Era of lies
Welcome to the era of lies. All my Christian
life I have been told that Satan is the father of lies. Equally, I have been
schooled that he rules the earth at this time. Further to that, the end of
times is supposed to be a nasty time to live. Wrap that all together and you
get a common theme. If the father of lies is ruling then we should be like our
leader. The rulers are always a reflection of who we are. How so? We voted them
in.
I know that politicians have lied
since the dawn of time. It’s not rocket science. We tend to vote in the least
lying liar. Only, we tend to find out they lied better than the alternative. There
is no way to know when truth turned into lies. In America, was it in the great depression?
Business people lied about the state of the economy. Were banks lying? Who was
lying when President Kennedy was killed? We have never been comfortable with
the truth in that one. Is Roswell New Mexico a lie?
Then we have President Nixon. Further
to that, we move ahead to Ronald Regan and the Iran/Contra gun smuggling
scheme. How about Bill Clinton and his sex scandal? In Canada we have had our
share from the FLQ crisis to Schwinigate scandal in the Liberal party. There
were many other scandals like a conservative information leak scandal and more
Liberal funds diversions. In a way we have become conditioned to accept lies. Who
has gone to jail in all these scandals? Not once has the leader been jailed. They
have all claimed oblivious innocence.
Now we have a new group that has
grown up in the elite. They are spoiled, rich, and trained to lie. They look
pretty too. Voters are now being herded like cattle into the voter’s box. It’s
trendy to pick traits of young, racial, and gender. Yet, not once are we asked
to observe their morals. That is gone. Gone like the truth has vanished. I
think lying is trendy now. Scandal is normal. Don’t you think it’s weird that
the Bible said the end of times would have lies, no truth, and peril? Are we
there yet, momma?
What does God have to say? What makes
Matthew 24 so ominous is Jesus being asked for a sign. It could have been an
earthquake. How about a star in the sky? Maybe, Jesus could have said the time
is now. Instead Jesus asked them to look for the signs. They’re will be wars and
rumors of wars. Verse 12 is a particularly nasty one. It states that in
lawlessness, people will become cold. God knew there would be days like these
we live in.
Who get’s what they deserve anymore?
A killer gets three years. A lying politician gets nothing. A scandalous business
restructures. Leaders caught in lies move on with a hefty severance. Elections
are coming in Canada. Already we have many social media posts claiming this candidate
is racist. Another is a liar and a cheat. Is it truth or lies? I read a post
that reported housing sales are way down. In the same news service, it’s also
being reported that the economy is flying high.
This brings me back to Matthew 24. Rumors!
Lawlessness! Are people cold these days? Tell me Facebook is friendly as it
was? Tell me that social media isn’t a barren wasteland of lies and no truth? Tell
me that politicians are being voted in because of merit? Honestly, I get 5
different economy predictions a week. They are all completely different. To make
matters worse I think the weather man is more accurate than he or she should
be.
Can’t you feel it? Russia, China,
Middle East, and the likes of North Korea just seem off. They are just mixed in
enough of the world troubles. Just enough to make rumors. Just enough to be
looked at for political turmoil. Just rumors and wars that might not be real.
Then we have the new election climate in North America. There is no truth. Were
asked to believe anything. Even the lies.
It’s not doom really. (or is it?) I
am just wondering what a world controlled by a father of lies might look like. Just
look out the window or computer screen. It’s -30 here and they are taxing us
for global warming. A rumor of a scandal within a large company in Canada is
news today. It’s attached to the Prime Minister. Frankly everything seems
attached to him these days. Next year Trump will leave. The American public
will be goaded into voting for a woman. All the rumors and lies will be fed
like feed to get it done. What troubles me these days is one thing. To get what
done? Welcome to the era of lies.
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