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Well, it's not the 60s, it's August 2017 in Guam, South Korea, Japan, and even a few places in the United States.
And all in response to threats from a pudgy, third-generation dictator in the hermit kingdom of North Korea.
Kim Jong-un threatened to nuke the island of Guam (U.S. territory and site of a massive U.S. Air Force base). President Donald Trump responded with no ambiguity. He said that if Kim even attempted such an action, it "will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen."
The Left (and quite a few Republicans) scoffed and accused President Trump of false bravado and even reckless endangerment of America.
But the response apparently took Kim by surprise. (Plus the fact that China and Russia seemed to take it seriously.) No American President had ever spoken to Kim or his dad or his grandpa like that in recent memory.
A few days later, North Korea reconsidered and declared that they wouldn't actually nuke Guam, they would just plop four missiles into the waters off Guam's coast. Just to show they could do it.
Then U.S. Defense Secretary James "Mad Dog" Mattis confirmed President Trump's warning. He told the world that if Kim even flinched his trigger-finger, it was "game on!"
Kim and his generals apparently held a quick confab and decided to revise their previous position. North Korea then announced that it would go easy on the United States this time and scrap its plan to even lob the previously mentioned four missiles.
However, Kim warned the President that NK would be watching him closely and if he tried anything fishy, everything was back on the table and they'd reconsider their full range of options -- including nuking Guam or even the United States itself. Please forgive me for allowing a little sarcasm to seep through. I find it interesting, though, how just a little bit of standing up to bullies seems to yield favorable, and quick, results. Something we've not seen from an American President for far too long.
There has been considerable debate as to whether the standoff with North Korea rose to the level of the 60s "Cuban Missile Crisis." There are many differences. For one, with Cuba the USSR was trying to establish a forward nuclear base within the Western Hemisphere -- just 90 miles from the coast of the United States.
Secondly, the Cuban sites would have been under the direct control, operation, and supply of the Soviet Union -- and we had a pretty good idea about the massive, and immediate, nuclear capabilities of the USSR.
On the other hand, North Korea is not in the Western Hemisphere and we remain uncertain as to the specific nuclear capabilities it possesses. Further, Kim is not under the overt tutelage of an enemy sponsor nation like China or Russia. In fact, just a few days before, both of them voted for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions on North Korea.
Which, incidentally, was a major (almost unbelievable) foreign policy achievement by the Trump Administration. But if you listen only to the mainstream media, you probably heard nothing or next-to-nothing about that aspect of the UNSC vote.
As I write this, the standoff with North Korea seems to have eased for the moment and everyone is breathing a sigh of relief.
Of course, the tragic terror attacks in and around Barcelona and, before that, the Leftist-engineered (I believe) crisis in Charlottesville pushed North Korea off the front page for now. But the world still must contend with a nutjob who controls up to sixty nuclear weapons and is trying desperately to develop (or buy) the technology to deliver them to the United States.
So things are not going to get easier anytime soon. Just as the Bible prophets predicted for these days.
But, as former Secretary of State and Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton once reminded a group at the European Union, we should "never waste a good crisis."
So there are many on the Left side of the political spectrum who are using the North Korean standoff to attempt to restrict the President's constitutional authority to act as Commander-in-Chief. Though they will not openly say so, their actions belie their motives. In their "concern" that President Trump may recklessly engage in nuclear warfare, they want to pass legislation to require him to get Congressional permission to order certain military options.
Of course, the President's prerogatives in that area are granted by the U.S. Constitution, but I believe this move dovetails with others to reveal a general attack by the Left on the Presidency itself.
For example, recently the President tweeted, "The United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military."
Now that was just a tweet. No formal policy change has yet been announced. But already the Commandant of the Coast Guard has implied that he will be insubordinate and not obey any directive that changes the military's policy on transgenders.
Admiral Paul F. Jukunft said that the Coast Guard will "not break faith" with transgender individuals. Even if he is ordered by his Commander-in-Chief to do so? It's not like the military's transgender acceptance policy is a longstanding military tradition (Oh yeah, taxpayers are also currently required to pay the exorbitant costs of making the service member's sex change!). The rule has only been in place about a year!
Furthermore, one Commander-in-Chief arbitrarily decided to do it and it was okay. Another Commander-in-Chief decides to undo it and it's not?
The net effect is that a ranking member of the U.S. Armed Services has openly implied he will defy the constitutionally-mandated civilian control of the military. Of course, he is now a superhero to the LGBTQs and Democrats.
The issue of civilian control of the military goes to the heart of our constitutional republic. This has the earmarks of another constitutional crisis in the making.
Finally, on this week's show I ask the question: "Why do human beings sin?"
The Apostle Paul indicates that there are two things at work within a non-believer to make him sin. The first is his sinful passions -- sometimes called "the sin nature."
The second thing that pushes us toward sin is, ironically, the Law itself. Rebellion against the Law produces what the Bible calls "sin."
The Law shows us that we cannot measure up to God's standards of right and wrong. We cannot justify ourselves.
That's why all men need the redemption from the curse of the Law that Jesus purchased for us by His death on the cross.
There is no other way for man to enter heaven.
Don't miss this week's Report on TBN, Daystar, CPM Network, various local stations, www.hallindsey.com or www.hischannel.com. Check your local listings.
God Bless,
Hal Lindsey
Can you imagine a world in which you would never lose your car keys or wallet? Or have them stolen?
Can you imagine a world in which you would never have to stand in line at the grocery store? Or the airline ticket counter? Or TSA?
Can you imagine a world in which you would never have to worry about having your identity stolen when shopping online? Or your credit cards accessed by hackers?
Can you imagine a world in which you would never have to worry about filling out tax forms? Or keeping track of receipts?
Can you imagine a world in which you would never have to worry about your grandmother falling and not being able to summon help? Or a heart attack or a stroke dropping you before you could call 911?
You don't have to imagine.
That world is here.
All of these things are now possible, or will soon be possible, because of the microchip.
And the incredible convenience and safety the microchip promises will be possible because of The System.
The System will link all of the services and protections the citizens of the world could ever want or need and automatically provide them to the bearer of the microchip.
For a world that worships at the altar of "convenience," The System will be the ultimate servant.
For a world that is rapidly descending into fear, The System will be the ultimate protector.
And that is how the Antichrist and the False Prophet will get billions of people to take the Mark of the Beast.
It will promise the convenience and safety we all crave.
Does that sound like the plot line for a science-fantasy movie coming soon to your local theater? Well, it's not.
The technology to accomplish everything I have just described is already available. Granted, much of it is in the rudimentary stages, but we all know from experience that once a technology is invented, its perfection and utilization often follows at blinding speed.
What's more, the Bible prophets predicted that in the final days of this Age of Grace, knowledge (technology) would increase exponentially in both breadth and speed.
For the Mark of the Beast System to work as it must, it will require a cashless world and participation by most of its people.
Daily, the governments of the world call for the abolition of physical cash as the world's currency. They are joined by corporations, banks, intellectuals, terrorism experts, drug trafficking experts, organized crime prosecutors, and even public health officials.
And that time is closer than you may think. Today, the world's monetary structure is no longer based on gold, silver, or even boxes of paper bills stashed in the vaults of banks or national treasuries. The zeroes and ones of computer code already serve as the world's true currency.
Do you doubt that people will willingly accept a microchip implanted in their hand to receive the conveniences and safety The System will provide?
Last week in Wisconsin, a small firm offered to implant a microchip in the hand of any employee who chose to accept it. The payoff? The employee would no longer need an ID card to enter the building, a password to access the computer system, or cash or credit card to purchase items from the company break room.
None of those activities sound too taxing or inconvenient, do they? Yet almost half of the 85 employees chose to have the chip implanted in their bodies in return for the basic and very limited "convenience" it offered.
How can they refuse when the Mark of the Beast System offers lavish, almost unlimited, convenience and safety?
The Bible says they won't.
Also on this week's program, I'll discuss what Plato called in 488 BC, "the ship of state."
Right now, the United States Ship of State is leaking -- badly.
Not since the infamous "White House Plumbers" has the nation faced as critical an internal threat as it does right now because of the incessant, criminal leaking of sensitive information by individuals across our national government.
This is not the work of patriots, but traitors. The U.S. government is at war with itself. And that makes the world more dangerous for everyone.
Finally, this week I want to tell you about what I believe is the first and worst of the doctrine of demons: Legalism.
In Hebrew, the word for "Satan" means "Adversary." In his role as "god of this age," Satan conducts a relentless, well-planned strategy to blind men's minds to the truth about God and how to know Him.
One of his most effective tools is "legalism." That is, seeking to live for God by the principle of Law. It is the dent in your armor at which Satan will chip away until he has a hole big enough to drive a truck through.
Satan knows that a personal faith-walk with God is based upon the principle of "grace" instead of "law." So his goal is to slowly lead even mature believers into a sense that what was begun in faith must be perfected by the flesh. To trade "grace" for "law."
He constantly seeks to keep unbelievers away from "grace." For those who have already come to Christ, he seeks to erase "grace" from your thoughts and beliefs. Satan is perfectly happy with the believer striving to live by the "law."
Don't fall prey to the deceptions of the Adversary. Trust your salvation to the only one who can actually save you -- Jesus.
August 18th, 2017
"Duck and cover" training in public schools, evacuation drills to nearby shelters, brisk gas mask and "nuke-pill" sales, and backyard bomb shelter construction. Sounds like the 60s, doesn't it? Well, it's not the 60s, it's August 2017 in Guam, South Korea, Japan, and even a few places in the United States.
And all in response to threats from a pudgy, third-generation dictator in the hermit kingdom of North Korea.
Kim Jong-un threatened to nuke the island of Guam (U.S. territory and site of a massive U.S. Air Force base). President Donald Trump responded with no ambiguity. He said that if Kim even attempted such an action, it "will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen."
The Left (and quite a few Republicans) scoffed and accused President Trump of false bravado and even reckless endangerment of America.
But the response apparently took Kim by surprise. (Plus the fact that China and Russia seemed to take it seriously.) No American President had ever spoken to Kim or his dad or his grandpa like that in recent memory.
A few days later, North Korea reconsidered and declared that they wouldn't actually nuke Guam, they would just plop four missiles into the waters off Guam's coast. Just to show they could do it.
Then U.S. Defense Secretary James "Mad Dog" Mattis confirmed President Trump's warning. He told the world that if Kim even flinched his trigger-finger, it was "game on!"
Kim and his generals apparently held a quick confab and decided to revise their previous position. North Korea then announced that it would go easy on the United States this time and scrap its plan to even lob the previously mentioned four missiles.
However, Kim warned the President that NK would be watching him closely and if he tried anything fishy, everything was back on the table and they'd reconsider their full range of options -- including nuking Guam or even the United States itself. Please forgive me for allowing a little sarcasm to seep through. I find it interesting, though, how just a little bit of standing up to bullies seems to yield favorable, and quick, results. Something we've not seen from an American President for far too long.
There has been considerable debate as to whether the standoff with North Korea rose to the level of the 60s "Cuban Missile Crisis." There are many differences. For one, with Cuba the USSR was trying to establish a forward nuclear base within the Western Hemisphere -- just 90 miles from the coast of the United States.
Secondly, the Cuban sites would have been under the direct control, operation, and supply of the Soviet Union -- and we had a pretty good idea about the massive, and immediate, nuclear capabilities of the USSR.
On the other hand, North Korea is not in the Western Hemisphere and we remain uncertain as to the specific nuclear capabilities it possesses. Further, Kim is not under the overt tutelage of an enemy sponsor nation like China or Russia. In fact, just a few days before, both of them voted for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions on North Korea.
Which, incidentally, was a major (almost unbelievable) foreign policy achievement by the Trump Administration. But if you listen only to the mainstream media, you probably heard nothing or next-to-nothing about that aspect of the UNSC vote.
As I write this, the standoff with North Korea seems to have eased for the moment and everyone is breathing a sigh of relief.
Of course, the tragic terror attacks in and around Barcelona and, before that, the Leftist-engineered (I believe) crisis in Charlottesville pushed North Korea off the front page for now. But the world still must contend with a nutjob who controls up to sixty nuclear weapons and is trying desperately to develop (or buy) the technology to deliver them to the United States.
So things are not going to get easier anytime soon. Just as the Bible prophets predicted for these days.
But, as former Secretary of State and Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton once reminded a group at the European Union, we should "never waste a good crisis."
So there are many on the Left side of the political spectrum who are using the North Korean standoff to attempt to restrict the President's constitutional authority to act as Commander-in-Chief. Though they will not openly say so, their actions belie their motives. In their "concern" that President Trump may recklessly engage in nuclear warfare, they want to pass legislation to require him to get Congressional permission to order certain military options.
Of course, the President's prerogatives in that area are granted by the U.S. Constitution, but I believe this move dovetails with others to reveal a general attack by the Left on the Presidency itself.
For example, recently the President tweeted, "The United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military."
Now that was just a tweet. No formal policy change has yet been announced. But already the Commandant of the Coast Guard has implied that he will be insubordinate and not obey any directive that changes the military's policy on transgenders.
Admiral Paul F. Jukunft said that the Coast Guard will "not break faith" with transgender individuals. Even if he is ordered by his Commander-in-Chief to do so? It's not like the military's transgender acceptance policy is a longstanding military tradition (Oh yeah, taxpayers are also currently required to pay the exorbitant costs of making the service member's sex change!). The rule has only been in place about a year!
Furthermore, one Commander-in-Chief arbitrarily decided to do it and it was okay. Another Commander-in-Chief decides to undo it and it's not?
The net effect is that a ranking member of the U.S. Armed Services has openly implied he will defy the constitutionally-mandated civilian control of the military. Of course, he is now a superhero to the LGBTQs and Democrats.
The issue of civilian control of the military goes to the heart of our constitutional republic. This has the earmarks of another constitutional crisis in the making.
Finally, on this week's show I ask the question: "Why do human beings sin?"
The Apostle Paul indicates that there are two things at work within a non-believer to make him sin. The first is his sinful passions -- sometimes called "the sin nature."
The second thing that pushes us toward sin is, ironically, the Law itself. Rebellion against the Law produces what the Bible calls "sin."
The Law shows us that we cannot measure up to God's standards of right and wrong. We cannot justify ourselves.
That's why all men need the redemption from the curse of the Law that Jesus purchased for us by His death on the cross.
There is no other way for man to enter heaven.
Don't miss this week's Report on TBN, Daystar, CPM Network, various local stations, www.hallindsey.com or www.hischannel.com. Check your local listings.
God Bless,
Hal Lindsey
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