Biblical Perspective on Current Events

A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE ON CURRENT EVENTS

By Dr. Stephen Jones:  5-16-2020

Blog Post Date:  5-17-2020

Thirty-two years ago, in May of 1988, God told me that Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton was going to be president and that he would have a vice president from the south, one who opposed him during the primaries but later joined with him. That VP turned out to be Al Gore of Tennessee.

Revelation from God always has a purpose. I have never known Him to do “small talk” or to engage in mere gossip. The revelation of 1988, I suppose, was partly because I lived in Arkansas at the time and knew many things about Clinton long before the general public knew. At any rate, God referred to him as a “beast man,” one having the heart of a beast.

I understood that terminology better as time passed. I now see it in terms of Daniel 4:16, the prophecy that King Nebuchadnezzar fulfilled in Daniel 4:31, 32. It refers to the rulers of Babylon who see and treat people as other animals (very “evolutionary”) and who rule according to self-interest. They eat “grass,” and we know that “all flesh is grass” (Isaiah 40:6; 1 Peter 1:24).

My ministry in Arkansas ended after Bill Clinton moved out of state. He moved to Washington DC in January 1993 to be the 42^nd president, and I moved to Washington state—the 42^nd state—in November 1993.

By this time, we also knew that Bill and Hillary Clinton were playing the role of Ahab and Jezebel in the biblical story. A few years later, many church prophets were saying the same, yet I know of none of them who expected Bill Clinton to humble himself as Ahab did in 1 Kings 21:29, nor did they have any revelation that his humbling would postpone divine judgment on America for precisely three years (1 Kings 22:1).

Clinton’s humbling came on September 11, 1998 in the wake of the Monica Lewinsky affair. On that day, Bill Clinton confessed his sin at the White House prayer breakfast and read Psalm 51, David’s prayer of repentance after his affair with Bathsheba. But like Ahab before him, his repentance was incomplete. Ahab did not give back the stolen field to Naboth; neither did Clinton end his evil practices. Hence, in both cases, while God gave both of them partial credit by postponing the judgment to the next generation (or presidency), the judgment itself was not cancelled.

Three years after Ahab’s humbling, war broke out between Israel and Syria. Three years after Clinton’s humbling was September 11, 2001, and America’s wars in the Middle East began. The precise timing, of course, should teach men about the sovereignty of God. The world is not run by men—good or evil. The world is run by the Creator Himself, who has every right to interact with the nations and to judge them according to His own laws.

Likewise, God gives men good or evil rulers according to His judgments. Such rulers do not merely bring about divine judgment; they are the judgment. Hence, God gave Judah to be under the authority of King Nebuchadnezzar as a matter of judgment against Judah for its lawlessness (Jeremiah 27:6). Nebuchadnezzar would never have become king if the kings of Judah had been righteous.

Nebuchadnezzar’s heart was changed after acting as a beast for a period of “seven times,” and he then gave glory to God and publicly recognized the God of Daniel as the true God (Daniel 4:34). In fact, the fourth chapter of Daniel was written by Nebuchadnezzar himself. He was not the only king in the succession of beast empires to do so. King Darius did so in Daniel 6:26, decreeing that everyone in his realm should recognize the God of Daniel as the true God.

In later history, we see that the Grecian king, Alexander the Great, came to Jerusalem and paid homage to the God of heaven. I shared this history here:

https://godskingdom.org/blog/2007/01/greece-a-christian-nation

Still later, Rome finally bowed to the God of heaven as well. So Bill Clinton’s humbling was not without precedent. God has done this with every beast empire throughout history just to show us that He remains sovereign and that these “beast-hearted” kings did not gain power by their own strength or wisdom.

That is perhaps the most important lesson we must know, if we are to have a right perspective of current events. Some love Donald Trump; others hate him. There is no neutrality or indifference among the people. But most people, including Christians, have difficulty recognizing that no president or king is really the one in charge. I have learned over the years to focus not on the works or policies of men, but on the purposes of the sovereign God as he uses men to accomplish His purposes and plans.

Hence, God raised up Donald Trump as a Jehu to destroy the house of Ahab (2 Kings 9:6-10). Whether people like it or not, Trump is doing this, because the purpose of God is to “avenge the blood of all the servants of the Lord at the hand of Jezebel.” Most of those sins have yet to be uncovered to the public, and so Jezebel still has much public support. But the judgment has already been set, and enough prophecy has already come to pass that confirms His word.

I am not on one side or the other; I am on God’s side and am in agreement with His word as revealed to me long ago. In my view, no one can truly understand the current political conflict without understanding its connection to the biblical pattern being replayed since 1993.

HCQ OR REMDESIVIR?

By Dr. Stephen Jones:  5-12-2020

https://aapsonline.org/hcq-90-percent-chance/

Hydroxychloroquine Has about 90 Percent Chance of Helping COVID-19 Patients

In a letter to Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) presents a frequently updated table of studies that report results of treating COVID-19 with the anti-malaria drugs chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ, Plaquenil®).

To date, the total number of reported patients treated with HCQ, with or without zinc and the widely used antibiotic azithromycin, is 2,333, writes AAPS, in observational data from China, France, South Korea, Algeria, and the U.S. Of these, 2,137 or 91.6 percent improved clinically. There were 63 deaths, all but 11 in a single retrospective report from the Veterans Administration where the patients were severely ill.

The antiviral properties of these drugs have been studied since 2003. Particularly when combined with zinc, they hinder viral entry into cells and inhibit replication. They may also prevent overreaction by the immune system, which causes the cytokine storm responsible for much of the damage in severe cases, explains AAPS. HCQ is often very helpful in treating autoimmune diseases such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.

Additional benefits shown in some studies, AAPS states, is to decrease the number of days when a patient is contagious, reduce the need for ventilators, and shorten the time to clinical recovery.

Peer-reviewed studies published from January through April 20, 2020, provide clear and convincing evidence that HCQ may be beneficial in COVID-19, especially when used early, states AAPS. Unfortunately, although it is perfectly legal to prescribe drugs for new indications not on the label, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended that CQ and HCQ should be used for COVID-19 only in hospitalized patients in the setting of a clinical study if available. Most states are making it difficult for physicians to prescribe or pharmacists to dispense these medications.

https://nypost.com/2020/04/02/hydroxychloroquine-most-effective-coronavirus-treatment-poll/

Headline: Hydroxychloroquine rated ‘most effective’ coronavirus treatment, poll of doctors finds

An international poll of thousands of doctors rated the Trump-touted anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine the best treatment for the novel coronavirus.

Nonetheless, Dr. Fauci wants to push Gilead’s new drug, costing $1000 per tablet. Gilead is partnered with George Soros.

https://civilianintelligencenetwork.ca/2020/02/12/george-soros-bill-gates-partner-with-china-on-coronavirus-drug/

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/29/dr-anthony-fauci-says-data-from-remdesivir-coronavirus-drug-trial-shows-quite-good-news.html

By the way, now that HCQ’s patent has long expired, and the pill costs just 10 cents, no one has any incentive to do a hundred million dollar double blind study to see if it works against covid-19. There is simply no money in that. For the same reason, no one wants to test any vitamins or minerals to see how they would work. Only new drugs that can be patented are worth testing. The system was set up so that drug companies could claim that their competition’s products are “scientifically untested.”

But a growing number of doctors are starting to have their eyes opened to the political agenda of the FDA and Big Pharma. Follow the money!

A MEMORANDUM TO BARACK OBAMA

In the wake of the declassified documents showing how the government agencies had violated the law and FISA abuse, the DOJ finally dropped its prosecution of General Flynn. Barack Obama then complained that the Rule of Law was been trampled, claiming that Flynn was guilty of perjury and that he was let off “scot-free.” Actually, the Rule of Law was already being trampled, and William Barr’s decision partially restored the Rule of Law.

Flynn’s lawyer responded to Obama’s public complaint in a memorandum reminding the former president of a number of items.

https://sidneypowell.com/media/open-memorandum-to-barack-obama/

First, General Flynn was not charged with perjury—which requires a material false statement made under oath with intent to deceive.¹ A perjury prosecution would have been appropriate and the Rule of Law applied if the Justice Department prosecuted your former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe for his multiple lies under oath in an investigation of a leak only he knew he caused.

McCabe lied under oath in fully recorded and transcribed interviews with the Inspector General for the DOJ. He was informed of the purpose of the interview, and he had had the benefit of counsel. He knew he was the leaker. McCabe even lied about lying. He lied to his own agents—which sent them on a “wild-goose-chase”—thereby making his lies “material” and an obstruction of justice. Yet, remarkably, Attorney General Barr declined to prosecute McCabe for these offenses.

Applying the Rule of Law, after declining McCabe’s perjury prosecution, required the Justice Department to dismiss the prosecution of General Flynn who was not warned, not under oath, had no counsel, and whose statements were not only not recorded, but were created as false by FBI agents who falsified the 302.

Secondly, Powell wrote, shortly after Eric Holder became Obama’s DOJ, he moved to dismiss charges against Senator Ted Stevens after a jury had convicted him on multiple counts, because of “egregious misconduct by prosecutors who hid exculpatory evidence and concocted purported crimes.” This was the same reason William Barr dropped the case against Flynn.

Fifth, there is precedent for guilty pleas being vacated. Your alumni Weissmann and Ruemmler are no strangers to such reversals. At least two guilty pleas they coerced by threats against defendants in Houston had to be thrown out—again for reasons like those here. The defendants “got off scot-free” because—like General Flynn—your alumni had concocted the charges and terrorized the defendants into pleading guilty to “offenses” that were not crimes. 

Sixth, should further edification be necessary, see Why Innocent People Plead Guilty, written in 2014 by federal Judge Jed Rakoff (a Clinton appointee). Abusive prosecutors force innocent people to plead guilty with painful frequency. The Mueller special counsel operation led by Andrew Weissmann and Weissmann “wannabes” specializes in prosecutorial terrorist tactics repulsive to everything “justice” is supposed to mean. These tactics are designed to intimidate their targets into pleading guilty—while punishing them and their families with the process itself and financial ruin.

Seventh… General Flynn did not even know he was the subject of an investigation—and in truth, he was not. The only crimes here were by your alumni in the FBI, White House, intelligence community, and Justice Department.

A Biblical View of Globalism and Nationalism, part 3 by S. Jones

A Biblical View of Globalism and Nationalism, part 3

Dec 14, 2018 by Dr. Stephen Jones

https://gods-kingdom-ministries.net/daily-weblogs/2018/12-2018/a-biblical-view-of-globalism-and-nationalism-part-3/

God has always revealed His goals from the beginning, but He seldom (if ever) reaches His goal in a single step. He created Time as a staircase with major resting places along the way to set forth progressive principles that are not yet perfect or complete.

For example, God instituted the Old Covenant, not as a permanent feature, not as his goal, but as a means toward His goal. He instituted types and shadows, not as final goals but as patterns by which we might understand the goal before reaching it. These patterns provide us with road maps that encourage us to press on toward the goal.

The Kingdom under David was a pattern of things to come, but the actual Kingdom of God is a much greater manifestation than the nation that David ruled.

Normally, the big plan begins small. God turned the page of history when He called one man, Abraham, to be the trustee of a global kingdom. A few generations later, God took one nation, Israel, and “married” it at Mount Horeb. Although only a few people were present to make vows, they represented more than just themselves. Their descendants were bound by the vows of their fathers. The few represented the many.

In Deuteronomy 29, all who were part of the Israel nation, including foreigners, gathered to “enter into the covenant with the Lord your God and into His oath” (Deuteronomy 29:12). The people represented the whole earth, even those who had no knowledge of the true God or would ever hear what the Israelites had done. Deuteronomy 29:14, 15 says,

¹⁴ Now not with you alone am I making this covenant and this oath, ¹⁵ but both with those who stand here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God and with those who are not with us here today.

This shows that the Kingdom of God is a form of representative government. It is NOT the case that the covenant was made only with Israel, for all Israel was present but God also applied that covenant with “those who are not with us here today.” God’s oath was going to affect all of mankind, not just Israelites.

You could say that God was a globalist from the beginning. He created all things, and hence, He had a vested interest in all things. Even though He started with just one man, His scope of interest was global. In Numbers 14:21 God told Moses, ²¹ but indeed, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord.

When God said, “as I live,” He was swearing an oath upon Himself, because there was no one greater on which to swear an oath. In the context, God was having apparent difficulty getting the Israelites to cooperate and to enter the Promised Land. When Moses reminded God of what the neighbors would say if God should fail, that was when God opened up the floodgates of truth and blurted out His intention to fill the entire earth with His glory.

That brief revelation exposed the divine intent, the goal of the Kingdom, and the global scope of the divine promise. God was working nationally at the time, but He was planning globally.

The Dispersion of Israel

God married Israel at Mount Horeb, but this was an Old Covenant marriage, where God married a bondwoman. The bondwoman was pictured as Hagar in terms of Abraham’s immediate family; however, on the national application, Israel itself was Hagar. The individual citizens of Israel were thus portrayed by Ishmael, the child of the flesh. In other words, the nation of Israel that God married at Mount Horeb was not the heir of the promise, for only through the New Covenant (Sarah) can one become an heir of the promises of God (Galatians 4:30).

God’s marriage with Israel was rocky from the start. She committed adultery almost immediately by worshiping the gold calf (Exodus 32:4). Israel received a lot of marriage counseling over the years through the prophets. But finally, that marriage ended in divorce (Jeremiah 3:8), and in accordance with the law of divorce in Deuteronomy 24:1 KJV, God sent her out of His house.

Israel was thus removed from God’s house and sent to the land of Assyria. This ended God’s marriage to “Hagar.” According to the law in Deuteronomy 24:2-4 KJV, the bill of divorce allowed “Hagar” to remarry. The Law of Tribulation in Deuteronomy 28:64 prophesied that when Israel was to be scattered into other lands, she would “serve other gods.” In other words, those ex-Israelites would be married to false gods until the time of the end.

Meanwhile, the kingdom of Judah remained in the land of Canaan for another century and then was taken to Babylon temporarily for 70 years. Some of them returned later in order that the Scriptures might be fulfilled, where the Messiah was to be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2).

The histories of Israel and Judah, then, took different paths. Each nation had its own calling. Judah’s calling was to bring forth the Messiah (“ruler”) who was to carry to Dominion Mandate. Israel’s calling was to bring forth the sons of God by the Fruitfulness Mandate. Another way of putting it, Judah carried the Scepter, while Israel carried the Birthright (1 Chronicles 5:1, 2).

The Regathering

Hosea 1:11 prophesied that Judah and Israel would be reunited under “one leader” (Christ). The great breach between Israel and Judah was to be repaired in the end (Isaiah 58:12). While there was disunity, the fullness of the Kingdom was impossible. While the Scepter was separate from the Birthright, the Kingdom could not be established. The King needed to be united (married) to the Kingdom.

This new marriage was to be a New Covenant relationship, unlike that which was established at Mount Horeb. God’s first marriage ended in divorce, but His New Covenant marriage was designed to last forever.

No one will be part of the Sarah company apart from faith in Christ, who is the Mediator of the New Covenant. No one can claim to be married to God by virtue of his/her physical descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Neither can one claim to be married to God by virtue of the Old Covenant marriage ceremony that occurred at Mount Horeb—because that marriage ended in a lawful divorce.

The new marriage is based upon better things, as the book of Hebrews tells us. It is, in fact, the only/exclusive manner in which one can have a relationship with God. Jesus said, “no man comes to the Father, but through Me” (John 14:6). One must acknowledge and believe that Jesus gave His life as a sacrifice for sin and was not merely murdered by His enemies for the sake of truth. His blood must be applied to the altar of the heart in order to be lawful (Leviticus 17:4).

If men attempt to recreate an Old Covenant marriage relationship with God, they must do so through Moses, not through Jesus. But such a marriage is already null and void, because it ended in divorce many years ago. No Old Covenant relationship has validity any more, for it was proven to be inadequate. God has no intention of trying to recreate an Old Covenant relationship with any man, nation, or religion.

God is now doing a new thing, something that will actually succeed, a relationship that will never end in divorce.

The prophets often spoke of the regathering of Israel under the Messiah. Isaiah says that others will be gathered along with the dispersed Israelites, for he tells us in Isaiah 56:6-8,

⁶ Also the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, to minister to Him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be His servants, every one who keeps from profaning the sabbath, and holds fast to My covenant; ⁷ even those I will bring to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar; for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples. ⁸ The Lord God, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, declares, “Yet others I will gather to them, to those already gathered.”

In the original temple built by Solomon, the king declared that it was to be a house of prayer for all people, including foreigners (1 Kings 8:41, 42, 43). This is a truly globalist view, for Solomon in his wisdom understood that God intended to include all nations in His Kingdom. In fact, the first Kingdom failed in order to establish something greater and broader in scope.

One might think of the original kingdom of Israel as a model for something greater, a type and shadow rather than the final reality. All men, regardless of their ethnicity, were to gain citizenship in the Kingdom in the same manner—by faith in Jesus Christ. By swearing allegiance to King Jesus, they were to be granted equality in the Kingdom.

Isaiah 45:23 gives God’s oath through the prophet, ²³ I have sworn by Myself, the word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness and will not turn back, that to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance.

The apostle Paul adds to this revelation in Philippians 2:11, “to the glory of God the Father.” The glory of God is in the fact that He will succeed in making this happen, not merely in giving men the opportunity to bow their knees. When God makes vows, He does so with the knowledge that He has the power to succeed. He does not vow things that are outside of His control. If some portion of mankind, in the end, does NOT confess (literally, profess) Christ to the glory of God the Father, then God’s oath will have failed.

All will bow and profess Christ, however, for this is how His glory will cover the earth (Numbers 14:21).

Leveling the Playing Field

By reducing salvation to a single act through one Man (Christ), the regathering of Israel and “others” is effective for all, regardless of ethnicity or nationality. Paul says in Romans 3:22 that “there is no distinction.” He repeats this in Romans 10:11, 12, 13,

¹¹ For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in Him will not be disappointed.” ¹² For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call upon Him; ¹³ for “Whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved.”

This regathering, then, began in the first century as men and women everywhere began to call upon the name of Jesus. It began in Jerusalem, particularly on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:47) but spread to the rest of the world in later years. It has continued throughout the Age of Pentecost, between the two comings of Christ.

As the Age of Pentecost ends and the Age of Tabernacles Age emerges, the Kingdom of God will form a government of its own, complete with land that will grow until it fills the whole earth. The Kingdom started with one man and his family. It grew into a nation. And finally, it will become global.

The Kingdom will be made up of rulers and citizens, but all will be required to have faith in Jesus Christ and to declare Him as King. It will not be a Jewish kingdom, nor an Israelite kingdom as such, but all people, regardless of ethnicity, will become citizens of the Kingdom. It will constitute the united Kingdom of Israel, and all its citizens will be Israelites by right of citizenship. There will be one law for all people, as the law of God demands.