20 Feb
The Hunting of Dick Cheney
The Bible calls Satan the "god of this world" (2 Corinthians 4:4).
His evil will contaminates all aspects of life today--politics, music,
entertainment, education, and even religion. The apostle Paul described
Satan as the "prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in
the sons of disobedience" (Eph. 2:2).
I don't recall seeing the name "Lucifer" on the last election ballot.
Obviously, his authority comes from the supernatural influence he has over
the leaders of this world.
For years I've been pointing to the fact that the liberal media is the
perfect servant for implementing the bidding of the Prince of Darkness. The
press controls what gets reported as news, they can put any type of spin on
world events, and they don't have to worry about elections.
As you all probably know by now, Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally
shot his friend, attorney Harry Whittington, while hunting for quail at a
Texas ranch.
The White House news corps has been pounding the
Bush Administration, demanding to learn every conceivable detail about Vice
President Dick. The media's fixation with the story can only be described as
bizarre. I'm surprised they haven't tried to interview the hunting dogs.
At every step, their obvious goal has been to make the story as negative as
possible.
The press was the most upset about Cheney's delay in reporting the
event. But had Cheney made a statement to the press within a few minutes of
the episode, I doubt it would have been any less of a circus.
Whenever I heard "the story just won't go away," it crossed my mind that the
liberal media is its own obstacle in getting over the story. Of course,
it continues by saying "The whole ordeal has weakened Mr.
Cheney's influence." Says who? ABC asked whether damage control is probable. No,
people are rioting in the streets and Cheney's resignation is the only way to
restore the peace.
The Washington news hounds have no special position in the information chain.
They seem to think they are the fourth branch of government, with the
executive, legislative, and judicial branches directly accountable to them.
The liberal media absolutely hates Mr. Cheney. He has slighted the press by
choosing to stay out of the Washington limelight. When it comes to
his personal life, the Vice President doesn't think the press should know
where he is, what he's doing, or who he's doing it with.
When Cheney finally addressed the incident, he chose to do it with Fox News
host Brit Hume. Because Fox is the only conservative-leaning news network,
the true media (liberal) had a fresh round of fits, and I personally had a
good laugh. They demanded that the Vice President come clean by holding a
news conference with them.
A month from now it's highly unlikely that anything will remain of this story.
I think the liberal media did its cause a disservice by stepping on
stories that would have had a more damaging impact on the Bush Administration.
I'm guessing that the media's better judgment was simply displaced by the sheer
pleasure reporters felt in being able to stick it to Cheney.
Mr. Whittington, the victim in this affair, thinks the whole uproar was overblown.
After his discharge from a hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, he said,
"My family and I are deeply sorry for everything Vice President Cheney and
his family have had to deal with."
In the space of a week, we had a good opportunity to see how the Washington
press corps twists news to fit its collective ideology. If you follow the
liberal media enough, you would know that anyone who is its political
friend would be treated in a different manner. The Rev. Jesse Jackson is one
good example.
Until the day I leave this world, I will never forget how the liberal media
handled the Jesse Jackson affair with a young staffer, Karin Stanford. The
events stand as the greatest example of hypocrisy I've ever witnessed in my
life.
While Clinton was going through his own adultery scandal, Jackson came to
offer guidance, and he brought along Stanford, who was heavily pregnant with
his love child. Money from his Rainbow Push Coalition was used to buy
Stanford's silence. The organization paid her $400,000 to relocate to
California.
That shocking story only survived three days in the mainstream press. Today,
the press seems to have no memory of Jackson's affair. You would have to understand the
liberal bias to explain why a minor hunting accident involving the Vice
President could turn into an uproar going into its second week.
One of the reasons the world is sliding towards judgment is the fact that most people
fail to see the small steps being taken to move us in that direction. Because
the liberal media can hide behind the mask of "we're-just-covering-the-news,"
it can get away with its subtle plan of manipulation.
The liberal media will be a major player in the last days. As I have said before,
when the Antichrist comes into power, the press will be tripping over itself
to report his every word. The values that the press currently portrays will
perfectly match the values of the forthcoming Antichrist. It will be love at
first sight.
-- Todd
Orwell’s Nightmare in View
Let me preface this commentary with the thought that when it comes to conspiracy theories and clandestine plots, you will find me among the last of those who observe these prophetic times to latch on to such fear-fetchings. Chattering about the Tri-lateral Commission, the Bilderbergers, the Council on Foreign Relations, or even Yale’s Skull and Bones –all talk of these things usually sends me veering from the cabal engaged in such rumination. The conspiracy to consider, so far as humanistic drive toward one-world government and the like is concerned, is that ongoing desire of Lucifer to put his throne above the Stars of God. Satan is the real conspiracy-maker!
We find his conspiracy-making within the following Scriptures.
“How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, 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” (Isa. 14:12-14).
This is the conspiratorial evil conglomerate about whom we, as Christians, should be concerned. Here’s the familiar exhortation God gives us through the Apostle Paul:
“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 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. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints…” (Eph. 6:11-18).
With all of that laid down as prerequisite to looking into our troubled times, we have to agree with many who believe that Orwellian developments continue apace. Satan is observably shaping the humanistic drive to return to Babel.
George Orwell, of course, was the English writer most famous for his dark, futuristic novel, 1984.
The year was, as the novel’s title indicates—1984. At the time of the book’s release in 1947, Orwell’s fictional account portrayed a time quite in the future. Orwell’s story portrayed a world divided into dictatorships. The dictator that enslaved most of the western world involved –not surprisingly for an English writer of his time—England, and London, in particular. It is fascinating, therefore, that developments in our time involving governmental controls that might someday provide machinery of world-encompassing dictatorship, seem to be spawned in Great Britain.
We’ve mentioned a number of times in these commentaries the closed-circuit television (cct) technologies that have exploded, especially in Great Britain. London, as well as most larger cities in England, has become a prototype for the surveillance society of the future. Although his arrival is tardy, Orwell’s Big Brother approaches.
Government in the UK continues to march toward Orwell’s world, despite considerable opposition. We see the struggle in the following news excerpts:
“The Government comfortably survived the first of a series of crunch votes last night when MPs overturned an attempt by the House of Lords to make identity cards voluntary rather than compulsory…
Government won the vote on the Identity Cards Bill by 310 to 279, a majority of 31. Twenty Labour MPs voted against the Government in the key first vote. The Government's success in overturning the series of defeats inflicted by peers means that within two years people renewing or applying for passports will be required to have an ID card, at a cost of £93 for both documents” (London Telegraph 10 Feb, 2006, "ID cards in two years as rebellion defeated," by George Jones and Brendan Carlin).
Great Britain now has in place a civil ban on anti-social behavior. This is supposed to assuage the more petty criminal activities, like minor theft, hooliganism, and rowdiness in general. Known as the ASBO (Anti-Social Behavior Order), it is being used to point fingers of anti-social behavior charges at anyone who disagrees with civil order within the state. This is not unlike Hitler’s Germany of the 1930s, whereby national socialism came into play in the hands of the Nazis, leading up to marginalizing anyone and everyone –including those holding to Judeo-Christian values from the Bible.
And, the Orwellian knot tightens, strangling what small degree of personal liberty remains in Great Britain. The noose snuffs the life from liberty, incrementally. Not unlike humanism and secularism has snuffed light from Christianity, which once shone brightly throughout Britannia.
So, seeing the Luciferian conspiracy grow to ever-increasing dimensions as of late, perhaps I should not be so quick to dismiss, out of hand, reports like this one I once would have viewed with a much greater degree of skepticism:
"BERKELEY, Calif.--A Halliburton subsidiary has just received a $385 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security to provide 'temporary detention and processing capabilities.'
The contract -- announced Jan. 24 by the engineering and construction firm KBR -- calls for preparing for 'an emergency influx of immigrants, or to support the rapid development of new programs' in the event of other emergencies, such as 'a natural disaster.'…No paper so far has discussed the possibility that detention centers could be used to detain American citizens if the Bush Administration were to declare martial law..." ("Homeland Security Contracts for Vast New Detention Camps," New America Media, News Analysis/Commentary, Peter Dale Scott, Feb 08, 2006).
When considered alongside all of the other prophetic signals that the real Big Brother is on his way, there is good reason for us who name the name of Christ to look up and lift up our heads, for our redemption draws near (Luke 21:28).
--Terry
