The Bewitching State of Affairs

There are times when we observe uncharacteristic behaviour among our friends and acquaintances and questions arise about what happened. Some behaviour can be so contrary or unfounded that powers other than God and the individual(s) are thought be responsible. The interfaces we rely on for our spiritual sustenance had better be sound and tamper-proof. The Galatian spell is playing again full blast and there is the risk of apathy and entanglement in things we have just been introduced. In the spiritual world we should expect the dark forces to attack and the saints will find themselves bewitched. The phenomenon is not restricted to the spiritual world. Bewitching is the favourite method of powers intent on controlling large swathes of people without their consent.

Debatable

Demons have been active disabling people with diseases and conditions. They have also been tormenting people with violent behavior and causing people to be ostracized and shunned. On top of this destructive program there is a huge deceptive wave that the devil generates, and in the current era, the 21st century, it is extremely difficult to discern what is the truth. Whether one talks about religion or politics, or even if one brings scientific discoveries to the table, there is a huge debate over issues.

The bewitching of the Galatian believers came from Jewish people and the Asians they had convinced of their opinion. It is possible that the tip of the spear in this attack was Way-converts but the efforts of the Jewish religion to silence the Way may have also been continuing. The issue they raised was not one the disciples should have given even a passing thought. This shows the entrancing and seductive powers that lie behind the messengers with another gospel.

Freedom dimmers get air time

At stake was the liberty the Christian experience brought. The people who sneaked in believed that Christ’s subjects should not have an exclusive bondage to him. They saw Christianity as a child of Judaism and that it should be subject to Moses as the Jewish people were. That was a huge mistake. We seem to be willing to give interlopers all the time they want. Paul thought that no room should be given to any question that tried to unseat the Holy Spirit.

Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery— to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you. Galatians 2:4-5

One and only

The Holy Spirit has no partner. One does not transfer confidence from God to meager assistants. Our start defines the rest of the journey. We begin with Holy Spirit, who renews us, and brings all of Christ’s business to our minds so we can live the new life.

Flesh in this regard is the whole panoply of human attributes and performance: Eden faith and practice, patriarchal traditions, the law, the kingdoms and their chronicles, the prophecies, political and social arrangements.

This is why Christ died alone.  There was no creatutre that appeared on the timeline.  So let us stop giving the time of day to people who say that heaven’s detectives missed them in the search for a saviour. A helper – any helper – would have made the mission ineffective.

Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? Galatians 3:3

Righteousness and perfection are divine attributes. Anyone trying to tell us that these are ours apart from a gift is a light dimmer. He wishes you had a oil lamp instead of the blazing sun. Humans have no perfection, righteousness or maturity apart from Christ. Our performance, since we have no innate perfection, is filthy rags to God. We have no collateral that registers with God.

Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith—

Vanity of the Spell

Now that the state can make high ground and low ground its business there is no longer a reason to follow God. Now that the state can reverse what God says and make itself look supreme the state is obviously bewitched. It thinks it can change anything and some people do. We recognize that it cannot but it certainly can affect lives in ways that look like omnipotence.

Christians have been exploiting the idea that good citizenship is moronic allegiance to a country or organization and best exemplified by a law-abiding commitment. Is this not what Solomon said? Is this not what happened at Sinai, a mountain we want to avoid? We have seen that Law and faith are not siblings. They are separate incompatible species.  There is no mule consisting of law and faith.  Faith unseats human designs and efforts. Nothing we can do besides believing is of real interest to God for the purpose of acceptance.

Beyond the affairs of the state

Christ was unequivocal about other messengers. He was not manipulating Moses. He said something new and revolutionary. He called them all thieves. Since Christians are ridiculed by Muslims and Jews for believing that God gives life to the dead by giving them repentance, faith and remission of sin one of us must be the outcome of a spell. We have to be under something more than a huge network of interpretations. It is not only politicians and agents of corporations who cover up the truth, hide the facts, shoot of decoys to distract people.  The vast majority of religious people are doing it.  Religious people are famous for creating a narrative on top of what is accepted as sacred.  They also create literature to compete (one cannot add or subtract from genuine divine revelation).  When the sacred texts are not sufficient we call a God a liar.   When we are told not to believe our eyes or when what we believe is the target of manipulation we are witnessing the massive bewitching not merely of facts but the very state of affairs.

Facing Family Facts

The 45th president is perhaps lower than Manasseh and is clearly in the pocket of America’s foes because he elevates misogyny, and human corruption of every kind. 1 Kings 2:5 tells us about David setting up the transition to Solomon. He targets his nephew. A deadly tsunami of assassination sweeps over a just man on his death bed and the earth-shaking reality of facing family facts

Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, Abner the son of Ner, and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war on the belt around his waist and on the sandals on his feet.

Americans are being herded like mice down to the water where they will not be swimming. The American experiment is over. The leadership is in the pocket of Russia and under the influence of every kind of tyrannical leader that’s on the planet.

Guess who else is a client of Russia. Israel. Why else would Russia come down with fury as predicted?

Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and say to Gog, Thus says the Lord God: On that day when my people Israel are dwelling securely, will you not know it? You will come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great host, a mighty army. You will come up against my people Israel, like a cloud covering the land. In the latter days I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when through you, O Gog, I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. Ezekiel 38:14-16

Corrupt judges seal the devil’s plan

Micah 7:3-4 reads like a 2018 news broadcast.

Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together. The best of them is like a brier, the most upright of them a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, of your punishment, has come; now their confusion is at hand.

Guess who else is hating women, dissing Black culture, drinking dollar-beer, eating kosher, and longing for the good old days of stoning, fabulous miracles, and illiteracy. Christian leaders. If you have been paying attention you would noticed that the political goals of many people who say they follow Yeshua are as devastating as the choice of Saul for Israelite king.

David’s instructions to Solomon were more difficult than first appears. Zeruiah was David’s sister. Joab was much more than a loyal nephew, but he messed up in ways that David was not willing to overlook. Nepotism did not cloud his judgment.

David and Saul are irreconcilable icons of monarchy and common humanity. The 44th president, Mr. Obama, is light years above the blank-loaded murder weapon that is the 45th. There is only a genealogical family tuee between Nazism, fascism and 21st century politics. The American family includes all kinds of newcomers. As much as the human family has come more to the centre of accountability deliberations it is obvious that “us” still means White Anglo Saxon Protestants for many politicians and evangelicals. That is a family we can hardly be eager to admit belonging to or face.

SUPREME SUMP PUMP

The Senate just showed that it is easy to become the tool of the White House no matter the risk to decency. Sober reflection is not a priority as long as re-election, bigoted views, and cowardice are acceptable. Far too many people think they can park their consciences to pursue the higher goals of human progress. American justice, instead of sucking the common man’s need and interests out of every debate, has yet to prove itself genuinely in pursuit of universally common philanthropy.

See who is celebrating:

  1. Harmful justice
  2. Ridiculing the victim
  3. Knowledge and inhumanity
  4. Partisan justice

This is American Christianity spurring a hateful mob to put on anger masks.
This is American politics pretending it sees a mob to put on anger masks. The stink is noticeable only to the oppressed people.
This is Roman profligacy fine tuned to look like busy government. Talking loud and saying nothing is what the Republican Party does best.

Did decency depart a long time ago?

The right to free speech and the right to bear arms is a suicidal master plan. Renegade heroes and vigilantism are still threats to equity. Human being are not equal to corporations.

Not to be outdone, the proponents of greatness pursue base greed and self-centred idolatry. Who else would have enforced patriotism rituals like flag and national anthem reverence but a lying murderous beast?

And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain. Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, Revelation of John 13:15-16

Bewitched or Botched

Bible, God, righteousness, and gospel are words that can trigger outrages, even violence. In addition to the actual violence that people have perpetrated people say these and other words like them with little precision and abuse the material intended to do good.

I suppose there are a majority of religious people who say what they are told to say and espouse unhealthy practices in the guise sustainable spirituality. For example, there is a de facto pathology resulting from the (a) election of Jewish people (b) the separateness of Christians (c) and the deference shown to leadership types.

The gospel liberates from death, sin and law. It has does not stand on food, drink, festivals, and ancient practices. The gospel is God the Father’s message and gift package to the world.

Jews have Moses. Christians have Yeshua.

Every witness cannot be reliable.

People mature at different rates.

No Joke. He Chokes.

The world still revolves around truth and lies. The latter is the treasure that some have discovered as a tool. The term kangaroo court defines the base manipulation of facts in the service of malice in the guise of justice. Judgments are being overturned for reasons that seem easy to overcome. Nepotism and other forms of bias ought to be consistently left out of human thoughts, and a judge must have a demonstrated commitment to impartiality. Judges can tell when and so order a yes or no is all we need. I saw a sick boy dehydrating when caught in the act. There was not enough water for the judge.

A simple question from Senator Harris to Judge Kavanaugh, nominee to the Supreme Court, shows how potus45 and his riverbound pals can get little right.

Have you talked to anyone about Bob Mueller and his investigation?

The judge’s reply included: It is in the news. I guess… I do not know who works for… The answer is yes.

The picture of the rich man burning up in Gehenna and wishing for even a drop of water came to life for millions when the veneer of decency disappeared in the judge’s sour political rant. If I was Aaron and Judge K was a Levite I would not entrust him to choose a lamb or a pigeon for a sacrifice. He is prone to arguing that a large neck wound is a pimple. He might say the bird’s problem is its limp not it’s missing leg.

There are a lot of people choking right now because grace gets treated like a race, because Christ gets put into a childish and useless lawgiver role, and God is a fast-fantasy network. Kavanaugh dried up and choked because he’s been fighting those demons all his life and the conflict has come to public light. We know that sheriffs and prosecutors, legislators, and expert witnesses do not always show a commitment to answering the question. Judges can split judgments into 9 possible sustainable positions but what one has done in life is either fact or forgotten.

You want a new what?

That is God’s response to our prayers. Whatever we say will run into his “I have given you life”.

It is a crazy fad. People want law to be in charge. Even when we admit that the vitality of life needs no partnership with either laws that fail or with constitutions that need amendments.

Truth gets choked from time to time. We still believe in speaking it and doing it. It is a good thing, even when we have mega aspirations. It was obvious that the judge had a great many moments where his hand was in someone else’s cookie jar and the heat was too much for the privileged brat. How many chokers like Kavanaugh are on the bench is any ones guess and 45s allies turn out to ne the worst type like Arapio, Bannon, Moore, Cohen and Flynn.

Quick Peek at a Just Man

Job pleads that God knows that he has not been idle to do justice and perform mercy. He further calls for attention to his lack of self-evaluation. He is certain that he is not depending on his works. He is not kissing his hand.

Strutting and boasting about our performance is always a bad way to conduct God’s business. Hear what Yeshua says about our approach.

So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty. Luke 17:10

An impressive lifestyle is not salvation. Beware!

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban. I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame. Job 29:14-15

Let us not be caught kissing our hand.

Jerusalem a Racist Citadel

And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee. Zechariah 2:11

The mission of the church of Jesus Christ has an open door policy at the core. Any person and I stress, any, person can come to church or can come to Christ. Humans have no say in who comes and who goes. Our mission includes the command to disciple all nations. The common interpretation of this order has played out in what we call evangelism. Most churches have a robust plan to win individuals over to Christ by preaching the gospel.

The prediction of Zechariah is about many nations joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people
Apart from the late Herbert Armstrong we find no delegations doing evangelism directly with the heads of state. We target ordinary individuals. So how do nations become disciples? Are nations lost in sin? Did Christ die for nations? Are nations destined to adopt either the Mosaic law or the gospel (new covenant)?

The last time a kingdom tried to acquire the distinction of being a Yahweh worshipper it ended in nothing. Nebuchadnezzar’s decree or any other decree enjoining Yahweh worship is not what God wants for the nations. Yet there is that lingering sense and hope that a nation-state can show itself conducive to Christian ideals. The disaster has been that mixing of old and new that common sense alone tells us does not work.

We cannot have at the same time the mindless condemnation of innocents that has been so frequent and the commitment to mercy and justice that truly addresses the dignity of every human being.

Christian justice begins with mercy or grace.

Counselor to the king of Israel

Jay Sekulo, Counselor to potus45 bigotusgloatus

gloating bigot president #45

Hah!

Who is JS? A hate mongering constitutional lawyer. He would not know what justice looks like as long as Yeshua the Messiah is in the picture..
I heard so much “Obama” and “God and Country” b******* from him and his crew that I just had to find other “Christian” programming.

That’s right. I stopped listening to WDCX, a Buffalo based radio station, before the 2016 election because of programs like Sekulo’s (and, I must confess, programs like the weeping pastor who has the skinny on the King James version as the original Bible).

The content of their issues was neither Christian nor Jewish and that was the first tip-off. These experts would defend Caiaphas and Annas and all those scribes and Pharisees who hounded Yeshua from the time he was born. They would also defend the persecutors of the church in Asia.

Do we suppose that Yeshua called his generation a brood snakes because he hated Jews? Oh no. Where the devil is there are snakes.

And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it. She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, Revelation of John 12:3-5

The devil and snakes gather up to kill a baby before it is born.

When Herod the king heard [that a king had been born], he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;

[Mary, Joseph and baby Yeshua] fled to Egypt, and remained there until God signalled them, because …

Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him. And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt. Matthew 2:3

That’s the camp to which the religious right belongs, and their standing up for the unborn does not vindicate them. These same shepherds have been silent as police target and slaughter black people with impunity.

Their pro-life talking point is simply a smoke screen. Jay Sekulo and the religious right,
all the way back to the evil Jerry Fallwell, have been trying to make United States a theocracy. They have learned nothing from looking up the old Testament record and the even more graphic new Testament record of Jewish political interference. Neither Jewish law not the US constitution holds up under the seven eyes of the Lamb. The United States is not Israel.2. Not even close.

The road of secular government is littered with hush payments, bribes, nepotism, abd assassinations. All of the whispers of the counselors to the president, to senators and representatives will come to the light.

Jay Sekulo.
Expert thrower of stones.
Counselor to bigots and ultra nationalists
Hah! One cannot help but laugh.

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us. He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.

Psalm 2:2-4