If This Is Democracy, I Don’t Want It
If this is democracy, I reject it. Musings on the Beast, Blasphemy and Democracy in today’s empire of arrogance and lies.
The Beast, Blasphemy, and Democracy
“If this is democracy, I want nothing to do with it.” FB
And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore:
Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads were blasphemous names. And the beast that I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his throne, and great authority. I saw one of his heads as if it had been fatally wounded, and his fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast; they worshiped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?” A mouth was given to him speaking arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to act for forty-two months was given to him. And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, those who dwell in heaven.
. Revelation 13:1-6
It is my opinion that the beast coming out out of the sea is a empire that emerges from history, and that it corresponds with the fourth beast from Daniel, Chapter 7. That fourth beast is quite different from all the other beasts and it shares in common with the beast of Revelation 13 the arrogance toward the Most High God (which is Jesus Christ).
Daniel 7:11 refers to the “boastful words” of the fourth beast.
‘The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth which will be different from all the other kingdoms, and will devour the whole earth and trample it down and crush it. As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will humble three kings. And he will speak against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make alterations in times and in law; and they will be handed over to him for a time, times, and half a time. But the court will convene for judgment, and his dominion will be taken away, annihilated and destroyed forever. Daniel 7:23-26
For many of us, blasphemy has the connotation of a seemingly innocuous insult to some point of theology. I’m going to take a working definition from this article: …
War With Russia (February 2023)
War is too important a topic to leave to the generals and politicians, the pundits and the bureaucrats. As much as “they” don’t want you to think for yourself, you must. Thinking and speaking are the fundamental acts of defiance against the totalitarian impulses of our own society. According to American politicians, the U.S. is very much at war against Russia — Ukraine is just part of the arena. I don’t see any realistic way of ending the war without seeing it through. Neither side perceives an ability to gracefully fold. And that makes the war an existential war for both sides, and all of us.
Judges 3-5
The call of the Judges to deliver Israel. The impossibility of peaceful coexistence. The necessity of battle. The cowardice and shame of those who ignore the call. The honor of those who despise even their own lives in the face of monumental risk.
The Nation That Will Be Destroyed . . .
“For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish;
it will be utterly ruined.” Isaiah 60:12
“But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.” Luke 19:27
“The Lord will send on you curses, confusion and rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in forsaking him.” Luke 28:20
Whose Fault When the Nukes Rain Down on the U.S.?
When the nukes rain down, don’t blame the Russians — America needs to look in the mirror. It’s got nothing to do with Ukraine or Nordstream pipelines. The Almighty will have His vengeance.
War. Prepare.
Church and Change
Society is terminal; change is coming. The kind of changes is war at home, but with foreign nations and each other. Church has to start talking about the things that offend the Antichrist, not just the things that Antichrist tolerates. There will be a turnover of Pastors because the times will not tolerate static leadership in dynamic times.
https://tldavis.substack.com/p/if-not-war-then-what
War and 2023
(Once a year I’ll share with extended family and close friends about things I’ve talked about since 2016. War, and domestic war. This year I’ll share with you, too:)
Happy 2023 family and friends (but I’m repeating myself . . .)
I thought I’d take a moment to share my thoughts on themes I’ve been talking about since 2016. Time to see if I am just another lunatic (and I won’t argue that I’m not!), or maybe got a thing or two sort-of close.
One year ago there was no war in Europe. Today there is war in Europe.
NATO (the West) has sided with Ukraine; this is no longer a “special military operation” to recapture some lost Russian provinces and protecting ethnic Russians from oppressive Ukrainians. NATO (the U.S.) shipped missile systems, and all manner of ammunition to Ukraine. And $100 Billion in cash, some of which has filter back to D and R politicians in the U.S. In the news today, Germany, Poland, and the U.S. are trending toward sending battle tanks to Poland. Patriot missile donations are old news. YouTube shows soldiers with strangely American or British accents fighting Russians in the Ukraine. U.S. Embassy acknowledged one recently deceased American in the fighting. The 101st Airborne and the 82nd Airborne deploy to Poland and Romania. Secretary of Defense Austin admitted that there are troops in the Ukraine to “monitor” the weapons we sent. And this is just what is in the Press.
The point: War in Europe was not reality twelve months ago, but it is today. It is not just gun fights, it is full economic warfare. Somebody blew up the Nord Stream pipeline— it didn’t blow up itself. U.S. sanctions on Russia remind me of the U.S. sanctions against Japan just prior to their attack on Pearl Harbor. American politicians (R and D) by a large margin support this war against Russia/for Ukraine. …
Pod: War! And The Church Is Not Ready for It
War with Russia and war at home. The church is not ready for what is coming.
Russia’s Relationship with Western Europe — Two Centuries of War
What Is Coming Is Inevitable – Regardless Of What You Want Or Think