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Crime, Punishment And The Bible; The Beliefs Of Our Great Patriot Forefathers On The Subject Of Corporal And Capital Punishment

Perhaps no other topic has lead to more heated debate in matters pertaining to justice than the issue of whether or not we should have capital punishment. In third world countries there are often not many debates about the subject, if someone kills someone else they must also die. In the past few decades in the United States and Canada capital punishment has been outlawed for the most part, with the exception of a few States in the U.S. (Texas is one that comes to mind).

Some individuals may see the outlawing of capital or even corporal punishment as “liberalism gone amuck” and that in many instances, there is no justice in our legal system. In this article we will examine biblical principles, which pertain directly and indirectly to corporal and capital punishment.  This is the model or ideology that was brought to us by the early colonists who founded our North American continent and our Constitution. The contention of this article is to see if we can come to some conclusions about crime and punishment that we could implement into our current North American legal system.

Firstly, we can determine that the Bible is divine rather than human in origin. It is the only religious book that can boast this claim. We know that the Holy Scriptures of the Bible are from God and not man, because of: the manuscript evidence, the archeological evidence, the predictive prophesies that have come true, and the science of statistical probabilities (that the Bible was written over a 1500 year period, on different continents, all pointing to faith in Jesus Christ as the only way in which to be reconciled to God).  Check out the article that it posted here at Jordan’s Journal called “MAPS” for further information.

In the Old Testament the Lord spoke to Moses from Mount Sinai and gave the Ten Commandments. We find the application of the Ten Commandments to everyday life was written down by Moses in accordance to what the Lord had told Him, in the book of Leviticus. Ceremonial and dietary laws that were applicable to the Israelites of the Old Testament are also discussed in this book. But when Christ came in the New Testament, He Who is the substance that fulfilled the “types” and “figures” of the Old Testament, these ceremonial laws (including Sabbath keeping) were (and are) no longer applicable, as explained in the book of Colossians chapter 2.

Nevertheless, the New Testament does indicate that the moral and ethical aspects of the Old Testament law are still applicable today, especially within the eternal perspective of the soul in heaven and the body at the time of resurrection. Jesus spoke of this when He made reference to the “Kingdom of God”. It is in this context then, that the Ten Commandments are still clearly applicable today.

For instance, the Commandment “thou shalt not commit adultery”, the seventh commandment, is still applicable today and we read about its application in the following New Testament passages: Matthew 19, Mark 10, 1Corinthians 6, 1Corinthians 7, and Revelation 21. Not committing murder is also applicable today and is expressed throughout the New Testament and in several of the previously listed passages. The question is, though, from a physical punitive standpoint in day-to-day life right now, what are the implications of not living by the law of God? Let us firstly examine how the law was applied within the Old Testament.

In the Old Testament we read that God’s commandment to Moses in the application of the law was “And if any mischief follow (or comes about), then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, burning for burning…” (Exodus 21:24). Anyone who killed someone simply because they had a grudge or out of malice would be put to death “Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die” (Numbers 35:30). Ever wondered where the concept of “court” comes from? This is where it started, in Moses’ time.

A man caught having sex with a virgin is described in the following passage: “If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days” (Deuteronomy 22:28-29). Also, if a woman who was engaged to be married or who was already married had consensual sexual relations with a man outside of her fiancé or husband, both of them (the man who infringed upon the other man and the woman for consenting) would be put to death (Deuteronomy 22:22-24).

The Old Testament speaks to whoremongering or general promiscuity, as well. One passage in particular communicates that if a woman who is assumed to be a virgin gets married and her husband discovers she is not a virgin, he could bring it before the elders of the city and she would be put to death for bringing folly and evil upon society (Deuteronomy 22:13-21). Further to these instances, anyone found practicing witchcraft was to be put to death, “thou shall not suffer a witch to live” (Exodus 22:18). Those practicing bestiality would also be put to death (Exodus 22:19). And it is not mentioned specifically, but we know from the accounts of the practice of “stoning” within Jewish society of that day, those practicing homosexuality were put to death, also (Leviticus 18:22 says “having same sex relations is an abomination”).

In the New Testament, when our Lord Jesus Christ comes on the scene, He stated: “Think not that I have come to destroy the law, or the prophets (of the Old Testament): I am not come to destroy but to fulfil” (Matthew 5:17)- The Sermon on the Mount. Many biblical scholars interpreted this to mean that the Old Testament moral laws and the dispensation of that law the way God had it administered, should still be applicable today. The early Reformation church father John Calvin and others who came out of Roman Catholicism, during the 1500s believed this to be the case, as well. So too, did the English Puritans who were very “Calvinistic” and settled in America to have religious freedom from the bondage of Roman Catholicism, which was making a comeback in Europe during the 1600s.

The early church fathers (who were predominantly Calvinist) did not break the Bible up into different dispensations and believed that followers of Christ today are merely an extension of those who were followers of God and Christ before the incarnation in the Old Testament (which was the nation of Israel, the chosen people, by which God revealed Himself and His character to the world). We can recall how the Puritans, upon allegations of witchcraft taking place in Salem Massachusetts, burned many individuals at the stake in 1692. This was because they shared John Calvin’s teachings. John Calvin would have insisted that anyone found to be regularly practicing witchcraft or homosexuality be “burned at the stake”. The Puritans were great men of God, and contributed greatly to the cause of Christ. But were all their teachings correct? The question becomes “what does the New Testament teach”?

I think that upon close examination we will find that it DOES NOT teach what the Puritans and Calvin taught in some important areas. The apostle Paul makes reference to “dispensationalism” or understanding the way God deals with the world during different dispensational time periods. God is not dealing with the world today (under the dispensation of Grace), as He did under the Old Testament (the dispensation of Law). Paul refers to “rightly dividing the word” (2Timothy 2:15). It means more than just understanding the words of the Bible but also understanding the different times in which the Lord was dealing with the world in a certain way. In the New Testament we do find that the law is something the believer in Christ strives to keep, however the emphasis is now on the “spirit” of the law, rather than the “letter” of the law.

Christ emphasizes to us today that He is interested in our hearts or the inward attitude or thought motivations.  It is this motivation that will be judged. Obviously, there needs to be restraints placed upon evil activities, but the New Testament never clearly indicates that Capital Punishment should be administered in all situations.

When the hypocritical leaders of Jesus’ day found a woman committing adultery, they brought her before Jesus to be stoned in order to test Him to see whether He would do it. He stated to them “he among you that is without sin, let him cast the first stone” (Jesus then began writing in the sand, which many interpreters feel was mention of the men’s individual sins; the men one by one, walked away). Christ said to the woman “neither do I condemn you, go and sin no more” (John 8:11).

In Matthew chapter 5 the Lord said that “you have heard this mentioned”: “an eye for an eye and a “tooth for a tooth…But I say to you, resist not evil: whosoever hits you on the right cheek, turn to him the left one also” (Matthew 5:38-39).  We must come to an understanding of this verse within the common “hyperbolized” vernacular of the day to which Jesus was communicating.  Jesus never defended Himself against the attacks of the authorities or His enemies.  But Jesus’ mission was that He was destined to die for our sins and be raised from the dead, which He fulfilled.  For us,  it is simply telling us ”go the extra mile” and that we shouldn’t be anxious to beat people up or to go on the offensive.

The New Testament also speaks of the “Kingdom of God” (Luke 17:21) and Jesus said that as the world is now, “My kingdom is not of this world”. Jesus emphasized that the wicked would be ultimately punished after death and on Judgment Day in the parable of the wheat and the tares, but that the weeds (or tares) should be left to grow together with the wheat until “harvesting time”. Here is what Jesus said:

The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:  But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn (Matthew 13:24-30, Old King James Version).

Firstly, it is important to understand that this is not some nice list of do’s and don’ts. It is an attitude of the heart in an individual who is living for God by the power of the Word and the Holy Spirit through faith in Christ. Jesus gives examples of how this type of a heart attitude bears itself out. Does this mean that all offences should go unpunished? What place does civil authority have and what else does the Bible have to say?

The Bible also speaks in a corporate sense, to the society at whole and that we are to “obey the authorities” and that we should “fear them” because they “don’t bear the sword for nothing…punishing evil-doers” (Romans 13). The sword was always used to bring about death. This means that in some instances, the authorities can and should kill. This authority to punish evildoers has been instituted by God.

Emphasizing traditional family values would help our communities. So too, though, would government authority (by the police and the courts) to use swift physical punishment, and labor camps. Within the Old Testament the Bible teaches three principles about punishment, it should be: impartial, without pity, and swift (Deuteronomy 25:2, Ezra 7:26). The implication of this is that the police should have authority to do this, as well. Society has lost sight of this in our day.

Vigilante attitude is not necessarily uncommon in today’s society and may become much worse as the Globalist bankers and politicians continue to enslave the world and the recession deepens. The vigilante will be held accountable, however, and civil disobedience is generally unacceptable by biblical standards.  When a society has a government that becomes totalitarian, then civil disobedience may become acceptable. The Bible does tell us to lead “peaceful and quiet lives” (1Timothy) and “don’t malign the authorities” (Titus 3). But this does not preclude the fact that someone should stand against disrespectful or unlawful conduct when others are not and warn people that they are on the wrong path. How many people do this nowadays? No one has the jam to do it, nor the personal morals or values themselves… This is why there is so much tolerance for misbehavior in our society. Law-abiding citizens should be lobbying for this type of change to occur.

It is also interesting that in the Old Testament there were no prisons. God dealt with His covenant people the Jews by four means of punishment: corporal (beating individuals), by banishment from the community (incidentally, this is how Australia came into existence), by labor (by which a person could make restitution and regain dignity), and by death (for serious offences). Just think about what happens in Iran and Iraq today. If you steal you lose your finger or a hand. This is a pretty good deterrent, although the extremity in this case may not be something we would want to advocate.

It is interesting to note that there may be some compelling evidence for Capital Punishment in the New Testament, as well, and this is what makes this topic so tricky.  But we will now examine this perspective as well, in order to hopefully come to a conclusion that could be implemented politically, for our time.  There are several passages within the New Testament that speak to this.

Some might argue that the Apostle Paul might have been advocating capital punishment when in Acts 25 he says to the Roman authority, Festus, “if I am guilty of this crime I should be put to death”, as would have been the case under Roman law at the time. Jesus also rebuked Peter for cutting a soldier’s ear off when Judas the betrayer brought the authorities to capture Him. Jesus told Peter, “those who live by the sword shall die by the sword”. In both of these instances, however, there may not be enough of a direct sense that capital punishment is really being advocated. There is, simply, an agreement that this would have occurred within the context of the day in which these events were taking place.

Further, Jesus may also have been stating in a general way, “hey, if you live by violence to others your time will come…”. However we may understand this, we must consider that the authority does not “bear the sword for nothing”, as Romans 13 states.  We must conclude from examining the whole panoply of Scripture that the current system we have in place to punish crime in North America is incorrect.

The reader must use all of the information and arrive at a balanced view of what the Scriptures communicate. In my view, the Bible may leave room for both models. Strong proponents of Capital Punishment use the argument that Jesus never spoke specifically to the issue and therefore we should continue on in the way of the Old Testament, because Jesus did not specifically negate it in this area. This is not necessarily true, though, as the previous verses in this article indicated. Furthermore, is there a difference, then, in the way we should treat the fornicator, the homosexual, or the adulterer? Surely, there can be no difference in their treatment if we follow this argument of maintaining Old Testament standards. They would be put to death.

This is also proven incorrect because  because of the New Testament’s book of 2Peter 3, which states that God takes His time: “He is long-suffering towards us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance”. This is the whole emphasis of the dispensation of grace in which we now live.

I recall a rather proud Christian who grew up in a strict Christian home in which sexual sin was never experienced (or, at least, this was the image his particular church and family portrayed).  He stated the following: “anyone warned of homosexuality or fornication who continues on in that sin should be put to death”. This man had the audacity to claim that the “stoning for sin” principle should be brought back into society. However, this is clearly not a New Testament mandate in our current dispensation. Nor will it be one during the Tribulation time.

This makes sense because it places man in the position of deciding God’s grace is over for someone before God’s appointed time. Again, we must consider that because Jesus did not go out of His way to change Capital Punishment when He walked the earth, does not mean He is in favor of it. I believe the New Testament teaches that God accepts Capital Punishment, but that it may not be the best choice in all instances. This in no way precludes that God will not, ultimately, punish sin…

What we need to ask ourselves today (myself included), are we living a life of sin? Have we had a “born again” experience and repented from all sin and put our faith in Christ? Maybe we did at one time and are now backsliding… Has the enemy, Satan crept into our life? Do we follow elements of the occult like Astrology or in Witchcraft? Do we live on and on in sexual sin? Do some of us find ourself in the world’s movie houses several times a week or watching TV and filling our mind with the things of this world that Jesus warned us about: “the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life”?  These are things to consider.

God does not expect us to live a life of constant pleasure seeking. We are to work and keep active towards improving our gifts and talents in order to help others. You may think that God is gracious and that you have time to get things right. But during this Christmas season (which is about the REAL Jesus Christ), we should not mock God. God has not destroyed all the wicked people in this world because He is giving people a chance to repent. This is true, and God’s patience means salvation for you and for me. But as we read this article we must consider that we should live carefully in this world, or we could end up like Lot’s wife in Genesis 19. Just because we are blessed to live in God’s dispensation of Grace does not mean it is our license for careless living. If we live without Christ on our mind and we open our eyes in Hell after death, what will we do then? Jesus said  to us: “remember Lot’s wife”.

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China, The Economic Superpower And Its Relationship With Gold And Silver…

The economy is recovering! The economy is recovering? We have been hearing the continued rhetoric from financial advertisers for several months now. Commercials stating “economy is on its way back up” and even one particular comment which came from the “Stenner Group”, Mutual Fund Advisors, here in Vancouver, BC, which said “real estate will likely go up 40% in the next year”! We must regard these statements in the context of their source and the agenda of those who are airing them. It is absolutely laughable…

Do you think that a representative from the Investor’s Group (IG) or Stenner Financial is going to tell you that the market is going to collapse and that governments who have their money printed by foreign, private banking cartels at compound interest, is a recipe for economic disaster? If they weren’t just trying to make a dollar for themselves they would actually tell us the truth.

I was hoping to have the opportunity to speak with local radio host Bill Good on CKNW radio to ask him about the Central Bank Of Canada and its monetary policy of currency and credit issuance and how Canada, since joining the G7, which became the G8, which is now the G20 has gone from 18 billion dollars of debt in 1974 (before Canada joined this group) to 500 billion dollars of debt today! This is what we are referring to when we use the term “Globalization” and the movement for a “New World Order”. I phoned Bill on October 5th, 2009 and he cut me off… Once again, the establishment has a vested interest in preventing corruption from being exposed.

It is a World Slavery movement that will bring us back to the times of Ancient Egypt. Perhaps some of my readers are familiar with heavy metal music from the 1980’s… We can hearken back to the 1985 “Powerslave Tour” from British rockers Iron Maiden. This is what they depicted in the theme of that tour, which even included the “all seeing eye” of the Illuminati Banksters on the floor of their stage.

Someone questioned Jordan’s Journal recently about where Canada’s Central Banking practice is at, financially. The answer is quite simple. Canada no longer borrows or prints money for itself or the Bank Of Canada. The Bank Of Canada is only responsible for about 2% of money production. It borrows and has money printed from the international private banking cartel (the banksters). These are same individuals who were responsible for the Great Depression in the 1930’s and who have been ripping off the world economy since Napoleonic times, with their interest/usery. They siphon off for money for themselves and run “Ponzi Schemes” with derivatives.

A member of the U.S. State Congress didn’t even know what a “derivative” was, but we can define them best this way: overleveraged debt from various sources used to “underwrite” a service, something manufactured, or a resource commodity, when the items they are supposed to underwrite are already spoken for or not actually even there… When they come due to be collected on, new money has to be printed (phantom money) that incurs a debt for printing it, which immediately gets paid to the bankers who manipulated the derivatives in the first place. They now make a double profit because they are now making interest revenue from the new money they themselves have issued… How is the debt paid back to the bankers and corrupt CEO’s who make a million dollars or more per year? It is paid back through the government taxing those who actually work for a living.

This is why the term “Ponzi Scheme” is used to describe derivatives. The banksters and their close associates, an economic elite of about 1% of the world’s population, make millions or even billions off these transactions. Who are these people again? You guessed it, Rothschild and Rockefeller Financial Group and their associates. They are not part of the democratic process of Canadian Politics and they are NOT Canadians. They represent corporate/banking rule.

The Rockefellers, The Rothschilds, Henry Paulson (U.S. Treasury Secretary, former President of Goldman Sachs, a private investment firm of crooks), Timothy Geithner (Finance Minister), Ben Barnanke (Federal Reserve President), Allan Greenspan (former Federal Reserve President), Henry Kissinger (Eugenics proponent and former politician) are masquerading philanthropists who are beyond public inquiry, apparently. Don’t think for a moment that trillionaire David de Rothschild is a “good doing” philanthropist. It would be interesting to conduct a thorough audit of his charitable foundations to see what the money is REALLY being used for. It goes towards the Illuminati Eugenics program.

Former U.S. Federal Reserve President Allan Greenspan said a few years ago: “The United States Federal Reserve is not part of the elected government and as such is beyond public scrutiny, inquiry or audit”. This is where get the term “Shadow Government” of the U.S., Canada, and almost all of Europe… Amschel Rothschild said it best when he stated “give me control of a nations money and I care not who the elected government of the day may be”. Both John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan sought to close down the Federal Reserve and we all know what happened.  Ronald Reagan was not killed, but when shot, he seemed to have a change of heart…

Reagan was a member of the infamous “Bohemian Grove” club that advocates Moloch worship and the occult practice of child sacrifice (see Alex Jones and the Dark Secrets of Bohemian Grove on YouTube). It’s surprising that he even advocated for closure of the Federal Reserve. One can only speculate that he must have had a falling out with his buddies at Bohemian…

This article on gold and silver will be our discussion for Jordan’s Journal for both October and November. It will concentrate specifically on the investment of gold and silver in the the particular context of China’s insurgence as an economic superpower and how it has viewed the recent developments within the U.S. economy. We will not waste much time getting into our topic. We will get right into the straight facts.

China is flabbergasted by the United States Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury’s decision to “bailout” AIG Insurance, Bear Stearns, Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac Mortgage Lenders… China owns some trillion U.S. dollars. China has also been involved in the practice of purposely “shorting” the price of gold and silver by remaining invested in the U.S. dollar. They did this to help the U.S. And by purchasing U.S. Treasury Bonds and supporting leveraging/leasing schemes, China enabled the Wall Street “white shoe boys” and the U.S. dollar to somehow continue to stay above water in the wake of the tidal wave of debt that has accumulated.

The price of gold and silver being kept low by the practice of China, The Rockefellers and the Rothschilds “shorting” its value by flooding the market with it, was kind of like trying to keep a beach ball underwater.  The U.S. has pretty much used up all of its gold resources to keep the price of gold down.  Some economists believe that even the gold in Fort Knox has been used up to pay off debt.  The beach ball can only be held down for so long before it comes rushing up to the surface…  This is what has started to happen. Gold could go up to $5000.00/ounce in the next five years.

In the past two or three months, the Chinese government has begun taking possession of their own physical gold and silver and turned its back on the U.S. who they realize is utterly corrupt in its business practices. China could not turn a blind eye to the Ponzi schemes and corruption forever. Chinese citizens (for the first time in history) are being encouraged to purchase their own gold and silver. There is even a large gold vault being setup in Hong Kong as we read this article in October, 2009… The Chinese government has said to the U.S.: “up your nose with a rubber hose”!

Jordan’s Journal warned its readers that the price of gold and silver would be going up exponentially, and said that it would be up to around $1100 dollars/ounce by Christmas, 2009. As of October 15th, we are at 1056/ounce. It is moving right on target, as we predicted, but we had several readers asking “why”? This information pertaining to China, particularly, and its follow up confirmation in the past two months, is our answer.

If a person is invested in precious metal stock that is not actually backed by the ability to take possession of physical gold (like a good bullion backed fund in Canada, or a Canadian blue chip producer of gold) do not think that you are safe. You may not be. Remember, a gold stock is still a stock. It is a piece of paper. It is susceptible to investors who support that stock based on paper money investment. If the U.S. dollar collapses, your gold stock will dip down with it (and maybe even collapse, entirely).

There is a good chance that a blue chip, Canadian stock market (TSX) gold stock, will be able to survive a stock market crash because the central bankers have not put Canada into as much debt as the U.S. yet, but when Wall Street collapses, Canadian precious metals stock will go down 30%-40% overnight. Are you prepared to take that loss, temporarily? If the answer is “no”, there are several things that Jordan’s Journal suggests.

Consider cashing out of RSP eligible stocks for the time being until the U.S. dollar collapses and let it sit in Canadian dollars. The other option, which is likely even better for some, take the 40% loss now and cash out of your RSP’s entirely and move your assets into owning physical gold and silver coins or bars. Do not trust any bank or credit union, especially those that are American owned. Just like during the 1930’s, we could see “bank runs” or “bank holidays”.

For those invested in the U.S., we warn you: anyone invested in the American stock market precious metals will be left with nothing. THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY WILL COLLAPSE. This is a foregone conclusion.  Whatever was left in terms of backing of your investment has long since been overleveraged.  When will this collapse occur? No one has a crystal ball, but as the old adage states, we must recognize the “sign of the times”… “when you see these things start happening, know that it’s coming or even right at your door” We can see these things happening now.

Until December, Jordan’s Journal wishes you the best of health and wellness…

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Chris Jordan of Jordan’s Journal On The Bill Good Show

It’s all about attitude. What should a “positive attitude” look like in the midst of negativity in the world?  More attacks from the Globalists, but how can one respond?  Lessons from The Sermon On The Mount…

Due to the length and importance of our talks at Jordan’s Journal in this series on “Globalization” and the impending economic collapse, which we began talking about in March of 2009, I feel it is important for readers to go back to the month of March and read their way to where we are today.  Please also peruse the reader “comments” that are located under the title of each article.  Feel free to contribute to the discussions.  Jordan’s Journal took the month of August off, but has returned for September, 2009.

Before moving specifically into this month’s topic on “attitude”, I felt it was important to comment on a statement made by Michael Campbell, a financial analyst in Vancouver, B.C. who hosts a program on A.M. CKNW980, entitled “money talks”.  Michael Campbell is the brother of “Globalist” minded current Premier of British Columbia, Gordon Campbell.  Michael mentioned that due to the economic downturn that we are currently faced with, he wonders why CUPE and other union employees within the public, unionized sector of society received 5% wage increases and much less loss of jobs than in the private sector, which posted significant job losses.  “Why the large chasm”?  This was his quote. 

The implication from Mr. Campbell is that when the economy is struggling why do public sector, unionized employees like nurses, teachers, police officers and other city workers, receive raises?  I tried to phone in to speak with Mr. Campbell, but I was unable to get through on the open line and instead, spoke with Bill Good.  I will address Michael’s statement here, as well.  Private sector job losses (in this case, mostly non union jobs) occur because greedy CEO’s and upper management aren’t able to make $400,000-million dollars/year like they did several years ago and so by comparison, they interpret this as “difficult” times. They either lay people off or withhold raises.  There is no union to advocate for these individuals through the courts. 

Those same upper management individuals and those who share their philosophy (like Michael Campbell) say “why the chasm”?  Indeed, if it weren’t for the strength of our unions and the fact that there are still some good judges within our legal system, both provincially and federally, who uphold justice and fairness (especially pertaining to Labor Relations/LRB), there would no longer be that “chasm”; public sector workers would receive no raises, either be laid off or fired by the “Globalist/New World Order” advocates. 

In many instances, it is pure greed.  Let’s remember that each member of the board of directors for B.C. Rail, which was sold to Burlington Northern Railway, U.S.A. still receives between $400,000 and $500,000 per year paid by B.C. taxpayers.  B.C. Ferries is another example of Gordon Campbell’s move to “privatize” what was once referred to as a Crown Corporation, and yet, it is still financed by the public.  It, too, has a board of directors who each make between $500,000 and a million dollars/year with their bonuses. 

Bill Good said I’m using the wrong terminology when I say “board of directors”.  It should be “upper management”.  But we need not worry about the semantics in this case.  Gordon Campbell gave himself a 54% raise when he entered office as Premier.  The comment made by the CEO of B.C. Ferries when I spoke to him was, “that’s the price you pay for good people… we aren’t even keeping up with similar positions in the U.S. in terms of wage”.  There are many more examples of this attitude.  Coming from a country (the U.S.) that is now on the brink of economic collapse and who will bring us down with it, should we be emulating their model?  The answer, of course, is no.

To add insult to injury, Gordon Campbell has unrolled the “HST”, harmonized sales tax to include a whopping 12% tax on virtually everything that B.C. consumers purchase, effective July 2010.  Once again, as I mentioned in the article for July, 2009 about “the Globalists and their four pronged attack”, the Globalists seek to collapse the economy with their fascist style of government and then, while we are down, they try to finish us off by taxing us to death, with a “one-two-punch”. 

The next thing that they will hit us is the swine flu (and other laboratory manufactured viruses) in order to implement massive inoculation programs.  Newspapers are already headlining “Heatlh Tzar Being Saught”.  This is a move to make inoculations mandatory.   This is punch number three.  This allows the Globalists the opportunity to inject cancer cells and mercury into people.  Why is there such a tremendous increase in cancer among those over fifty five now?  Diet is a large part, but so too, are many of the vaccination programs implemented by the World Health Organization.  The World Health Organization is financed by Globalist/Bankers.  

Invariably we have individuals that ask for proof in these statements pertaining to the ingredients of an inoculation.  I am actually holding a report in my hands currently from “Merck & Co.”, which was obtained from one of my research colleagues.  This firm is  a manufacturer of vaccines for the World Health Organization and shows what top drug companies are placing into vaccines for the World Health Organization.   In many of the vaccines on the particular list that I hold, I see FORMALDEHYDE and ALUMINUM being added to the vaccinations…

After the next pandemic, we will be due for another war.  This will be punch number four.  It is so sad to see our military troops duped into thinking that they’re actually fighting tyranny in the Middle East (or wherever) when the real tyrants are those bankers and heads of large corporations who create “events” like 911 and trigger these wars.  This happens for oil monopoly, opium profiteering and to control others who do not go along with the agenda of world slavery at the hands of the globalist elite.

In returning to Gordon Campbell, we often hear little about a small minority of individuals making ENORMOUS salaries while we hear a lot from the Globalist propaganda machine that wants a state of modern day Feudalism (master/slave).  Before they complain about middle class individuals going on strike to keep up with the inflation rate and maintaining their financial independence, why don’t they lower their financial expectations to a salary cap of $200,000 dollars/year?  Why don’t they offer reasonable requests for a raise?  The answer is that they want to own their boats, mansions and fleets of automobiles.  And when they are tired of controlling those things, they want to control you and I, as well.  Although this is troubling, these individuals cannot kill the soul. 

The Bible (which we can demonstrate is divine rather than human in origin) mentions that we will have difficulties during our lifetime due to “sin” that has affected the world and which resides in each one of us to varying degrees.  Jesus Christ had a response to how we should live on this earth.  He describes this in the New Testament “Sermon On The Mount”.  Liberal ministers place a certain spin on this passage to describe it a manner other than what Jesus intended.  This will not be my approach. 

Only an individual who compares scripture with scripture and considers it’s contextual intent and what other parts of the Bible say, as a whole, will be able to correctly understand what Jesus is conveying in His teaching.  Jordan’s Journal includes a working knowledge of the Bible from five years of theological study under the Free Presbyterian Church, Northern Ireland and Free Reformed Churches, Holland.  These church members are sought after to this day by many believers for their advice on understanding the “finer points” of Scripture.  From that perspective, let’s take a look at what Jesus communicates to us.

Jesus said “blessed are the poor in spirit”.  The term “blessed” in this context means “happy”.  Jesus sets up a grand paradox or conundrum in His sermon.  He says, essentially, that it will be good for you if you are poor of spirit.  What he means is that His followers will see that the world they are living in is not the way it should be and that, we ourselves, individually, are not the way we should be.  As men, we may struggle with lusting after women, cars, or guitars.  As women, we may lust after an expensive piece of clothing or gossip about someone’s shortcomings.  We may even have such a pride for life that we go outside of God’s will to accomplish what we think is right… 

These are just a few examples of the sin that is in our hearts.  It makes us sad that we have a proclivity for such things when we should really be content with what God has given us and be respectful to our fellow men and women.  As Christians we love the Lord but we have these struggles in our heart.  We want to serve God, but sin is right there with us.  When we feel this way, God says we should be “happy”.  It is an indication of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.  It is a work in progress toward Holiness.  It means that we will have a place in heaven when this life is complete.  It also means we can have an inner peace, right now, regardless of our circumstances.

“Blessed are those who mourn”.  Mourning is a further explanation of this conundrum or melancholy.  A Christian should be happy he/she feels this state of sadness mixed with joy.  It is a bittersweet sentiment.  The “happy, joy, joy”, prancing around in emotional excitement that we see at certain churches is contrary to what Christ teaches.  That which is being communicated by some motivational speakers today, is also contrary to what Christ teaches. 

There will always be a humble “soberness” to someone who walks with God.  There is an inner peace and comfort, but there is a continuation to fight the good fight; we have not arrived…  “Blessed are those who mourn”.  Also, we should not be telling people that they are always “good” and filling them with empty optimism.  We should instead, be telling them about God’s plan for the world to save sinners and that life will not always be the way we want.

“Blessed are the meek”.  A good friend said to me once, “meekness is not weakness it is strength under control”.  This is an apt description.  Being meek means that you don’t let arrogance control you.  When we are meek we think of ourselves in light of God’s watchful eye.  We may sometimes think we are doing something better then someone else (at least in our own eyes), but as a believer in God we will not act for our own glory.  We become meek or “humble” in our attitude.  Instead of giving ourselves credit we will say “I am what I am by the grace of God” as the Apostle Paul said in the New Testament.  God is the giver of all life and He is the master architect of people, places and events that He allows to unfold (regardless of whether we see it right away or understand why).

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness”.  Hunger and thirsting here is what can be best described as a “total dedication” to see God glorified.  I need to look at myself when I read this statement, as I am sure we all do.  What it tells me is that I am a work in progress.  Jesus says that we should be happy when we can dedicate everything we do to God’s glory.  A real Christian is “all guns blazing” for God.  Walking with God, knowing God and the fruit of this as being manifest in doing good things, becomes our food and drink.  Again, there will be a desire to avoid sin, esteem the widow, the fatherless, the poor and those who are faced with challenges in general.

“Blessed are the merciful”.  If we show mercy to other people for their sins then we will also receive mercy from God.  We must learn to forgive.  What this passage is stating in context, though, is that we will show mercy to those who are sorry for their wrong actions and are demonstrating a commitment to a process of change.  God does not ask us to forgive the sinner who continues on and on in sin.  But He does give us many chances, so we will be open to forgive others the same way in which God forgives us many times over.  Discipline and discretion in this area is the balance.  There is a difference in being sorry for getting caught and actually repenting of sin.

“Blessed are the pure in heart”.  Jesus taught us that the natural state of our heart is that is filled with “adultery, fornication, envy, malice and selfish desire”.  This is especially true once we reach an age of accountability for our sin, which may vary with every individual.  The office of the Holy Spirit judges the hearts of individuals and works in tandem with our conscience.  It is similar to what Freud described as the “Superego”.  Once we enter into a relationship with Jesus Christ similar to what Nicodemus, the Jewish Rabbi did when he went to see Jesus at nighttime (John Chapter 3), we become aware of God, see our own sin, and understand that we need to be saved by Jesus Christ through faith.  Jesus calls this process being “born again”.  It’s an old term and to some the antiquated ways of past generations, but God’s word is as up to date today as tomorrow’s newspaper.  Being born again still applies…

“Blessed are the peacemakers”.  There are two types of peacemaking that Jesus is alluding to.  We should avoid being involved with uprisings and factions unless the motivation is to accomplish the right to life and freedom.  Fighting the Globalists and the devil worshipping moneychangers who seek to enslave humanity will cause unrest, but is a justifiable fight.  However, it should not be our goal to cause as much harm as they, themselves, are causing. 

Usually the acid test of whether or not we are justified in our conflict is if we are doing something out of defense for humanity or if we are acting out of arrogance/selfishness.  We must strive to be dead to self, the same way Jesus was.  The only way we can accomplish this is by coming to the end of self and living by God’s precepts alone.  We should no longer be driven by our own dictates.  When we come to this point there is suddenly the sense that God is looking after us.  Nothing should be done out of personal pride or arrogance.  This aspect of “peacemaking” will enable us to be at peace with God.  And even when the time comes to fight, we must be able to go into this with a clear conscience.  The second aspect of this “peacemaking” (and it is overlapping) is that we should be at peace with God within our own personal walk.  This is actually the biggest part of the “peacemaking” that Jesus is talking about.

“Blessed are you when you are persecuted for being righteous; and when men revile you and persecute you for my name’s sake”.  Although the Christian does not seek out conflict, we must expect it.  I remember a Pastor telling me once, “if you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything”.  When we make that stand for Christian things, not everyone will be pleased..  What Jesus is saying here is that when we have certain values and do not look with acceptance on everyone’s conduct (although we still acknowledge their right to freedom), people will be offended.  The Christian attitude will bring the scorn of unbelievers.  As society moves more and more away from Christianity, believers can expect this scorn and persecution to occur more and more.

In conclusion, let the believer “rejoice and be glad because great will be our reward in heaven”.  And while we are here on earth living each day with the perspective of running a marathon and not a hundred meter dash of “sin for a season”, we will be happier on a daily basis, as well.  Those who do not avail themselves of Jesus’ principles and parameters may enjoy a certain perception of freedom, but it is really the type of freedom that a fish enjoys when it is outside of  water…  Until next time, this is Jordan’s Journal wishing you a blessed month.