Tides of Tyranny: Coronavirus and Its Possible Dystopian Consequence...

Tides of Tyranny: Coronavirus and Its Possible Dystopian Consequence...: Here’s the Reality: In this, the upside-down, other side of the mirror world America is fast becoming Orwell’s 1984... Across the nation,...

Coronavirus and Its Possible Dystopian Consequences

Here’s the Reality: In this, the upside-down, other side of the mirror world America is fast becoming Orwell’s 1984... Across the nation, detention centers are releasing thousands of case-hardened criminals to the streets. From a face-tattooed social deviant in Florida “previously arrested on 35 charges who murdered a rival the day after he was released”... to a violent offender who “attacked his girlfriend's grandmother after being released for $50.”  Yes, the same COVID-infested, dangerous jails that they're emancipating inmates from. Keep in mind that many of these released inmates already have COVID-19 and walk among us. Instead of spreading cheer they may be spreading the contagion. Yet, even as law enforcement officers across the nation let these convicted criminals loose, they're ordered to conduct sting operations on social distancing wrong doers... A paddleboarder alone in the ocean is chased down by police boats... An Idaho mother is cuffed and dragged off a playground in front of her two children... Two women were arrested by Laredo, Texas undercover police officers posing as customers for the crime of running a nail salon out of their house and now face a $2,000 fine and 180 days in jail... We can only wonder at the dangers law enforcement personnel face from the twenty-something doing yoga by herself, and dare I say, not wearing her protective mask while practicing specific yoga bodily postures.

As Covid-19 went on its relentless gallop across America and for that matter, the globe, it spread with it the fear that governments and corporations would use it as a pretext to infringe on the freedoms of citizens with new dystopian-sounding monitoring methods. As could be expected, Artificial Intelligence (AI) enterprises/groups have developed video surveillance systems that can tell if we’re abiding by social distancing rules. It’s the latest example of the pandemic inspiring what some might view as ominous technology. In communities across America, drones are now being used by local government officials warning people to disperse, go home, and stay there... or face legal consequences.... “Fines are up to $1000. You have been advised.”

Is it a stretch to now envision the coming consequences of Local, State and Federal government over-reach, totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and authoritarian regimentation of all persons and behaviors within a not too distant dystopian society? Is a heretofore New World Order about to become a reality? Has America gone crazy or is this just a Mad, Mad, Mad World we now live in? Oh, and by the way, you wouldn’t want to know what happens if America’s upside-down, other side of the mirror world you’re in gets broken. Let’s just leave it at that.

Tides of Tyranny: The First Casualty of War

Tides of Tyranny: The First Casualty of War: “ The first casualty of war is the truth ” also should be applied to pandemics based on the manic coverage in most modes of medium. A curs...

The First Casualty of War

“The first casualty of war is the truth” also should be applied to pandemics based on the manic coverage in most modes of medium. A cursory review of today’s various media modes shows nothing but alarmist nonsense from news outlets which are nothing more than rumor mills. When President Trump stopped travel from China, the alarmist media said he was racist and overreacting. In late March, President Trump mentioned the promising effects of an anti-malarial drug, that in part is an ingredient found in aquarium cleaners, that shows some promise in treating people with COVID-19. A man heard the story and drank his fish tank cleaner and died. To be clear – aquarium cleaner is not a drug.  It is poison to anyone who swallows it. How did the media respond? They blamed Trump for the man’s death. The drug the President was talking about is an important medication to those with certain auto-immune disorders and possibly for those with COVID-19. It’s still being tested in several areas, and along with some anti-viral drugs might help those with the worst cases. Caution: Don’t believe everything you hear and always read the directions. And then there is the progressive media that attacks President Trump for his desire to get America back to work. This same media wants to keep America shut down to keep more people watching than accepting the reality that virus pandemics end. Ask yourself an important question:  During COVID-19 crisis, who has been more correct, the left leaning media or President Trump? Did not President Trump form a group in January to respond to the crisis? He did. Did not the Democrat controlled alarmist media ignore the response and instead focused on impeachment? They did. There really is hope that this crisis is starting to end regardless of the drivel by the Left's media lapdogs.

Tides of Tyranny: First Casualty of War

Tides of Tyranny: First Casualty of War: “ The first casualty of war is the truth ” also should be applied to pandemics based on the manic coverage in most modes of medium. A curs...

First Casualty of War

“The first casualty of war is the truth” also should be applied to pandemics based on the manic coverage in most modes of medium. A cursory review of today’s various media modes shows nothing but alarmist nonsense from news outlets which are nothing more than rumor mills. When President Trump stopped travel from China, the alarmist media said he was racist and overreacting. In late March, President Trump mentioned the promising effects of an anti-malarial drug, that in part is an ingredient found in aquarium cleaners, that shows some promise in treating people with COVID-19. A man heard the story and drank his fish tank cleaner and died. To be clear, aquarium cleaner is not a drug.  It is poison to anyone who swallows it. How did the media respond? They blamed Trump for the man’s death. The drug the President was talking about, as I understand it, is an important medication to those with certain auto-immune disorders and possibly for those with COVID-19. It’s still being tested in several areas, and along with some anti-viral drugs might help those with the worst cases. Caution: Don’t believe everything you hear and always read the directions. And then there is the progressive media that attacks President Trump for his desire to get America back to work. This same media wants to keep America shut down to keep more people watching than accepting the reality that virus pandemics end. Ask yourself an important question:  During COVID-19 crisis, who has been more correct, the left leaning media or President Trump? Did not President Trump form a group in January to respond to the crisis? He did. Did not the Democrat controlled alarmist media ignore the response and instead focused on impeachment? They did. There really is hope that this crisis is starting to end regardless of the drivel by today's media lapdogs.

Tides of Tyranny: He Came, He Died, He Has Risen

Tides of Tyranny: He Came, He Died, He Has Risen: The Resurrection represents the eternal and absolute triumph of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the total defeat of his adver...

He Came, He Died, He Has Risen

The Resurrection represents the eternal and absolute triumph of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the total defeat of his adversaries, and the prevailing contretemps of our faith. The Apostle Paul said that, if Christ had not resurrected, our faith would be vain. Is not the whole structure of our beliefs established on the mystic or supernatural reality of the Resurrection? Indeed, it is. Because of Jesus Christ’s death on the cross and His resurrection from the tomb we have the promise of eternal life. The only condition is based on our acceptance of that fact and belief in the Son of Man, the Christ. If we have fought the good fight, finished the race, kept the faith, we are a new creation. It is then that we receive the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to all who have longed for his appearing.

Though we live in tumultuous times, wade in the toxic waters of apostasy, antitheism, and secularism, and witness the abomination of government-sanctioned abortion, let us as believers reveal not in this or that power, man, or ideological current but in Divine Providence, which will once again force the sea to open wide, move mountains and cause the whole earth to tremble if necessary to fulfill the divine promise: The gates of Hell shall not prevail against Her.  Did not Jesus the Christ originate His Church upon himself?  Are we as children of God not his Church? Jesus is the stone upon which, He built His Church.

One faithful witness is worth a thousand reticent professors of Christian theology. Our faith grows by expression. If we desire to grow in our faith, we must share it. By our words and actions, we are called to be a witness to a lost and dying world. It is every believer’s obligation to proclaim that Jesus is the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Him. By doing so, we in spirit were there when they crucified our Lord. We were there when the stone was rolled away.

Because He lives is reason enough to share God's message. If reinforcement is needed as to ‘the why’ of sharing God's word, allow me to simplify the message by using select lyrics from a Bill and Gloria Gaither Gospel song: He came to love, heal and forgive. He lived and died to buy my pardon. An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives... Because He lives, I can face tomorrow. Because He lives, all fear is gone. Because I know who holds the future. And life is worth the living, just because He lives... And then one day, I'll cross the river. I'll fight life's final war with pain. And then, as death gives way to victory, I'll see the lights of glory and I'll know He lives... 

Tides of Tyranny: Spiritual Takeaway from Coronavirus

Tides of Tyranny: Spiritual Takeaway from Coronavirus: In an unprecedented situation, the world has stopped moving. I believe this is a time of revival for our nation and our world. In ...

Spiritual Takeaway from Coronavirus

In an unprecedented situation, the world has stopped moving. I believe this is a time of revival for our nation and our world. In the quiet hours, pray for your friends and neighbors. Reach out to people who are afraid and tell them about Jesus’s promise of peace. He is the only One who can reach out His hand and say to the storm, “Peace. Be still.” He is the only one who reaches out to us and says, “Be still and know that I am God.” 

That’s how much God loves us.  He will either calm the storm … or He will calm us. Either way, with Him we are safe. For those who have faith in God, remember He will drive us through this season. And He will always get us safely home.

Here are some other thoughts, better yet suggestions while you’re self-quarantined at home? Call family and tell them you love them. Contact friends you’ve lost touch with and chat for a while. Commit to memory Scripture. Read the Bible. And of course, there’s always a good book and a cup of coffee. 

The following is a message from a friend of mine that should speak to all who seek calm during the present worldwide epidemiologic storm: “Forty days, forty nights in the Ark, Noah's family was confined in a boat. There were no windows, no balconies, no terraces, no words of hope, no internet, no phone, no TV, no YouTube, Facebook or Netflix. They only heard the rain. They spent their time praying, loving each other and caring for the animals. God the father took care of them as Noah was a man of faith and obeyed His word.” Remember, even though an ocean of viruses is out there, and life seems like a violent tempest, our God is watching over us! Do not be afraid! Be faithful to Him and wait patiently. The rain will stop, a rainbow will appear, the sun will shine again, and all be well.