1 00:00:05,099 --> 00:00:10,439 Greetings. This is Pastor David Bass at New Geneva Orthodox Presbyterian Church 2 00:00:10,439 --> 00:00:15,859 with a moment of truth where we challenge you to think through an important issue of life 3 00:00:15,859 --> 00:00:23,440 and faith. And today, what are the spiritual results of this past presidential election? 4 00:00:23,839 --> 00:00:31,260 Politics, schmolitics. I want to get to what's important really through eternity's eyes. 5 00:00:31,260 --> 00:00:35,740 And if we're going to do that, we have to ask, what are the spiritual results of this past 6 00:00:35,740 --> 00:00:42,460 election for the United States of America? What is the spiritual profile of the United States after 7 00:00:42,460 --> 00:00:52,439 this election? Even larger, who is the spiritual prince, the angelic ruler, the king over this 8 00:00:52,439 --> 00:00:58,579 nation? So make no mistake about this, dear listener, there is a longstanding, ongoing warfare in the 9 00:00:58,579 --> 00:01:04,700 heavenlies over not just individual souls, but also over nations and peoples. The Bible has made 10 00:01:04,700 --> 00:01:11,379 this clear from the very early pages. It is not a new phenomenon in our day, although it is news to 11 00:01:11,379 --> 00:01:18,180 many Christians who are oblivious to the collective nature of our salvation and the character of nations 12 00:01:18,180 --> 00:01:26,840 as they stand before God. God will judge the nations before his great eternal tribunal. He won't 13 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:33,500 judge just individuals. God blesses and curses nations too, depending upon their righteousness and their 14 00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:39,879 treatment of God's people. In fact, part of your judgment, listener, as an individual, will be your 15 00:01:39,879 --> 00:01:45,700 comportment in the nation of your pilgrimage. So many Christians are ignorant of this important element 16 00:01:45,700 --> 00:01:53,000 of the last day. God creates and disposes of the nations according to his will and his timing, and none of 17 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:58,040 this should be new or unfamiliar to the Christian, especially the Christians of the United States 18 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:04,260 of America. But it is to so many. There is, for example, a national spiritual profile of the United 19 00:02:04,260 --> 00:02:10,280 States, even as there was for ancient Egypt. When the God of Israel, Yahweh, delivered his people 20 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:15,759 Israel from bondage in Egypt, he did not set them at liberty from a nation that had physically enslaved 21 00:02:15,759 --> 00:02:20,740 them only, but he also set them free from the spiritual bondage that the gods of Egypt imposed. 22 00:02:20,740 --> 00:02:26,460 And nowhere is this more graphically portrayed than in the 10 plagues that God visited upon Egypt. Each 23 00:02:26,460 --> 00:02:32,479 plague represented one of the gods of Egypt that held spiritual dominion over the people of that 24 00:02:32,479 --> 00:02:38,659 region. We can see the plague of the flies, for example, and of this, of course, represented the 25 00:02:38,659 --> 00:02:45,919 god Beelzebub, lord of the flies. Yahweh was in pitch battle with each of these 10 gods, defeating 26 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:51,379 them all in turn. And it's important to remember that the very last plague, the death of the firstborn, 27 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:58,139 was the final supreme plague, if you will, the supreme plague, since Pharaoh himself was seen to 28 00:02:58,139 --> 00:03:05,319 be the ruling deity of Egypt. Since the spirit of Ra transmigrated to the body of the firstborn upon 29 00:03:05,319 --> 00:03:10,620 the Pharaoh's death, the death of the Pharaoh's firstborn would be the ultimate defeat. The line of 30 00:03:10,620 --> 00:03:16,300 gods would end, and it would mean the triumph of Yahweh. His superiority and supremacy would be 31 00:03:16,300 --> 00:03:22,759 unquestioned. There is not only a national spiritual profile of Egypt, but there is also a spiritual 32 00:03:22,759 --> 00:03:29,240 profile of the United States, even as there was a spiritual profile, spiritual reality behind the 33 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:35,099 Canaanite nations that surrounded Israel. The god who held dominion over a people and nation was 34 00:03:35,099 --> 00:03:40,819 identified by name and by his or her particular slant and how they were to be worshiped. The god 35 00:03:40,819 --> 00:03:45,860 of Moab, for example, one of the great nephews. Moab was one of the great nephews of Abraham. He was 36 00:03:45,860 --> 00:03:53,280 thus related to Israel, but became an implacable enemy of Israel. And this nation of Moab, you might 37 00:03:53,280 --> 00:04:00,460 have thought, would be Yahweh worshipers, since Moab was a great nephew of Abraham. But no, in the course 38 00:04:00,460 --> 00:04:07,039 of redemptive history, Moab apostatized and gave herself over to Chemosh, a war and fertility god, 39 00:04:07,099 --> 00:04:14,400 which the Bible calls the detestable god of Moab. It was detestable because one of Chemosh's 40 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:19,860 requirements was human sacrifice at a fire altar. It is too gruesome to describe in great detail here, 41 00:04:19,939 --> 00:04:26,399 but suffice it to say that it is as detestable as any Luciferian ritual that John Podesta or Hillary 42 00:04:26,399 --> 00:04:32,279 Clinton might perform today. And in return, Chemosh gave his followers sun and rain for their crops 43 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:37,079 and victory in battle so they could live in peace in the land of Moab. We know this not only from 44 00:04:37,079 --> 00:04:41,959 archaeology, which we've been studying in our Wednesday night Bible study, and we have looked 45 00:04:41,959 --> 00:04:46,980 at the Moabite stone, which reveals much of this to us, but we also know it from the Bible. For 46 00:04:46,980 --> 00:04:52,819 example, when Jephthah confronted Moab before fighting and defeating her in battle over the land 47 00:04:52,819 --> 00:04:58,019 Moab wanted to seize from Israel, Jephthah exhorted her to be content with what she already had. From 48 00:04:58,019 --> 00:05:03,459 Judges chapter 11, he says, will you not possess what Chemosh, your God, gives you to possess? 49 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:10,240 And all that the Lord our God has dispossessed before us, we will possess, unquote. So you see the 50 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:17,160 clear dominion which Chemosh exercised over Moab is but one example of the general principle that all 51 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:22,620 nations have a corresponding prince or angel or spirit, if you will, in dominion over them. 52 00:05:22,819 --> 00:05:29,639 It is not a question of if, dear listener, but a question of whom. Now, God judged Israel precisely 53 00:05:29,639 --> 00:05:37,199 because she transferred loyalty from himself to the prince slash angel slash spirit of the nations 54 00:05:37,199 --> 00:05:44,839 around her. And I cite 1 Kings chapter 11, where God says, because they have forsaken me and worshiped 55 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:51,500 Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites, 56 00:05:51,500 --> 00:05:57,839 and they have not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my sight, and keeping my statutes and my 57 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:04,420 rules as David his father did, unquote. God judged Israel because of this. God judges nations for 58 00:06:04,420 --> 00:06:09,680 abandoning the covenant made with him so that they might seek after other gods. He will judge us too 59 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:16,720 if we abandon him. Well, there is a national spiritual profile of the United States, even as there was 60 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:23,579 for the nation of Persia, our next example from the Bible. In Daniel 10, the prophet Daniel is said to have 61 00:06:23,579 --> 00:06:28,500 received a word from God of which he says the word was true and it was a great conflict. 62 00:06:29,439 --> 00:06:36,139 Why was that word a great conflict? Because the being who brought Daniel that word had to fight 63 00:06:36,139 --> 00:06:42,420 another being who resisted him for 21 days. And that being that brought Daniel that word was a 64 00:06:42,420 --> 00:06:47,060 fearful, glorious angel who struck terror into Daniel's heart when he first confronted him. This 65 00:06:47,060 --> 00:06:51,879 angel then explains why Daniel was praying for so long without an answer, apparently, and why it took 66 00:06:51,879 --> 00:06:57,439 so long for him to arrive. And he says, fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your 67 00:06:57,439 --> 00:07:02,959 heart to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come 68 00:07:02,959 --> 00:07:08,660 because of your words. The prince of the kingdom of Persia, he says, the prince of the kingdom of 69 00:07:08,660 --> 00:07:14,420 Persia withstood me 21 days. But Michael, one of the chief princes came to help me for I was left 70 00:07:14,420 --> 00:07:19,720 there with the kings of Persia and came to make you understand what is to happen to your people in the 71 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:25,860 latter days. Unquote. Do you see what happens in the heavenly realms on behalf of the nations? The veil 72 00:07:25,860 --> 00:07:30,819 is pulled back slightly for Daniel and we see some of the actions taking place. There was a prince of 73 00:07:30,819 --> 00:07:37,480 Persia. That is a prince or angel or spirit who held dominion over the nation of Persia. And he was 74 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:43,740 in opposition to Daniel and his God, the Yahweh of Israel. He also had power to resist this prince of 75 00:07:43,740 --> 00:07:50,120 Persia, to resist the forces of good such that the messenger was delayed, though not altogether stopped. 76 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:55,240 But notice as well, there was a prince who came to the messenger's aid. That is Michael, one of the chief 77 00:07:55,240 --> 00:08:00,639 princes, a guardian prince of the people of God. And by him, the messenger was helped such that he was 78 00:08:00,639 --> 00:08:05,899 able to make it to Daniel. Who knows, without Michael, the archangel, the fight might still be going on. 79 00:08:06,639 --> 00:08:13,899 Well, the messenger gave him a foretaste of the warfare in the heavenly realms on behalf of the 80 00:08:13,899 --> 00:08:22,470 nations. He says, but now I will return to fight against the prince of Persia. And when I go out, 81 00:08:22,569 --> 00:08:26,290 behold, the prince of Greece will come. But I will tell you what is inscribed in the book of truth. 82 00:08:26,290 --> 00:08:34,049 There is none who contends by my side, except these, Michael, your prince. Oh, these are not just 83 00:08:34,049 --> 00:08:39,850 truths and realities for olden times in the Bible or myths that superstitious ancients had. All 84 00:08:39,850 --> 00:08:45,269 through history, prince, angel, spirits have led cities and nations having dominion, dictating worship, 85 00:08:45,490 --> 00:08:49,730 shaping the welfare of their minions. And nowhere is this more evident to us than in the book of 86 00:08:49,730 --> 00:08:55,350 Ephesians, where the apostle Paul, fully aware of the panoply of angels and spirits ranging over the 87 00:08:55,350 --> 00:09:01,610 nations, even as they range over the United States of America in the heavenlies, counsels the 88 00:09:01,610 --> 00:09:07,450 Ephesians, Paul does, on the superiority of Christ over them all. And Paul talks about the 89 00:09:07,450 --> 00:09:12,889 immeasurable greatness of God's power towards us who believe, according to the working of his great 90 00:09:12,889 --> 00:09:18,450 might, that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in 91 00:09:18,450 --> 00:09:25,049 the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above 92 00:09:25,049 --> 00:09:30,049 every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in the one to come. Unquote. 93 00:09:30,889 --> 00:09:36,289 Christ is superior in the heavenlies. And what most people do not realize is that Paul names the 94 00:09:36,289 --> 00:09:41,870 whole order of spiritual powers by title too. Spiritual entities that were used by pagan priests 95 00:09:41,870 --> 00:09:47,129 and priestesses in their incantations. We have this very same order of spiritual powers listed in the 96 00:09:47,129 --> 00:09:53,889 textbook for pagan magic of Paul's days, and that is the papyri of Greek magic. Now the Greek names for 97 00:09:53,889 --> 00:10:04,429 these powers are listed by Paul in chapter 121. They are arachis, exousias, dunameos, and kuristetos. 98 00:10:05,350 --> 00:10:10,370 If you were to pronounce these names in your magic incantations as a practitioner of magic in 99 00:10:10,370 --> 00:10:17,309 Ephesus, you would expect then these spiritual powers, in order of importance and power, to come to your 100 00:10:17,309 --> 00:10:23,330 aid and minister to your requests. The papyri of Greek magic is the textbook for the manipulation of 101 00:10:23,330 --> 00:10:28,429 these spiritual powers on the magician's behalf. In fact, these names and titles appear in contemporary 102 00:10:28,429 --> 00:10:36,350 magic and pagan and Luciferian rites taken directly from the papyri of Greek magic. Who knows but that 103 00:10:36,350 --> 00:10:41,570 the rumored magic rites practiced by Hillary Clinton and her political campaign chief John Podesta 104 00:10:41,570 --> 00:10:47,450 would include these very titles of spiritual entities invoked in various ceremonies. In fact, 105 00:10:47,450 --> 00:10:55,370 the queen of these spiritual forces, Artemis, was the patron goddess of Ephesus, or Diana, as she was 106 00:10:55,370 --> 00:11:02,870 known in her Egyptian iteration. She was queen over these, Artemis slash Diana. Acts chapter 19 says, 107 00:11:02,970 --> 00:11:08,370 men of Ephesus, who is there who does not know, said the silversmith, write, that the city of the 108 00:11:08,370 --> 00:11:13,509 Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Artemis and of the sacred stone that fell from the sky, 109 00:11:13,509 --> 00:11:19,690 unquote. This is why Paul was so intent and particular in his exhortation for us to finally, 110 00:11:19,929 --> 00:11:24,009 as he says in chapter 6 of Ephesians, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might, 111 00:11:24,309 --> 00:11:28,309 put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 112 00:11:29,129 --> 00:11:37,350 All protests to the contrary by practitioners of these dark arts and magic, Paul names the ultimate 113 00:11:37,350 --> 00:11:43,389 power behind these spiritual forces, and that is the devil. He is the prince of the power of the air. 114 00:11:43,389 --> 00:11:50,570 As Paul also calls him in Ephesians, but this too was a very specific title used in magical 115 00:11:50,570 --> 00:11:56,269 incantations with which the Ephesians would have been familiar. It denominates his general dominion 116 00:11:56,269 --> 00:12:02,169 over the nations of the world, even as he indicated to Jesus in his temptation of Jesus in the 117 00:12:02,169 --> 00:12:07,350 wilderness. You remember the devil took him up, that is Christ, and showed him all the kingdoms of the 118 00:12:07,350 --> 00:12:13,629 world in a moment of time and said to him, to you, I will give all this authority and their glory for it 119 00:12:13,629 --> 00:12:19,590 has been delivered to me and I give it to whom I will. If you then will worship me, it will all be 120 00:12:19,590 --> 00:12:27,830 yours. This is why there are so many Luciferians in high places of human government. You see that there 121 00:12:27,830 --> 00:12:33,409 are spiritual forces over the kingdoms, that is the nations of the world. This has not changed for 122 00:12:33,409 --> 00:12:39,889 secular atheistic moderns either. Satan still offers the same deal to men that he offered to 123 00:12:39,889 --> 00:12:44,690 Jesus. It's been delivered to me and I give it to whom I will. If you then will worship me, it will 124 00:12:44,690 --> 00:12:51,929 all be yours. Oh, the siren song of the devil that so many politicians have fallen for. And the devil 125 00:12:51,929 --> 00:12:56,669 has delegated his authority to the powers below him, some of which are revealed by title here in 126 00:12:56,669 --> 00:13:04,450 Ephesians, by Paul, in order that he might assert strongly and continually that it is Christ seated at 127 00:13:04,450 --> 00:13:11,330 God's right hand, who is, as he says, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and 128 00:13:11,330 --> 00:13:17,830 above every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in the one to come. Therefore, we must ask 129 00:13:17,830 --> 00:13:25,990 again, who is Lord of this nation? What forces in the heavenly realms were in pitch battle this past 130 00:13:25,990 --> 00:13:33,230 election season? Or do you think there was none? Well, we know from the WikiLeak emails released by 131 00:13:33,230 --> 00:13:39,169 Julian Assange that at the very least, Hillary Clinton's campaign manager, John Podesta, was 132 00:13:39,169 --> 00:13:46,230 involved along with his brother, Tony Podesta, in weird ritualistic scenes in spirit cooking dinners, 133 00:13:46,330 --> 00:13:53,190 as they're called. Spirit cooking dinners with Luciferian artist Marina Abramovic, who is a trendy 134 00:13:53,190 --> 00:14:00,070 performance slash ritual slash body fluid artist. Don't ask me any more about that. She's a popular 135 00:14:00,070 --> 00:14:07,830 trendy Luciferian artist, popular in Hollywood and Washington DC these days. Is Hillary involved in 136 00:14:07,830 --> 00:14:14,210 these same dark rituals? Now, Julian Assange has cryptically referred to emails yet to be released that 137 00:14:14,210 --> 00:14:22,169 perhaps implicate her in these very things. Well, another former close aide and confidant of the 138 00:14:22,169 --> 00:14:28,289 Clintons from their Arkansas years is the former henchman and dirty trickster Larry Nichols. Today, 139 00:14:28,549 --> 00:14:33,809 Larry Nichols is dying of cancer and is quite repentant of his past associations, however. 140 00:14:34,429 --> 00:14:41,509 And he had done these deeds, these evil and wicked deeds to protect and elect Bill to office and Hillary 141 00:14:41,509 --> 00:14:47,309 to the political limelight. He now does everything he can to expose them for the crooked frauds that they 142 00:14:47,309 --> 00:14:54,190 are. And part of that exposure is his experience with Hillary traveling out to California once a month 143 00:14:54,190 --> 00:15:02,690 to attend what Bill told him then was her witch's church, Hillary's witch's church. In other words, 144 00:15:02,750 --> 00:15:08,669 Hillary was a member of a witch's coven, according to Mr. Nichols. She has consistently recoiled from 145 00:15:08,669 --> 00:15:13,669 speaking of God and Christ like vampires recoil from the cross in its shadow. Those close to her, 146 00:15:13,669 --> 00:15:19,250 including former Secret Service agents, tell of her bizarre behavior, which includes fits and tantrums 147 00:15:19,250 --> 00:15:25,769 like a demon, as one Secret Service agent put it. She hisses, spits, claws bites, curses more blasphemously 148 00:15:25,769 --> 00:15:32,570 than a legion of demons from hell, according to him. Well, perhaps these are but sensational rumors 149 00:15:32,570 --> 00:15:38,289 concocted by political opponents, and you can check them out yourself. But regardless of their veracity, 150 00:15:38,289 --> 00:15:44,710 we must admit that the political agenda and platform of Hillary Clinton is evil, if nothing else. 151 00:15:45,350 --> 00:15:50,929 Abortion on demand is still her touchstone of acceptability, and the promotion of the lesbian, 152 00:15:51,149 --> 00:15:56,029 gay, bisexual, and transgendered agenda is still sacrosanct, even though it destroys the biblical 153 00:15:56,029 --> 00:16:02,889 family, an evil goal professed by the Communist Manifesto. Her tolerance of radical Islam, with a 154 00:16:02,889 --> 00:16:09,789 concomitant intolerance of Christianity, displays an evil hypocrisy. Her blind faith in global warming 155 00:16:09,789 --> 00:16:15,889 as a cynical scheme to cripple and impoverish the industrial nations, including the United States, 156 00:16:15,990 --> 00:16:22,029 is evil on its face. And the gradual surrender of the United States' sovereignty to world courts, 157 00:16:22,389 --> 00:16:26,750 world economic treaties like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and world government like the 158 00:16:26,750 --> 00:16:32,090 United Nations is cynically evil, especially because we're lied to about it as it's to its true 159 00:16:32,090 --> 00:16:38,070 nature and consequence. Well, many more features of the progressive agenda and platform could be laid 160 00:16:38,070 --> 00:16:44,129 out before you to show its manifest evil. But that would take more time than we can devote to it 161 00:16:44,129 --> 00:16:50,850 here. But suffice it to say that even if Hillary Clinton were a perfect punctilious Presbyterian, 162 00:16:51,250 --> 00:16:56,970 couldn't get much better than that, even if she were a perfect punctilious Presbyterian, 163 00:16:56,970 --> 00:17:04,089 her adoption of the Democrat platform would be woefully bad, woefully evil enough. 164 00:17:04,950 --> 00:17:13,410 So I am tireless then in reminding you that indeed our battle as Americans and as Christians is first a 165 00:17:13,410 --> 00:17:21,289 spiritual battle. So we need to stop fighting as if it is only a political battle. Can you not see yet 166 00:17:21,289 --> 00:17:31,970 that there is a panoply of archaes, exousias, dunameos, and kuristetos arrayed against us in the 167 00:17:31,970 --> 00:17:38,509 heavenlies, even as there was against Israel with Babylon and Persia and Greece? Where is your mind, 168 00:17:38,670 --> 00:17:44,890 your heart, and your spirit in this fight, dear listener? We must be called to this. Nobody's calling 169 00:17:44,890 --> 00:17:52,150 for this in the political arena, but we must indeed remember that as Exhibit A, we must 170 00:17:52,150 --> 00:17:59,150 know that it is a spiritual fight. The old political categories no longer apply. The old distinction 171 00:17:59,150 --> 00:18:04,609 between Democrat and Republican, between liberal and conservative, no longer applies. Establishment 172 00:18:04,609 --> 00:18:10,450 Republicans, I submit to you, are as spiritually evil and corrupt as the most progressive Democrat. 173 00:18:10,450 --> 00:18:15,009 In fact, perhaps more so since they mask themselves as constitutional conservatives. 174 00:18:15,869 --> 00:18:20,410 Instead, as Peter Schweitzer points out in his excellent book, Extortion, for example, 175 00:18:21,049 --> 00:18:27,150 establishment Republicans are as dependent upon the system, as dependent upon the revolving door 176 00:18:27,150 --> 00:18:33,650 between the public government and private corporate world as our establishment Democrats. And they do 177 00:18:33,650 --> 00:18:40,150 this to advance a self-serving world system that enriches them, that enriches its own cronies at the 178 00:18:40,150 --> 00:18:47,490 expense of the American people. In fact, they predate, they feed on the body politic of the American 179 00:18:47,490 --> 00:18:54,410 people to their own benefit. Men like John McCain and Lindsey Graham and Jeb Bush are only the most 180 00:18:54,410 --> 00:19:00,230 obvious, decadent, animated vampires of the Republican establishment. They suck on us. 181 00:19:00,230 --> 00:19:06,789 They serve themselves and not the people. Have you examined, for that matter, the entire Idaho 182 00:19:06,789 --> 00:19:13,970 delegation recently? Oh, sleeper. Idaho sleeper. What have they done, our Idaho delegation to Washington, 183 00:19:14,130 --> 00:19:21,069 D.C.? What have they done to stop Obama or advance reform or help the constitutional revolution 184 00:19:21,069 --> 00:19:29,250 in this last election cycle? Nothing. They all eschewed the nominee and his platform, and they all offer as 185 00:19:29,250 --> 00:19:35,529 an explanation for their failures, excuses for not exercising their power, like the power of the purse, 186 00:19:35,589 --> 00:19:41,529 when they indeed could have shut down Obama at so many courses by turning off the spigot of money. 187 00:19:41,930 --> 00:19:49,069 Instead, they, with Ryan, approved the budget. Exhort them, our Idaho delegation. Exhort them, 188 00:19:49,150 --> 00:19:54,309 dear listener. Write them. Speak to them in public forums. Tell others to do so. And most of all, 189 00:19:54,309 --> 00:20:02,190 we must as well pray for our Idaho delegation. Pray for our men and women in government. Even as Paul 190 00:20:02,190 --> 00:20:08,869 exhorts us, as he exhorted Timothy, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and 191 00:20:08,869 --> 00:20:15,369 thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead 192 00:20:15,369 --> 00:20:22,930 a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. Oh, dear listener, it is time for awareness 193 00:20:22,930 --> 00:20:30,450 to be made, that we are locked in a spiritual battle, not just a political, social, and cultural battle. 194 00:20:30,670 --> 00:20:40,630 As long as we ignore the big dog, we will be chasing tails, all of our political, cultural, and social 195 00:20:40,630 --> 00:20:47,549 lives, because the spiritual dog is wagging that tail. Indeed, it is time for us to be aware of these 196 00:20:47,549 --> 00:20:57,750 things. Our case, exousias, dunameos, and kuristetos are at work even as we speak, influencing the hearts, 197 00:20:57,910 --> 00:21:03,069 minds, and spirits of not only those in the halls of national power, but also in our state houses, 198 00:21:03,529 --> 00:21:11,109 our city, county, and local townhouses. In fact, dear listener, the spiritual battle gets right down 199 00:21:11,109 --> 00:21:18,569 to your own individual heart, mind, and spirit, to the individuals within nations. For example, 200 00:21:19,109 --> 00:21:26,710 how could the Ephesians cry with hypnotic passion? Great is Artemis of the Ephesians for two hours in 201 00:21:26,710 --> 00:21:33,549 their stadium, unless shaped by Artemis, you remember from the book of Acts. And how could the priests of 202 00:21:33,549 --> 00:21:40,589 Baal dance and wail and mutilate themselves all morning, trying to invoke his power before all Israel, 203 00:21:40,589 --> 00:21:46,670 unless indeed individual Israelites had given themselves over to Baal? You remember this story 204 00:21:46,670 --> 00:21:52,309 from the book of Kings, and the prophet Elijah, who alone faced them. And how could Israel have 205 00:21:52,309 --> 00:21:58,930 overcome Jericho for that matter? How could Israel have overcome Jericho and her high walls, and do it 206 00:21:58,930 --> 00:22:04,690 with trumpets and shouts, unless every individual Israelite had dedicated themselves to Yahweh of Israel 207 00:22:04,690 --> 00:22:10,549 first, huh? In fact, the book of Joshua, much of it is taken up with this process, a complete 208 00:22:10,549 --> 00:22:17,049 dedication, the preparation and dedication of Israel for this battle. So may I remind you again of our 209 00:22:17,049 --> 00:22:22,970 founding fathers' awareness of and dedication to the God of the Bible. They understood that over the 210 00:22:22,970 --> 00:22:31,769 nations of the world, there were indeed powers and spirits and lords of nations. They understood 211 00:22:31,769 --> 00:22:36,289 the hand of God in the formation of this country. George Washington said, 212 00:22:36,289 --> 00:22:42,730 I am sure there never was a people who had more reason to acknowledge a divine interposition in 213 00:22:42,730 --> 00:22:48,609 their affairs than those of the United States. And I should be pained, Washington goes on to say, 214 00:22:48,849 --> 00:22:54,470 and I should be pained to believe that they have forgotten that agency which was so often manifest 215 00:22:54,470 --> 00:23:00,329 during our revolution, or that they failed to consider the omnipotence of that God who is alone 216 00:23:00,329 --> 00:23:06,730 able to protect them, unquote. Washington and the founding fathers. I just used that as one example 217 00:23:06,730 --> 00:23:12,589 because all of the founding fathers understood that agency, protecting agency over the United States 218 00:23:12,589 --> 00:23:19,430 of America. It was indeed the God of the Bible. Have we forgotten that agency, the almighty God of the 219 00:23:19,430 --> 00:23:26,329 Bible? I hope and pray not. Perhaps the results of this most recent election, those results are indeed 220 00:23:26,329 --> 00:23:33,289 a hopeful sign. I think it might be not to recommend a candidate or a party. I certainly am not doing 221 00:23:33,289 --> 00:23:39,549 that, but I am hopeful for the agenda that was laid out. And I'm hopeful for the man and the men who 222 00:23:39,549 --> 00:23:45,529 made it happen. Now, this in no way indicates to me, however, that Donald Trump is some sort of Messiah 223 00:23:45,529 --> 00:23:51,170 or deliverer or Washington or founding father in any way, shape or form. I'm not comparing him to any of 224 00:23:51,170 --> 00:23:58,390 these. Far from it. In fact, if you remember my open letter to Donald Trump, I wrote an open letter to 225 00:23:58,390 --> 00:24:03,289 him and to Hillary Clinton as well before the election. And if you remember that open letter 226 00:24:03,289 --> 00:24:10,309 to him, you will recall my appeal to him. And I still appeal to you, Donald Trump, to repent of your 227 00:24:10,309 --> 00:24:16,710 sin, to repent of your former life. I don't believe in any way, shape or form you have done this and do 228 00:24:16,710 --> 00:24:24,509 this and then come to new life in Jesus Christ. You will then need that spiritual life, Donald Trump. 229 00:24:25,009 --> 00:24:31,450 You will need the spiritual life and the spiritual strength for the coming battle that can only come 230 00:24:31,450 --> 00:24:38,869 from God. If the hand of divine providence is again to steer our destiny, then we must all be committed 231 00:24:38,869 --> 00:24:47,349 to him and to Christ. We must all labor and work for good and pray as well with all of our might. 232 00:24:48,349 --> 00:24:53,630 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, as Paul says. We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, 233 00:24:53,769 --> 00:24:59,329 but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, 234 00:24:59,890 --> 00:25:05,390 against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Unquote from the Apostle Paul. 235 00:25:05,390 --> 00:25:11,769 And so, my appeal to all Americans in this post-election season is this, return to Christ. 236 00:25:12,470 --> 00:25:19,109 Return to the God of our founding fathers. Return to Christ and appeal to him to shepherd and to heal 237 00:25:19,109 --> 00:25:25,569 and to bless the United States of America. For it is indeed Christ and Christ alone who is superior to 238 00:25:25,569 --> 00:25:32,789 all spiritual forces arrayed in heavenlies, in battle, pitch battle even now. And in this Christ, 239 00:25:32,789 --> 00:25:39,710 raised from the dead by the Father, seated at his right hand, is, as Paul says, far above all rule 240 00:25:39,710 --> 00:25:46,009 and authority and power and dominion and above every name that is named, not only in this age, 241 00:25:46,170 --> 00:25:52,450 but also in the one to come. Unquote. So, dear listener, come to this Christ today. If you have not 242 00:25:52,450 --> 00:25:58,089 already, if you have already, then return to him and pray indeed that he will not only shepherd, 243 00:25:58,089 --> 00:26:03,670 shepherd, heal, and bless you, but also shepherd, heal, and bless the United States of America. 244 00:26:04,269 --> 00:26:09,829 This has been Pastor David Bass at New Geneva Orthodox Presbyterian Church. 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