Posted on 12/13/2020 4:19:37 AM PST by Kaslin
Before I set the stage and lay out the most prominent dimensions of our current crisis, let me answer the question I ask in the title of this article, namely, can America survive this perfect storm? The answer is simple and obvious: without divine intervention, we are in big trouble. Really big trouble. Massively big trouble. We need God, desperately and urgently. Otherwise . . . well, you can fill in the blanks. Things do not look good right now.
To recap the main events of 2020, we entered the year deeply divided in the midst of the impeachment hearings, with very little middle ground between us.
And the divisions between us only grew deeper by the day, as we were fed mutually exclusive narratives in the news and social media echo chambers in which we live.
“You’re being brainwashed!” we shouted at one another, convinced it was them, not us, who were biased and blind (and stupid).
Since then, we have suffered (and continue to suffer) a pandemic, which has only been exacerbated by the mixed signals from leaders and “experts.”
Shutdown or no shutdown? Did we ever level the curve? Mask or no mask? Is the vaccine good or bad? Is Trump trying to kill us? Is China trying to kill us? Are Democratic governors and mayors trying to steal our religious freedoms? Is Dr. Fauci a fine man or a devious political plant? Can we trust the CDC? The WHO?
And all the while, the death count continues to soar.
In the midst of this crisis came the death of George Floyd (among others), followed by massive, national upheaval (yes, I’m using the word “massive” a lot, for good reason). Protests. Riots. Cities aflame.
Is America a good country or a racist country? Should we trace our national history to 1619 or 1776? Can we separate Black Lives Matter from the BLM Movement? And what about Antifa? And the cancel culture. And mobocracy. Are we safe in our own neighborhoods?
It really feels as if our country has lost its way. Nothing seems certain and the ground seems to be quaking under our feet. What will tomorrow bring?
Next came the elections.
Without COVID-19, it is likely that Trump would have defeated any Democratic candidate in a landslide with our economy strong and with Trump’s base steadily growing.
But with COVID, not only did the economy take a nosedive, but a new crisis arose: massive absentee voting, with limited supervision.
Months in advance, Trump was already crying fraud, assuring his followers he could only lose if the election was rigged. (Of course, this has been a Trump mantra for years, quite unrelated to COVID.)
Were the polls wrong again? Could lighting strike twice and Trump beat the odds for two straight elections? Or were the polls further proof that the system really was rigged, that pollsters and the mainstream media and Big Tech were colluding to steal the election from Trump?
Then Big Tech refused to report on some major, election-related stories, and the mainstream media refused to cover them.
The perfect storm of suspicion and mistrust was intensifying by the hour.
Then election night happened, and as we approached midnight, Trump seemed close to victory. He really did do it again. Lightning did strike twice.
But then the counting stopped in those few, key states, and then . . . well, you know the rest of the story.
One half of America knows exactly what happened. The election was stolen. Massive fraud was perpetrated. Trump’s warnings were absolutely right. The proof is there, right before our eyes. We cannot let this happen to our nation!
If the Democrats get in they will pack the Supreme Court, they will open our borders, and America as we know it will be done. Finished. Gone.
The other half of America also knows exactly what happened. Joe Biden won the election fair and square. That’s why the courts have thrown out case after case from Trump’s legal team, right up to the Supreme Court. In fact, the last effort (from Texas) was so flawed that all the justices appointed by Trump refused to hear it. Trump and his supporters are the laughingstock of the nation.
“Face the facts,” that half of America says. “Trump has brainwashed you and is destroying the country. Can’t you see it?”
The other half replies, “How can you be so blind? Don’t you care that one of the greatest crimes in our nation’s history has been committed? And do you think more than 70 million Americans will simply accept a theft of this level? Not a chance.”
Now there is even talk of some states seceding from the union. The situation really is grave.
And I’ve not said a word about the massive spiritual crisis, as it seems that evangelical Christianity has become defined by solidarity with Trump more than by solidarity with Jesus. Then there are the charismatic prophets assuring us that Trump will, in fact, triumph, while others look at us with incredulity and scorn, quite sure that we have totally lost our minds.
Yet without COVID, we would not be here today, for a host of reasons outlined above. Not only so, but because of COVID, we also have a nation on edge. We are tired of the lockdowns. We are emotionally drained. We are angry. We don’t know who to trust. And we are ready to burst.
Yet even with all of this, had there been no apparent irregularities on election night and had not Trump not been warning about fraud for months, we would not be where we are today. November 3 would have come and gone and, like it or not, we would all have known the results of the voting before we went to sleep that night.
Yet here we are, six weeks later, and polls indicate that a large majority of Republicans, a substantial number of Independents, and even a small minority of Democrats believe the election was rigged. The rest cannot believe that anyone with a working brain is still believing this myth. Trump, they say, has deceived the masses. His followers have swallowed the big lie. Dear Leader is leading us off a cliff.
This is why we so desperately need God. This is why we must pray and cry out as if there was no tomorrow. This is why we need to find a new place of urgency in our hearts. This is why we need to repent of our own sins, of our own blindness, of our own hatred, of our own carnality. Let us not be so smug and self-righteous. There is more junk in our own backyards then we would care to admit.
And we need to do this now, before it is too late.
There is no happy, middle ground between the two sides of the current conflict, with both sides firmly convinced of the other side’s shameful guilt.
And so my appeal, no, my plea, is that all of us fall on our faces and come to God’s side, fervently praying for divine intervention.
It is either that or... I would rather not say.
Of course America Will Survive. Did France survive the French Revolution? Did Russia survive the Soviet Revolution? The problem isn’t survival. The problem is there are some very, very bad times ahead. Where do we all start feeling the economic collapse brought on this year, what should I expect to be in full swing next year.
This is an issue and one that makes the Christian appear blind to Satan’s deception in this regard.
In fact, it is the very left’s behavior that has pushed many Christians to start treating Trump like the savior of our Nation. Oh, that may be a hard statement to reckon with at the moment, but I see it here on FR a lot.
” I sense that the Lord today would have me very, simply say, that we would do well to get our eyes off of Trump, get our eyes off of this election, get our eyes off of this world, and refocus our eyes upon Jesus.” J.D. Farag, Now What 11/9/2020, YouTube https://youtu.be/z903nKjxWyA
Well, we'd better make sure we don't seceed control of all shipping ports. I suggest we insist on taking Southern California.
I agree. President Trump just slowed the eventual destruction of our country that has been happening slowly for the last 30 years or more.
Controlled here in the US by red states
“Divine intervention?”
I would say God has already intervened. He sent Trump.
One will lead to the other. To believe that the leftists will allow the states that produce most of the food, as well as most of the oil and natural gas used on the continent (despite their incessant yammering on about the evils of carbon) to leave without a significant fight is very naive.
It'd be fun to use that as a wedge issue to "sell" the idea of secession, though. "Here's your opportunity to do away with fossil fuels in your communities and save the planet..."
I agree - secession is not only not a bad thing, it is probably the ONLY thing left to do without blood.
Judging from the reaction of some politicians and media people to this kind of talk, it seems they are taking it seriously.
We cannot live together obviously. Live and let live is an impossibility. I refuse to have the likes of kamala or aoc run my life.
Easier said than done.
There are military installations, Federal lands, Interstate highways and so on, all owned by the Federal government, and funded via our tax dollars....
The Feds will not allow a state to secede, and will use Federal troops to protect it’s assets.
Ain’t gonna happen..
Charles they don’t want us an we don’t want them. Nobody is going to die to keep the red states in the union. That thought is laughable. You are a fool to think so.
A secession or patriots will destroy the GOP. Better to have a conservative wing of a one party system/country than a feckless GOP. Plus I hate coward Tories more then lefties.
Soros wants chaos and ultimately the destruction of the US. Now that the media is finally investigating the Bidens, and it looks like the election may be decided by state legislatures, there is the possibility of an explosion of violence from Soros’ minions.
As said earlier, the far greater issue is pastors ignoring the evil from the left, ignoring the clear alliance the left has with principalities and powers; a clearly demonic alliance.
The idea that Trump worship is real, or a major problem is moronic, and might I say, just as demonic as anything else from the left.
You think they don’t want ALL the ports, all the farms, all the natural resources, all the production facilities, all the military assets - to do with as they wish? Look at Soviet history. Look at post-WWII Chinese history. Of course they don’t want *us* - just everything we’ve got. Wake up and smell what you’re shoveling.
All the ports? I guess geography is not your string suit.
I gave some thought to your post to me.
I guess you’re right; those are significant barriers to anything like that.
Pearl Harbor was just ONE of Japan’s huge military attacks that week in 1941. They swept the Pacific.
In fact, according to folks who lived through it, all the news was bad in early 1942, with the sole exception of Doolittle’s Raid in April. Bad news was the order of the day until the victory in the Battle of Midway in June.
Americans have faced impossible “uphill” odds repeatedly. General George Washington narrowly avoided obliteration, complete destruction of his army and the Revolution itself, more than once.
We are a tougher people than most of us realize. Tough times don’t last but tough people do. Just keep your powder dry, prepare for the worst, and pray for the best. We will survive.
--says Poor Richards Almanac maybe...
Here in Indiana; there are few oil wells.
Divide and conquer has ALWAYS worked.
Where the Trump win margin was ELEVEN points MORE than in Texas.....just sayin...
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