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

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.

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, to varying degrees, are simply proxy servants for the devil. Who uses these servant to “progressively” transform the world into an alternative world order of perversions of what God has ordained.

Thus the real reason for liberal's attack on the character of Trump (for the main reason for evangelical support of the President) is to due to him not being politically correct in his polices, while 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)

Seeing the political error of their ways with the election of Trump, now you have anti-Christ liberals invoking Christian faith in support of liberal policies. Yet contrary to the first commandment here, the god of liberalism is not the God of the Bible, for their supreme object of spiritual devotion and allegiance, and source of security (which constitutes worship) is the creation.

That of making God into an a being like to corruptible man, (Romans 1:22) supposing that He is like them, supporting abortion, homosexual relations, the disregards of basic parental rights versus the state indoctrination, covetousness and the punishing of benefit obtained by merit while supporting immorality and rewarding indolence and fostering self-destructive society..

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 mentality - which is of the devil. Details to follow.

And whose divine kingdom of liberalland 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.

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.

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).

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, (Genesis 3:1-7) 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.

The liberal tactic is to attack the character of Trump based on tweets and past alleged or real sins (though the moral standard of liberals can hardly be said to be against such) - as if evangelicals support for him is due to him being a pious saint, versus a captain in a culture war who is committed to sailing the USS America in the overall general right direction. And for not yielding to the opposition navy that works to sail the ship hard to port and destruction, and that fires salvos at the President and his supporters, whom they manifestly despise.

Yet the real reason for liberal's attack on the character of Trump is to due to him not being politically correct in his polices, while every major policy of the liberals is contrary to Scripture.

who is really running the show in the culture war, and its nature and trajectory.

Think of who you are not allowed to criticize, and it's not the commies.

"Think of who you are not allowed to criticize, and it's not the commies."

Whoa, I'll have to think about that. A real brain teaser.

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

The left mainly lets the New York Times tell them what to think.

"Think of who you are not allowed to criticize, and it's not the commies."

...but "they" were the authors of communism.

Thank you, daniel1212, for posting this analysis.

Pinging metmom because the connection between "free education" and idolatry makes perfect sense.

The left mainly lets the New York Times tell them what to think.

Even for history now! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3820732/posts

Pinging metmom because the connection between "free education" and idolatry makes perfect sense.

Yes, and thanks because I forgot the pings.

Here is an excellent article that is very pertinent to this thread:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/11/does-the-vaccine-matter/307723/

“The Roots of Our Partisan Divide” by Christopher Caldwell

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