Dangerous Positions: The Sins of The Nations, Part 2 :: By Ron Ferguson
I wish to end this two-part message today, and I am conscious that by the time this is posted, the American elections will have concluded.
The sins of the nations are way beyond our scope to fathom because one Bible verse tells us this: 2 Thessalonians 2:7-8, “For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way, and then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming.”
Lawlessness (AV – iniquity) works away as yeast (leaven) in this world. The sea is a scriptural type for the Gentile nations, but in the sea, especially tropical waters, you have, over time, reefs growing higher, and then they break the surface. Iniquity is like that. We see the aspects of it we do not like surfacing, but most activity is under the surface, and we do not see it.
This morning I was listening to some of the discussion between Rogan and Vance on The Rogan Experience, and it was very revealing to hear Vance spell out the part big Pharmaceutical companies play in the drugs and hormones and all the rest for “transsexual changes,” especially in children. I did not realize how massive this matter was in the USA as I listened to the Rogan Experience. All these puberty blockers – all of it – are making the pharmaceutical companies rich, very rich.
Vance continued to explain it was these companies behind this woke culture and destruction of children’s sexual identity. How deep is all this? It came out that the disgracing of meat under the guise of climate change and the move to plant and insect diets is also making certain organizations rich. None of these things has anything whatsoever to do with actual problems. Our politicians and so many people as well are deluded by propaganda. I dealt with deception in Part 1 posted earlier.
I won’t continue with more examples but just to say that we see only the reefs, but underneath, there is feverish working in the demonic world to promote lawlessness and wickedness, death and destruction. We don’t even realize it, but we know it is true because iniquity is at work.
JESUS IS LORD AND KING
Do you recall a couple of weeks ago, there were two young men at a Harris rally, and when Harris continued with the need for abortion expansion under “women’s productive rights,” one man called out, “Jesus is Lord,” and the other, “Jesus is King.”
Harris stopped and said to the men, “You don’t belong here at this rally. Go down the road.” That was disgusting in itself, for this murderer of unborn babies was declaring that nothing of any Christian belief belongs at her rally. This is a woman who talks about inclusivity, which generally means, “We include everybody,” but everybody is included except Christians.
What is worse, in my opinion, is that these two men were pushed and abused by those present. Can you understand this? The whole rally hated these men. Society has changed so much in very recent times that our nations are not only anti-Christian but have become very intolerant also. These two young men were treated in a similar way to this man: John 9:34, “They answered and said to him, ‘You were born entirely in sins, and are you teaching us?’ and they put him out.”
Darkness hates exposure, for light reveals the extent and intensity of evil itself. Gladly, Kamala Harris and the crowds with her that day would have welcomed legislation against Christians to “put them out.” It may not be that far away. I don’t want it. It may not affect me all that much as I am now 80, but my children and grandchildren … that could be another story.
If the Lord tarries, this spells severe times ahead for Christians and Jews. There is a satanic hatred and intolerance for Jews and Christians now among us, but it only increases as Satan’s power increases. Evil murders righteousness; thus, Cain murdered his brother. There is great opposition to Christians in society, but most of it is just below the surface in developed nations. If ever it surfaces, then we will be as Christians in Africa and the Middle East. Please, Lord Jesus, come.
Some RR readers write to me, and many say they believe the Rapture must be close, even this year (that we say at the start of any year). Personally, I, too, believe the Rapture has to be very, very close for one reason only. It is not the rapid spread of wickedness but God’s time clock, Israel. Israel is the center of prophecy.
Europe is falling into place; Israel needs peace; Iran is itching for war; the world’s nations are armed to the teeth; the murdered unborn (and even babies born alive but dispatched) cry out for justice; church leadership has become feeble in speaking out to the world about the sins of the nations – there are too many signposts now to be ignored.
Christians move in totally different paths from those in the world. For example, if a Christian sins – theft, adultery, lying, etc. – the Holy Spirit really convicts that soul until repentance and forgiveness are forthcoming. Should the unsaved person sin, he/she has no concern for that sin (it being part of their nature). Lawlessness is at work, and the Christian is often very oblivious and naïve about what is really happening.
To go back to an earlier illustration about iniquity spreading under the surface, we could say that Christians are ships that sail on the surface and navigate around the reefs of exposed sin and gross evil. The world and unsaved just live in submarines and interact even further with what is under the surface. Here is a verse: Luke 16:8, “His master praised the unrighteous steward because he had acted shrewdly, for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light.” It means cunning, acting deceitfully, and manipulation in the world of darkened souls is not the path of Christians.
Christians are not to be part of this world system and not to engage in or flirt with evil ways. Romans 16:19, “The report of your obedience has reached to all. Therefore I am rejoicing over you, but I want you to be wise in what is good, and innocent in what is evil.”
When the path before us is smooth and clean, it is easy to walk and pleasant to do so. Paths used to be like that 30, 50, 70 years ago for Christians walking in the world. There was never the hostility then to Christians. It seemed evil was held in check, and every government 50 years ago would have been horrified at the prospect of accepting homosexuality as normal government business and legislated penalties for opposition to it such as we have today. Indeed the pathway today is fraught with entanglements and deep pits and troubles.
Some years ago, I knew a man who was in his early nineties who had lost his wife, and his only “companion” was an overweight Jack Russell dog. All he wanted to do was to leave this world. He hated it and wanted to go home, even though his faith struggled with the idea at times. He was in my Bible study group, and I am speaking of about 20 years ago. There comes a time, I think, when this world has no attraction for Christians, and we just want to be with the Lord.
That is why so many long for the Rapture. It is a wicked thing for some people attached to churches to say that the belief in the Rapture is only an excuse to escape the troubles in the world. NO, IT IS NOT! It is a glorious hope of the righteousness of God to be in His presence.
WHAT IS THE REAL POWERBASE OF THIS WORLD – THE HEADQUARTERS?
We cannot answer this. There is not one demonic regal throne now that has control over the world except for Satan, of course. Satan is only allowed to operate within parameters as a dog on a chain leash. However, he, being the prince and the power of the air, is very powerful in the world, and his power increases as people sign up for him. How do they do that? By turning their backs and minds against Jesus Christ in rejection. A person cannot reject Jesus and then be neutral. A man belongs to one of two masters, either to the Lord of the universe or to the one who has temporarily usurped control, that is, Satan.
Now to break this down a bit, what are the “kings” under Satan’s control? Can we discern a few key players? Yes, we can.
- It has been said that Satan is prince and power of the air (waves), and how true is that? The American election over the past 6 months, as I have followed it closely, made me aware of the power of the media. Before that, I had no idea of the extent of what is called “the left-wing media in the United States” and the powerful influence it has had on belief and opinion.
Satan owns so many of these. MSNBC, CNN, CBS, ABC, New York Times, Washington Post, and a lot of others. The media is a powerful influencer of public opinion.
The 100% taxpayer-funded Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) is huge, but it is controlled and run by hard left-wing people and Greens. The organization is very anti-Christian and anti-Jew but functions on taxpayers’ money. When something happens in Israel, such as the bombing of a Hamas military site, the ABC goes on the attack against Israel, claiming some big number of innocent civilians were killed by Israel. They will only quote Hamas sources. They are so evil, doing Satan’s work because he is THE liar.
- Giant Tech Companies. These have played a vital part in squashing Christian input and expression. Not only has Bill Gates given 200 million to the Harris campaign, but Microsoft has its fingers in other anti-Christian activities. Twitter was really bad against Christians, but after Elon Musk bought it out, things changed.
The big tech companies are becoming too big for governments to handle. They are too powerful. They are greedy and manipulative. Apple uses slave labor in China to produce some of its products. I began with Apple computers in 1984, and because that was the platform I began with, I continued and have seen the company go from innovative and supportive under Steve Jobs to an out-of-touch company today that tells you what you must be and do under Tim Cook. Of course, his lifestyle is not what we as Christians can accept.
Google is very bad. There is censorship against Christians and for those who support Jews. Some Christians have had their accounts disbarred on YouTube.
I have commented on YouTube videos’ anti-abortion, anti-Democrat WOKEism, and pro-Christian ones. Google has altered my account somehow so that when I post a comment on someone’s site now, I can see that comment on my computer, but no one else can see it. They might be able to stop my comments, but they will never stop the word of God. It will prevail eternally.
- Political Powerhouses. I would like to say the Democrats, for example, but all political parties are complicit in behind-the-scenes illegal activity and lying; it’s just that the Democrats are so very good at it. Political parties own many submarines, going back to a previous illustration. So much is under what we can view on the surface.
I have previously mentioned these, but I do so again without comment: The United Nations, The World Health Organization, The World Economic Forum, the UN Relief Organization, and The European Union. Then there is Russia, China…
DROWNING IN EVIL
I know this is gruesome, but it must be awful for one who is trapped with no possible escape, with floodwaters rising, and the person drowns. Of course, in novels and TV programs, there is always an eleventh-hour rescue.
Those of us who live in the so-called Christian Western world do not appreciate the plight of our fellow Christians who are losing their lives to conquering evil. They are drowning in evil. Do not think this can’t touch you. It will take very little these days for wickedness to engulf you. All the framework is in place, and we live in difficult/perilous times.
Make no mistake. Evil comes in like a flood and can do so very quickly, as in an election or a sudden legislation. There is one more thing I want to do here, and it is this next new item.
ARRESTED AND FINED FOR SILENT PRAYER
A terrible thing has happened, and some of you would be aware of it, but I am going to paste an article in full, written up in “The Christian Post” on 16 October 2024. Some may not have heard this.
A British army veteran who served in Afghanistan was found guilty today of praying silently near an abortion clinic in England. Adam Smith-Connor breached a Public Spaces Protection Order by this action, according to the ruling at Poole Magistrates Court in the town of Poole near Bournemouth, Dorset, England. The court gave Smith-Connor a conditional discharge, meaning he will be sentenced only if convicted of future offenses within the next two years.
“Today, the court has decided that certain thoughts — silent thoughts — can be illegal in the United Kingdom,” Smith-Connor said after the court ruling. “That cannot be right. All I did was pray to God, in the privacy of my own mind, and yet I stand convicted as a criminal?”
The court found Smith-Connor guilty for an act of a “disapproval of abortion,” though he was only thinking about his son, who had been aborted many years before, according to Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) International.
Smith-Connor had slightly bowed his head and clasped his hands in prayer on a public green in a buffer zone near the abortion facility in Orphir Road, Bournemouth, in November 2022. During a confrontation with police officers that he recorded, they asked him, “What is the nature of your prayer?”
The buffer zone had been previously legalized under a Public Spaces Protection Order enforced on streets near the abortion clinic. The intent of the buffer zone had been to stop pro-life beliefs being expressed near the facility, including offering help or prayers to women in crisis pregnancies, according to a press statement by ADF International.
Defense attorneys argued that Smith-Connor’s prayerful thoughts, beliefs, and opinions were not a crime, especially as he stood peacefully and silently on a public street. He stood behind a tree, spoke to no one, and had his back to the facility.
The court also ordered the father of two children to pay prosecution costs amounting to £9,000 ($11,700 USD).
Smith-Connor reflected on the court verdict given by a court representing the country he fought for as a soldier.
“I served for 20 years in the army reserves, including a tour in Afghanistan, to protect the fundamental freedoms that this country is built upon,” he said. “I continue that spirit of service as a healthcare professional and church volunteer. It troubles me greatly to see our freedoms eroded to the extent that thought crimes are now being prosecuted in the U.K.”
After the ruling, Jeremiah Igunnubole, legal counsel for ADF UK, called the result a “legal turning point of immense proportions.”
“A man has been convicted today because of the content of his thoughts– his prayers to God – on the public streets of England,” Igunnubole said. “We can hardly sink any lower in our neglect of basic fundamental freedoms of free speech and thought.”
ADF International will look closely at the judgment and consider options for appeal, he said.
“Human rights are for all people – no matter their view on abortion,” Igunnubole said.
Sir Edward Leigh, “Father of the House of Commons,” meaning the most senior member of Parliament, expressed outrage at the outcome.
“It is disgraceful that in Britain in 2024 someone can be put on trial for praying silently in his head,” Leigh said. “Unfortunately, we have seen repeated cases of free speech under threat in the U.K. when it comes to the expression of Christian beliefs. To offer a prayer silently in the depths of your heart cannot be an offense. The government must clarify urgently that freedom of thought is protected as a basic human right.”
ADF International stated that Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council spent £90,000 ($116,990 USD) prosecuting the former soldier for praying, which carried a maximum penalty of £1,000 ($1,300 USD).
Former U.K. Member of Parliament Miriam Cates reacted to funds spent on prosecution for praying. “This isn’t ‘1984,’ but 2024. Nobody should be on trial for the mere thoughts they hold in their mind,” Cates said. “It’s outrageous that the local Council is pouring taxpayer funding into prosecuting a thought crime at a time where resources are stretched thin.”
Buffer zone regulations are disproportionately wide, leaving innocent people vulnerable to prosecution merely for offering help or simply holding their own beliefs, she said.
Five U.K. councils implement buffer zones near abortion clinics, and the recently elected Labour government has vowed to implement zones near abortion clinics across the country under the Public Order Act on Oct. 31. This move bans any attempt to “influence” a woman’s decision to access abortion services, according to ADF International.
Igunnubole noted the discrepancies in interpreting what “influence” means. “We all influence each other’s decisions all the time — be it through the advice of a parent, the concern of a friend, or the information made available through a charitable volunteer,” he said. “But the Public Order Act is written so vaguely that these everyday, peaceful, caring conversations could be made illegal on certain streets of England when it comes to discussing abortion.”
Igunnubole referred to international law protecting freedom of thought and speech, arguing these allowed consensual conversations or silent prayers. “Yet the lack of clarity in the law could result in many more citizens, like Adam, being interrogated or even charged for simply directing silent thoughts towards God,” he said. “This is a watershed moment for British freedoms, and one the public must not take lightly.”
Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, director of pro-life organization UK March for Life, recently received compensation after police officers arrested her for praying near an abortion clinic. – Originally published at Christian Daily International.
How dreadful is all that? I have been getting reports of the persecution that seems to be coming from the British police in more and more cases. The old English Bobby is not what he once was! I believe abortion is the one issue most aggressive and spearheaded by Satan today, more than any other. That is why it features so much in the United States election and also in the Australian election.
The Labour Party in Britain, the Labor Party in Australia, and the American Democrats are all tarred with the same brush. They are insanely and aggressively determined to murder as many babies as possible in the name of abortion.
He who is a murderer from the beginning is raising his Molech head to the heights today.
I will close there as it is getting a bit long. God bless us all and keep us from the evil one.
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