戰役—美國遺產概要38
在2018年12月，我做了一個夢，在夢中我從天上的角度來看美國歷史。我對於天上對我們歷史的瞭解與我們有何等不同感到詫異；舉例來說，天上不認為美國殖民地贏得獨立革命。從天上的角度來看，獨立革命不僅是脫離英國的統治，主要的優先順序更是建立一個人人平等的共和政體和國家，在其中人人享有自由與公平。
獨立革命確實為美國成就許多事，新建立的新美利堅合眾國確實擁有更多自由和平等，勝過任何在美國之前的國家。雖然開國父老將我們的建國文獻做得很出色，如獨立宣言、憲法和人權法案，卻因著政治妥協而無法好好執行。這不可避免地導致更加致命和更具破壞性的美國內戰。
內戰就像獨立革命一樣為美國成就一些重大事情，特別將奴隸制度從這塊土地連根拔除。然而，內戰也沒能建立其宣稱的主要目的─讓美國成為人人平等、人人自由與公平之地，而不單是少數人的權利。沒有達到這些要求，另一場獨立革命/內戰正臨到我們。
在這個夢的最後，有一個燃燒的卷軸寫著：「第二次美國獨立革命/內戰是無法避免的，是合宜的，而且會成功」。在我做了這個夢不到二年，美國將發生另一場內戰的可能性從極度不可能，到現在普遍美國人認為很難避免。它是如此快速臨到我們，社會每天都充滿著摩擦，其可能成為美國可怕暴力事件的爆發點。
那麼，我們要做什麼？耶穌稱那些能分辨天氣卻無法分辨時候徵兆的是假冒為善的人。身為基督徒，我們有責任瞭解在我們時候正發生的事。在我們土地上越來越多的分裂就是症狀，症狀是對身體威脅嚴重景況的警告。對於減緩這些症狀的許多建議，都沒有提到真正造成威脅的根本原因。
隨著將要揭開之事，美國自由的敵人越來越明顯，迅速處理他們就是勝利，但這還不夠。直到我們實踐建國文獻所做的大膽宣言，我們才會有真正的勝利─就是美國將成為人人平等、人人自由與公平的土地，而不單是少數人的權利。
要贏得任何衝突要先從基本軍事教義開始，就是你無法擊敗看不見的敵人。我們越能清楚看見並定義我們的敵人，我們在戰役中就有越大的優勢。在這場將要浮現的內戰中，美國從來沒有像現在這樣能夠如此明確定義敵人。美國的敵人大膽宣布其意圖，就是要摧毀美國起初所建立的一切，摧毀我們的自由，並帶下如此混亂的局面，好使我們願意接受其極權主義的控制。
歷史的教訓很清楚讓我們知道，如果有人說想要殺害我們，我們最好嚴肅看待。我們今日的政治領袖怎麼很少人認出如此公然的敵人？怎麼會有這麼多人站在敵人這邊呢？答案是，他們也是敵人。
將本是同伴的公民視為敵人真的令人悲痛，但這就是目前的真實情況。我們越早面對此，即將浮現的衝突就越不會造成致命的毀滅。在我們土地上每個政治人物所起的誓言，都是要捍衛憲法免於內外敵人攻擊。我們內部的敵人比外部敵人更致命，而且在勢力上不斷精進。
但願敵人的邪惡本質變得更明顯，許多美國人會醒過來、換邊站，以捍衛美國共和國。我們應當歡迎那些有這種覺醒的人，但在他們覺醒之前，我們必須視其為我們共和國的敵人並以此相待。我們等待事情明朗化的時間越久，對我們國家所造成的損失也越大。
站在煽動者那邊的就是煽動者，站在叛國者那邊的就是叛國者。站在殺人犯和破壞者那邊的，也犯了同樣的罪行。
今日的革命者欲摧毀我們的自由，以最殘忍邪惡的馬克思/社會主義制度來取代我們的共和國。今日的愛國者欲保留我們的共和國，將其重建至憲法根基，將兌換銀子的人趕出去，他們為我們政府帶來如此的腐敗與功能不彰。
在這樣的時候，正如常言說得好：「不說等同於說，不做等同於做」。在即將展開之事，沒有中間立場。如果有任何人不清楚美國的敵人，那可能是因為他們對我們的共和國，我們的憲法，我們作為一個國家的目的或對社會主義的了解不清楚所致。如果我們不瞭解發生了什麼事，我們不能只是擔心而已，我們必須來瞭解。
因著我們腐敗的教育制度，多數美國公民需要擁有對共和國建力和目的之基本教育，我們需要擁有對憲法和人權法案的教育，也需要擁有對我們的敵人和真正馬克思社會主義的教育。
最近的訪談顯示，一些在最頂尖大學稱自己為社會主義份子的研究生，甚至無法定義什麼是社會主義！正如主透過何西阿所說的：「我的民因無知識而滅亡」（何西阿書4:6）。我們再也無法對真正威脅到我們國家繼續生存的事物一無所知。
身為基督徒，我們有責任成為光和鹽。當我們活出真理而不妥協，我們便是鹽。當我們對事情有所瞭解並堅定立場站立，我們便成為光。不清楚正在發生什麼事，不投入在我們時代的終極戰役，我們就在怠忽職守上有罪。沒有人想要在審判那日站在那裡，在這件事上被判定有罪。
您會閱讀這樣的文章，代表您至少在尋求瞭解。那是很棒的開始，但那也只是一個開始而已。您還必須找到服事的地方，下定決心毫不妥協的為真理站立，並瞭解您所被託付的。
～摘錄美國開國元老─湯馬斯·潘恩（Thomas Paine）～
如果動盪不可避免，那就發生在我的時代的吧，好讓我的孩子可以享有平安。
～摘錄第二任總統─湯馬斯·傑弗遜（Thomas Jefferson）～
共和政體是唯一一種不會永遠與人民權利進行公開或秘密戰爭的政府形式。
(摘自喬納word for the week, Week 38, 2020)
The Battle—Heritage Brief 38
In December of 2018, I had a dream in which I saw American history from heaven’s perspective. I was shocked by how different heaven’s understanding of our history was from ours. For example, heaven did not consider the American colonies to have won The Revolutionary War. From heaven’s perspective, the revolution was not just about getting free from British rule, but the main priority was to establish a republic and a nation where all men are treated equally, and where there is “liberty and justice for all.”
The Revolution did accomplish much. The new American Republic that was created did have more liberty and more justice than possibly any nation before it. The Founders did a masterful job with our founding documents, The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, and The Bill of Rights, but fell short implementing them because of political compromise. This made the much more deadly and destructive Civil War inevitable.
Like The Revolutionary War, The Civil War accomplished some crucial things for the Republic, especially by eradicating the scourge of slavery from the land. However, it too fell short of establishing what was declared to be a main purpose—to be a place where all are treated equal, and where there is liberty and justice for all, not just some. Falling short in these, another Revolutionary/Civil War is upon us.
At the end of this dream, there was written in flaming script: “The Second American Revolutionary/Civil War is inevitable, it is right, and it will be successful.”In the less than two years since I had that dream, the likelihood of another civil war in America went from seeming extremely unlikely, to now being believed to be inevitable by a majority of Americans. It is coming at us fast, and each day is so charged with social friction that it could be the flashpoint of terrible violence in America.
So, what do we do? Jesus called those who could discern the signs of the weather better than the signs of the times hypocrites. As Christians, we have a responsibility to understand what is happening in our times. The increasing divisions in our land are symptoms. Symptoms are a warning that serious underlying conditions are threatening the body. Much of what is being proposed to allay these symptoms are not addressing the underlying causes that are the real threat.
Through what is unfolding, the enemies of our liberty have become clear, and dispatching them would be a victory, but that alone is not enough. We will not have a true victory until we live up to the bold declarations made in our founding documents—that we will be a land where all are treated equally and where there will be liberty and justice for all, not just some.
To win any conflict begins with the basic military doctrine that you cannot defeat an enemy you do not see. The clearer we can see and define the enemy, the greater the advantage we have in this battle for our future. America has never had a more clearly defined enemy than we do in this emerging civil conflict. It has boldly declared its intent to destroy all that America was founded to be, to destroy our liberty, and to bring such chaos that we will be willing to accept its totalitarian control.
The lessons of history are clear that if someone says they want to kill us, we better take them seriously. How is it that so few of our political leaders recognize such a blatant enemy today? How is it possible for so many to have even sided with this enemy? The answer is that they, too, are the enemy.
It is grievous to consider fellow citizens enemies, but this is the present reality. The sooner we face this the less deadly and destructive this emerging conflict will be. Every oath of office taken in our land is to defend The Constitution from enemies both foreign and domestic. Our domestic enemies are far deadlier than those from without, and they are advancing in force.
Hopefully, as the evil nature of the enemy continues to become more obvious, many of our fellow Americans will wake up and change sides in order to defend the Republic. Those who have such an awakening should be welcomed, but until they do, they must be considered and treated like enemies of our Republic. The longer we wait to be clear about this, the higher the cost will be to our country.
Those who side with seditionists are seditionists. Those who side with those committing treason are themselves committing treason. Those who side with murderers and destroyers are guilty of the same.
Today’s revolutionaries want to destroy our liberty and replace our Republic with a Marxist/socialist state—the most cruel and evil system ever be imposed on any people. Today’s Patriots want to preserve our Republic, restore it to its Constitutional foundations, and drive the money-changers out that have brought such corruption and dysfunction to our government.
In times such as these, as it has been well said, “To not speak is to speak. To do nothing is doing something.” There will be no neutrality in what is unfolding. If the enemy of the Republic is not clear to anyone it is likely because they do not have clarity about our Republic, our Constitution, our purpose as a nation, or understand what socialism is. If we do not understand what is going on we cannot just not worry about it, we must get that understanding.
Because of our corrupted education system, most of our citizens do need a basic education on what our Republic is built on and for. We need an education on our Constitution and Bill of Rights, and we also need an education on what the enemy of these, Marxist socialism, really is.
Recent interviews revealed graduate students at some of our most esteemed universities that claimed to be socialists could not even define what socialism was! As the Lord said through Hosea: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6). We can no longer afford to be ignorant of the things that really are threatening our continued existence.
As Christians we have a responsibility to be the salt and light. We are salt as we live the truth we have been given without compromise. We become light by having understanding and standing on it. To not know what is happening, and to not be engaged in these ultimate battles of our times, is to be guilty of dereliction of duty. No one will want to stand before The Great Judge on that day and be found guilty of this
For you to be reading something like this is evidence that you are at least seeking understanding. That is a good start, but it is only a start. You must also find your place of service and resolve that you will stand without compromise with the truth and understanding you have been trusted with.
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. – Thomas Paine
The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind. – Thomas Jefferson