The Big Picture: who is really running the show in the culture war, and its nature and trajectory

Major policies of liberals are contrary to Scripture and have the devil as their author.

[pardon the different size fonts: that is Blogger's fault, though I certainly have mine] While it is easy to focus on personalities and daily events in the on-going culture war, the larger picture is that this is a spiritual war in which liberals and the lost are simply proxy servants for the devil. Who, to varying degrees, uses these servant to “progressively” transform the world into an alternative world order of perversions of all that God has ordained.

Thus the real reason for liberal's attack on evangelicals and the latter's support of the most conservative leaders is because every major policy of the liberals is contrary to Scripture.

Starting with just the 10 commandments, with supporting texts, let us being with #1:

► 1. I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. (Exodus 20:2-3)

In 2012 Democrats deleted or failed to include references to God and a united Jerusalem that were in the their 2008 platform statement, and it took 3 tries in a voice vote to put this statement of support back, and which apparently was still contrary to the vocal majority. (https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/6/obamas-party-says-no-to-god)

Yet contrary to the first commandment  of the Ten in the Bible, the god of liberalism is not the God of the Bible, for  the supreme object of spiritual devotion for the Left overall is creation, that of the planet, and under the premise of saving it and society, they essentially make themselves out to be incarnated gods, as elite beings being worthy to be the supreme source of security and object of allegiance for mankind, to save the planet and the world.

And which is akin to that of making the one true God of the Bible into an a being like unto corruptible man, (Romans 1:22)  presenting themselves as saviors in their lust for power, while supporting abortion (along with suicide), and homosexual relations, as well as redefining gender along with disregarding basic parental rights versus state indoctrination, as well as opposing valid traditional authority in general, while promoting envy and covetousness in making souls dependent on them, and overall supporting immorality and rewarding indolence, while  punishing those who obtained  benefits by merit. All of which fosters the  destruction of society  whereby they may obtain power as dictators as souls trade freedom for  security.  

A major tactic used by the Left in its quest for power is that of the inculcation of the demonic "victim entitlement mentality"  referred to more further on in this article,  in which a class of souls are seduced into constantly seeing themselves as victims of oppression (usually thru imagined and or magnified  injustices, even if in generations past) by a enemy class (in which guilt is to be induced), and which is perennially  reinforced, whereby the Lefits elite present themselves as saviors, thereby obtaining the power they lest for. 

Perhaps no great example of the working out of this is that of the decline of the American Black Family,   Data from U.S. Census reports reveal that between 1880 and 1960, married households consisting of two-parent homes were the most widespread form of African-American family structures.[ composed of two parents and children. Single-parent homes, on the other hand, remained relatively stable until 1960; when they rose dramatically.[13 (Ruggles, S. (1994). The origins of African-American family structure. American Sociological Review, 136–151)]

As of 2015, at 77.3 percent, black Americans had the highest rate of non-marital births among native Americans.[18 (Camarota, y Steven A. "Births to Unmarried Mothers by Nativity and Education". Center for Immigration Studies)] 

In 1880, 75%  of black families in  Philadelphia  were nuclear families (r parents with children), while  by 2006,  married-couple families accounted for only 34% among African Americans. (https://www.urbanleaguephila.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ULP_SOBP.pdf)

 Which in practical terms is indicative of believing in another Lord and Savior, that of the Left and its "gospel" than that of the Bible, which exposes its tactics.   

For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him. (2 Corinthians 11:4)

And as part of this idolatry, liberals promote nature as an object of worship, for which humans are to sacrificed, and essentially ascribing to matter powers of deity, of pre-existence.

► 2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them:...(Exodus 20:4-5)

The graven images that are set up as objects of obeisance, of allegiance and security are the liberals who present themselves as saviors for the "oppressed," soul whom they seduced with the victim-entitlement gospel.

And whose divine kingdom of liberal-land promises assured income, free education, day care, health care - including for prevention and treatment of deleterious recreational practices promoted as a right - etc. While requiring supporters to worship at the altar of sacrosanct political correctness, and essentially salute the flag of Sodom, as they look to the state and its leaders as deity.

All of which is contrived as reasonably fundable, while in reality it is more akin to believing the Democrats will miraculously provide for it like manna falling down from Heaven.

► 3.Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. (Exodus 20:7)

Rather, profanity (along with eroticism) is basically obligatory in liberalland, along with misusing the name/authority of God in order to give authority and sanction to their anti-Biblical policies,

► 4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: (Exodus 20:8-10)

While the Lord's day (whether understood as the 7th of the 1st) as being a day of rest cannot be mandated, the fact that Sunday largely was more than any other day is a testimony to the overall basic character of America. Which liberalism is opposed to, and is actually hostile to the esteem of the word of God that is behind the overall observance of the 1st day as that of rest.

Instead, liberals want souls to rest in their promises and look to them as saviors every day. And the entity behind liberalism seeks the honor, glory and worship that is due to God alone. Which is related to Communism's lust to exalt itself as superior to capitalism and basic Biblical principles it relies on.

► 5. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. (Exodus 20:12)

Instead, liberalism attacks the character of the Biblical family, by insisting that "father and thy mother" need not refer to male and female - which Christ specified is what God joined together (Mt. 19:4-6; cf. Gn. 2:18-24)

And as for children, liberal student rebels over administration buildings in the 70's in order to force submission to their demands, and today liberals promote rebellion against parental authority as they seek to make themselves, as the government, the supreme parent, and conform family and children into their image, as citizens of a new world order that overall perverts what God has ordained. Thus liberals promote gender dysphoria and sex-change treatment, even without parental consent, while also criminalizing any judicious Biblical corporeal chastisement of children.

► 6. Thou shalt not kill. (Exodus 20:13)

The Hebrew word for "kill" means murder, and the willful unlawful taking of innocent life is a capital crime. And afflicting the most vulnerable victims calls for Divine judgment. Yet liberals support the murder of the most innocent and vulnerable, even to placing a value upon life based upon location (an inch outside the womb - maybe once is breathes - but not while still inside). Which is justified based upon a "women's right to do with one's body as they choose." Woe to the child in a women's motor vechile that finds itself unwanted.

► 7.Thou shalt not commit adultery. (Exodus 20:14)

The command against adultery requires a definition of marriage, which liberal pervert in joining same-sex couples, while also providing for no-fault divorce, and affirming fornications in general (which Christ Himself stated was sin: Mk. 7:21).

► 8. Thou shalt not steal.

► 9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. (Exodus 20:16)

These two go together in the case of liberalism and the likes of Communism. Theft is taking that which is not lawfully (according to Scripture) yours to take or obtain nor was given, and which is just what liberalism does and fosters, and uses deception in so doing.

And which aspect of liberalism is fundamental to its nature, and warrants deeper analysis, for which I ask the readers patience.

For in Scripture, benefits from God are provided as gift of purely unmerited grace - as in spiritual birth to sinners (Rm. 4:5; Titus 3:5) - or as recompense for obedience (Matthew 25: 31-40; 1 Cor. 3:8ff; Hebrews 10:35) - such as positions in the kingdom of Christ (Matthew 19:28; Rv. 3:21) - (although since both the ability as well as the motivation to obey God is wholly from God, thus this is of grace also, and not as a matter of justice, but because God has graciously consented to recompense obedience which He alone deserves credit for).

Likewise in the human economy benefits are to be given as recompense for obedience to Biblical principles (merit), or as response to the actions of others that placed one in legitimate need (as in a right to birth and care due to sex), or as a gift by the actions of others, which as a gift - not a right - is to foster a response of gratitude toward betterment according to ability.

Thus under grace God the Lord promises to those of overcoming faith, "I will grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne," (Revelation 3:21)

In contrast, in the original "occupy movement," the devil presumed to "climb up some other way" (Jn. 10:1) as if he deserved elevation, as if it were his right, asserting, "I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High." (Isaiah 14:13-14)

This was a form of attempted theft, presuming to take what was not his right to have as if it was his right, for like liberal elites he demanded that God "share the wealth," and in his own estimation presumed he should sit as God, and that God's means of blessing and promotion was not fair.

Being therefore cast down ("for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted." Luke 18:14) yet still seeking power, he next goes to Eve and seduces her by inculcating a "victim-entitlement mentality," inferring that God was deceiving her with His warning of the consequences of disobedience for He was selfishly keeping back what was her right to have, which again was a demand that God needed to share the wealth with anyone who demanded it.

Of course, as with Communists and other liberals, the welfare of those they seduce with their message was not their actual goal, but that of selfishly obtaining power themselves by presenting themselves as the savior of those whom they oppress, with the result being progressive eventual oppression of all.Which is in stark contrast to the Lord Jesus, who sacrificially gave Himself for our sins, to liberate and lift up those who receive Him and bless those who sacrificially live out and share that faith by His Spirit in holiness, despite persecution, and in so doing serve others in love. (1 Thes. 1; Gal. 6:10; Heb. 6:9,20; Rv. 2; 3)

And by deceiving Eve who thus led Adam into sin, then the devil became the "god of this world," (2 Corinthians 4:4) whom the Lord had made Adam and Eve stewards of. (Genesis 1:28)

Thus when considering the ongoing culture war it must be realized that this is in reality a spiritual war, and that the trajectory of the liberals is that of attaining the objective of the devil, who selfishly seeks honor and power for himself, by bring God's creation to do obeisance to him, and deny God. Which is why he afflicted Job. "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." (Ephesians 6:12)

And in his demonic quest for power the liberals are proxy servants of the devil, to varying degrees, who - in addition to promoting other perversions of what God has ordained such as marriage - in their own quest for power essentially work to present those who obtained benefits by Biblical means as the oppressors (some liberals themselves being excepted) of those who do not have the same. And that the latter have a right - regardless of immoral or indolence or wasteful living - to what others have obtained by merit or inheritance, who must be compelled to "share the wealth" by specifically taxing them far more (percentage wise).

And thus such welfare is not presented as grace but as justice, as a right, even though it effectively means penalizing those who lawfully obtained what liberals assert is the right for their voting base to have, regardless of lack of merit and just the opposite.

Meanwhile liberals deny innocent infants in the womb (a state due to the actions of progenitors) the right to life, and instead effectively punish them for being something they had no choice in.

Thus liberals effectively disobey the commands not to murder, steal or lie, as well as the others, including the next and last:

► 10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s. (Exodus 20:17)

In instilling the demonic victim-entitlement mentality, Communism promoted envy and covetousness (note: jealousy as in the Bible is that of a just response to the loss of what was and is rightfully yours, while envy is wanting that which is not yours), which liberals foster in order to obtain power.

The Marxist points to the possessions and power of the capitalist "bourgeoisie" such as the factory owner, as unjust, regardless of the risks and honest labor he obtained it by, which possessions the Marxist asserts is the right of the "proletariat" (the lower class wage-earners) to have, and which the Marxist promises to obtain for them if given power.

Western liberals go beyond this and class the bourgeoisie as consisting of wage-earners who make over a certain (fluctuating) amount, and the proletariat as including those who can but will not be productive, and or who persistently engage is destructive lifestyles. Which includes medicaid support for the prevention (about 2,000 a day) and or treatment (lifetime about 400,000) of HIV/AIDs, with sodomy being the means of transmission in over 80% of cases among men . And again, the government provided benefits are provided as a right.

In conclusion, as the devil seeks total domination, that is what the trajectory of moral decline and advance of the liberal agenda would will lead to if not defeated, and with anarchy likely leading to a dictatorship in which all who will not essentially salute the flag of Sodom will be treated like as those who would not support Stalin.

 

However, the true church, the body of Christ, did not begin with a silver spoon but in an empire whose leaders would make all our current leadership look moral, and the New Testament Christians suffered much persecution, yet kept marching to Zion, spiritually speaking. It is that manner of faith that Christians need and will need to have as strangers and pilgrims in a foreign land, even as they seek others who join them on the narrow highway to Heaven, to the glory of God. 

For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. (Hebrews 10:34-39)

 

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Second edition:

The ethos of the liberal Left stands in complete contradiction to what God has ordained, in principles and precept.

1. Thou shalt have none other gods before me. (Deuteronomy 5:7)

Whatever is our motivating supreme object of spiritual devotion and ultimate source of security, is our god, at least at the moment. The Left promotes creation - nature (includes humans) and materialism - as being the supreme object of spiritual devotion in whose interest all else must be subject to, seeing as if finds its source of security therein. Of course, the part of nature that is the ultimate god for many of them is their leaders. Who, as with the devil whose proxy servants there are, lust for power, to be as gods to whom all are to be dependent upon for sustenance and security, and give adulation and make obeisance to and which their supporters give them.

Note that when the true and living God calls for supreme worship, then it not as the selfishly devil seeks, for God needs nothing, (Acts 17:25) and is always giving, while man is the only creature in the physical realm that gives God grief. But making the only omnipotent omniscient and morally perfect Being to be your God is simply right and what is best for man. For created things will ultimately fail us and often mislead us.

2. Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. (Deuteronomy 5:8-10)

This flows from the former, with visible representations of their gods and their works - corruptions of the true and living God - being sacrosanct above all others, with anything that competes with or opposes being censored and targeted for extermination. A special mark which signifies this devotion and which is designed to compel obedience by requiring it for everything from travel to commerce, would be an extension of this.

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. (Revelation 13:16-17)

3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. (Deuteronomy 5:11)

This goes along with having no graven images for worship, as just as they are forbidden, being corruptions of the one true God, so invoking His authority/name is an abuse of it. Likewise along with a sign of the required submission which the is increasingly required, would be the misuse of it, not simply what they would consider a misuse of their infrastructure (as we see in Internet censorship) but counterfeit use if the special mark which signifies devotion to the anti-Christ state.

4. Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. (Deuteronomy 5:12)

Just as a special day is given in Scripture signifying the culmination of God's created work (and in the NT, the resurrection of Christ signifying His perfect final atonement), so today Earth day is holy day of obligation in the world of the Left, and we can expect some mandatory observation of a day signifying loyalty to the liberal state.

5. Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. (Deuteronomy 5:16)

Flowing from rebellion against the authority of God is rebellion against any God-instituted authority when it acts according to the word of God, beginning with parents. The Left not only fosters children that have no father and thus look to the women as the authority, but they promote rebellion against any authority when it acts according to the word of God, and makes the liberal state the supreme authority, to which all are to look for sustenance and security.

6. Thou shalt not kill [murder]. (Deuteronomy 5:17)

Not content with fostering rebellion by children against any just authority, the Left promotes the murder of those which are the product of sexual union as well as the innocent elsewhere, from nursing homes to Islamic nations who murder Christians. Meanwhile consistent with its murder of the innocent, it opposes capital punishment for those to willfully take such life, all the while hypocritical professing to value life.

7. Neither shalt thou commit adultery. (Deuteronomy 5:18)

As part of its rebellion against God the Left also works to corrupt the family which depends upon stable life-long union btwn the husband and wife, and thus promotes fornication and fosters adultery if it even sees marriage as favorable, which it overall does not as compared to The Pill. Which it feeds females beginning in preteen years and for decades after. Thus robbing women of the rewards of motherhood.

In further degradation, the Left whole-heartedly promotes sexually joining together what God has placed asunder, thus perverting the most basic aspect of God-ordained human society.

8. Neither shalt thou steal. (Deuteronomy 5:19)

The Left seeks to appropriate what it has not merited, presuming as the intellectual elite that they should be in authority without meriting it, whether it be students taking over administration offices or via "occupy movements." Likewise it promotes the victim-entitlement mentality in which souls are seduced by the message that if they do not have what others have merited/earned (or as much) then they are necessarily victims of unjust oppression, for whom so many millionaire Leftists present themselves as saviors for, promising them such benefits as a matter of justice. Thus mercy (not getting what you actually deserve) and grace (blessings you did not merit) y others is rejected, since any lack is necessarily due to injustice, regardless of how less diligent one has been in meriting such. Thus race and not ability often becomes the overriding determinant in employment or enrollment in the name of combating prejudice and racism. Which must be overcome, but not based upon preferring one race over another but by rewarding industriousness and ability and morality regardless of race.

However, obtaining position by envious presumption, not worthiness, is just what their master did in presuming he was worthy to sit in the place of God, (Is. 14:14) and then essentially telling Eve that she was being treated unjustly by God, and that it was her right to be as God who needed to "share the wealth." And rather than suffering for disobedience, this power was to be justly obtained by disobedience to Him. But instead this resulted in the devil obtaining power while she and her (more accountable) husband who gave into her suffered. Likewise the self-assumed liberal elite end up being the only ones living in luxury as a result of seducing masses to put them in power with their lies.

And consistent with the demonic rejection of God’s ordained means of obtaining benefits by obedience in addition to acts of mercy and grace, and liberalism’s antipathy against authority (other than them) and laws which punish immorality, radical liberals now advocate for defunding police and even abrogating laws that criminalize crimes from Driving Without A Valid License to Resisting Arrest to Wanton Destruction of Property.

9. Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. (Deuteronomy 5:20)

The Left engage in deception as a craft, from their overtly biased forced "interpretation" of history to misleading the audience about current social issues - -including promoting harmful moral practices (abortion, fornication, sodomy, etc. ) as healthy or needed - to promoting fabricated ideas about the Bible and persons.

10a. Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, (Deuteronomy 5:21)

It is within the Left that "open marriage" is treated as part of the lauded social liberation of society, if they esteem marriage at all.

10b. neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s. (Deuteronomy 5:21)

The ethos of the Left fundamentally sanctions and employs coveting/envy in promoting the victim-entitlement mentality from Hell in which souls are seduced by the message that if they do not have what others have earned then they are necessarily victims of unjust oppression, which the deceptive selfish liberal saviors promise to obtain for them as expressed under Neither shalt thou steal. (Deuteronomy 5:19)