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c. You are too young to have a historical reference point to when men were actually men and not giddy and roughed X-Factor hopefuls, or turkey-necked, unprincipled politicians, or earring sporting “ministers” of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?
The book of Judges is a prime example of God’s dealing with Israel during the time just preceding their first king. It illustrates a downward spiral of sin that results in chaos and evil (men) ruling over the people. The spiral would be repeated over many years. Every time the people cried out and returned to God, He RAISED UP a godly leader; then there would be rest; then the sons of Israel would again do evil and forget the LORD their God, and in His anger the LORD would sell them into some king’s hands. Then again they cried out to Him and He RAISED UP A DELIVER for them.
It was a time when every man did what was right in his own eyes...sorta like now.
Doug...when referencing the Creator with a pronoun; you use capital letters.
And....Every school day Christians and conservatives send their children into the godless and collectivist and socialist-entitlement camps ( misnamed “schools”) where they **MUST** learn to think and reason godlessly just to cooperate with the indoctrination. They send them into socialist-entitlement schools where the children risk learning to be comfortable in accepting a socialist and tuition-free ENTITLEMENT!!!!!
I am exasperated!
Christians and conservatives seem OBLIVIOUS to the spiritual harm they are doing to their children and REFUSE to understand that socialist-entitlement and collectivist schooling is EVIL and MUST BE SHUT DOWN!~
( Yeah! I am shouting.)
I think it's as simple as the so-called "Greatest Generation" wanting to spare their kids the horrors and rigors they endured during WWII.
They went too far.
I thought I was reading Ann Barnhardt when I read this line...
I think it was Jefferson that said, “A nation gets the leaders it deserves” and we are getting just that.
Bttt
Sadly, for a while now that whenever I see a sign, bumper sticker or whatever that says”God Bless America” I have to say to myself, why would he?
How can God blame men for becoming effeminate when its the churches that are leading the charge?
Or are you saying we should convert to Islam?
For the sake of the ten.
Genesis 18:32
And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.
Strive to be one of those ten.
Standing and applauding...great post...a shot of truth right between the eyes.
It should be reversed...’America Bless G-d’...and WHERE is the call for repentance?
...uh, which one’s the BAM?
International Marxism and the likes of Saul Alinsky have infiltrated the education system from K through grad school.
Don’t look to God. Look to destroying the destroyers. God will appreciate it if we take down the criminals. Action and Prayer. Not just prayer.
Great article, thanks. You are right on the money. What would you say about modern Israel in the Land of Israel, defended by the youth of Israel, kickin butt when need to Israel? What would be your judgement now?
Right on! The Greatest Generation out of a proper sense of sparing the Boomers, the pain of the Depression, WWII and the Cold War, over pampered their kids who then, of course, revolted. Now they want their cake and eat it too, just like always.
(And why does he vote liberal democrat???)
God created the natural world which is governed by His natural laws. He sent us these natural laws and gave us the choice of obeying or ignoring them. When a few ignore His law a few suffer. Sort of like stick your hand in a fire you get burned. When the masses ignore His law then all suffer. We are at the point that the masses ignore His law. He told us what would happen and He let us bring the cosequences on ourselves. We are saying the same thing in different ways.
She did come to mind...
then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and sent to the great king for help.
But he is not able to cure you, not able to heal your sores.
14 For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a great lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces and go away;
I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.
15 Then I will return to my lair until they have borne their guilt and seek my face— in their misery they will earnestly seek me.”
End time prophet Hosea seems to disagree with you.
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