From Evolution to Gaza

 

Going from Evolution to Gaza

      We have been told that evolution is scientific.  However, it is also a philosophy.  Etiologically, it replaces God our creator and claims that nature created itself.  Its goal is not to worship God but rather to worship self.  With evolution we try to become the most evolved, the strongest and most fit to survive.  Evolution consists of superior and inferior creatures.  The weaker must die off and make room for the stronger to keep progressing.  This was applied to slavery.  The black race was considered by many evolutionists to be inferior and less evolved.  They were almost thought of as less than human.  Some believed that the white race was more evolved and therefore slavery was justifiable.  

      Abortion has tied into this philosophy.  It has first been aimed at the Black and Hispanic population and then the Caucasian population.  It has been designed in such a way that the Black baby is 4 times as likely to be aborted as the white baby.  The Hispanic baby is twice as likely to be aborted as the white baby.  This has been a highly successful way to reduce the Black and Hispanic populations and has made our country more white.  Margaret Sanger was a eugenicist. It is a prime example of "white privilege".  

Abortion is appealing to many people because it gives god-like powers to mere people.  Usually God has the power to give and take life.  Abortion gives the power to give and take life into our own hands.  In other words we are acting in place of God.  It is on a higher level than hunting.  The deer and the elk were amazingly created by God.  As human beings, we are not only created by God but we are made in God's image according to the Genesis account.  This gives us a great amount of value.  Those who were designed by the wisest designer in the universe and made in the IMAGE of  the most valuable being in the universe, are HIGHLY VALUABLE!!  

Our country has a high homicide rate but it may partly be philosophical.  Abortion is not determined by who is superior or the most fit to survive.  It is often a matter of convenience.  If our neighbor is simply an evolutionary product of time and chance and simply an evolved animal who is not "convenient", then killing him might seem ok.  Again it gives a person the feeling of playing God by determining the life or death of another person.  A person could reason that since we have aborted 63 million human beings, what is wrong with taking one more life? 

The nation of Israel is in a similar category.  Many view them as an "inconvenient" part of the world.  They think that getting rid of this nation would solve many of the world's problems.  There is another aspect that appeals to people.  Israel has been God's chosen people for thousands of years.  Many times in history, God has acted on Israel's behalf.  Getting rid of God's chosen people would cause many to feel like they are more powerful than God himself.  Evolution works to abolish God and deify nature.  People think that getting rid of Israel would help us clear our minds of the God/human connection.

Politics is a strange animal.  One method used in politics is to accuse your opponent of doing exactly what you are guilty of.  Many people who are for the genocide of Israel are accusing President Biden of genocide in Gaza.  Israel is fighting against a terrorist group.  Those who do NOT want Israel to exist, are accusing Israel of genocide.  

The prophet Isaiah proclaimed that God has always been God and he will always be God.  He is not afraid that someone will evolve to His superior level.  He is not worried about tomorrow.  He has infinite power and knowledge.  When Cain murdered his brother Abel, God said that the voice of Abel's blood cried out to Him from the ground.(Genesis 4:10)  If the blood of Abel cried out to God from the ground, how much more does the blood of 63 million unborn Americans?  Matthew 10 tells us that God even knows when one sparrow falls to the ground.  Verses 30-31 says, "...even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows."  

A day is coming when God will judge the whole world.  He will indeed show Himself to be the most powerful.  No one will take His place.  Lucifer tried to ascend to God's level.  The Bible prophesies that he will "be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit."(Isaiah 14:15)  God has all wisdom and power.  From evolution to Gaza, God is and will always be God!

Helpful False Prophets

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     Why does God allow false prophets to influence the church?  Do they have any purpose in the world?  They deceive people and lead them astray.  Why doesn't God just get rid of them all and make life easier?
      Dueteronomy 13:3 says that they are a test to show where our heart is.  "Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD you God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul."  We often judge people on their outward appearance but God looks at our hearts.  Jeremiah 5:31 tells us of Israel's poor spiritual condition.  "The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?"  The Jews had fallen away from their God to follow the lies of false prophets and priests.
    In 1 Kings 22, false prophets were part of God's judgement on Israel.  The Israelite king Ahab wanted to go to war against the Syria.  About 400 prophets were prophesying victory for Israel.  Then the prophet Micaiah prophesied defeat for Israel.  In verses 19-23, Micaiah said, "...Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD:  I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.  And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?  And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.  And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.  And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.  Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee."  King Ahab went to war anyway and died in the battle.  Israel was scattered.  This was God's judgement on Israel for their wickedness.
      Some assume that God will not allow the possibility of his people being affected by false prophets.  Dueternomy 18:20-22 did not give the Israelite people such assurance but rather told them how to respond to false prophets. "But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.  And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?  When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him."
    These examples show us that God does allow false prophets and that they may have a purpose.  They can expose the heart of God's people as a test.  They can also be a part of God's judgement as in the case of king Ahab.
   

Animalistic Priesthood holders

      

Animalism is a "preoccupation with or motivation by sensual, physical, or carnal appetites rather than moral, spiritual, or intellectual forces" according to Dictionary.com.  This describes two priesthood holders in 1 Samuel named Hophni and Phinehas.  The were sons of the high priest Eli.    1 Samuel 2:12-17 details their behavior:
"12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord.

13 And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;

14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.

16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord."

      Not only did these priests harass and bully the people they also took advantage of women.  1 Samuel 2:22 says, "Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation."  These men were animalistic, following their carnal appetites.

      At the same time the Bible tells us a wonderful story about a random woman named Hannah from the tribe of Ephriam.  Her husband had two wives.  Her sister wife, Peninnah had children but Hannah had none.  Peninnah continually harassed her to tears for having no children.  She was completely miserable.  1 Samuel 10-17 describes her desperation:  

"10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.

11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth.

13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord.

16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.

17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad."

      God answered her prayer and she gave birth to a boy.  She named him Samuel.  Her family was not of the tribe of Levi.  Her husband was not a descendant of Aaron.  They were not involved with the priesthood work but she did give her son to God.  He lived and worked at the sanctuary with the priests.      Though we forget the story of the priests Hophni and Phinehas, we all remember the story of Samuel.  He grew up to become a great prophet and leader in Israel.  He anointed Israel's first two kings, Saul and David.  Please read this interesting story of Hannah, Samuel, Eli, Hophni and Phinehas in the first four chapters of 1 Samuel.