When Evil is Considered Good–The Hypocritical, Evil and Demented Mindset of America Today

by | Feb 20, 2019 | Blog

Too Bad to Ignore

We are seeing in played out in America today, that which was once considered evil is now viewed as good by millions of her citizens.

If you have been a regular visitor to this website or a frequent listener to my podcast, you will know that I try my best to avoid commenting on social and political issues. Yes, I used to spend quite a bit of time commenting on social and political issues in the past. However, I found that the message of this ministry was being over-shouted by a less than edifying message and causing listeners and readers to focus on politics and social issues instead of the abundant life message that our Master brought to us. So, I have tried to steer clear of such discussions.

However, a handful of recent news stories have captured the attention of many, if not most, Americans of late. These stories, I believe, are indicative of the hypocritical, evil and demented mindset of America today. And it is this hypocritical, evil and demented mindset that Messianic Torah Observant Disciples of Messiah are having, and will have to, deal with in the days ahead.

The Evils of America Manifested

When a society puts forth a universal doctrine that demands its citizens respect all races, cultures, genders, so-called sexual and identification preferences; every level of the socioeconomic ladder and so forth, yet celebrates the killing of the unborn at a national level, what does that say about that society? 

Or when a society  seeks to silence Truth and replace it with lies and error, where is that society heading?

How about when a nation’s so-called Christian leaders come out in strong support for the well-being of a black, politically liberal, gay-man who was allegedly assaulted by white, politically conservative, straight men, but those very same Christian leaders will remain silent when society advocates and celebrates the killing of newborns on demand, how are we, the redeemed of the Most High, suppose to react or behave?

Is America Living Out That Which Befell Judah

Has America finally entered the place that the House of Judah found herself just prior to her captivity? I concede that comparing America to the House of Judah is somewhat tenuous at best, but hear me out on this.

What caused House of Judah to fall into 70-years of Babylonian captivity? Well, let’s allow the Prophet Isaiah to tell us why.

 

Isaiah 5:20-24

 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness into light, and light into darkness; that change bitter into sweek and sweet into bitter! Woe to them that are wise in their own conceit and knowing in their own sight…who justify the ungodly for rewards and take away the righteousness of the righteous. Therefore,  as stubble shall be burnt by a coal of fire, and shall be consumed by a violent flame, their root shall be as chaff and their flower shall go up as dust: for they rejected the law of YHVH of hosts, and insulted the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah reveals to us that the House of Judah went into Babylonian captivity for some of the very issues that our nation is going through right now; the main issue of commonality being social injustice. It was Judah’s elite and well-to-do who exercised injustice upon the least of her society. And it was Judah’s propensity towards social injustice that got the attention and drew the ire of YHVH.

A Different Brand of Social Injustice

However, here in America today, we are seeing a unique brand of social injustice being played out. Unlike ancient Judah, the social injustice we see playing out here in America today is one where a certain class of American society is seeking to railroad its nemesis: the unborn; the conservative; and the people of YHVH.

This dominating class has skillfully weaponized politics; hijacked the nation’s news media; and gone all out to turn the minds of the liberal-minded-Godless masses that slumber in their ignorance against her nemesis. And this dominating class has become expert at twisting the social narrative on virtually each and every issue such that when Truth is revealed, they continue to dig in and vehemently deny that Truth. 

The Ire of the Elite Seeks to Destroy Her Enemies

Any who would attempt to reveal that Truth to the nation or stand firm in support of that Truth is now targeted with extreme prejudice. For it is nowadays in America that when one speaks out against abortion and sparing the lives of the unborn–that it is murder and that it violates a fundamental commandment of YHVH–they are censored on social media and villainized in the press as being misogynistic and anti-social. When one speaks out against the so-called LBGTQ community–that YHVH and His people sees this behavior as an abomination that cannot be tolerated in any society–they too are villainized, harassed and even subject to media censoring, loss of their livelihood and even imprisonment. Those that speak in support of conservative, so-called Judeo-Christian values for our society are seen as threats to society and even in some cases, home-grown terrorists,  bigots, and sexists.

When Evil is Viewed as Good

Indeed, that which was once commonly viewed by most sane individuals as evil, dark, and bitter has now been flipped to be viewed as good, light and sweet. Who could ever believe that an educated, western, affluent society such as ours in this day and age could be so fooled by the enemy? How can a nation’s heart stray so far from Truth and Godliness?

The Love of the Many Grows Cold

It certainly goes without saying that the sage prediction made by our Master rings in great part every so true today in America: that many people’s love grows cold because of their increased distance from Torah–the Creator’s instructions for the way we are supposed to live (Mat. 24:12). And this is not just about a loss of love for one another, but even hatred for justice, mercy, faith and Truth. For it is those self-imposed elitists of our nation who place themselves over the rest of us and determine for us what is to be truth, justice, mercy and faith.

The Complicit Crimes of So-Called Church Leaders

Yet, our nation’s most learned and eloquent teachers and preachers remain silent in the midst of the terrible shifting of values that our nation is experiencing. And to even make matters worse, some of these so-called Faith leaders have even forsaken YHVH’s Word in exchange for widespread popular acceptance by our nation’s so-called elite: calling for increased gay and lesbian rights while remaining ever so silent in the midst of a massive move to legalize the killing of both the unborn and the newborn. (Simply do a Google search to verify if what I am writing here is indeed true.)

The Coming Punishment Warrants Warning by the People of Yah

Very soon, our nation will answer to a holy and righteous God for her crimes against those who stand for Truth, peace and justice; as well as for the government-sanctioned murder of millions of babies in this nation. We cannot continue to sit idly by in our quaint little Faith groups, splitting hairs over aspects of Torah and of the Faith, while remaining silent and refusing to warn this nation of her sins. We must take up the mantles that were placed upon Ezekiel, Isaiah, and Jeremiah who were made watchmen over the people of YHVH:

Heed the Watchmen

And thou, son of man, I have set thee as a watchman to the house of Israel, and thou shalt hear a word from my mouth. When I say to the sinner, Thou shalt surely die; if thou speak not to warn the wicked form his way, the wicked himself shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. But if thou fore warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he turn not from his way, he shall die in his ungodliness; but thou hast delivered thine own soul.  (Eze. 33:7-9; LXX)

I have set watchment upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of YHVH, keep not silence. (Isa. 62:6; KJV)

Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them. (Jer. 1:17; KJV)

We are all Watchmen

Our watchmen duties are not limited to speaking out against the sins we see committed against the downtrodden and unborn of our society, but also include praying without ceasing to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob for His mercy to fall upon America. Our prayers each and every day should petition Father for His continued mercies and for the hearts of the people of this nation, that they be turned backed to YHVH.

Most Christian leaders of this nation have sorrowfully failed in their watchmen duties. They will have to answer to Master Y’shua for not only their negligence in fulfilling the basic tenets of their jobs as ministers of the Gospel, but they also will have to answer why they have not taught the people that which He taught. Let us not become complicit in their gross negligence, but use whatever platforms YHVH has blessed us with, to warn the people of this nation that in order to avoid destruction, they must turn to Him today.

Stay blessed and your eyes on the mark of the prize of the high calling of YHVH in Y’shua Messiah.

Shalom–Faithfully submitted.

Rod Thomas

 

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