I think it’s more likely that the pathocrats are attempting to enslave everyone while also culling a percentage of the population. It’s the carrot and the stick. We can live as slaves (but only the number of slaves which the pathocracy needs) or we can be murdered.
“After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands... And one of the elders answered, saying to me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said to him, Sir, you knows. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”
“When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch, strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.”
-Acts 14:21–22
None of us (I presume) desire great tribulation or many tribulations. In Christ, we may have peace. May we abide in Christ and in the words of Christ.
Thank you for tying together two stories that expose the evil that comes when those in authority put no value on human life. It is a chilling thought that these people can rise up to positions where they can victimize whole groups of people without consequences. Freedom and personal autonomy are being destroyed. I don’t think power corrupts but I do believe evil seeks power over us.
Power can either be excised righteously/justly or unrighteously/unjustly. Frankly, I don’t understand the fundamental difference between the power of a governor of a state and the power of God to sustain His creation providentially. Maybe power is like energy in this saying: “Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another”(Albert Einstein). This is a worthy saying in my opinion:
“Behold, there are many called, but few are chosen.” And why are they not chosen? Because their hearts are set so much upon the things of this world, and aspire to the honors of men, that they do not learn this one lesson—
That the rights of the priesthood are inseparably connected with the powers of heaven, and that the powers of heaven cannot be controlled nor handled only upon the principles of righteousness. That they may be conferred upon us, it is true; but when we undertake to cover our sins, or to gratify our pride, our vain ambition, or to exercise control or dominion or compulsion upon the souls of the children of men, in any degree of unrighteousness, behold, the heavens withdraw themselves; the Spirit of the Lord is grieved; and when it is withdrawn, Amen to the priesthood or the authority of that man. Behold, ere he is aware, he is left unto himself, to kick against the pricks, to persecute the saints, and to fight against God. We have learned by sad experience that it is the nature and disposition of almost all men, as soon as they get a little authority, as they suppose, they will immediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion. Hence many are called, but few are chosen.
candle lit...
Prayer candles are lit. I am praying all morning. God Bless You for standing up to pure evil. They are trying to exterminate humanity.
I think it’s more likely that the pathocrats are attempting to enslave everyone while also culling a percentage of the population. It’s the carrot and the stick. We can live as slaves (but only the number of slaves which the pathocracy needs) or we can be murdered.
“After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands... And one of the elders answered, saying to me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said to him, Sir, you knows. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”
“When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch, strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.”
-Acts 14:21–22
None of us (I presume) desire great tribulation or many tribulations. In Christ, we may have peace. May we abide in Christ and in the words of Christ.
Thank you for tying together two stories that expose the evil that comes when those in authority put no value on human life. It is a chilling thought that these people can rise up to positions where they can victimize whole groups of people without consequences. Freedom and personal autonomy are being destroyed. I don’t think power corrupts but I do believe evil seeks power over us.
Power can either be excised righteously/justly or unrighteously/unjustly. Frankly, I don’t understand the fundamental difference between the power of a governor of a state and the power of God to sustain His creation providentially. Maybe power is like energy in this saying: “Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another”(Albert Einstein). This is a worthy saying in my opinion:
“Behold, there are many called, but few are chosen.” And why are they not chosen? Because their hearts are set so much upon the things of this world, and aspire to the honors of men, that they do not learn this one lesson—
That the rights of the priesthood are inseparably connected with the powers of heaven, and that the powers of heaven cannot be controlled nor handled only upon the principles of righteousness. That they may be conferred upon us, it is true; but when we undertake to cover our sins, or to gratify our pride, our vain ambition, or to exercise control or dominion or compulsion upon the souls of the children of men, in any degree of unrighteousness, behold, the heavens withdraw themselves; the Spirit of the Lord is grieved; and when it is withdrawn, Amen to the priesthood or the authority of that man. Behold, ere he is aware, he is left unto himself, to kick against the pricks, to persecute the saints, and to fight against God. We have learned by sad experience that it is the nature and disposition of almost all men, as soon as they get a little authority, as they suppose, they will immediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion. Hence many are called, but few are chosen.
I remember that old saying:
Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. I think it is true. The evil knows no bounds once it gets the power.