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Watchmen on the Wall

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From the beginning of the earth, the Lord has called and ordained prophets to serve as leaders and watchmen over His people, and as legal administrators of His Gospel with its precious saving ordinances. The word apostle comes from the Greek apostolos, meaning “one who is sent.” Authentic apostles and prophets of the Lord bear His divine seal, act in His holy name and by His Priesthood authority, and are called, commissioned, and sent by the Savior. At no time has the Lord’s Church existed, neither can it exist, without authorized prophets to oversee it. 

Just as the Church of Jesus Christ cannot exist without prophets, a person cannot call himself to the ministry or ordain himself to be a prophet. God is a Being of perfect order. He does not sanction people raising up their own churches and calling themselves to any position of authority. Those who do so, though they may have the best of intentions, speak of themselves and not in the name of the Lord. Only one prophet at any given time holds the keys, authorities, and rights of leadership of the Lord’s Holy Priesthood. Only one man on earth is the authorized representative, spokesman, and mouthpiece for Jesus Christ. 

In the days of the early Church after Christ’s Ascencion, Peter was set apart as the president of the Church of Jesus Christ. The Priesthood authority was held by all of the apostles, with Peter, James, and John forming a quorum of leadership, and Peter presiding. Who was Peter’s successor? Who followed Peter in leadership? Upon whom did the prophetic mantle fall after Peter was murdered, James was killed, and John was exiled and disappeared from the historical record? 

The Catholic Church claims that the bishop of Rome took up that mantle and is the rightful successor to Peter. This is flagrantly false for multiple reasons. First, Irenaeus claimed that Peter “handed over the office of the episcopate to Linus,” though there is zero evidence to support this. In fact, other Catholic sources variously claim that Linus was appointed as bishop by Paul, not Peter, and that there was one Clement who was actually bishop before Linus. The line of succession is thus confused, contested, and based on sand with little historical veracity; hardly the pattern that God follows in such important matters. 

The bishop of Rome, Linus, and subsequently others, claimed to have Peter’s authority. How can that be? John, the highest-ranking apostle, was still alive. Peter, not having called himself to his position, had no right to call another to fill his place. Only the Lord calls apostles. Even if Peter had called Linus to some office, did that nullify John’s greater authority? Of course not. Thus, the bishop of Rome’s claim to the mantle is thus a usurpation and doesn’t follow the prescribed order, having circumvented John’s rightful leadership. Unless John fell from grace or somehow had his Priesthood revoked, then the bishop of Rome was a usurper and could not have rightfully taken the lead in the Lord’s Church. 

Second, a bishop is a lower position that does not hold the same Priesthood authority, keys, and powers as the higher offices of apostle and prophet. Did Peter, James, or John confer their authority on the bishop of Rome or on anyone else? No. If they had, the bishop of Rome would have ceased being the bishop of Rome and would have been elevated to the office of apostle and prophet. 

Such a monumental act would have also been recorded and we would be able to clearly see the line of prophetic succession from that time to the present, just as we can the succession throughout the Bible (e.g., Abraham to Isaac, then Isaac to Jacob, etc.). Yet, even as Irenaeus alleged above, Linus was merely elevated to an “episcopate,” the office of a bishop, and never attained the office of apostle, let alone president of the Church. 

What followed the death of Peter and James and the disappearance of John? In other words, what followed the death of the Church’s formal, recognized leadership? Apostasy. The total shipwreck of Christendom. A long night of spiritual darkness. This is not surprising, though. It was prophesied of by the apostles as well as by ancient seers. The Bible, and the historical record of the past two millennia, are the greatest witnesses in favor of apostasy. Below are only a few of many examples of these stark prophecies: 

“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first” (2 Thessalonians 2:3). 

“Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them” (Acts 20:28-30). 

“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it” (Amos 8:11-12). 

“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables” (2 Timothy 4:3-4). 

“The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant” (Isaiah 24:5). 

“I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ” (Galatians 1:6-7). 

“[T]here were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 

“And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 

“And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. 

“For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment. . . . 

“But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; 

“And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; 

“Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: 

“Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness. . . . 

“For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 

“For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 

“But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire” (2 Peter 2:1-5, 12-15, 20-22). 

All of the above correctly foretold the apostasy that occurred after the martyrdom of the apostles and which is still dominant throughout the world and prevalent in Christendom. Though well-meaning, Christendom lacks the Priesthood authority once bestowed upon Peter, James, and John and, consequently, has no prophets or legal administrators of Gospel ordinances. The Lord said we must be baptized to enter Heaven (John 3:5). Who will baptize us if there is no Priesthood authority to officiate in God’s name? And so it goes with the other ordinances of salvation. 

Isaiah spoke of the “everlasting covenant” being broken generally throughout the world. The word “covenant” here is the same as “gospel.” The world has violated the Gospel of the Savior and rejected Him. They rejected His authorized servants, killing them and eviscerating the leadership of the Church and severing the prophetic line of succession. They have deprived themselves of legal administrators to officiate in the ordinances of salvation. 

How would the Lord rectify the situation? We see the answer when we cross-reference these more depressing verses from Isaiah, Peter, and Paul, to a prophecy of John, who affirmed: 

“And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every enation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters” (Revelation 14:6-7). 

The Lord won’t always permit the world to wander in darkness and to be blind leaders of the blind (Matthew 15:14). As He had done before in Biblical history, after long periods of apostasy, He restored the Gospel in its purity and set up prophets and the Priesthood. In some of these prior instances, the Lord appeared personally or through direct manifestation. He followed this pattern with ancient seers, including Moses, and in His own Ministry. More importantly to us is the fact that the Lord personally appeared to usher in our modern Dispensation, which is the “dispensation of the fulness of times” (Ephesians 1:10) and the “restitution of all things” (Acts 3:21).  

In 1820, the Father of us all and His Son, Jesus Christ, appeared to a young man named Joseph Smith, called Him to be a prophet, and abolished the dark night of apostasy. Joseph Smith testified of this glorious experience in his own words: 

“I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head, above the brightness of the sun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me. 

“It no sooner appeared than I found myself delivered from the enemy which held me bound. When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other—This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him! 

“My object in going to inquire of the Lord was to know which of all the sects was right, that I might know which to join. No sooner, therefore, did I get possession of myself, so as to be able to speak, than I asked the Personages who stood above me in the light, which of all the sects was right (for at this time it had never entered into my heart that all were wrong)—and which I should join. 

“I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that: “they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof” (Joseph Smith – History 1:16-19). 

As incredible as it seems to some, this experience followed the prophetic pattern that begins dispensations. When the earth rejects the Lord and His servants and no one is left to administer Gospel ordinances, who but God Himself or angels from Heaven can restore it? Whether through a burning bush on Mount Horeb in Arabia or in a pillar of light in upper state New York, the Lord always reveals Himself to reestablish the Gospel in every new prophetic dispensation. The fact that Joseph Smith’s First Vision was even more magnificent than other appearances of the Lord underscores the importance of this final Dispensation of the Fulness of Times. 

Through Joseph Smith, the Lord has set up a Kingdom which “shall never be destroyed.” It is the same Kingdom Daniel saw in vision that “shall stand forever” (Daniel 2:44-45). It does not appear as a Kingdom with castles and armies and thrones, but it the Lord’s authorized vessel. It is known in our day as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 

On the figurative walls surrounding this mighty Kingdom stand watchmen protecting the flock. These watchmen are called as prophets, seers, and revelators. They are sustained as such by faithful members. I testify that these men are true prophets of God who see Gospel truth and receive revelation for our day and our circumstances. 

Joseph Smith was the first watchmen on the wall. The Lord poured out a flood of light and truth through him. He translated an ancient volume of scripture written by Hebrew prophets living in the New World from 600 B.C. to almost 400 A.D. Their record, compiled chiefly by one of their final prophets named Mormon, has been named The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ. 

This book is not a work of fiction or fancy; it is the sacred word of the Lord. It testifies of Jesus Christ more forcefully, more clearly, and with more references than even the Holy Bible. In fact, The Book of Mormon talks about the Bible and confirms that it is a true record – the “stick of Judah” which Ezekiel saw. In Ezekiel’s prophecy, he foresaw that a “stick of Joseph” would eventually be joined to the stick of Judah and they would be one in the Lord’s hand to establish His truth (Ezekiel 37:16-19). 

The Book of Mormon, written by prophets primarily of the lineage of Manasseh, one of the sons of Joseph, is the stick of Joseph. It has been joined together with the Bible to form a powerful witness of the divinity and mission of Jesus Christ. Every day when I pick up my scriptures to read the word of God, I hold in my hand both the Bible and The Book of Mormon. It is a literal and tangible fulfillment of Bible prophecy and every Christian who loves the Lord should be thankful for it and glad to have another testimony that what the Bible says is true. 

That volume of scripture which I hold in my hands every day contains still other books of revealed truth that came through Joseph Smith. One of them is The Pearl of Great Price and is a partial record from Moses and Abraham. We learn more about Adam and Eve, Enoch, the covenant God made with Abraham, and so forth. There is also a book in this combination of scripture called The Doctrine and Covenants. The Doctrine and Covenants holds a special place in my heart. It contains 138 revelations or epistles received or written by latter-day prophets. All but a few of them were received by the Prophet Joseph Smith. They contain the words of the Lord given by His holy lips to men in our day. It is what He wants us to know today in our Dispensation. 

A unique doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is that the scriptural canon is not closed. We believe in continuing revelation through a living prophet. What could be more important than having a prophet among us; a watchman standing at a high vantage point to warn us and guide us? In 2008, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, a modern apostle of the Lord and one of the highest-ranking prophets, seers, and revelators currently living, gave a bold witness of continuing revelation. He stated: 

“God continues to speak His word and reveal His truth, revelations which mandate an open canon of scripture. 

“Some Christians, in large measure because of their genuine love for the Bible, have declared that there can be no more authorized scripture beyond the Bible. In thus pronouncing the canon of revelation closed, our friends in some other faiths shut the door on divine expression that we in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hold dear: the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, the Pearl of Great Price, and the ongoing guidance received by God’s anointed prophets and apostles. Imputing no ill will to those who take such a position, nevertheless we respectfully but resolutely reject such an unscriptural characterization of true Christianity. . . . 

“The fact of the matter is that virtually every prophet of the Old and New Testament has added scripture to that received by his predecessors. If the Old Testament words of Moses were sufficient, as some could have mistakenly thought them to be, then why, for example, the subsequent prophecies of Isaiah or of Jeremiah, who follows him? To say nothing of Ezekiel and Daniel, of Joel, Amos, and all the rest. If one revelation to one prophet in one moment of time is sufficient for all time, what justifies these many others? What justifies them was made clear by Jehovah Himself when He said to Moses, “My works are without end, and . . . my words . . . never cease.” 

The Nephite king-prophet Benjamin preaching to his people.

“One Protestant scholar has inquired tellingly into the erroneous doctrine of a closed canon. He writes: “On what biblical or historical grounds has the inspiration of God been limited to the written documents that the church now calls its Bible? . . . If the Spirit inspired only the written documents of the first century, does that mean that the same Spirit does not speak today in the church about matters that are of significant concern?” We humbly ask those same questions. 

“Continuing revelation does not demean or discredit existing revelation. The Old Testament does not lose its value in our eyes when we are introduced to the New Testament, and the New Testament is only enhanced when we read the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ. In considering the additional scripture accepted by Latter-day Saints, we might ask: Were those early Christians who for decades had access only to the primitive Gospel of Mark (generally considered the first of the New Testament Gospels to be written)—were they offended to receive the more detailed accounts set forth later by Matthew and Luke, to say nothing of the unprecedented passages and revelatory emphasis offered later yet by John? Surely they must have rejoiced that ever more convincing evidence of the divinity of Christ kept coming. And so do we rejoice. . . . 

“. . . We believe in a God who is engaged in our lives, who is not silent, not absent, nor, as Elijah said of the god of the priests of Baal, is He “[on] a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be [awakened].” In this Church, even our young Primary children recite, “We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.” . . . . 

“I testify that the heavens are open. I testify that Joseph Smith was and is a prophet of God, that the Book of Mormon is truly another testament of Jesus Christ . . . I testify that the presence of such authorized, prophetic voices and ongoing canonized revelations have been at the heart of the Christian message whenever the authorized ministry of Christ has been on the earth. I testify that such a ministry is on the earth again, and it is found in this, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” (Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, “My Words . . . Never Cease,” General Conference, 2008). 

I give my own personal witness that ongoing revelation is a verity, that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the Lord’s Church and that it was restored through Joseph Smith in accordance with ancient prophecies and by the power of God, that we are led by a living prophet whose name today is Russell M. Nelson, and that all of this points us to Jesus Christ who lives and guides His people. I know this, in fact, by revelation through the Holy Spirit after specific prayers and fasting and study to receive on. I stand by it, even as I watch others falter and abandon their Lord. How can I deny the truth that the Holy Ghost impressed upon my soul so powerfully? 

President Russell M. Nelson mentioned above is the chief apostle on earth today. He stands at the head of the watchmen on the wall. The Bible talks of such inspired watchmen and so do modern revelations. The Lord told Isaiah: 

“I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence” (Isaiah 62:6). 

Latter-day watchmen have not kept silent. Since 1830 when the Lord restored The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through Joseph Smith, the Lord’s prophets have raised their voices to call the world to repentance. They have preached and prophesied of Christ and of His fast-approaching Second Coming. They have begun the gathering of Israel and have united millions of true Israelites in the fold of the Good Shepherd. They have sent missionaries into nearly every nation on earth and operate one of the world’s best language programs aimed at helping people in all languages and nations learn the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They have declared their witness that Jesus is the Son of God, our Master, our Redeemer, and the rightful King of the earth who will shortly establish Zion with capital cities in both Jerusalem and in America, fulfilling the prophecy that “out of Zion shall go forth the flaw, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem” (Isaiah 2:3). 

These watchmen have warned of Satanic secret societies that would flourish and attempt to subjugate humanity. They have warned of threats to Freedom, such as communism and welfare-statism. They have held up just and holy principles of good government and have repeated the word of the Lord to Joseph Smith that the U.S. Constitution was established by Him for the Liberty of all flesh on earth (Doctrine and Covenants 98:4-10; Doctrine and Covenants 101:77-80). 

They have preached against abortion, the willful limiting of children, birth control, the LGBT movement, gay marriage, and anything that destroys the sanctity of the family. They have declared that gender is an eternal characteristic of the sons and daughters of God. They have taught that the family is the most sacred institution in the world and that the family unit can, by the authority of the Priesthood and individual faithfulness to covenants, be perpetuated into the eternities. 

These wise watchmen have further warned since 1833, against the machinations of those who would, for profit and other malicious ends, promote drugs, tobacco, and alcohol to destroy people. Since that time, generations before doctors and scientists caught up to them, they have expounded an inspired health code that involves eating harmful meat sparingly, consuming primarily vegetables and the plants and grain of the earth in their proper seasons, avoiding addictive caffeine, drugs, and alcohol, and which promises amazing blessings of wisdom, health, and spiritual protection. They have warned against idleness and sloth, overspending and debt, addiction and idol worship, tithing to avoid burning at the Lord’s coming, and so on. 

These latter-day watchmen of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been commissioned by the Lord to do the same work that His ancient apostles were called to do. They stand on the wall, at a strategically high vantage point above everyone else, and see the dangers afar off. Because of the revelations of the Spirit, they see a bigger part of God’s Plan and give us pieces of it as we are prepared to receive it. We may also, individually, approach the Lord in prayer and He will give us hidden wisdom and reveal the mysteries of eternity to us (James 1:5; Doctrine and Covenants 42:61). However, private revelations are for private consumption. It is the watchmen’s task to publicly declare the general will of the Lord and the threats facing the Saints. 

To Ezekiel, the Lord anciently counseled His watchmen: 

“[I]f the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand. 

“So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. 

“When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 

“Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul” (Ezekiel 33:6-9). 

By chance, as I was composing this article, I stumbled on a YouTube video by one “Watcher Palmer” titled “The Stony Silence Of Our Prophets.” He happened to be a fellow member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He spoke of the perception by some people that our modern prophets are silent, meaning they must be false prophets or somehow fallen. He spoke of the figurative stoning of prophets by many people that has caused them to speak and preach in a different way. Jesus spoke in parables, instead of directly, in order to be able to speak truth to a general audience while also testing people to see who could tap into the Holy Spirit and find out the truth. Whenever Christ openly said who He was or declared His doctrine with force, the Jews attempted to murder Him, stone Him, throw Him off cliffs, and, eventually, succeeded in crucifying Him. His crucifixion had to happen at a specific time and, therefore, He held back, spoke in parables, and was careful with whom He shared His Gospel. 

It is even more difficult today to preach bluntly with the vast censorship of Big Tech and the radical hordes of activists who persecute, protest, and harass anyone who speaks plainly. Yours truly has received death threats, has had three videos deleted by YouTube, has had three groups or pages deleted by Facebook, has had a personal account permanently disabled, and has been banned seventeen times by Facebook. Were The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to speak as bluntly as some of us would like them to, they would be shut down and harassed to the gates of hell. It would greatly inhibit the work of the Lord which is progressing around the world. Perhaps, as in Jesus’ day, the time is not yet right for the floodgates of persecution to be opened. 

All of this said, however, the prophets are not silent. That is a myth. They continue to boldly preach repentance, baptism, faith, charity, good works, grace, mercy, justice, divine judgment, punishment for sin, the Second Coming, the gathering of Israel, the coming famines and natural disasters of prophecy, the wrongs of prejudice and hate, the incorrectness of LGBT philosophies, the importance of the family and marriage, and so on. The current president-prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ, Russell M. Nelson, has spoken multiple times in recent years about the “servants of Satan” embedded in society and has testified that The Book of Mormon teaches us of Satan’s secret combinations. All of this, though perhaps more subtle, runs contrary to modern society and is evidence that the prophets have not gone silent or become ignorant. 

Samuel the Lamanite preaching to hostile Nephite unbelievers.

Just two to three generations ago, the watchmen more openly spoke against communism, socialism, and other overt threats. But today is a different day and a more muddled and dangerous time. The watchmen, from their vantage point, can see the battle raging and have changed their tactics. To think they are ignorant does not make sense considering that the current leadership of the Church are faithful members and grew up listening to the more over sermons by earlier watchmen on the wall. It also goes against the notion of personal testimony. If you, as I, have received a true testimony from the Spirit that the Lord has called prophets in our day and that they are His servants and mouthpieces, how can we seriously think they have gone astray or have become too timid to open their mouths? 

When the Lord tells them to, these modern watchmen, who are even now bearing their witness of Christ and calling a wicked world to repentance and warning subtly about Satan’s schemes, will speak more openly against Satan’s kingdom. Are you ready for the persecution when that happens? Maybe, just maybe, the prophets, seers, and revelators who can see well from their vantage point, know the general membership are not quite ready for the full sifting. Maybe the Lord is allowing the wheat and tares to grow up a little more before He sends His angels to harvest the good and burn the bad. 

In modern times, 1833 specifically, the Lord gave a parable to His latter-day Church. In it, He adapted and expanded upon parables He gave during His ministry. Said the Lord: 

“And now, I will show unto you a parable, that you may know my will concerning the redemption of Zion. 

“A certain nobleman had a spot of land, very choice; and he said unto his servants: Go ye unto my vineyard, even upon this very choice piece of land, and plant twelve olive trees; 

“And set watchmen round about them, and build a tower, that one may overlook the land round about, to be a watchman upon the tower, that mine olive trees may not be broken down when the enemy shall come to spoil and take upon themselves the fruit of my vineyard. 

“Now, the servants of the nobleman went and did as their lord commanded them, and planted the olive trees, and built a hedge round about, and set watchmen, and began to build a tower. 

“And while they were yet laying the foundation thereof, they began to say among themselves: And what need hath my lord of this tower? 

“And consulted for a long time, saying among themselves: What need hath my lord of this tower, seeing this is a time of peace? 

“Might not this money be given to the exchangers? For there is no need of these things. 

“And while they were at variance one with another they became very slothful, and they hearkened not unto the commandments of their lord. 

“And the enemy came by night, and broke down the hedge; and the servants of the nobleman arose and were affrighted, and fled; and the enemy destroyed their works, and broke down the olive trees. 

“Now, behold, the nobleman, the lord of the vineyard, called upon his servants, and said unto them, Why! what is the cause of this great evil? 

“Ought ye not to have done even as I commanded you, and—after ye had planted the vineyard, and built the hedge round about, and set watchmen upon the walls thereof—built the tower also, and set a watchman upon the tower, and watched for my vineyard, and not have fallen asleep, lest the enemy should come upon you? 

“And behold, the watchman upon the tower would have seen the enemy while he was yet afar off; and then ye could have made ready and kept the enemy from breaking down the hedge thereof, and saved my vineyard from the hands of the destroyer. 

“And the lord of the vineyard said unto one of his servants: Go and gather together the residue of my servants, and take ball the strength of mine house, which are my warriors, my young men, and they that are of middle age also among all my servants, who are the strength of mine house, save those only whom I have appointed to tarry; 

“And go ye straightway unto the land of my vineyard, and redeem my vineyard; for it is mine; I have bought it with money. 

“Therefore, get ye straightway unto my land; break down the walls of mine enemies; throw down their tower, and scatter their watchmen. 

“And inasmuch as they gather together against you, avenge me of mine enemies, that by and by I may come with the residue of mine house and possess the land. 

Gideon and the 300

“And the servant said unto his lord: When shall these things be? 

“And he said unto his servant: When I will; go ye straightway, and do all things whatsoever I have commanded you; 

“And this shall be my seal and blessing upon you—a faithful and wise steward in the midst of mine house, a ruler in my kingdom. 

“And his servant went straightway, and did all things whatsoever his lord commanded him; and after many days all things were fulfilled. 

“Again, verily I say unto you, I will show unto you wisdom in me concerning all the churches, inasmuch as they are willing to be guided in a right and proper way for their salvation— 

“That the work of the gathering together of my saints may continue, that I may build them up unto my name upon holy places; for the time of harvest is come, and my word must needs be fulfilled. 

“Therefore, I must gather together my people, according to the parable of the wheat and the tares, that the wheat may be secured in the garners to possess eternal life, and be crowned with celestial glory, when I shall come in the kingdom of my Father to reward every man according as his work shall be; 

“While the tares shall be bound in bundles, and their bands made strong, that they may be burned with unquenchable fire” (Doctrine and Covenants 101:43-66). 

The time of reaping is upon us. The watchmen really are upon the tower. They can see the enemy and they see his troop movements and strategies. They stand upon the walls watching and warning. Their warnings have been variously blunt and subtle, but they are steady and sure. Our problem is that we have not fixed our eyes upon them and we have missed their warnings. 

Yet, they are the Lord’s spokesmen. He called them. He commissioned them. He gave them His Priesthood. He directs them and reveals His will to them and they give it to us when it is the right time and when we are prepared for it. 

The man leading the earthly watchmen and who stands on the highest tower of the Lord’s Kingdom is President Russell M. Nelson. This wizened sage recently celebrated his 98th-birthday and is still sharp as a tack, healthy, and vibrant. He will be speaking this upcoming weekend to the world. I know he is a prophet. He is a true watchman. 

Dear reader, would you like to hear from the Lord’s watchmen? Could you or your loved ones benefit from their wisdom? Do you yearn to know the current will and word of the Lord to mankind and the things He wishes to emphasize at this exact moment of time? If the answer is yes, you are invited to join with me and millions of other individuals in dozens of nations as we watch General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints this upcoming October 1 and 2. General Conference is a semi-annual gathering of the entire leadership and membership of the Church, and all who want “come and see” (John 1:39). 

Most of my readers are not members of my faith. I extend the hand of fellowship to you and invite you to investigate what we have to offer and how we can add to your faith and knowledge of the Lord. You don’t have to give up the Bible or anything good and true and worthy you have; we love the Bible and happily embrace all good things, gifts, and truths. We simply want to add upon it and to help you live a richer and more abundant life. 

President Russell M. Nelson

As you investigate us, you will definitely find apostate and bad members in our Church, as you do in all faiths. However, despite the tares whom the Lord in mercy is still allowing to grow up side by side with the wheat, we profess the name of the Lord, we teach of His Atonement, we traverse the world teaching Jesus Christ’s Gospel to all who will listen, we profess the virtues of chastity and modesty and morality, we promote the family and marriage between man and woman, we defend the sanctity of life, we uphold the U.S. Constitution with its timeless principles of personal and public Liberty, we stand against secret societies and Satanic schemes, we proclaim that the Heavens are open and that each man and woman may receive personal revelation and confirmations by the Spirit of the truth, and, significantly, we have prophets and apostles to lead us as in the true Church of Jesus Christ established personally by the hand of the Lord in His day. 

I testify that the watchmen are on the wall. They are awake and aware. It is all-hands-on-deck. They have been divinely commissioned to perform a task, empowered by the Lord who directs them, and stand as beacons of light for the world. Their light is a mere reflection of the Light of the World, who is Jesus Christ, our Lord, Savior, and King. President Russell M. Nelson stands at the head of this great work. He will also stand to address the world in two short days. Please tune in to see what the Lord’s prophet would have you know and do and then act in faith on any impressions the Holy Ghost might give you. 

Zack Strong, 
September 29, 2022

The Cement of the Union

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In his First Inaugural Address, President James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, said that the Constitution is the “the cement of the Union.” This seems like a fairly obvious observation. However, today, many people, and most politicians, act as if the Constitution is an antiquated document, an idea whose day has past, or an optional suggestion instead of the supreme law of the land that connects and welds together all fifty states. 

On this September 17, 2022 Constitution Day, we will explore what the Constitution did for America, why it truly is the glue that holds us together as a People, and why it must be upheld and restored to its original purity. 

The years between the Treaty of Paris in 1783, which ended the War for Independence, and the framing of the Constitution in 1787, were turbulent. Most teachers brush over them and most people don’t know that the fledgling United States nearly collapsed into total chaos. George Washington, who had retired in December 1783, marveled at the total state of confusion and anarchy that prevailed in the newly independent states under the Articles of Confederation. In late 1786, as Shays’ Rebellion frothed and agitated the nation, he wrote to James Madison: 

“Fain would I hope, that the great, & most important of all objects—the foederal governmt.—may be considered with that calm & deliberate attention which the magnitude of it so loudly calls for at this critical moment: Let prejudices, unreasonable jealousies, and local interest yield to reason and liberality. Let us look to our National character, and to things beyond the present period. No morn ever dawned more favourable than ours did—and no day was ever more clouded than the present! Wisdom, & good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm. . . . 

“How melancholy is the Reflection, that in so short a space, we should have made such large strides towards fulfilling the prediction of our transatlantic foe! “Leave them to themselves, and their government will soon dissolve.”1 Will not the wise & good strive hard to avert this evil? Or will their supineness suffer ignorance and the arts of self interested designing disaffected & desperate characters, to involve this rising empire in wretchedness & contempt? What stronger evidence can be given of the want of energy in our governments than these disorders? If there exists not a power to check them, what security has a man of life, liberty, or property? To you, I am sure I need not add aught on this subject, the consequences of a lax, or inefficient government, are too obvious to be dwelt on. Thirteen sovereignties pulling against each other, and all tugging at the foederal head will soon bring ruin on the whole; whereas a liberal, and energetic Constitution, well guarded, & closely watched, to prevent incroachments, might restore us to that degree of respectability & consequence, to which we had a fair claim, & the brightest prospect of attaining” (George Washington to James Madison, November 5, 1786). 

And, again, as Shays’ Rebellion came to a close in February 1787, Washington wrote to Henry Knox: 

“[I]f three years ago, any person had told me that at this day, I should see such a formidable rebellion against the laws & constitutions of our own making as now appears I should have thought him a bedlamite—a fit subject for a mad house” (George Washington to Henry Knox, February 3, 1787). 

From George Washington to James Wilson to Alexander Hamilton, our Founding Fathers collectively noticed, and voiced with trepidation in their writings, the anarchy, confusion, and near collapse of the Confederacy. What changed from 1787 when the nation was on the brink of collapse to 1790 when President George Washington delivered his second annual message to Congress, stating: 

“In meeting you again I feel much satisfaction in being able to repeat my congratulations on the favorable prospects which continue to distinguish our public affairs. The abundant fruits of another year have blessed our country with plenty and with the means of a flourishing commerce. 

“The progress of public credit is witnessed by a considerable rise of American stock abroad as well as at home, and the revenues allotted for this and other national purposes have been productive beyond the calculations by which they were regulated. This latter circumstance is the more pleasing, as it is not only a proof of the fertility of our resources, but as it assures us of a further increase of the national respectability and credit, and, let me add, as it bears an honorable testimony to the patriotism and integrity of the mercantile and marine part of our citizens. The punctuality of the former in discharging their engagements has been exemplary. . . . 

“The disturbed situation of Europe, and particularly the critical posture of the great maritime powers, whilst it ought to make us the more thankful for the general peace and security enjoyed by the United States, reminds us at the same time of the circumspection with which it becomes us to preserve these blessings” (George Washington, Second Annual Message to Congress, December 8, 1790). 

How did the astonishing 180-degree turn happen? What changed? What made it all possible? Answer: The Constitution. 

In 1789, Benjamin Franklin remarked in one of his last ever letters: “Our new Constitution is now established, everything seems to promise it will be durable” (Benjamin Franklin to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, November 13, 1789). Dr. Franklin was prophetic. That Constitution, drafted under the inspiration of God’s Spirit in 1789, has remained in effect to this day, making it the longest-lasting constitution in world history. It has been more than durable; it has unlocked American greatness, ingenuity, creativity, and paved the way for the extension and guarantee of rights to every segment and class of society. It was nothing short of a miracle. 

That is precisely what James Madison and others called it. Mr. Madison gratefully observed: 

“The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their [Constitution] a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world. Woe to the ambition that would meditate the destruction of either!” (James Madison, September, 1829) 

How did this miracle come about? I testify from the depth of my soul, because I know it from the Holy Spirit, that the U.S. Constitution was inspired by Almighty God! It is a true document; rightly called “American scripture.” It is a new covenant for this special land; a Zion-like law that secures Liberty for God’s children. 

Our Founding Fathers acknowledged God’s hand in their Revolution and in the establishment of the nation numerous times. For instance, when newly-elected President George Washington delivered his First Inaugural Address he gave us the true key to the Constitution’s success. Said he: 

“[I]t would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect, that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States a Government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes, and may enable every instrument employed in its administration to execute with success the functions allotted to his charge. In tendering this homage to the Great Author of every public and private good, I assure myself that it expresses your sentiments not less than my own, nor those of my fellow- citizens at large less than either. No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency; and in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities from which the event has resulted can not be compared with the means by which most governments have been established without some return of pious gratitude, along with an humble anticipation of the future blessings which the past seem to presage. These reflections, arising out of the present crisis, have forced themselves too strongly on my mind to be suppressed. You will join with me, I trust, in thinking that there are none under the influence of which the proceedings of a new and free government can more auspiciously commence” (George Washington, First Inaugural Address, April 30, 1789). 

God is America’s benefactor. He is our support. He is the true Father of America. The Constitution is His document. It came by miraculous means to inspired individuals raised up by Him for the purpose of establishing a free nation as a beacon of liberation to the world. The secular record supports the idea that the Founding Fathers based the Constitution on the civil law of Moses revealed to ancient Israel. W. Cleon Skousen’s book The Majesty of God’s Law is the best text available on the subject and I urge you to read it, study it, and begin to apply it. 

America’s progress from a darkened, savage continent to a land of light and Liberty is remarkable by any standard. Who can honestly claim God’s hand was not in it? Who can doubt that He didn’t bring humble Christian settlers here to plant His standard in this blessed soil? Who can dispute that the American Revolution didn’t have God’s blessing or deny the many manifestations of divine favor, including mysterious fog and sudden hurricanes? And, finally, who but the most cynical can truly rebuff the idea that the Constitution was a “miracle” bearing the Lord’s divine stamp of approval? 

America is a great nation. We were once greater and we have slid backward nearly into the abyss, but we are still great. Our People are largely good-hearted, though gravely misled. We have wandered away from the Gospel law not because we are evil, but because we have not been trained up in the way we should go (Proverbs 22:6) by pastors, teachers, parents, and other authority figures. However, there is an awakening happening. A polarization is happening, too, as those who truly are evil are gathering together and those who still have some feeling of goodness in their hearts are grouping together. 

Despite our flaws, and regardless of the fact that a criminal conspiracy has seized control of our government (which is ultimately our fault as a People for allowing it to happen), our national potential is unsurpassed. Our destiny is prophetic. Our future is sure. 

God will preserve a righteous remnant to inhabit this special land. He has so decreed it in revelations past and present. One of the earmarks of one who may qualify to be part of this “righteous remnant” is one’s knowledge of and fidelity to the constitutional law of the land, which mirrors God’s Mosaic law. One cannot reject God’s law – even His civil law – and stand approved in God’s sight. Freedom and faith go hand-in-hand. 

God and Liberty were once intertwined in the minds of our early American forefathers. To the degree that they have become disconnected, we have fallen as a People. If we want to rise again, we must link the two, protect and secure both, and live according the laws of each. 

America is a covenant land foreseen by ancient seers such as Isaiah. It is a heated battlefield precisely because the Adversary understands America’s importance in God’s divine economy. He knows that we are a special People. He knows our awesome potential. He also knows that we are beginning to wake up and shake off the chains of our mind and that we will soon want to shake off our legalistic chains. He is ramping up his tyrannical operations and preparing to launch a dictatorship the likes of which we have never seen in America. However, God is in His end game, too. 

Be a part of the revolution for our Faith, Families, and Freedom. Take a stand for Liberty. Stand in the gap. Make your voice known. Plant your own personal standard deep in the soil. Rush to the standard of truth which has been erected and which will never fail. Get close to God and follow His Son, Jesus Christ, who is the proper King and Lawgiver of this land. Until He personally returns, His civil law is the U.S. Constitution and His stamp of approval rests upon it. 

Begin your insurgency against tyranny today by rereading the Constitution. Learn it. Live it. Love it. Founding Father James Wilson made a remark that I hope sinks down deep into your soul and animates you to action: 

“Were I called upon for my reasons why I deem so highly of the American character, I would assign them in a very few words—That character has been eminently distinguished by the love of liberty, and the love of law. . . .  

“But law and liberty cannot rationally become the objects of our love, unless they first become the objects of our knowledge. The same course of study, properly directed, will lead us to the knowledge of both. Indeed, neither of them can be known, because neither of them can exist, without the other. Without liberty, law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without law, liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness. In denominating, therefore, that science, by which the knowledge of both is acquired, it is unnecessary to preserve, in terms, the distinction between them. That science may be named, as it has been named, the science of law.  

“The science of law should, in some measure, and in some degree, be the study of every free citizen, and of every free man. Every free citizen and every free man has duties to perform and rights to claim. Unless, in some measure, and in some degree, he knows those duties and those rights, he can never act a just and an independent part.” 

It is logically impossible to say you love the Constitution if you don’t understand it. If you don’t know the Constitution, how can you truly appreciate it or defend it? You can’t. The study of law – the divine science of Liberty revealed by God and reestablished in America – is the burden and duty of every American. 

I repeat: Learn the Constitution, love the Constitution, live the Constitution. There could be no more fitting tribute on this special Constitution Day. 

Zack Strong, 
September 17, 2022 

Recommended resources for studying the Constitution: 

The Making of America by W. Cleon Skousen 
The Majesty of God’s Law by W. Cleon Skousen 
The 5,000 Year Leap by W. Cleon Skousen 
Elementary Catechism on the Constitution of the United States: For the Use of Schools by Arthur J. Stansbury 
Stand Fast By Our Constitution by J. Reuben Clark, Jr. 
A View of the Constitution of the United States of America by William Rawle  
The Founders’ Key: The Divine and Natural Connection Between the Declaration and the Constitution and What We Risk by Losing It by Larry P. Arnn 
Original Intent: The Courts, the Constitution, and Religion by David Barton 
The Ten Commandments and Their Influence on American Law by William J. Federer 
The Original 13: A Documentary History of Religion in America’s First Thirteen States by William J. Federer 
Political Sermons of the American Founding Era, 1730-1805, two volumes, ed. by Ellis Sandoz  
Celebrate Liberty! Famous Patriotic Speeches and Sermons edited by David Barton 

Prediction: Trump Will Never Be Allowed to Retake the Presidency

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All honest people rooted in reality know that President Donald Trump won the election in 2020. It was only after massive “irregularities,” that is to say, massive coordinated cheating both on the ground and in cyberspace, that Bolshevik Biden was installed by his puppet masters. This is not conspiracy theory; it is fact. Demonstrable, irrefutable fact. 

President Trump is the duly elected president of the United States of America. However, I predict that he will never be allowed to enter the White House again and, what’s more, that the U.S. government will be deliberately dissolved and transformed by a cult of criminals into a Marxist dictatorship. There is very real chance there will be no 2024 election. 

Since President Trump, the Electoral College, and the relevant representatives of the People, dropped the ball in exposing the election theft and using the power of government to root out the traitors who overthrew the voice of the American People, Trump nullified his chances of ever getting reinstated as president. If I turn out to be wrong and he is swept back into office in 2024, I would welcome it. He is clearly the best president in my lifetime. 

And I say this as one who didn’t vote for Trump in either election, won’t vote for him in 2024, and who has been massively critical of his vaccine pushing, his compromises, his appointments of criminals to sensitive positions, his failure to “drain the swamp,” his stunning ignorance of conspiracy, his failure to secure the border as he promised, his failure to stop Black Lives Matter and Antifa from burning down cities at will, and many other points. 

Yet, despite the fact that he is the duly elected leader of America who has done a better job than any other person in at least a generation, Trump will never be allowed to retake the presidency. In 2016 and throughout his first term, many were warning Trump that he would be assassinated by the cabal, just as they tried to do to President Ronald Reagan a mere two months after he was inaugurated.  

I dissented. I said that they would use other dirty tricks to manipulate public opinion and/or eventually steal the next election, but not assassination. However, I said that if he were to be reelected in 2020, or if he were to run again after that, then the powers-that-be would up the ante and resort to harsher measures to sidetrack him and defy the will of the American People. 

Since he was ousted from power by a communist criminal cult – call them “globalists” if it makes you feel better – using a rigged and stolen election as pretext, Trump has remained the target. The ousters know that Trump won the election. They know that he knows it. They know that his tens of millions of supporters know it. They know that numerous up-and-coming candidates for office know it and have vowed to expose it. They know that Trump’s greatest achievement is that he has emboldened millions to get involved, speak out, and not fear the Establishment. 

They also know that the evidence of their election theft is ironclad and they are using their experienced mechanism of mind manipulation to hide it, ignore it, and distort it. They are confident they will win because they know that if the American People had any spirit, they would rebel and reinstate their rightful president. Since Americans lack the spirit of their forefathers in sufficient measure and, instead of manly action, want to settle things at the rigged ballot box, the criminals have pulled out all the stops to prevent Trump from running in 2024. They will, however, use force if we begin to man up and start rebelling in the American tradition. 

I said that the American People lack the spirit of their forefathers. I stand by that. However, I will add that the revolutionary spirit is definitively, quickly, and, thankfully, gaining strength by leaps and bounds. Large swaths of the population who never cared before two years ago are now waking up, studying, mobilizing, networking, and acting to remove infiltrators from schoolboards, vote pro-America candidates into local offices, establish election accountability, and so forth. Though it is, I believe, too late to save this country without bloodshed on both sides, it is beautiful to see the awakening that I have pleaded and prayed about for most of my life. 

A similar revolution in the minds and morals of the American People happened prior to 1775 when the brave militiamen stood toe-to-toe with the British tyrants at Lexington and Concord. John Adams famously wrote: 

“But what do We mean by the American Revolution? Do We mean the American War? The Revolution was effected before the War commenced. The Revolution was in the Minds and Hearts of the People. A Change in their Religious Sentiments of their Duties and Obligations. . . .  

“This radical Change in the Principles, Opinions Sentiments and Affection of the People, was the real American Revolution” (John Adams to Hezekiah Niles, February 13, 1818). 

Our Lexington is right around the corner. Lexington and Concord 2.0 is perhaps months, maybe a couple short years, away. And when it happens, the powers-that-be are going to act swiftly to stomp out, by tyrannical force, the patriotic spirit. What happens after that, God willing, is a repeat of 1776. My thought, however, is that, at least initially before the nation is cleansed and the righteous take their rightful place at the head it will look more like 1789 Jacobin-besieged France on steroids. Mobocracy is in our future. Prepare for it. 

The longer President Trump delays announcing his bid for 2024, the more opportunities the shadow government has of indicting him or concocting some other reason why he can’t run in 2024. They have raided his Mar-a-Lago home, tampered with evidence, called for his indictment and arrest, and are now falsely screeching that Trump is calling for insurrection before the midterm election. They are showing their hand. They are projecting.  

They were also projecting in 2020 when they said that Trump would cancel the election or use the military to stay in power. I believe this is what might happen in 2024; some are predicting it will happen before the upcoming midterms. I personally don’t think a military rollout will happen before November, but I also don’t believe that Beijing Biden will survive until the 2024 election. When Biden is removed, the final steps will be rapidly taken to cement a dictatorship in America. It will fail; but O, the blood it will cost to dismantle! 

In my June 2021 article “The Coming Assassination False Flag,” I articulated my view that the Luciferian cabal will act to remove Biden and Kamala jointly and establish some form of dictatorship or continuity of government situation prior to the 2024 election – an election they know they would lose if fairly conducted (just like they lost in 2020 to less awake and pissed off electorate). 

I posited in that article that they may pull an assassination of the puppet president and vice-president, blame it on Trump supporters or “right-wing extremists” or even on a foreign power like Iran, and, then, like Skull & Bonesman George W. Bush did post-9/11, suspend civil Liberties or even the U.S. Constitution. There are myriad executive orders and acts relative to a continuity of government on the books and the current regime is gearing up to implement them. They only need a sufficient pretext – real or provocateured – to use them.  

What will this coming event look like? I don’t know, but it will likely be a publicly-staged spectacle just like the 9/11 false-flag attacks. Public spectacles, especially when repeated and replayed by the controlled media constantly, create a frenzied emotional state – a mass formation or hypnotic group psychosis. In this state, knee-jerk reactionism will override rational thought and the puppet masters will make us jump when they say “jump!” That is what they hope will happen, however. 

Trump supporters near the U.S Capitol, on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. The protesters stormed the historic building, breaking windows and clashing with police. Trump supporters had gathered in the nation’s capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Shay Horse/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Can they pull the same stunts time and time again before America wakes up? The Elites’ false flags and lies are starting to fall on deaf ears and even Democrats are abandoning their party. But that’s the brilliance of the idea I have outlined – it doesn’t require common consent, but only one faction to voice their consent. The Elite have always wanted a civil war, but they have always wanted it on their terms and framed in a very specific way to scapegoat true patriots for their own crimes. This is why they project so routinely. 

When they say that “MAGA Republicans” are threats to the country, they are secretly revealed that they are the threats. When they say that we are “insurrectionists,” they betray the fact that they are insurrectionists waging a generational war against our institutions. When they say that we are preparing to overthrow the government or commit acts of violence, they are planning to do so. 

That’s what is coming – a public coup, an overthrow of the Republic, a top-down revolt against the People by a clique of gangsters who have seized key positions of power and now want to eviscerate Liberty completely. However, it will be done in the name of protecting America against internal enemies (i.e. dissidents who try to stop the hostile takeover) or avenging some horrible deed, such as an assassination or terror attack. The media will beat the war drums and the flag will be used to cover this naked attack on America. 

The event that will bring this about will be carried out at a high level, it will be meticulously pre-planned like 9/11, it will likely be devastating or symbolic, and continuity of government plans will be put into operation as a result. In other words, it will be a totalitarian nightmare, like the Judeo-Bolshevik coup d’état in Russia in October 1917. 

By “continuity of government” I refer to the complete abandonment of the Constitution and the erection of a militaristic, Bolshevist dictatorship. I would be rather surprised if the normal presidency or presidential line of succession continues as is. However, as constitutionally-illiterate as most Americans are, they would rebel at the abandonment of the Constitution in peacetime. There must be something that destabilizes us, shatters the peace, and makes totalitarianism “necessary” or plausible. 

The event must be so horrific that when patriots protest, they will be hated or called traitors. It must be something that allows the leader who steps forward to say: “You are either with us, or with the terrorists.” America first patriots will be the “terrorists.” We will be the scapegoats. Even if an event is blamed on a foreign nation or group, like Iran or Russia or ISIS, or even if a foreign group really is behind it, American conservatives will nevertheless be called enablers or we will be called traitors if we don’t go along with another war or the loss of our Liberty that will follow in the wake. Few Americans protested the dastardly Patriot Act in 2001 because to do so was tantamount to being called a terrorist. It would be even worse if the presidency was decapitated and the government was thrown into chaos. 

I have written hundreds of pages, and many hundreds of thousands of words, of material about the communist conspiracy. It is Satanic. It is Kabbalistic. It is totalitarian. Illuminati ideology, which was systematized later under the name of communism by Karl Marx, is their ideology. These demons want blood. They have sacrificed tens of millions of babies on the altar of Satan. They have carried out genocides. They are currently carrying out a vaccine genocide. They shut down the world economy. They have stomped on rights and sovereignty. There is simply nothing won’t do to hurt, degrade, and destroy us. It has been correctly stated: 

“There is no crime he would not commit, no debauchery he would not set up, no plague he would not send, no heart he would not break, no life he would not take, no soul he would not destroy” (First Presidency message, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, General Conference, October, 1942). 

Ezra Taft Benson warned that the conspirators who seek to destroy America would use several potential methods. Here is his warning, sixty years old, but still relevant: 

“There are three possible methods by which the Communists might take us over. One would be through a sufficient amount of infiltration and propaganda, to disguise Communism as just another political party. 

“The second method would be by fomenting internal civil war in this country, and aiding the communists’ side in that war with all necessary military might. 

“The third method would be by a slow insidious infiltration resulting in a takeover without the American people realizing it. 

“The Soviets would not attempt military conquest of so powerful and so extensive a country as the United States without availing themselves of a sufficiently strong fifth column in our midst, a fifth column which would provide the sabotage, the false leadership, and the sudden seizures of power and of means of communication, needed to convert the struggle, from the very beginning, into a civil war rather than clear-cut war with an external enemy. 

“We can foresee a possibility of the Kremlin taking this gamble in time. In fact, it is clear that the Communists long ago made plans to have this method available, in whole or in part, to whatever extent it might be useful. The trouble in our southern states [i.e. the communist-controlled Civil Rights movement] has been fomented almost entirely by the Communists for this purpose. It has been their plan, gradually carried out over a long period with meticulous cunning, to stir up such bitterness between the whites and blacks in the South that small flames of civil disorder would inevitably result. They could then fan and coalesce these little flames into one great conflagration of civil war, in time, if the need arose. 

“The whole slogan of “civil rights” as used to make trouble in the South today, is an exact parallel to the slogan of “Agrarian reform” which they used in China. The pending “civil rights” legislation is, I am convinced, about 10% civil rights and about 90% a further extension of socialistic Federal controls. It is part of the pattern for the Communist takeover of America. The whole “civil rights” program and slogan in America today is just as phony as were the “Agrarian reform” program and slogan of the Communists in China 20 years ago” (Ezra Taft Benson, “We Must Become Alerted and Informed,” speech, December 13, 1963, in Jerreld Newquist, ed., Prophets, Principles and National Survival, 271-272). 

Is this not precisely what has and is happening? History judges the veracity of a man’s words; and history has judged Ezra Taft Benson’s words to be true and eerily prophetic. We have witnessed how the power-that-be have use massive propaganda and brainwashing to indoctrinate school children and society at large into repeating communist slogans. 

We have been cajoled into using glowing terms to talk about dark deeds. Baby slaughter or infanticide is now called “abortion” or “pro-choice.” Homosexual promiscuity is called “gay pride.” Heterosexual promiscuity, or lust, is called “love.” Being in error is called being “open-minded” or “progressive.” Accepting perversion, permitting evil, and winking at the hostile takeover of America is called “tolerance.” Patriots are labeled “terrorists” and “right-wing extremists.” Whites are labeled “racists,” “white nationalists,” and “anti-Semites.” Anyone who speaks out against the creeping Marxist conquest is branded a “Nazi.” 

These labels are part of the divide-and-conquer strategy. They want everyone to hate whites, whites to seek revenge against minorities, women to despise men, gays to attack normal people, Republicans and Democrats to detest each other, and so on. Using the Hegelian dialectic, they create friction, cause crises, manipulate minds, and manage the contrived conflicts by herding emotion-driven groups into specific directions. 

In a divided condition, it will be easier for the cabal to effect any one of the three potential strategies mentioned. First, since no effective mass opposition arose to its Fabian-style gradualism, the Democratic Party has been completely hijacked and transformed into a blatant Marxist organization. The Republican Party is not far behind. We have been so focused on “left vs right” that we have failed to focus on what is “right vs wrong.” 

Second, the divide-and-conquer strategy is perfect for fomenting civil war. Civil war never happens in an atmosphere of unity of principle, brotherly love, and national purpose. It happens when groups diverge because of selfish interests, when their ideals become incompatible, and when they no longer live the same essential lifestyle; for example, when one segment of society acknowledges the preeminence of the Ten Commandments and another segment swaps them for the Ten Planks of The Communist Manifesto. 

Third, “a slow insidious infiltration” has been ongoing for decades, but the jig is finally up. The 2020 election theft and the absurdities of the Coronahoax blew the lid off of the conspiracy. In order to thwart Trump’s reinstatement by the American People, the conspiracy had to largely unmask itself. Now, the emperor has no clothes; everyone who is paying attention can see the plain reality. Thus, the takeover the silent takeover attempt is over. The conspiracy will now resort to one of the first two options. 

Will they choose option one or two? Let’s consider deeply. In 2020, President Trump was reelected by a landslide, but millions of votes were invented out of whole cloth, were changed from Trump to Biden, or magically disappeared. The evidence is too overwhelming; it’s ironclad. You are either a liar or are totally ignorant if you try to claim Biden won in a legitimate election. He did not and you will one day account for the position you took on this treason. 

The Elite know that the People overwhelmingly supported their most hated rival – Donald Trump. Therefore, they know that no legitimate future election will go in their favor, which nullifies Benson’s first stated strategy. The only way the Democrats will ever win a major election again is if they cheat or give amnesty to the tens of millions of illegal invaders who infest America and bribe them to vote. 

The Democrats have stolen numerous elections big and small, so they have no compunction doing so. However, they know that the American People are now aware of their fraud and won’t stand for it too many times. So, while they plan to steal more elections as a short-term policy, they know that simply controlling one, or even both, Establishment political parties is a dead end. 

That leaves them with the second option – “fomenting internal civil war.” Since this is something they have been planning for decades, they’re not overly worried; especially since the American People are divided and are at each other’s throats. They know that though we outnumber them by a vast majority, we will fall if we are divided. 

When the time for civil war comes, the controlled media will be used, as it has been for years, to pit this group against that, misdirect, scapegoat the innocent, hide the guilty, conceal the truth, and invert reality. Comrade Biden’s September 2 declaration of war on the American People was full of inversions designed to bolster the flimsy rationale that conservatives are violent “extremists” and a “threat to this country” – a rationale that will be used to round up or execute patriots Bolshevik style. Biden’s diatribe included the pernicious statement that his ideology represented “light” and that the ideology of “MAGA Republicans” is “darkness.” That is precisely what Satan would say were he to appear as a fake “angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11:14). 

In short, civil war is coming. I believe it is unavoidable; bloodshed is inevitable. It won’t be a clear-cut North vs South situation, however. There won’t be two clearly-defined sides. It won’t be red states vs Blue states or the coasts vs middle America. It will be everyone against everyone, brother against brother, mother against daughter, son against father, neighbor against neighbor, Baptist against Methodist, black vs white, Texan against Texan, and so on. It will be mass anarchy and mobocracy and law and order will cease to exist. The nation will break into tribes and gangs will rove around, raping, looting, and killing for resources. 

It’s a bleak prospect, but I believe it is exactly what the Marxist Elite want. They want to bleed America dry, break up down, take possession of what’s left, and rebuild a communist utopia (i.e. a high-tech feudal state) from the smoldering ashes. America cannot truly be conquered in peacetime; the Elite know that. They know that only in a cataclysmic crisis can the nation’s deep roots to rule of law, constitutional government, family values, individual rights, and God, be severed. That is why they are laying the groundwork for civil war at the present moment, while planning to steal upcoming elections in the meantime. 

Part of the preparatory process is silencing our voices. They have tried to “cancel” patriots and influencers, pastors and congressmen. They have gone after Alex Jones in court, tried to prevent Marjorie Taylor Green from running for reelection, and censored any number of other influential voices. Our Founding Fathers taught that if our voice is taken, the only appeal is to arms. Can we honestly say the voice of the American People counts for anything today? No. Thus, war is inevitable. 

In Vikings Rising, Col. Walter Richmond concluded his book with this warning: 

“Didn’t America’s Founding Fathers ditch England for trying to limit their freedoms while imposing an endless list of intolerable acts and such?  

“When politicians seek to criminalize freedom of thought and expression, no matter under what concocted guise, the next rebellion is near. . .” (Colonel Walter T. Richmond, Vikings Rising: How Intolerant Leftists, Violent Commies, Liars, Psychopaths, Fake Newsers, and other Darlings of the Main Stream Media Unleashed a Movement, 436). 

It is nearer than most suspect. And it will be far more chaotic and hellish than most expect, too. President Trump won’t be reelected, if he is even permitted to run again without being indicted or assassinated. There may not even be a 2024 election. The conspiracy may easily pull out a false-flag attack that removes their liability-in-chief, doddering Beijing Biden, and establishes a military dictatorship that will try to silence patriotic opposition to oppression, sparking the next civil war. 

Please know that one stolen election is just cause for revolt. Two or three stolen elections on top of institutionalized political persecution, “justice” system attacks on patriots, and corruption in high places, is an open-and-shut case for rebellion. Lexington and Concord 2.0 is coming soon; and let it come! The war has already begun and it is coming to your door next! 

You will recall Patrick Henry’s immortal words spoken less than one month before the shot heard ‘round the world was fired at Lexington and Concord: 

“There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of [Washington]! The war is inevitable–and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come. 

“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! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” 

Rousing words! General George Washington’s general orders to his men before the Battle of Long Island in 1776 is no less stirring. He challenged his soldiers thus: 

“[T]he hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend. Remember officers and Soldiers, that you are Freemen, fighting for the blessings of Liberty—that slavery will be your portion, and that of your posterity, if you do not acquit yourselves like men: Remember how your Courage and Spirit have been dispised, and traduced by your cruel invaders; though they have found by dear experience at Boston, Charlestown and other places, what a few brave men contending in their own land, and in the best of causes can do, against base hirelings and mercenaries—Be cool, but determined; do not fire at a distance, but wait for orders from your officers—It is the General’s express orders that if any man attempt to skulk, lay down, or retreat without Orders he be instantly shot down as an example, he hopes no such Scoundrel will be found in this army; but on the contrary, every one for himself resolving to conquer, or die, and trusting to the smiles of heaven upon so just a cause, will behave with Bravery and Resolution: Those who are distinguished for their Gallantry, and good Conduct, may depend upon being honorably noticed, and suitably rewarded: And if this Army will but emulate, and imitate their brave Countrymen, in other parts of America, he has no doubt they will, by a glorious Victory, save their Country, and acquire to themselves immortal Honor.” 

The American tradition is rebellion against tyrants, Liberty or death, and Independence at all costs. We taunt tyrants with the phrase “molon labe.” We put “Sic Semper Tyrannis” on our flags. We commemorate the great George Washington who, before he crossed the Delaware on Christmas night to make a surprise attack on the Hessian invaders, set the password “Victory or Death.” We are descended from real men who fought and sacrificed for their Faith, Families, and Freedom and it is our destiny, under God, to perpetuate a system of Liberty for the world. 

God will never abandon a righteous remnant on this special covenant land of America. Jesus Christ is the God of the land and we must serve Him. Those who do will be blessed, upheld, and preserved through the coming days. This is called the “tribulation” for a reason. It won’t be easy. We will watch our Republic be stolen from us by traitors and tyrants. We will watch our champions be killed or prosecuted. We will watch foreign nations and international entities rip us apart as the traitors in government do nothing but foment discord and civil war. Peace will be taken from the earth and the only place we will be able to turn for safety is Heaven. 

Only fools put their trust in men. Donald Trump won’t and can’t save us. No white knight is coming to rescue us. No George Washington is going to step up and lead with his commanding presence and iron will. Only God, whose land America is, can save us. And He can only save us when we repent, turn to Him, trust in Him, enter into His covenants, and live as His warriors of light and truth. 

President Trump may run in 2024 – I would be shocked if he didn’t – but those who stole victory from him in 2020 are entrenched in power and they will do it again, even if they have to start a civil war, carry out false-flag terrorism, kill their own puppet-in-chief, install a dictatorship, and smash the entire sham government and society to do it. We may or may not even have an election in 2024, depending on whether the Elite can find a way to remove Trump from the running and/or replace Biden with a stronger tyrant. 

We are at the end of the line. The American Republic has run its course. The principles of Liberty are eternal and the U.S. Constitution is inspired; they will continue. A righteous and well-prepared remnant will be preserved. But a Bolshevik dictatorship is going to be installed and tyranny will reign, for however brief a time. It will be established in blood, it will gorge itself on blood, and it will die in blood. The fall of Babylon is a prophetic certainty, yet so is the carnage it will perpetrate as it dies. 

If the American People don’t rise in righteous fury against the criminal cabal that lords over us and defies the Constitution and our sovereign voice, that cabal will carry out a complete decapitation of our government and will seek to install a militarized dictatorship, terminating the lives and quenching the Freedom of countless patriots in the process. 

Put your house in order. Prepare to survive hard times. Get a one-year supply of food, water, warm clothing, and essentials. Acquire useful skills. Learn to garden, forage, hunt, butcher meat, make food from scratch, sew, render first aid, etc. Relocate away from cities, high-population areas, and military installations. Network with likeminded patriots of faith. Educate yourself, family, and friends on the principles of constitutionalism, free enterprise, and ordered Liberty. Acquire means for self-protection and know how to use them. And keep close to God and His law. 

The beast has risen. He is in control, but his grasp on power is tenuous and has its limits. Prepare to ride out the tidal wave of destruction that will be unleashed as the beast grasps for greater power and kills itself in the process. Brace yourself. Fill the gap. Hold the line. We’re on the winning side and by and by, after the Devil makes his move, God will intervene, cleanse the nation, preserve a remnant, and establish an American Zion. 

Zack Strong, 
September 13, 2022

Biden’s Declaration of War on America

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On Friday, September 2, 2022, the illegitimate puppet president Joe Biden gave a televised speech “On the Continued Battle for the Soul of the Nation.” The unprecedented diatribe was little more than a declaration of war against half the country and a tacit threat of persecution against anyone who opposes his regime’s totalitarian agenda. 

Near the beginning of the doddering diatribe that instantly made his infamy official, the usurper-in-chief said that “equality and democracy are under assault. We do ourselves no favor to pretend otherwise.” While we should agree that our nation is under assault, the big lie is who Bolshevik Biden claimed is doing the assaulting. He alleged that Trump and “MAGA Republicans” are the culprits and that they hate the Constitution, are insurrectionists, and are a threat to the nation. 

As you read our puppet-in-chief’s scathing words, remember that this sick despot was illegitimately foisted on us in a fraudulent election rigged by an international clique of gangsters hell-bent on eviscerating our Freedom and preparing to install a dictatorship over the land. In his halting, angry tone accentuated by raised fists and a blood-red background, Biden managed to splutter the following threats, lies, and hypocrisy: 

“Too much of what’s happening in our country today is not normal. 

“Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. 

“Now, I want to be very clear up front: Not every Republican, not even the majority of Republicans, are MAGA Republicans. Not every Republican embraces their extreme ideology. 

“I know because I’ve been able to work with these mainstream Republicans. 

“But there is no question that the Republican Party today is dominated, driven, and intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans, and that is a threat to this country. . . . 

“And here, in my view, is what is true: MAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution.  They do not believe in the rule of law. They do not recognize the will of the people.  

“They refuse to accept the results of a free election. And they’re working right now, as I speak, in state after state to give power to decide elections in America to partisans and cronies, empowering election deniers to undermine democracy itself. 

“MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards — backwards to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love. 

“They promote authoritarian leaders, and they fan the flames of political violence that are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country. 

“They look at the mob that stormed the United States Capitol on January 6th — brutally attacking law enforcement — not as insurrectionists who placed a dagger to the throat of our democracy, but they look at them as patriots. 

“And they see their MAGA failure to stop a peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 election as preparation for the 2022 and 2024 elections. 

“They tried everything last time to nullify the votes of 81 million people. This time, they’re determined to succeed in thwarting the will of the people. 

“That’s why respected conservatives, like Federal Circuit Court Judge Michael Luttig, has called Trump and the extreme MAGA Republicans, quote, a “clear and present danger” to our democracy. 

“But while the threat to American democracy is real, I want to say as clearly as we can: We are not powerless in the face of these threats. We are not bystanders in this ongoing attack on democracy. 

“There are far more Americans — far more Americans from every — from every background and belief who reject the extreme MAGA ideology than those that accept it. 

“And, folks, it is within our power, it’s in our hands — yours and mine — to stop the assault on American democracy. 

“I believe America is at an inflection point — one of those moments that determine the shape of everything that’s to come after. 

“And now America must choose: to move forward or to move backwards? To build the future or obsess about the past? To be a nation of hope and unity and optimism, or a nation of fear, division, and of darkness? 

“MAGA Republicans have made their choice. They embrace anger. They thrive on chaos. They live not in the light of truth but in the shadow of lies. 

“But together — together, we can choose a different path. We can choose a better path. Forward, to the future. A future of possibility. A future to build and dream and hope. . . . 

“We are still, at our core, a democracy. 

“’And yet history tells us that blind loyalty to a single leader and a willingness to engage in political violence is fatal to democracy. 

“For a long time, we’ve told ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed, but it’s not. 

“We have to defend it, protect it, stand up for it — each and every one of us. 

“That’s why tonight I’m asking our nation to come together, unite behind the single purpose of defending our democracy regardless of your ideology. 

“We’re all called, by duty and conscience, to confront extremists who will put their own pursuit of power above all else.  

“Democrats, independents, mainstream Republicans: We must be stronger, more determined, and more committed to saving American democracy than MAGA Republicans are to — to destroying American democracy. . . . 

“So I want to say this plain and simple: There is no place for political violence in America. Period. None. Ever. . . . 

“I will not stand by and watch — I will not — the will of the American people be overturned by wild conspiracy theories and baseless, evidence-free claims of fraud. 

“I will not stand by and watch elections in this country stolen by people who simply refuse to accept that they lost. 

“I will not stand by and watch the most fundamental freedom in this country — the freedom to vote and have your vote counted — and — be taken from you and the American people.  

“Look, as your President, I will defend our democracy with every fiber of my being, and I’m asking every American to join me. . . . 

“MAGA Republicans look at America and see carnage and darkness and despair. They spread fear and lies –- lies told for profit and power. . . . 

“I made a bet on you, the American people, and that bet is paying off. Proving that from darkness — the darkness of Charlottesville, of COVID, of gun violence, of insurrection — we can see the light. Light is now visible. . . . 

“Even in this moment, with all the challenges we face, I give you my word as a Biden: I’ve never been more optimistic about America’s future.” 

The word of a Biden means exactly squat! The word of a Biden is like the word of Benedict Arnold, Bill Clinton, or CNN. He is a lying, manipulative cadaver propped up by even worse monsters to be the face of the destruction of America. 

Some of the above remarks are absolutely incredible, unconscionable, and dastardly. I know of no speech by a supposedly elected public representative that has ever been as outrageous and full of hate, distortions, and intimidation to dissenting American patriots. 

Biden outright labeled anyone who wants to “Make America Great Again” a “threat to this country” and said that we represent an “extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.” He called the million plus patriots who peacefully protested in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021, “insurrectionists who placed a dagger to the throat of our democracy.” 

To be completely frank, when news broke across the controlled press that patriots had “stormed” the Capitol, a surprised excitement leapt inside me. I cheered. I hadn’t expected to see apathetic people take on the Washington cabal and I desperately wanted it to be true. For a brief moment, I thought that maybe, just maybe, America was waking up and was going to once and for all begin to fight back against tyranny. I was wrong and thoroughly disappointed. 

I find it despicable that “conservatives” everywhere have repeated ad nauseum “we don’t revolt.” Why would you be proud of yourself for admitting that? You divorce yourself from the American Founding Fathers and tradition if you disavow the right of revolution. Our forefathers rebelled against King George III for far lesser crimes than those perpetrated against us every single day. What do you think they would have done if a criminal cabal had forcibly stolen the election and installed a criminal on a foreign payroll as president? Is there even a miniscule change they wouldn’t have revolted? I think not. 

It is our Constitutionally-guaranteed, God-given right to speak our minds and to dissent from any government that fails to secure our rights and represent us properly. The Declaration of Independence applied not only to 1776, but to any year and any place. It began: “When in the course of human events. . .” This made it clear that the principles of the Declaration applied always and forever. The Declaration stated that: 

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” 

The entire purpose of governments is to “secure” rights. Which rights? All of them, including, specifically, life, Liberty, and property, or, in other words, the ability to manage one’s life according to their own free will. What happens, however, when a government – any government, including our own – oversteps its bounds, fails to secure natural rights, or violates our rights? The Declaration of Independence answers: 

“[W]henever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness . . . when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.” 

If Americans ever embraced the spirit of 1776, the illegitimate, unelected Biden regime would be thrown off and replaced by true patriots and oath keepers, the Federal Reserve would be rooted out, foreign assets imbedded in the intelligence agencies would be expelled, and turncoats would be tried, jailed, or strung up. The People would know that they are the masters, not the illegal puppet president and his gaggle of gangsters. They would assert their authority and replace the usurpers and oath-breakers who spend their days violating their precious rights, wasting their wealth, and insulting their intelligence. 

Biden’s speech was the ultimate affront to intelligence. He demonstrated how stupid he thinks the American People are and how slavish he wishes them to be. If the American People tolerate his bald-faced threats, perhaps they really are that daft and servile. However, I see Americans beginning to wake up and rally behind the patriotic standard. January 6th was a small taste of what would play out today if the same election theft happened again.  

The People’s shrinking purchasing power, the growing national chaos, and the extraordinary mental gymnastics of Establishment propagandists are simply too much to ignore. Even those who have never engaged in politics before are now organizing, educating themselves, networking with friends, going to schoolboard meetings, getting out to vote, talking about the issues, etc. Hard times create strong men; and we need strong men. 

Commentators on both sides of the political aisle have almost universally pointed to the Biden’s speech’s setting with its blood-red background, dark colors, troops standing behind the president, and nighttime environs, as being a symbol of tyranny. They call it “Hitlerian” or “fascist,” though I personally love the aesthetic and think it’s a strong symbol that has power and which can rally people to the standard when the person utilizing it speaks truth, stands for something positive, and opposes evil. However, when someone truly evil uses it as his platform to spread a lying message of oppression, it converts into an ominous sign and portends danger. There is a reason why every Hollywood film depicts evil with these colors and in this same scripted manner. 

“[T]he rulers of the darkness of this world” and “spiritual wickedness in high places” is what this is all about (Ephesians 6:12). Biden is a perfect example of Isaiah 5:20 in action. That timeless verse states: “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” 

Doddering Biden literally called his regime’s pernicious agenda “light” while labeling authentic American patriotism “darkness.” He said of America-first patriots that “they live not in the light of truth but in the shadow of lies” – an inversion of reality. Everything he blathered was an inversion of the truth. He is one of the “rulers of darkness” who serves his master, the Evil One, Satan. 

He further inverted reality by calling a peaceful protest an “insurrection” while winking at true domestic terrorism committed by Black Lives Matter, Antifa, and other Marxists over the past several years. He called our warnings about the “carnage” of the anti-American element in our country “lies told for profit and power.” It’s not a lie that these criminals have burned buildings, occupied police stations, shot people in the streets, looted stores, intimidated judges, stopped traffic, graffitied police cars, and other acts in the name of political agendas. 

Yet, these radicals get a free pass. Instead, anyone who opposes Biden or his regime’s tyranny is a “clear and present danger” to America. Yes, King George III also thought George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and the Sons of Liberty, were a “clear and present danger” to his monarchy! 

In his diatribe, Biden swore to use the power of the state to crush all “MAGA Republicans.” That is, he swore to put down 75+ million of them. It was nothing short of a declaration of war on America. It was a divisive, malicious, unconscionable thing for a purported president to say. 

What will the American People do about this tyrant? So far, we have tolerated him. We have made a lot of memes, chanted “Let’s Go Brandon!” and other trifle acts. But what are we really going to do about this illegitimate usurper? It seems that we are simply waiting for the next election, convinced that it will be a sweeping victory for Liberty. What if it’s not? 

What if the election doesn’t turn out how we want? What if conservatives win, but only barely? Such a victory would mean very little. Only a landslide victory can effect a change. But will we have a landslide victory when those in charge of the upcoming elections are the same jackals who stole the past election with total impunity? 

The Democrats are so smug right now because they believe they will be able to cheat their way to a mid-term victory and to another victory in 2024. Perhaps they also have other tricks up their sleeves, including false flag attacks or wars that will destabilize the nation and either postpone, modify, or cancel the elections. This is what they screeched President Trump would do. Was it mere projection about what they would do? 

What is clear is that Joe Biden is a despot. He is an illegitimately-elected puppet beholden to foreign governments and international entities that hate this nation. He is presiding over a massive economic collapse and burgeoning world war. Things have gone from bad to worse under his reign. Vaccines are depopulating the nation and more people have died from “COVID-19,” so-called, under Biden than under Trump. Every metric shows that America is declining under Biden. 

At this low point in American history, to have the “president” stand up and shake his fists at half the country, threatening them with persecution, is a declaration of war. And if it is war: “Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?” (Patrick Henry, “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”). 

John Adams once asserted: 

“The right of a nation to kill a tyrant, in cases of necessity, can no more be doubted, than that to hang a robber, or kill a flea. But killing one tyrant only makes way for a worse, unless the people have sense, spirit, and honesty enough to establish and support a constitution guarded at all points against tyranny; against the tyranny of the one, the few, and the many. Let it be the study, therefore, of lawgivers and philosophers, to enlighten the people’s understandings and improve their morals, by good and general education; to enable them to comprehend the scheme of government, and to know upon what points their liberties depend; to dissipate those vulgar prejudices and popular superstitions that oppose themselves to good government; and to teach them that obedience to the laws is as indispensable in them as in lords and kings” (John Adams, “Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States,” 1787). 

Presidents and elected representatives (much less unelected ones) are not above the law. The People are above them. The Constitution is above them. The principles of Liberty and the Declaration of Independence are above them. “Sic Semper Tyrannis” was once the American cry. “Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God” was our national motto.  

When traitors and tyrants declare war on us, we are at war whether we want to be or not. It helps no one to boast “we don’t engage in revolution.” Our Founding Fathers did not want to fight either, but they did because Liberty was more important than peace. They knew when King George III threatened them with execution for standing up for their rights that the die was cast. From that moment on, it was only a matter of when to declare Independence, not if. When is the time to rise? When is our time to stand up like freemen and assert our rights? When will we hurl despots from their thrones and humble them in the eyes of all? 

Rise, America! Embrace your heritage. Prepare for the struggle; the war has already begun. If you don’t want to fight, it doesn’t matter; war has been declared against you by an unelected, usurping tyrant. If you sit on your hands now, you deserve everything that’s coming to you. I trust you will stand and choose the right side. Stand and prepare for the time when the war will come to your front door. The next Lexington and Concord is coming soon. 

Zack Strong, 
September 11, 2022