The 'Signs of the Times' cannot be understood without first understanding the 'Times.'

 

I refuse to choose between two evils! All throughout the USA the bewildered herd is being shepherded into two different pens. One is labeled "Socialism" and promises to bring us economic justice and a "level playing field" through the vehicle of Big Government. The other is labeled "Capitalism" and, playing on our fears of government's growing tyranny, promises to "take back our freedom" by further empowering the corporate bosses of the "free market." Has anybody thought that perhaps the Big Government Socialists and Laissez-Faire Capitalists might be on the same team? That no matter who wins this ideological battle we the people get the very same thing in the end? Is rule by a distant corporate bureaucracy really that much more appealing than rule by a distant government bureaucracy? The Right justifiably complains about the steady incremental losses of personal freedom, but rarely speaks up about the injustices of a no-holds-barred, profit-at-any-cost economic system and military industrial complex that they have consistently supported over the decades. How come only communists and leftists are vocal and passionate about social injustices these days? (Credit card usury, mortgage fraud, derivatives speculation, corporate deregulation and outsourcing, homelessness, unemployment, etc; the Right is essentially silent when it comes to white-collar crime and issues that most affect the poor). I Timothy 6:10 declares that "the love of money is the root of all evil." Romans 13 and 1 Peter 2 declare that the divinely-ordained purpose of government is to restrain evil. How then is it that now most American Christians believe that the "profit motive" is the foundational key to a free, just, and prosperous society?! And how then do we fall for the superficial bellowings of corporate demagogues like Glenn Beck who argue that government has no place regulating the financial affairs of private enterprise?! The love of money cannot continue to be the foundation of our society if we are to survive. And as we continue to fight for a moral, just, and free society what can restrain the many evils that stem from greed, if not government? Glenn Beck represents an ultra-libertarian ideology that is absolutely anti-Christian. Those in his camp would empower GREED and neutralize the only power, GOVERNMENT, that can stand up against the injustices and many evils that always accompany GREED. "Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil." (1 Peter 2:16) Yes, Freedom is a noble ideal, but Freedom is nothing without Justice. Until Jesus Christ comes back the tool that He has given us to enforce Justice is Government. Let's not forget that Freedom and Justice go hand in hand, and that as citizens of a democratic republic we have a responsibility to uphold both. In the USA we love our Freedom, but our Freedom is becoming our very own idol. We are organizing at the grassroots level to passionately complain about the erosions of our FREEDOMS while at the same time our neighbors are losing their homes, falling into debt, declaring bankruptcy and ending up on the streets. The poor get poorer and it's not because of Big Government or high taxes; it's the Biblical consequence of unrestrained GREED! Our Freedom is important, but we need to be equally concerned about JUSTICE, or our grand experiment in self-government will go down in flames. "The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern." (Proverbs 29:7) "If a king judges the poor with fairness, his throne will always be secure." (Proverbs 29:14) "He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God." (Proverbs 14:31) It doesn't matter who wins the bogus debate going on today of Left vs. Right. Either way wealth and power will continue to be accumulated into fewer and fewer hands. The way things are going, as Christians we will be faced with many new opportunities to speak up for the poor, to cry out for Justice on their behalf, and to help them with their material needs. In the New Testament caring for the poor was often the reason for God showing up in power. Charity is actually a key to REVIVAL! (See Acts 9:36 and 10:4) And lack of charity is a Holy Ghost blocker! "If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered." Proverbs 21: 13 I often hear Isaiah 60:1-2 quoted as a prophecy predicting the global awakening and END-TIME REVIVAL  of the Church: "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee." That sounds great! I believe it and I look forward to it! Entire Church networks are crying out night and day in fasting and prayer for just such a move of God! But guess what... God won't listen to those prayers and He won't honor our fasting if our actions don't reflect His love in our hearts! If we back up two chapters in Isaiah we read that God rejects the prayers of self-centered people who haven't had their hearts broken in love for those less fortunate than themselves. Their prayers are ignored and their fasting isn't noticed. Yet God speaks through Isaiah and tells us what He IS looking for: "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter-- when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?" (Isaiah 58:6-7) And only then does God show up strong for His people: "Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard." (58:8) Today in the USA we believe we are wealthy. We are the greatest economy the world has ever seen and we are quite comfortable in our material possessions and advertisement-driven excesses. Our most brilliant theorists tell us that the "free market," based on the pursuit of our "love of money" is the reason for our material prosperity. Yet Jesus Himself told us that we cannot serve both God and Mammon (Matthew 6:24). The spirit of Mammon drives our economy and it also has a grip on our Churches. We must recognize this, repent, and cast this spirit out of our Churches if we ever expect God to move in them the way He wants to move in them! There will be no mixture of the Holy with the profane in the final move of God through His Church! "You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see. Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent." (Revelation 3:17-18) "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Mammon." (Matthew 6:19-24) The political activities of our Churches reflect our false ideology that the "love of money" is the root of... "the prosperity of our economy and the foundation of our freedom!" Political think-tanks funded by corporate millions pound this message home in conferences around the nation. Social and economic injustices are all then blamed on the poor, the unions, illegal aliens, liberals, or the government. I think we need to take a fresh look at our problems with "the love of money" as the primary suspect! And then we need to stop promoting this destructive "Greed is good" ideology around the world! "Why, O LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the SCHEMES he devises. He boasts of the CRAVINGS of his heart; he blesses the GREEDY and reviles the Lord. In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God. His ways are always prosperous; he is haughty and your laws are far from him." Psalm 10:1-5 Seven years ago I completed a series that focused on some of these issues that are once again at the forefront of the American consciousness. Economics is promoted as a physical science but it is not. Economics is about relationships and therefore must be viewed as an ethical and moral field of study. The voices who campaigned to divorce ethics and questions of morality from the field of economics are the Prophets of Mammon who continue to beguile the Church with their deceptions. Greed is not good. The love of money remains the root of all evil. "Among my people are wicked men who lie in wait like men who snare birds and like those who set traps to catch men. Like cages full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; they have become rich and powerful and have grown fat and sleek. Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not plead the case of the fatherless to win it, they do not defend the rights of the poor. Should I not punish them for this?" declares the LORD. "Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this? A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land: The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?" (Jeremiah 5:26-31) "And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived." (Revelation 18:23) The neo-classical school of economic theory promoted by ultra-libertarians is just another path towards the New World Order. It distorts the very purpose of economic relationships and places the value of capital over the value of human beings. It is a tree bearing bad fruit that must be cut down at the root. "And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire." Matthew 3:10 Here is how I wielded my axe seven years ago:   American Babylon -Rise and Fall- a comprehensive report   Book recommendation: Toward A Truly Free Market by John C. Medaille, just published in August of 2010. The author shows how neo-classical economics, developed by merchants for merchants, is morally and scientifically bankrupt. He explains how controlled capitalism that serves the people is our best hope for preserving democracy and upholding Freedom and Justice in the economic arena. He is also a conservative Christian who knows that the Gospel of Jesus Christ breaks mankind's yoke of bondage better than any economic theory, no matter how clever it may appear to be. --- Peter Goodgame Kailua, Hawaii Email: pgoodgame (at) hawaii dot rr dot com September 1, 2010

 

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Peter Goodgame, of www.redmoonrising.com and the author of THE GIZA DISCOVERY, is featured in a four-hour two-part interview on episode number seven (October 2009) of THE IRON SHOW. This interview can be heard and/or downloaded from
http://ironshow.com/petergoodgame/.

In this interview Peter shifts his focus away from the antichrist and onto Jesus Christ, and gives his testimony of what God has been doing in his life over the past two years. Don't miss it!

Jesus is King!
 

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The Giza Discovery
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Red Moon Rising - The Rapture and the Timeline of the Apocalypse
    Peter Goodgame, published December 23, 2004

The Silence Is Broken - God Hooks Ezekiel's Gog and Magog
    Douglas Berner, published July 13, 2006

Earthquake Resurrection - Supernatural Catalyst for the Coming Global Catastrophe and
Then His Voice Shook the Earth...
    David Lowe, published September 2005 and November 2006

 

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