Trump Claims He Saved Israel From Destruction, Curses Netanyahu

 In another, "Trump should keep his mouth shut" moment we see Trump's incredible ego busting out on all sides.  Let's remember that God said that once He regathered the Jews from all the nations of the world and brought them back to the land he promised Abraham, they would never be destroyed again.  Oh yes, they are going to be refined in the Great Tribulation but they will never be destroyed as a nation again.

I think maybe Trump missed that part of the story and it makes me wonder how much he actually reads his Bible?

“Had I not come along, I think Israel was going to be destroyed,” former president Trump said in an interview with Israeli journalist Barak Ravid. 

In a recent interview given to the Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth, former U.S. president Donald Trump has heavily criticized former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for congratulating President Joe Biden after winning the elections.

“The first person who congratulated Joe Biden … was Bibi Netanyahu,” the former president told Israeli journalist Barak Ravid. “And not only did he congratulate him, he did it on tape. And it was on tape.”

Referring to Netanyahu by his nickname, Trump said that “Bibi could have stayed quiet,” adding that “nobody did more for Bibi. And I liked Bibi. I still like Bibi. “But I also like loyalty.”

Trump said that his wife Melania was the first one who saw Netanyahu’s video and told him about it. “She said, wow, look at this.” he recalled.

Trump expressed frustration over the fact that the former Israeli prime minister, whom he considered one of his closest allies, had congratulated Biden while other world leaders like Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not congratulate Biden right away because “they felt the election was rigged.”

Netanyahu’s message to Biden was “early, okay? Let’s use this. He was very early. Like earlier than most. I haven’t spoken to him since. F**k him,” he said.

Mentioning the Golan Heights and his decision to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan, Trump said that he played a major role in helping Netanyahu politically.

“Take the Golan for example … That was a big deal,” he said. “People say that was a $10 billion gift. I did it right before the election, which helped him a lot… he would have lost the election if it wasn’t for me. So he tied. He went up a lot after I did it. He went up 10 points or 15 points after I [recognized the] Golan Heights.”

Trump said he was “personally disappointed” in Netanyahu. “To do a tape to Joe Biden talking about their great, great friendship … “They didn’t have a friendship, because if they did, they wouldn’t have done the Iran deal. And guess what? Now they’re going to do it again. And if they do it again, Israel is in very grave danger,” he argued.

Addressing his decision to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in 2018, Trump said: “The decision to back out of the deal was because of my relations with Israel – not with Bibi. Those were my feelings towards Israel.”

“I’ll tell you what,” he continued. “had I not come along, I think Israel was going to be destroyed…You want to know the truth? I think Israel would have been destroyed maybe by now.” the former president concluded.

Here;  Trump claims he saved Israel from destruction, curses Netanyahu | World Israel News

Lot's of folks have asked me if I believe Trump is a follower of Christ.  Of course I don't know the answer to that.  He could be a baby-believer.  But I have to admit that anyone says, "F**k him," it makes me wonder how close he is to Jesus.  And when you see someone one with such immense pride and utter lack of humility, it makes one wonder if he has truly repented and surrendered his entire life to the Lordship of Jesus Christ?

No Vax? No Food for You!

We all saw it coming!  If you refuse the vax then you don’t really deserve to live or breath.

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 Starting Saturday, December 4, New Brunswick will allow grocery stores to ban unvaccinated people from buying food, True North reported.

The province announced the measure as part of the so-called “winter action plan”. 

The plan will allow businesses to ban unvaccinated individuals if they wish to do so. Grocery stores are among the businesses allowed to ban unvaccinated individuals. 

The plan raises serious questions about human rights infringements as the province will legalize discrimination that could prevent individuals from obtaining food and feeding their families. 

Experts are also questioning the necessity for such a plan as the province’s daily cases remain low. 

https://westphaliantimes.com/canadian-province-allows-grocery-stores-to-ban-unvaccinated/

America Splitting Into Two Camps That Hate Each Other

 We have wondered for some years now how long the Union of America can survive?  How long can the folks of South Dakota co-exist with their liberal neighbors mostly found around the Twin Cities?  How long can all the conservatives in outstate Minnesota co-exist with the liberals around the Twin Cities who outnumber them about 2 to 1?  How long can the conservatives of Northern California continue to live with the deluded people of Southern California?

We are rapidly becoming two very different nations with two very different cultures.  At one time we truly were the "United" States of America, but now we have been split into two opposing camps that deeply hate one another.  

As a result, in recent years we have watched millions of Americans relocate for ideological reasons.  This has caused "red states" to become even redder and "blue states" to become even bluer.  

At this point, there are just a handful of "purple states", and it is in those states where our presidential elections are determined.  It is really not healthy for just a few states like Pennsylvania and Michigan to have such power, but that is a topic for another article.  

In this article, I want to discuss why the mass exodus from blue states to red states is actually going to accelerate in 2022.

Right now, there is no issue in the United States that is more divisive than the COVID vaccine.

Most conservatives want to be able to have the freedom to choose whether to take the injections or not, while many on the left want to use the power of government to compel people to get injected.

It has truly been frightening to watch many on the left embrace authoritarianism so eagerly, and many leftist politicians just continue to tighten down the screws.

For example, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio just decided to impose a very strict vaccine mandate on all private employers in his entire city...

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced what he called a first-in-the-nation vaccine mandate for private companies Monday.

He said the combination of the Omicron variant and holiday gatherings forced him to take "bold" steps. He's giving businesses just three weeks to make sure their workers are vaccinated.

If you don't get the jab, you won't be allowed to keep your job.

There will not be a "testing option" under this new mandate, and so anyone that refuses to comply will be kicked to the curb two days after Christmas...

De Blasio said the city will release specific rules on Dec. 15, before the mandate takes effect Dec. 27. He said it will apply to in-person employees, but would not provide any details about enforcement. He also said there will not be a weekly testing option.

Here in the U.S., countless numbers of freedom-loving Americans are fleeing to red states as they seek to escape the oppression that they have been experiencing in blue states.

Unfortunately, blue state tyrants have no intention of backing down, and this is going to create a tremendous amount of tension in our nation as we head into 2022 and beyond.

Here;  The Great Realignment: Millions Of Americans Relocating For Ideological Reasons (prophecynewswatch.com)

When you look at the families broken by divorce, when you look at the 6% of Americans who have a Biblical worldview, when you understand the drug culture that has taken over our youth and is feeding our kids to Satan, when you understand our public school system that is run by folks from the ground up who believe that liberalism is the ONLY way to educate kids, it's hard to understand how America can stand much longer.

It would seem that Red and Blue are dividing and I'm not sure how that can happen without bloodshed happening along skirmish lines between folks who hate each other.

The Evangelical Fracture

 As if there aren't enough things to divide over already.  We can fight about Covid, Trump, vaccines, taxes, defund the police, Black Lives Matter, facemasks, pronouns, genders, marriage, polygamy and the list goes on and on.  But shouldn't folks who call themselves Evangelical Christians pretty much NOT be in disagreement over many of these issues?

Well, it turns out that when Jesus asked if he would find faith in the world when he returns, he wasn't really kidding.  Maybe even the Evangelicals have lost their Evangel?

Recently in the Atlantic, Peter Wehner argued that the evangelical church is breaking apart. He references the politicization of Covid, the challenge of two contentious elections, and the fact that America is in a bitter partisan divide. Additionally, in June, Mere Orthodoxy columnist Michael Graham suggested that evangelicalism in America is undergoing a "Six-way fracturing." 

Graham doesn't express the same pessimism about the future as Wehner; Graham is descriptive, while Wehner's is predictive. All the same, evangelicals predicting their own demise is a pretty consistent feature of that branch of the Christian church. The most commonly blamed culprit is politics.

Of course, things inside the evangelical camp are divisive. According to one study, 29% of pastors considered quitting in the last year, and Wehner suggests why: "the aggressive, disruptive, and unforgiving mindset that characterizes so much of our politics has found a home in many American churches." 

At the same time, there are reasons to doubt predictions of evangelicalism's impending demise. For one thing, evangelicals have long divided over politics; articles similar to Wehner's date back to at least the Reagan administration. It's essentially the same analysis blaming the same culprits.

Part of the challenge in any analysis is defining "evangelicalism." After all, the identity of most denominations, even those historically formed over theological, geographical, or ethnic distinctions, seem up for grabs these days. Evangelicals are a cross-denominational bunch without a clear hierarchy. 

The best attempt to define evangelicalism, in theory, is what's known as David Bebbington's "quadrilateral." This four-part definition includes a commitment to conversion, Biblical authority, the centrality of the cross, and social activism. However, the label of evangelical is now claimed by many who define Bebbington's four parts in ways foreign to the Christian movements from the 19th century in England and America.  

Today, the term "evangelical" is claimed and applied to pastors, politicos, activists, bloggers, artists, commentators, congregations, and conferences with widely (and, at times, wildly) different views about Scripture, conversion, Jesus, and social issues. 

Each side of the label accuses the other of abandoning or compromising evangelical identity. The long-standing and dominant media narrative, for example, insists that conservative Christians are guilty of "politicizing the faith." However, sociologists George Yancey and Ashlee Quosigk offer a different take in their new book One Faith No Longer. 

Their surprising conclusions, wrote Trevin Wax at The Gospel Coalition, "upends conventional wisdom that conservative Christians are uniquely prone to falling captive to unbiblical political ideologies, or that conservative Christians are filled with rage toward their theological opponents." 

Countering the dominant narrative, writes Wax, "progressive Christians are more likely to establish their identity in politics, while conservative Christians find their identity in theology." Second, conservative Christians are more likely than their progressive counterparts to defy their side's "political orthodoxy." Third, progressive Christians tend to think that conservative Christians are the ones in need of conversion, not non-Christians.

To be clear, as we've argued repeatedly on Breakpoint, many conservative Christians are guilty of doing politics poorly. Often, in fact. Many on the Christian right suffer just as deeply from the "political illusion," looking for political messiahs or for political solutions to problems that are not political. 

Politics, in and of itself, makes for a lousy worldview. The real crisis simmering beneath evangelical division is a theological one. A recent survey conducted by George Barna found that 62% of American Christians don't believe that the Holy Spirit is a real person. 61% say all religious faiths are of equal value. 

The survey concluded, noting core beliefs, like the inerrancy of Scripture, that just 6% of American Christians consistently hold recognizably Christian beliefs. One might say evangelicals have forgotten the Evangel.

Here;  The Evangelical Fracture - Biblical Illiteracy Driving Division (prophecynewswatch.com)

Wouldn't you suppose that people who claim to be Christians could all read the same Bible and come to some definite agreement?  Of course the answer is no.  "Jesus is God."  "No, he's not, he was a wonderful man who showed us how to love."  "Jesus death is the only way we can have eternal life".  "No, that's not true, being a wonderful Muslim or Buddhist can also give you eternal life.  Jesus was accepting of all religions."  And the list of disagreements goes on and on.