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Australia’s Defence

Donald Trump’s Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has come out with a warning against the continued biological weapons research in Chinese laboratories. He believes that COVID 19 originated in a Wuhan laboratory, despite Australian suggestion that it came from animal markets in China.

Neither is he impressed by the World Health Organisation/China investigation. “We still don’t know who patient zero was,” he said. We still haven’t seen the original strain. We still haven’t interviewed the doctors that were working in the laboratory.” In other words it sounds like a Chinese cover-up, something that the Chinese Communist Party should be held accountable for.

The CCP, he believes, is out to undermine democracy everywhere, consistently refusing to discuss their oppression in the nations they have taken over, Tibet,  Mongolia, Hong Kong, and even in China, where a million Uighurs are in internment camps, while they continue to threatenTaiwan.

Pompeo believes that the new Quadrilateral Dialogue, involving the US, Australia, Japan, and India will be critical in resisting Chinese domination. “These are four great friends,” he said. “they  are real democracies with all the noise and hubbub that comes with that, but between them they are powerful enough to resist Chinese coercion,” he said,  and should demand their trading partners participate on the basis of free and open  economic activity.

If Australia wants peace it must be prepared  to be more active defence-wise, with more and better submarines with weapons that could make  any aggression towards Australia too expensive to contemplate.

Anciently, our Queen’s ancestor, King David of Israel, made that nation so strong that it prospered in peace long after he had gone, of whom God said, Acts 2:22, “‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.” David often asked God’s guidance before reacting  to events, something Israel’s leaders neglect to do today.

Pandemic’s Hidden Threat

It is amazing how rapidly we see prophecy  being fulfilled as we approach the end of this age – Brexit, China’s threat, Corona virus, America’s tragic decline into chaos, our extreme weather, child sacrifice [abortion], corrupt politicians, and our environment polluted and defiled. Now we are entering the start of the final phase, which we see already in China: total government control, as a move towards ‘one world’ oppressive Government!

We see the beginnings  in the way we are being internationally prepared  to accept a loss of freedom to travel, or even to enter venues of all kinds, unless we carry a ‘health  passport’,  which requires vaccination. To refuse is to become a prisoner in your home location, so that you can’t go anywhere , or do anything!

Some will refuse, as these vaccines  have had no long-term trials, so the long-term side effects are unknown, and they are unlike any vaccines we have known before, containing genetically modified viruses, some cultured upon cells originally derived years ago from human foetuses, as the manufacturers have admitted.

The question is, was this pandemic intentional, planned , as some evidence reveals, in order to bring about one more prophecy,  that control  over our lives which is indicated in Revelation 13:16-17, ‘It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.’ NIV.

Family and the Bible under Attack

59% of Republican voters in the US still want Trump to play a prominent role the Republican party, even though thousands left after the Capitol riot. Why is this?

Everyone knows Trump is far from perfect. They can be disgusted, for example with the way he has treated women, or covid, but love the way he speaks his mind without fear of the radical left and the left dominated media.

And the point is his mind reflects the minds of multiple millions  of middle  America  to whom  it’s policies that count. He is the voice found nowhere else.

So, for example,  on the day before leaving office, Trump declared a Sanctity of Human Life day, saying:  “Every human life is a gift to the  world . Whether born or unborn, young or old, healthy or sick,  every person is made in the holy image of God. The Almighty Creator gives unique talents, beautiful dreams, and a great purpose to every person. ”  It went on  to defend the lives  of every innocent  and unborn child, listing  a number of steps that had been taken  by the Trump administration to these ends. Did we hear about that declaration?

The same day  a LifeNews story related that Joe Biden would “make abortion a priority on his first day in office.” Backed by  the pro-abortion lobby, Biden supports  killing  unborn babies  in abortions  without restriction, and wants to force taxpayers  to fund their deaths.

Biden also plans  to reinstate  the right of transgender persons to choose whichever  bathroom or shower room they like,  compete in any sport in the sex of their choice, and serve in the military.  Gay Pride flags would be flown  at US embassies around the wold.

He announced that he will also  abolish Trumps ‘1776 Commission’, set up to  counter deficient  and deceptive  education  about the history and founding principles of the United States, thereby  changing the country into something else, just as he intends.

Americans are not bind. They love their country and are proud of its achievements and will resist  the changes planned by the Godless Left, but  the majority have chosen  and the Democrats are on their way to change America, and not for the better, if Biden gets his way.

Romans 14:12, ‘So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.’

 

Don’t Trust China

Jesus Christ gave us good advise when He said, by  their fruits you will know them, Matthew 7:16, “You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 

The stark hypocrisy of their dealing its quite astounding. China’s President Xi Jinping recently warned the world against the larger , more powerful nations bullying the smaller, the very thing he has been practicing himself by intimidating his neighbours, employing ‘wolf warrior’ diplomacy,  and predatory lending to smaller countries using debt to make them pawns in  China’s expansion.

When you see a nation  which bases its success on the theft of intellectual property, their illegal takeover and militarising of the South China Sea, their illegal grasp of  Hong Kong, their pushing of the Indians to expand their border, their taking of Tibet and  their threats to Taiwan, you can rightly assume that their goal is expansion to world domination, especially as they have already taken advantage of our blind leaders to move into Australian ports and one airport while infiltrating our universities and even government.

Now they are attempting to persuade Papua New Guinea to allow them to build a very large base almost on our border.  Will our leaders do nothing? From their record, Yes! China doesn’t have the world’s largest army for nothing, but there have even been suggestions that we should allow their troops to exercise in the outback! What next?  Their military on parade in Sydney?

It really is no laughing matter.

 

Only One Way Through

The Truth of God’s word and Christian morality are under attack from the ‘woke’ mob as never before! Common sense and logic, reasoned argument and the recognition of right and wrong, are fast disappearing under an avalanche of vilification from the politically correct brigade.

With a seeming inability recognise that all of us have our faults and that we have no right to judge past history by woke political correctness spewed out by virtue signalling left -wing atheists, truth and justice are being trampled underfoot, and anyone with conservative Christian ideals becomes a target for hate -filled protesters like a pack of rabid wolves.

Spurred on by our left -wing media, including the ABC and especially the SBS, which we pay for, even commerce and industry have been pushed into adopting ‘progressive’ polices which only a generation ago would have been roundly condemned as ridiculous, perverse and evil.

SBS, proudly Viceland, continually pushes to the forefront all the corruption the rainbow has come to stand for, and broadcasts advertisements encouraging our youth to pursue them, while our churches remain silent, fearful of offending the anti- Biblical activists.

Before long you will see legislation against teaching  Biblical Truth, and Christians will be persecuted and then jailed.

Satan will have achieved his goal, and led all of us into the Great Tribulation, from which few of us will escape. Revelation 12:9, “And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.”

Isaiah 24:5-6, The earth lies defiled under its inhabitants; for they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched, and few men are left.

We have already begun to suffer, but invasion, slavery, and destruction will be only the beginning of the Great Tribulation which God will bring upon us for our evil choices. Only the repentant may escape, but not those who gamble that the Bible is untrue, at the cost of their lives.

 

CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS ARE FROM PAGANISM

An argument against the celebration of Christmas as it has been done for years is the claim that many of the traditions found in the celebration of Christmas were brought over into Christianity from pagan practices. These include the yule log, the tree, special feasts or meals, and mistletoe. How can we justify these things? Isn’t it just like celebrating Halloween?

SOME HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT OUR TRADITIONS

The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible says:

Gradually a number of prevailing practices of the nations into which Christianity came, were assimilated and were combined with the religious ceremonies surrounding Christmas. The assimilation of such practices generally represented efforts by Christians to transform or absorb otherwise pagan practices.

The Feast of Saturnalia in early Rome, for example, was celebrated for 7 days from the 17th to the 24th of December and was marked by a spirit of merriment, gift giving to children and other forms of entertainment. Gradually, early Christians replaced the pagan feast with the celebration of Christmas; but many of the traditions of this observance were assimilated and remain to this day a part of the observance of Christmas. Other nations, the Scandinavians, Germans, French, English and others, have left their mark .

Concerning these ancient elements, The Christian Encyclopedia says:

Various symbolic elements of the pagan celebration, such as the lighting of candles, evergreen decorations, and the giving of gifts, were adapted to Christian signification. Later as Christianity spread into northern Europe, the Celtic, Teutonic, and Slavic winter festivals contributed holly, mistletoe, the Christmas tree, bonfires, and similar items.

 God says:  “Do not worship the LORD your God in the way these pagan peoples worship their gods.”  Deuteronomy 12:4, New Living Translation.

“Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise… “     Deuteronomy 12:30-31.

To combine the worship of God with the practices of other false religions is called syncretism. Should Christians do this?  Many do, and at the same time reject the Holy days Christ and the early Gentile Church kept, as they  are today, which the Bible says will still be kept in the coming Kingdom of God!

 

British Australia

Why is this nation so attractive to so many who would love to live here?   Well, despite what some would claim, it is really because of the civilisation brought here by the British, a word made up of two Hebrew words, “covenant ” and “man”.

Way back at the time of Israel’s King David, Israel was made up of 12 Tribes, only one of which was the Jews. Ten Tribes were later carried away in captivity for their idolatry and only a tiny minority ever returned over later centuries. Their captors, the Assyrians, were defeated by the Babylonians and at that time Israel was freed. It was at exactly the same time that the “Scythians” appeared in history, about whom Rawlison states, ” There was a strong conviction on the part of those who came into contact with the Parthians, that they were Scyths”.

When Rome ruled the Mediterranean region Parthia ruled Asia, with the Euphrates as their border. The “Wise Men” or “Magi” who arrived to worship after Jesus Christ’s birth, were Parthian royalty who recognised their common ancestry, from David.

The Parthians were eventually pushed West by the Sassanian Persians, and migrated through the Caucasus Mountains, becoming known as Caucasians, though the Romans called them Goths. They merged with the Celts , early Israelite/ Phoenician colonists of Europe and the British Isles.

The Roman Empire was gradually conquered and supplanted by these Parthian refugees, who settled in NW Europe as the Angles, Saxons, Danes, Jutes and Normans, building the nation of Israelite Britain , or “covenant-land”, fulfilling all of the magnificent promises in the covenant made by God to Abraham and His family.

Genesis 23:16-18, “And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time, saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son, I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

Genesis 27:28-29, ‘May God give to you the dew of heaven
and the richness of the earth—
an abundance of grain and new wine.
May peoples serve you
and nations bow down to you.
May you be the master of your brothers,
and may the sons of your mother bow down to you.
May those who curse you be cursed,
and those who bless you be blessed.”

Genesis 35:10-11, ‘And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel. And God told him, “I am God Almighty.  Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you. The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”

Australia is part of that ‘company of nations’.

From the source book: “Parthia, The Forgotten Ancient Superpower And Its Role In Biblical History.”    By Steven M Collins , Amazon.

If the Shoe Fits?

You would think that folk in the universities and government have to be pretty smart. Think again! It doesn’t  take much nouse to remember what happens when you get into bed with a nation that tramples on its neighbours, bullies smaller countries and helps themselves to the territory of others. You only need remember back as far as the 1930’s.

How can we trust a nation which has no God but the State and its lifelong leader, who stamps on those who do believe?  Its President would have us accept that it has no expansionist plans, but has laid the infrastructure for invasion under our noses as the ‘belt and road’, and even more blatantly in the South China Sea.     2nd Corinthians 6:14, ‘Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness?  Or what fellowship has light with darkness?’

It is not that it is shy about its growing power either. It is arrogant in its aggression and expansionist track record  in Asia and the Indo-Pacific. Proverbs 22:24, ‘Don’t befriend angry people or associate with hot-tempered people.’ NLT

Yet, even though its coercive forces are attempting to control the South China Sea to our North, our short sighted, unscrupulous universities are selling out our future security and well-being for their money, while our government has foolishly permitted them to gain a foothold in the port of Darwin and elsewhere, and invited their army to experience the Australian outback by joining in war games! Even Hitler did not get so lucky! They must be laughing at our gulability!

So , how should we react? The Bible wisely tells us to walk away from  dealings with them  under those circumstances, especially as their leaders angrily refute Australia’s rights to freely express its sovereignty. We should stop trading with them altogether until they learn that gunboat diplomacy belongs in the last century. It will be painful for both parties, but if others take courage from our example, an important lesson may be learned.

The Two Extremes

It is interesting to contrast the progressive liberalism  of Britain with the authoritarian dominion of China, and learn how not to govern a nation.

There was a time when Britain, even as recently as the last world war had great unity, moral standards, freedom and respect for the law, and was predominantly “Christian”, at least in name. China  was only just beginning to accept Communism, which sounded good to the millions  who had never had freedom or rights, and liked the idea of a classless society where the State would look after them.

But look at them now. Britain is thoughtlessly tearing itself apart, and so struggling with covid, has lost all moral standards, their freedom subject to evil “human rights’ laws, and “Christians” are disappearing rapidly. China has dragged itself out of the Middle Ages, but the Emperor has been replaced with a dictator and his elite, self serving supporters, just as we saw in Russia, so the classless  society never arrived, and the cost of Communist ‘care’ is no freedom or genuine individual rights, with an overpowering state controlling every move.

Neither country is a place most of us would chose to live. It all reminds me of my crusty old history teacher in his civics class, who, in relating the various forms of government, said: “The best form of government is a benevolent depot”.     Well, in modern language that is a King who loves and carefully rules his subjects entirely for their benefit rather than his own advantage.

The good news is that the governments of both Britain and China will soon be overthrown and be replaced with just such a ruler, the returned Jesus Christ, this time in great power and glory, who will govern the whole world with the help  of His  Saints in His Kingdom, – those who have proved their dedication to service.

Zechariah 14:6-7, ‘On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward….. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.’

Revelation 20:4,  ‘I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge…….   they came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.’

The atheists will laugh at that, but they won’t be laughing when the whole world receives a miraculous, earth-shaking, advance warning, projected  graphically into their minds to encourage them to repent and avoid the Great Tribulation, God’s wrath because of our sins. Revelation 14:6-7, ‘Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people. And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.

Further good news is that you will not experience the Great Tribulation which will  take almost all life from the earth, at all, if only you will recognise your sins, ask God for forgiveness, be baptised and receive the Holy Spirit.

 

 

This Subtle Brainwashing

Never before has the world faced the lockdowns and Covid restrictions we are experiencing, but no-one asks, “Why?”

Why, in this modern age have we had to fall back on the biblical command of  quarantine to stem this pandemic?  Maybe we should have taken more note of the penalty  God promised  if we failed to keep His Commandments and  Laws,   Deuteronomy 28:15, 60-61,  “But if you will not obey the voice of the LORD your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes that I command you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you……       And he will bring upon you again all the diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you. The LORD will afflict you with every sickness and plague there is, even those not mentioned in this Book of Instruction, until you are destroyed.”

The instigator of this brainwashing is the ‘prince of the power of the air’, Ephesians 2:2,  ‘in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,’  and he uses that power to reach into our lives through the  media of TV and Radio, as w ell as by other methods, turning people from God’s way to his way, by gradually reversing good and evil, right and wrong.  Isaiah 5:20, ‘Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!’

Ironically, one of his main instruments is our own ABC, as is the BBC in England. One would think that the CEO of the ABC here in OZ, Ita Buttrose, would have got the message by now from all those who complain that the service, for which we pay, is dominated by the progressives, the left wing, and the greens. I cannot think of one conservative commentator on the ABC or BSB, (Viceland) except the odd one on ‘Countrywide’!

One letter writer to the press, an ex ABC reporter for more than a quarter of a century, wrote:    “The ABC’s first chairman, Richard Boyer, defined its role. “It is our hope that national broadcasting may stand solid and serene in the middle of national life, running no campaign, but presenting the issues freely and fearlessly for the calm judgement of our people.”

The writer continued,  “Instead we have a decent into trivia, value judgements and loaded adjectives inserted into facts, with free rein given to undisciplined performers to ride their hobby-horses to death.  All the ABC needs is to return to first principles. That means strong editorial discipline to insist its guidelines are met.”

Another summed this brainwashing up:  “Twenty -five years ago the ABC was highly respected across the nation, its political coverage was considered centrist,  its interviews were tough but fair, its commentary balanced. Most importantly,  it didn’t take positions  on social or economic issues. Those days are long gone.  In the ABC today all issues  are approached from a green-left perspective. It’s there in every part of the organisation, not just political reporting.”

Daily brainwashing works, and our nations are paying the covid penalty. If we don’t learn to control the ABC it will get worse as perversion and evil are presented as the norm through comment, subject matter and visual emphasis! Waken up Ita!