Posted on 10/27/2013 5:54:11 AM PDT by Kaslin
Hey, reader: have you ever noticed the lack of men in our culture nowadays?
You haven’t?
Well, then allow me to be the first to tell you that you’re either…
a. Blind, undoubtedly deaf and you probably live in a van down by the river.
b. You’re simply not paying attention.
c. You are too young to have a historical reference point to when men were actually men and not giddy and roughed X-Factor hopefuls, or turkey-necked, unprincipled politicians, or earring sporting “ministers” of the “gospel”.
d. All of the above.
Now … please note that I didn’t say males but men; mature and responsible, demon-threatening machines who love leadership, the struggle and aren’t afraid to face head on internal or external obstacles and rank rubbish without crying like a chick about it.
This type of man is symbolized biblically in the prophet, patriarch, warrior and wild man; this is whom I am talking about as being more absent from our milieu than Miley Virus would be during an Os Guinness discussion about the leadership merits of Washington, Wilberforce and Solzhenitsyn.
I think this en masse societal distancing from masculinity and the systematic wussification of the male imago in a puerile environment of political correctness is more than just a flighty phenomenon. I think it’s a divine judgment.
I’m beginning to think old Yahweh is allowing this nation’s emasculation and letting American men morph into one big mangina. It’s not as dramatic as his previous plagues, but its effective, none-the-less, once the Peter Pans begin to rule the roost.
Yep, I still believe there is a God, and yes, I believe he’s still in the business of kicking a nation’s ass if it gets out of line; and by the looks of things, we’re out of line. Like, way out. Like, way, way, way out of line.
Like it or not, in biblical times God, if you take the Scripture straight, as I do my whisky, waylaid his wayward people when they became contumacious.
Typically, God usually did it via his normal tool bag of plagues, enemy attacks, pestilence, famine, festering butt itches, or through the means of a natural disaster like Barack Obama. Y’know … just a little “sumthin-sumthin” to wake up his people in an attempt to bring them back to their senses where they cease and desist their imitation of the various vacuous and idolatrous nations that surrounded them.
However, there is one holy butt whuppin’ that I find rather interesting and disturbing, which I’ve never heard pointed out by the increasingly scarce prophetic voices filling pulpits nowadays. It is the negative sanction Jehovah levied on Israel in Isaiah chapter three wherein he removed masculine leadership and the warrior from their midst, and egotistical chicks and Peter Pans ran the show.
Here’s a brief synopsis of Israel’s situation and God’s unique judgment of their rebelliousness drawn from Isaiah 3: 1- 26.
1. The Problem: Isa.3: 8,9,16-24 -- Israel and Judah’s speech and actions were rebellious, arrogant, and seductive. Sound familiar?
2. The Lord Arises to Contend: Isa.3: 13,14 -- The sin of God’s people brings on the holy “two-by-four” from heaven. Please note: God didn’t let their crap slide.
3. The Judgment: Isa.3: 1-5 -- God didn’t send a plague but instead he simply allowed for the systematic removal of masculine men from their nation; mighty men and warriors became a rare bird. Not only that but there was an eradication of judges, prophets, elders, captains of fifty, and honorable men. Does this ring a bell?
4. The Replacement Killers: Isa.3: 4-12 – The tools that filled the now vacant void of manly leadership roles were “lads” together with “capricious children and women (who) rule[d] them.” In other words, they said buh-bye to men of character, strength and integrity and said hello to flighty, whimsical narcissistic women and childish punks to govern their land.
5. The Resultant Affects: Isa.3: 5,12,25,26 -- The people were oppressed, youths stormed against the elders, the nobody was exalted over the somebody, spiritual deception ensued, the young men who would be men got squashed, the mighty ones died in battle, and eventually the nation regretted their chosen pusillanimous path and the land ultimately turned to crap.
Let’s recap shall we?
In Isaiah three, when God wanted to get the attention of his people who were in the process of blowing him off, in this instance, he simply removed masculine men from their midst and allowed selfish women and capricious males to run the place into the ground.
When the strong male presence was gone, then these three things became manifest in ancient Israel.
1. Israel’s prosperity got kicked to the curb.
2. Israel’s defenses against their enemy’s onslaughts weakened dramatically. Duh.
3. Israel’s captivity by enemy nations became not an “if” but a “when” venture. Indeed, minus testosterone in the house, it was just a matter of time before they became one of the surrounding nation’s prison chicks.
And that concludes our little lesson from Isaiah chapter three.
No doubt, the caterwaulers will dog pile on me and call me nutty for even believing in God, believing he still doles out blessings and curses and that America could be in the crosshairs for committing similar infractions as ancient Israel. Which is cool. I get it. Being a Christian ain’t en vogue nowadays. To which I offer this challenge to the naysayers:
Go ahead, ridicule God, mock his standards and do the opposite of what his word says. Go for it. I dare you. Also, continue to morph boys into sensitive little girls. Mandate that the Marines wear girly covers. Make the rest of our military kinder and gentler. Exalt metrosexuality, skinny jeans and weepy men who wear long scarfs and women’s deep V T-shirts. Knock yourself out.
In addition, continue to elect spineless and vapid narcissists to office. The more the merrier. Blow off traditional values and elevate the freakiest stuff known to mankind. Let’s see what happens. Let’s see what happens when EBT cards and an entitlement culture take root in this formally can-do nation. Go for it, no nuts. Go ahead and say character doesn’t matter and ridicule masculine traits. I’m sure China, Islam, Russia, and our neighbors down south and Communists worldwide will cheer you on and support your push for Emasculation Nation.
I’m also equally sure that as the anti-masculine crowd sees the obliteration of strong, principled dudes within our nation they’ll be giddy and, no doubt, it’ll feel like an emancipation; but I’ve got a feeling that this “freedom” will be short lived and our new path will lead to a brick wall, as it did in Isaiah chapter three.
But who knows? Maybe, the Bible could be full of fairy tales and Obama could really be on to something. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see, eh?
In a republic, the citizens get the government they voted for.
The Sheeple neutered themselves in the voting booth and elected a queer/Muslim with a well demonstrated anti-American bias.
They are willingly destroying themselves and the Republic.
The USA will never prosper again unless it turns back to God.
“Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.” Matt. 3:6
There’s a lot of “man talk” these days that originates in the flesh. The Spirit is opposed to earthly concepts of manhood which glory in the flesh. True manliness is found in Christ. The weak are welcomed! Those who are “strong” ought to become weak!
The masculine womanizer is one in the same pot as the effeminate homosexual (see 1 Cor. 6:9)...much as they refuse to accept it. Both refuse the “new man” offered by God in Christ. Both are distortions.
We should accept NO substitutes for manhood offered by the fallen world. We should just go to the man Christ Jesus!
Agreed. He is not causing it by judging us - we have taken advantage of His Humility and our own Free Will to become oh-so Human in our errors.
The Reverend Wright crybaby thread.
I sent my child to a private school and she is one of the few professing Christians. They have kids professing atheism!
He does? How do you know?
correct
He is probable close to the end of his patience
The article says He gave us our current “leaders”. The only way He could have done that is to vote early and often, in multiple precincts, and that would make Him a democrat, wouldn’t it?
“Effeminate Men”?? But, but, we are told that being gay or lesbian shouldn’t be a matter of public sanction because it is a private matter.
Even libertarians scold us that sexual orientation is a private matter, without consequence to how well to an individual’s character and ability to perform his job.
This ignores God’s collective judgment of society, if God matters. Somehow I think that God will reveal His opinion at the right moment.
Is G_d the NEA?
I believe you got something there.
What are you talking about? The author has God throughout the column in capital letters. If you are talking about the keyword then take it up with the Admin moderator. All keywords are changed automatically to lower case,
The best example was the recent rant of Jim Carrey vs. Charlton Heston. The premise was gun control, but if you saw the video, it was obvious that the real issue was Carrey’s irrational and obsessive hatred for a real man. If you read “In the Arena”, Heston’s autobiography, it’s clear that he was the real deal. Carrey revealed himself to be a whiny, weak, pathetic and impotent little man who’s fear and hatred are out of control.
Just kidding, God! Just a li'l joke there.
I know You do everything You do out of the desire to get Your people to take their own medicine, learn from their mistakes, and get back on the straight and narrow.
Fortunately, (or unfortunately as the case may be), we haven't gotten to the point where we haven't completely squandered our inheritance and are willing to eat what the pigs eat and sleep where the pigs sleep just to welcomed home again.
But we're getting there.
Read the whole thing again. I don’t think you got it
I don’t think God needs to be blessed
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