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Greetings. This is Pastor David Bass at New Geneva Orthodox Presbyterian Church with a

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moment of truth, where we challenge you to think through an important issue of life and faith.

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Today, what are the remaining elements of the Joseph Reserve Principle? This is part two of

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that series. The Joseph Reserve Principle is based upon Joseph's God-inspired interpretation

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of Pharaoh's dreams, such that he knew that there would be seven years of abundant prosperity

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in the grain harvest, followed by seven years of desperate famine. Joseph's advice to Pharaoh

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was to lay aside a reserve of grain during the years of abundance in order to ensure that there

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would be enough to feed the people during the seven years of famine and want. And so impressed was

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Pharaoh with Joseph's divine interpretation of his dreams and his understanding of world events

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that he put him in charge of all the preparations. In fact, Joseph of the line of Abraham ironically

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was destined to preserve not only the line of the Messiah by saving Jacob and his sons from famine,

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but also the very people who would enslave them, that is the Egyptians. Oh, Joseph was a prepper.

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He was a man that would be called today a conspiracy theorist by most American naive Pollyannas who

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don't think anything could possibly happen to disturb our Big Mac drive-through pickups, our

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overflowing grocery store shelves, and our 24-7 Wi-Fi and cell phone service. Oh, but Joseph knew

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better, and so should we. And so therefore, we have devoted two broadcasts to the notion of biblical

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preparation. That is the Joseph Reserve Principle. And last week, we covered in brief the first three

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elements, very important, first three elements, clean air, clean water, and clean food. Are you prepared

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for the time when the shiitake mushroom hits the fan? I refer you to that segment, which is found on our

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website, americastruths.org, americastruths.org, one word. But in a disaster or grid down situation,

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there's so much more to consider. And so let's consider a few other items here today, okay, shall

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we? First of all, dry, warm shelter. Dry, warm shelter. It's necessary if for some reason you must

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evacuate where you are now. Perhaps you're in a populous suburb or, regrettably, a decaying blue

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city like Portland or Seattle. If so, then a disaster like war, famine, or plague may drive you

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out of those places to someplace safer. If you have not considered this carefully before you have to

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leave, then I'm afraid that you will eventually be little more than a starving zombie wandering

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around the countryside in search of whatever you can lay hands on. And you know from the movies what

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happens to zombies, don't you? But if you must head for the hills, then know where you are going and

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what you will be taking long before it becomes time to evacuate. If you are retreating to a remote area

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in the wild, you will need dry, warm shelter. If you know precisely the spot to which you will go

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and it is permissible, construct a shelter or cabin beforehand. Otherwise, carefully select a sturdy tent

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whose size and features fit your requirements and mobility and terrain and climate that you will

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encounter. I'm not going to spend a lot of time on this because the efficacy of bugging out is very

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limited. Bugging out works only for a short time unless a pressing crisis is over and makes one extremely

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vulnerable to all sorts of variables too, largely beyond one's control. Bugging out. Ah, the best

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solution is to move to the place of relative safety beforehand. I refer you to a book. It's Joel

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Skousen's Strategic Relocation. He has written a book and he is also overseer of the World Affairs Brief.

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You can access this online. His World Affairs Brief, very worthwhile site. And his book is Strategic

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Location, North American Guide to Safe Places. Get this book and find out where you need to relocate.

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Move to your bug out location. Make your Custer's Last Stand there and build a sturdy Alamo, if you will,

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a sturdy Alamo that you can defend. Plan ahead. Secondly, layers of clothing. Prepping layers of clothing.

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As a corollary to warm, dry shelter, you and your family will need layers of clothing

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adaptable to the climate and weather you will encounter. Even if you do not have to bug out,

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well, if civilization collapses, you'll be stuck with the clothes you have with very little recourse.

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There'll be no more running out to Walmart or Cabela's for a last-minute pair of wool socks.

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If your closet is filled with suits and sport coats and casual shirts and sweaters and the occasional pair of jeans,

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you'll be ill-prepared for survival conditions. Under survival conditions, even if you do not have

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to bug out, you will be outdoors more often and on your feet more often. Do you have a sturdy pair

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of hiking boots or shoes? Maybe a pair of combat boots from back in the day. You might need a light

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pair of running shoes, too. Maybe a pair of beach skins if you'll be in water on a consistent basis.

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Think about the climate and weather variation to which you will be subject and plan ahead.

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Rain gear, light and heavy gloves, light and heavy hats, light and heavy socks, durable tactical

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pants. These are indispensable for me. Several pairs of durable tactical pants with all kinds of pockets

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and things to hang stuff on, right? And a leather belt. Don't go to your dress cupboard and get a

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cardboard belt. You need a real leather belt to hold things up in survival situations. And

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water-resistant coats and pants in either wool or polyester shirts, pants and underwear. Yeah,

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cotton, when it gets wet, makes you cold and doesn't retain your body heat. No, wool and polyester do

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retain body heat and they tend to wick away moisture from your body, too. Plan ahead for these things.

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Thirdly, you'll need fire and fuel. Fire and fuel. Well, it may seem obvious, but not a lot of people

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think through this very thoroughly. Fire and fuel to burn, not only crucial in regions where snow and

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cold are a routine part of the climate, but also in warm weather parts of the country, even the deep

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south or the southwest. You'll still have to cook your food when the electrical grid goes down and your

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gas stove and furnace are no longer supplied with gas. And as Texas proved back in the winter of 20 and

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21, a cold snap in the south can be pretty cold and uncomfortable when there's no electricity from

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wind power generators, right? If you have a typical suburban home with 2, 3, or 4,000 square feet of

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living space, you'll not be able to heat or cool all of that comfortably in a grid-down situation,

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as you were able to do under those happy days of plenty. Those are swiftly coming to an end.

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You'll have to make an executive choice as to which living space you choose to heat or cool,

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depending upon your individual circumstances. The best short-term solution is a high-wattage

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generator, 10,000 watts minimum, fueled by propane or gas. That will sustain a portion of your personal

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electrical grid for the duration of your supply of fuel, that is. But eventually, depending on the

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length of the grid-down situation, those fuels will run out themselves. On a smaller scale,

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you might use a camping propane heater or maybe a camping propane stove to cook your food. Don't use

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these items inside for very long, though, because they quickly use up the oxygen in the house and you

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may find yourself passed out from poisoning here if you're using a propane heater and stove indoors.

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Perhaps you might fall back to a wood stove for heat or in charcoal than for cooking. Perhaps you

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might invest in a pellet stove even now. You might not use it all the time, but a pellet stove.

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Once again, a pellet stove is conditioned, its efficacy is conditioned on your access to pellets. Unless

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you have a bin full of pellets, you could run out of those, though, as well. Fire and fuel,

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though, for cooking and for heating, absolutely necessary. Think through these things ahead of

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time. Tools, number four. Tools. When the shiitake mushroom hits the fan, the small appliance

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and the garden tool desk at Home Depot will be closed. Your local car mechanic may not be available.

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A plumber, as a handyman, will be a thing of the past. You will have to repair that flickering light

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fixture, that leaking faucet, that squealing brake disc. You'll have to do that yourself.

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Do you have the fundamental tools to keep things humming and running at your home? Much of this is

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conditioned by your skills and the needs of your home. Buy tools accordingly. I'm going to refer you

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to several excellent YouTube videos since I can't put it any better than they can. And quite frankly,

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I need to bone up precisely in this area. But there are some excellent YouTube videos that are still

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up and I just give you four of them. For example, just key this in and you will, the video, respective

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videos will come up. Emergency tools for SHTF. The shiitake mushroom hitting the fan. Emergency tools

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for SHTF. That's an excellent video. And then there is the SHTF gear you need. The shiitake mushroom

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hitting the fan gear that you need. 10 basic preps for beginners. Once again, that's another excellent

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video. SHTF gear you need. 10 basic preps for beginners. And then there's another video called

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overlooked tools for SHTF homesteads. That's an excellent one. We have a virtual homestead

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up in our valley. And I got many good recommendations from that video. And then there's

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an overlooked one that I like too. It's kind of quirky, but it's nine essential prepping tools you

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never thought of. Nine essential prepping tools you never thought of. That's another good video.

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Tools. Very important to have on hand when the shiitake mushroom hits the fan. Number five. Weapons.

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Oh, dear listener. When all civil law and order breaks down, then personal law and order must be

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built up. When civil law and order breaks down, personal law and order must be built up. What kind

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of help do you expect from a police force that has been defunded, demoralized, and destroyed?

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Circumstances in blue cities, for example, are such that murder, robbery, and assault are up

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double and treble from just a few years ago. In a grit down, shiitake mushroom hitting the fan

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situation, people will be desperate and ready to do desperate things to get food, shelter, and also any

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human contact they can get like our sons, wives, and daughters. Can you defend yourself? Can you defend

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your family? Will you defend yourself? You will need more than sturdy locks on your doors. The proverbial

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911, if it's functional at all, will be overwhelmed. Already, in blue cities like Portland, the average

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response time when calling 911 is two hours. Perhaps your assaulter will politely wait for help to get

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there, but otherwise, you'll need a means to defend yourself and your family. I have a few suggestions

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here. Now, this is old stuff for many of you, but for many of you new to prepping, weapons may be new

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to you as well. First of all, the AR-15. Oh, the king of implements, AR-15. This ubiquitous firearm,

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the absolute dread nightmare of your progressive gun to control cell, the mere sight of which is

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guaranteed to send them into girly fits of hysteria. The AR-15 is really just about the cheapest,

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Americans are buying them up like popsicles in the park on a hot summer's day. Don't be afraid of the

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AR-15. It is the most emphatically non-assault rifle. It is not an assault rifle. You've just been

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trained by your handlers to recoil in horror at them if you're afraid of them. Not only does the

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AR-15 look cool or scary, depending on your perspective, but it is just about the best bang for

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your buck, the AR-15. Then there's also the shotgun. This American standard is good for self-defense

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and small game hunting too. The options are endless for shotguns, so do your homework and get one. Then

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there's the handgun. Once again, the options are vast. Pistol or revolver, plastic or metal, what caliber

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is best for me? These and many other questions must be answered to your satisfaction before you feel

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comfortable with one, but get a handgun too. Then there's the hunting rifle. This weapon is less

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efficient in an urban or suburban environment, but still useful. And it's good for taking down that

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buck when those hunger pangs are gnawing away at your family's bellies. If you have access to the

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great outdoors, that is where you live. And then finally, there's a high quality knife. Once again,

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it's covered briefly in tools. Almost all the videos on tools cover a high quality knife. And it is

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the necessity. The necessity of this tool goes without saying, and so we must say it again, frequently and

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with great emphasis. The only substitute for a good knife is a better one. And hopefully, you'll never need

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to use a knife for nasty close-in encounters, but you will always need a knife to cut a branch or skin a buck

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or carve a roast over the fire. Do your research on the specifications for these arms. Find someone

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who's knowledgeable in this area. And most of all, train, train, train. That's so important. Use your

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weapons in training. Train with somebody else. Train with somebody who knows more than you do. If you wait

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until the proverbial wolf is at your door to fumble for your weapon in the safe, still in the box you

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bought it in, well, then we will most likely read about you in the obituary section of the newspaper

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if the newspaper is still printing. Oh, okay. Well, arms. Then also, number six, medicine and first aid.

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Medicine and first aid. In the circumstances we are assuming will eventually obtain, the emergency room

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in your local hospital or the urgent care service down the street will be overwhelmed and probably

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non-functional. You will need to set that broken limb. You will need to suture that deep wound or soothe

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that fevered brow of your child. And so, here are some suggestions for serving this need, that of

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medicine and first aid. First of all, get a kit. Get a first aid kit. And the options here are endless.

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Do your homework again. Do some research. You can go from anything from that simple first aid kit

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that you can buy at the grocery store to what I love, what I hope to get one of these days is that

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well-stocked military-grade backpack that medics use in the field. Do some homework on this.

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The military-grade medic pack is expensive, but it's worth it. Do some homework on these things.

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Find out the specs for the various first aid kits that are out there.

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The only regret you will have in this area, in those situations, grid-down, desperate situations,

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is not having stocked more fully. You'll never regret well-stocked first aid kits.

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Then, you must also think ahead and stock meds. If you're on meds and you need them, then begin

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stocking up on them. Build up a store of those prescription meds that you're already on.

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Then also, I would do this as well. My wife and I have been at this for some time now,

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and that's stock supplements. And learn fundamental nutrition. Learn fundamental nutrition. You'll be

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less likely to get sick in grid-down situations. The old naturalist's maxim still holds true.

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Eat your medicine. Eat your medicine. Eat your way to wellness. Essential oils, herbs,

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vitamins and minerals, teas, even that exotic potion that your eccentric ant concocts for when

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you get a fever. Even that exotic potion. All those things are better than most anything that your

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doctor or big pharma might prescribe. I have come to this conclusion, and I have come to this place in

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my life. Stock supplements. Learn fundamental nutrition, and you won't get as sick as you

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would otherwise. And then finally, train. When you're talking about, indeed, first aid and medicine

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and treatment, train. Learn basic skills that will save a life or treat an injury. Now, while you still

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can, and the service is yet available, take an EMT course, maybe, or at least a basic Red Cross first

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aid course, you and your family and your neighbors, for that matter, will be eternally grateful, and you

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will always be able to use those first aid and medical skills. Number seven, mediums of exchange and

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barter. Mediums of exchange and barter. Even the proud prepper who has prepared for every contingency

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and has enough of everything to last until the second coming, will find that eventually, even he

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needs something. And consequently, you'll need something of value to exchange for it. If the grid

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and cell towers are down, then your credit card or your Venmo or any other electronic currency,

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for that matter, will be useless. Depending upon the political situation, in the very near future,

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too, even your cash might be trash. So I have some suggestions then as mediums of exchange. First

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of all, tradable everyday items. With the increasing breakdown in and unreliability of supply chains,

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store shelves may soon be empty anyway, but certainly will be if the shiitake mushroom hits the fan.

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One of my favorite YouTube videos is of two grizzled preppers discussing their top 10 items for barter.

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Key this in and it'll come up. It's still up there. Top 10 items for barter. They mentioned,

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for example, salt and sugar to barter with. Not everybody's going to have a big stash of salt and

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sugar and you'll be able to trade for other things. Or coffee. I'll trade for coffee, believe me,

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in a grid down situation. Or feminine hygiene products or diapers. I don't have any use for those

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things anymore, but they make good barter items. Feminine hygiene products and diapers or ammo or

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batteries or tobacco and alcohol. People will, especially people who are ill-prepared, will all

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have need for those things. And then there are skills with which you may barter. What you're good at

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will become increasingly valuable in a grid down situation. Can you make car repairs? Can you do plumbing

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or gunsmithing? These are all skills that people will seek out and you can use, too, to trade for

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other skills, maybe. You're not a jack of all trades, are you? You're not good at everything. Perhaps you

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can trade what you'll get at with someone else who is good at something else. Or for other items,

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too. In fact, go out and acquire a new skill to increase your value in desperate times. And then,

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of course, for barter and for trade, there are always precious metals, too. Silver and gold are

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the king and queen of media of exchange, aren't they? They have been since the earliest mists of

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time of our race. And they will always hold, yay, they will increase in value as society collapses and

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people reset to ancient, tried, and true standards. Do your homework, dear listener. Research the strengths

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and weaknesses of using precious metals. A lot of homework can be done on this, even though gold and

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silver are becoming increasingly harder to acquire. Don't buy stock in these things either. Don't buy

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certificates. If you don't, if you can't handle and hold the silver and the gold in your hands, then you

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really don't have silver and gold. You must acquire the actual physical objects, coins or objects, silver

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and gold. And then we're running out of time here, and I want to just reassure you that we are going to

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have all of this and more, much, much more on our church website. We're building a page where I've

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been charged with doing this by my church to begin building a page of preparation, especially from

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a Christian perspective, dear listener. And we must do this. So you can check out our webpage,

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newgenevaopc.org, newgenevaopc.org. And we'll be building a proper page from a Christian perspective.

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And we'll have footnotes, and we'll have important references and resources listed there too, not just

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the things that I've mentioned here in this broadcast, but we'll have indeed much, much more

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to add to this. We'll also be covering things like modes of communication, right? And modes of travel

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too, in a grid down situation. We don't have time to cover it all right now, but we will have all of

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these things on our website too, with footnotes, important references and resources that you can

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access. But in closing, I want to emphasize that when it comes to surviving and thriving

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in a disaster event or civilizational collapse, the old principle that no man is an island obtains. Yeah,

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you will not survive alone. We need one another, especially we Christians. Paul commands us to love

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one another. The members of the body may have the same care for one another, Paul says. And through

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love, we must serve one another, bear one another's burdens, Paul says, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

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And Paul says, he winds it up by saying that we always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.

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Oh, dear listener, we all have needs. No one prepares 100% in all areas, do we? In fact, we all

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have our respective skills and our knowledge and our training and our areas of expertise, and we need

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to be ready to help one another. Yes, think about your neighbors and your brothers and sisters in the

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church. We need to work on building networks. Talk to people. Do build these networks consciously. Get

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people to think ahead and who they'll call when they have needs, and that they may be called themselves as

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well when others have needs. People need to be educated in this area and have their awareness

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gradually raised over time. I have found this. The first time I talked to someone, they may not

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be aware of or have any clue or have even thought about preparation or networking with others who

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have skills that they need or letting others know that they themselves have skills that can be tapped

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as well. We need to talk to people. Raise their consciousness in this area. Think about your neighbors

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and your church members and their skills and their resources. Raise their awareness. Get them thinking

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about the future. Get them thinking about the desperate situations we will all find ourselves in

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very, very soon. Get them to think about getting prepared. Remember, the better prepped your fellow

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brothers and sisters are, the better help they will be to you and to others too. Don't just selfishly

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zip your lip and hoard stuff that you think you'll be self-sufficient with. You cannot be completely

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self-sufficient. You need others. And as a believing Christian, you need to think about others and begin

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networking with others too to help support them and they, in turn, willing and better prepared to help

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you as well. The point is we need to learn to love one another, dear brothers and sisters. We need to seek

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to do good to do good to one another and to everyone for that matter. Indeed, learn the Joseph Reserve

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principle and prepare not only for yourself, but for others as well to serve them in a Christ-like

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manner. This has been Pastor David Bass at New Geneva Orthodox Presbyterian Church. And we have on our

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website, let me remind you, we're building a page where we'll have this and much, much more

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building, indeed, in preparation for that day. Our website, newgenevaopc.org. One word,

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newgenevaopc.org. And New Geneva Meets for Holy Worship on Sunday at 10 a.m. at 101 4th Street on the

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corner of 4th and Boulevard. And you can call us for more information. And I urge you to visit us,

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visit us as a church, and come and see who we are. We love to have visitors and love to have others

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help us, too. If you have suggestions on how to better serve, you have suggestions or corrections,

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perhaps, in what you've heard these last two weeks, we welcome the input. You can call us at

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area code 208-523-0196. Call us for input or more information, area code 208-523-0196.