Bible Prophecy Master Class, Part 1

Bible Prophecy Master Class, Part 1

por Alvin Mitchell

Cristianismo Religión

Temporada 1

American Churches: The Lamb's Bride or the Devil's Workshop? (Part 1)

The Ugly Duckling Heaven Doesn't Want! In God We (er?), In Us We Trust! Fundamentally, the problem for America in the eyes of the Holy One of Israel may not ultimately be so much a matter of a few warts, shortcomings and failings as much as the fact of its prevailing, hypocritical stubbornness across the board (among the churched and the un-churched) {That hypocritical streak was never completely washed out by the Blood (during its colonial days; the settlers were chiefly religious protestants protesting against what they felt was the tyranny and corruption of the Crown as well as Britain’s Anglican version of Rome’s Catholicism, who came here in search of religious freedom). It was not cleansed by its own blood (during the Civil War years—fought chiefly to eradicate the horror and the inequity of the slavery it had grown to cherish, and to nourish—or any war since!). While said hypocritical streak was indeed exposed to the eyes of the world, it was yet not eliminated by the Bible in black hands (during the Civil Rights years, to demolish the inequity and double standards promoted by Jim Crow and its Black Codes—last great, mass struggle for equality, orchestrated and led by an African American preacher)}. Again, that streak remains an unyielding, arrogant blight of stubbornness and pretense that persists to this very hour, as the whole country teeter-totters on the brink, the very edge of that which is both anti-God and anti-Christ (both in the churches, and out!). Nonetheless, “God bless America” is a common refrain, particularly in time of duress and uncertainty—words penned in the early 20th century by an American Jew named Irving Berlin; re-popularized by G. W. Bush following 9/11/2001. The potential for any reality on His part is acknowledged only in time of need, when per their social gospels, they demand that God show up on their behalf, as if He were some sort of Cosmic Butler, a jack-in-the-box, a bottled-up-genie, or just some extraterrestrial, cosmic ‘jack-ass’, whose job it is to jump up or pop out, on demand—whether from His box or His bottle—working magic, in their favor. Few and far between are the pastors and congregations who actively, regularly seek His face, via His word the Bible, when times are good (during those times, the money-based expression to which certain white pastors/preachers like to allude, “in God we trust”, could better be rendered, “in ‘us’ we trust”—God, be damned!).

America the Beautiful: Institutionalized Hatred driven by Double Standards and Jim Crow Laws

In the Old Testament, during the administration of the Law of Moses, God made it abundantly clear that His people were to be governed in the main by one set of rules and regulations that was to be equally applicable to any foreigner living among them. That principle set the tone as well for those of us living in this the church age. Licking its wounds and waving bloody shirts and such following the war to eradicate one evil, the new nation simply rolled over and adopted another in the form of Jim Crow (a hellish practice spanning and filling the gap between the end of the Civil War and the end of the Civil Rights movement and marches of the 1960s). During the years of Jim Crow, the victorious north soon fell under a spirit of complacency, becoming more and more compliant with white southern conservative demands. Its once sympathetic churches having grown weary of the plight of the African and his struggle for equality, the north social conscience died as it looked the other way, while southern whites (aided by their churches!) freely vented their frustration over their loss of the newly freed Negroes (See, again, Side Bar below: Francis Swaggart, p. 98). In so many words, even after the war, the general attitude of the south and its churches remained “God and His mission to save souls be damned”. Toward this end, the south terrorized, harassed and disenfranchised the Africans in every way possible (even to the point of much unjustifiable bloodshed, including hangings, for practically any reason, against an otherwise defenseless people). This they would do, unabated, for the next 100 years, or so, following emancipation, through implementation of a system of laws and regulations known as the Black Codes (See the Side Bars below: The Black Codes, and George Wallace, p. 99). Making matters worse—notwithstanding the findings and pronouncements of Lewis and Clark (see the Side Bar below: How Wrong They Were, p. 100)—it was not as if resources and such in the new nation were scarce, or, that the land could not support a free people other than the Caucasian races—by no means, as history has shown, and, continues to show, to this very day! At the same time as Africans were being brought in and subjected to only the most inhumane treatment as unpaid laborers of the land, men and women of white complexion were being recruited and brought over from all across Europe to people, settle and to own the new land—thru helps that included land grants and land-grant colleges that taught them how to farm the land! In addition, a project proposed by the victorious north, led by a Gen. Sherman as part of a kind of postwar reparations initiative that would have set aside a sizable track of land along the eastern seaboard, so as to allow the newly freed Negroes to adjust and grow following life as slaves, was soundly and roundly overthrown by angry, bigoted southerners. For a nation professing itself to be Christian, having the hellish past that it has, this type of initiative (a definite biblical principle, much overlooked by white America’s Christian community, given its non-applicability to them!) would have been not only highly profitable and beneficial to the Africans, but, absolutely essential to a demonstration of the re-orientation of the thinking of the nation along biblical lines, and thus—most importantly—for the badly tarnished image and cause of the Christ they had for hundreds of years neglected to serve, biblically. In later years, black middle classes that managed to thrive despite the obstacles of prevailing racism, would be viciously attacked and violently destroyed by jealous, hostile mobs of white rednecks in states like Oklahoma (Tulsa) and Florida (Rosemead(?), if one recalls correctly).

America the Beautiful: Introduction

Who is this Babylon, over whose demise the Heavens make so joyous a fuss (See Side Bar below: Armageddon and Brazil Rising, p. 97)? Great political, socio/economic institutions and military powers have fallen before, with little fanfare, beyond transient relief, so, why such delight here? Why the ecstasy? Why such euphoria? In the wake of our understanding of the previous chapter (Rev. 17), is this yet another metaphor for the woman who is that “great city”? If Rome or even all of Italy, including the Vatican City, were to disappear from the face of the earth today, what would be the real (net realizable) impact on the global economy (for, without question, Vatican City, home of the Great Whore—is the ‘cause’ behind the inscription ‘Babylon the Great’ scribbled across the forehead of the woman in chapter. 17)? Would she (the woman, who is Rome) be missed to the degree inferred here, by John the Revelator? Is her presence and participation in international affairs (backed by the weight of Italy’s roughly fifty-eight million souls), significantly indispensable (would she not have to be, for the ramifications of this prophecy to have meaningful implication on her behalf)? What does the scope of the influence of the Babylon the Great alluded to here indicate or suggest? Moreover, while being yet analogous of the Vatican City , could the God of all heaven and earth have conceived and patented this label so as to have, as well, a dual application ? Neither the pages of time nor any journal of history has ever known a nation as great as that of these United States of America. None has ever enjoyed such privilege, material wealth, prosperity, global reach and recognition as she has. Not even the people of the Book, the apple of His Eye—the well-spring from whence sprang the flow of the Lamb’s Blood which washes away all our sin—no, not even they, as a discrete people group or nation, can claim this distinction. These United States of America did not just happen by accident, nor is she the product of her own strength or resolve. Though it could be argued—and that rightly so—that she is the brainchild of the Holy One of the Jews and the Ancient Israelis—her existence owes nothing to any supposed goodness or righteousness surpassing that of any other. He who sits in the Heavens, watching and weighing hearts, would not have His hand-picked people forget; certainly, He will not have her forget that she is not the product of her own doing (i.e., those white evangelicals and fundamentalists who are quick to point to a fabled righteousness and ‘godliness’ of their ‘white’ forefathers as the basis and reason God chose to bless this nation are all liars!). This being the case, she is therefore, in some sense, an odd-ball amongst the nations, as, historically and presently, she does exhibit all the traits and characteristics which keep all the other nations, past and present, from experiencing the same level of prosperity—initially downplaying that which without doubt is key and bedrock to all her current successes . If not for the Hand of the Supreme Almighty One, Eternal and Self-existing, (bitten as that Holy Hand is by this current generation of Americans!), she as a nation would without doubt have long ago ceased to be. Absent the Hand of God, there is no rational reason why she should have arisen, late in the game of life, only to transcend nations stronger, and of longer standing than she. But, should this prove true, and in light of the chapter 18 profile, what then specifically could possibly make her Babylon the Great, and why would or could God possibly wish for and rejoice over her demise? That…is, the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question .

Revelation 18, American Exceptionalism And Social Concerns; Part 2

Dangerous: Blessed, but not Right with God! American's arrogant, self-righteous Caucasian Christians (the ‘white people’) habitually delude themselves and they consistently mislead the world with the notion that America is blessed of God because of righteousness, usually having to do with a fabled righteousness of her founding fathers. Even though the founding of this nation is undeniably the work and brainchild of Almighty God, He Himself makes it plain that He is responsible for the formation and the coming of all powers that be (at whatever given point in time; the good and the bad), including ancient Egypt, Israel, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, the Romans, the Mayans, the British Empire, even Hitler's failed "Third Reich", etc., etc., etc (Daniel 4:17; Isaiah 45:1-7). It matters not whether they acknowledged Him or submitted to His will. Moreover, His dealings with them, i.e., His blessings upon them had nothing at all to do with righteousness—theirs, or anyone else’s. Blessed of God, then does not imply (and so, should never be construed as) either a right standing, or, even a ‘good’ standing with God—or, in the eyes of God. Jesus says of the Father, “He makes His rain to fall on the just, and, on the unjust.” The Apple of God’s Eye (wholehearted, committed idol worshippers by the time of Moses) was promised the blessing of a homeland ‘flowing with milk and honey’, but told in no uncertain terms, point blank, that they were anything but righteous (Exodus 32:9-10; Deut. 9:4-6; 32:5; righteousness, then, was not a factor in either His selection, or in His determination to administer favor to Israel. They were in God’s estimation a nation of stubborn rebels, whom He often wanted to destroy.). In the aftermath of one rebellion after the other (apostasy after apostasy; all of which He knew were coming), God repeatedly expressed a sore longing to bless that Apple, and, to lift it up like a beacon (‘spit-shined’ and polished!), as a nation marvelously well-favored, before the eyes of the entire watching world—all to His glory and for His name’s recognition. Even the powerful but wicked Ninevites of Assyria, blessed with relentless oversight and control over this blessed Apple (in its rebel years), were further blessed with advance warning of their impending God-ordained doom by a God-commissioned bigot named Jonah, thus illustrating His supreme concern for name recognition among the unrighteous thousands in Nineveh “…who do not know their right hand from their left…”—that is, being idol worshipers, they did not know the True and Living God, at all; made no advances toward Him, and yet, they were royally…magnificently, blessed by the God who lives. In addition, His dealings with Egypt’s Pharaoh (“I raised you up for this purpose…”), Babylon’s tyrant Nebuchadnezzar (“…that you may know, God rules in the affairs of men…”) and the Persians’ Cyrus ( “…My servant…”) shows that He randomly, richly blesses the most unlikely of people (unrighteous, though they are), so as to use them, subsequently, for some special purpose in His Divine Plans (often in a manner inverse to and irreversibly adverse to the aforementioned blessing and ultimately, dangerously injurious to any attendant prosperity), although He knows they will never reciprocate by giving Him the least bit of recognition (thus, strange as it may seem, it matters not whether they benefit from implementation of the plan God initially envisions—no matter how blessed they might have been otherwise!).

Revelation 18, American Exceptionalism And Social Concerns

Hello everyone! Once again let me welcome you to another Episode in our multipart series involving a thorough consideration of the 18th Chapter of the Book of the Revelation. In this 9th presentation (of the Bible Prophecy Master Class, written by Mr. Alvin Mitchell, narrated by me, Erica), the primary question before us, is this thing called “American exceptionalism”. What we need to settle is the issue of Divine spiritual worth: What’s the standard? Who determines or sets that standard? God, or the white, evangelical churches? We know something of how they would, but, how does God assign value to a nation’s “spiritual worth”: Is it by a leader’s quotations of scripture? Or, is it based on the scope and the gravity of a country’s achievements? Or, bearing in mind that God selected and destroyed the grandeur of both the Egyptians and the Babylonians, does one’s relationship or coziing up to the Apple of His eye, standalone, necessarily give a nation special standing in the mind of God (each of these ancient powerhouses was a choice instrument in the preservation and in the punishment of the people of God, by His design!)? Bearing in mind Jesus warning in Matthew 7:21-23 and His threatening castigation of the churches in the Revelation 2 & 3, is this thing called "exceptionalism" some sort of biblically sanctioned, spiritual metric by means of which God elevates a nation and people (above their otherwise grievous existence) to some lofty preferred status, simply because He has abundantly blessed them and because they "stand with Israel"? Is 'exceptionalism' as a standard of measurement in fact an actual "Bible-based" concept, or just another lie straight out of the "pit" that has been latched onto and is now pandered by America's wayward churches? Harkening back to the words of the late Ben Haden, “let’s talk about it”!

Revelation 18, Antipathy for America: Why?

Hello everyone, and welcome once again to Episode #8, part 2, in our multipart, multifaceted series involving a thorough consideration of the 18th Chapter of the Book of the Revelation. The question before us, remains the most probable "why" behind God's antipathy toward the USA and how He is in all likelihood preparing the nations so as to employ them in the perilous mission that will satisfy His supreme desire to see her forever demolished, swiftly, in the space of one hour...a dreadful undertaking that while it will spell the doom of the greatest nation they will have ever known, will as well foreshadow their own eventual demise. Authored by Mr. Alvin Mitchell, I, Carole, will be your affable host on this segment of the podcast "The Bible Prophecy Master Class. Last time, we discussed the roles soil, water and debt will doubtless play in spurring the "angst" of the nations, thus moving them to act in concert against an otherwise formidable foe. In this talk, will look at the reserve currency problem and the worlds hunt for a so-called New World Order.,

Revelation 18; Gateway to Hell; White Man's World

Hello everyone, and welcome to Episode #7 of a series of discussions on the 18th chapter of the Book of the Revelation and Babylon the Great. Having already engaged in commentary involving a verse by verse look at this 18th chapter, this and the following episodes are aimed primarily at establishing a positive ID in terms of who Babylon the Great is...in all probability. That is, our primary goal is to justify and/or to support our thesis such that the only foot that can ever fit the shoe of Babylon the Great is that of the United States of America. This treatise is written by Mr. Alvin Mitchell, but, I Carole, will be your host. As we begin, join me, if you would please, in a word of prayer to the effect that God will bless this study.

Revelation 18, Conclusion (Epilogue)

Closing remarks to the conclusion of the verse-by-verse portion of the study of Revelation chapter 18.

Revelation 18, Conclusion (Text)

Concluding remarks to the verse-by-verse portion of the study of the 18 chapter of the Book of the Revelation.

Revelation 18, Conclusion (Introduction!)

Conclusion to the verse-by-verse portion of the study of the 18th Chapter of the Book of the Revelation.

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