eyeballs, mortgaging our children's future for the next gazillion years...

Some folks say it's our leaders' fault, but this is a country with 'elected' leaders...didn't we know whom we elected? Some believe 'term limits' are the ticket...but if you have a good representative why limit him to just a few years, and if you have a scoundrel one year is too many. Term limit should be set by the ballot box. These leaders have records, and oddly enough those records are public. Check them out and if they are scoundrels...throw them out! Remember, anyone giving you ANY handout is really taking it out of your own pocket, not their own.

Some people hold up one political group as being better than another. I do not labor under any such banner. Mavericks...cattle from the herd that don't have a brand, they don't fit anywhere... Tea Partiers seem to be the ultimate in mavericks. It is precisely because no matter how the main stream parties attempt to control them, they just don't play the game by the big boys' rules.

Some people of this country can see where the main stream leaders are leading, and we do not like it, Sam, I am...we do not like it at all. Some of it goes back to the independent spirit that led to the settlement of this land. Some have accused certain people of 'clinging to their guns and Bibles', as if this were a bad thing, but as my adorable cousin stated about her ancestors and their food (specifically 'bacon grease dripping from their lips)it IS where we came from, and it IS why they survived, and it IS why we have survived. Guns and Bibles...The question is now that some people have begun to wake up, will it be enough; will it be in time?

2Chronicles 7:14 if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

I have not physically been able to fast as I did in my younger days, but if I was able (not to say that I won't fast on a small scale even now, but...)a morning till evening fast for Christians would be in order, and prayer...and yes, (as the story of the woman in the hospital who exclaimed 'Has it come to that?!') it has come to that!

No truer words have ever been written than, "These are the times that try men's souls,". We are staring at the face of evil, and this has come to us in our time.

Ephesians 6:12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13) Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

Cycles...what goes around comes around. This isn't new. We are still fighting the age old battle against 'principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.'

Revelation 15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire; and them that come off victorious from the beast, and from his image, and from the number of his name, standing by the sea of glass, having harps of God. 3) And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages. 4) Who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy; for all the nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy righteous acts have been made manifest.

Matthew 13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls: 46) and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

Just as the martyrs paid the full price for religious truth, we all must be willing to pay the price. We also know...ultimately, who will be victorious.

1Corinthians 16:22 If any man loveth not the Lord, let him be anathema. Maranatha. 23) The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you. 24) My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Hallelujah, what a Saviour!