America Held Captive

 Here’s a strange thought: maybe American Christians are being punished with a Biden presidency. I’m thinking along the same lines as when I wrote “Today’s Chaldean Chastisement.” Believers are about to be taken captive in their own land by the powers of darkness in the form of a government apparatus that will systematically remove the Judeo-Christian basis that has influenced policy since the country’s founding. I am not saying that America has ever been a Christian nation. I am not saying all Democrats are evil. I am not saying that there are no Christians who identify as Democrats. I am saying that the apparatus that will come to pass under a Biden administration will be decidedly un- or anti-Christian in many ways.

Some Democrat positions may be debatable by honest Christians; some clearly are not. For one, abortion at any stage of pregnancy takes a human life. An embryo that will eventually become a viable human being is nothing but human; killing it is taking human life. This is murder and is prohibited by Bible principles. Many in the Democrat party are only one vote away from approving infanticide; killing an unwanted child after birth is on their agenda. The neighbors of ancient Israel worshipped a god called Molech who demanded they offer their children on his altar as burnt sacrifices. The 21^st century god of the “Choice” movement is called Convenience, and the heinous nature of the act is the same.

Second, God created male and female humans as unique yet equal bearers of His image. He ordained family – “Be fruitful and multiply” – as the foundation of human society. Pretending that humans can choose what gender they wish to be is utter foolishness; simple biology teaches this. Worse, the resulting confusion of gender dysphoria damages individuals and ignoring gender roles destroys the meaning of “family.” Same sex unions cannot be considered marriage in the biblical sense because they do not create family in the biblical sense. A Biden administration will continue the spread of this unbiblical thinking and make it unpopular to think otherwise. Acting contrary to this thinking is already a criminal act in many situations.

Third, I once heard a riddle that asked how you could tell that a politician was lying; the answer was that his/her lips would be moving. Lying is not a Democrat behavior only; Republicans lie also. Both are human and therefore subject to human frailty. The problem with our current crop of Democrats is the pervasiveness and consequence of their lies. The Clinton era lies (Whitewater, Lewinsky, their Foundation’s activities, etc.) were bad, but they mostly benefitted themselves personally. Biden era lies cover up activity that will eventually destroy America if it continues. The big tech/China cabal Democrats are trying to hide is the most dangerous threat to our country since Soviet communism. Trusting the major media outlets to uncover these lies is a fool’s errand because the media have become complicit in the project to lie to the American people.

Fourth, a takeover by China would end the religious liberty this country has enjoyed. There is no religious liberty under any communist state; certainly, there is none in China. Communism as a philosophy seeks to eliminate all religion. Although a political coup is not condemned by Scripture, and some were divinely ordained, the call to do whatever is possible to increase the spread of the gospel is biblical. Stopping the spread of communism is a biblical endeavor, in my opinion. A Biden administration would return us to the Obama days of reduced military strength and capitulation to the enemies of Christianity.

There. I said it. If you are a Democrat supporter and still reading, I suspect you are fuming. The fact is, as a representative democracy, Americans get the type of government the majority of voters want. Unfortunately, between 35% and 40% of voters in America want the “free” stuff the Democrats pretend to offer. They vote Democrat because they think it will improve their lot in life. They do this in ignorance because they have believed a lie. The truth of what a communist/socialist government will provide is demonstrated by China, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Argentina, Cuba and a few countries in Africa. None of those countries is troubled by illegal immigration. Why? Because no one wants what they have to offer. If our public education system were doing its job, everyone would know this is true.

I believe the majority of Americans registered to vote would reject socialism on a straight-up vote versus capitalism. However, the Democrats are able to parlay the 35%-40% of ignorant voters into a 48%-51% “majority” in a national election through deceptive campaigning aided by a biased media and outright fraud in the elections. The apathy of conservative Christian voters also helps shift the balance in the Democrats’ favor.

What will it be like to live as captives in our own country? Individual rights once guaranteed by the Constitution will be gradually taken away. Free speech, religious freedom, the right to assemble, the right to bear arms and the right to privacy will disappear. Private ownership of property will decrease as massive, forced wealth transfers are initiated by a bloated Washington bureaucracy, universal health care, free college tuition and more of the “free” stuff people wanted.

The “Green New Deal” will drive up energy costs forcing average Americans to pay a high percentage of their income for necessities such as transportation and home heating. Eventually, the “Deal” will outlaw all petroleum powered vehicles putting an end to or making the cost prohibitive for many recreational pursuits. Endless government restrictions on manufacturing and commerce will hobble the economy lowering actual revenue to government causing repeated rounds of increased taxation.

Except for the 1^st, 2^nd and 4^th Amendment freedoms mentioned above, the rest of what Christians will lose is economic in nature. Because there is no biblical right to wealth (ignoring the prosperity gospel position), there is no sound biblical footing to oppose much of the Democrat program. Sincere Christians from both parties could honestly debate immigration policy, economic measures, the proper size and scope of government itself and many other issues.

The problem is that there has been no debate (see “What’s Wrong With Politics in America”). The progressive agenda (aka socialism) is taking the country by force. This is not a war won by armed troops and bombs; this war has been waged in increments by stealth. The root of “stealth” is “steal.” That is apropos: the freedoms conservatism cherishes and protects are being stolen from us while we sleep. I just hope that when we wake up in Babylon it won’t be too late to reverse the damage caused by the theft.

Related posts: “Obama Isn’t the Problem”; “Tsunami Warning”; and just for fun ”A Modest Proposal”