Ecclesiastes tells us that there as an appointed time for
everything, and that there is a time for every season under heaven.
What is our time, and what season are we in?
These are questions that I have been pondering and trying to
figure out. I have been, for the past
few months looking to the past, trying to learn about our future as a
Nation. Our Creator gives us lessons in
His Word, and men from our History have given us their thoughts from what they
observed and experienced in their times and seasons.
Patrick Henry’s warning gives me pause whenever I read his speech
to the House of Burgess. “But when shall we be stronger? Will it be
the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and
when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather
strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual
resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of
hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?
Sir, we are
not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath
placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of
liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any
force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our
battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations;
and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is
not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.”
Henry knew what would happen if the colonies did not prepare for
war, and prepare for war he warned: “It
is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace but
there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from
the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms!”
Thomas Paine knew the times and seasons of their day “THESE are the times that try men's souls.
The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from
the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love
and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet
we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more
glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is
dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper
price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article
as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her
tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to TAX) but "to BIND
us in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER" and if being bound in that manner, is not
slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery upon earth. Even the
expression is impious; for so unlimited a power can belong only to God. Whether
the independence of the continent was declared too soon, or delayed too long, I
will not now enter into as an argument; my own simple opinion is, that had it
been eight months earlier, it would have been much better. We did not make a
proper use of last winter, neither could we, while we were in a dependent
state. However, the fault, if it were one, was all our own [NOTE]; we have none
to blame but ourselves. But no great deal is lost yet...”
Our Founders words are meant to be a guide us almost as much as
the words of our Lord, because they knew what they needed to do, and they knew
what it would take for succeeding generations to hold on to what they fought
and won for us.
I have heard many people asking, what is it going to take for
people to do something, what is it going to take before we the people take back
our country from those who are transforming it?
I am one of those. I have been asking the same thing for years. I know from experience that it takes a lot
before people will get out of their comfort zones and do something. After all, not many of us would compare
ourselves to the men and women of the Bible or of our History- those who did
things.
But could we be this generation’s Henry, Paine, Jefferson or
Adams? Are there any George Washingtons
among us? John Paul Jones’? Rev. Muhlenburgs?
Whoa, wait, WHO?
Reverand John Muhlenburg, who on January 21, 1776 delivered his
final sermon, which at the close, removed his clerical robe and revealed his
full officer’s uniform. “In the language of Holy Writ, there was a
time for all things, a time to preach and a time to pray, but those times have
passed away… There is a time to fight- and that time has now come.”
That day was the birth of the 8th Virginia Regiment. At
the end of the Revolutionary war, he was a Major General of the Continental
Army. There were other pastors who knew
the time for petitions, councils and redress were over, and that the time to
act was upon them. The Black Robed Regiment was a big part of the Revolution.
Am I calling for a Revolution? Not quite. But I’m not denying the
idea either. My point which I’ll make
shortly, is that I don’t know yet if that’s what course we’re meant for. If I
acted on my own belief and thoughts, I’d say we’re headed in that direction,
but I don’t know how close we are to it, or if that’s where we’re supposed to
go.
The Bible tells us in Daniel 2 that God changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth
up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know
understanding. But the thing is, He gives those he uses wisdom and knowledge
to do these things.
So, what Season are we in?
As our National sins are grievous, and people have allowed
themselves to sleep instead of being vigilant. It also seems as if we have too many people who “esteem too lightly”
our Constitution and everything which made this the freest nation. Because of this, we also have a ‘king’ in
which we deserve, and those of you who know me, know I’d never say something
like that lightly. But maybe, could this
be the time that God will use us to change the season?
The Book of Esther tells the story of how God used a Jewish woman
to save her people from death. A young Jewish Esther who became the number one
Queen to the King of Persia. This young
lady had a choice to make- either stay in comfortable obscurity, obey the King’s
command to only come when he called for her, and let her people perish, or risk
her life and that of her people, and petition the king.
Her uncle Mordecai made it clear, telling her, “Think not with thyself that thou shalt
escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. For if thou altogether
holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance
arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be
destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time
as this?”
As our nation quickly loses freedom at the hands of those whom our
Founding Fathers warned us about, have we as a liberty desiring people been put
here for such a time as this? To win back freedom not just for ourselves, but
also those who would squander it?
How will we know for sure?
Turning again to the Bible, we see that the first thing Esther did was
to tell her uncle to assemble all the Jews and called for a three day fast to
prepare her for her mission. Daniel
prayed and fasted for his people, in
chapter 9, confessing Israel’s sins and his own.
From reading the past, and observing the present, we can see the
seasons.
I believe we have seen the time of giving birth to an
anti-Christian, anti-Constitutional, anti-American government, and if not
changing, the death of America.
We have witnessed the sowing of seeds which are enemies of freedom
and liberty and the uprooting of our heritage and foundation.
We have seen a time of killing- our enemies becoming bolder in
their attacks and attempts on our nation.
We have seen the weeping of families of those lost in Iraq and
Afghanistan, in Extortion 17 and Benghazi.
We have mourned the losses of what has made America a beacon of
hope to the rest of the world, as our ‘leaders’ are seen as impotent and weak
to other nations.
We who have spoken out against the treasonous acts of the
government have had stones of Alinsky thrown at us faster and more furiously
and,
We have seen the embrace of multiculturalism through a wide open
border and invitations to those who hold no allegiance to our Nations’ laws.
Our time is now to search our Lord and our hearts, to give up as
lost the idea of peace in our time.
We have spent the years keeping the idea that we have a government
who represents all of the people, and it’s time to cast that thought away.
It’s time to tear down the established monarchy and send those who
would help sew the threads of our Constitution back into the hearts of the
American people.
We must have a time of Silence in prayer, for we have spent the
past 5 years speaking out.
It is time to love our nation and those who gave her to us, more
than our comfort. It is time to hate the stripping away of God given rights and
to do something about it.
Back to Patrick Henry’s words, “The war is actually begun…”
We already are at war, as we the people have been assaulted by those who are supposed to be protecting our Constitution and rights- people in the government, and people who vote for those who give so called free stuff while allowing freedom to be stripped away.
We already are at war, as we the people have been assaulted by those who are supposed to be protecting our Constitution and rights- people in the government, and people who vote for those who give so called free stuff while allowing freedom to be stripped away.
The very same thing that finally pushed our Founders to take
action, the British crown revoking the Charter of Massachusetts Bay, the
Charter which had been a guarantee of the people’s religious and civil
liberties. Has not our government been
doing this for years now?
We are in a war, but only God can call us to fight it if we’re
meant to. There is no more peace in our
time, if our course does not change, but we need to be certain of the season we
are in.
Purim is a Jewish Holiday- one of celebration to commemorate the saving
of the Jewish people by God through Esther.
Purim is celebrated on the 15th of March, and 5 days later,
we enter the season of spring. I would like to call on all who have visited or
joined us here at the Constitutional Freedom Party, and together spend 5 days
of prayer for our Country, for petition to God to give us wisdom to know what
we are meant to do- as individuals and as a group. Ask Him to reveal His
purpose for our lives, and to help us change the course of our country. And
finally to seek His will, about what if any actions He is waiting for us to do;
to know if we are to wait on Him for instructions, or whether He is waiting on
us to prove our faith by action.
I have prayed much these past few years, more so in the past few
months. The more I read, the more my soul and spirit are stirred, and it seems
as though I am meant for more than sitting- but I don’t know what. Some of you
may feel the same.
Instead of waiting to see what happens next, please join me
praying as our Founders prayed, as those in the ancient days prayed. God showed them what to do. He will show us
too.