JIHAD?

One example of political PC that is misleading (and why we are losing the "war on terror" is the PC term "radical Muslim terrorist." That  in our minds divides Muslims into two inaccurate camps - the terrorists and the peaceful. But what is really going on is that if Muslims were actually divided into two basic camps it would be this: Those that believe in Jihad (or the goal of Muslim world domination) and those that don't. (ie a more personal goal)

Jihad is not just violence. It is an ideology or a mindset ingrained into the mind of those that are taught and who believe in Jihad. It comes with a false sense of entitlement and affects every aspect of the lives of those that believe in it.

That is why ISIS, which is only one of the Muslim Jihadist movements, is killing and dominating more Muslims than anyone else. They feel it is their duty to irradicate or enslave those who are not Jihadists and all people who are against the goal of complete Muslim domination of the world.

But the concept of Jihad is not exclusive to Muslim Jihadists. Hitler, Mao and Stalin and others were Jihadists. (Identical patterns.) Babylon, Rome, England, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Japan, Russia and China were once ruled by Jihadists. The Catholic Church and some denominations were at times ruled by Jihadists.

In a more localized political sense in the USA we have Democatic Jihadists and Republican Jihadists. Not all Democrats and Republicans are Jihadists but the Jihadists have gained control of the mindset of their respective parties.

The attraction to Jihad at its core is the sense of a lack of control over one's life. When an avowed Jihadist approaches us with a sense of "confidence" to wage Jihad we are attracted to them and their agenda as an answer to our insecurities or fearful of being left out of what we become convinced is going to control the situation.

It is ironic if not indicative that wherever Jihad is waged even in the most reserved ideological way, the people suffer. The quality of life suffers and worst of all, the value of the individual is severely reduced. It is the same result regardless of whether the Jihad is Muslim, communist, "democratic," country based, party based, sexual based or religion based (including any "Christian" Jihad.)

Our enemy is not ultimately the "radical Muslim terrorists." It is Jihad itself in all it's various disquises. Jihad is the lust for control birthed out of fear. We are losing or are ineffective in the "war on terror" because we have failed to see and conquer the desire for Jihad in our own hearts.

Jihad is sin....

The Sin Of The Church of America

Perhaps 40 years ago a move began in Christianity in this country. The inaccurate expression, "The Moral Majority" seemed to catch Christians on a political fire. It all seemed great for a while. The trouble is it was based on the erroneous concept that most Americans are moral beings. "All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." "There is not one righteous." There has never been a "Moral Majority" in this country. In God's eyes it was a tremendous sin for us to promote the deception that if one is a "moral person" one is righteous before God. We know that is scripturally not true.When that movement promoted joining forces with the Republican party we never questioned it. If we were to look at the reality of that time, the "majority" of the Church leaders that spearheaded that effort were very wealthy men. Their financial inclinations and loyalties were already towards the Republican party. Unfortunately when the vast majority of professing Christians placed their loyalty in the Party, it took away a certain amount of their loyalty to God. It also left the Democratic party almost entirely unguarded and without much Godly influence.It also alienated over half the population of this country in a way that was extremely divisive. The fuit of which we are living with today. It eventually gave an excuse for over half the population to not be open to the gospel because they are "Democrats." Are all Repulicans saved? We have committed the sin of creating a hybrid entity that is in spirit at emnity with God. It has the appearnace of godliness but denies the power and authority of God. Oh the Republican party talks the talk but when in 40 years have we seen them walk the walk? From what is apparent, the party has influenced (and disarmed) the Christians spirtually more than Christians have influenced the party. It is the same sin that caused some church leaders in the 3rd and 4th centuries to merge with the political power of Rome. The "Christianity that evolved out of that time is a hybrid Christianity. Having the appearance of godliness but lacking the power of the Holy Spirit. Both parties are ruled by the powers and principalities of the air. By greed and the lust for ultimate power. They are the right and left hand of evil. The "Good cop" and the "Bad cop." Both have a mutual contract with unelected principalities and powers to imprison the people into another form of government. That "government" is standing at the door... "God's hand is not shortend at all that it cannot redeem." but "Make no mistake, Given the choice between the purity of His Church and the longevity of this nation, God WILL choose the purity of His Church." I truly hope I am wrong but I do not see another president of the United States of America (at least not the USA or a president as we have know it)

FORNICATION WITH THE KINGS OF THE EARTH

It is not "Christianity" (in it's truest essence) that is the problem but the fact that in the first few centuries, some of the "bishops" of the gatherings committed fornication with the kings of the earth and merged a deviant "Christianity" with the power and consent of political government. That deal was cinched when Constantine was proclaimed "Head of the Church" (which was not the Church of Jesus the Messiah but a group that had fallen away from the Messiah in Spirit.) That false "church" "has the appearance of godliness but denies the power" of God Himself replacing that power with earthly political power and identity. (Replacing a relationship with God through the Messiah with a relaltionship to the politically created religious entity and identity.) Instead of identifying with the Messiah (the Christ) they mearly took His name/title (the Christ) but were actually identifying with their own false image and earthly power. They traded the power of God for earthly power. That entity later had daughters who came out of her womb and committed fornication with the "kings of the earth" in the same way that their mother the Harlot had done. In that sense the name "Christianity" was hijacked and kidnapped. Those daughters birthed their own daughters and they birthed their own, etc. etc. etc. but the sin resident in their lineage of committing fornication with the kings of the earth is passed down generation to generation. It is not Christianity itself but the organizational sin of fornication with the kings of the earth. That pattern of the Great Whore and her daughters replaced the missing Holy Spirit and the giftings of the Spirit with outward forms and positions (priests, "pastors (so called)," "bishops(so called)," etc.) Men created "church" identities and images solidified by the consent and authority of earthly governments. That trend has been passed down to "Christianity" even to this day - so much so that the inherited sin is viewed as righteousness. "The day of denominationalism is over. That which is highly esteemed in the sight of men is an abomination to God." But we need to be careful because God has always had a remnant in the midst of it all. "Man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart." We need to be careful about pulling the weeds out and damaging the roots of the fruitful plants in the midst. God has times of harvest when the wheat and the weeds are harvested at the same time and He will separate the wheat from the weeds and the wheat from the stalk that supported it.