I'm thinking that this will be a very strange day.....
I'm having a hard time getting excited about our new president being sworn in today. Well, as much as I ever get excited about an inauguration but this particular one leaves me with a feeling of violation. A feeling that something is wrong. Very wrong.... Hope and Change?
Not so much.
In the mornings on the way to work I like to listen to NPR to get a good laugh and see what news they're distorting for the day. Having listened to them sporadically through the whole of last years campaign I knew that they would either have correspondents at Washington for the Obama swearing in or they would move their entire headquarters and broadcast from the top of the Washington Monument. Sounds like they only sent two that I could tell. Ah well...
During the campaign NPR was generally all over themselves uplaying Senator Obama's points of interest and highlighting any stupid move the McCain campaign made, which were several. (Around my house it was always, "McCain who? We're voting Palin/Palin!") They delighted in Obama's rock star status and were as blinded as the rest of the Lame-Stream Media to his questionable associations, non-decision making skills and his quick to change opinions in speeches depending on what crowd he was in.
His speech to the Jews about how he supported an undivided Jerusalem and then the NEXT DAY saying thats not what he meant made me shudder.
http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/12903.htmPresumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama did not preclude Palestinian sovereignty over parts of Jerusalem, or the possibility of the city being the capital of Palestine when he called for Israel's capital to remain "undivided," his campaign clarified. "Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided," Obama thundered Wednesday, earning an ovation from the 7,000-plus attendees at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference. On CNN the following day, however, he was singing a different tune. "Well, obviously, it's going to be up to the parties to negotiate a range of these issues. And Jerusalem will be part of those negotiations," he said when asked whether Palestinians had no future claim to the city. Obama said "as a practical matter, it would be very difficult to execute" a division of the city. "And I think that it is smart for us to -- to work through a system in which everybody has access to the extraordinary religious sites in Old Jerusalem but that Israel has a legitimate claim on that city." From declaring that Jerusalem should remain Israel's undivided capital to conceding that "Israel has a legitimate claim on that city" in one day -- oh, what a difference a day makes! And: oh, what a difference an audience makes!Where was NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, etc? Too busy making fun of Governor Sarah Palin and Family, perhaps? To Mister Obama's credit it was very noble of him to come to Governor Palin's defence during her family crisis's.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/01/obama.palin/index.html"Let me be as clear as possible," Obama said. "I think people's families are off-limits, and people's children are especially off-limits. This shouldn't be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin's performance as governor or her potential performance as a vice president."
Obama said reporters should "back off these kinds of stories" and noted that he was born to an 18-year-old mother.
"How a family deals with issues and teenage children, that shouldn't be the topic of our politics, and I hope that anybody who is supporting me understands that's off-limits."Too bad LSM assumed he must have just meant HIS OWN family and proceeded to ramp up the attacks against the Palin family like a pack of mad dogs.
Well, its the thought that counts I suppose. But I digress...
Anyway, So NPR (at the inauguration event as I mentioned) manages to find a Swedish immigrant (a real live legal one with a green card! Which I'm sure was surprising to NPR that there was such a person) in the already swelling crowd in the DC Capitol area. In the brief interview the girl gushed that she was so excited to be there with her friends and because Obama was in office now she felt it was time to apply for citizenship.
After a slight pause the reporter asked (remarkably!) what it was about Obama that made her want to suddenly become a citizen of the United States. The fact that he is such a well traveled president? (He said some other "fact" about his involvement in foreign policy but it escapes me at the moment..) He probed further and asked again what it is that makes her want to become a US Citizen.
She said.. and I quote....
"uh.... ummm... welll.... ummm... he's..... ummm uh ummm well, he's really popular and...uh... umm well I like his foreign policies and he well he's..... uh.uh..., (On and on and on..)"
You can't make this stuff up! Do you suppose they'll post an MP3 of this interview online?
The interviewer, not quite quickly enough, comes in and thanks her for the interview and suddenly our radiant Swedish immigrant swoops back in
"Oh, and its nice to have a president that's smart, finally!" Then she giggles off into to crowd.
Nice.
Yeah we need more of this in our Country. Just exactly what we need. Somebody please hand me the "Denied" stamp.
Now, let me cover a little ground here on the racial issue. I am not and have never been racist and do not care if our president is, white, black, blue, red, yellow, green or purple. We are one Body in Christ and to call someone a different "race" because of God-given color of our skin is one of most devilish deceptions this side of brussel sprouts and Spam. Those all came with the Fall you know......
However if you are a Lame-Stream media watcher you may have noticed that if you looked at Senator Obama the wrong way or even indicated you were not voting for him, you were obviously racist and labeled so, badgered and belittled sometimes violently.
As you might recall, Obama himself told the people to "get out there and get in peoples faces..."
From the San Fransisco Chronicle:"In Elko, Obama tried to anticipate his critics and called on the crowd of about 1,500 to sharpen their elbows, too.
“I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face,” he said."Some took it quite literally. Is this how our country works now? Fear and intimidation to all the voters. Sounds like South Africa or voting in Iran or Venezuela.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/11/evil_on_a_minneapolis_campus.html....After taunting 18-year old freshman Annie Grossmann for wearing her McCain-Palin campaign button at an election night get-together, and "getting in her face," four women beat her for political views which, obviously, they did not share. Grossmann took verbal abuse at the party, then left for her dorm after it was clear, about 10 p.m., that her candidates had lost. She was followed by the four women into the shadows of a nearby skyway.
There she was beaten. The four women, all black, called Grossmann a "racist." She knew none of them. Nor did they know her, to her knowledge. It was that damn campaign button that evidently caused their frenzy. Their earlier taunts proved that. They were, Grossmann said, "rubbing her face in Obama's win."
"Why do you call me a racist when you don't even know me?" she screamed. Made no difference. Grossmann was felled by the largest of the four. She hit her head on the brick wall, and staggered back to her dorm. The other three black women at the beating chucked at this dark manifestation of partisan evil. They walked away laughing, offering no help to their victim. The banality of evil had asserted itself. And at four-to-one, it was also a cowardly act of mindless violence which, presumably, the four thought "normal." .....Where was the comdemnation for these attacks? I sure coudn't find any. Please share one if you found one! This is insanity at its best.
One other thing of the myth of race...
Early in the campaign, I was preparing to vote for Alan Keyes. "Who?" you might say? Some or most of you might not know.
http://www.alankeyes.com/According to wikipedia:
Alan Lee Keyes (born August 7, 1950) is an American paleoconservative political activist, author, and former diplomat, and perennial candidate for public office.[1][2] He ran for President of the United States in 1996, 2000, and 2008, and was a Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1988, 1992, and 2004. Keyes served in the U.S. Foreign Service, was appointed Ambassador to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations under President Ronald Reagan, and served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 1985 to 1987.Mr. Keyes is also Christian conservative and is a staunch supporter of the Constitution and believes in the grass-roots God-given tenants there-in.
He is also African-American.
Alan KeyesNot to put too fine a point on it but he's more African American then soon to be President Obama is. Obama's mother was actually Caucasian.
So I think we can safely put the whole "race" thing to rest unless someone actually wants to hop in here and accuse the Lame-Stream media of racism for completely and utterly ignoring a far more qualified and knowledgeable candidate for the Presidency because he is black. No? Good. I said this before, the race card is a devil's tool and he used it well in this campaign.
CNN reports today that already 200,000 people have been counted using the subway systems of DC on their way to the inauguration and 2,000,000 are expected. I continue to feel dread and a little naseau when I think about it. Every trick in the devils book was used to get Obama elected and the faithful are pouring in.... Droves of them. What is that old saying about lambs to the slaughter? Shudder.
Folks, what it comes down to and I hope you will forgive any excessiveness I've posted here but this is a Sign of the Times. This is a spiritual thing that's happened and a large portion of our nation has been deceived into voting for a person who, on the front, claims he is a Christian and yet stands for everything that a true follower of our Lord Jesus is against. Abortion on demand (That's killing of an unborn child for any liberals who might come across this. Did you know that when asked by Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church, when life started... ((conception... duh!)) he replied that question was above his pay grade?) He stands for homosexual rights and privileges (though oddly enough he claims to be against homosexual marriage), including serving in the military.
Obama is very "Green", showing complete obeisance to the "man-made global warming" rhetoric which is quickly becoming obsolete, Anti-drilling, putting the needs of animals over the needs of people, etc. Extreme socialist tendencies... "Spreading the wealth around..."
Bah.
The sad thing is, and this is not to contradict what I just got through saying, is that President-elect Obama is just as deceived as the rest of them. Probably, in a lot of respects, he is a very good person (wait...don't barf just yet, let me qualify!). I don't believe he is an "evil" man and he confessed, as I watched, before the nation that Jesus is his Lord and Savior. Well as far as his salvation that's good enough for me! (Ouch...There, I said it.) I can't judge whether he was lying through his heart or not. That's above MY pay grade... and position in the Kingdom.
HOWEVER! Having said that, it is also true that you will know them by the Fruits they produce and even the very elect will be deceived in these days and as of right now Obama
is the very elect.
I am deeply concerned. Not anxious. Not worried. Deeply concerned.
I get get concerned when I go into our local wal-mart and see Obama books lined up for sale, just in time for the festivities. One in particular grabbed my attention. Feeling awkward I picked it up and started to peruse. It was a new Life Magazine book "American Journey of Barak Obama". I was surprised how thick it was. As I was flipping one section stopped me cold. On one side showed this famous picture of Senator Obama.....

On the other side was a large picture of Obama with his hands on the head of a girl that was obviously in rapture positively sobbing.. face wet with joy and tears!
Pop quiz... Whats wrong with these pictures?
I had seen enough. I closed the book and set it down just as a little boy walked by me. As God as my witness he looked at the book I was putting back, looked at me, raised an eyebrow and scowled disgustedly as if to say... "You should know better..." and I probably should have. I was so busted.
In the time it has taken to write this post, Barak Obama is now officially sworn in as the 44th President of the United States.
I'm taking a moment to reflect and you might want to join me. Take a couple of deeeeeep breaths as they say, whoever "they" are.
Ok.
In all seriousness and joking aside I believe I said all of the above to take us to this... This is the answer to any of the dark despairs of the devil.
"I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. As you make your requests, plead for God's mercy upon them, and give thanks. Pray this way for kings and all others who are in authority, so that we can live in peace and quietness, in godliness and dignity. This is good and pleases God our Saviour, for he wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth. For there is only one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and people. He is the man Christ Jesus. He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone. This is the message that God gave to the world at the proper time." (1 Timothy 2:1-6 NLT)Folks, the country prospers when we have good godly leadership, there can be no doubt. We, more then ever before need to pray. Pray daily and pray often for our new leaders. Pray for Congress, Pray for the Judges, pray for ANY elected official that had some authority over you. President Obama needs to see the truth and be filled with the LIGHT of God and be covered with the BLOOD of Jesus now more than ever before. This is our job! This is our time to show and use our Salt and Light!
You pray for these people! You take authority over those lying devils whispering into the ears of those officials. Whoever they are. I Timothy 2: 1-6 is not a suggestion. God certainly knew that there would be times such as these and these Words are the weapons of our warfare! We can have that quiet and peaceable life that will CERTAINLY come supernaturally and not through the natural machinations of mans ungodly legislations! (huff huff huff.......)
And yes, I am still concerned. That wont keep me from doing my job. I will pray for the best, I will believe and agree with any believers that will stand with me that President Obama will NOT do or sign ANYTHING that will drag this nation further into the pit.
I know it doesn't change the day we are in and I know Anti-Christ will eventually raise his ugly head. Maybe he already has. But because of who we are, my brothers and sisters in the Anointed One (Christ), and because are Believers in the Blood Covenant... How can we do any less?
Be encouraged! I've even encouraged myself a little....
Be strong in the Lord and the Power of His might!
This still may be a very strange day...