What's Behind The Rise of Donald Trump And Other Rogue Politicians

Main stream media all over the world are watching in fear as Donald Trump wins state after state in

the United States' primaries, wondering how their own politicians and the public would react to the possible future election of President Trump.

Trump seems to defy all political rules with his highly divisive and politically incorrect statements that in the time past would render a politician unelectable, and he is not the only Western politician who has done that.

Everyone, including the left leaning media, were stunned when Justin Trudeau won the Canadian Federal Elections back in October. To be fair, his rhetoric was not  the same type as Trump's, but it was extreme nevertheless.

Trudeau used to praise Chinese dictatorial regime for the ease with which they pass legislation, admitted to smoking pot while in office as an MP, fought for the right of convicted terrorists to keep their Canadian citizenship, and promised to run $10 billion deficits  each year as Prime Minister.

It seems that everywhere in the world the people show rebellion against establishment whatever that establishment is at the time in each respective country.

Rebellion against the establishment is at the root of current war in Syria, out of which ultra terrorist group known as ISIS was born turning the majority of Middle Eastern countries into turmoil, which then spilled into Europe in the form of the ongoing refugee crisis.

And while the Churches of Asia, Africa, and Middle East are dealing with the most widespread persecution in the history with thousands murdered daily for their faith in Christ, the majority of Western Churches are falling away from their faith by embracing doctrines that are clearly against what  was taught by Jesus Christ and the early Church fathers. They are embracing sexual immorality of various kinds in the name of "love" and "tolerance", some have even denied Jesus and God the Father altogether...other major Western Church leaders deny Jesus as the Only way to The Father preaching that good deeds are enough to get to heaven, and that heaven and hell are not even real places, but only "states of the soul." Professing men of God think nothing of cheating on their wives, divorcing them, and then marrying another.

So, if the majority of the Church is in such a state of apostasy how can we expect any discernment on the part of general population? In the words of Jesus, if the salt lost its flavour, then how can one expect to flavor anything with it?

These are the signs of the times that our Lord Himself had predicted, "Then will they hand you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations on account of My name. 
At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,  and many false prophets will arise and mislead many. 

Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.  But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. 

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. " ( Matthew 24:9-14)

 

So what is behind the rise of Donald Trump and other rogue politicians in the West and elsewhere? It is rebellion that is rampant in the society because the love of the Church has grown cold. Let us not count on politicians to change the world. We are the salt of this earth, let us make sure that each one of us individually retains His flavor. Let us all as many as read this be the ones who persevere staying true to Jesus, and preaching the true undiluted gospel as a testimony to all nations before the end of this age finally comes. The Judgement of this world has already begun and the nations who rejected God are allowed to face the consequences of it, but those who continue to serve The Lord will grow strong and carry out great exploits. It is both the worst of times and the best of times in the history of this world.

 

Author's Note: Image the courtesy of  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump

The Long Term Consequences of Syrian Refugee Crisis

As Elul 29, which is today, also known as the last day of Shemitah draws to its end, the world is railing amid the Syrian refugee crisis, the greatest migration of displaced people since the second world war.

And I am sorry to say, but it will not get better. The world leaders are not dealing with the root cause of it, which is the rampage of so called Islamic State through Middle East and to be fair there isn't really that much that they can do as military options are limited due to the nature of this enemy.

ISIS militants are not any conventional army that can be fought out right and defeated by sheer military power, though western troops who are helping the Kurdish army in Iraq are keeping it from taking over all of Iraq, but it is not enough to defeat it.

The equally ruthless army of Syria's government under dictatorial regime of Bashar Assad despite of all the help they are getting from Iran and Russia are not succeeding either, barely keeping ISIS from taking over all of Syria and the fight is now that much harder since those terrorist fighters are also using chemical weapons that they either are making themselves or have stolen  from Syria.

Now enter Europe that was even before that facing economical challenges with EU countries such as Greece, Spain, and Italy being on a verge of economic collapse which were kept from the catastrophe thanks to the money flowing to them from Germany, who is now dealing with a flood of mainly Muslim refugees from the region, the number of which will probably reach close to one million by the end of this year as they are arriving at the rate of 2,000 persons a day in Greece and Turkey.

This will have huge economical and social implications because Germany alone simply does not have the money to take care of all the basic needs of these people. It will cost a lot to find them shelter, provide their food, clothing, and medical care.

Most of the refugees do not know any language other than Arabic, so it will take some time until they learn German and will be able to work and take care of themselves, and even then the jobs will not be easy to find.

And what happens when ISIS will get even stronger, with no one there to fight them? Many of those fleeing are able bodied men who could have been trained to fight, now there will be no one left to train.

What happens when countries such as Jordan and Saudi Arabia get attacked, and God forbid, their governments fall? Who will then take care of the next flood of millions of more refugees?

Then, there are social implications as well, as many Europeans are wary of accepting more Muslims into their country because of social unrest some of those who came as immigrants during the past decade or so are still causing, creating Sharia zones within European cities and harassing native nationals, sometimes even raping unveiled women and committing terrorist acts such as London subway bombing in England or Charlie Hebodo shooting in France, openly saying during public demonstrations that their aim is to take over Europe for Islam and subjugate all who live there under Islamic law.

We have already seen far right nationalists in Germany attacking refugee shelters and I am afraid there will be more violence, eventually from both sides. God only knows how it will all end, we do not know all the details, but we know from the Scripture that eventually Israel will be puled into it all and will be forced to confront the ISIS forces, especially if they attack Jordan with whom Israel has peaceful relations, which is the very reason that the terrorists want to attack Jordan, seeing its King as a traitor and if Palestinians decide to join ISIS fighters against the king of Jordan and Israel, then God will have to intervene and we know that He will win and defeat Islamic forces both as an army and as an ideology.

On the other hand, there are thousands of Muslims who are coming to Christ in Germany, Turkey, and other places where Christians reach out to them with the love of Jesus even as Christians who could not get away are being martyred daily, so amongst all this evil there is always much good that is happening. We need to pray for wisdom for our political leaders, for salvation of the Muslims even the fanatical ones, and for strength of faith for those who are laying down their lives for their faith in Jesus.

There were also clashes today between the Palestinian youth and Israeli police on the Temple Mount, which might be the beginning of a larger conflict over this holy site.

Author's note: Photo courtesy of  www.ibitimes.co.uk