What Really Happened

What Really Happened

It’s past time for Democratic voters, still frustrated with advancing Trumpism to stop throwing hate at Trump and his voters. It’s time instead for a little self reflection, a long, hard look at oneself and one’s party. Democrats were not cheated out of a victory and have no reason to be acting as if they were. The problem for Democratic voters in 2016 wasn’t Russia, it was the same problem as Republicans voters had, a corrupt party which falsely claims to represent their interests. It’s time now for Democratic voters to take a lesson from their Republican counterparts who stormed the castles and ivory towers of their own party during the 2016 primary and kicked their establishment party bosses to the curb.

Late in the 2016 Republican primaries, when it became apparent that Donald Trump might actually secure the nomination, party bosses made it clear to voters that through technical party rules it was going to be the party establishment that would ultimately choose the nominee, regardless of how the the people voted. The result of their ruling class hubris was a pitchforks and torches moment as voters rebelled and candidate Trump threatened blood in the streets. Party bosses faced losing millions of Trump voters in the general election by forcing an establishment candidate on them in the primary election. Alternatively, they could roll the dice with Donald Trump, a candidate who respected them even less than they did him. Republican voters had reached a point where principle became more important than victory, even at the presidential level. Republican Party bosses capitulated, Trump secured the nomination and with no help from the grudging party hierarchy, went on to become president. It was a rare moment in time when the people decided to lead and the politicians had no choice but to follow.

When will Democrats do the same?

Democrats had equal opportunity for a pitchforks and torches movement against corrupt party bosses whom they knew were rigging the primaries against Bernie Sanders, favoring the bank owned, secretive and deceitful Hillary Clinton. This was the time for democratic voters to rise up against their own political ruling class and make it clear they were willing to desert voting booths by the millions in the general election if Clinton were the nominee. Democratic voters failed that challenge and Clinton became the nominee with Bernie Sanders obediently selling out an endorsement of Clinton in order to remain in good standing with those same party bosses who rigged the primary against him. The Democratic Party’s political ruling class had won but that win only worked within the confines of the party itself. Once presented to the American people at large in the general election, Clinton could only carry the most solidly Democratic states and even some of those flipped for Trump.

The problem for Democrats was their own acceptance of a rigged primary and a candidate too corrupt for voters outside their party. A party hierarchy with more integrity would have never front-loaded a candidate like Clinton in the first place. But Democratic voters bear responsibility too because anyone seeking honest, transparent, and trustworthy government from their own party would have never let a candidate like Clinton anywhere near the nomination. The party bosses knowingly chose the corrupt, big money candidate and the overly compliant voters voted as their political masters ordered them. That’s how Donald Trump became president of the United States, through the corruption of Democratic party bosses and the passive acceptance of that corruption by Democratic voters.

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Temptations of Babylon

Temptations of Babylon

Seek not any power over your fellow man, avoiding especially the powers of great wealth and positions of governmental power over your brethren. Be wise against these and remain humble before God. Shun them for the sake of your eternal spirit, knowing that you are not immune from the temptations that come with great power. For though true that all power corrupts the soul of a man, the powers of wealth and governmental authority are corruptive above all, bear the strongest temptations and have wrought the most evil upon the world. These are the most beguiling and deceptive of all evils, disguising themselves with pious intentions and actions that would help the poor, the abused and the oppressed.

For the pursuit of wealth can appear good, as it creates employment of many persons, all needed by the merchant for work in his fields or the manufacture of his goods. But inevitably the greed which tempts all men leads to the oppression of his workers and the stifling of their wages as the merchant demands ever greater output of those he employs. And if challenged on the oppression of his workers the pride which afflicts all men distracts the merchant from the mercy which he would otherwise bestow. For the pride of a man in that moment tells him that those who complain of oppression are ingrates in nature, forgetting that without the employment he provides, their poverty would be even more. The compassion which God would have him bestow is forgotten, his greed becomes rationalized and his heart is made hard against those whose labors have made him wealthy.

That merchant, though likely a good and humble man in his youth becomes deceived and pumped up with the praises of others who hold wealth more highly than virtue. He becomes deaf to the voice of God, coming to listen only to those who fill him with empty praises based on the weight of his purse rather than the righteousness of his character. And ultimately, as his riches make all things affordable, he becomes gluttonous in the vices which tempt all men, succumbing to their lure and becoming lost in the  indulgence of their practice. For the wealth of the world makes possible all temptations of the fallen realm and blinds men to the ways of God, which are grace, charity, and the purity of spirit.

Likewise are powers of governing authority equally or yet more corruptive to a man's eternal soul. For the powers of government are greater than those of the merchant, as those in government position bear the power of law over the merchants of their society. Seek not then, positions of governance over the merchant nor the common citizen but know with all humility before God that the temptations of power afflict all men equally. Be content in the life which God has given you and seek not to enhance your standing over your brethren.

For those in the work of governance are ruled by parties and factions within their parties, all competing for the greater share of power over the people. And in their frenzy for the greater share of power the wellbeing of the citizenry is lost as the increase of each party’s power becomes a means to its own end.

In time, the differing factions and parties coalesce into a single, permanent ruling class of even greater power, stifling the rise of other parties and empowering their collective authority over the people yet more. They become unaccountable to the needs of the citizenry as their increasing power allows them to secure their positions of high office without end. And as their unaccountability to the people grows, so do they next grow complacent and forget their accountability before God. For the corruption of power is stronger than the disciplines of men and more deceptive than our wisdom can withstand.

Thinking themselves righteous they become blind to their corruption, serving not the needs of the citizenry but accomoding the will of whichever merchants finance their party. Thus do the corruption's of the merchants become one with the corruption's of the ruling class and the voice of the people become unheard by both.

This is the Babylon of ancient times, risen again in your age, still an affront before God as she seeks to supplant the divine laws of grace, charity and goodwill with the rule of fallen men corrupted by the powers wealth and governance. Be not drawn into the passions of competition between political parties, knowing that all of them serve their own corrupt ends rather than the will of God.  Be not a divided people as the party rulers would have you be, separated into the same factions and parties of which have corrupted them. For by drawing you into the competitions and fighting of their parties do they draw you away from the greater ways of your God, taking you deeper into the heart of Babylon and her unholy ways.

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Judging God

The ways of the Lord are just and wise, beyond the thoughts of mortal men, beyond all who would foolishly seek to judge their God.

For as what seems unjust to a child is wise to a parent, so is what seems unfit to a man wise to our God. And as a trusting child shall know the wisdom of of their parent, so shall a wise man faithfully learn the wisdom of the Lord.

Do not test the Lord your God nor judge his statutes. Discern his ways wisely and with humility, recalling at all times that his is God.

For if a thing seems unfit to we of the fallen realm it is not by a mistake of God merely because we do not comprehend his ways. Recall at such times that ours is a mortal perspective, limited to the temporary passions, needs and desires of a passing life.

Discern the ways of God thoughtfully, with prayer and faith, knowing that the perspective of God sees all things in all ages, past, present and future.

For we are children before our God, infants in the works of our own creation, physically formed but yet growing in thought, knowledge and wisdom.

We are not the ones who would foolishly judge God for we do not know the foundations of the cosmos, the workings of the universe, nor the events of the future. We are the image of God, yet early in our formation, yet needful of his guidance, humble in our knowledge and forever searching of his ways.

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The Kingdoms of Men

The Lord our God is one God, creator and father of all life. He has established his throne in the heavens and his sovereignty rules over all things and in all ages.

The Lord our God governs all things with a wisdom beyond the understanding of all men. He is ascendant over all kingships, governments and palaces of power, for all these are of the fallen realm. But ye who follow the Lord your God, judge not yourselves greater than the fallen governments of men for you yourselves are fallen as well.

Heed then, the laws and ordinances of your governing authorities but also hold fast to the knowledge that the powers they bear are corruptive to their spirit. For these are the rulers and governments of the fallen realm, temporary and crumbling each day before the encroaching kingdom of God. Their rule is the legacy of Cain, who built the first of the cities of men after murdering his brother. And all governance of men in all ages is descendant of his works.

Seek not in any instant to make stronger the governance of your rulers as foolishly done by the children of Israel in the days of Samuel, his servant. For they clamored with him, seeking the appointment of a king as had by the other nations and were insistent despite his warnings.

Be wise then and learn from the error of those before  you. For those whom you would empower are the same who shall take your sons for war, your daughters for concubines and your wealth for their benefit.

Seek not the greater empowerment of government. Seek rather the greater fulfillment of your God’s kingdom on earth. Seek out in your own works the practice of charity, that no longer may the government claim need to confiscate your wealth for the poor. Seek out a gracious heart that no judge have cause to mediate your disputes. Be courteous and practice goodwill to all that no officer be needed and no man be imprisoned.

For if the ways of God be done by all, the governments of men shall be made useless and forgotten as the Kingdom of God more quickly replaces the failing governments of fallen men.

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The Mountain of God

In the days of the last age the mountain of the Lord our God shall be made known to all men, shall be raised high in their own minds and known as greater than all the houses of power, rule of kings and governance of fallen men.

Peoples of all nations shall flow into the the mountain of the Lord, all saying one to another, “Let us now become one people, as was in the beginning, in the days of Eden, all ruled by the one true God of the universe. Let us no longer be subject to that which has failed us, the kings, queens and monarchies of old, nor the senators, presidents and democracies of the present.

For since the days of Cain have those which governed us been unfit, becoming corrupt in their power and arrogant in their deeds. They have cast our sons and daughters to the violence of war, abused their power for their own profit and pleasure and enriched themselves beyond measure at the expense of those whom they rule. They have sowed hate amongst the people and divided the societies they rule into angry parties and factions. They have made us bitter against one another, distracting the people from the corruption of their own doing. Come then, let us climb the mountain of the Lord our God, whereat we shall learn his ways and walk forever in his righteous path.”

In this day shall the houses of governance be emptied as people stream to the mountain of the Lord. For in learning the ways of the Lord shall the governance of men become unneeded. In his righteous path shall oppression be lifted, shall the hungry be fed and the weapons of war be forever stilled. In this day shall the palaces of power become homes to the poor and the wealth of the rulers become charity for the orphan, the old, and the sick.

For in their time, the sons of men shall know the ways of God, that they are greater than the rulership of the corrupt and the fallen. And the governance of fallen men shall be no more.

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