Principle: when first things are first… “in His time”(Act1:7), God moves to bless—which means to confirm, establish, and multiply(increase)! For example, if the first priority of a nation* is not God**, it becomes exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, for Him to bless the people. Why? When the first priority is not first, all remaining priorities are thrown out of order. For example, one would naturally think that a second priority would move up to become first place when the first priority is rejected. However, this is rarely the case as man’s sin nature causes the lesser priorities to compete for the top spot of the order of things. 
 However, when the first priority is God, He literally intervenes to make the 2nd, 3rd,4th, and 5th priorities align in their proper order. Remember, God is the Creator of order (Jer31:35-37), and works only through His divine system of order!!
  Allow me to offer one example of how America making God our first priority, which reveals the reason God has so blessed this nation***! In 1775 the government leaders of the Virginia colony met in their Second Virginia Convention to determine their future involvement in the threatening war with Britain. The first group of delegates asserted that Britain was too powerful and America too weak. However, Patrick Henry, also a delegate, rose and responded with not only his most famous speech, but one of the most famous speeches in American history:
 
‘Give me Liberty or give me death’
“Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three million people armed in the holy cause of liberty and in such a country as that which we possess are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God Who presides over the destinies of nations, and Who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave…Gentlemen may cry, “Peace, peace,” but there is no peace. The war has actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
 
  First, notice this speech was directed to government officials! Why is this important? Because Henry’s speech overwhelmingly indicates how the Word of God was the norm in the American ‘culture’, at the time of the founding of our country and uncovers another reason this is a Christian nation.
 Of course, you ask how Henry’s speech relates to my above assertion. Although Henry’s words are absent of Bible references, yet it is filled with Biblical speech. For example,
1.“God of nature”. Henry’s use of “God of nature” is a reference to the ‘Creator God’ (Gen1; Ps121:2), Whom not only created all things but also made His creation to behave according to certain laws (Rom1:20; 2:14,15). In addition, Henry’s words allude to the term “laws of nature and of nature’s God,” which was later used by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence; BUT…does NOT refer to deism! For example, William Blackstone used seven pages4* in his ‘Commentaries on the Laws of England’ to explain the ‘laws of nature and of nature’s God’, revealing that its foundation was rooted in the Bible. Before the war with Britain, Blackstone’s ‘Commentaries’ were mandatory reading for all law students in the American colonies and would have been very familiar to Patrick Henry as well as the other delegates in the Virginia Convention.
2.“holy cause of liberty”. Liberty was a “holy cause” because God created man to be free to serve Him (2Cor3:17; Gal5:1,13;). The word “holy” means separated to God, and separated from the world, which means Biblical liberty begins with freedom from sin, yet organically leads to political freedom, and freedom to create.
3.“we shall not fight our battles alone”.  One origin of these words is 2Chronicles 32:8.
4. “just God”. This clause originates in Is45:21; Deut32:4; Ps75:7; 2Thes1:6.
5.“Who presides over the destinies of nations?”. This statement originates in Dan4:17; Duet32:8; Ps67:2,4; Job12:23; Ps9:17; Ps22:28; Ps47:3; Ps72:11,17; Ps86:9; Ps113:4; Is2:2
6.“Who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us”. This is from 2Chron32:8.
7.“The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone”. This comes from Eccl9:11
8.“Peace, peace, but there is no peace”. This is from Jer8:11.
9.“Why stand we here idle?”.  This is from Matt20:6
 
  As you can see, Henry’s government speech was filled with the Word of God, even though he was not a pastor/preacher/reverend… but instead a government official!!!
  First, this reveals just how important it was for early Americans to live according to the Word of God.
  Second, this teaches the delegates had faith in God, through Christ---they were Christians, not just Christianized. Henry used Scripture to encourage the delegates to be like David in his battle with Goliath, and believe God to also deliver them from an impossible-to-defeat foe!!
  Third, because the Word of God was so natural and normal to the American culture at that time, Bible references in speeches were unnecessary. I repeat, the Bible was assumed to be the source of American opinions.
   In conclusion, because America has historically made the Word of God our top priority, God has blessed this nation more than any nation…in the history of the world!!!!
 
 
*individual or family too
**Bible, Word of God
***Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. -Ps33:12
4* ‘Defending the Declaration’, by Gary Amos. Pg 42
 
Quotebit
Rev. Richard Wurmbrand was imprisoned in Communist Romania for 14 years. He stated of America in 1967: "America is the hope of every enslaved man, because it is the last bastion of freedom in the world.

 “Blessed* is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.”                                         -Psalms 33:12
 
  Psalms 33:12 makes it abundantly clear that from God’s perspective every nation has a god, but only those nations whose God is the Lord…are blessed!
  Is America a Christian Nation? Or, are those who invented the term “Christian Nationalism” right in boldly declaring America has no Christian roots? President Barack Obama declared, “Whatever we once were, we're no longer a Christian nation. At least not just. We are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, and a Buddhist nation, and a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers." Is he right?
  Here are the facts:
‘ALL’ 13 original Colonies were founded by “Christian” denominations:
In 1607, Virginia was founded by Anglicans;
In 1620, Massachusetts was founded by Pilgrim Separatists & Puritans;
In 1626, New York was founded by the Dutch Reformed;
In 1633, Maryland was founded by Catholics;
In 1636, Rhode Island was founded by Baptists;
In 1636, Connecticut was founded by Congregationalists;
In 1638, New Hampshire was founded by Congregationalists;
In 1638, Delaware was founded by Lutherans;
In 1653, North Carolina was founded by Anglicans;
In 1663, South Carolina was founded by Anglicans;
In 1664, New Jersey was founded by Lutherans;
In 1682, Pennsylvania was founded by Quakers;
In 1732, Georgia was founded by Protestants.
 
4 Presidents:
  Although every American president has claimed Christianity as their ‘religion”**, not all presidents were Christians. I submit quotes from just four:  
   Engraved on George Washington's tomb at Mount Vernon."I am the Resurrection and the Life; sayeth the Lord. He that believeth in Me, though he were dead yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die."
“The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity” -President John Adams
“America was born in a Revival of Religion – and back of it were John Wesley and George Whitefield.”               – President Calvin Coolidge.
“When I left Springfield [to assume the Presidency], I asked the people to pray for me. I was not a Christian. When I buried my son, the severest trial of my life, I was not a Christian. But when I went to Gettysburg and saw the graves of thousands of our soldiers, I then and there consecrated myself to Christ.”    -President Abraham Lincoln
   
Constitutional Convention
  Of the 55 delegates who helped create the U.S. Constitution belonged to the following denominations: 26 Episcopalian, 11 Presbyterian, 7 Congregationalist, 2 Lutheran, 2 Dutch Reformed, 2 Methodist, 2 Quaker, and 2 Roman Catholics. If you are not aware, all of these are Christian denominations!
 
State Constitutions.
 ‘Every’ state constitution--without exception---is similar to these:
--PENNSYLVANIA, the 2nd State to ratify the U.S. Constitution, stated in its 1776 State Constitution, signed by Benjamin Franklin: "Each member, before he takes his seat, shall...subscribe...'I do believe in one GOD, the Creator and Governor of the Universe, the Rewarder of the good and the Punisher of the wicked. And I do acknowledge the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by Divine Inspiration.'"
--NEW JERSEY, the 3rd State to ratify the U.S. Constitution, stated in its 1776 State Constitution: "All persons, professing a belief in the faith of any PROTESTANT sect, who shall demean themselves peaceably under the government...shall be capable of being elected."
--GEORGIA, the 4th State to ratify the U.S. Constitution, stated in its 1777 State Constitution: "Representatives shall be chosen out of the residents in each county...and they shall be of the PROTESTANT religion."
 
  University of Houston political science professors Donald Lutz and Charles Hyneman in 1985, published a monumental study that took them 10 years to bring together. They amassed over 15,000 items, including 2,200 books, newspaper articles, pamphlets, and monographs of political materials written between 1760 and 1805, and discovered that there were three writers and one book, the constitutional framers quoted from most often:
1) John Locke (1632-1704)- 3%
2) Barron Charles Montesquieu (1689-1755) -8%
3) William Blackstone (1723-80), and -8%
4) Bible- 34%
  All three of the previous men were strong Christians and used the Bible as the foundation for their government philosophy.
 
US Congress
In 1854, the U.S. Congress conducted an extensive 1-year investigation. Their final report concluded: “Had the people during the revolution ever had a suspicion of an attempt to wage war against Christianity, that revolution would have been strangled in its cradle. At the time of the adoption of the Constitution and the amendments, the universal sentiment was that Christianity should be encouraged, but not any one denomination. In this age, there can be no substitute for Christianity. It was the religion of the founders of the republic, and they expected it to remain the religion of their descendants.”
 
US Supreme Court
In 1892, the US Supreme Court conducted a thorough study of American History, citing over 60 historical precedents, and the court concluded: “There is no dissidence in these declarations. There is a universal language pervading them all, having one meaning; they affirm and reaffirm that this is a religious nation. This is a Christian nation.”
 
*The Hebrew word for “blessed” is ʾesher, eh´-sher; from 833; happiness; only in masc. plur. constr. as interjec., how happy!:—blessed, happy. -Strong’s
**Although every American president claimed Christianity as their religion, not all were Christians. Some used Christianity as a means to get elected, because America still has Judaeo/Christian roots.
***I do not have confirmation on the 55th.
 
Quotebit
Before the House of Commons, June 18, 1940, Winston Churchill warned: "I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization...

    Psalms 33:12 declares: “Blessed* is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.” First, this verse means every nation has a “god”; and second, only those nations whose God is the Lord are blessed!!*
  America is not only the most blessed nation in the world today, but it is the most blessed** nation in the history of the world!!!! Although there are other reasons for this phenomenon, at the top of the list are two natural pieces of evidence:
 1.America’s economic power. The U.S. is the richest nation (the most blessed** nation) not only in the world today, but in the  history of the world!! It has led the world in GDP for decades! Do you think this is an accident? NO! It is God’s hand of blessing**  upon the nation!
2.Immigration. Why do people from all over the world want to come to America? Many people even risk their lives to get here. But Why? To partake of God’s hand of blessing upon this GREAT nation! Even those who say they hate America seldom leave!!
 
  But…why is God’s hand of blessing upon America? The first and primary reason is that God created America to be a missionary nation!!*** Author Ernest Lee Tuveson called America the: “Redeemer Nation”****. In other words, God has blessed this nation because--greater than any other nation in history---America has taken the gospel of Jesus Christ to the world(Mat28:18-20)!
  For example, ‘FROM THE BEGINNING’, the first landing of the Pilgrims at Jamestown in 1606, in what is now Virginia, they were given a total of three charters.  Each of the charters mentions “GOD” multiple times—identifying their highest objective for coming to America.
 
1.The First Virginia Charter (April 10, 1606)
“JAMES, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith…”
“We, greatly commending, and graciously accepting of, their Desires for the Furtherance of so noble a Work, which may, by the Providence of Almighty God, hereafter tend to the Glory of his Divine Majesty, in propagating of Christian Religion to such People, as yet live in Darkness and miserable Ignorance of the true Knowledge and Worship of God…”*****
  This first charter not only mentions God, but clearly spells out their purpose: “…propagating of Christian Religion to such People…” 

   What people? The Indians!!!
 
2. The Second Virginia Charter (May 23, 1609)
“And forasmuch as it shalbe necessarie for all such our lovinge subjects as shall inhabitt within the said precincts of Virginia aforesaid to determine to live togither in the feare and true woorshipp of Almightie God, Christian peace and civill quietnes, each with other, whereby everie one maie with more safety, pleasure and profitt enjoye that where unto they shall attaine with great paine and perill, wee, for us…”*****
 
3. The Third Virginia Charter (March 12, 1612)
“James, by the grace of God [King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith;] to all to whom [these presents shall come,] greeting. Whereas at the humble suite of divers and sundry our lovinge subjects, aswell adventurers as planters of the First Colonie in Virginia, and for the propagacion of Christian religion and reclayminge of people barbarous to civilitie and humanitie, we have by our lettres patent bearing date at Westminster the three and twentieth daie of May in the seaventh yeare of our raigne of England, Frannce…”*****

  How about one more piece of evidence for America’s Christian roots---FROM THE BEGINNING? Before the Pilgrims stepped off the boat at Plymouth in 1620, in what today is Massachusetts, they wrote out the Mayflower Compact. As you read it, notice the missionary tone is clearly obvious:
“In, the Name of God, Amen, We, whose names are Underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith. Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honor of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first colony In the northern Parts of Virginia; Do by these Presents, solemnly And mutually in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick.”   
                                 -November 11, 1620*****
 
  Clearly and irrefutably---America began as a missionary nation, i.e.to take the GOSPEL of Jesus Christ to the world, AND---by God’s grace---we must fight to keep it a missionary nation as we celebrate 250 years!!!
 
*The Hebrew word for “blessed” is ʾesher, eh´-sher; from 833; happiness; only in masc. plur. constr. as interjec., how happy!:—blessed, happy. -Strong’s
** The Hebrew word for “blessed” in Psalms 33:12 is different from the Hebrew word for “blessed” in Genesis 12:3. The word for “blessed” in Genesis 12:3 is Barak and is a prime root meaning: to kneel; by impl. to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason):—× abundantly, × altogether, × at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, × greatly, × indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, × still, thank.  -Strong’s
  If you look at many of the places ‘barak’ is used in the OT, beginning with the first time in Genesis 1:26, 28, it possesses the nuance of abundance or multiplication. In other words, the ‘barak’ blessing multiplies what is blessed. Another example is Genesis 26:12: “Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed (Barak) him.”
***A second reason, which is just as important as the first, is America’s commitment to support Israel(Gen 12:3).
****Redeemer Nation, Ernest Lee Tuveson, The Idea of America’s Millennial Rode.
*****https://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1600-1650/the-first-virginia-charter-1606.php
 
 Quotebit
"The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities."
​              -- President Theodore Roosevelt

“Moreover you shall select from all the people able men(1), such as fear God(2), men of truth(3), hating covetousness(4); and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.”  -Ex18:21
 
In the last tidbit, I offered George Washington’s Sunday Morning Prayer. Now I offer excerpts from several days of his prayers:
 
Sunday Evening Prayer:*O most Glorious God, in Jesus Christ my merciful and loving father, I acknowledge and confess my guilt, in the weak and imperfect performance of the duties of this day. I have called on thee for pardon and forgiveness of sins, but so coldly and carelessly, that my prayers are become my sin and stand in need of pardon…
 
Monday Morning Prayer:…Direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the lamb, and purge my heart by thy Holy Spirit…
…But daily frame me more and more into the likeness of thy son Jesus Christ, that living in thy fear, and dying in thy favor, I may in thy appointed time attain the resurrection of the just unto eternal life… 
 
Monday Evening Prayer: Most Gracious Lord God, from whom proceedeth every good and perfect gift, I offer to thy divine majesty my unfeigned praise & thanksgiving for all thy mercies towards me. Thou mad'st me at first and hast ever since sustained the work of thy own hand; thou gav'st thy Son to die for me; and hast given me assurance of salvation, upon my repentance and sincerely endeavoring to conform my life to his holy precepts and example…
 
Tuesday Morning Prayer:O Lord our God, most mighty and merciful father, I thine unworthy creature and servant, do once more approach thy presence. Though not worthy to appear before thee, because of my natural corruptions, and the many sins and transgressions which I have committed against thy divine majesty; yet I beseech thee, for the sake of him in whom thou art well pleased, the Lord Jesus Christ, to admit me to render thee deserved thanks and praises for thy manifold mercies extended toward me, for the quiet rest & repose of the past night, for food, rainment, health, peace, liberty…
 
Tuesday Evening Prayer:O Lord, what is man, or the son of man, that thou regardest him; the more days pass over my head, the more sins and iniquities I heap up against thee. If I should cast up the account of my good deeds done this day, how few and small would they be; but if I should reckon my miscarriages, surely they would be many and great. O, blessed father, let thy son's blood wash me from all impurities, and cleanse me from the stains of sin that are upon me. Give me grace to lay hold upon his merits; that they may be my reconciliation and atonement unto thee, -- That I may know my sins are forgiven by his death & passion…. 
 
  The heart of a man is revealed through his prayer life. What you just read is evidence of at least four things:
1.a glimpse into the heart of our first President.
2.a glimpse into the heart of God for the reason He called GW to be our first President
3.a glimpse into God’s love for America and why we must fight for her!
4.A reason*** America is a Christian nation
 
   To call George Washington a deist**…is complete dishonesty!
 
* https://www1.cbn.com/george-washingtons-prayer-journal-4.  Taken from William J. Johnson, George Washington, The Christian (New York: The Abingdon Press, 1919) 
** Deism rejects the idea that God has any active role among humans. They believe God created the world and left it to be run by humans. 
***There are many reasons America is a “Christian nation”, GW is just one!
 
Quotebit
“Losers look at what they’re going through. Winners look at what they’re going to.” -Dr. Ed Cole

Why has God blessed America? One reason is godly leadership:
“Moreover, you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth,  hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.” -Ex18:21
 
 Check out this prayer by our first leader, President George Washington:
Sunday Morning Prayer:
“Almighty God, and most merciful father, who didst command the children of Israel to offer a daily sacrifice to thee, that thereby they might glorify and praise thee for thy protection both night and day, receive, O Lord, my morning sacrifice which I now offer up to thee; I yield thee humble and hearty thanks that thou has preserved me from the danger of the night past, and brought me to the light of the day, and the comforts thereof, a day which is consecrated of thine own service and for thine own honor. Let my heart, therefore, Gracious God, be so affected with the glory and majesty of it, that I may not do mine own works, but wait on thee, and discharge those weighty duties thou requirest of me, and since thou art a God of pure eyes, and wilt be sanctified in all who draw near unto thee, who doest not regard the sacrifice of fools, nor hear sinners who tread in thy courts, pardon, I beseech thee, my sins, remove them from thy presence, as far as the east is from the west, and accept of me for the merits of thy son Jesus Christ, that when I come into thy temple, and compass thine altar, my prayers may come before thee as incense; and as thou wouldst hear me calling upon thee in my prayers, so give me grace to hear thee calling on me in thy word, that it may be wisdom, righteousness, reconciliation and peace to the saving of the soul in the day of the Lord Jesus. Grant that I may hear it with reverence, receive it with meekness, mingle it with faith, and that it may accomplish in me, Gracious God, the good work for which thou has sent it. Bless my family, kindred, friends and country, be our God & guide this day and forever for his sake, who lay down in the Grave and arose again for us, Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.”
https://www1.cbn.com/george-washingtons-prayer-journal-4
 
  One way to judge the fruit of a person’s godliness is his prayer life.
Three things immediately jump out about George Washington’s prayer:
1.“Morning prayer”. The idea of “Morning” implies that he prayed more than once a day. In other words, GW believed in prayer.
2.The amount of the Word of God included in his prayer indicates:
                   i.He didn’t just read the Bible, but was a student of the
                       Bible!!!
                   ii.He was taught to pray the Word of God
                   iii.He was a mature Christian
3.Deists don’t pray because they reject the idea that God personally intervenes with man.
 
This prayer would be absolutely amazing…if Washington were a theologian!!!! But he was a General in the military; a founding father, and most importantly, America’s first President, which means he set ‘THE’ precedent for future presidents to follow!! 
After closely examining GW’s prayer, we find a list of phrases, words, and principles that are taken directly from Scripture. In other words, GW prayed God’s Word (Is55:8,9)!!!!
 
“Almighty God”-Gen17:1; “merciful Father”-2Cor1:3; “children of Israel”-Gen32:32(644 times in KJV); “to offer a daily sacrifice to thee”-Eze46:13, Heb13:15; “glorify and praise thee for thy protection both night and day”-Neh9:17,18;Ps145:2; “my morning sacrifice which I now offer up to thee;”-Ps5:3; “Gracious God,” -Jon4:2; has preserved me from the danger of the night past” -Ps91:10-12; “but wait on thee”-Ps27:14; “pure eyes” -Hab1:13; “sanctified in all who draw near unto thee” -Ps73:28; “sacrifice of fools,” -Eccl5:1; “east is from the west” -Ps103:12; “merits of thy son Jesus Christ” -Is53; “compass thine altar” -Ps26:6; “my prayers may come before thee as incense” -Ps141:2; “wouldst hear me calling upon thee in my prayers” -Ps27:7; “so give me grace to” -Jms4:6; “saving of the soul” -Heb10:39; “in the day of the Lord Jesus”-1Cor5:5, 2Pet3:10; “Gracious God” - Jonah4:2; “Bless my family, kindred, friends and country” Eph1:3; 1Chron4:10; “be our God” -Jer7:23; Jer11:4; “who lay down in the Grave and arose again for us,”-Rom14:8,1Cor15:3,4, 2Cor5:15, 1Thes4:14; “Jesus Christ our Lord,” -Rom1:3, (9 times in NT).
 
 WOW! Amazing! Incredible!!!
 
In the 1830’s, French nobleman Alexis de Tocqueville travelled across America to discover the source of this country's greatness, which resulted in his classic work ‘Democracy in America’, where he stated: 
“I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers … and it was not there … in her rich mines and her vast world commerce … and it was not there … in her democratic Congress and her matchless Constitution … and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and her power. America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great."
 
  Although George Washington was not a pastor, preacher, or theologian, his prayer life teaches several things:
1.The ‘Christianity’ of our nation. Or, America was/is a ‘Christian’ nation!
2.The Christian ‘maturity’ of everyday Americans
3.The ‘flame of righteousness’ that burned brightly from America’s pulpits
 
  Remember, “righteousness exalts(Pro14:34)”…a nation!!
 
 
QuoteBit
Civilizations die not by murder, but by suicide.  - Historian Arnold Joseph Toynbee

Happy birthday, America! I want to celebrate America’s 250th birthday beginning with George Washington. One of the great miracles/signs of Washington’s life is the Battle of Monongahela. The miracles of Washington’s life help us understand:
1.God intervened to create America!
2.God’s hand is ‘still’ upon America!
 
The Miracle of Four Bullets
  In the mid-eighteenth century, war broke out between King George II of Britain, and King Louis XV of France, called the Seven Years' War. It spilled over into America as the French and Indian War.
  On July 9, 1755, 1,400 British troops under the leadership of General Edward Braddock were marching through the forests near the Monongahela River, in present-day Pennsylvania. Included in the march to attack the French Fort Duquesne was 22-year-old George Washington, a colonel in the British army. The British troops were ambushed by a combined force of French and Canadians, along with Potawatomi and Ottawa Indians. Only accustomed to fighting in open fields, the British were annihilated! Within a short period of time, 900 of the 1400 soldiers perished at what’s now known as the Battle of Monongahela, or more appropriately called the Massacre at Monongahela.
   Before Britain’s General Braddock was killed, he commissioned Colonel Washington to ride back and forth to give orders to other parts of the British line. Let me repeat that—multiple times---Colonel Washington rode through a hail of bullets!!!! Adding even more complexity to this MIRACLE are three important variables (signs-Gen1:14; Heb2:4):
1.Prior to the battle, the enemy agreed to target the British officers
2.George Washington was riding a White horse, and he was 6’3” tall at a time when the average American was 5’7”!
3.Every horse-mounted officer was killed except one. Guess who?
 
After the Battle, rumors quickly spread that all the British officers had perished. Shortly after the battle, George Washington wrote to his brother John Augustine Washington on July 18, 1755:
“As I have heard, since my arrival at this place, a circumstantial account of my death and dying speech, I take this early opportunity of contradicting the first, and of assuring you that I have not as yet composed the latter. But by the All-Powerful Dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability or expectation; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, although death was leveling my companions on every side of me!*”
 
  This miracle is not finished. Fifteen years after the conflict, Washington providentially met one of the Indian Chiefs, who explained his role in the battle. Through an interpreter, the Chief declared:
“I called my young men and said, mark yon tall and daring warrior (referring to Washington). He is alone exposed. Quick, let your aim be certain, and he dies. Our rifles leveled, rifles which, but for you, knew not how to miss-t’was all in vain, a power mightier far than we shielded you. Seeing you were under the special guardianship of the Great Spirit, we immediately ceased to fire at you…I have come to pay homage to the man who is the particular favorite of Heaven, and who can never die in battle.”**
   For all the doubters who may be thinking, “Well, Pastor Jackson, his coat was flopping open, and the four bullets simply pierced his coat while he was riding!” On the contrary, remember, Washington was a soldier, and especially a British soldier! It is part of a soldier’s discipline to wear his uniform properly--in other words, his coat couldn't have been unbuttoned!!!
  Nope…No excuses!! God is real…And His power to deliver in the time of trouble is real! To make this miracle irrefutable, the Sovereign God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, caused four bullets to penetrate George Washington’s coat--while it was buttoned--yet those bullets could not penetrate his body—they either disintegrated or bounced off his garments! And don’t forget the many shots taken by the Indian sharpshooters that God also kept from even striking Washington, but killed ALL the other British officers.
  In conclusion, why would God work this kind of miracle? Very simply, for three reasons:
1.He sovereignly ordained America to be a nation!
2.He was sovereignly preparing Washington to lead the War for Independence.
3.He had ordained George Washington to be America’s first president!
This protection of Washington is a sign to the world!
 
If you are an American citizen…be excited—and be proud!!! You are part of something special; something great; something God supernaturally ordained!
 
   Always remember, when listening to the contemporary liberal America-hating culture--what God has blessed...no man can curse!!!
 
George Washington’s miraculous deliverance reveals that God has indeed blessed America…and is continuing to bless America!
   
*The Bulletproof George Washington, David Barton
** The Bulletproof George Washington, David Barton 
 
 
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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.  
​                   -Michael Jordan

  In part 1, I asked, "Where is BLM--2026?" In spite of the riots, burning buildings, and even deaths, the Mainstream Media (MSM) called BLM’s protests “peaceful”…but what’s just as bad, if not worse, is…where are BLM’s “peaceful protests” now?  I also asked and answered, is the Mainstream Media no longer reporting on BLM’s “peaceful protests,” because racist White cops are no longer murdering innocent Black Men? Why then the silence?
  Let’s cut to the chase. For you Christians, especially Black Christians, who followed and supported BLM, allow me to inform you of ‘their’ thoughts on ‘Christianity’. For example, in January of 2016, Notre Dame University invited BLM founders Opal Tometi and Patrisse Cullors to speak in honor of Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement. During her address, Cullors decried:
 “...the movement needs a new model of group leadership with female involvement. We don’t need a black, Christian, cis-heteronormative man to take us to the Promised Land…”.
  The following is a list of the leaders of the Civil Rights movement: Dr. Reverend Martin Luther King Jr,: Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, Reverend Joseph Lowery, Reverend James Bevel, Reverend Allen Johnson, Reverend Curtis W. Harris, Reverend and U.S. Representative Walter E. Fauntroy, Reverend C. T. Vivian, Reverend and U.S. Representative Andrew Young, Mayor Charles Evers, Cleveland Robinson, Randolph Blackwell, Annie Bell Robinson Devine, Reverend Charles Kenzie Steele, Reverend Alfred Daniel Williams King, Reverend Benjamin Hooks, Aaron Henry, Bayard Rustin*, Reverend Wyatt Tee Walker. Most, if not all, of these Reverends were part of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, another leading Christian organization that helped to lead the Civil Rights Movement. And…finally, the very spark that ignited the Civil Rights movement--the ‘Christian’ woman Rosa Parks!
  Interestingly, in spite of Cullors’ mockery of MLK, men, Rosa Parks, the Civil Rights movement, and especially Christianity, and in spite of the fact that Cullors and Tometi* were paid to honor MLK on his birthday, incredibly…many Black Christians—to this day--still honor them!! But why? Two answers: 1.Blackness**; and 2.The power of the MSM! Just put the word ‘BLACK’ in the title of an organization—and liberal Blacks ‘ANOINT’ them as “SAVIOR”!
  Moving forward. Patrisse Cullors has also declared: “We are trained Marxists.” ***
  Notice she did not say, “We are Marxists!” But said, “We are trained Marxists.” In other words, the BLM leadership was not merely introduced to Karl Marx in a high school World History course on Russia! On the contrary, the word “trained” means they literally read his books; took classes on his works taught by experts with Masters and Doctorate degrees; studied nations where Marxism was implemented; researched Marx’s personal life; and became his converts, his disciples, promoting his philosophy…as their ANSWER!
   So…what did Marx believe? I’m glad you asked.
 -Marx referred to his fellow Jew socialist labor organizer Ferdinand Lassalle with such delightful epithets as: “greasy Jew”; “the little kike”; “water-polack Jew”; “Jew Braun”; “Yid”; “Izzy”; “Willy Ephraim”; “Baron Itzig”; and “the Jewish Nigger”.*4 
 -In a letter to his companion Friedrich Engels, dated July 30, 1862, Marx expanded his attack on Lassalle, “It is now perfectly clear to me that, as the shape of his head and the growth of his hair indicated, he is descended from the Negroes who joined in Moses flight from Egypt.” In other words, Marx’ conclusions about Lassalle were based upon the shape of his head. Marx continued his barrage: “Unless his mother or grandmother on the father’s side was crossed with a Nigger!”
  And finally, Marx ended with a bang, “This union of Jew and German on a Negro base was bound to produce an extraordinary hybrid.” And finally, “The fellow’s importunity is also niggerlike”*5
 -Karl Marx’s daughter, Laura, married a Cuban named Paul Lafargue. Because he was Cuban, Marx believed he had “Negro” blood, which inspired him to create nicknames for him like: “Negrillo” and “The Gorilla”.*6
  These were some of the examples the ‘WHITE’ man Karl Marx wrote using the word “Nigger” for Blacks and Jews. If he wrote using this word “Nigger”,  just think how often he used the word in his everyday conversations!!
 In other words, the trained leaders of BLM are using the philosophy of a racist ‘WHITE’ man…to help Black people! Let that sink in! Yet, that’s not even the worst part of BLM!
 Dr Melina Adbulla, Professor of African Studies, and Patrisse Cullors were on Zoom June 13, 2020, and Dr Abdulla declares, “It took almost a year for me to realize that this movement is much more than a racial and social justice movement. At its core, it’s a spiritual movement. We become very intimate with the spirits that we call on regularly. I laugh a lot with Wakesha. I didn’t meet her in her body. I met her through this work.”
  Who is Wakesha? She just told you! It’s a spirit she met through the work of BLM. The Bible calls this divination: “There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch” (Deut 18:10).
  How is it possible for Black people to be so fooled by BLM? And worst of all, how is it possible for Christians, and especially Black Christians, to be so fooled by BLM? Although the application may be complex, the answer is simple:
 “But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons”! -1Timothy4:1
 
 
 
*This doesn’t even include the homosexuality of the 3 BLM leaders, which God calls an abomination, i.e., sin! (Lev18:22; Rom1:21-27; 1Cor6:9; 1Tim1:9,20; Jude7)
**Blackness is idolatry, the worship of skin color.
***https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J68p5l-gjQ
 *4 The Devil and Marx, Paul Kengor. Pg 86
*5 Ibid. Pg 87
*6 Ibid. Pg 87

  I find it EXTREMELY interesting that “BLM” is no longer the nightly focus of the mainstream media! I specifically remember that the same mainstream media reporting that Black males were being shot and killed by police at least 2-3 times (or more) per week from 2016-2020ish! And, I also remember that BLM assumed the role of leading protests nearly every night against the police!! However, if BLM was right about their version of police brutality against innocent Black men*, where are all the media reports today confirming the ongoing continuation of the police execution of young Black men!??!
  On the contrary, did the cycle of targeting Black men by police END from 2020-2024, during Joe Biden’s presidency? Were the BLM riots so successful that Black men are presently no longer being “targeted” by racist White cops? If so, why the silence?
  As a matter of fact, why the silence either way? I would think that if:
1.the trend of Black men targeted by police continues to this day…
                               or,
2.the trend of Black men targeted by police is discontinued to this
day…
...that either trend is worthy of nationwide reporting!!  
  Furthermore, I would also think that ‘IF’ the trend that Black men are no longer being murdered by White cops is true--especially from 2020-2024, during Biden’s tenure, that his administration would have made this a major political celebration of their ability to govern successfully.
  In addition, if it were true that Blacks are no longer murdered by cops, and the media gave the credit to Joe Biden, would he not have been reelected in a landslide?!?! On the contrary, what we have is a TOTAL blackout; i.e. COMPLETE silence…by the mainstream media! But Why?
  The answer is simple! The accusation that racist White police officers targeted innocent Black men** from 2016-2020; or 2020-2024; or 2024-2026***…was NEVER TRUE! The mainstream media, along with BLM; AND Academia, AND Entertainment(both Hollywood & Music)…all lied!
  When the NBA, and the NFL players wore ‘Black Lives Matter’ t-shirts, in response to BLM’s claim that White police officers were executing innocent Black men, they sold a lie to the American people! When Collin Kaepernick influenced young Black children to kneel at their football games in protest of the National anthem and American flag; AND when LeBron James arrogantly made his political commentary on Black men being killed by White police officers, they all LIED! And finally, when Mayor Muriel Bowser had the streets of Washington, D.C. painted with ‘Black Lives Matter’ in huge letters--she sold a lie to Americans!! Tragically, we are living in the ‘Day of the Lie!’
  Moreover, if you ever supported BLM and became absolutely convinced that racist White police officers targeted innocent Black men, sadly, your evidence originated from 4 areas:
1.The mainstream media
2.You didn’t do research yourself
3.Black victimology
4.You wanted to believe ‘THE’ lie
  The Bible says, “And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie” (2Thes2:11)
   So, let’s do the research to confirm the lies! If you’re interested in the most recent police fatal shootings, there are several places to find them. I choose the liberal Washington Post4*!
    First, the WP’s latest police shootings statistics4* reveal that today, police have fatally shot MORE people than the times when BLM was protesting. So…the question is, if this amazing statistic is true, and it is---why has not the WP (liberal media) shown the videos of the ‘MORE’ Blacks who were murdered by the police? Why the Blackout?
  Second, the WP shows that a “MUCH” higher 'percentage' of Blacks are shot…than Whites. OH NO! Does this mean everything BLM shouted about the racist White police is correct? Does this mean everything I have said so far is wrong? Absolutely not! You must remember the WP is liberal, and liberals interpret through their worldview! In other words, in this context, the liberal worldview seeks to protect their contention: “Innocent Blacks are shot and killed by racist White cops!!!”
 So…how did the WP arrive at: “the ‘percentage’ of Blacks” shot and killed by police is greater than that of Whites? And, how do they ‘interpret’ ‘percentage’? And, how do they ‘interpret’ their report? They took the number of Blacks shot and divided it by the population of Blacks in America, and then concluded that  “Black Americans" are killed at a much higher 'percentage' than White Americans.” So...if their math is accurate, and it is, why do I have a problem, you ask?    
  First, and I repeat, the WP (and liberalism) needs to protect their lie propagated for over 10 years: ‘innocent Black men are being killed by racist White cops’. Second, because they listed every person fatally shot by police, they had to list the reasons that those people were shot---which is where their prejudice is unveiled!! For example, the vast majority of reasons police shoot White, Black, and Hispanic individuals is because they were a threat to the officer who shot them. In other words, those who were shot were--more often than not…violent!!! Just go to the WP website and check it for yourself!
  Third, because the WP is forced to list the numbers of people shot BY RACE, once again, their prejudice is blatant! For example, from 2015 to 2024, the WP4*showed that “10,429 people were shot and killed by police; 4659 Whites; 2486 Blacks; 1717 Hispanics; and 380 others.” These numbers indicate that police kill more Whites than Blacks, which has been a consistent statistic throughout decades!!! I repeat, the cold, harsh numbers have always revealed that more Whites are killed by police than Blacks. As a matter of fact, in many years, Whites killed by police double the number of Blacks killed by police!! Therefore, to cover this irreconcilable statistic with their conclusion, they had to switch to and use the “percentage of Blacks” killed by police rather than the numbers!
  Fourth, please answer the following question…HONESTLY!! How can racist White police officers ‘target’5* Blacks to kill them--because they are Black--while simultaneously killing more Whites? Because this cannot be rationally justified, nor ignored, once again, the WP had to switch from the 'numbers' of Black killed to 'percentages' of Black killed!
  Allow me to offer an analogy on a 'target'. When Blacks were targeted for lynching by White Democrats--because they were Black---did they mistake White people for Blacks and end up lynching MORE Whites than Blacks? NO! Why? Because the Blacks were their targets!!! Or, when Blacks were forbidden to vote—because they were Black—did the White Democrats mistake Whites for Blacks and end up forbidding MORE Whites than Blacks from voting? Once again, NO! Why? Because the Blacks were targets! Therefore, if Blacks were targeted by police for murder, they would have killed more Blacks…not more Whites!
 Fifth, BLM, both liberal Whites and Blacks, all believe that “police brutality” is high on the list proving White racism, i.e.White supremacy6*. In other words, using White Privilege; Whiteness; Critical Race Theory(CRT); Intersectionality; Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome(PTSS); the 1619 Project; How to be an Anti-racist, etc., they argue that not only are White policemen racist, but in the broadest definition of the word ‘racist’---White people are racist!! I repeat, liberals believe White people are racist because they are White7*!!! Therefore, they can conclude that White police officers murder innocent Black men---because they are Black—despite the fact that more Whites are killed by police than Blacks!
  Moreover, my final unresolvable problem with the interpretation of the Washington Post is revealed in their statistic: the number of Whites, Blacks, Hispanics killed “per million of their population”. For example, Whites are killed at ‘2.3 per million of their population’; Blacks are killed at ‘6 per million of their population’; Hispanics are killed at ‘2.5 per million of their population.’ Therefore, the WP believes it can interpret these three facts as follows:  ‘6 per million of their population’ for Blacks is greater than the Whites '2.3 per million of Whites', therefore, “Racist Whites cops murder innocent Blacks”!
   However, and on the contrary, these 3 facts create another unresolved problem for BLM. For liberals to interpret these 3 facts to support their argument against police, they have to conclude:
-Whites are racists based on the statistic: .0000023 (2.3/1,000000)
-Blacks are ‘not racist’ based on the statistic: .000006 (6/1,000,000)
-Hispanics are ‘not racist’ based on the statistic: .0000025 (2.5/1,000,000) ( even though the Hispanic number is greater than Whites, whom they call racist!)
 Any honest person can see the prejudice even in the interpretation of these three statistics. How can the Whites be racist and the Hispanics not be racist when the statistics of the Hispanics are higher than those of the Whites?
      My final takeaway of the above numbers is this: in all honesty, is it possible to brand an entire group of people as racists using the previous minuscule statistics? NO! Only people with an agenda can do so!
 
   In conclusion, BLM is one of America's greatest frauds!

Wait for part 2!
 
*The BLM website emphasizes this point, calling for: “an immediate end to police brutality and the murder of Black people and all oppressed people”.
**This applies to times prior to the following time periods too.
***Presidential 4-year terms of Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and Donald Trump. In other words, BLM and liberal Democrats used this as evidence to present Donald Trump as a racist!!
4*https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/police-shootings-database/
5*Image in your mind a target with a bullseye at the center. Can a person point a gun at the bullseye on the target, pull the trigger, and the bullet end up hitting another target 90 degrees to the left of the originally shooter? Not unless bullets can change directions in mid-flight!!!
6* America is a racist nation
7* Which is ‘THE’ definition of racism.
 
 
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"Right is of no sex; Truth is of no color;  God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren."   -Fredrick Douglass

​  One image is of Evyatar David, a 2023 Hamas hostage, digging his own grave in captivity, and the other is the Holocaust. Notice the striking resemblance? The Holocaust motto is “Never Forget” and “Never Again”. Journalist Greg Bouwer wrote, “And so “Never again” must not mean “Never again to Jews alone.” It must mean “Never again to anyone, anywhere” — and it must compel action, not just sentiment.”* Therefore, Christians must join the Jews to ‘Remember’ the Holocaust…which is arguably the most horrific event of the 20th century!
  As a young person, I can remember studying the Holocaust in school and wondering how this could ever happen anywhere, to anyone, at any time!! It literally sparked an itch that ‘tragically’ I did not begin to scratch until 15 years ago. After which, I began reading one book after another, beginning with William Shirer’s seminal work “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich”.
  After the horror of October 7, 2023, I was inspired to make a renewed commitment to remember Yom HaShoah going forward. That infamous day was so horrible that it reminded me of the Holocaust! AND…what’s just as bad, if not worse, because I have studied historical anti-semitism, all the anti-semitism that has arisen after October 7, created in me a fear of another Holocaust…in this day!!!!
  I wholeheartedly agree with the Yom HaShoah motto of “Never Forget” and “Never again”, so allow me to give you 3 real-time examples of contemporary Jew-hatred that, at least for me, put the potential of another Jewish slaughter fast approaching in our rear-view mirror!
1.For my first real-time example, I offer one of the more popular slogan’s of today’s anti-Jewish, anti-Israel protests: “From the River to the Sea, Palestine must be free.” To adequately address the deception in this statement requires an honest answer to two questions: I.Is this true? II.Where does it lead, or what is its’ end?
I.Is this statement true? The vast majority of the people who protest using this phrase can neither name the ‘sea’ nor the ‘river’ to which they refer!!! How then can they know if there is any truth to their slogan? Tragically, ‘truth’ is NOT a value of either historical or contemporary anti-semitism/Jew-hatred!
  Furthermore, those who use this slogan have WILLFULLY chosen to be ignorant of the fact that there has never been a land, nor a nation called Palestine!! Why then do these people protest?!?! First, antisemitism is hatred, and hatred is irrational! Second, liberalism’s ‘Unholy Trinity’: a.the liberal academia, b.the liberal media, and c.the liberal government…have conspired to blatantly ‘LIE’ about ‘all things’ Israel!!!
  And…how do they lie? ‘Wokeism’ has filled America with the myth that all our problems are caused by: ‘The Oppressor’; ‘The Majority’; ‘The Wealthy’; or ‘White people’**. THEN…the antisemites simply ‘fit’ Jews/Israel into these categories! For example, in spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, they simply declare Jews/Israel: ‘i.The Oppressors Of The Poor, Defenseless Palestinians’; ii.of being ‘The Majority in Israel’; iii.of ‘The Wealthy Who Control The Economies Of The World’; and of course, iv.The Jews Are ‘White People’! Therefore, …those terrible parasites (Jews/Israel)...must be blamed!
II. Where does this slogan lead, or what is its end? For this slogan to be fulfilled, the Jewish people must be removed from the “stolen” land of “Palestine”! But the million-dollar question is.… Where should the 7 million Jews go, once “Palestine” has been freed? Are we to assume that the same nations that use this slogan will welcome the Jews into their countries?!?!  The answer to this question is in the slogan: 'Push Israel into the Sea!’ Obviously, is a call for genocide. Therefore, the Jews/Israel must die! Ironically, this is also called ‘Projection’! I repeat, the very people who accuse Israel of genocide are themselves guilty of propagating genocide against Israel! In other words, this slogan calls for a second Holocaust! AND therefore, THE reason we must remember Yom HaShoah!!!
2.My second real-time example is Candace Owens. Candace has been an outspoken critic*** of Israel for several years. Although she rejects the label of an antisemite, out of the abundance of her heart, she speaks (Mat12:34). For example, just last week, after Israel responded to a Hezbollah bombing/attack by bombing Lebanon, Owens tweeted: “there will never be peace in the world while Israel exists.”****
  Although claiming to be a Christian, her statement reveals she neither reads, understands, nor believes the Bible! Here is one example,
11.And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
12.And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
                                                             -Is11:11-12
  As one of the great prophecies of Scriptures, Isaiah 11:11,12 declares that God will return Israel to ‘their’ land a SECOND time. Historically, we know God brought Israel back into their land from Egypt under Moses…was the first time. Yet, we can discern the ‘second’ return because in this prophecy, Isaiah lists the “NATIONS”--plural, AND…the “ISLANDS OF THE SEA”—plural…from which Israel will return. In other words, there is only ‘one’ time in history that Israel returned to their land from the ‘nations’ and ‘islands of the sea’! When was that?  1948!!!
  Moreover, Owens declares in order to obtain world peace, we must rid ourselves of Israel’s existence!! Once again, and to the contrary, the Bible declares the opposite:
36.If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.
37.Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.   -Jer 31:36-37
  In other words, the WORD OF GOD declares the ‘ONLY’ way for Israel to cease being a ‘NATION’ is for the “ordinances”***** of the heavens, i.e.the earth, moon, stars, etc., to leave their God-ordained movements!!! Therefore, Owen’s words “…while Israel exists!” cannot mean anything other than a call for the annihilation of the “NATION” of Israel!! In other words, Owens is calling for a second Holocaust!
  3.My third real-time example is yet another infamous contemporary name for Jews/Israel: “Jew-as-Nazi”******. Although anything is possible for antisemites, it’s going to be very difficult to surpass the ‘Projection’ in this pejorative!!
  Regarding this new name, Journalist Deborah Gastfreund Schuss declares: “a perverse misappropriation of the Holocaust, which is being weaponized to slanderously portray Jews as modern-era Nazis. Known as Holocaust inversion, the narrative has already seeped into US schools’ Holocaust curricula and other lessons even before the Hamas-led massacre in Israel on October 7, 2023.”
  By using the name “Jew-as-Nazi” on Jews, as the world joined together to put a stop to the Nazis, so once again, the world must join together to put a stop to Israel! This is yet another call for a second Holocaust!
  In conclusion, Christians must join the Jewish people to actively remember Yom HaShoah, and aggressively act, and raise our voices at any attempt to repeat it!!
 
 
 
*https://israelinstitute.nz/2025/04/yom-hashoah-and-the-meaning-of-never-again-in-a-world-that-forgets/
**This is a mixture of liberal racism and Marxism. And it is
*** In September 2024, Dennis Prager laid out answers to Candance Owens accusations against Israel. Although she promised, to this day, she has not responded.
**** https://whereisthebuzz.com/candace-owens-faces-genocide-accusations-after-israel-tweet/
https://x.com/realcandaceo/status/2041948361570283553?s=46
*****The Hebrew word for “ordinances is chôq, khoke; from 2710; an enactment; hence an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage):—appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree (-d), due, law, measure, × necessary, ordinance (-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.                                   -Strong’s
See Tidbit April 9, 2026. https://www.derrickjackson.com/tidbit/the-re-gathering-of-israel
****** https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/news/yom-hashoah-calls-upon-us-all-to-fight-the-jew-as-nazi-lie/ar-AA20LqEp
 
 
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If you can get a kid to stop dreaming, you can get him to conform to the authoritarian system without even knowing it.                                                     -John Lovell

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
                                         -Genesis 1:14
 
The Hebrew word for “signs” is ʾôwth. It means: a signal (lit.) or (fig.), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.:—mark, miracle, (en-) sign, token. -Strong’s
  The definition of ‘owth’ teaches that the ‘signs’ of Genesis 1:14 possess a miraculous element*. In practice, God adds the natural principles of ‘timing’ and ‘interdependence’ to further highlight and thus demonstrate the miraculous element of  His ‘signs’ to us! On the other hand, however, and tragically, the ‘unbeliever’ often ‘chooses’ to attribute God’s miraculous ‘signs’ to chance or luck. 
  In addition, the first time the word signs”** is inspired in the Bible is the context of Genesis 1:14, which also includes three natural events: ‘seasons’, ‘days’, and ‘years’. Because God includes ‘signs’ in the context of these three events, He teaches us that His signs are also designed to be both natural and common. In other words, as ‘seasons’ are common, occurring several times each year, and ‘days’ and ‘years’ are even more common than ‘seasons’, so too Genesis 1:14 teaches that ‘signs’ were God designed to occur naturally and common.
  What’s more, Psalms 19:1-3 teaches that the creation is designed to SHOUT the glory of God. So, Genesis 1:14 and Psalms 19:1-4 were both inspired to teach us that signs are miraculous, natural, common, interdependent, timely…and they SHOUT the glory of God!
  So, God gives ‘signs’ to literally make Himself so obvious that humans are without excuse (Rom1:20)!!
  Likewise, the nation of Israel is also a sign! Why? In 1948, Israel was born in one day(Is66:8). In other words, from 586BC to 1948 is the period of time in Luke 21:24 called the Times of the Gentiles---which is the time many Gentile nations ruled over Israel! Incredibly, if you're counting, that period was 2,534 years!!!
  And what’s more, from 70AD, when the temple was destroyed, until 135AD, when Bar Kochba, the false Messiah, was defeated by the Romans…all the way until 1948, Israel did not even exist among the nations of the world! Incredibly, the time from 135AD to 1948 is 1,813 years!! I repeat—during those 1,813 years, the name of Israel did not exist among the nations!!
 Therefore, what is an incredible miracle in world history, in God’s Sovereignty and Providence, He reached down from heaven, and after thousands of years, re-birthed the nation of Israel. There is no other nation in the world, and in the history of the world, that can make this boast—Israel is unique! God made Israel a sign to history, and to the contemporary world in which we now live---that His calling on the nation of Israel is irrefutable! I repeat, the very existence of contemporary Israel…is a sign from God to the world!
  Now let’s verify Israel’s unique re-gathering from Scripture:
Isaiah 11:11-12: “Then it will happen on that day that the Lord Will again recover the second time with His hand the remnant of His people, who will remain, from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
12. And He will lift a standard for the nations, and assemble the banished ones of Israel, and will gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
  Notice that God will “again recover the second time”. The first time happened when God brought Israel back from Egypt under Moses. However, in Isaiah 11:11-12, Israel’s remnant will return from many nations; therefore, this cannot refer to God bringing His people back to Israel from Persia under Cyrus, after 70 years in Babylon in 516BC, because that return was from only one nation. Incredibly, Isaiah 11:11-12 refers to Israel’s return in 1948!
  Incredibly, Isaiah accurately prophesied the 1948 regathering in 700 BC, a full 2,700 years before it came to pass! Glory to God!!!
  What about Isaiah 43:5-7?
5.“Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and gather you from the west.
6.“I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ And to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth,
7.Everyone who is called by My name, And whom I have created for My glory, Whom I have formed, even whom I have made.”
  Or, What about Deuteronomy 30:1-10? Verses 3-4 get right to the point:
3. THEN the Lord your God will restore you from captivity, and have compassion on you, and will gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you.
4.“If your outcasts are at the ends of the earth, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you back.
  Or, What about Ezekiel 11:17-20?
17.“Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.” ’
18.“When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.
19.“And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,
20.that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God.”
 
  Notice in this passage that God will:
1.“assemble you out of the countries.”
2.“among which you have been scattered”.
3.“I will give them the land of Israel.”
4.“I will give them one heart and a new spirit.”
5.“Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God.”
 
  There are many more! But this passage from Ezekiel 11:17-20 also states that Israel will be given a new heart…'AFTER' coming into the land. In other words, the Jews return to the land of Israel---as unbelievers!!
 
  God’s prophecy is amazing!
  God’s love for Israel is amazing!
 
The return of Israel to the land in 1948 is the GREATEST miracle of our time!
 
 
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The desire for sameness is based upon a pseudo-idea of how achievement works.
-Derrick Jackson