Life is dangerously interesting for someone like Donald Trump. I believe that historically, one would have to go back to Lincoln to find a president taking the kind of fire aimed at 47. If he does nothing, America dies in a planned operation to slowly collapse her into the prison of obscurity waiting at the end of a slow suicide.

If he takes action to save the nation, he’s a dictator according to the American left that actively roots for the destruction of the country and for the success of our enemies. Finally, because he sees Iran as an existential threat to the Middle East and the world’s oil supply he acted, which was the cue for the isolationist wing of the GOP to lambast his kinetic strikes against Iran.

I also find it interesting that the hard right which criticizes Trump for not doing more to defeat China and Russia, and accuses him of fighting the wrong war, decrying the war in Iran because as they see it, this war is secretly all about protecting Israel, which is again in their minds, the wrong war.  In my mind that makes them five times as guilty of fighting the wrong war as Trump, whom they decry. Yes, I know I have some explaining to do so, if you’ll bear with me, I’ll try to clarify my thoughts.

Many of these hard right theoretical purists believe that wasting money on the war in the middle east is wrong, that not crushing Russia and China makes Trump blind, geopolitically ignorant or arrogant. Most of them are quick to level the charge of narcissism. They claim he fights all the wrong battles. He fights for “corrupt” Israel while ignoring Ukraine which threatens Europe.

But truth be told it is they who are fighting the wrong battle. In the end Trump, albeit clumsily at times, is closer to fighting the real war than most of his critics on the left and the right. He understands that this is a battle between good and evil, right, and wrong and he understands that there is, from a spiritual perspective, real evil in the world. That is not to imply that he sees the world from eyes of faith, but rather that he at least recognizes that there is a spiritual battle taking place even now for the soul of America and the world. And whether he or we know it or not, Israel is in the middle of the prophetic unfolding happening across the globe.

He has of course been accused of engaging in the Iran war as nothing more than a war for Israel. I believe those critics are right in part, which we will return to shortly. But first …

I believe that Trump fully understands that Iran is a proxy of China. I think he knows that there is a political, spiritual, and economic symbiosis between Iran and China and I believe he see the dangers of that toxic mixology.

Is China a massive threat to the United States and to the world in general? Unquestionably, I believe that they are. From his actions, I believe it obvious that Trump also understands and his actions in Panama, Venezuela, and Iran are forcing Ching to walk back many of their domination plans both militarily and economically.  He has snatched from them three spheres of influence, by hurting then economically in depriving them of cheap oil, a foothold in South America by taking Venezuela off the board and snatching the Panama Canal right out of their hands.

The TDS crowd on the left and the right will never give him credit for removing China from the Panama Canal, ending China’s influence in Venezuela which limits their influence in our hemisphere, and ending a major source of cheap oil for their flailing economy. Nor will they give him credit for further choking off of China’s cheap oil supply from Iran, as well as severely tamping down their influence in the middle east.

No, instead they will carp about his allowing a quarter million Chinese students here in the U.S. to study at our universities. This despite the fact that there are more than 100K less Chinese students here this year than there were last year. He cut that number down without any support from congress. And in this discussion critics fail to mention two major factors.

First, limits on Chinese students in congressional legislation has been an uphill battle. Many politicians like Mitch McConnell, John Thune, and Nancy Pelosy are in bed with China. Now add to that lobbying pressure from powerful universities financed by the Chinese, big pharma, the NBA, big tech, big agriculture, the music industry, Hollywood, and countless industries dependent on the chips and cheap electronics produced in China and one can easily see the uphill battle the administration has faced on this issue. 

But of course, for never Trumpers the cry is always consistent. He is a narcissist who doesn’t understand the threat. He is arrogant and ignorant … this despite the comprehensive effort to shatter the globalist system that almost had us completely ensnared while working to limit the power, influence and control China has over our economy. He was at least aware enough to understand that “they” were slowly guiding our controlled decline into oblivion and took steps to stop it.

Now back to Iran and Israel. The consistent accusation is an arrogant Trump has gotten us into a kinetic war with China through their proxy Iran. It is costing us billions of dollars and all he is really doing is fighting a war for Israel. Many of these critics are the same people who supported sending $200 billion to Ukraine. These statements are made despite the fact that we now know that Iran has long range missiles, they have enriched uranium to the 60% level which means another few trips to the centrifuges and they have weapons grade material with delivery systems that can reach out 2500 miles.

That is no small point. That puts London, Paris, Rome, the Hague, Bonn, and most of Europe within the target range of Iran’s missiles as they exist today. Add a nuclear tip to that and a world-wide nuclear holocaust is one crazy Twelver ayatollah away form being tomorrow’s headline … that is if there is anybody left to print that headline.

Now for those who say that Iran is just a proxy state of China, I have news for you. Iran is a lot more than a proxy of China. While China may believe they are using Iran, in reality Iran is using China through whom they gain military hardware, technology, and military and financial backing, using illicit and deeply discounted oil sales.

Iran allows China to believe that they are gaining a foothold in the Middle East. That of course if the siren song they use to lure China into funding their mad push for the final Imam who is in fact probably the anti-Christ. In reality, China is funding their own eventual demise. So, who is using whom? What China doesn’t know is that all they are doing is paying for the bear to eat them last.  But in the end, they will be assimilated into the system of the Anti-Christ.

Iran is ruled by the draconian doctrines of Shia Islam. All Islam is maniacal insanity, but Shia Islam is walking in a double portion of crazy and evil. It is all about the end of the world and facilitating a scenario which will send the world back to the stone age through World War III, bringing darkness to the planet. That is the exact scenario that Twelvers believe will eventually facilitate the return of the 12^th Imam. At his appearance they believe that he will conquer the world, rid the planet of any religion that is not Shia Islam, kill a couple of billion infidels and set himself up as god. I believe we can see the results of his influence in Revelation chapter 6 at the ride of the fourth horseman where 2 billion people are killed in global madness.

Let us now move on to the accusation that he is just protecting Israel. According to critics on both the left and the right, this is Israel’s war and we need no part in it. If we turn our backs on Israel, the Arab world will think much more highly of us and the entire region will settle down.

First let me say, I do not believe that Trump is there to fight Israel’s war. I believe Trump knew that Iran’s nuclear intentions had to be stopped, their ability to threaten the region, and the region’s oil had to ended, and as an added benefit, this action stuck another dagger in the Chinese economy.

But for the sake of argument, let’s assume that protecting Israel is one of his goals. Is that wrong? Is that somehow evil? Critics would say that this is not the Israel of the Bible. This Israel is being run by dark forces who pretend to be Hebrews but are in fact counterfeit “Jews” who are evil.

I believe that is at least partially true. There are a lot of evil players in leadership roles in Israel. But is that any different than here in the US, or in England, Germany, Spain, Rome or anywhere else in the West? Look at our neighbor to the north Canada?

But again, for the sake of argument lets say that Israel is controlled by evil men with evil intent. Does that condemn all the Hebrew people in Israel? And if so, can the same standard be applied to the people of America based on our leaders like Joe Biden or Barrack Obama?

As my critics know I approach every situation from the perspective of biblical understanding and unfolding prophecy. As such I would like to share a passage with you that might shed a bright light on the nations of the earth, the broader middle east, and Israel in specific.

Donald J. Trump whether knowingly or unknowingly, is protecting Israel which Yahweh calls the apple of His eye and separately he calls them His portion. In several passages, He says He will save and restore the land, not for the Hebrew people but for the sacredness of His land and His holy name.

Trump whether knowingly or unknowingly, is defending the heritage of Yahweh. And his critics who say Russia or China are the problem, and Trump is fighting the wrong war, in my estimation, clearly lack a prophetic understanding. In ignorance and arrogance, they are waiting in line to fight the wrong battle at the wrong time in history with a mistaken understanding of the real problem. Stopping Russia or China is at best a delaying action. It is not solving the real problem, and it will never end the continued decay of America or our continued sojourn into a political, economic, and military morass.

The real battle is not Russia, China, Iran or even the globalists. The real battle is our own unrighteousness. If we continue failing to fight that battle it won’t matter how strong our military is, our economic power will be irrelevant, our constitution will dissolve away, and our way of life will evaporate like the morning mist.

Proverbs 14: 34 tells us, “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.” 

Psalm 9:17
“The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.”

And finally there is Deuteronomy 28: ¹⁵ But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

¹⁶ Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

¹⁷ Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.

¹⁸ Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

¹⁹ Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

²⁰ The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

²¹ The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

²² The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

²³ And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

²⁴ The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

²⁵ The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

… ⁴³ The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

⁴⁴ He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

⁴⁵ Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

So once again, for those who don’t recognize the real battle it is not in trenches fighting Russia, China or Iran, although those are perhaps worthwhile delaying actions, it is the battle of righteousness in the land and the struggle against principalities and powers that will win or lose the day. 

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.

That is the war in the heavenlies. It is the real battle and all the wars in the trenches will serve at best as delaying action. There are two things that need to happen if we are to buy more time as a world power. A restoration of righteousness across the country and protecting Israel. Trump, even if by accident, is accomplishing the latter.

And again, I can already hear my critics. Israel is corrupt. It is controlled by Jews who are no Jews but sit in the synagogue of Satan.

Revelation 2:9  I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

I could argue with you about this passage and it real meaning, but for the sake of brevity lets say the critics are right and these “Jews” are not whom they profess to be. It doesn’t matter. Here’s why. Israel, not just the people but the land itself, Yahweh says is His portion. Let’s look at the scripture as the Lord share His heart toward “Israel.” 

Deuteronomy 32:7-9  ⁷ Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

⁸ When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

⁹ For the Lord’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

And you might say, ok why does this matter. Two reasons; first how were the nations divided and who watches over them, and why is Jacob listed as the lord inheritance? Both of these must be understood to comprehend the prophetic times in which we live, and how Israel, it is both the people and perhaps more importantly, the land as well.

In this verse we see the words, “when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.”  But there seems to be some confusion about the last three words of this passage; “children of Israel.” 

Let’s look at when that separation of the nations took place. It happened back in Genesis chapter 11 at the tower of Bable. At that time, Yahweh confused the language and set the boundaries of the nations. At that time Jacob wasn’t yet born. There was no Israel. Now could Yahweh have been looking forward to when Israel and the tribes did exist. Yes. But is there any evidence that this translation may not be the most accurate translation of the passage.

And that friends, it is important because of Daniel’s account of the angel taking 21 days to get to him and because of the passages in Ephesians 6 dealing with principalities and powers – that is what we see on earth is just a pale shadow of the ruling spirits of those principalities and powers and the war in the heavenlies.  Were the nations divided, to be ruled under the hand of men or were they assigned to the Sons of God.

That translation concerning the number of the children of Israel comes from Masoretic Text (bene Israel). But the Septuagint and further powerful evidence on the proper translation of the passage, comes from a fragment called 4QDeutᶥ (4Q37) from Qumran the Dead Sea Scrolls. It reads “בני אלוהים” (bene elohim), which meaning “Sons of God.”   Which means it was not a human council as in the sons of Israel. So, the Septuagint and the Dead Sea Scrolls both say that the nations were divided and set under the rule of heavenly beings whose job it was to guide and guard them.

Interestingly the English Standard Version of the bible which I seldom use renders the translation as follows.

⁷ Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations;
ask your father, and he will show you, your elders, and they will tell you.
⁸ When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind,
he fixed the borders^[a] of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.(bene Elohim)
⁹ But the Lord’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage.

I think this passage from Deuteronomy 32 more closely reflects the understanding of both Genesis 11 and Ephesians 6 as concerns angelic princes being assigned to the nations and how the fallen ones are competing for power in those nations. That is exemplified by Daniel’s account of the angel and his fight against the Prince of Persia which interestingly is still the prince of Iran in today’s geopolitical alignment. Here is what Daniel 10 tells us:

¹² Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.

¹³ But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.

The point here is that our battle is not with China, Russia, or Iran. They are proxies of the princes of the power of the air. This is a spiritual battle that is being played out in the heavenlies and what we see here on the ground or in the trenches if you will, is but a pallid visage of that manifestation and ongoing struggle. Now, to be sure, that does not mean that we do not attack the problems we see with enemies, in a delaying action, but is important that we do not mistake the actions of Iran, Russia or Chiana as the problem. They are symptoms or judgments stemming from the real problem. The problem America is facing is sin, the shedding of innocent blood (abortion) and idolatry. You may not know this but through U.S. courts we have annulled every one of Yahweh’s ten commandments. (for more on this see my writings on “From Sinai to SCOTUS – Killing America.”

But all of this is a prelude to the real importance of this passage and that is found in verse 9. Here is how the King James states it. “⁹ For the Lord’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.”  This implies that there is a special place in Yahweh’s heart for Israel. But it is in my opinion made clearer in the text from the Septuagint or 4QDeutᶥ (4Q37).

  ⁹ But the Lord’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage.

Isreal then, is a portion that Yahweh did not assign to the sons of God, it is a portion that he kept for Himself … He maintained it as an allotted heritage for Himself. Israel is special to Yahweh. But it is about much more than the people, more than Judah and Israel and the ten tribes. More on that in a minute.

So, what does all of this mean? It means that there is no nation on earth that Yahweh’s looks at in the same way he views Israel. But it goes well beyond just the Hebrew people. It is also about the land itself – His Land.

So, in anticipation of Israel, he divided the nations but kept for himself a future portion, an inheritance or heritage, which would be the nation of Israel. The Lord says that while Israel is His chosen people the land is His chosen land … His portion. And He says that even though Israel will be disbursed across the world to all the nations he would restore the people to the land. But he says he is not restoring Israel for the sake of the people but for the sake of the land and for His Holy name.

The Lord says He is going to restore the land, make it fruitful again, build the cities, even the waste land shall produce but this is not for His people Israel who have profaned His name. Look at Ezekiell 36 verses 8-11.

⁸ But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.

⁹ For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:

¹⁰ And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:

¹¹ And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

Now look at verse 22 which tells us that the Lord is restoring the land not because of the people of Israel but despite them.

²² Therefore say unto the house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.

He tells them they will be restored to bring the land back to life because this is His land and His holy name. He guards it jealously. That does not annul his claim on Israel but it makes clear that their sin is still a separating factor, but because he sees the Holy Land as His portion, He will bring them back and eventually, He will redeem them and they shall once again be His people, honor Him, seek His righteousness and live in peace.  But all that He is doing now is not for them, it is for the land which He loves and for his Name’s sake.

And for those who say that Israel is corrupt and we should not fight for them and for the land of Israel remember Yahweh still says that they are the apple of his eye and insists that the land itself is sacred to him. He still promises blessing for those who protect Israel whether it be for the people or the land.

This he does for His glory not for the glory of Israel. But it is also important we acknowledge that even in their corruption Israel still has a special place in the heart of Yahweh.

Zech 2:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he, that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

Even as they are in exile for their sins and abominations, Yahweh still calls them the apple of his eye.

And in the new Testament here is what Paul has to say:

Romans 11: ²⁵ For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

²⁶ And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

²⁷ For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

²⁸ As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father’s sakes.

²⁹ For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

It is therefore important that we take from these three understandings. First, we must understand that our military might will do us no good when Yahweh brings judgment on the land for our sin, shedding of innocent blood and for our idolatry. That time is coming and it is both inevitable and deserved.

In studying Jeremiah 50, as it speaks of end time Babylon, which I have taught for 40 years is America, we see that that nation has a powerful army, but when the Lord withdraws His hand of blessing those armies do no good. He says, “³⁷ A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.”

Verse 38 then goes on to say, ³⁸ A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. (Again, see my writing on From Sinai to SCOTUS – Killing America – on Idolatry in America)

Currently two thirds of the U.S. is under dangerous drought conditions. Currently 45 states are under moderate or severe drought conditions. From California to Florida the drought is impacting rivers, streams, damns, crops and even the power grid. If there is no rain soon, Lake Mede will not be able to provide enough water to keep the power plant at the Hoover dam operating. Lake Powell is also facing a critical water shortage which means the Glenn Canyon dam’s ability to produce energy is also at risk. These lakes provide both water and power to millions of people in Nevada, Arizona, and California. Should they cease to function the outcome would be apocalyptic.

Imagine what a severe shortage of water would mean to Arizona, Nevada, and California. The first water to be cut off from the water supply would be agriculture. That means loss of crops and food shortages, which would be followed by water rationing in general, and if the drought continues, a gallon of water would quickly rise to a level that would dwarf $4 gasoline. Water is life and a prolonged drought would mean death.

That of course would be followed by demands on the remaining rivers and streams and we would soon be back to the days of water wars. If the drought continues across the other 45 states it would be catastrophic. Let’s look at Florida.

If the Biscayne Aquifer dries up, very quickly the ocean rushes in to fill that void. That would in turn contaminate wells and drinking water. Then there is the problem with soil liquification and the fragile limestone sitting under Miami settling or caving in.

Should that happen the southeastern coast of Florida could literally disappear. Meanwhile depending on the depth and duration of the drought, the entire state of Florida, but particularly from the middle of the state, could find their drinking water polluted, their cities in real danger of soil erosion or even collapse. The everglades could become brackish, and the entire ecosystem of Florida could be destroyed.

There are a million ways for judgment to come to America. These are just a few and we have yet to mention the caldera at Yellow Stone or the New Madrid Fault, an internal terrorist or gorilla type action, or nuclear attack from enemies or a financial collapse under the weight of a $38 trillion dollar debt that cannot be repaid.

In conclusion then, when I hear the left and the far-right harping about fighting the wrong war and how the real enemy is China or Russia, I would remind them that it is indeed they that are fighting the wrong war. All of our asymmetric war plans, our military and economic might mean nothing when divine judgment lands.

My advice America is learn the difference between the war in the trenches, which is fighting to stop Russia, China, and Iran and the war in the heavenlies fighting to stop the corruption, the idolatry, and the shedding of innocent blood in America. Without repentance, which is the real war we need to fight, nothing else we do will really matter.

Second, bless Yahweh with our repentance and bless Israel with our protection. The day we turn our back on both the people and the lands of Israel; is the day the long overdue judgment settles the debt America owes eternity. And while his critics say Trump doesn’t know what he is doing in the middle east protecting Israel, they speak darkness in arrogant ignorance … they speak death for our nation. If we do nothing else but protect the land of Israel it will do more to delay judgment than all the military plans, asymmetric war gaming, and military power we might ever possess.

It is hard to imagine that a prophet named Zechariah could have seen the Statue of Liberty twenty-five hundred years ago. 

“What!” you might ask.  “A prophet saw the Statue of Liberty?”  

In a word, yes.  And he also saw much more, including what the prophet called Wickedness that would capture the imaginings of the nation and lead a people into darkness.  But his prophetic vision of “Lady Liberty” and her part in all of this is beyond amazing in both its accuracy and in the visuals it creates. 

Zechariah’s vision was no vague description like a Nostradamus quatrain which can, if manipulated properly, fit a current event.  This is a very detailed and exacting vision of a lady on a pedestal, and she is, according to scripture, called “Wickedness.”  She represents evil, false gods, and depravity disguised as liberty. 

Let’s first examine the raw text from the New American Standard Bible found in Zechariah 5:5-12.

⁵ Then the angel who had been speaking with me went out and said to me, “Now raise your eyes and see what this is that is going forth.” ⁶ And I said, “What is it?” Then he said, “This is the ephah going forth.” Again, he said, “This is their appearance in all the land. ⁷ And behold, a lead cover was lifted up.” He continued, “And this is a woman sitting inside the ephah.” ⁸ Then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he thrust her into the middle of the ephah and threw the lead weight on its opening. ⁹ Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there two women were coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of the stork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens. ¹⁰ So I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the ephah?” ¹¹ Then he said to me, “To build a temple for her in the land of Shinar; and when it is prepared, she will be set there on her own pedestal.

Now, let’s examine the picture. An angel says look and see what is happening.  And Zechariah asks, “What is it?”  And the angle says it is an ephah or basket or perhaps a shipping container.  And this will cover the entire land.

Next, Zechariah sees a basket with a lead cover being lifted up.  Obviously, lead is heavy, it stops anyone from discovering what is in the basket until it is revealed.  It is hidden, awaiting the time of its revelation. 

There is a woman inside the container, and the angel says this is Wickedness.  Notice that in the text that Wickedness is capitalized, which would indicate that this is not just a noun, but a proper noun.  It is not just wickedness, a descriptive adjective, but it is Wickedness personified, as in a specific person. 

And the angel throws a lead cover on the container’s opening.  And approaching through the air, or if you will out of nowhere, two women show up flying with the wings of a stork.  Now the wings are important because they are the wings of an unclean bird.  So, these women are unclean and they grab the container and raise it into the air.  Zechariah asks the angel where they are they taking this basket with the woman inside.

The angel responds, it is going to a place where they are building a temple for her in the land of Shinar and when the temple is prepared, she will sit there on her own pedestal.  There are a couple of important points in this text. 

First, they are going to Shinar.  Where is Shinar?  It is the land of Babylon.  But at this point in time, Babylon is long gone.  It is no longer the power of the region so it would make no sense to take it there.  So, this is a symbolic Shinar or perhaps a later, end time Shinar or, as spoken of in Revelation, an end time Babylon. 

Let’s stop and think.  Is there any country that has a large statue of a woman as the first thing people see when they come to one of its major cities?  It must be huge and sit on its own pedestal.  Remember too, that if it is named Wickedness and therefore it must stand against all that is Yahweh and seek to destroy His Law, His righteousness.   

Let’s examine a specific period in history where this symbology might have come into play.  We know from the book of Exodus that Yahweh’s ten commandments were written on two tablets of stone.  The first tablet contained the elements that governed our relationship with Yahweh and the second governed our relationship with the rest of mankind. 

What are these unclean women here to do? 

Perhaps they are here to attack the two tablets of the commandments of Yahweh that hold our relationship to Him and to each other.  That would indeed be Wickedness.  So, let’s see if we can find a documented period where Yahweh’s first tablet and, more specifically the first commandment, is directly attack by an unclean woman who would destroy the very foundation of Yahweh’s law in the country. 

The First Woman with Stork Wings

That search will take us to June 17, 1963, when the U.S. Supreme Court threw God out of our schools and in doing so, out of our land.  This Wickedness was Madalyn Murray O’Hair, the founder of the American Atheists.   She brought the case 374 U.S. 203, Murray v. Curlett  forward to the very liberal Supreme Court, led by Earl Warren.  After hearing the case, Justice Potter Stewart was the only judge who voted against the removal of prayer from schools.  The remaining eight ruled that “such exercises, even if voluntary, constitute government-sponsored religious activity, violating the Establishment Clause.”  This interpretation of our laws has been applied, albeit incorrectly, in our schools since that time. 

Madalyn Murray O’Hair, along with her son, Jon Garth Murray, and her granddaughter, Robin Murray O’Hair, were kidnapped and murdered in 1994.  Their bodies weren’t discovered until 2001 on a Texas ranch.

This ruling by the highest court in our country was a direct attack on the first commandment and the first of the two tablets of the law brought down from Mt. Sinai by Moses delivered from the hand of Yahweh Himself.  The attack was delivered at the hand of an unclean woman hiding behind Lady Liberty.  She hid behind the First Amendment to destroy it.

Over the many decades, Lady Liberty, also known as the goddess Columbia, has replaced real liberty with lawless chaos.  And what has perhaps gone unnoticed is the statue itself.  Having a statue of the goddess Columbia in New York Harbor is a direct attack on both the first and second commandments.

Obviously, Lady Liberty, the goddess Columbia, is a graven image which violates the second commandment.  But she is also another “god” with another law system strictly forbidden by scripture.

 The first commandment literally says:

I am Yahweh your Elohim (your  judge) you shall have no Elohim beside me. 

In other words, I am giving you a law system to guide you.  If you accept another law system, it is idolatry.  That idolatry is exactly what the Warren court codified in their decision.

And just like that, the court threw out the entire first tablet of the law containing the first four commandments governing our relationship to Yahweh.  The arrogance of the creation telling the Creator that He is no longer needed.  But that is not where it ends and is, in fact, barely the beginning. 

The Second Woman with Stork Wings

As you may recall, there were two women that delivered wickedness to the land of Shinar  –or – End Time Babylon.  She too helped deliver the woman who was Wickedness on the unclean wings of the stork.  I believe her purpose was to destroy the second tablet of the law which contains man’s relationship with humankind under Yahweh’s divine and eternal decree. 

January 22, 1973, was a typical gray winter’s day in Washington D.C.  The temperature was in the low forties with five mile an hour winds … but a storm was brewing.  This would not, however, be a weather event.  It would be a history changing, blood-soaked storm that would cost hundreds of millions of lives and poison the soul of a nation. 

Shortly after 10:00 AM eastern time, the U.S. Supreme Court began announcing its decisions on the merit case docket.  These were cases with full briefings and oral arguments that were presented by the attorneys representing the plaintiffs.

Then without fanfare, without any distinction fitting the weight of this seven-to-two decision, the court handed down its loathsome verdict on 410 U.S. 113, Roe v. Wade, with Judges William Rehnquist and Byron White being the dissenting votes. The case held that the Fourteenth Amendment’s right to privacy protected a pregnant woman’s “liberty” to choose to have an abortion and prohibited the states from banning abortions before “viability.”

The case had originated in Dallas, Texas, where the attorneys for Jane Roe (Norma McCorvey on left with above with her attorney, Gloria Allred) first filed the challenge.  Norma McCorvey died of heart failure in 2017 in Texas.  She worked in abortion clinics after the decision but later became a Christian and a very vocal anti-abortion activist. 

The Texas law that had been protecting life was struck down and the murder of the unborn became a “right” in the same sense that human sacrifice was a right in demonic pagan cultures.  Justice William O. Douglas, who was known for his strong progressive and libertarian views, found that imagined right hidden in the penumbras of the Constitution.   

Penumbras is an interesting word.  It means that something is hidden in the shadows, darkness or obscurities of the Constitution.  In other words, it is not there but we will use our dark imaginings to declare it is there unseen, lurking in obscurity in the deep, dark shadows of that document. 

Ironic, isn’t it, that our Constitution was written to guarantee the sentiments of the Declaration of Independence which highlighted as God-given rights, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.  But how is life or liberty maintained if the Supreme Court had just issued a hunting license for every blood-lust butcher hiding behind medical credentials and a surgical mask, who for a few bucks would end a human life … a life that was ended by a Menglesque monster who, like any serial killer, had a conscience seared by demonic fire. 

Sadly, here in this country, more than sixty-five million lives have been terminated under that decision.  And around the world our savagery has been deported and has resulted in hundreds of millions of lives ended in the womb. 

Tragically, America has shed innocent blood, and the scripture makes a very clear description of the punishment for nations that shed innocent blood.  Even for Israel, Yahweh’s beloved nation, this is what Yahweh said was the fate of His own people when they crossed that line in 1 Kings 24:2-4:

²And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servants the prophets.

³ Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;

⁴ And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon.

Here’s the summation.  The second tablet of commandments governed our relationship with each other.  It is based on the sanctity of life, fidelity, honor, and love of humankind as a reflection of the Holy Spirit in us.  But all of that disappears when life is no longer sacred. 

If the right to life can’t be defended, how can anyone expect that real liberty, property, marriage, or even our own labor can be secured.  In that one act, the second tablet was destroyed and God, who creates all life, is called an imperfect liar because He said life was sacred; but the life of the unborn child, this human being, was according to the judges, unnecessary and superfluous to the world, to history, or the future.  It was only pregnancy flotsam to be removed like a dead limb and disposed of unceremoniously. 

And while these two women, who’s coming was prophesied in Zechariah 5 generally attacked the commandments, there have been subsequent court cases that have specifically annulled each of the other ten commandments.  Let’s begin by taking a look at those cases which openly declared the eternal law of Yahweh null and void.

The First Commandment: “You shall have no other gods before me” Exodus 20:3

1963 – Madalyn Murray O’Hair, in my opinion was the first woman prophesied by Zechariah with stork wings delivering the statue, brought a court case that removed God from the American educational system and subsequently from America, while annulling our relationship with Yahweh that was inscribed on the first tablet of stone and specifically annulling the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Madalyn Murray O’Hair and her dark victory in 1963 removed God from education.  When God was removed from education, what was left was only a godless education system.  It is plain to see where that has taken us. Look at the violence in our schools, the anti-Semitism in our colleges, and the liberal indoctrination taking place at every level.  We have become a faithless society, and we see the fruits of that embarkation into godless arrogance.  We are a nation in confusion, plagued by violence, financially bankrupt, morally vacuous, and spiritually lost.

The Second Commandment: “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image” Exodus 20:4

And in that moment, when we lifted the image of the goddess to the heights of the capital building, the dye was cast … we had already thrown out the second commandment and taken unto the nation, both the name Washington, D.C. and a graven image … a false god for our national symbol, towering over our nation’s capital and our legislators. 

The Third Commandment: “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.” Exodus 20:7

“Oyez, oyez, oyez: All persons having business before the Honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States, are admonished to draw near and give their attention, for the Court is now sitting. God save the United States and this honorable Court.”

This opening, these words at the Supreme Court take us back to the language of the old English dialectal.  The first call is for all to listen and to hear, the court is now in session and those who need to be heard should come and present their case because this court is honorable.  And then there is the plea that God save this honorable court. 

What started with the ten commandments and Moses with tablets in his hand would quickly devolve into secular thought.  How honorable was the United States Supreme Court then?  So, despite its proclaimed intent to be honorable, in just a few short years the Court revealed itself to be much more secular than sacred.  And by the 1930’s it had abandoned any trappings of sacred intent and had bowed to the secular.  Remember, we had just come out of the roaring 20’s, a time of moral and spiritual decadence.  That was followed by the great depression of the 30’s.  Such a familiar pattern of spiritual decline and economic judgment and finally war taking lives and destroying families. 

Let’s examine some of what was becoming modern thought at the court and around the country as the new Supreme Court building was constructed in the early 30’s.  These images were chosen to adorn the court as these friezes were added to the building’s design. 

The North Wall Frieze proceeds from right to left, starting with Philosophy:

Justinian (c. 483 – 565) Byzantine Emperor from 527 until his death. He ordered the codification of Roman Law and published Corpus Juris Civilis. Justinian (c. 483 – 565) Byzantine Emperor from 527 until his death. This work was instrumental in preserving Roman law and encompassed what has become known as the Justinian Code.

Muhammad (c. 570 – 632) The Prophet of Islam. He is depicted holding the Qur’an. The Qur’an provides the source of Islamic Law. Prophet Muhammad’s teachings explain and implement Qur’anic principles. But why would a Christian nation with a Christian Supreme Court honor Muhammad a blood thirsty killer who opposed anything but dictatorial Islamic law.

Charlemagne (c. 742 – 814) or Charles I (the Great). King of the Franks and Roman Emperor. Charlemagne was reportedly an avid student who became an eloquent speaker of several languages and supported learning and literature throughout his realm. Under his leadership, most of Western Europe was united by 804, becoming the foundation for the Holy Roman Empire. He was also a reformer of legal, judicial, and military systems.

King John (1166 – 1216) born John Lackland. King of England from 1199 until his death. His policies and taxation caused his barons to force him to have his seal affixed to the Magna Carta. This document, depicted in the frieze as a scrolled document in King John’s hand, is regarded as the foundation of constitutional liberty in England.

Louis IX (c. 1214 – 1270) King of France who was canonized as St. Louis in 1297. He led the 7th and 8th Crusades and created the first court of appeals known as the “Curia Regis” or “King’s Court.”

Hugo Grotius (1583 – 1645) or Huig de Groot. Dutch scholar, lawyer, and statesman. He is depicted holding De jure belli ac pacis (Concerning the Law of War and Peace), one of the first books on international law, which he wrote in 1625.

Sir William Blackstone (1723 – 1780) English law professor and jurist. He wrote Commentaries on the Law of England (1765 1769), which has had a major influence on English and American Law.

John Marshall (1755 – 1835) Fourth Chief Justice of the United States, from 1801 to 1835. His 1803 opinion in Marbury v. Madison stated that the Supreme Court of the United States had the authority to determine the constitutionality of a law, establishing the unconstitutional power of judicial review for the Court.

Napoleon (1769 – 1821) Emperor of France from 1804 to 1815. He ordered and directed the recodification of French Law into what became known as the Code Napoleon or Civil Code. Published in 1804, this code formed the basis for modern civil law. Napoleon, at St. Helena, is reported to have said, “My glory is not to have won forty battles; for Waterloo’s defeat will destroy the memory of as many victories.  But what nothing will destroy, what will live eternally, is my Civil Code.”

South Wall Courtroom Frieze: Weinman’s sculpture begins with Fame and moves from left to right. Included among the great lawgivers are allegorical figures whose names are included below the images in italics.

Menes (c. 3200 B.C.) First King of the first dynasty of ancient Egypt. He unified Upper and Lower Egypt under his rule and is one of the earliest recorded lawgivers. Menes is shown in the frieze holding the ankh, an Egyptian symbol for life.

Hammurabi (c. 1700s B.C.) King of Babylon credited with founding the Babylonian Empire. He is known for the Code of Hammurabi, one of the earliest known legal codes. The first stone of the Code depicts him receiving the law from the Babylonian Sun God.

Moses (c. 1300s B.C.) Prophet, lawgiver, and judge of the Israelites. Mosaic Law is based on the Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament. Moses is depicted in the frieze holding two overlapping tablets, written in Hebrew, representing the Ten Commandments. Partially visible from behind Moses’ beard are Commandments six through ten.

Solomon (c. 900s B.C.) King of Israel and renowned judge. His name, meaning “figure of the wise man,” has become synonymous with “judicial wisdom.” Lycurgus (c. 800 B.C.) Legislator of Sparta.

Lycurgus is credited with being one of the reformers of Sparta’s constitution. He left Sparta after convincing the Spartan leadership not to change his laws until he returned, but he never did.

Solon (c. 638 – 558 B.C.) Athenian lawgiver. He was appointed archon, an officer of state, and was charged with remodeling the Athenian constitution in 594 B.C. He was instrumental in codifying and reforming Athenian law, often revising the laws of Draco. His name has come to mean “a wise and skillful lawgiver.”

Draco (c. 600s B.C.) One of Solon’s legal predecessors in Athens. Around 620 B.C., he committed an Athenian code of laws to paper for the first time. His code included many strict penalties and death sentences, often for what seemed to be minor offenses. Thus, the word “draconian,” meaning harsh or cruel, is derived from his name.

Confucius (551 – 478 B.C.) Chinese philosopher whose teachings stressed harmony, learning, and virtue. Within 300 years of his death, the Chinese State adopted his teachings as the basis for government. Although officially abandoned by the Chinese government in 1912, Confucianism continues to have an influence throughout the world.

Octavian (63 B.C. – 14 A.D.) or Augustus. First Emperor of the Roman Empire. He brought widespread reforms to many facets of Roman life. He supported the concept of using previous opinions of leading jurists to aid in resolving new disputes.

Courtroom Doors: The oak doors leading into the courtroom feature engravings of tablets bearing Roman numerals I through V and VI through X. 

As we can see, the secular outnumbered the sacred dramatically.  Only a few of these depict the eternal and immutable law of Yahweh.  And alas, it took very little time for the court to become an elitist clique of arrogant magistrates whose self-importance dwarfed their sense of eternal duty. 

The Court had already codified slavery earlier in its history and would go on to codify the murder of the unborn, legalize pornography, hidden yet legalized theft, blasphemy, covetousness, and a violation of each of Yahweh’s eternal commands. The court, which invoked the name of God in its very existence and asked Him for blessing …  by their godless pronouncements would take His name in vain in hundreds of decisions that were not just arrogant opposition to eternal precepts, they were vaingloriously spitting in the face of almighty God. 

Fourth Commandment: “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” Exodus 20:8

By the end of April 2020, a total of 35 states had either prohibited or severely limited in-person Christian gatherings to some extent using COVID-19 as an excuse, while only 15 states deemed churches as “essential” and exempted them from stay-at-home orders.

Three different times during the pandemic the United States Supreme Court stayed enforcement of limits on worship services.

As you might guess, among the numerus states which limited the ability for Christians to go to church, California stood out.  In Nevada, they severely restricted church attendance while allowing gambling casinos to stay open at full capacity. Even brothels in Nevada were allowed to stay open but churches were closed. Formication yes, gambling yes, God no!

Then came the court cases.  The first we’ll examine comes from California. 

South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom

What happened: California limited in-person church attendance during COVID-19.
Ruling From The Supreme Court: The Court allowed restrictions to stand.
Impact on Christian gatherings:
Church attendance was capped or prohibited indoors—one of the most direct modern restrictions on Christian worship gatherings in U.S. history.  It was a direct violation of the First Amendment and a direct affront to the Fourth Commandment – Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. But in California the god-state reigns supreme.

Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Sisolak

What happened: Nevada allowed casinos to operate at higher capacity than churches.  Brothels stayed open for business.
Ruling From The Supreme Court: The Court declined to block the restrictions.
Impact:  Christian gatherings were limited more strictly than secular activities, which many recognized as unequal treatment under law.  This was clearly a violation of the First Amendment and once again a clear attack on the Fourth Commandment – keeping the Sabbath.  But under godless political leadership, Christianity is anathema. 

The Fifth Commandment: “Honor thy father and mother that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee”Exodus 20:12

This is, as we were all taught in Sunday school, the first commandment with a promise.  Honor parents because the family is sacred. Protect it, preserve it, and keep it safe.  And the promise is long life and blessings for individuals and nations that do so.  But in that promise, there is also a warning.  If honoring parents brings blessing, does it not stand to reason that not doing so removes blessings which leaves only the curse.  Remember Yahweh says: “I set before you life and blessing, death and cursing, choose life. 

Because all of us want long life and blessings for our lives and because it is, in fact, the fifth commandment with which we are dealing, we need to look at how the courts have reacted to this command of eternal law.  Have they stood with Heaven or embraced another law system that opposes the light of Heaven for the darkness of secularism?

Sadly, courts across the land have ruled that our children are the property of the state.  Children can seek sexual advice and have protected conduct including, abortions, “gender transitioning,” sexual mutilation, birth control, and other sexual activities while excluding parents from the decision-making process and bypassing many varied, historic, and biblical parental decision-making rights.

In Planned Parenthood v. Danforth, 428 U.S. 52 (1976), the court struck down a law requiring some parental consent, saying parents cannot necessarily have a veto even in dangerous behavior in their children’s lives.

Bellotti v. Baird, 443 U.S. 622 (1979) established the judicial bypass framework that a minor can seek court approval instead of parental consent.  Once again, parental rights were stolen by the courts. 

And while the Court gives lip service to parental rights, that same Court has allowed state involvement and even control when it comes to some vaguely defined understanding of child welfare. 

The state has also assumed power over education requirements, even though most of us understand that we no longer have education, we have indoctrination.  Frighteningly, even medical decisions including abortion cases involving minors are, under certain circumstances, controlled by the state and not the parents. Over the years, they have expanded states’ rights over parental rights involving child safety, health, mental wellbeing and most aspects of the lives of our children.  For further proof, look at the persecution of home schoolers, or Christians who are denied adoption services because the system is biased against people of faith who want to raise kids.

So much for the Fifth Commandment. 

The Sixth Commandment: “Thou Shalt Not Murder”Exodus 20:13

While the King James uses the word “kill,” the Hebrew word there is “rasah” which means to murder or shed innocent blood.  Obviously, we covered this earlier in the Roe v Wade decision where murder of the unborn was legalized.  We managed to cheapen human life to the cost of a few hundred dollars of violent medical perversion which we use to cover adultery, fornication, or selfish vain liberty that society calls a “right to choose.”  How low have we gone when we trade human life for social or economic convenience? 

At this time there are thirteen states that have laws allowing physician-assisted suicide or “medical aid in dying” for mentally competent individuals with terminal illnesses. But in states where such practices have been legalized it is becoming ever more popular to recommend assisted suicide even for healthy individuals who are elderly.

The Seventh Commandment: “Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery” Exodus 20:14

Hell has undoubtedly reserved a special place for Hugh Hefner, a pornographer who was arrested and tried in Chicago for his lude publishing in June of 1963. 

Here are a few of the key details of the trial:

• Cause of Arrest: The June 1963 issue of Playboy featured actress Jayne Mansfield nude, which authorities deemed “obscene literature”.
• Charges: Hefner was charged with publishing and circulating obscene literature.
• The Trial: The case went to trial, with Hefner appearing in court on June 25, 1963, in Chicago Illinois. 

• Outcome: On December 7, 1963, the jury was deadlocked, and a mistrial was declared.
• Significance: The case was a pivotal moment for Playboy, helping establish that the magazine’s content did not violate obscenity laws, strengthening Hefner’s position against critics of his “sexual freedom” philosophy. 

Once again, we see “sexual freedom” hiding behind the label of “liberty” and used as an excuse or cover for sin.  And this would have much wider implications than some torrid affair between two adults in a secret hideaway. 

This was a direct attack on eternal law, and by the court’s lack of conviction, it codified the annulment of the Seventh Commandment.  It legalized lust, opened a world of sexual indulgence to young and old alike.

 High school boys now had access to pornography to fuel their already overactive hormones, while married men could now lust after other women and justify it as “just porn.”  The sanctity of marriage was under attack, and sex became nothing more than biology devoid of moral constraints, spiritual understanding of a sexual union, or even historic norms. 

Lest it go unnoticed, the verdict, which in this case failed to convict, was rendered on December 7th, Pearl Harbor Day, which is somehow fitting as it torpedoed the Seventh Commandment. 

The Eighth Commandment: “Thou shalt not steal” Exodus 20:15

Socialist and dictatorial 32^nd President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, issued his treasonous gold confiscation Executive Order 6102 on April 5, 1933.  The order was later challenged in court, but the Supreme Court essentially upheld the order.

There were several key cases in protest of the order.

Norman v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co., 294 U, S, 240 (1935)

Nortz v. United States, 294 U.S. 317 (1935)

Perry v. United States, 294 U.S. 330 (1935)

Here’s what the Court decided:

By a narrow 5–4 rulings, the Court on February 18, 1933, largely upheld the government’s actions in stealing America’s gold. 

The total cost of the theft in today’s money approaches or exceeds $1 trillion.  And to top it all off, Roosevelt bought the gold at $20.67 per ounce and then reset the price to $35 per ounce shortly thereafter with the Gold Reserve Act of 1934.  A monumental theft in any age, and it directly confronted the Eighth Commandment: Thou shalt not steal.  FDR, of course, said that he was trying to help the country. 

NOTE TO THE READER:  Always run as fast and far as you can when you hear those seven words, “I’m from the government, I’m here to help.”

While the great gold confiscation was clearly a matter of national theft, what would follow thirty-eight years later under Richard Milhous Nixon, the 38^th U.S. President, would make what FDR did look like child’s play.

On August 15, 1971, Nixon ended the gold standard to which the dollar was tied. Nixon did this in breach of the Breton Woods Agreement signed by 44 allied nations across the globe on July 22, 1944.  In that compact all agreed that the U.S. dollar would become the reserve currency of the world and that it would be tied to strict standards for gold reserves – a dollars’ worth of gold for each U.S. dollar. 

But Nixon, a globalist, who foolishly brought China into the world economic system, chose to betray our commitment to 44 nations who were a part of the Bretton Woods Agreement, which at the same time opened the door to the financial destruction of the dollar, the US economy, and prophetically the destruction of the world’s economy in the future.  There is a lot of story to tell here, which drew us inexorably into the Middle East, but we’ll save that for another time.

Since that time, the dollar has lost 98 percent of its purchasing power.  That, of course, has purloined hundreds of trillions of dollars from savings accounts, retirement accounts, college funds, and it has put further pressure on families as financial strains forced women from the home and into the workplace just to make ends meet. 

While hundreds of trillions of dollars have disappeared from the hands of everyday Americans, it is important to remember that wealth never disappears, it just changes hands.  And if you follow the trail of the money, you will soon see that It has been the stolen wealth of ordinary Americans that has funded the rise of the globalists that are even now enslaving our entire planet. 

From FDR to Nixon to Congress, we have now run up a $38 trillion debt that cannot and will not ever be repaid. At some point in time, America will default on its debt.  We’ll call it a financial realignment or some other economic euphemism, but it will be a default.  Our debt service alone is $1 trillion per year and if interest rates rise just 2.5 percent, which becomes $2 trillion per year overnight. 

And to make it even more damming and criminal, we have saddled generations yet unborn with that debt which will, in all likelihood, rise by another $2 trillion this year.  History would remind us that we severed our political bonds with Mother England for several reasons but, taxation without representation was one of them, and that complaint was close to the top of the list. Yet in this country, we are taxing tomorrow’s generations with today’s debt – that is the ultimate taxation without representation. 

Once again, the courts spoke with their silence.  Many court cases were brought but neither lower courts nor the Supreme Court ruled against Nixon’s unlawful, unconstitutional suspension of the gold standard, despite our treaty obligation under the Bretton Woods Agreement. 

The Ninth Commandment: “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor” Exodus 20:16

In late 2016 and continuing into June 2017, a total of four FISA warrants were approved, many of which were signed by James Comey, despite the fact that they were knowingly false.  The courts had already rejected some of these as written, so Comey, the FBI and DOJ altered documents, testimonies, and falsified paperwork to get warrants from the FISA Court to illegally spy on Donald Trump. 

For their part, the FISA Court knew these documents had been altered from the original testimonies and documentation, yet ignoring the law, they accepted them anyway and granted warrants.  Still to date no judges have been impeached, FBI agents and James Comey who perpetrated this fraud are still free men. 

In total there were 74 felony charges leveled against Donald J. Trump, two impeachments and several civil lawsuits.  All of these were based on false evidence, altered documents, perjured testimony, hidden exculpatory evidence, accompanied by plain old lies.  Yet liberal courts accepted them at face value and criminals in black robes like Chief Judge James E. Boasberg in the D.C. court used these lies, perjured testimony, and falsified documents to manipulate a guilty verdict against Donald Trump.  In one case in New York, Trump was convicted of lying to lenders who were paid in full for their loans, when the court randomly decided that the Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property was worth several hundred million dollars less than its actual value. 

If they were able to use these false witnesses and fraudulent documents to persecute and prosecute Donald J. Trump, imagine what they can and have done to ordinary people like you and me.  I personally know several honorable men who have gone to jail for non-crimes because they have gotten too close to forbidden knowledge.  And while I disagree with her politically and morally, even Martha Steward was convicted of lying to the FBI about a crime that never happened. 

What does all of this tell you? We are living in a country that started as a God-fearing people.  These were a people who came here seeking a place to practice their Christian faith in freedom and in truth. Sadly, over the years the courts have dismantled every Christian principle that guided this nation to prosperity and greatness.

One must ask “Why?”  And the sad reality is that the courts have not only condoned but glorified the bearing of false witness against even a former and sitting president. 

The Tenth Commandment: “Thou shalt not covet”Exodus 20:17

On February 3, 1913, the Sixteenth Amendment was ratified by the United States. 

“The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.”

In reality, it was never legally ratified but that is another discussion for another day.  The ratification of this clearly unconstitutional amendment was confirmed by the Supreme Court as legal on January 24^, 1916.  It was, and continues to be, the law that has been used to control America and to institute covetousness as a policy of government. Let me explain.

Woodrow Wilson, America’s 28^th President, was an evil man and a cancer on the nation’s history.  He  used the 16^th Amendment to reshape the federal government and federal law.

Revenue Act of 1913:

• Reintroduced a federal income tax (the first permanent one after the Sixteenth Amendment)
• Set very low initial rates by modern standards (starting at 1% for lower incomes)
• Added graduated rates, making it explicitly progressive.

A progressive income tax is a violation of equal justice under law.  It punishes those who are productive and distributes cash to those chosen by the federal government to be winners in the vote buying scheme called social welfare.  This is covetousness – devising a legal means to take from someone that which is neither legally nor morally yours, by devising a law which grants you that power.  That is the very definition of covetousness. 

Two decades later, FDR would use the Sixteenth Amendment to justify the Social Security Act on August 14, 1935.  The name of this Act tells you all you need to know.  Social Security.  Social as in socialism. Security, because the government had the power to take your money and “use it wisely” so it would be there when you retired.  But through the years, your money earned less than 1% in actual growth. FDR would perpetrate many planks of the socialist manifesto during his term in office and often jailed those who opposed him. 

But it wouldn’t be until 1964 that we would see this federal covetousness rise to a whole new level.  On August 20, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Economic Opportunity Act was passed.  That act was followed the next few years by other federal giveaways and a removal of Social Security from its trust fund to the general budget through a sneaky accounting practice that made it look as if it was still in the trust. 

That in turn enabled Congress to buy Treasury bonds with the Social Security funds.  That little accounting trick then enabled spending those new funds coming into the treasury, as regular income.  It is a legal trick that was used to move funds to the general fund without violating the social security trust.  But the result was exactly the same.  They stole the funds and spent them.

Here is the outcome.  The courts answered in silence allowing the “general welfare” clause to cover these clearly unconstitutional acts of covetousness in violation of the Constitution and as a cudgel against the eternal law of Yahweh prohibiting this very act. 

Eternal law protects Yahweh’s creation, but when these laws were removed, the protections disappeared.  This Act, legalizing covetousness, led to our current loss of dollar buying power, our failing economy, and our $38 trillion debt, which will eventually lead to both our economic and political collapse which will in turn lead to our fall as a nation. 

In Conclusion: 

The U.S. courts have systematically annulled every one of the ten commandments and precisely fulfilled the prophecy of Zechariah chapter 5.  We have seen the destruction of the first and second tables in general, and the specific destruction of each of Yahweh’s ten commandments … His eternal law in our courts.  As a result, we will now have to deal with another eternal law.  It is the law of Deuteronomy 30:15-19

¹⁵ See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;

¹⁶ In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

¹⁷ But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

¹⁸ I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land …

¹⁹ I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing:

Tragically, America, we have not just violated a few commandments, we have annulled them through acts of Congress, state and federal courts, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court.  Not one of the ten commandments has been left standing.  Not One!  And the warning is clear – from the shedding of innocent blood, where the Lord says he will not pardon that sin, to the violation of the other nine, including idolatry in multiple fashions.

Then there is institutional covetousness.  The Lord says He will destroy nations, which includes America, for the idolatry of our covetousness, which is the basis for our entire modern welfare system.  From other gods to murder to institutional covetousness, we, like Belshazzar in the book of Daniel, have been warned. 

Mene, mene, takel, upharsin – you have been numbered, weighed, and found wanting and will be destroyed. 

We should have learned from Yahweh’s judgment pronounced on His beloved Israel found in Deuteronomy 30:18-19:

 “I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land … I call heaven and earth to record this day against you.” 

When sin and corruption become law – righteousness becomes unlawful!

The question I am often asked is, “Does that apply to us?  We’re not Israel.” 

My response is this:  Israel was and is Yahweh’s chosen people and yet He carried out their judgment for their rebellion against His law.  In fact, in the case of King Manessa shedding innocent blood, Yahweh said he would personally destroy Israel for this hideous act. He will not forgive the shedding of innocent blood.

We friends have shed the innocent blood of 65 million babies.   And we are right to say we are not Israel – we are not the chosen people and do not hold that special place. 

Therefore, how much more does that judgment apply to us?

You have to say one thing for the Dems and their allies in the media.  They are consistent.  They always tell the truth, but they color it with just the right amount of the lie to make the entire story paint a false, misleading picture that furthers their agenda.  They are like D-Con which is 97% corn and 3% poison – but that’s all it takes. 

They figure using the media as their lying spin-masters they can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time – and that’s good enough to keep them in office.

Right now, the Dems are howling about gerrymandering by the GOP, while making sure that they hide some shocking numbers that reveal the real story. 

As an example, 86.8 million people reside in 12 states, and 40% or 34.7 million of those people are Republicans and have little or no representation in the House of Representatives at all. 

Here are the numbers.

In these seven states there are 16.8 million people. This represents 5% of the U.S. population but the GOP has zero House seats in any of these states.  Yet the GOP consistently averages 40% of the vote.  That means that nearly 7 million Americans have no Representation in the House. 

• Massachusetts: ~7.0 million,
• Connecticut: ~3.6 million,
• Rhode Island: ~1.1 million,
• Vermont: ~0.65 million,
• Delaware: ~1.0 million,
• Hawaii: ~1.4 million,
• New Mexico: ~2.1 million

What if I told you that there are about 70 million Americans, 28 million or 40% of whom are represented by a total of 15 seats out of 93 seats in the US House of Representatives.  Those 15 seats represent 16% of the US Representatives despite the fact that they hold 40% of the vote. 

• California: ~39.0M,
• Illinois: ~12.5M,
• Washington: ~7.8M,
• Maryland: ~6.2M,
• Oregon: ~4.3M,  

Now add to that Virginia’s 9 million residents.  The commonwealth of Virginia just passed a redistricting plan which redraws a map, stealing all but 1 GOP district, eliminating 4 of the five currently held by the GOP.  This makes the lack of representation spread even wider as 46% of Virginians vote Republican.  Another 4.1 million people have had their Representation in the House of Representatives stolen by unscrupulous democrats. 

And yet the Dems have the temerity to cry foul when the GOP tries to even the playing field. These are just a few examples of the cheating that is part of the agenda in Democrat circles.  Here is the saddest part.  They celebrate their ability to steal votes and rig elections through gerrymandering and outright election fraud with every trick in the book such as: 

• Bringing in Illegal aliens to vote
• Fraudulent Mail in ballots from dead people and out of state voters
• Rigged voting machines which have been hacked by too many players to name including Democrat operatives, Venezuela, possibly Russia, China, Iran, and of course the DNC
• Covering up for China as they dump hundreds of thousands of fake voter ids into battle ground states
• Faking the vote count by recounting ballots over and over again
• Hacking the vote count transfer system between poling sites and vote counting total sites.

Estimates for fraudulent votes range from about 1 million in the mysterious overnight vote count to more than 15 million nationwide in the totality of the election.  What is the real number?  It is hard to say because no real investigation has ever been done.  The Biden administration used lawfare to focus our eyes on the persecution and prosecution of Trump and his supporters and staffers. 

My best guess based on what we know about the hacking of our voting machines, hacking of our electoral system by foreign nations, cheating at the DNC level, paid operatives delivering fraudulent ballots in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona, and to a lesser degree Texas, Florida, Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Nevada would be closer to that 15 million mark.  But with a complete lack of real information, it is anybody’s guess.

Sadly, it is not just 15 million ballots.  It is the vote changing power of the stolen election that is a force multiplier of three to five times, and that is the real number we need to look at. 

There is much more to this cheat as both House and Senate seats were stolen in that 2020 election, which means a gain in power by the Dems who used that power to put more federal judges in place, change legislation to help dem states, politicians and operatives nationwide.  All of that allowed the Dems to bring in more illegals, put more people on the govt dole, both of whom are then beholden to the Democrat party. 

But all of this is just the tip of the iceberg which will be revealed if the DOJ and FBI ever decide to really do their job.  And in the end it is about the damage that the Dems, the zombie president and his treasonous staff were able to inflict on America.  Remember, these traitors hate America and did not come to govern, they came to destroy our nation and our way of life. 

And now the nation waits for information from an investigation the results of which we have been promised for 15 months.  The real question is not did the Dems steal an election along with the House and Senate which is an act of sedition perhaps treason, the question is … can we prove it?  So the salient question becomes, will he FBI and DOJ do their job or will it be business as usual … flail about instead of investigating, hide, classify and wait it out until the truth no longer matters? 

Some nations die with a bang … some with a whimper.  It starts when people stop believing in the system: from government, to courts, and even currency. But the death spiral of a nation really begins when the people get so used to corruption and feel so powerless to fight it, that they just … shrug.

 Nations die with a shrug. Comey, Brennan, Clapper are still free men and the DOJ, Bondi, and the FBI, shrug.

Governor Tampon Tim Walz, AG and Radical Islamist, Keith Ellison, and treasonous hard left Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan, turned a blind eye to attacks on ICE, doxxing Ice, and feloniously interfering with law enforcement while protecting illegals including child rapists.  Minnesota, where is the outrage?  Where are the state or federal charges?  Bondi, DOJ, FBI, and the people of Minnesota … shrugged.

Look at our country. Millions of undocumented immigrants, murdering, raping, robbing us, while collecting welfare.  Then there are the “Somali Pirates,” reportedly having stolen as much as $19 billion. Minnesota shrugs.  And this is just the tip of the iceberg.  The overall cost of these forty million illegal aliens could be as much as $1 trillion per year.  Meanwhile, congress and most of America … shrug.

 Nations Die With A Shrug: Two assassination attempts on Donald Trump and we still know almost nothing about the assassins. Why was Cooks cremated immediately after the shooting? Who was he working with? Where is the investigation?  Crickets!  And Bondi, DOJ, and the FBI … shrugged.

Nations Die With A Shrug: High profile investigations into Biden administration show they illegally surveilled Trump, his associates (perhaps as many as one thousand), congressmen and senators, Christians, & conservative organizations and reporters. Where are the charges? And Bondi, the DOJ, and FBI … shrugged.

 Nations Die With A Shrug: The Russia Hoax scheme and Adam Schiff along with the J6 Committee forged and altered documents, lied to congress, lied under oath, and coached witnesses to impeach Trump. They illegally collaborated with the White House.  Where are the charges? Why no arrests … Bondi, DOJ, and the FBI … shrugged?

Eric Swalwell was sleeping with a Chinese spy. He is accused of mortgage and tax fraud. He has betrayed his country, defrauded banks and yet there are no ethics complaints, no charges and instead of being in jail, he’s running for Governor of California. They, the powerful left, always get away with it. Meanwhile, Bondi, DOJ, and the FBI … shrugged.

The “Seditious Six,” which includes Senators Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin, Representatives Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander, and Chrissy Houlahan, told U.S. troops to ignore the President of the United States.  Where are the ethics complaints?  Where are the charges?  Where are the investigations?  There are none because AG Bondi, the DOJ, the FBI, and congress … shrugged.

Efforts like the Save America Act have become flashpoints, with supporters arguing they protect election integrity, while democrats and RINOs cry “Jim Crow” and voter suppression.  The reality is the Save America Act makes it much more difficult to cheat in elections and that kills the chances for the American left to take control of the legislature and courts.  And congress and millions of Americans just … shrug.

We are $38 trillion in debt.  We are paying over $1 trillion annually and a 2.5% rise in interest rates would push that to $2 trillion annually.  Congress won’t reduce the spending and when Trump tries the courts stop him from cutting programs and using tariffs.  We are spending ourselves into destruction.  We are at 125% debt to GDP.  No nation has ever passed the 125% debt to GDP ratio and survived.  But congress, the courts, the politicians and sadly Americans … shrug. 

We are facing death by a thousand shrugs.

Tucker Carlson should be honored by the price that was put on his head. In what is undoubtedly the largest bribe ever paid for a media assassination, FOX News/NewsCorp collected approximately $1.35 billion to stab Tucker in the back. 

I’ll tell you how the scheme worked, but first, let’s figure out why FOX and their co-conspirator, BlackRock, Inc., both wanted to make this happen. 

Rupert Murdoch and his sons, Lachlan (51 years) and James (49 years) have run FOX News since its inception. But in July of 2020, his son James left the family media business to pursue a more “Soros” type endeavor, moving heavily into leftist progressive causes, stating, “My resignation is due to disagreements over certain editorial content published by the company’s news outlets and certain other strategic decisions.”

But the truth is that the younger Murdoch has since emerged as a backer of progressive and environmental concerns, ploughing millions into the defeat of President Donald Trump, climate activism, and other political causes.  This was, and is, undoubtedly part of the real overall agenda.  James’ departure left Lachlan in charge of the sprawling $70 billion Murdoch media empire.

Enter Tucker Carlson. 

Tucker Carlson – A Two-Edged Sword.  Over the last several years Tucker has emerged as the FOX News star, no longer playing second fiddle to a fading Sean Hannity. According to published reports, Tucker was making between $20 -$30 million a year.  A hefty salary but considering his economic value of $50 million in combined ad revenue on his show, and the audience carryover he brought to the rest of the night’s news lineup, he was worth every penny of it.  But that’s just the tip of the iceberg.  Tucker’s real value is his value in FOX News Stock price. 

To give you an example of how much Carlson brought to the network, when he was removed from air, FOX stock dropped by more than 5% or about $500-$600 million.  Granted, FOX knows that they will recapture some of that “shock” loss over a period of several months.  Additionally, Rupert Murdoch only owns a 39% share in the company, so he didn’t take the full brunt of the loss.  But, in reality, it probably cost him about $130 million.  So why would anyone choose to sever $130 million in revenue?

We know that both Murdoch Sr. and son Lachlan are committed leftists but are they ideological enough to give up $130 million a year?  Probably not, but what if you could devise a scheme get paid $1.35 billion for taking a $130 million hit and get rid of Tucker Carlson all at the same time?

The Scheme Unfolds.

That’s exactly what happened.  Both BlackRock and Dodge & Cox (a very large investment firm which is entangled with BlackRock) have large stakes in FOX News.  BlackRock now owns 45,743,746 shares of FOX, which is worth approximately $1.35 billion.  Dodge & Cox owns another 12 million shares or more. 

But that is not the end of the story for either company.  They also have subordinate funds and investment groups that own FOX stock.  Their recent stock purchases of FOX News stock has increased FOX’s available capital by reportedly as much as $135 billion. 

Meanwhile, the Four Companies of the Apocalypse (FCOTA), BlackRock, Inc., Vanguard, Fidelity Investment, and Main Street Capital Corporation, along with their various funds, nearly match Rupert Murdoch’s ownership of 39%.  A capital influx of $135 billion is not bad for a company with an estimated value of $15-$20 billion. 

These four companies and their entangled business interests reportedly control 83% of all the profits generated last year on a global basis.  BlackRock alone controls $143 trillion in global assets. The FCOTA combined control between $250 and $300 trillion dollars or more than 70% of the wealth of the entire planet.  

So, why would any company want to take a $130 million hit to get rid of Tucker Carlson?  Simple … Tucker Carlson was costing them much more than that.

Because of his annoying truth telling, Tucker Carlson was becoming a problem for FCOTA.  His constant attacks on crooked big pharma were a contributor to declining stock prices for Pfizer, Moderna, and the rest of the drug cartel.  In fact, Pfizer’s stock is down about 11% and for a $220 billion company, that is a $22 billion loss. 

Further, BlackRock and the other members of the FCOTA are profiting heavily from the war in Ukraine.  To date, the U.S. has committed $130 billion to Ukraine, while the EU has spent about $70 billion.  That’s a total of $200 billion.  The war business is very profitable for a company like BlackRock and their fellow corporate oligarchs. 

Through their energy interests, logistics, delivery, defense industry and construction interests, BlackRock and their fellow oligarchs are making tens of billions on the nice little war in Ukraine, sponsored by Joe Biden and the Biden Junta.  Tucker railed tirelessly against the war in Ukraine. I could drone on in great detail about the business alliances of the FCOTA, but suffice it to say, Tucker was costing them tens of billions of dollars. 

Remember, Carlson specifically named BlackRock in some of his reportage.  When one begins lifting the veil that hides the demonic nature of the NWO and their dark plans for a global reset spiritual forces are set into motion. Now, couple the ideological/spiritual malignancy embraced by both BlackRock and the FCOTA, along with the hatred of the Murdoch Clan for Carlson’s positions, and one is left wondering how he survived as long as he did. 

In summation, while this was undoubtedly the most expensive media assassination in history, for the FCOTA and the Murdochs, it was cheap at twice the price. 

Jesus Wept – we learned from childhood that these words comprised the shortest passage in scripture.  Jesus Wept – John Chapter 11, verse thirty-five. 

But in these two words is found and fulfilled all of scripture from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22.  Jesus Wept.  Two words that encompass all of history, prophecy, redemption, courage, and hope … Jesus Wept!

We all know the story.  Yeshua was not in Judea when he received the message from Mary and Martha that Lazarus was very sick.  But Yeshua stayed where he was for two more days. During that time, Lazarus died.

The disciples debated as to whether or not to go to Bethany. They were afraid that the Jews would once again try to kill Yeshua.  In fact, Thomas said, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”  Always The Doubter.

The walk from where Yeshua was, beyond the Jordan, was a two-day trek to Judea.  Upon his arrival in Bethany, which was a couple of miles from Jerusalem, Yeshua was greeted by Martha with what amounted to an accusation.  “Lord, why didn’t you come when I called for you – if you would have come immediately, Lazarus wouldn’t have died,” … as if to say … this is your fault.”

But then she softens and says, “But I know that you can fix this if you talk to God.”

Yeshua reassured her that her brother would rise again. So, Martha, the impetuous one, tells her sister Mary, “The master is looking for you.”

Upon hearing these words Mary departed immediately to find Yeshua.  There is so much here to uncover – so many layers – but we will save that for another time. 

As was the custom in those days, their Jewish friends had gathered to comfort the two sisters at their home, for what we would call today, Lazarus’ wake. When they saw Mary leaving, they assumed that she was going to the tomb. The mourners followed after her to weep for Lazarus’ passing.  At that time the rich would even hire professional weepers or mourners to show how loved the deceased was. 

But scripture tells us that,

 “When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled and said,

“Where have ye laid him?”

They said unto him, “Lord, come and see.”

Yeshua was troubled.  Not saddened … Troubled

The Greek word used in this scripture is tar-as’-so which means:

To cause one inward commotion, take away his calmness of mind, disturb his equanimity – to disquiet, make restless – to stir up – to trouble – to strike one’s spirit with fear and dread – to render anxious or distressed.

Then we see the words in vs 35 – Jesus Wept – He was troubled and he wept.

As children we were told that he wept because he was sad that Lazarus was dead.  He wept because he felt sorry for Mary and Martha. But that hardly makes sense inasmuch as He was about to raise Lazarus from the dead.  So why was Yeshua troubled?

Was it because of all the weeping and mourning?  Probably not because this was the appointed time to show all of these people the power of the Father.

Was it because He had allowed Mary and Martha to suffer through this pain of losing their brother and it broke His heart?  No, because He did only what the Father told Him to do and that obviously had been to stay where He was when He received the message and then to go to Bethany later. 

Again, the scriptures confirm that Yeshua knew Lazarus would die and that He would raise him from the dead to show the awesome power of Yahweh. So, why did Messiah weep?  Perhaps the answer would be seen four days later and two miles down the road at the crucifixion. 

Maybe Yeshua wept because He knew what awaited Him in Jerusalem, for it would be there that He would face not only death but the inevitability of hell that awaited all of us but for His atoning sacrifice.  Maybe Yeshua was reminded that from creation until that exact moment and until the end of all time that He had been appointed to suffer and die for the sins of all mankind for all eternity.

He knew the physical suffering reserved for Him on this journey.  He knew the spiritual separation from the Father that He would endure. He knew of the eternity of hell that He faced for our sins.  Perhaps, He felt all these emotions. 

When He saw that tomb He felt the weight of the world’s sin on His shoulders like the condemned man seeing the gallows for the first time.  He saw it … He felt it … He fully embraced His fate – which would unfold in just four short days.  And Jesus wept. 

We all know today from reading the scriptures that Lazarus was raised by the power of Yahweh and to most of us, that story ended there.  But there is no end to the story in Heaven.  This was just one more short chapter.  All of Heaven still had to watch the rest of the passion play unfold in all of its power, in all of its pain, suffering, and death.

I can only imagine what was unfolding in Heaven as this story played out in human time.  First the accusations, the mock trial, the ridicule by the Jews.  The deserting and denial of those who knew Him best … and then came the beatings, humiliation, and crucifixion as the nails were driven violently into his hands and feet.

For about three hours that day darkness came across the entire land. I can see all of Heaven gasping in what must have seemed an eternity.  But the gasping was not for the horror of seeing Heaven’s king tortured, crucified, and brutally murdered.  The gasp was a gasp of absolute awe at the courage, faith, and power of Messiah, who willingly embraced this brutality and grabbed hold of an eternity of hell for Yahweh’s creation that man might be redeemed through Him, the perfect sacrifice, who alone was able to take upon Himself the perfect wrath of the Father for the sins of all humanity.    

Yeshua cried out, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit,” then finally came death and hell.

And the breathtaking awe of this moment in eternity filled the heavens and flooded the earth and the curtain of the temple was torn from top to bottom, The earth shook, the rocks were split open and many of the dead were raised to life.

“Surely, He was the Son of Yahweh!”

The enmity between Yahweh and man was washed away in the blood of the Lamb in this one awesome moment. And then there was silence.  The silence of a moment too awesome to explain, or to speak of, or even imagine. 

Three days and three nights later, as the sun set and the moon began to rise at the end of the Sabbath, in that twilight time between light and darkness, the redemption of mankind was completed as the Spirit said to Messiah … “Come forth.” 

All Heaven exploded in praise that still echoes throughout history and time.  It is finished.  And on that Sunday morning Messiah presented himself to the Father no longer as the blood offering but as the wave offering on the day of First Fruits and it was complete. 

The darkness had been lifted, the curtain to the Holy of Holies parted and we had been anointed as believers – a royal priesthood – a holy nation. The journey from Genesis to Revelation had been walked out in completion and our redemption was in that awesome moment of eternity … forever won.  

These are clearly extraordinary times in which we live.  The traitor is no longer at the gate, he is within the political halls and houses of America and is engaged in a flurry of treasonous activity.  We have a plague still sweeping the planet, a “witches brew” posing as a vaccine, spy balloons floating unchallenged across the country, and, for good measure, the Euphrates River has dried up.  More on that stunning prophetic development later.

First, I think it is important for all of us to understand that the Biden Administration only looks like a clown show complete with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) balloons. Biden used to be a racist old crook,  but he has changed…  he is now a senile, racist, old crook and that makes him much more dangerous.  It is obvious to most that Joe Biden is not running anything, including the country.  He is barely able to convey cogent thought, let alone articulate intricate foreign or domestic monetary policy. His next step down in the cognition ladder will have staff wiping drool from his chin and changing his adult depends. 

So, if ole Joe is not running the show, who is?  Certainly, not Kamala Harris.  Vice President Harris’ age and IQ seemed to have arrived on the same number … 58. 

Evidence would point to the fact that Mr. Obama has a very active role in running the country and he, in turn, is merely an errand boy for the global oligarchy who control the reins of power.  In fact, there are four companies that last year controlled 83% of all the profits that were created in the entire world.  I call these four companies the “Four Companies of the Apocalypse.”  Just one of these companies, Blackrock, has more than $10 trillion under management and has corporate assets amounting to more than $140 trillion.  Yes, you read that right… TRILLION!

One might reasonably ask:  How could it be that a Chinese spy balloon, which our intelligence community watched take off from China, traversed the planet, flew across our military bases, and other sensitive sites in Alaska, crossed Canada, reentered U.S. airspace in Idaho and Montana, flew across the American heartland, and many more sensitive sites from the northwest all the way to the southeast corner of the country and nobody in the Biden Regime felt compelled to impede its travel. 

According to published reports U.S. intelligence agencies watched it take off from China and followed it from Alaska to the coast of South Carolina before finally shooting it down.  Was this gross incompetence, or was it because someone wanted it that way?  I suspect the latter.

Similarly, it should be obvious even to the most naïve Pollyannaist, that our elections are being rigged, changing them from elections to selections.  How do they get away with it? 

It is, in reality, not that difficult when the rigged courts refuse to hear the cases, law enforcement won’t act on iron clad evidence of election fraud, and we have voting machines that can and are being hacked and the numbers changed right in front of our eyes.  The establishment media turns a blind eye from the treason that is rolling out in front of us like a slow-motion horror movie.  Why? 

They are bought and paid for – literally – by the “Four Companies of the Apocalypse” through stock purchases, interlocking boards, blackmail, extortion, and financial power.  Their control over the media and the message, whether it is social media, television, or print, in the U.S. and globally is almost absolute. 

Big media, global corporations, social media, universities, colleges, medicine, doctors’ groups, hospitals and medical centers, research facilities, technology centers, energy, the federal reserve, the military, intelligence agencies, and everything else you might think of, they own it, control it, or they are in the process of destroying it.  Period.  Nothing is beyond their grasp.

The gears and levers of bureaucracy, i.e., the FBI, CIA, NSA, DIA, and a plethora of other three letter agencies, as well as local police and prosecutors, are being weaponized against Make America Great Again “MAGA” Americans, Christians, and conservatives.  President Trump, his former staff, his supporters, and anyone in the Trump orbit, is being investigated by everyone from law enforcement to state and federal prosecutors, to crooked District Attorneys in cities like New York and now Atlanta, Georgia.  Meanwhile Joe and Hunter Biden treasonously profit in the hundreds of millions from Communist China, the Kremlin, crooked companies, and oligarchs of every kind, they continue to sell out our country for profit or to protect their reputation from the Chinese ,who are probably blackmailing them. 

We know the Biden administration has kept the border open for four main reasons. 

• Drugs are pouring across our borders and the elite are profiting from the drug trade.
• Human trafficking is lucrative and serves four purposes.
  • First, as stated, human trafficking is very profitable, and it provides about forty million wage slaves for big business.  They are attempting to sell us on the idea of 10 million illegals in the country, but that number is much closer to 40 million.  They pay illegals starvation wages while you and I as taxpayers spend $500 billion annually taking care of their housing, transportation, medical treatment, education, crime, incarceration, and housing needs.  In other words, you and I – the working stiffs – are subsidizing trillionaire oligarchs with about half a trillion dollars. 
  • Second, within a few years the 40 million new U.S. residents will be given the right to vote, assuring the Democrats unassailable victories for decades to come.
  • Third, the drug trafficking across that border that will kill more than 100 thousand Americans this year is good business for greedy oligarchs.
  • And finally, politicians are getting kickbacks in many different ways created by Joe Biden’s open borders. 

We now know that in violation of federal law, the constitution, and numerous state and local laws that the FBI, the CIA, NSA, and other federal agencies “colluded” with Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google and countless others social media scum bags to sensor conservative America and Donald Trump, all in an effort to effectively rig federal, state, and local elections.  Globalist oligarchs provided funds to local and state election officials providing the necessary funding to do whatever was needed to fix both the turnout, suppress votes in conservative areas, and in essence, keep counting until they get the numbers they want.  “Surprise… we won, you lost,” they crow 13 days after the election.

Add to this the intentional weakness and muddled chaos of the U.S. foreign policy and you end up with China being a looming threat to Taiwan, the U.S., and Russia at the brink of nuclear war over a corrupt pest hole of a country the Ukraine, that just happens to be the country that paid the Bidens millions in cash for jobs they either did not or could not do. Our economy is failing as inflation runs rampant, and we’re seeing massive layoffs.  

On March 9, 2022 Biden signed Executive Order 14067.  This executive order requires various agencies to submit a legislative proposal for a digital currency by October 2022.  According to an article published in Newsweek on March 18, 2022,  Biden’s Plan for a Digital Dollar is a Massive Threat to Freedom, written by Justin Haskins, Editorial Director, The Heartland Institute, this will affect the existing printed dollars of the U.S. as follows:

“In some respects, a digital dollar would be similar to our existing print currency. The Federal Reserve would continue to set policies and interest rates tied to the currency, and people would be able to pay vendors with their existing bank accounts and credit and debit cards.

There are, however, substantial differences. For starters, a digital dollar would, by definition, not exist in print form. Once the transition to a digital dollar is complete, you wouldn’t be able to go to the bank or an ATM and get physical cash out of an account that contains your digital currency.”

Government will be able to control your bank account, your spending, taxes, and will decide who should and who should not have access to their money. 

All of this is leading inexorably to a single point in history.  The collapse of the economy, then of the country and the institution of the global reset and global government.

And, of course, there is the little problem with earthquakes everywhere as prophesied in Luke 21:11:

“and great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.”

From California to Turkey earthquakes are rocking the planet, volcanos are erupting, the sun is flaring wildly, including a piece of the sun breaking off into a polar vortex, and the food supply is being cut because of a lack of fertilizer created by Emperor Biden’s embargo on several Baltic states.  Then there are the wars, famine and plagues prophesied in Matthew 24:7 and again in Mark 13:8.

“For nation will arise against nation, and Kingdom against Kingdom, and there will be famines and plagues and earthquakes in various places.”

And as if all of this weren’t enough, the ancient Euphrates River has dried up.  We see hints of this in Jeremiah 50:38, but explicit detail can be found in Revelation 9:14 and again in Revelation 16:12.

Revelation 9 tells us that when the Euphrates is dried up that this is what will take place. 

“Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates … And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand [200 million]: and I heard the number of them … And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone … By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.”

But after this scripture we are given more detail in Revelation 16 which says:

“And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.”

This scripture is, of course, referring to World War III in which a third of the world dies in that conflagration.  But there are more deaths that must take place prior to this mass extermination. They come in many forms, including a plague.  Interestingly, we find in Revelation 6:4 the word “beasts” which is the Greek Word thērion.  That word can be translated beast, brutal or bestial man or venomous beast … like a plague.

Enter COVID-19.  To date there have been 6,844,267 reported deaths globally, according to the World Health Organization. The exact number of deaths is unknown as smaller countries may not be accurately reporting the numbers.  This number does not include individuals that may have died as a result of the multiple COVID-19 vaccines.

New evidence has come to light that is definitive proof that the virus research and gain of function started under Barrack Obama’s Department of Defense (DoD), in labs not too far from Washington DC.  As time progressed and the launch of the virus was about to be unleashed upon the world, Mr. Obama moved the weaponized pathogen to a lab in Wuhan, China to hide the fact that the biological attack had its origins in Obama’s DoD.

Adding insult to injury, the DoD then created a “witches brew”, mockingly calling it a “vaccine” and hired companies like, Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson, AstraZeneca, and Moderna, to pretend they developed the vaccines and distribute them.  Unfortunately, the pentagon’s own papers tell the real story.  They created the “vaccine” and paid big pharma billions and billions of dollars only to have the drug companies claim the inventions and sell it back for even more money to the government.  Now we are finding out that the “cure” comes with more problems than the disease. 

This vaccine, in reality, is a viral gene therapy that will be injected into you or your children’s cells. This gene forces your body to make toxic spike proteins. These proteins often cause permanent damage in critical organs, including:

• The brain and nervous system,
• The heart and blood vessels, including blood clots,
• The reproductive system, and
• This vaccine can trigger fundamental changes to the immune system

The most alarming point about this is that once these damages have occurred, they are irreparable:

• You can’t fix the lesions within the brain,
• You can’t repair heart tissue scarring, and
• You can’t repair a genetically reset immune system.

This vaccine can cause reproductive damage that could affect future generations of your family.  This is a very dangerous step down the path of transhumanism.

Throughout the New Testament we are warned about the destructive nature of “pharmakeia ” from which we get the word pharmacy.  But interestingly, in Galatians 5, the word pharmakeia, shows up translated in English as witchcraft. 

In Revelation 18:23, pharmakeia is written as sorceries.  We are not speaking in general about medicine but rather potions or concoctions that are not medicinal but are instead destructive.  As an aside, and as a little review of history, this particular passage is speaking of the destruction of End-Time Babylon. 

“And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. “

And, of course, we did send the “vaccine” across the country and around the world.  Who knows how many the cure has killed, maimed, disabled, and sterilized. 

We see pharmakeia again used as the craft of sorcerers in Revelation 21:7-8.

““He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

“But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”

In the above passage the word pharmakeia is the work of sorcerers and is tied to idolatry.  And it is the idolatry of our pharmakeia that leads to our destruction and a plague upon the world.

Finally, in Revelation 22:14-15 we can read:

“Blessed are they that do His commandments, they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

“For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.”

As you have doubtless surmised, the word pharmakeia is written in this passage again as the practice of sorcerers.  Whether it is described as witchcraft, sorcery, or idolatry it all leads to the same result … death.  Since nations are not judged in eternity, they will be judged by Yahweh here and now. 

When a nation’s sin rises to a certain level, it fills what is described in heaven as a “cup of wrath.”  We have killed 65 million babies, created a biological attack on the planet, offered a toxic witches brew as a cure and by these shed innocent blood around the world.  Scripture tells us that innocent blood cries out to the heavens for judgment. 

If America is, as I believe, End Time Babylon, then scripture has an admonition for us – believers: “Come out of her my people.”   

Revelation 18:4 says:

“And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.

It is not enough that we just disagree, we must be separated that we not be a part of the sin with our time, talents or treasures.  Does that mean that we must both physically and geographically separate from such evil?  I believe it does.  However, we’ll have to save that subject for another time.  Suffice it to say for now … it is a time for living in sanctification and renewed faith. 

In grim conclusion, I offer this as a warning to those who believe there is always plenty of time.  We are out of time for memories, time for better living, time for repentance, time for living for ourselves.  Time has grown desperately short and Ephesians 5:16 reminds us that we should be living sanctified lives, “Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” 

“He that overcometh shall inherit all things; 

and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.”

Revelation 21:7

By Dr. Jake Baker
January 2, 2023

Let me begin by wishing you all a blessed New Year.  This may not be a happy time, but that does not mean our joy cannot be full.  Happiness, of course, is a soulish emotion while joy is of the Spirit.  So while happiness may not be in plentiful supply, joy in the Lord certainly can and should be.

In the days of old, watchmen would scan the ocean’s far vista to spot sails on the horizon and give an early warning to those whose lives would be affected by an armada of enemy ships.  It was an ill wind that drove the enemy’s ship toward their coast.  Often, when such a fleet was spotted, it led to emergency action as hearts raced in near panic to prepare for what would surely be a violent and bloody onslaught.  Those sails couldn’t be ignored or explained away.  They were coming and knowledge of their position and plan were essential. 

I believe, in our hearts, we all know that the enemy’s sails are on the horizon.  Ignoring them or pretending the ominous sight of sails rising in the distance aren’t there, is a fool’s errand.  This is the time, as 2 Samuel tells us, when “kings go to war.”  In other words, it is time to prepare for what is coming. 

In early January every year I try to write down my thoughts, some potentials that I see coming at us in the approaching weeks and months as the sails on the horizon grow ever closer.  These are not prophecies–or thus sayeth the Lord–statements.  Nor am I a modern-day Nostradamus.  What I am about to share with you are merely observation based on a prophetic understanding of my world view, what history records, the nature of man, what I observed last year, and in the few years that proceeded it, and what I perceive might unfold as the logical outcome of events already set in motion.

I see sails on the horizon and, knowing that the enemy of our freedom and our faith seeks to extinguish both, I am making certain “educated” assumptions about the progression of events.  I offer these as my short-term insight.  Do with them what you will.   

Moving On:

I believe that much of the destruction we are facing is intentional and is the sole purpose of the Biden Administration.  I do not believe Biden and his associates came to govern. I am convinced they came to destroy.  I believe, and his actions have reinforced that belief, that Biden has betrayed this country to our enemies, the global financiers, and to immorality on a scale which, if left unchecked, will rival the prediluvian world of Noah 

America, our government, educational institutions, and social structures, have forsaken Yahweh on a national scale and history tells us that we will surely reap the benefits of that doleful decision.  As we have forsaken the God of the Bible, the “old gods” have returned and recaptured the hearts, minds, and imaginings of many, if not most, in America.

The birth of the Messiah and the sending forth of the gospel was the greatest exorcism in human history.  It led to the advancement of western culture. When our forefathers came to this land they dedicated themselves and this country to Yahweh.  As our love grew cold and faith grew dim, we threw Yahweh out and now the old gods who possessed mankind have returned and have unleashed a ferocious spirit of evil, destruction and blood lust on America.  NOTE: See my blog: Christmas: America and the World have Gone From: “Oh Holy Night” To “Everybody Knows?” Embracing The Return of the Old Gods)

Luke 11 tells us what happens when a spirit is cast out of a house and returns and finds it clean and adorned, but empty.  He moves back in and brings other spirits with him that are far worse than himself. 

This is not only going to continue to affect every aspect of our society, but it will have a devastating impact on the economy.  Poverty is almost always the first judgment Yahweh sends.  But we will be judged militarily, socially, and our society will be shaken as never before.  In fact, I believe that we will see things history has never recorded and this will only be the beginning. 

I pray for grace for all of us, but beyond that, I pray that your faith endures.  It is only those who finish the course that will see the joys of heaven. 

“Be thou faithful even unto death and I will give thee a crown of life.” 

Revelation 2:10

In other words, don’t concentrate solely on the sails that cover the horizon, but look to Him who also controls the wind and the waves.  In the end, that is your victory.

The Economy:

I believe that we, as a nation, have set the stage for a failing economy.  We have taken actions that both historically and biblically always lead to the same place … lack and want. 

First, we have cranked up the printing presses.  We have added trillions of dollars in debt to the tally sheet of an already bankrupt nation.  How long until the world sees through the Ponzi scheme and calls our bluff?  It is already starting to happen, as many nations have replaced the U.S. dollar historically the petro-dollar with the basket of currencies in the fungible oil markets. 

Our economy is already convulsing with runaway inflation, stagflation, and debt.  Estimates are that the United States now owes $125 trillion in unfunded debt.  Our GDP hovers somewhere around $20 trillion.  Millions of employees have been laid off, companies are closing or downsizing, and the dollar is weakening or at least in flux. 

Considering these factors, 2023 will see the following unfold:

1. The start of a deep recession which, I believe, will eventually lead to a second Great Depression later in 2024.
2. The housing bubble will burst.  Pending home sales are already down 40% and luxury home sales are down 38%.  When even the rich are shying away from new home purchases, we should take notice.
3. The stock market slide will persist with continued and growing losses.  CNBC tells us that the stock market lost $9 trillion in wealth last year.  The simple truth is, wealth never disappears … it just changes hands and, in this case, companies like Blackrock with $143 trillion in assets and their co-conspirators such as Vanguard, State Street, and Fidelity – The Four Companies of the Apocalypse – continued to rob us blind, while setting in motion the great reset – which is now unstoppable. Overall, experts believe that as much as $150 trillion has been stolen from the American people in the stock market.
4. The tech bubble will burst.  Tech startups have been flying high but all of that will end in 2023 and even legacy tech companies have taken a beating to the tune of about $7.4 trillion in “losses.”  That pattern will continue through 2023, with little or no growth, and a real possibility of negative growth.
5. China will release a new biological attack on the world, which will have a devastating effect on both the U.S. and world economy.  China’s economy is failing.  In an effort to keep their head above water, they have decided that the best course of action is to destroy the rest of the world’s economies.  It is possible that Covid is only stage one of the plan.  Needless to say, all of this is well planned and from the beginning of the pandemic until now, the destruction of the global economy has gone according to a script prepared by international criminals like Larry Fink of Black Rock and Michael Bloomberg.  There is, in my estimation, no good outcome for our economy.  Paper wealth will disappear like a vapor in the wind. 
6. The dollar’s strength will continue to rise and fall like a drunk dancing, until the economy turns dramatically downward.  As the year progresses, especially as our economy slides into a recession–and perhaps all the way to depression–the dollar will begin to fold.  Such an eventuality would cause panic in the market and at the banks.  This will be the well-planned catalyst for digital currency, which we will discuss later.
7. Bidens treasonous open borders will fuel social and economic upheaval for cities and states.  Allowing millions of illegals in this country will stress an already straining medical system, crowd our schools, dramatically increase the crime rate, and cost us more than $1 trillion.  Biden’s open borders are also allowing access to our country by spies and terrorists, as well as drug cartels.  Look for fentanyl deaths to explode and rise to well over 150 per day.  We may see 150,000 fentanyl deaths this year. 
8. Most importantly, Biden will keep the U.S. borders open while keeping the war in Ukraine fully funded for the protection of their borders and sovereignty while ignoring both for the United States.  Both actions are being used to funnel money back to the leftist Democrats and the Establishment wing of the GOP.  That behavior will continue unabated in 2023.  Open borders will also facilitate voter replacement, giving the Democrats advantages that will last for decades to come.  Evil is very clever and has the dark luxury of having no moral constraints. 
9. Out of control spending will wreak havoc on the nation and each dollar printed will serve as another nail in the coffin for the U.S. and eventually the world economy.
10. All of this will be the prelude to Banks beginning to make plans to “head off” any future bank runs, which of course they will cause.  They will lobby for legislation which will not just allow, but demand they have a plan in place to restrict cash withdrawals from banks in the event of an economic panic deemed an “emergency” situation.  Such legislation will be carefully hidden in bills that disguise their shadowy plan to steal the wealth of the nation.
11. In an effort to kill cash and crypto currencies, a digital currency will begin serious trials in 2023.  It will be hailed as counterfeit proof and will be the ultimate convenience.  But as we all know, hacking any digital system is only a matter of time but those behind the cashless society will make it appear very profitable and secure in a rigged market.  By the time America figures out what really happened, it will be too late and we will be trapped in a cashless society where government controls spending and the words of the prophet ring in our ears. “… that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”   

Energy:

Adding to our woes, we have foolishly shut down many of our own natural resources and Russia is punishing Europe by withholding liquid natural gas (LNG) supplies from them.  This will facilitate an LNG shortage that will affect Europe on a massive scale this winter and next winter especially. However, there is also a good possibility of rolling blackouts in New England and California, and there will be blackouts in the EU, and especially in Germany

For U.S. consumers, energy prices will continue to skyrocket as Biden puts a dagger in the back of the coal industry and begins to slowly strangle the petroleum industry.  Many are already seeing 30% to 50% increases in their heating oil and electric costs.  Don’t look for any relief from the Biden Administration. They want energy to be painful in a Quixotic quest for “renewable” green energy. 

Even as we have curbed production, we have sold off half of our strategic oil reserve.  Couple that with the loss of independent oil producers during the pandemic, and those still operating cautiously, concerned about the short-term future, and it is inevitable there will be an oil shortfall, which both the Russians and OPEC will take advantage of.  Oil probably won’t skyrocket but will slowly rise.  However, if Biden gets into a war in Europe all bets are off.  Sadly, even war is not off the table with the Biden administration.  

China:

China will make provocative moves against Taiwan building global tensions. Biden will have a “Chamberlain moment” and the results will be similar.  Biden’s affinity toward China will be on full display in 2023 when he does nothing about provocative actions against Taiwan and a second biological attack on the world.

Biden is beholden to China for two reasons.

1. China has made his family rich through illegal payments, influence peddling, bribes, and payoffs.
2. Because China made his family rich through illegal payments, influence peddling, bribes, and payoffs, they “have the goods” on Joe and ostensibly he will do what he is told by the Chinese handlers.  Controlling the White House is part and parcel of a larger Global Reset Scheme which is being manipulated by Blackrock, Vanguard, State Street Capital, Fidelity, and the banks and financial oligarchs they own and control.

Death and Rage:

Look for rising death tolls, sterility, a dramatic rise of still births and the onslaught of disabling side effects and chronic illnesses for millions around the world from taking the Covid jab.  Covid was designed with death in mind.  The disease itself was designed to kill the elderly who are no longer productive. Interestingly, it is killing the generation that passively allowed abortion to sweep this country.  That was followed up by the cure, which was designed to sterilize the young, to keep the world population down, and destroy the wellness of even the young and healthy.  It is even now leading to a death spiral. 

Insurance companies are reporting a stunning rise in deaths which are up 40%.  These deaths are primarily non-COVID deaths among workers aged 18 through 64. Sadly, we are finding out, belatedly, that the cure is more dangerous than the disease. 

According to Dr. Peter McCullough, the average cardiac arrest rate among European athletes is about twenty-nine per year.  According to his study, that number has exploded to 1,500 cardiac arrests annually since the vaccine.  That is a 5,000% increase. 

Deaths will begin to mount up and people will begin to take notice.  Currently, according to Rasmussen Reports, one in four people know someone who has died from the Covid Vaccine.  Already 15% of those who have taken the Jab now regret having done so and are experiencing medical problems as a result.  That represents 31 million Americans.  As the death toll mounts, there will be fear, then outrage, which will lead to turbulent times and obviate even sharper the divide between blue and red states.

The Media:

Don’t look for any changes in the media.  As an industry, the media are stridently anti-American, anti-Christian, and despise traditional American values.  Even the so-called conservative media is moving left. 

FOX has devolved into RINO tv. And former superstars like Sean Hannity’s numbers on FOX will slip dramatically this year.  Hannity has proven evolution because the FOX has evolved–or more accurately devolved–into a RINO.  Hannity, having now slipped into the RINO camp and staked out a position as a strident stolen election denier in both 2020 and 2022, will see his audience beginning to wane.  He recently railed against “conservatives” who eschewed the leadership of Kevin McCarthy, an establishment RINO who is neither conservative nor liberal but essentially a political, moral, and spiritual agnostic.  He believes in anything that inures to his benefit. 

Where Sin Abounds: 

As the “old gods” strengthen their grip on America, our political, economic, and social systems will turn vehemently anti-Christian and there will be an onslaught of discrimination, and later outright persecution and oppression of Christians as the federal government exercises the power that they have illegally appropriated.  They will use that power to snuff out Christianity in favor of empty religion. Empty talk about “god” is permissible, but faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is radicalism.  Even now, more than 100 churches and prolife centers have been attacked and firebombed and to date the FBI has arrested no one. 

Pagan Green Movement:

The pagan environmental movement will gain strength through ESG investing and trumped-up crises around the world.  This modern expression of Druidism is every bit as demonic as the original Druidic culture, which required, among other abominations, human sacrifice at which we have been incredibly good.  To date we have sacrificed sixty-five million children on the altar to Moloch, the god of pleasure.  There is one sin for which Yahweh will not forgive a nation … that is the shedding of innocent blood.  Those chickens will come home to roost and both Covid and the “cure” will be a part of that judgment.

Members of the United Nations-backed Race to Zero Campaign will demand an end to the development, financing, and facilitation of new fossil fuel assets, including banning future coal projects altogether. Biden will not only play along, but he will also cheerlead and fund the green suicide movement.  Oil production has already decreased by about three million barrels per day since the Trump administration.  We are no longer energy independent.  We are once again slaves to oil dependency.  That has a price tag of about $100 billion per year and makes us dependent on many nations that despise everything America stands for.

The “Old gods” love destruction and have instilled in Europe a death wish, as paganism, under the guise of the “green movement” restores its grip over the continent.  Europe will begin blindly deindustrializing.  The world economy will begin sliding toward the abyss.  There is a point at which economic gravity takes over and the slide will be unstoppable.  This cataclysm will begin in 2023 and will pick up steam in 2024.

Food Shortages:

There will be food shortages around the world as fertilizer production is cut by 40%.  With less crops, smaller herds of cattle, and smaller flocks of sheep, meat will skyrocket in price and will be followed by hyperinflation in food, perhaps 20% or more. 

Many developing nations will feel the brunt of the food shortages and starvation will spread, particularly in sub-Sahara Africa.  Above everything else, the green movement is racist and classist to its core and singles out African and poor third-world nations for destruction.  This socialist movement sweeping the planet will be that which triggers the fall of nations. 

Socialism:

Socialism is defined by Ayn Rand as follows:

Socialism is the doctrine that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that his life and his work do not belong to him, but belong to society, that the only justification of his existence is his service to society, and that society may dispose of him in any way it pleases for the sake of whatever it deems to be its own tribal, collective good.

The socialist Biden government will continue printing money with outlandish budgets and ‘stimulus’ packages in a failing attempt to keep the economy afloat or giving the appearance of the economy staying afloat with an eye toward 2024 elections. 

Elections:

Future elections will be stolen, as have the last several.  2023 will see little movement in the GOP to get court orders in advance with armed law enforcement to enforce federal and state election laws. The establishment GOP is in on the plan.  The cheating will continue unabated and the left will assume more purloined power as we move from 2023 to 2024. 

Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi will hold off-year gubernatorial elections later this year.  They will serve as a barometer for 2024, which I am convinced will be a selection, not an election. 

We will see deepening roots of a populist uprisings and pushback against rigged elections, big tech censorship, and rigged money continuing its evolution.  This, however, will not happen in a single year, but it is all a part of a strategy to split the country and end the U.S., which is the last impediment of a One World Government. 

Separation of States:

None of this is happening in isolation.  The corruption of government, the FBI, and the security apparatus of the country, rigged elections, the Covid Biological Attack, the poison Covid Vaxx, supply chain issues, rising oil prices because of Biden green energy nonsense, hyper gay and trans movements, and the assault on Judeo Christian, or traditional American values, is being exposed specifically for the purpose of dividing the nation.  The populist movement will have no choice but to move in the direction of separation. This is a no-win situation and it will begin in earnest in late 2023.

International Scene:

Russia is a menace and Putin is a bully, but China is a threat globally.  Russia has and will continue to fight against the New World Order and Global Governance.  Therefore, they will be painted in an ever-increasing bad light as the enemy of civilization.  Russia and Putin will be demonized in every conceivable way.

Putin may well be on his way out.  He is rumored to have Parkinson’s disease, he is being embarrassed by his military’s inability to conquer Ukraine, and he is now 70 years old.  He has taken drastic measures to silence, jail, or kill his critics, but nature tells us that in the end the young lions eventually win.

One need be no expert or prophet to say that illegal immigration will hit new highs – The damage to the economy during a recession/depression will be astounding.  In the end, we will have forty million illegals roaming our streets and cities costing taxpayers about $1 trillion annually.  But that is not the real damage.  The real damage will be the irreversible destruction of our culture. 

We are now seeing the flow of foreign nations illegally crossing our border.  We are witnessing the chronically impoverished come with a culture-crushing poverty mentality wanting nothing but a government dole to make their lives easier.  Along with the poor are the criminally deranged class looking to profit on the hellish drug and human trafficking trade. As we have seen in our major cities, they bring with them crime, bloodshed, violence, and human misery.

There is a reason third-world nations are third-world. Is it because they lack intelligence or talent?  No.  It is because they lack the one thing needful … exceptionalism. 

Exceptionalism is based on the understanding that it is divine law that rules the nations, whether they acknowledge it or not.  Without an understanding of eternal law, exceptional nations are just nations about to fail. 

We have clearly abandoned divine law when we created no fault divorce, took the Bible out of the schools, embraced the sexual revolution, normalized homosexuality, and transgender perversion.  When we threw Yahweh out of our schools and politics, we made “science” pleasure, wealth, and power our new deities. These are the domain of the “old gods.”

Social Trends:

SCOTUS will end affirmative action as we now know it by overturning Grutter v Bollinger – probably just in time to fuel rage for the 2024 elections.  However, government and colleges will find new ways to discriminate in the treatment of ordinary Americans.  The court’s decision will be just another can of gas thrown on the already raging fire of hatred the anarchistic and violent American left feels for America. 

Our federal judges, including the Supreme Court, are all controlled by the same powers that control the money, media, medical, military cabal, and banking industries of the world.  No decision will be reached that does not suit their purposes and further their aims. 

To cause further division in the U.S., a crooked Justice Department or state jurisdiction will indict Donald Trump on specious charges.  This will lead to civil unrest, violence, and a schism that cannot be healed. 

We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

Jeremiah 51:9

The tech startup bubble will burst starting in 2023 and with the recession and possible depression which will follow later, millions will lose their jobs, homes, possessions, and America will face again life in the 1930’s, but this time without God.

Social Credit:

The social credit system is already well under way in the U.S.  It is tied to:

1. Wokeism – the embrace of everything evil under the sun and what is evil they will call good and what is good they will call evil.  Refuse to embrace evil and you will be an outcast.
2. Digital Currency – which will control who buys and who sells (credit card companies are already doing this to gun manufacturers, tracking gun purchases, and closing bank and credit processing accounts for those they consider “socially” unacceptable.  It will also lead to the greatest taxation in history with 87,000 new IRS Agents to make it happen.  This follows the pattern of the big tech oligarchs and their petulant censors.
3. All of this will be deemed a necessity when among other things it is tied to “money laundering” and the war on terror.  This despite the proven fact that J. P. Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, and the rest of the mega-banks are all involved in laundering money for drug cartels, terrorists, and illegal government operations on a massive scale every day.

Nature Is Warning Us:

This year will be marked by heavy volcanic activity and earthquakes. The skies will be filled with storms and disaster.  Record snowfalls and every weather condition under the sun will manifest.  The earth, like the social and economic systems of the planet, is in convulsions.  We are moving into the time that scripture says will be “as it was in the days of Noah.”

Dangerous and powerful men have been, and will continue, to pull the gears and levers of history and finance.  Men like George Soros, a mere errand boy for the globalists and those much more powerful and dangerous than him, like Larry Fink, whose companies possess $143 trillion in assets, and financial publishing giants, like Michael Bloomberg, who controls what the world believes about global finances, are about to pull the string on the Global Reset.  What will this mean for planet earth? 

Let’s look at Isaiah 47 for answers. 

Verses one through five tell us the story of end time Babylon, which is utterly destroyed in the end but there is a time for repentance before destruction. We are in that time of repentance … but sadly, there is little repentance.

Verses six through eight expose the arrogance of this nation which is the “Queen” of the nations.  We are the merchants to the world, and their fortunes rise and fall at the whim of the financial oligarchs that rule this nation.  Additionally, we are told because of our treatment of Yahweh’s people, and because we have lived in arrogance and rebellion, we will be brought low. 

Because we have been arrogant, we have told the world there is nobody like us, we sit as a queen, and we are so powerful we will not know loss or grief … but it will come in great measure in a day and an hour.

Verses nine through thirteen tell us that this end-time nation will be wearied by a multitude of counselors, financial prognosticators, and economic geniuses, but in reality, they know nothing.  We trusted in our wickedness, sin and subterfuge and now comes the judgment. 

Look at the words in verse 11.

Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.

And, in the end, none of these supposed experts and wizards will do us any good.  Big government and big business have taken paganistic socialism to the extreme and formed an anti-Christian fascist alliance and we will begin in this year to see the fruits of their labors. 

But Yahweh says, while they will try to steal the cream off the top of America, it all backfires, and in the end, they collapse the entire system.  While this will not come to full bloom in 2023, it will begin during this year.  Scripture says they (the experts) all wander stunned and staggered back to their “own quarter” and … none shall save thee. 

But as America goes … so goes the world.  This is the year real darkness begins but later years will be much worse.

My advice remains unchanged in this season of coming violence and social upheaval.  Rest in the Lord.  Attend to His word and His ways. Scripture in Jeremiah 51 and Revelation 18 command believers, “Come out of her, my people.” 

This year is going to be a challenge.  We will meet obstacles we have never encountered.  We will be tested and tried.  But those who are faithful to the end will rule and reign with Messiah.

In the meanwhile, look to your finances. Get out of debt.  Move money to safe places out of the control of the crooks who run our stock market, banks, and financial institutions.  We are just one presidential decree away from the 1930’s.  Stock up, stay vigilant, and remember this age is evil. 

Form the alliances you will need to protect your family and loved ones in 2023.  It will not be long until we will all need each other.  And remember, Yahweh is still on the throne, nothing surprises him.  Satan has no sneak attacks on heaven. 

While happiness may be fleeting, joy in the Lord, despite our circumstances is plentiful. 

Look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

By: Dr. Jake Baker

Christmas is once again upon us but sadly, this Christmas season we find ourselves at a dark juncture.  We are at the time of the return of the old gods.  Our song has changed from “Oh, Holy Night” to that of Leonard Cohen’s “Everybody Knows.”

In that song, Cohen, who, while draped in dark paganism, seems to have a prophetic understanding of the times, tells us:

“Everybody knows that the dice are loaded, everybody rolls with their fingers crossed.  Everybody knows that the war is over everybody knows that the good guys lost.”

One, a song of triumph as that holy night unfolded and humanity was freed from the icy grip of the pagan deities Baal, Aphrodite, and Moloch, and captivity was changed for light and life in Yeshua our Messiah.  On that first Christmas morn the Son of Yahweh, Ruler, and Creator, not only left the throne of heaven but became a part of the creation that He would later suffer and die for that we might know the joy of that wonderful Holy Night. 

The other song, “Everybody Knows,” a song of sad embrace of the tragic reality that man has once again, just as in the days of Noah, foolishly left the peace of that Christmas Night to embrace the dark horror of the Prediluvian pagan world.  From government to the media, to giant global corporations, and the money powers that rule the world … the deck is stacked against us and it would appear that the battle is lost.  But do not despair.  While the battle is dread and we are disparaged, jailed and hurt all the day long, our victory will yet come but only if we finish the course and persevere to the end. 

So, this year, which Christmas will you embrace?  “Oh, Holy Night”, which offers us eternal peace and victory, following the trek of the Savior of mankind from the splendor of heaven to a lowly stable in Bethlehem, and then all the way to a blood-stained hill at Calvary, and finally to His victorious resurrection, or the path that leads us back to the days of Noah where every imagination of man was evil continually. 

Whether we acknowledge it or attempt to bury our heads in the eternal sand, both humanity and “the church” stand at that crossroads with a sin sick planet that seems giddy at the prospect of embracing darkness and perversion as their own.  But it seems even in this darkened state, in the pit of their stomach people know something is wrong.   

Interestingly, a recent survey revealed that four in ten Americans believe we are living in the “last days”.  Scripture points out that at the end of time life will be just like in the days of Noah.

“And as it was in the days of Noe (Noah), so shall it be in the days of the Son of Man.”   

So, what was it like in the days of Noah?  Scripture tells us that the world was ruled by corruption… a corruption so deep and so all-embracing that “GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”

At the time of Noah planet earth was inhabited by perhaps as many as 15 billion people. Society was a toxic blend of sexual perversion, violence, and darkness.  Every aspect of life was ruled by corrupt evil god-men along with their progenitors, the fallen ones described in Genesis 6.  The generations or lineage of men had been corrupted with transhumanism, when the “sons of god” took as wives the daughters of men and a race of “gods” was born, who were the very picture of darkness and evil.  Scripture tells us that these “giants” were on the earth both before and after the flood and were led by demonic powers. 

Enter The Christmas Bull – The Symbol of The Old god. 

The date was Dec. 15, 1989, and Italian sculptor, Arturo Di Modica, wanted to thank his adopted country, America, for his prosperity and therefore delivered his present to Wall Street.  It was a charging bull that stood eleven feet high and weighed a hefty seven thousand pounds.  History tells us of another golden calf delivered at the hand of man in Genesis 32.  “He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”  Did the artist know what he had fashioned?

Modicai thought this charging bull a now raging image of the golden calf would be the perfect gift to wish prosperity for the stock market.  Unfortunately, Wall Street didn’t understand the thought behind the gift and was not amused.  They had the statue removed and impounded.  However, popular opinion was behind the bull and soon it was returned to a location on Broadway, just a few blocks from Wall Street. 

Knowingly, or unknowingly, the bull statue was the perfect representation of the “god of Wall Street,” (or if you will) the golden calf, the moniker of the god of possession and lord of ownership, Baal.  He represents slavery, theft, covetousness, and money as “god.”

And, of course, no unholy trinity would be complete without Moloch, the god of pleasure, blood, and death.  Researchers tell us that above all other traits, Moloch is the god of pleasure at any cost, with an insatiable need for the shedding of innocent blood. Israel was punished for the thousands of babies they sacrificed on the altar of pleasure to the god Moloch.  Yahweh said he would destroy Israel because they filled Jerusalem with innocent blood. 

Here, in America, we have filled the nation with the innocent blood of sixty-five million babies.  That innocent blood is crying out against America before the throne of heaven. 

Even at that first Christmas, Moloch demanded blood, and his blood-stained hand can even be seen at the birth of the Messiah.  Matthew chapter 2 tells us that Herod led by Satan, ordered the murder of all children under the age of two in an effort to quell redemption and kill the newborn king.   

But, one might say, we just saw the overturn of “Roe vs Wade.”  Is not that a defeat for Satan’s plan of bloodshed?  Sadly, there is a lot more to that ruling than meets the eye.  It was in my estimation, put in play to stir up a more violent blood lust. 

The ruling wasn’t about abortion being overturned, but was instead about giving the left a rallying point just before the midterm elections.  In so doing, it set the stage for the election theft.  The left and globalists could use that decision as a rallying point and victory cry and claim it was a contributing factor in their only slight losses, which in reality gave, cover to their treasonous election rigging. 

But those who take delight in the murder of the unborn have been captured by a furious demonic spirit of rage and are even now demanding more blood – glorying in their “right” to murder the unborn.  They want more blood – enough blood to fill the entire nation – and it is that innocent blood that has filled the cup of wrath that sits in the tent of the tabernacle of the temple in heaven.  Soon that cup of wrath will be poured out as the angels proceed from the tabernacle of testimony described in in Revelation 15. 

Finally, there is Aphrodite

Aphrodite, goddess of love, sexual pleasure, perversion, and yes, war.  Aphrodite has been called by several different names such as Ashtar, Ishtar, and others, but her role has always remained the same.  History tells us, that, Aphrodite was famous not for love, but lust and especially sexual perversion and the violence of war. 

Here is what researchers have said of the goddess:

SEXUAL IDENTITY

“The sexual identity of this goddess is controversial. In one late text, Ishtar says of herself: “I am a woman, I am a man.” Ishtar could be viewed as a beautiful goddess of love who rules the day and as a bearded god(dess) of war who rules the night. It is claimed that the androgyny of Inanna/Ishtar provided a powerful symbol of the ambiguities of pure sexuality reflected in her cult, and in the transvestism of her cultic personnel.” (Groneberg 1986).

“Ishtar has been considered androgynous because even in her male role she never becomes fully male, but seems to be a female with male gender characteristics.”

Her role often was defined as making women masculine and men feminine.  Sound familiar?  In other words, her role was sexual confusion because she is of Satan who despises humanity and lives to destroy the creation back to Genesis where Yahweh says of humankind that he made them male and female.  All the other gender identity with LGBTQ+++ is just perverse soul-destroying nonsense. 

But, standing in stark contrast to this darkness … there is Christmas.  On that first Christmas day the world was forever changed. 

Luke 2 tells us: “For unto us was born a Savior, which is Christ the Lord”

From that very moment life was transformed.  As the gospel of Yeshua went out into and across the world, it broke the stranglehold of the gods of darkness, the unholy trinity of Baal, Moloch, and Aphrodite, on the hearts of man.  The grip of their talons was released and in place of the darkness came the light and with it the largest mass exorcism in history and the world began being cleansed. 

From that moment on, what would become western civilization began taking shape.  The gospel spread from Jerusalem and the Middle East to western Europe and eventually the pagans from all over Europe began to bow the knee to the Messiah. 

Powerful men tried to use the gospel to enslave humankind through the inquisitions, wars, and butchery but in the end, men and women of faith set sail for a new land and a new life.  It was in that new land that “religion,” Christianity, pure and undefiled took root.  That root would lead to the most powerful, most blessed, most prosperous nation in history.  It would produce an exceptional nation of exceptional people – because of that first Christmas morning.  The history of the world would be changed because of Christmas.

It was their faith that created strong men.  And strong men fought their way through hard times.  Strong men produced a strong nation and with it, prosperity, and good times.  But, as in the history of Israel, a strong nation and prosperity can and often does produce arrogance and a belief that we were and are exceptional because of our own abilities discounting the propitious smiles of heaven.  And sadly good times taken for granted produces soft men.

Soft men no longer do the hard things and as their righteousness and morality softens, they begin loosening their hold on righteousness and faith.  Soft men produce hard times because as they lose their moorings to Biblical values, the old gods once again return and begin recapturing the hearts and imaginations of men. 

And that is our plight this Christmas season.  Hollywood and the left are clamoring for the blood of our children, manically demanding a bloodlust that can’t be satiated.  They not only condone abortion and infanticide but glory in the thought of the killing.

Homosexuality, sexual identity confusion, glorifying transgenderism, lust for money, power, while in a mad rush to acquire absolute control of humanity, is all consuming for the new rulers of the darkness of this world and scripture has prophesied that America, end time Babylon, will be destroyed for the idolatry of her covetousness, for shedding innocent blood and for her sexual sin. 

So, at this Christmas season, who will receive our worship?  The unholy trinity, which tells us to buy more presents and useless trinkets, loading up our budget to the max, while indulging in a placid acceptance of diversity and support of those who are actively enslaving us with our own money and desire for easy living and peace with the world… or will we once again turn to the humble manger and embrace our Messiah? 

This Christmas I pray each of us will take stock of our lives and reject the pagan gods that so subtly plant their roots into our hearts and lives.  This Christmas I pray that as we approach the end of life as we know it, the end of America as we know it, you and I will once again hear the voice of heaven calling us back to a time of simple, pure faith.  We must reject the darkness of paganism and reclaim our birthright of faith and righteousness in Messiah and commit ourselves to being sanctified before the manger.  But there will be a price to be paid.  Even now our brothers in faith sit in prisons, jailed by corrupt officials and evil prosecutors who in frenzied anti-Christian persecution drum up specious charges and outrageous sentences. 

The days ahead, my friends, are going to be filled with shock and even horror.  We will see the economy in freefall.  We will see the housing market implode.  We will see a worldwide depression and men clamoring for someone … anyone to save them.  And a man of evil will arise from that darkness. 

But don’t be deceived.  He is not your Messiah.  Your Messiah will come at the end of these terrible days with great power and great glory to gather His people unto himself. 

That is the message of Christmas.  Not a message of peace with the world but peace between Yahweh and man. 

This is a clarion call to humility, strength, and faith amid a dark winter night that is even now descending upon the earth.  While there is yet peace with Yahweh, there will be no peace for believers in a world that is growing darker by the day.   

But do not despair because the message of the angels has not and will not change. 

Luke: 6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

May the overawing peace of Christmas comfort you in these dark times. May the star of Bethlehem guide us back to faith so simple that it bows in humble adoration at the manger of Bethlehem.  And know that after the darkness comes the light … And though the battle will be long, and men’s hearts will fail them for fear, for the faithful, we will in the end, with our Messiah, prevail.

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

And finally…

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

Merry Christmas to all.  This year especially, hold your dear ones close, store up the memories of the love and laughter and cherish your blessings while you can and gaze in adoring wonder once again at the star of Bethlehem that guides us home.