When Dominoes Fall - by Hal Lindsey -http://www.hallindsey.com/ww-6-26-2015/
The fallout from the brutal murders of nine people in a Charleston church last week has been stunning. It surprised no one to hear calls for what most people incorrectly believe to be the Confederate Flag from the South Carolina state capital. It was shocking, however, to see an attempt to purge America of every reminder of slavery in its past. And it was downright jaw dropping when this led to a discussion on CNN about whether or not the Jefferson Memorial should be destroyed.
One of the distinguishing characteristics of the 21st Century is the speed with which movements gain momentum. That's mostly due to the Internet, social media, and a news cycle that never quits.
When something grabs the public's attention, the media has to talk about it because the media makes its money by getting people to read, view, or listen to its reports. However, once the facts are told, and in this case the facts were known fairly early, what do you talk about? When you have no more to say, but you keep talking anyway, you get in trouble.
Proverbs 10:19 says, "When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable, But he who restrains his lips is wise." [NASB]
The King James Version puts it like this. "In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin."
Think of the number of words being generated every day for permanent storage in computers, books, video libraries, etc. Anyone with Internet access can send tweets, write on Facebook, put up a website or blog. All you need is a smartphone to become a documentary filmmaker. Altogether, an enormous, almost unimaginable number of words are constantly being generated. And with that, "transgression is unavoidable."
Political and social movements that once took decades to form can now happen in hours. It's like falling dominoes except these dominoes seem to have a mind of their own. They can stop as suddenly as they start. They can turn in directions no one expected. And they move fast.
And so, last week, when an evil young man viciously murdered nine people in a Charleston church, the dominoes began to fall. Less than a week later, as a direct result of his action, people on a major television network with millions of viewers seriously discussed removing the Jefferson Memorial.
Why? Because Thomas Jefferson owned slaves. Never mind that his words in the Declaration of Independence set forth the American ideals that would eventually end slavery and, a hundred years after that, would become the cornerstone of the civil rights movement.
This call for purging America of all reminders of slavery began with demands for the removal of the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia from the grounds of the South Carolina State House. Then people began to think of other things that might represent slavery.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called on Kentucky to remove a Jefferson Davis statue from a display in their Capitol building that depicts famous people born in the state. The statue of Davis stands near the one of Abraham Lincoln. Jefferson Davis was famous and born in Kentucky, but he was also President of the Confederate States of America. So the call went forth to get rid of his statue.
That makes sense, but where does it stop? There have been calls this week for the removal of Robert E. Lee statues, and to rename the highways, buildings, and college named in his honor. In fact, it is now politically incorrect to honor anyone who fought for the South in the Civil War.
After we destroy the Jefferson Memorial, the Washington Monument would be next to go. After all, Washington also owned slaves. Maybe the city of Washington, as well as the state that bears his name, will one day consider changing their names.
Think the Lincoln Memorial would be safe? When Abraham Lincoln was trying to convince the people of his day that he was not a radical on the issue of race, he said some strongly worded things based on his culture. Most notably, in 1858, he said, "I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this, that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality." He would not say those things today.
But . . . there goes the Lincoln Memorial of yester year, as if we are without the 'sins' we haven't grown out of today.
No, I don't expect any of these memorials to be destroyed at any time, but that's the logical direction in which the people of today are going. We, as a nation, are cutting ourselves off from our heritage, especially in our schools and universities. We do so at great risk.
Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln were good men, but flawed. Their virtues were numerous, and all three of them planted seeds of righteousness from which mankind continues to harvest good fruit. But they were also men of their times. They held racial ideas that embarrass us now, but were common in the culture to which they were born. We should tell that part of the story, but we should also praise God for lives that have so directly led to the abundance of freedom and material blessing we enjoy today.
Let us not forget the cultures of the past that endured well slavery - but were given instructions to treat their slaves with kindness and fairness until the teachings of Christ overcame slavery itself. The Bible does not teach us to throw Abraham out because he had slaves too. It only taught him to treat his slaves well, because he had a master over him also - God the Father. After all, God does patiently endure our many other sins till we grow up in ultimate understanding at the judgment seat of Christ.
This week on 'The Hal Lindsey Report'
Even when Israel is not front and center on the nightly news broadcast, you can be assured that the pressure on the tiny nation has not eased.
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a law that allowed U.S. citizens born in Jerusalem to list their birthplace as "Israel" on their passports.
For the past 60 years, the U.S. has said that it does not recognize Jerusalem as belonging to Israel. A decade ago, Congress passed a law that allowed U.S. citizens to list Israel as their birthplace if they were born in Jerusalem.
The justices said that the Congress overstepped its authority by passing that law, because only the President has the authority to recognize sovereign foreign nations.
Now, if the citizen is born in Jerusalem, then Jerusalem only is listed as the birthplace. Not Jerusalem, Israel.
This, despite the fact that in 1995, Congress passed the Jerusalem Embassy Act, specifically recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel -- a nation to which Jerusalem apparently does not belong!
And why do we engage in this tortured diplomatic dance? To keep Israel's Muslim neighbors happy. But guess what! Israel's very existence makes them unhappy. Our waffling on Jerusalem will not satisfy them. Only Israel's utter annihilation will do the trick!
Which is probably something the United Nations would dearly love to see. On the other hand, maybe not. If Israel no longer existed, the UN and its various councils and commissions would be left with very little to do. Because if Israel is not available to denigrate, demean, and de-legitimize, then the UN is going to have to get busy and do something constructive. To which I say: Fat chance!
Example? I recently reported that Israel narrowly escaped being included on Secretary General Ban ki Moon's annual "List of Shame." That's his yearly roll call of the world's worst abusers of children's rights.
Not to worry, though. In March, the UN Commission on the Status of Women condemned Israel for its mistreatment of Palestinian women. Apparently it's okay for the Palestinians to mistreat Palestinian women, but not okay for Israel to mistreat them.
Then, a few days ago, the UN Commission of Inquiry found Israel to be guilty of war crimes. It called Israel's response to last year's Hamas rocket bombardments and its terror tunnels into Israel to be "disproportionate" on nine occasions. Wow, it's a good thing this panel wasn't working during World War II! Winston Churchill and the Allies would be remembered as criminals today, not the world-saving heroes they were.
You know, Israel has a remarkable record of fighting off giants on the battlefield. Now, they're also fighting them in committee hearing rooms, international tribunals, and American courts.
It's 1969. Remember "Helter Skelter?" Not the Beatles song, but the prophecy by Charles Manson of a coming race war in America.
To spur the conflict, over two nights, the "Manson Family" murdered nine white folks, including actress Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, hairstylist to celebrities, and Abigail Folger, heiress to the Folger's coffee fortune.
The race war never happened.
It's 2015. Apparently Dylann Roof felt there needed to be a race war in America. To spur the conflict, on June 17th, Roof entered the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina and murdered nine black folks, including the pastor of the church.
The race war never happened.
Maybe Roof's miscalculation was that he committed his carnage at a church. A house of God. He expected retribution and violence. Instead, he got prayer and forgiveness. To be sure, there was anger and immense grief, but beneath it flowed a calm stream of mercy and grace.
The response was just not natural. It was supernatural.
But the demonic influence that propelled Roof to that heinous rampage is supernatural, too. And that is precisely the type of inexplicable evil the Bible predicted would be the hallmark of the final days of the Age of Grace.
In my book, Satan is Alive and Well on Planet Earth, I discuss the growing mind control that Satan will exert on people as we enter the last days. From the breathtaking evil of a murderous act like the Emanuel AME shootings to the subtle, yet evil, indoctrination of entire generations of college students away from the values of their fathers, Satan is alive and active in these final days.
If you are to stand victorious until Jesus returns to snatch us away from the coming tribulation, then you must make certain that you have accepted the free gift of pardon that Jesus died to purchase for you.
You must rely on the help and guidance of the Holy Spirit in your life, because we cannot withstand the onslaught of the enemy in our own power. Find a good, Bible-teaching church and begin to faithfully read the Word of God. Ask God, the Holy Spirit, to teach you and guide you. Then trust Him to do so and He will.
Please allow me to indulge in a bit of ministry business here. We have recently launched a completely new website at HalLindsey.com. As a result, we are offering a new version of our online services! If you have not already done so, please register your new account by visiting HalLindsey.com, then clicking on "My Account." I apologize for any inconvenience during this time of transition. If you have any questions or concerns, just email them to questions@hallindsey.com
Thank you for your faithful prayer and financial support!
The fallout from the brutal murders of nine people in a Charleston church last week has been stunning. It surprised no one to hear calls for what most people incorrectly believe to be the Confederate Flag from the South Carolina state capital. It was shocking, however, to see an attempt to purge America of every reminder of slavery in its past. And it was downright jaw dropping when this led to a discussion on CNN about whether or not the Jefferson Memorial should be destroyed.
One of the distinguishing characteristics of the 21st Century is the speed with which movements gain momentum. That's mostly due to the Internet, social media, and a news cycle that never quits.
When something grabs the public's attention, the media has to talk about it because the media makes its money by getting people to read, view, or listen to its reports. However, once the facts are told, and in this case the facts were known fairly early, what do you talk about? When you have no more to say, but you keep talking anyway, you get in trouble.
Proverbs 10:19 says, "When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable, But he who restrains his lips is wise." [NASB]
The King James Version puts it like this. "In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin."
Think of the number of words being generated every day for permanent storage in computers, books, video libraries, etc. Anyone with Internet access can send tweets, write on Facebook, put up a website or blog. All you need is a smartphone to become a documentary filmmaker. Altogether, an enormous, almost unimaginable number of words are constantly being generated. And with that, "transgression is unavoidable."
Political and social movements that once took decades to form can now happen in hours. It's like falling dominoes except these dominoes seem to have a mind of their own. They can stop as suddenly as they start. They can turn in directions no one expected. And they move fast.
And so, last week, when an evil young man viciously murdered nine people in a Charleston church, the dominoes began to fall. Less than a week later, as a direct result of his action, people on a major television network with millions of viewers seriously discussed removing the Jefferson Memorial.
Why? Because Thomas Jefferson owned slaves. Never mind that his words in the Declaration of Independence set forth the American ideals that would eventually end slavery and, a hundred years after that, would become the cornerstone of the civil rights movement.
This call for purging America of all reminders of slavery began with demands for the removal of the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia from the grounds of the South Carolina State House. Then people began to think of other things that might represent slavery.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called on Kentucky to remove a Jefferson Davis statue from a display in their Capitol building that depicts famous people born in the state. The statue of Davis stands near the one of Abraham Lincoln. Jefferson Davis was famous and born in Kentucky, but he was also President of the Confederate States of America. So the call went forth to get rid of his statue.
That makes sense, but where does it stop? There have been calls this week for the removal of Robert E. Lee statues, and to rename the highways, buildings, and college named in his honor. In fact, it is now politically incorrect to honor anyone who fought for the South in the Civil War.
After we destroy the Jefferson Memorial, the Washington Monument would be next to go. After all, Washington also owned slaves. Maybe the city of Washington, as well as the state that bears his name, will one day consider changing their names.
Think the Lincoln Memorial would be safe? When Abraham Lincoln was trying to convince the people of his day that he was not a radical on the issue of race, he said some strongly worded things based on his culture. Most notably, in 1858, he said, "I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this, that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality." He would not say those things today.
But . . . there goes the Lincoln Memorial of yester year, as if we are without the 'sins' we haven't grown out of today.
No, I don't expect any of these memorials to be destroyed at any time, but that's the logical direction in which the people of today are going. We, as a nation, are cutting ourselves off from our heritage, especially in our schools and universities. We do so at great risk.
Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln were good men, but flawed. Their virtues were numerous, and all three of them planted seeds of righteousness from which mankind continues to harvest good fruit. But they were also men of their times. They held racial ideas that embarrass us now, but were common in the culture to which they were born. We should tell that part of the story, but we should also praise God for lives that have so directly led to the abundance of freedom and material blessing we enjoy today.
Let us not forget the cultures of the past that endured well slavery - but were given instructions to treat their slaves with kindness and fairness until the teachings of Christ overcame slavery itself. The Bible does not teach us to throw Abraham out because he had slaves too. It only taught him to treat his slaves well, because he had a master over him also - God the Father. After all, God does patiently endure our many other sins till we grow up in ultimate understanding at the judgment seat of Christ.
This week on 'The Hal Lindsey Report'
Even when Israel is not front and center on the nightly news broadcast, you can be assured that the pressure on the tiny nation has not eased.
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a law that allowed U.S. citizens born in Jerusalem to list their birthplace as "Israel" on their passports.
For the past 60 years, the U.S. has said that it does not recognize Jerusalem as belonging to Israel. A decade ago, Congress passed a law that allowed U.S. citizens to list Israel as their birthplace if they were born in Jerusalem.
The justices said that the Congress overstepped its authority by passing that law, because only the President has the authority to recognize sovereign foreign nations.
Now, if the citizen is born in Jerusalem, then Jerusalem only is listed as the birthplace. Not Jerusalem, Israel.
This, despite the fact that in 1995, Congress passed the Jerusalem Embassy Act, specifically recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel -- a nation to which Jerusalem apparently does not belong!
And why do we engage in this tortured diplomatic dance? To keep Israel's Muslim neighbors happy. But guess what! Israel's very existence makes them unhappy. Our waffling on Jerusalem will not satisfy them. Only Israel's utter annihilation will do the trick!
Which is probably something the United Nations would dearly love to see. On the other hand, maybe not. If Israel no longer existed, the UN and its various councils and commissions would be left with very little to do. Because if Israel is not available to denigrate, demean, and de-legitimize, then the UN is going to have to get busy and do something constructive. To which I say: Fat chance!
Example? I recently reported that Israel narrowly escaped being included on Secretary General Ban ki Moon's annual "List of Shame." That's his yearly roll call of the world's worst abusers of children's rights.
Not to worry, though. In March, the UN Commission on the Status of Women condemned Israel for its mistreatment of Palestinian women. Apparently it's okay for the Palestinians to mistreat Palestinian women, but not okay for Israel to mistreat them.
Then, a few days ago, the UN Commission of Inquiry found Israel to be guilty of war crimes. It called Israel's response to last year's Hamas rocket bombardments and its terror tunnels into Israel to be "disproportionate" on nine occasions. Wow, it's a good thing this panel wasn't working during World War II! Winston Churchill and the Allies would be remembered as criminals today, not the world-saving heroes they were.
You know, Israel has a remarkable record of fighting off giants on the battlefield. Now, they're also fighting them in committee hearing rooms, international tribunals, and American courts.
It's 1969. Remember "Helter Skelter?" Not the Beatles song, but the prophecy by Charles Manson of a coming race war in America.
To spur the conflict, over two nights, the "Manson Family" murdered nine white folks, including actress Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, hairstylist to celebrities, and Abigail Folger, heiress to the Folger's coffee fortune.
The race war never happened.
It's 2015. Apparently Dylann Roof felt there needed to be a race war in America. To spur the conflict, on June 17th, Roof entered the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina and murdered nine black folks, including the pastor of the church.
The race war never happened.
Maybe Roof's miscalculation was that he committed his carnage at a church. A house of God. He expected retribution and violence. Instead, he got prayer and forgiveness. To be sure, there was anger and immense grief, but beneath it flowed a calm stream of mercy and grace.
The response was just not natural. It was supernatural.
But the demonic influence that propelled Roof to that heinous rampage is supernatural, too. And that is precisely the type of inexplicable evil the Bible predicted would be the hallmark of the final days of the Age of Grace.
In my book, Satan is Alive and Well on Planet Earth, I discuss the growing mind control that Satan will exert on people as we enter the last days. From the breathtaking evil of a murderous act like the Emanuel AME shootings to the subtle, yet evil, indoctrination of entire generations of college students away from the values of their fathers, Satan is alive and active in these final days.
If you are to stand victorious until Jesus returns to snatch us away from the coming tribulation, then you must make certain that you have accepted the free gift of pardon that Jesus died to purchase for you.
You must rely on the help and guidance of the Holy Spirit in your life, because we cannot withstand the onslaught of the enemy in our own power. Find a good, Bible-teaching church and begin to faithfully read the Word of God. Ask God, the Holy Spirit, to teach you and guide you. Then trust Him to do so and He will.
Please allow me to indulge in a bit of ministry business here. We have recently launched a completely new website at HalLindsey.com. As a result, we are offering a new version of our online services! If you have not already done so, please register your new account by visiting HalLindsey.com, then clicking on "My Account." I apologize for any inconvenience during this time of transition. If you have any questions or concerns, just email them to questions@hallindsey.com
Thank you for your faithful prayer and financial support!
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