ORDER SYSTEM FOR WHAT IT REALLY IS
When we proclaim the Gospel of the Kingdom, we expose this sham kingdom - i.e., "Babylon the Great" - for what it really is, and it's not that hard to do; after all, all one must do is shine the light of God's word on the shameful activity of this bogus kingdom. For example, how can a kingdom that is founded on the type of murder and slaughter that forms the basis of the American New World Order System be compared to the kind of kingdom for which Mary, the mother of Jesus, prayed; or to the kingdom described in the beatitudes? - a kingdom where Christ says:
"Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
"Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
"Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
"Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
"Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
"Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for GREAT IS YOUR REWARD IN HEAVEN: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you." (Matt. 5:3-12)
Pretty obvious, isn't it? Where, for example, is there any room for the "poor in spirit" (v.3 above) in the American New World Order System? There is no room for them; instead, they are trampled under foot, and robbed blind of what little they do possess (which is exactly what's occurring today in Iraq, in Thailand, in the Philippines, in the Congo, in Argentina, etc. - to say nothing of the poor in the United States).
Where in the American New World Order System do the meek (v. 5 above) inherit anything? - only the proud and the selfish can get anywhere in this system. And what about those who "hunger and thirst after righteousness?" (v. 6 above) - how far do you think people like that would get in the "corporate culture" of Boeing, of Exxon-Mobile, of Conaco-Phillips, of General Electric, of Union Carbide (Dow), etc.? There's no room for those who "hunger and thirst after righteousness" in these corporations; they would last about as long as a snow ball in hell would last. And, moreover, where is there any room for mercy (v. 7 above) in this system of things? - is that what John Dimitri Negroponte meted out to the people of Honduras and Guatemala? Is that what he is meting out today to the people of Iraq? to the citizens of Falujah?
All this to say nothing about where in a system like the American New World Order System - a system that is based on the concept of "perpetual war" - is there any room for peacemakers (v. 9 above)? There is none! - OR do you really think that's what Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, Douglas Feith, Abram Skulsky, William Kristol, Robert Kagan, Elliot Abrams, et. al. are after? - peace? If you do, you truly are an idiot!
BABYLON THE GREAT &
THE MYSTERY OF INIQUITY
The question must then be asked, if these facts are indeed so plain - and they are - why is it that so many American Christians can't make this distinction? What is it about the American New World Order System that has led so many American Christians into believing that by supporting it they are helping to bring God's Kingdom to earth? - despite ALL the facts that cry out to the contrary. And, more than that, what is it that renders those American Christians who actually recognize the American New World Order System for what it really is incapable of taking any kind of meaningful action with regard to the situation they find themselves?
It's almost as if they are acting under the influence of a delirium; that they are in a state of intoxication and, as a result, are incapable of telling the difference between fact and fiction, or comprehending the danger they face. Logic and "common sense" no longer play any part in the way they consider their situation. Objectivity and rationalism have been eschewed in favor of a dependence on "intuition" and "appearance;" i.e., if it looks good, if it smells good, if it feels good, then it's good. In this kind of "ambiance," people don't "think," they "feel" - and they boast in that fact, as if "thinking" is a dangerous thing to do. "Thinking" is bad, "feeling" is good, despite the fact that these "feelings" - these mystic abstractions or whatever else you may want to call them (for example, "words of wisdom," "words of knowledge," "prophetic utterances," etc.) - might fly in the face of Scripture.
There is a strange miasma - a kind of poisonous effluvium - that attaches itself to people like this and renders them insensible to logic and intelligent thought, though they seem totally unaware of the irrationalism that grips them - kind of like a drunk who is making a fool of himself while all the time thinking he is the "life of the party." What do we say about such people? - we say that they are "UNDER THE INFLUENCE?" And that's what the Bible says about those who support the American New World Order System! - that they are "under the influence" of a -
"... STRONG DELUSION, that they should believe a LIE ..." (2 Thess. 2:11)
That's what the Bible says about those American Christians who think that by supporting the American New World Order System, they are "doing God a service." (John 16:2)
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