There’s not much you can do. The Devil attacks whomever he wants, as it says in Daniel, in the latter times he’ll wear out the saints. If you’re not prepared to martial against him, or suffer for the cross, you’re not prepared to enter into the kingdom.
As it is, Christ shepherds us to the kingdom, in no way does He promise us health, wealth and happiness here on Earth, but rather, John says we will mourn upon the Earth.
Satan brings disease, death, destruction, wasting… as he’s a liar, thief and murderer. And that’s all there is to it. He destroys whom he pleases—that’s Satan—and like Job, he tries us in the furnace of affliction. If we come out purified, not as silver, but a worthy lump of precious metal, we are saved and therefore spared from the wrath to come.
I’d fear more having all the fortune, health and joy in the world, and risk going to hell, as the world rejoices in its foolishness, and squalor. Just look at the Kardashians or Tech billionaires. They spoil all love, but are happy and carefree. And the world does. It rejoices. It will rejoice, like a pig wallowing in the mud, and making sure everyone else is dirty, too. But, we being sheep, have nowhere to turn. Our fleeces aren’t being shorn, our nails aren’t being trimmed, our sores aren’t being balmmed, our wounds aren’t being cleaned, because the shepherds are spoiling the flock. And therefore, the goats have all the oats, as the shepherd doesn’t feed the one standing still, or balm their wounds, or seek after the kids of the flock, and they feed from our meat, telling us to feed them, but they don’t feed us.
So, it’s just a fact, suffer a little here, and be filled with good fruit, and though you are tormented by Satan, that’s to be expected. As this life is merely a furnace to burn away the dross.
As Jesus also says, there’s the thorns and rocks. Those who have the cares of this world, and it chokes out the riches and promise of the kingdom of God. Or those who spring up early on the rocks, and turn away due to offense and persecution. In the Early Church, but really all throughout history, except for about 200 years, the church has been persecuted. There’s been a time of rest, from about 1800 - 2000, where the saints were the greatest upon the planet, and had the riches of this life, and fed peacefully. But, sin crept in, and stole that away from the Earth, and it grows darker. So, we must be ready to die, be poor, and be meek and mild. Not to fight in wars. And if God prospers us, rejoice. For God can prosper whom He wishes. And He can restore one to full health, wealth and joy… but the LORD can also cause the fuller’s soap to wash over you, and to cleans you with lye, not for your sin, but because the world has wounded you, and has left you barren. And if you ever had soap against a wound it stings. But, that’s due to careless shepherds. Therefore, Christ is the Good Shepherd, and will shorn your fleece, and cut your nails, and balm and cleanse your wound, and feed you with the finest milk and grains. For you need Christ.
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Exposition on the Whole Bible
Genesis (Old Testament begins)
So, Genesis is a collection of stories, from the Patriarchal line, of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. It details things like the Creation of the World, and gives several Allegorical reflections, through the lens of History. Not much unlike Plutarch or Herodotus would. It’s the tradition, handed down through the Patriarchs of the Hebrews, when they made their migrations from Mesopotamia and then into Egypt. Featured in this book are Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Lot, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph.
Exodus
Exodus is probably the second most famous book of the Old Testament, next to Genesis. It’s the story of Moses. Basically, the giving of the Law, the diaspora out of Egypt and into the Wilderness. The reason why they had to spend 40 years wandering the desert, all culminating into the birth of the Nation of Israel.
Leviticus
Is a book of Law. Basically, it’s all the law of the Old Testament. What the Jews followed. It finds roots in Abraham’s system, handed down to Hammurabi, which is why you find parallels in Old Amorite Law of the same thing as the Bible. Because Abraham was an Amorite, and that law was handed down to Moses through manuscripts probably written by Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and Joseph.
Numbers
Numbers is a list of numbers, of the tribes, and various genealogies. It’s really the most boring book of the Bible, but it has some high moments, like Korah and Balaam. Some stories are in here, but not very many, and I’d recommend most people shy away from Numbers altogether, unless you’re a very serious Bible Student already and know exactly what you’re getting yourself into. It can lead to nasty habits like Divination, as you might think the throwing of lots is still a thing—it’s not. It’s a very very boring book. Probably one of the most boring things to read in history, and I’d recommend avoiding it, until you’re no longer even intermediate. It also has some of the Jewish laws regarding the tabernacle.
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy is a book like Leviticus. It has the same laws, found in the end of Exodus, and the same ones in Leviticus—Exodus also has some of the Hebraic law, too, which I forgot to mention. It’s more advanced than Leviticus, and probably like all parts of the Bible, it’s repeated through multiple attestations of witnesses, and written records. Which is why everything in the Bible seems to be repeated more than once, it’s because it’s being compiled by two or more sources each, to create a testimony based on multiple witnesses.
Joshua
Joshua was the person after Moses, given command to lead the nation. It’s a story of the wars of Canaan and the justification of the battles, which is that Canaan was sinning and they did all sorts of wicked crimes imaginable. So, Joshua was given directive to conquer the land of Canaan, and give it to the Israelites. Not because of their righteousness, but because of the lands wickedness, so it says in Deuteronomy. Jericho is in this book.
Judges
Is the story of the line of Judges—basically warrior kings who restored order in the land. Israel was called to live only by the Law, and that was their only law. And they had judges who executed the law, and delivered them from their enemies. Gideon and Samson are in this book.
Ruth
Is about the woman Ruth—David's grandmother—and how she fell in love with Boaz, and married him, and basically was made into his wife through a beautiful story. And this shows that a person of a race that isn't necessarily of the law, if they give up their heritage, are grafted into the Nation of Israel completely, like they never were anything but an Israelite totally.
1 Samuel
This follows the Prophet Samuel who picks Saul as king. And 1 Samuel is Saul's story.
2 Samuel
This follows the Prophet Samuel who picks David as King, and David's exploits, which Saul was not a good authority, so he lost it, and was given his kingdom to David. And then David's various sins.
1 Kings
This deals with a block of Jewish history.
2 Kings
This deals with the latter block of Jewish History.
1 Chronicles
This deals with the whole of Jewish History, the first part.
2 Chronicles
This deals with the whole of Jewish History the second part. As a note both books of Chronicles are repetitions of the stories in the books of Samuel and Kings.
Ezra
Ezra is the history after the Captivity to Babylon.
Nehemiah
Is also the history after the Captivity to Babylon.
Esther
Is a history of the Jews in Babylon, and how Mordicai saved them from being utterly destroyed, through his adopted Daughter Esther.
Job
Is probably the third most famous book in the Bible. It's the book where God brings disaster on a man, who's faithful, and the man has to patiently endure it. It's a dialogue on the Theodicy. Basically, God's God, and Job has to trust in His righteousness alone to deliver him, not Job's righteousness.
Psalms (The middle of the Bible*)
This is a book of hymns sung by the Psalters of the Jewish People. Very popular among Christians. And also full of prophecies about prosperity and righteousness.
Proverbs
Is wisdom literature, giving a bunch of aphoristic sayings that are compiled in an order, to create a theme. Some of the most profound literature in history, is found here.
Ecclesiastes
This is everyone's favorite book outside of the Gospels. It's just a wisdom literature, reversing wisdom, and seeing what's actually purposeful in this life. And it gives a VERY good answer.
Song of Solomon
A book of wisdom on the passion of love, and God's relationship with the Church. Basically, the Shulamite has to choose the Shepherd over Solomon and his gold, And the Shepherd has to come and basically take her away from Solomon's harem. It's basically the plot point of every lifetime movie. The snarky, rich jerk gets put aside for the woman's true love, who is the provincial farm boy who actually can care about her. And the two must spar for her hand.
Isaiah
This gets into the most important part of the Bible. The prophecies. Isaiah is a description of Prophecies regarding fighting back, even though you've sinned. Assyria has captured the Northern kingdom of Israel—both kingdoms split after Solomon, with Rehoboam, and so the Northern Kingdom was conquered by Assyria, due to its sin, and Hezekiah had a revival of the Israelite People's faith, and restored the kingdom to faith so it was saved from disaster.
Jeremiah
Is a little different. Judah is going into captivity, but Jeremiah is pleading with it so it won't. Another good example of the Theodicy, is a good man having misfortune because of a bad culture. Jeremiah has a horrible life, and is thrown in prison, and taken against his will to do what God explicitly forbade him to do. And Jeremiah is a victim of a cruel culture, which ultimately catalyzes in Jerusalem's fall.
Lamentations
A prophecy of the fall of Jerusalem, and a lamentation about sin.
Ezekiel
Like Jeremiah, Ezekiel is prophesying the fall of Jerusalem, and is prophesying the horrid things that will happen to it. It's already going to be destroyed, and he's telling the people who were taken to Babylon to not look back, but to look forward and make their lives in Babylon because they aren't going back to Jerusalem. But a remnant will be restored, and brought back to Jerusalem, at the end.
Daniel
Daniel is probably one of the most important books of the Bible. It has a ton of End Days Prophecies, and it gets into all the most important stuff. Also Shadrach Meshack and Abedinigo are here, and so is the story of Daniel and the Lion's den. Basically, Daniel is made Satrap because of his righteousness, and it's a story telling us how we're to gain our possession of life, in an unrighteous society, which is not budging on the truth.
Hosea
Talks about the Christian's walk. You either walk as Judah, Israel or Ephraim, and it's a pattern of the Christian's walk, and redemption. It's an allegory through prophecy of the trial of a Christian.
Joel
Joel talks about the ministry of the Two Olives in Revelation, and the War of Armageddon.
Amos
Is a prophecy detailing the sins of all the nations, that leads Babylon to Conquer it.
Obadiah
Is a short prophecy about Edom, which is a principality against Israel. It comes from Jacob's Brother Ishmael, and how they persecuted Israel during their captivity, and this will lead to their destruction. It's probably about Abaddon.
Jonah
Probably the fourth most famous book in the Old Testament, is Jonah, which is just a book about Jonah's prophecy to Nineveh, which caused it to be restored and Jonah was quite mad about this, actually. But, he prophesied, and Nineveh wasn't destroyed through his prophecies. I'm sure God rewarded him after his temper tantrum. He was a reluctant prophet, showing the compulsion of prophecy, that if you have a prophetic burden, God will cause you no matter what to fulfill it. NO MATTER WHAT. God will cause you to fulfill your prophetic ministry if you have one.
Micah
Is about the prophets of the End Days, the two Olive Trees, and their ministry.
Nahum
Is about one of the three end days figures.
Habakkuk
Habakkuk is too.
Zephaniah
So is Zephaniah.
Haggai
Is about rebuilding the temple, and about doing what's right, and restoring the temple to its former condition, after the captivity.
Zechariah
Is an end days prophecy concerning the War of Armageddon and various curses that will happen, and also various blessings.
Malachi
Is about another of the two Olive Trees.
Matthew (New Testament begins)
Matthew is the first book of the New Testament, and is about The Ministry of Jesus, in the framework of a Jewish Messiah.
Mark
Is another Gospel, about the Works of Jesus, and how good He is. Mark is snappy, phenomenal, and is one of my absolute favorite, if not my all time favorite, book of the Bible. It's just the Gospel in the most simple, and concise, and action packed way possible.
Luke
Is another Gospel, about the Messiah Jesus and His Ministry in the framework of a Savior of the Gentiles.
John
Is a book of Jesus' secret teachings, and His most in depth, and most esoteric sayings, that only John records, but this is probably the most important Gospel of them all, as it tells you, explicitly, salvation is in faith alone, through Christ's work, and the one who Believes on Jesus, that is the one who is saved.
Acts
Is about the Apostles—only some of them, as many of them don't make an appearance—and their ministry throughout the world. And this is where Paul gets introduced. Paul is the replacement of Judas Iscariot. And Paul has a ministry to the Gentiles, and you see Peter, Paul and James' ministry, as well as some of the others.
Romans
Is about the way Salvation works. And some of the Laws not taught in the Gospels, it's found in Romans. It's basically the method by which you're saved, which is much of Paul's writings, is telling you about how salvation works.
1 Corinthians
Is a diatribe against sin in the church, and how we're not to be sinners, or do unlawful deeds. And also how grace works.
2 Corinthians
Is a follow up, where Paul talks more about how grace works, and admonishes the church for its excesses and its lascivious lifestyle.
Galatians
Is a polemic against the Jewish Law. We're no longer to follow it. At all. Like, all those books of Moses, those are good stories, but our primary Law is found in the Gospel. Nowhere else.
Ephesians
Is a work telling you how Grace Works, and God's election. And also commends you to put on Christ, and defeat the world.
Philippians
Is a book exhorting you to a life of godliness, and good works and charity, while distinguishing you to do what's right. This is probably the one book I've studied least, actually, as I drew a blank with it.
Colossians
Is a book that tells you not to obey the Hebraic laws, again. It tells you explicitly that the Gospel is in Christ Jesus, and the Law in the New Testament alone.
1 Thessalonians
Is talking to the church in Thessalonians, and it's talking about living righteously, and faith.
2 Thessalonians
Is talking about the life of a Believer, and how to identify the Antichrist when he comes.
1 Timothy
Is a book exhorting Pastoral Care, and giving teachings to Ministry, and teaching Church Organization.
2 Timothy
Is another book exhorting Pastoral Care, and giving teachings to ministry, and teaching Church Organization.
Titus
Is another book exhorting Pastoral Care, and giving teachings to ministry, and teaching Church Organization.
Philemon
Is a master class on the Gospel. It tells us how to break the law in love, in order to exhort our fellow members of Christ, and do what's good in mercy.
Hebrews
Is a way of explaining the how the Law prophesied Christ, and gives very unique pictures of how the Old Testament foreshadowed Christ's coming and His work of Salvation, throughout the whole Hebrew Law.
James
Is a book of wisdom, teaching you righteous living.
1 Peter
Is the teachings of Peter, exhorting you to a life of righteousness.
2 Peter
Is another book teaching you righteousness, but he deals with the end days, and makes many prophecies concerning Antichrist in this book.
1 John
Is an exhortation of Christian love and charity, and how we're to work works of righteousness in Christ, and love our brother, and it also teaches us how to identify Antichrist when he comes.
2 John
Is a short exhortation to righteousness.
3 John
Is an exhortation to a good man, to have godly prosperity.
Jude
Is one of the most esoteric books in the Bible, but it deals primarily with living righteously, and letting go of all sin, how faith cannot be mixed with unrighteousness or the fruits of ungodliness.
Revelation
Is a prophecy of John's, dealing with the entire mode of the End Days, which will follow in chronological order of the events it describes. So, it's basically a chronology of the sufferings of this world, created by Antichrist in order to destroy the world, and it's the testing of the Elect's salvation and fruits.
Vacation Bible School
i. The Palestinian Woman
Christ came to her at the well,
And asked her to draw water.
She said, "I worship on this mountain
"And your people worship on that."
Christ said, "Verily, Verily,
"There will come a day when
"They will neither worship on this mountain
"Or that, but in the Spirit of Truth.
"For God is a Spirit, and those who worship
"Him in Truth are saved.
"For we Christians know what we worship
"But you Muslims do not.
"Therefore, Worship the Father in Truth."
And He told her everything she ever did.
Dedicated to Pashtmaj mac Umaill
ii. Oh Thou Simple Man
Oh thou simple man, lying at Bethesda
Crippled and in sorrow, and cannot be
Put in the water. You are healed.
The Law is now not fitted
For no longer does the angel stir the water.
The authorities ask you,
"Who healed you?"
And you not knowing or understanding
Why they asked, learned who it was.
So, you went and told them.
But they were angered at Christ
For a thing of naught, and you
Oh simple man, not a villain,
But a naïve man who knows nothing
Of great ambition, power or prestige
Told them who it was that healed you.
In that there is no condemnation for you
Though the Protestant calls you lazy
And a fool, you are simply a humble man
Who was healed, and broken, and unable
To understand the powers before you.
iii. A Life of Poetry
Savior of the World,
Your life was a book of poetry.
Every action You did
Was meticulous and masterful.
Your sermons were not selfish
Nor were You unwilling to speak to fools...
You had compassion, and did
Live a life of poverty for us.
You were like Pythagoras
Or Kerouac, and then You asked,
"Eat my flesh, and drink my blood."
Living, You lived, and You died
With living waters pouring out of Your heart.
You were perfect poetry,
Living poetry, a life very very few ever live.
And You lived it for me,
For I am incapable of emulating it.
iv. The "Mad Man" of Nazareth
John's Gospel is true,
For it almost makes Christ look mad.
You hear the arguments made,
And you see it through the Jew's eyes
That this mad Samaritan came
And called Himself the Messiah.
A madman himself
Enlightened me to this nuance---
Yet, the fact remains, Christ
Performed real and many miracles.
And He taught salient teachings
More coherent than any sage before Him.
And He was a sober man
You see in the Gospels---
And He was filled with Compassion.
I know no more merciful man than He
Who could look at a Samaritan woman
A woman caught in adultery
And a lame man laying by a pool
And have utmost compassion on them.
And a Blind man, whom the Pharisees were
Furious to find was healed.
v. At the Garden
Christ, that Garden, like my beloved Pinchot,
Judas knew You took refuge there.
And the place You enjoyed and loved,
A place of joy, and of peace, You prayed
And He came and took You away
To Pilate, where in the most sober
Words, and salient tongue,
Pilate asked You if You were King,
And You told Him Your kingdom
Was not of this world, but the next.
I await to go to that world too,
Oh LORD Made Flesh...
God's Eternal Word,
The Sabbath of my heart...
You are Begotten not made
And Your Word is the Father's
And Your Flesh is the embodiment
Of the Father's Word,
Since You were pierced,
And then raised to eternal glory and fame.
vi. Pilate
Pilate begs the crowd to free Jesus,
Whips Him, scourges Him,
Trying to appease the Jew's
And save Christ's life.
But, a voice cries out,
"He made Himself a King
"And if you don't kill Him
"You are no friend of Caesar's!"
A lone, false witness from the crowd
Who twisted Christ's words;
For Christ Himself said
His kingdom was not of the World
But in the hereafter.
And the crowd wanted Him dead.
So Pilate washed His hands of it
And gave Christ over to them
For it was not in Pilate's power
To free or kill Him, but in Christ alone
And the false witness of the Jewish People.
vii. The Wine and The Grain
Jesus was a man who loved to feast;
He drank salubrious wine at weddings,
Ate perfectly roasted fish with salt and mustard,
Rubbed a head of grain from the stalk
And ate those finest grains.
Perhaps this is why they didn't like Him?
Was that He was no prude, but a man
Who taught us how to enjoy life
Though the world would never let us have it?
And that was His message,
Was how much better the world could be
If men were allowed to enjoy the good things
Instead of the lofty and high things?
But, because all was made lofty and high
That you could have no life unless you sought it,
Not to seek your life here,
But rather in the next.
viii. Rejoicing!
He meets Mary in the tomb,
And He walks through the walls.
He makes Thomas touch His hands and side.
Touch.
I was on a boat, with Peter,
And we were fishing, but caught no fish.
So, Jesus did what He did before,
And told us to cast over the other side.
And He did. I came running out of the boat
With Peter, and there was a fire
Upon the sand, which Jesus kindled.
And so, we cooked the fish over the spit
With salt, mustard and ginger.
We ate to our fill, and talked
And rejoiced...
I feel like the one who leaned on His bosom
And asked, "Is it I?"
No... it is not I.
I feel like a betrayer, but cannot be;
For the LORD loves me.
*Note: I use first person pronouns, but only metaphorically. Like my Midrash about Judas Son of James, this is just a poetic expression of how I feel. Nothing more.
The Validity of Belief
If there is Good, then there is a God. There is good. Therefore, there is a God. Every skeptic I had ever talked to Diligently claimed there wasn't any good. At least no universal good. To them, Good was Like cologne or deodorant. You got to choose it, And then spray it on. For anyone who had walked through the forest And smelled a hint of a woman's body--- For the leaves when they decompose, sometimes, Release a fragrance that smells like a woman's body--- Is it not wholly good? Or that beautiful mien a woman gets when she is with children, That accents her beauty. There is also the beauty of a retired man going fishing Content with his green, safari hat, casting into the water with peace. There is also good when a whole family gets together The kind that sees one another only once a year And the Matriarch knows each one of them, Some distant cousins, Others the very kin who grew up with you. There is a child feeding, and it gives its grunts. There is a dog, happy to always see you at the door. There are flowers, and the little bumble bees loafing To pollinate them. There are two girls, best friends, Who giggle and squeal when they see each other. There are two boys, getting into harmless mischief. There is discipline, a parent restraining their child From going into the street---yes, this too is good And is the beginning of even deeper wisdom. Christmas carols, that exalted feeling one gets. The poor. There is something inherently good in the poor. Sex between a man and a woman who have committed their entire lives To one another, and the chance that they will soon become one. It follows that if there is Good, Things universally good, that God exists. For that is how logic works. If the premise is true, Then the conclusion is also true. And that is how I know God exists. Because there is good. For you might ask, "Well, can there not be good, "And also no God?" No... not from my many engagements with skeptics. The skeptics all say that good is preferential Making it likely that good can also be masochistic. That good can be cruel. That good can be selfish. And this cuts the line between good and evil. That those who have lost their understanding of what good is Are also the proof that there is indeed a link between Good and God.
The Strongest Case For God
The strongest argument against God Is this: People naturally understand right from wrong. I have a way I want to be treated. And I want to treat others that way. I also, want others to be treated well. Therefore, I know this about myself So I want this to be applied to others. Why it fails, is that there are many masochists. There are many sadists. There are many people who enjoy war; Many people who enjoy pain; Many people who enjoy causing others to suffer. It also fails, because what is true for one man Isn't necessarily true for another. What sexual appetite one person has Might be repugnant to another. What desire one person has Might inflict pain on another By mere economics. One in forty women I meet Would rather date another woman Than me. What's even worse Is that one in two will divorce me If I ever took the risk of marrying them. One in nineteen people I meet Are still a virgin. There is also the subject that A baby can be destroyed in the womb. There is also the subject that Some want drug use to go unregulated. There is also the subject that There are blacks who want to segregate the West. There are women who want every man to be convicted of rape. There are men who want pedophilia to be normalized. There are whites who want to usher in communism. There are educated people who are tearing down monuments. It is because of all of this That I stand firm in my faith.
The Strongest Case For God
The strongest argument against God Is this: People naturally understand right from wrong. I have a way I want to be treated. And I want to treat others that way. I also, want others to be treated well. Therefore, I know this about myself So I want this to be applied to others. Why it fails, is that there are many masochists. There are many sadists. There are many people who enjoy war; Many people who enjoy pain; Many people who enjoy causing others to suffer. It also fails, because what is true for one man Isn't necessarily true for another. What sexual appetite one person has Might be repugnant to another. What desire one person has Might inflict pain on another By mere economics. One in forty women I meet Would rather date another woman Than me. What's even worse Is that one in two will divorce me If I ever took the risk of marrying them. One in nineteen people I meet Are still a virgin. There is also the subject that A baby can be destroyed in the womb. There is also the subject that Some want drug use to go unregulated. There is also the subject that There are blacks who want to segregate the West. There are women who want every man to be convicted of rape. There are men who want pedophilia to be normalized. There are whites who want to usher in communism. There are educated people who are tearing down monuments. It is because of all of this That I stand firm in my faith.
God Made A Good Earth; Men Just Abused It
The pleasure of sex
Brings a child.
That child grows
Under your thumb
And becomes like a half of you
And a half of the person you had sex with
That beautiful pleasure.
Then there is work.
You build a garden
An alcove
Vineyards
Pleasant houses;
You trade precious stones
With each other
To get things that will enrich you.
You work to compile wisdom
And skill at your craft.
You build shoes,
Art, paintings
Cupboards
Wooden ducks and chess tables.
Then there is pleasant sunshine
There are animals,
There is a wellspring of life
And clouds and blue sky.
In that heat, you build.
In the cold, you cuddle up next to a fire
With your beloved, and children
Huddled there all winter
In a cocoon of love.
The rain comes, it smells good.
The bees pollinate the grass.
Flowers come in all different colors
There are words for different things.
Teals and greens
And fuchsias
And magnolias.
Men are born…
With some pain…
The baby comes into the earth crying
And that little thing
Grows to be a man or a woman.
That woman or man makes love
And the cycle repeats itself.
You, the next generation,
Build a life with those you love.
Why is there suffering?
Can you truly blame God?
He builds the Earth,
And like the fruit on the tree of good and evil
We pluck it.
It is there, so we pluck it.
We pluck it, and eat.
That is why there is suffering.
God says, “Do not do this
“Or you will suffer.”
And we do.
All the beautiful things above
God has given us.
Heaven will be wondrous
Because we will never have to sin again.
We will never sin, we will never sin
We will never sin, because we cannot.
That is what we hope for.
To be like Christ…
Unable to sin.
God Found in History
Thirteen o Two, the Pope declared:
“Peace! Peace! Bring all ecclesiastical authority
“The authority of Christendom
“Over to me! So the troops do nare
“Fight, and wars spread!
“So the great plagues do not sweep
“Through your nations!
“So great suffering does not endure for a century!
“So famines do not wreak havoc on your lands!”
This Martyr was captured and tortured.
Thus, my friends, why there was the black death.
Thus, my friends, was the Hundreds Year War.
Thus, my friends, was the Schism.
Do not put to death your holy men
For they speak peace.
After they die,
The nations do suffer
From Asia even over yon to Europe.
Fifteen Eighteen, yonder the wars
The Pope indulged peoples to sins.
Thus, righteous Israel separated
From Unrighteous Rehoboam;
Thus, great martyrs were made.
Thus, great wars were to be had.
Thus great pogroms spurned the nations.
Do not indulge in sins
Otherwise great harm is done
And many peoples die.
1518 Cortez set sail to find new lands
For the Spanish lords.
Find he did, men who practiced rape
Cannibalism, Human Sacrifice;
Murder was legal,
Food was your very kin;
Wars were games
Where the captors were then to be supped
On at table.
Cortez found them,
And conquered them
With miracles of battle.
Plagues swept through,
Destroying cities
Destroying camps
Yet righteous natives it did not harm.
500 men fought of 100,000
And won.
Galleons were carried over mountains
To war.
And when there was sin in the ranks
The enemies did prosper.
1920s men turned away from God.
Men reveled in their sciences.
Men called men animals;
Men turned and called their fellow man inferior.
Men abandoned their God.
So came the great Dust Bowl.
So came the great famine.
So came a war so notorious
It killed millions of innocents.
So came pogrom after pogrom.
All for abandoning God…
What will happen today?
Atheism spreads like cancer.
Men walk with gleeful pride
Of their sinful acts
Boasting in their sin
Boldfaced like a harlot
Who just got paid to whore.
Consider wisely.
B. K. Neifert 