ESCHATOLOGICAL PARABLES*
BY
J. R. GRAVES
[* FROM THE AUTHOR’S BOOK: ‘THE PARABLES AND PROPHECIES OF CHRIST EXPLAINED,’
(PP. 237-327.)]
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1
THE TEN VIRGINS
2
THE ENTRUSTED TALENTS
3
THE ENTRUSTED POUNDS
4
THE BLADE,
THE EAR, AND THE FULL CORN
5
THE NET
6
THE JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS
(A PROPHECY)
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REMARKS INTRODUCTORY TO THE
ESCHATOLOGICAL PARABLES
THESE (see preceding page) will complete the Expositions of
the Parables and Prophecies of Christ. I
call them Eschatological, because they find their interpretations in events
connected with the last times of this
dispensation, and the second coming of Christ, which grand event will prepare
the way for, and introduce, the millennium.
These parables can be readily understood only by those who hold
Scriptural views of Eschatology, or “the doctrine of the last things.”
All orthodox Christian writers, from the first century down,
have held and taught, and all living orthodox writers do now hold and teach,
that there is to be a second coming of Christ; but they are divided upon the manner and the time of it:
1. Whether it will be a bodily and visible or a spiritual coming; and
2. Whether it will be pre- or post-millennial -
i.e. whether it will take place before or subsequent to the conversion
of the whole world, or the millennial age.
Those holding the former view are known and called Pre-millennialists,
or Literalists; those holding the
latter, Post-millennialists, or Spiritualists.*
[* NOTE.
Since this book was first published, another group of ‘Spiritualists’ have emerged; they are known as A-millennialists. The “A”
denotes “Anti” or “Against” all millennial teachings in
Scripture. This amazing feat of prophetical
deception is being achieved today by the same spiritualizing method used by the
‘Spiritualists’ to undermine God’s unfulfilled prophecies, which can only find
a literal fulfilment during the coming “Age” - i.e., the six times mentioned: “the thousand years” (Rev.
20: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), yet to come!]
But the four parables to be explained [Page 240] unquestionably proceed upon the admitted fact that the coming of Christ
will be a visible and instantaneous event; “For,” said Christ, “as the
lightning cometh out of the east and shineth unto the west, so the parousia [presence]
of the Son of Man will be,” which means the bodily coming of Christ.
All these parables expressly teach that His coming will be
sudden and at any moment, the day and the hour being unrevealed. As suddenly and unexpectedly as came the
flood upon the world, Christ taught His coming will be:
“But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days
that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so
shall also the coming of the Son of Man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and
the other left.
Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the
one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch therefore:
for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the
thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
Therefore be ye
also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not
the Son of Man cometh.” -Matt. 24: 37-44.
This teaching is emphatically opposed to the idea that the
gradual conversion of the world is the coming of Christ, and the entire
conversion of the world is His parousia - His presence - and the millennium. Has Christ been coming since John preached
his first sermon - two thousand years?
The emphatic lesson of each of these four parables, also, is
that only those servants will receive the chief honours and highest rewards who
are ready, watchful [Page 241] and in earnest, prayerful expectancy
of His coming: otherwise they will be left to live on and suffer the terrible
ills and tribulations that await all who remain on the earth until the close of
this dispensation, while the ready, faithful and watchful servants only will be taken away from
the evils to come - “caught up,” without seeing death, to meet the coming Lord in the air:
“Then we that are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the
Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with
the Lord.” - 1 Thess. 4: 17.*
[* NOTE. See also Luke 21: 34-36 and Rev. 3: 10,
R.V. These texts (and their contexts)
indicate a pre-tribulation rapture of reward by living saints, shown as conditional. Whereas the rapture mentioned by Mr. Graves
(in 1 Thess. 4:
17), appears to take place after
the Great Tribulation, (for those who will be “left
unto the presence of the Lord” i.e., left after others were previously
removed via rapture): and after “the
resurrection out of dead ones” Phil.
3: 11,
Gk. See also Luke
14: 14; 20:
35; Heb. 11: 35b, etc.
R.V. Both are selective; and both
depend upon an undisclosed standard of ones personal righteousness, -
“Except your righteousness shall exceed…”
(Matt. 5:
20; 7: 21, R.V.).]
These four parables, as well as this last prophecy, of Christ
proceed upon the assumed fact that the second coming of Christ will take place
before the conversion of the world, or the millennium.
The reader must see that it is not until after His coming that He judges and utterly
destroys these wicked nations from the face of the earth; and by reference to Revelations 19: 19-20 it will be seen that it is after His coming that he crushes the anti-Christian
confederacies and wicked potencies of earth, and casts the beast and false
prophet, who inspire and direct their rebellious assault, into the lake of
fire. It is then, and not till then, by
His righteous judgments, He rids the earth of the wicked, as the chaff is
separated and driven away from the wheat, by the wind, on the summer threshing
floor:
“Whose fan is in His hand; and he shall thoroughly purge His floor, and gather His wheat into the garner; but He will burn up the chaff in unquenchable fire.”
If the world will be converted to
Christ before the “end of the world” (of this age), not only the [Page 242] above four, but several of the
principal, parables, as those of The Tares and of The Drag-net, will be made
worse than meaningless - be made to flatly contradict all the Scriptures that
have an admitted reference to the state of the world at His coming.
Notice, it was not until after the bridegroom had returned
that the foolish virgins became aware of their un-preparedness to meet
him. It was not until after the nobleman
returned that he summoned before him his enemies and destroyed
them. It
was until the harvest, the very end of the dispensation [this evil age], that the tares grew rankly among the
wheat, and not until then were they
gathered out and burned - not converted.
It was not until the same time that the drag-net was hauled to the shore
and the bad fishes separated from the good.
To teach that the world will be converted before Christ’s
coming, is to teach that the chaff and the tares are not to be burned, but will
be converted into wheat; and that the bad fishes in the net will not be thrown
away, but converted into good ones.
These parables and the whole eschatological teachings of our Sacred
Scriptures can be interpreted consistently with themselves only upon the
admitted fact that Christ’s coming is to be personal and visible, and before the conversion of the world and the millennial age.
Another fact must be admitted if we would understand these
parables that remain to be considered: viz., that the second coming of Christ
will be in two stages,
and that there will be a short period or
rest between them.
He will come into the air, unseen by mortal eye, [Page 243] to gather unto Himself, from the earth, all His faithful and
true witnesses - His ready and watchful servants, His “overcomers” (see Rev. 3: 4-5) - to be His ‘bride’, preparatory to the marriage and her enthronement with Him,
to reign with Him over the nations.
Only those eminent saints who are ready and watching to receive Him
will constitute His bride, and will be the Lamb’s wife.
* *
*
1
THE TEN VIRGINS
PARABLE
“THEN shall the kingdom of heaven
be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were
wise, and five were foolish. They that were
foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with
them: but the wise took oil in their vessels
with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry
made, Behold, the
bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Then all those
virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said
unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they
that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and
said, Verily, I
say unto you, I know you not. Watch, therefore, for ye know neither
the day nor the hour wherein the Son of Man cometh.” - Matt. 25: 1-13.
This has been pronounced the most graphic and touchingly
beautiful and impressive of all our Lord’s parables. No one, perhaps, has
received more attention from expositors and commentators from the days of
Augustine and Luther down to the present.
Dr. Seiss, who himself has devoted an entire book to its explanation,
says of it:
“Books and commentators for its
explanation are not few. It seems to me,
however, that it is not understood as it ought to be. It touches upon fields of doctrine, experience
and hope, concerning which the popular
mind needs more instruction than it receives.”
While it is true that the popular mind has not received the
amount of instruction it needs, it is equally true that it has not received the
character of instruction it needs, not only upon this parable, but upon its
companions - i.e. those of The
Talents, The Pounds, and The Judgment of the Nations. Commentators and expositors widely disagree
among themselves in their interpretations, and the result is natural - the
popular mind is left in a confused and inquiring attitude, looking earnestly
for interpretations that will at least convey important truths and harmonize
with the other teachings of God’s word.
It is the fixed conviction of the writer that to do this they
must be interpreted dispensationally,
and in strict connection with the time and events connected with the second coming of Christ to receive
His bride, and her favoured companions, preparatory to her marriage and
introduction into the beautiful habitation of the Bridegroom, which shall have
been prepared for her everlasting and glorious abode, according to His promise.
This is the work I have undertaken in great weakness, and a felt disqualification to
accomplish; but, in the language of another, “Should I even fail to
establish the conclusions which the terms and implications of the parable
appear to me to require, the cause of truth may nevertheless be the gainer by the reopening of the
questions involved, and a resurvey of the field.”
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This is the first of the last three and most remarkable
parables which Jesus spake to His disciples as His feet pressed for the last
time the brow of Mount Olivet, where for so many ages above all other places
piety had felt itself nearer to heaven.
As these were His last teachings, so their main scope had exclusive
reference to the last events,
in which, at the end of the ages, His [coming millennial] kingdom will find its long promised
and glorious consummation.
This parable, unlike any other, is
introduced by “then,” clearly implying that the kingdom of heaven is not now, and never
has been, but is only at some future time, to be likened unto ten virgins, and
that time is clearly designated - i.e.
when the Son of Man cometh, then will the events that will take place in connection with His coming be like unto those
related in this parable, which is built upon the ordinary circumstances and
events connected with a wedding scene not uncommon among the Jews, and still
not unfrequent in Oriental countries.
An eye-witness of a Hindoo marriage gives the following
illustration of this custom:
“The bride lived at Serampore, to
which place the bridegroom was to come by water. After waiting two or three hours, at length,
near midnight, it was announced in the
very words of Scripture, ‘Behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet
him.’ All the persons employed now
lighted their lamps, and ran with them in their hands to fill up their stations
in the procession. Some of them had lost
their lights, and were unprepared, but it was then too late to seek them, and
the cavalcade moved forward to the house of the bride, at which place the
company entered a large and splendidly-illuminated area before the house,
covered with an warning, where a great multitude of [Page 247] friends, dressed in their best apparel, were seated upon
mats. The bridegroom was carried in the
arms of a friend, and placed in a superb seat in the midst of the company,
where he sat a short time, and then went into the house, the door of which was
immediately shut and guarded by sepoys.
I and others expostulated with the door-keepers, but in vain. Never was
I so struck with our Lord’s beautiful parable as at this moment. ‘And the door was shut.’”
The principal features designed, I think, to convey specific
instruction to His disciples, then and to the end of the age, are:
1. The Bridegroom.
2. His coming.
3. The time and the manner of it.
4. The bride.
5. Her virgin companions.
6. The guests of the marriage supper.
7. The class or classes of persons
represented by these virgins -
the five provident - the five unwise or improvident.
8. What is implied by the door being shut,
and the expression, “I know you
not?”
9. What constituted the punishment of
their improvidence?
1. That the bridegroom represents
Christ all interpreters are agreed.
David, Solomon, Isaiah and John the Baptist, and the apostles, all refer
to Him as the Bridegroom of His chaste and pure bride, to whom He is now betrothed, and for His marriage to her the day is
fixed in the Councils of Eternity.
2. His “Coming;” about this, both as to the time and
manner of it, there is a wide diversity of views.
(1). It can not be the destruction by war of some [Page 248] important city, as Jerusalem, Babylon or Rome, as many teach, since in no
sense can their destruction be thought of as the joyous coming of the
Bridegroom to receive His bride, preparatory to the marriage ceremony and the
feasting.
His coming as a Bridegroom is spoken
of as a coming event, long after these cities had been destroyed.
(2). Nor can it be interpreted of the descent of the Holy
Spirit, or of a spiritual coming or presence of Christ, for in this sense He
has ever been with His people.
(3). Nor can it be interpreted of that providential event to
which all are subject - death. Death is
not a glorious, loving bridegroom, for whose coming the bride (Christians)
wait, and hope, and pray for, in loving and impatient expectancy. Death is, throughout the Sacred Scriptures,
represented as the enemy of our race, from whose approach we shrink and
recoil. Nor is the language consistent,
applied to any one of these events – “Behold” (a joyous exclamation) “the
bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him!”
This “Coming of the Bridegroom” unquestionably refers to the second,
personal, bodily, visible, coming of Christ to gather unto himself His elect, choice and eminently faithful saints, whom He
will honour before His Father and the holy angels, the world and the universe,
by making them His bride - “the Lamb’s wife.”
His first coming was in two stages.
For thirty years He was present, yet unrecognized by the world, and even
by His relatives and His own harbinger, John, while He was gathering and
preparing a people for Him; but at His baptism He was bodily [Page 249] and gloriously manifested to Israel by the opening of the heavens, the
voice of the Father, and the descent of the Holy Spirit, as the divine Son of
God: so will His second coming be in two stages. He will come into the air unseen by the
dwellers on the earth, and unrecognized by even His friends, where He will
gather unto Himself, out of all nations, all His saints,
those ready and waiting to receive Him, whom He will make His
bride; and when this shall have been fully accomplished, He will make Himself
manifest to His people and to the world as the all-glorious Son of God, coming
on the clouds of heaven with all His holy angels, with power and great glory,
when every eye shall see Him. The
marriage will then take place, after which He will introduce His bride into her
now prepared and glorious habitation - the re-Edenized earth, with its paradise
restored.
The question which has so long perplexed commentators I will
now consider, viz.:
THE BRIDE OF CHRIST
Who will constitute the bride?
1. None but real Christians, pure and chaste virgins, will
constitute His bride, “the Lamb’s wife.”
All interpreters are also agreed in this:
2. But not all Christians, nor even all virgins,
will constitute His bride.
This must be so evident to all Bible readers, on a moment’s
reflection, as to need no discussion here.
We all know that the bride, among all virgins, in the eyes of the
bridegroom, is the one most beautiful,
and “the one altogether lovely.”
As an apple tree among the common
trees of the wood, so is His beloved
among [Page 250] women “the virgins.” He loves them all, but He loves His betrothed
one above all.
In all ages the Lord has had His choice and best beloved
ones. They were and are of that class of
faithful Christians typified by Abel, Enoch, Seth, Noah, Abraham, Moses,
Samuel, Jephthae, David, and that “great cloud of witnesses” for God in the ages before the coming
of Christ alluded to by Paul:
“And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Samson, of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the
prophets: who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained
promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of
weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in
fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received their
dead raised to life again: others were tortured, not accepting deliverance;
that they might obtain a better resurrection:
and others had trials of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and of
imprisonment: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were
tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented: of whom the world
was not worthy: they wandered in deserts,
and in mountains, and in
dens and caves of the earth. And these all,
having obtained a good report through faith, received
not the promise: God having provided some better
thing for us, that they without us should not be
made perfect.” - Heb. 11: 32-40.
And the largest cloud of “faithful and true witnesses,” not spectators, but witnesses who
testify what they know, have experienced, who have lived and laboured, and
suffered for Christ since, and the faithful ones, though few, living and
testifying now - these, and only these - will receive the highest
honour when Christ comes; i.e. that
of being the nearest to the person of [Page 251] Him to whose heart they have been the
dearest here. All Christians are loved by Christ, and will he saved and rewarded
according to what they have done and suffered for Him, but all will not constitute His bride - be
enthroned and crowned and reign with Him.
Not to all Christians can He say, Well done, good and faithful servants.
etc.
When the King’s daughter, the betrothed bride of His Son, is
brought unto the King’s palace, all glorious in her robes of beaten gold, these
are her virgin attendants who follow to grace her presence:
“And the King’s daughter is all
glorious within [i.e. the palace]: her clothing
is of wrought gold. She shall be brought unto the King in raiment
of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto Thee. With gladness and
rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall
enter into the King’s palace.” - Psalms 45:
13-15.
Who are these virgin companions? They certainly represent Christians; but they are not the bride, and never
will be, although next in honour to her.
In the parable under consideration, the wise virgins, whom all admit represent Christians, chaste and pure, were not the bride,
nor a part of her. The king’s daughter
was already within, and awaiting the coming of the bridegroom before they
entered. They were the virgin attendants
of the bride - the invited guests of the marriage; and in this were highly
honoured and blessed:
“Let us be glad and rejoice, and give
honour to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made
herself ready. And to her was granted
that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen
is the righteousness of saints. And He
saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage
supper of the Lamb.” - Rev. 19: 7-9.
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If all Christians constitute the bride, why did not the angel
say, “Blessed are those who are chosen to be the bride,”
and not, Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the
Lamb? None but Christians will enjoy the
honour of being the guests of this supper.
John saw those who symbolized the class of Christians who will
constitute the Lamb’s wife:
“And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the
These represent the comparatively few “Choice ones” of the earth, the first-born ones, the first fruits
unto God and the Lamb; and these, and those like these alone, will be honoured
with being made the Lamb’s wife.
Notice the peculiar characteristics of these Christians:
1. They had not while living on earth “defiled themselves with women” - i.e.
committed spiritual fornication. God
charged
2. They were virgins. They had, while living here, kept themselves pure and chaste -
intact from the sinful and demoralizing pleasures of this world. I can not believe that they found sweet
pleasures in the ballroom, the opera and the theatre, which are peculiarly the “pleasures of
sin,” and of the
children of this world. They “kept their
garments unspotted from the world.”
3. These, when here, “were the
followers of the Lamb;” not professedly, nor in a general sense; not in a great many
things; but these followed Christ whithersoever He went. Where He went in the paths of obedience, they
followed Him. They obeyed, from the
heart, all His commandments. As willing or wilfully disobedient
Christians, they were without fault before God.*
* I can not
believe that those Christian ministers [Page 254] or members who, while they profess to
love Christ, refuse to do what He commands them, because of the opposition of
their own flesh and blood - their own friends and family - or of the world,
will ever constitute any part of the glorious bride of Christ. Those Christian ministers who refuse to obey
the least of Christ’s requirements, and teach others so, certainly will not be
made the greatest in Christ’s kingdom, but Christ says they shall be the least:
“Whosoever therefore shall break one
of these least commandments, and shall teach men
so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach
them, the same shall be called great in the
kingdom of heaven.” - Matt. 5: 19.
How many of our brethren, ministers whom we love, will far
miss this highest honour, refusing or failing, through fear of losing the smiles
and favours of men - errorists - to teach men all things, even those accounted the least -
non-essentials - and to teach them to do them. These are solemn and eternal [age-lasting] verities.
These one hundred and forty-four thousand were certainly not “the
representatives of all the saved,” as some teach, for all who have been
saved did not possess these characteristics; nor will any one presume to say
that all living Christians to-day possess these distinguishing marks of
consecration to Christ, but they do represent all those Christians who will be
honoured and rewarded by being made the bride of Christ.
In the day when Christ comes to elect from the earth and
receive His bride unto Himself, then will His faithful ones be rewarded for
all they have sacrificed and suffered for Him here.
John was shown a countless multitude of palm-bearers of all nations, who were Christians; but they were no part of the bride;
nor were they honoured, or even blessed, with even an invitation to the
marriage supper, and yet they were saved, but never attained higher positions
of honour than that of servants:
“After this I beheld, and, 1o, a great multitude,
which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds,
and people, and [Page 255] tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed
with white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried with a loud voice,
saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon
the throne, and unto the Lamb, And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshiped God, saying, Amen: blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God forever and ever. Amen. And one of the elders
answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes,
and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple: and He that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
They shall
hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the
throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto
living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe
away all tears from their eyes.” - Rev.
7: 9-17.
Who, at the coming of Christ, will be
represented by the wise virgins? Who by
the foolish?
Were the latter finally saved?
What class of persons are the five virgins intended to
represent? Christians undoubtedly, as the name indicates and implies. Virgin signifies persons morally chaste and pure, and is applied equally to both sexes in the
Scriptures (see Rev. 14: 4), and is never applied to the
unregenerate, or enemies of Christ. All
expositors are agreed that these five virgins represent Christians.
But, as we have noticed, they were not, for some reason,
chosen to be the bride, or any part of her, but they will attain to the next
place of honour and blessedness; i.e.
that of being the nearest to her person - [Page 256] “companions” and attendants, and called to go into
the marriage supper. (Rev. 19: 9)
What class will the foolish virgins
represent?
Though called “foolish,” they were as certainly virgins as the five wise ones. The term virgin as certainly designates
Christian as the terms “elect,” “saints,” and is never applied to the morally
impure, or the unregenerate, any more than the term leaven is applied to something pure
and holy.
These five unwise virgins were not enemies of Christ -
hypocrites under the guise and profession of friends. All that is said of them
implies that they represent Christians as certainly as the wise ones. For -
1. They are called “virgins” by Christ.
2. They went forth with lighted torches,
as did the wise, to honour and welcome the coming bridegroom.
3. They waited as watchfully, and
as earnestly desired the coming of the bridegroom, as did
the wise virgins. Christ would not intimate that the unregenerate - His enemies - will be earnestly watching for and desiring His
speedy coming, as did these five virgins.
His enemies - all hypocrites and mere nominal Christians - will dread and recoil from the very announcement of His
coming.
The foolish virgins also represent a class of Christians at
the coming of Christ.
Arminians, with great avidity and
confidence, bring forward this parable in support of their doctrine of the
possibility of the final apostasy of Christians. They rightfully claim that these foolish
virgins represent Christians, who, on account of the lack of
something [Page 257] which they should have done, will at last be forever shut out of heaven, as these virgins were shut
out of the marriage supper.
To break the force of this argument, the advocates of the
salvation of all saints adopt the opposite and quite as untenable a position,
viz.: that they were not intended to represent Christians, but sinners, hypocrites,
Christians only in profession, whom the coming
of Christ will reveal in their true characters.
Those adopting this interpretation
claim that the “oil” symbolizes the saving grace of regeneration, and that these foolish virgins never
had any “oil” even in their lamps, but wicks only, thus making them not merely unwise and improvident, but very idiots!
for, if possessed of any sense, they would have known that their lamps
would not have burned for a moment with only wicks, and would have served them
no purpose had the procession actually been in sight the moment they went out!
But against this it can be conclusively urged that these were
not only called virgins,
which is a misleading term, unless, like the others, they represent
Christians, and they voluntarily went forth to
welcome and honour the coming bridegroom, but that they as earnestly desired and awaited his coming as did the wise virgins, which
could not be said of hypocrites or unregenerate persons. The enemies of Christ do not desire, but with mortal fear dread, the hour
of His coming, and will call upon the rocks and the mountains to fall on them
to hide them from His face. It is, with
conclusive force, further urged:
1. That these virgins did go forth with oil in their lamps, or the “cups” of their torches, and, for [Page 258] all ordinary, occasions, they had
quite enough. Had it not been for the long, and to these virgins unexpected, “tarrying” of the bridegroom, the oil in their
lamps would have been sufficient; for, even at midnight, when the cry was heard, their lamps were
still burning, but burning low so that they said unto their fellows, “Give us of
your oil, for our lamps are going out.”
I give the literal translation from the Diaglott:
“And the foolish said unto the prudent, Give us of your oil, for our lamps –
sbennuntai - are going
out” - are
being extinguished; so
I can not conceive how we can avoid the conclusion that these
foolish virgins were intended to represent Christians, otherwise the parable is
quite meaningless. It was addressed to
the disciples of Christ – Christians - it was intended for Christians, and
Christians only, and has application only for those Christians living at the
time of Christ’s coming to gather unto Himself His bride and her virgin companions.
Granting, as we must, that they represent a class of
Christians, some of which will be taken in, and some left out, let us proceed
to notice:
In what respects the foolish resembled and differed from the wise.
1. They as voluntarily went forth to
welcome his coming.
2. They equally provided themselves
with torches, or lamps, to honour his coming.
3. They equally had oil in their lamps.
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4. They were as watchful and as desirous of his
coming as the wise.
5. They equally slumbered and slept
with the wise. And -
6. They awakened as promptly as did the wise, and when they awoke their lamps were
still burning.
But they found they had not
sufficient oil to go forward in the procession to the house.
Now, the only thing the wise had which the others did not have was
a supply of oil in addition to what was in their lamps.
A literal translation of the passage will make this evident: “For the
improvident took their lamps, but carried no oil with
them* [i.e.
besides what was in their lamps.] The prudent or provident, however,
besides their own lamps, took oil in vessels.” (Diaglott.) This oil, then, can not represent saving
grace or regeneration of heart, but a requisite faith in what was needful to be
known touching the movements of the bridegroom, and especially that there would
be a delay on his part, and probably a long one.
[* See Acts
5: 32, cf. Luke 11: 13,
R.V.]
The fact that the wise virgins had made themselves acquainted
with this fact, or the probability of its occurrence, and thoughtfully provided
for it by carrying oil in their vessels, besides
what their lamps contained, that they might refill their lamps,
was what constituted them wise or prudent. It was because of the failure of the
foolish virgins, through apathy or inexcusable negligence, to properly inform themselves touching the movements of the bridegroom -
movements that might be known,
that it was their duty to know, especially the fact that
there might or would be a “tarrying,” and possibly a long one, against
which [Page 260] it was their duty to provide. Were not this the case, how could they justly
have been punished? It was simply for
the lack of this provision that they lost their place in the procession, and
failed to be admitted to the marriage supper.
They were punished for willing and inexcusable ignorance of the
movements of the bridegroom.
The urgent application of the foolish to the wise for a portion of their oil is but too natural; the refusal of the
wise ones, but too significant to have been omitted. Whatever the oil is intended to signify, it
was something of which the wise had not too much, and something they could not upon
that occasion part with.
Some able expositors hold that the foolish virgins did go
forth at that late hour and obtain a supply of oil, else, say they, they would
not have returned and applied for admission with those who were so provided;
this is held on the supposition that a lighted torch was an essential
qualification of a guest. Grant this;
yet they were too late to be recognized or received in as guests, and given the
places they had justly forfeited.
The door was shut, not of friendship certainly, or of
love, but of a present blessing and enjoyment – i.e. participation as guests in the wedding supper.
“I know you not.” He does not say, as He will to another class upon another
occasion, “I never knew you;” but I know you not as my bride. I do
not recognize you as worthy, in the circumstances, to be the companions of my bride on this occasion. I do not recognize
you as worthy to be blessed and honoured by being allowed to be guests at my
wedding supper.
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They were not treated as enemies; for they are friends, but improvident ones.
He does not order them to be destroyed,
but refuses to let them come in to the supper.
With the above understood symbolisms of the parable, their
application to persons and events they will represent at the coming of Christ
will not be difficult of understanding.
Christ is the Bridegroom, who is coming at the close of this
dispensation to gather unto Himself in the air, or into paradise, all the very “choice ones” of His saints - the precious stones,
His jewels; and to these will He accord the highest reward and honour i.e. that of being made His queen-bride
- who, as His wife, will sit with Him on His throne, and jointly rule with Him
over the nations. This most
distinguished honour will all this pre-eminent class of His saints enjoy.
At this stage of His coming He will also gather a second
class, or band - those saints worthy to enjoy the second honour, that of being
the companions and followers of His bride, or
the especially invited guests of His marriage
supper. This class I understand both the
wise and foolish virgins represent. It
will be incumbent upon them to be ready and waiting His coming, with lamps
trimmed and burning, to welcome His approach, and, with rejoicing, go with Him
into the palace and grace His marriage.
It will be incumbent upon all Christians who wish to be
accepted of Him to be ready and waiting – “ready and watchful.”
It is said of the bride, the Lamb’s wife, that “she hath made herself ready.” As it is
the privilege of [Page 262] all Christians, by lives of holy
consecration and fidelity, to His service to attain the highest rewards and
honours Christ has to bestow at His coming - even to be gathered among His “choice ones,”
His “jewels,”
and become His bride - so
is it not only the privilege, but duty, of all
Christians to be prepared and ready to
honour and welcome His coming, and enter with Him into the marriage feast and
sup with Him.
For Christians to be prepared and ready for this glad event,
certainly implies that they should make themselves acquainted with the
instructions He has left them with respect to His movements, and the duties
required of them in connection with this important event (Rev.
1: 3), and that by diligent inquiry they
should constantly look for the signs of His coming, which He has given them, indicative
of His near approach.
While it may be true that we all may not be able to understand
all the Scriptures bearing upon the coming of Christ, yet if, with prayerful
diligence, we read and hear, we can not fail, with His promised
blessing, to learn and understand enough so that we can readily recognize the
cry, and have our lamps trimmed and burning, and well supplied with oil.
Let us find encouragement in His promise, “Blessed is he
that readeth, and they that hear the words of the prophecy of this
book,” which is
the Apocalypse – Revelation - of
Jesus Christ - a book which reveals the events that must transpire before, and in immediate connection with, His
coming, which are the signs He has given of His coming, and
reveals the events. We all can read and hear, and study
all of it, if we can not fully understand all of it. We can obtain the [Page 263] blessing, and that day will not overtake us as a thief and find us
unprepared.
But if, through sinful apathy and negligence like the foolish virgins, who will represent a
countless multitude of Christians, we fail to inform ourselves so as to be
found prepared to meet Him, we will be found standing at the shut door of the
marriage supper, vainly knocking for admittance.
By this Christ did not teach that those of His servants who
have not made themselves ready to receive Him will be finally rejected and lost. He
will not close the door of salvation against them,
but only the door of a present distinguished honour and blessing. Those who, through their negligence, refuse
to improve the opportunities He gives them will lose the rewards He promises to
the faithful and watchful. When He comes
to receive His “elect ones” to Himself, the unfaithful and unwatchful will be “left” to suffer with “hypocrites
and unbelievers”
those terrible years of afflictions, trials and tribulations on this earth,
which will close this present dispensation, called “the great
tribulation,” such
as never was suffered by men on earth from the beginning of time, and such as
never will again be suffered.
This is the period when the seven
judgment seals will be opened (see Rev. 6. onward), and the seven vials of God’s wrath will be poured out without mixture of
mercy upon all those dwelling on the earth (see Rev. 5. - 20.); when men will gnaw their tongues for pain, and their hearts
fail for fear of the things still to come; when men will wish to die, and will
seek death, and it will flee from them. This state of things is well compared to “outer
darkness, where [Page 264] there will be weeping
and wailing and gnashing of
teeth.”
Blessed, thrice blessed, will those Christians be who are
accounted worthy to escape these things.
Of this Christ warns His disciples:
“Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of
this life, and so that day come upon you
unawares.
For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the
whole earth.
Watch ye, therefore, and pray ye always, that ye may be accounted
worthy to escape all things that shall come to pass, and to stand
before the Son of Man.” - Luke 21: 34-36.
Only those who do take heed to themselves - only the ready and
watchful ones represented by the bride and the five wise virgins - will be accounted worthy to escape
those things, and to stand before the Son of man.
These will “escape” by being “taken” away from the evils to come. It is to this that Christ alludes:
“I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and
the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and
the other left.
Two men shall be in the field; the one
shall be taken, and the other left. And they answered and
said unto Him, Where, Lord? And He said unto them, Wheresoever the body is,
thither will the eagles be gathered together.” - Luke 18: 34-37.
Paul tells us to whom these “ready” Christians will be taken:
“Then we which are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and
so shall we ever be with the Lord.” - 1
Thess. 4: 17.*
[* See ‘The Pre-tribulation
Rapture’ in G. H. Lang’s “Firstfruits and
Harvest”.]
But those Christians who are “left” because accounted unworthy to escape
the chastening trials and [Page 265] sufferings of “the great
tribulation,” will
pass through them, and “learn obedience through suffering,” will finally come safely out, some
receiving a few and others many stripes, and still others saved yet as
by fire, with the loss of all honours and all rewards promised to the diligent and faithful. These chastisements take place on this earth,
and before this [evil] age closes.
The final state of all those represented by the five foolish
virgins can be seen by reading Revelations (7:
9, to the end). While they became “servants in the temple of
their God,” they never
become the bride - never are honoured with thrones and crowns, as the faithful
and, therefore, chosen or choice, ones are.
How sad to think the large proportion of Christians, through
sinful negligence, will lose the highest honours, and only through the greatest
tribulation will enter the kingdom! Will
it not be as one hundred and forty-four thousand to a multitude that no man can
number? Reader, in what company will you be?
“Whosoever therefore shall break one
of these least commandments, and shall teach men
so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom
of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”
- Matt. 5:
19.
Are there not those who are now very large in their own eves, and
in the estimation of the multitudes they seek to please, who will be very small and
insignificant when Christ comes to reward His servants? Will not some Christians actually “be ashamed
before Christ at His coming?” Ashamed of what?
“And now, little children, abide in Him,
that when He shall appear we may have confidence,
and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.” - 1 John 2: 28.
“Behold,
I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and [Page 266] keepeth his garments, lest he walk
naked, and they see his shame.” – Rev.
16: 15.
Will all Christians be found ready and watching the coming of
Christ? Paul clearly implies that only
those Christians who love His appearing will receive crowns of
righteousness - i.e. for doing as good and faithful servants. Do all Christians love His appearing? Would they, if they could, have their wish -
have Him come to-day? Not one in a thousand
of all who profess to be Christians would have Christ come to-day if their
prayers could prevent His coming. Will
such constitute any part of His bride?
Have such the spirit and desire of His bride? Her prayer is, “Even so, come Lord Jesus; COME QUICKLY.” Will my readers turn and read, in this
connection, Luke 12: 35-49?
From all this we learn that it is one thing to be barely
saved, which every Christian will ultimately be, but quite another thing to be
honoured with “the prize of our high calling” - i.e.
to sit as a crowned king with Christ on His throne. (Rev. 3: 2.)
The second stage, or the concluding act of His coming,
will be when He appears in His own glory, and the glory of His holy angels,
with ten thousand of His saints (see Jude), with the “called ones,” the “chosen ones,” and the “faithful ones” (see Rev. 19: 14), to take vengeance on His enemies and put His
faithful saints in full possession of the redeemed earth, who, as His wife, will share with Him the joint regency
of it, when His enemies will have been cut off out of it. (Ps. 37.) If the world will be converted [as Post-millennialists believe] before
Christ comes, where will He find enemies to take vengeance upon?
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Will the reader stop long enough to read Revelations 17. and 19., and
decide if the world is to be converted before the coming of Christ?
TRIBULATIONS
There are special periods of “tribulations” and “perilous times,” recognized in the Sacred Scriptures,
which must transpire before the second coming of Christ and the close of this
dispensation, and which the coming of Christ will
conclude.
The whole period of Satan’s dominancy on this earth, from the
day the curse was pronounced in Eden for man’s sin, until Satan is bound and cast
into the abyss, and the tares (the wicked) and all anti-Christian organizations
and powers are crushed and removed from the earth, to afflict and persecute the
children of God no more, is, to all true and faithful Christians, one long period of tribulation:
“These things I have spoken unto you, that ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” - John 16: 33.
“Confirming the souls of the disciples,
and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much
tribulation enter the
“Yea, and
all that will live godly in Christ Jesus SHALL suffer persecution.” - 2 Tim.
3: 12.
How very few professed Christians are faithful
enough to suffer persecution! How few
ministers can brook the least persecution for the truth’s sake! Will such ever enter the [coming millennial] kingdom or wear a crown?
To no faithful Christian is there a surcease of
afflictions and persecutions from the enemies of Christ until [Page 268] His second coming to rid the earth of His enemies. So there can not be a millennium - a thousand
years of peace, rest and glory - before He comes.
The first of these especially troublous times is, in the Old
Testament, denominated the
TIME OF JACOB’S TROUBLE.
This period commenced with the conquest and subjugation of the
Jewish nation by the Romans, and will continue with more or less intensity
until the commencement of the second.
Jeremiah foretold this period in these words:
“Alas! for
that day is great, so that none is like it;
it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble.”
Daniel thus:
“And at that time shall Michael stand
up, the great prince which standeth for the
children of thy people: and there shall be a
time of trouble, such as never was since there
ever was a nation even to that same time: and at
that time thy people shall be delivered,
everyone that shall be found written in the book.” Dan. 12: 1.
Christ predicts it in these words, which seem to include the
whole time from the destruction of
“For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning
of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened,
there should be no flesh saved: but for the elects’ sake those days shall be shortened.”
- Matt. 24:
21-22.
When Christ wept for the last time over Jerusalem, He
pronounced the bitter and long-continued doom and desolation of that city and nation: [Page 269] “Your house is left unto you desolate, and ye
shall see my face no more until the day ye shall say, Blessed is He who cometh in the name of the Lord.”
That is, to deliver them; for after His coming all
Bear it in mind, these three tribulation periods continue with
increasing intensity until the very hour of His appearing;
for it will be immediately after and concluding the time of
“Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun
be darkened, and the moon shall not give her
light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in
heaven: and then shall all the tribes of
the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven
with power and great glory. And He shall send His angels with a great
sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” - Matt. 24: 29-31.
THE MANNER OF HIS COMING
The angels told the disciples, on the
“Which also said, Ye men of
Christ ascended from the
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From these passages we see His coming, in its last act, will
be a bodily and visible coming.
But there
is, also, a tribulation period, which is for the Gentiles and for all those Christians who are not ready, faithful and
watchful, and
therefore not accounted worthy to be taken away with the “choice and
faithful ones” who
will constitute the bride, but are left to experience the terrible trials and
afflictions of this period. This is
called
“THE GREAT TRIBULATION,”
and is included in the time of Jacob’s
trouble, and ends with it.
There will be multitudes of Christians,
which no man can number, of all nations, who will be “left” in this “outer
darkness,” as was
the slothful servant, to pass through a part or the whole of this “great
tribulation period;” and, while they never attain to the honour of being the bride, or a part
of the bride, of Christ, never obtain “crowns” and “thrones,” will,
nevertheless, be blessed in being either the companions and followers and
attendants of the bride or the invited guests to the marriage supper, and even
in being servants of the King, to wait and serve Him in His temple:
“And He saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which
are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.” - Rev. 19: 9.
The time and length of this, the great tribulation.
It commences with the first stage of Christ’s coming, and
after all the eminent and choice Christians have been “taken”
- “caught up to meet the Lord in the air” -
and will continue until Christ
appears with His bride.
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Commentators are not agreed as to the length of this
period. Some think it is indicated by
the time that elapsed between the translation of Enoch and the flood (seven
hundred and eighty-one years), which swept the wicked from the earth; others,
the number of days (taken for years) that intervene between the time Noah
entered the ark and the opening of the windows of heaven and breaking up of the
fountains of the great deep, which was seven days = seven years.
But we have no satisfying data by which to determine the exact
length of this period; and we need not to know how long it will continue:
“And He said
unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father hath put in
His own power.” - Acts 1: 7.
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2
THE ENTRUSTED TALENTS
“FOR the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a
far country, who called his own servants, and
delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to
another one; to every man according to his
several ability; and straightway took his
journey.
Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. And likewise he that
had received two, he also gained other two. But he that had
received one went and digged in the earth, and
hid his lord’s money. After a long time the lord of those servants
cometh, and reckoneth with them. And so he that had received five talents came and brought
other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me
five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. His lord said unto
him, Well done,
thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been
faithful over a few things, I will make thee
ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy
of thy lord.
He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me
two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. His lord said unto
him, Well done,
good and faithful servant; thou hast been
faithful over a few things, I will make thee
ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy
of thy lord.
Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou
art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not
sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: and I was afraid, and went
and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. His lord answered and said unto
him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knowest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the
exchangers, and then at my coming I should have
received mine own with usury. Take, therefore, the talent from him, and give
it unto him which hath ten talents. For unto every one that hath shall be given,
and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that
which he hath.
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” - Matt. 25: 14-30.
The Saviour follows the Parable of the Wise and Foolish
Virgins with this of the Entrusted Talents, and evidently to teach other and important
truths in connection with His coming and the end of this age. The great lesson which He emphasized in the
former parable was the necessity of a watchful readiness to meet Him at
His coming. He closed it with the
injunction, “Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of
Man cometh.” (Matt. 25: 13.)
The instructive features of the parable before us are:
1. The lord whose business or pleasure
called him into a far country, to be gone a long time.
2. The division of his goods among his
own servants, and the manner of it.
3. The slothful servant, and his
punishment.
4. The principle on which the lord
reckoned with his servants.
THE APPLICATION OF THE PARABLE
This parable, in all its features, is eminently
realistic. It was not uncommon for the
Greeks and Romans to employ the better class of their slaves in trading with
the means entrusted to them. Their
slaves were principally prisoners of war who had been sold into [Page 274] slavery, and many of them were men of intelligence - of
eminent ability as tradesmen and in the various professions. The most renowned fabulist of
[* Romans 1: 1,
literally translated from the Greek reads: “Paul,
a slave of Christ Jesus, called an apostle having been separated to {the} gospel of God.”]
The lord in our parable about to travel to a far country to be
absent a long time, instead of making a sale of all he possessed, called his
own servants unto him, and divided his goods among them. To one he gave five talents ($6,000 of our
currency), to another two talents ($2,500), and to another one ($1,200), and so
on. Mark the just principle that
governed him in this distribution - to each according to his ability. The one to whom he gave but one talent had
ability to use, trade with this sum, and make a reasonable profit, but did not
have business capacity to manage six thousand dollars, or even twenty-five
hundred.
Napoleon said no general could handle ten thousand men more
easily or effectively than General Berthier, but he could do nothing with
twenty thousand. The great gift of
Napoleon was in understanding the capacity of his generals, and to entrust them
with commands according to their several abilities.
These were, one and all, “his own servants.”
He had a right to their faithful service - their best endeavours in
using his means - so that upon his return he could have his own with a proper
increase. This we see in the epithets
applied to the servant who failed to profitably use the one talent entrusted to
him, [Page 275] “slothful,” “unprofitable,” showing that the master required that
all his servants should be diligent and profitable, not sluggards.
THE RETURN AND RECKONING
Since the slothful servant is made the most prominent
character in the parable, and since so many expositors misteach and destroy its
whole scope and true intent, I will give him my first and special attention:
1. He was, like the rest, his master’s “own servant.”
In this he differed not from his fellow servants. The lord only entrusted his goods to “his own
servants.” He had no claims upon other than “his own
servants.” If his other servants represent Christians,
so must this servant also. He differed
from his fellows in this: He formed a false conception of his lord’s
real character, and, influenced by this, he fell into inexcusable slothfulness,
and failed to work for him - use to any advantage the talent entrusted to him -
and thereby justly incurred his master’s displeasure and punishment.
When his lord called him to account he brought forward the
talent only, with this excuse for not having used it:
“Lord,
I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping
where thou hast not sown, and gathering where
thou hast not strawed: and I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is
thine. His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed.” - Matt. 25: 24-26.
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How groundless and absurd his excuse, will be seen by slightly
paraphrasing his lord’s answer:
“Grant that I am the hard, exacting,
unreasonable master you think I am; so unreasonable and pitiless that you were
‘afraid’ that
had you invested my money in trade and lost it, I would have punished you
without mercy, and therefore you preferred to suffer my displeasure for its
non-use than my greater anger for its loss - grant that your fears were well
grounded - why did you not go and deposit my money with the exchangers; then
there would have been no hazard about it, and when I came I could have demanded
mine own with a proper interest, which is my just due?”
The mouth of the servant was stopped. He could frame no answer. There were in Palestine, then, as here,
bankers, exchangers, who allowed interest on all sums deposited with them for
any considerable length of time, and this the slothful servant well knew - and
his conduct was therefore inexcusable in any light we may view it.
HIS SIN AND PUNISHMENT
Since he was his lord’s own servant, as were the other
servants, like them he represented Christians, but as a slothful servant he
represented slothful ones.
He had not rashly squandered his lord’ money, but he had,
wickedly – disobediently - refused to use it for his master’s benefit, and,
therefore, deserved to be sorely chastened with the rod of affliction, as Jonah
was, that he might learn obedience through suffering, which, in his case, was
spoken of as “outer darkness,” in contrast with the resplendent honours and joys [Page 277] rewarded to his faithful fellow servants.
To suppose that the heavenly Father would utterly destroy “His own child” for slothfulness is not only contrary
to His revealed paternal character, but to the manifold and explicit teachings
of His word.
1. He was made ashamed before his
fellow servants by the condemnation of his lord.
2. All that had been entrusted to him
was taken from him and given to the one who had evinced the largest ability and
faithfulness in using his master’s money.
3. He was denied the resplendent honours
and joys awarded to the faithful ones, and suffered grievous chastisement,
which is indicated by the phrases “outer darkness” and “gnashing of teeth.” (See Parable of the Virgins for the
punishment of the improvident virgins.)
No one can find the least fault with the demands or conduct of the lord
toward this servant.
But the servant who had received five talents came and
returned them with other five talents he gained by diligent use of them; and he
received from his lord this commendation and reward: “Well done,
good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make
thee ruler over many things [exalt thee to a higher trust and honour]. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord [share in the festivities prepared to
welcome his return].” It was the fidelity the lord commended, and not the large amount he had
gained.
The one who received two talents came and returned them with
two other talents beside them, which he had made by the faithful use of them;
and the lord said unto him: “Well done, good and
faithful [Page 278] servant: thou hast
been faithful over a few things, I will make
thee ruler over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.”
Here we see the amounts entrusted and gained by service were unequal,
but the fidelity being equal the lord equally commended and rewarded them.
The servants represent all true Christians,
including the unfaithful,
for to no sinner can we properly apply the term which Paul applies to
himself, a bond servant - i.e. slave
of Jesus Christ. The Scriptures nowhere
apply this term to the unregenerate. The unfaithful servant represents the
large class of Christians in the churches of Christ who may be said to do
nothing, or so little, and that with the feeling of this servant, that by the
Master it is accounted as nothing.
But this parable being spoken to His apostles, we will not far
misapply it by interpreting it mainly with reference to those endowed with the
requisite gift to preach His gospel. Then this slothful and unprofitable servant
peculiarly represents that class who are “disobedient to the heavenly calling,” refusing to use the gifts entrusted
to them in the Master’s service, regarding it as too hard a service, and requiring too much of them; and they
hide their talents in the earth, in farms, merchandise, or other secular
professions, to laying up earthly gains.
That the Saviour intended the lord in this parable to represent Himself no
expositor has doubted. He left to go
into a far country when He left this world after his ascension. The servants to whom the lord entrusted his
goods represent the apostles and His ministers and witnesses of all subsequent
time. Jonah was well represented by this
servant. He was called [Page 279] and qualified of God to go and preach to the city of Nineveh; but he
regarded it as an unreasonable duty laid upon him, evincing the same spirit
illustrated by this slothful servant who refused to use the talent
for the Master’s benefit: and he sought to hide himself, with his talent, from
God in the far-off land of Tarshish. But
God hastened to reason with him; and he was cast into outer darkness, from
which we hear his cries for relief:
“Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his
God out of the fish’s belly, and said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and He heard me; out of the
belly of hell [Heb. ‘Sheol’] cried I, and thou heardest
my voice. For thou hadst cast me
into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight;
yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth
closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped
about my head.
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me forever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God. When my soul fainted within me I remembered
the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. They that observe lying vanities forsake
their own mercy.
But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have
vowed. Salvation is of the Lord. And the Lord spake
unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the
dry land.” - Jonah 2: 1-10.
He was sorely chastened in the deep darkness, but God did not
cast him off forever,
for he was His servant,
but gave him repentance, and taught him obedience through suffering.
Had not Jonah truly repented of his disobedience, and cried
out unto the Lord, resolving to pay what he had vowed, can we believe that he
would have been brought forth again to light?
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During the late war a case was brought under my observation strikingly
illustrated by this slothful servant:
A young physician was brought down from the camp of
Although every room and bed but one was then occupied by
similar cases, I yielded to the solicitations of his friend, and took him in,
calling on my own family physician to attend him, and divided time with him and
the rest as a nurse. With every
attention, day by day he grew worse and worse, and ere long became the only
doubtful case, and before a week had passed the old doctor gave him up to
die. I rested upon a couch in his room
to give him prompt attention. It was
between twelve and one o’clock one night that he called me to his bedside, not
to ask for water to moisten his lips, but to ask me to tell him what I regarded
as a call to the ministry. I gave him my
views of it, and related what I regarded as my own call.
After a pause he said: “Shortly after my conversion and baptism I became
similarly impressed, and, notwithstanding all my resistance and endeavours to
throw off the impression, it grew upon me, and has continued to grow upon me;
but I have felt that in my case it involved too great a sacrifice - that it is
an unreasonable demand. I would have to
give up my [Page 281] plans of
life - plans to achieve eminence in
my profession, and to secure a competency and even an ample fortune for myself
and wife. To become a minister I would
have to consent to be a poor man all the days of my life, and subject my wife
and family to dependence and poverty. I
have never felt that I could do it; and I have kept my convictions a secret in
my own bosom - have not whispered them even to my wife - and now I am here, and
about to die; for I realize that I am daily and hourly sinking.”
And he asked me if I really thought his convictions, as he had stated
them, were a call of God to preach the gospel.
I answered him affirmatively, and told him I believed that God had
brought him under my roof, and had laid him upon that bed of affliction, and
brought him under the shadow of death, as he did Jonah, that he might decide
this question in the light of eternity.
He asked me to pray for him, which I did, and for God to give him grace
to overcome all his temptations to disobedience. When I rose he grasped my hand, and said, as
the tears burst from his eyes, “I have decided, if God will raise me up from this
bed, I will give my life to Him; I will give up the world and preach.”
He soon became calm, and sank into a gentle slumber, and I returned
to my couch. When the physician called
at nine in the morning he pronounced the symptoms favourable. At night the improvement was marked. In three or four days the last trace of fever
had disappeared.
I well remember the evening he sat in his chair, and examined
with the doctor his pulse and tongue, and both agreed that he was convalescent,
and they counted the days when it would be safe for him to start home. [Page 282] I had moved my couch below, leaving a bell within his reach should he need
my services in the night. At midnight I
heard the bell, and hastened to his bedside, and asked what he wished of
me. “Tell me,” he said, “did I
promise to preach if I recovered from this sickness?”
I answered, “Yes, Brother - you did.” “Did I positively
promise?” “Most certainly and solemnly you did.” “Well, I can not - I
will not. It is more than I am willing
to do. The sacrifice is too great.”
I reasoned with him, and told him I believed he imperilled his
life should he violate his vow unto the Lord, and tried to pray for him, but he
closed the interview with, “I can not, I will not, preach.”
Before the sun set the next day the doctor reported an
unfavourable symptom; the next morning a rise of fever, which, despite all
efforts, steadily increased, and in less than one week from that dread night he
died - died in great darkness of soul.
His tongue had shrivelled, and turned black as a coal, and seemed drawn
into his throat, choking him.
I have witnessed many a death, but never one like that! The old doctor said it was a fearfully
strange case, and seemed to him like a judgment of God.
Was he a Christian? I
have never doubted it. The evidence he
gave of regeneration, his religious life, his deep and lasting conviction that it
was his duty to preach the gospel, all attested that he was a servant of God;
but he was a disobedient servant. He hid
his talent, refusing to use it, although convinced that it was a duty required
of him, but an unreasonable one. He was
sorely but justly punished, and his talent [Page 283] taken from him. Saved, yet as by
fire! Saved, but without a reward!
Ministers endowed with five talents, who use them with
becoming diligence, will be both approbated and raised from servants to rulers
over many things. And ministers
entrusted with fewer talents, if they evince equal diligence, will be equally
rewarded with those who faithfully use larger trusts.
From this parable we learn these important lessons:
1. That the King imperatively demands work from every
citizen of His kingdom.
2. That He entrusts to each one the
means with which to work, and means according to his ability.
3. That the absence of the Lord will
give ample time for each one to work, and to work effectually.
4. That the work done by each one will
be valued and rewarded according to the principle illustrated in the reckoning
made with these servants: viz., equal diligence in the use of unequal
endowments equally rewarded.
5. From the case of the slothful
servant, that the law of divine jurisprudence is that they who employ well what
they have shall retain it all and receive more in addition, whereas they who do
not rightly employ what they have will be deprived of that which they possess
but do not use.
6. That our Master will pronounce the
encomium “good and faithful” on many whom the world has regarded as comparative
failures. The widow’s mite is more to
Him than the large gifts of the wealthy, because it is the offering of a
devoted spirit.
How blessed to serve a Master who is utterly superior to the vulgar worship of success and quantity!
How blessed, moreover, to serve One who is as generous as He is equitable!
[Page 284] For that any servant should be praised
as both these were, is no less noteworthy than that one is as much praised as
the other. In this respect, also, the
parable is faithful to the spirit of God and of Christ as exhibited in the
Bible.
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THE ENTRUSTED POUNDS
“AND
as they heard
these things, He added and spake a parable,
because He was nigh to
This parable is only recorded by Luke, and is a companion of
the last, that of The Talents, and probably was related in connection with
that.
The veri-similitudes are so great, and meet in so many points,
that some expositors* are of the opinion that this is Luke’s version of the
Parable of the Talents recorded by Matthew, of which admission the enemies of
inspiration are not slow to avail themselves.
* “The man who can not perceive, or
will not own, that these are two distinct
cases, with different though co-equal lessons, is not fit to be an expositor of
any writing, either sacred or profane.” - ARNOT.
I can not for a moment entertain this opinion.
1. Because it gravely militates against
the inspiration of the Scriptures, and -
2. Because it was evidently given to
illustrate another principle in the administration of rewards in the
3. To dispossess the minds of His
disciples, and the multitudes, of the impression that the
The Parable of the Talents was manifestly given to illustrate
that, in the administration of the rewards in the
In this parable, another equally important principle, viz.:
that equal endowments used with unequal diligence will be unequally rewarded.
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Both alike exhibit the grand cardinal distinction between the
faithful and faithless; but in pointing out also the diversities that obtain
among true disciples, they view the subject on opposite sides, each presenting
that aspect of it which the other omits.
The Parable of the Talents teaches us that Christians differ
from each other in the amount of gifts which they receive; and the Parable of
the Pounds teaches us that they differ from each other in the diligence they
display.
The third reason is stated by the evangelist:
“And as they heard these things,
He added and spake a parable, because He was nigh to
The disciples became fully occupied with the thought that upon
Christ entering Jerusalem He would publicly proclaim Himself king and set up a
temporal kingdom, and deliver them from the power of the Romans, and at this
time fulfil the prophecies concerning their Messiah’s kingdom and reign. To disabuse their minds of this idea - i.e. that this millennial kingdom was immediately to appear - was the prime reason for speaking this
parable.
The representative characters or events in this allegory are:
1. The nobleman.
2. His journey
and its cause.
3. His dividing of
his goods among his servants.
4. The principle
by which he was governed in settling with them.
5. The idle
servant.
6. The conduct
and punishment of his enemies.
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This nobleman was doubtless the hereditary heir of this
kingdom, and it was but the formal investiture of kingship he went to receive
from the supreme head of the empire.
This feature had a historical basis in the political condition of the
Jews under the Roman power.
“Judea had been conquered by the
Romans, under Pompey, 63 B. C., and though it was still governed in part by
native princes, yet they ruled as deputies of
That it was not the kingship of a far
distant country he sought, but of his native land, else the conduct of his
citizens would have been incongruous.
This feature of the parable was based upon the conduct of the Jews
towards Archelaus, as stated above.
The nobleman called his ten servants
and delivered [Page 289] unto them ten pounds (two hundred
dollars), from which two statements - i.e.
the number of his servants (only ten) and the smallness of the amount (twenty dollars)
entrusted to each - some expositors infer the poverty of the nobleman. His command was, “Occupy till I
come” - trade,
use, with intelligence, to the best of your discretion, until I return, which
they knew could not be soon, for it was into a far country he was going, and
upon an important mission to the imperial court, and both the time and the
business at court would require time, and, therefore, they knew they would have
ample time to engage in business. Let it
be noted that all those to whom he entrusted his goods were, as in The Talents,
his own servants, not his enemies. The years roll on, and after a long time,
as Matthew expresses it, the lord returned, and commanded those servants to
whom he had given the money that he might know how much each man had gained by
trading. They promptly responded and
each rendered his account, and it was found that some had increased their
trusts more than others.
The first came and said, “Lord, with thy pounds, by
trading, I have gained ten pounds”. And the lord said unto him, “Well done, thou good and
faithful servant; because thou hast been
faithful with a very little, have thou authority
over ten cities.” And the second servant came, saying,
“Lord, with thy one pound I have traded, and made five pounds”. And the lord said unto him, “Well done, thou good servant; be thou over five cities.” These nine good and faithful servants, all
expositors and reasoners agree, represent Christians of this age; and to each one Christ, [Page 290] represented by the hereditary nobleman, has entrusted a gift with which to
serve Him.
Touching the last servant there is a diversity of views. He, like the servant entrusted with the one
talent, was an idle servant, and had done nothing with his pound. Bringing it back, he said, “Behold,
here is thy pound, which
I have kept laid up in a napkin” - sudarium,
sweat-cloth - which, not working, he needed not use. His judgment was like that of the slothful
servant in the Parable of the Talents.
What we may learn from this parable:
1. That every child of God is created
in Christ Jesus unto good works, and are His servants – douloi - slaves,
bond servants - having been purchased with His own precious blood. Paul delighted to call himself a slave-bound
servant of Jesus Christ.
2. That to teach one of His servants,
He commits a trust - a pound - with which to serve Him; we may call this personal influence, which we can augment in
proportion to our diligence in His service, and for this we are
responsible, not for its safe keeping only, but for
its diligent use.
3. That Christ our Lord has left this
earth, and ascended into the court of heaven, to be formally invested with royal
power and prerogatives over this entire earth as the reward of His redemptive
work. God the Father has said, “Sit thou on
my throne until I make thy foes thy footstool.” Christ has been formally invested with the supreme government
and judgeship of this earth. He so
declared this fact when He said, “All power in heaven and in earth;”
“Go ye therefore into all the earth, and preach the gospel to every nation.”
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4. We learn that He will return to this
earth to reign over this kingdom He has received.
5. That His enemies will remain defiant
and protesting on this earth until He does return, and then they will all be
brought before Him and miserably slain, as saith the Scriptures:
“Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the
earth set themselves, and the rulers take
counsel together, against the Lord, and against His anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in
the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have
them in derision. Then shall He speak unto them in His wrath, and vex them in His sore displeasure. Yet have I set my
king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me,
Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten Thee.
Ask of me, and I shall give Thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost part of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them
with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in
pieces like a potter’s vessel.” - Ps.
2: 1-9.
“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse: and
He that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a
flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns; and He had a name written, that
no man knew, but He himself. And He was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood: and His name is
called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed
Him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen,
white and clean. And out of His mouth goeth a sharp sword,
that with it He should smite the nations: and He shall rule them with a rod of iron: and He treadeth the wine-press of the fierceness and wrath
of Almighty God.
And He hath on His vesture and on His thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
And I saw an
angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a
loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in
the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves
together unto the supper of the great God.” - Rev.
19: 11-17.
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6. And finally -
“The disproportion between fidelity
in the use of a single pound of Hebrew money (twenty dollars) and the reward consequent
thereon, of being made a ruler over five or ten cities, can not fail to arrest
attention; and yet how beautifully does this apparent disproportion illustrate
a marked feature of the divine economy, whereby God rewards not deeds, but
motives; not results, but principles! So
here the principles of faithful zeal to the humblest trust is requited by
transferring that lowly labourer to a broader field of action, where this
principle, so fully tested in small matters, has now scope for noble and efficient
development. And a blessed thought it
is, that we are not rewarded so much for the outward and visible ministrations
of duty as for the inward and spiritual principles which guide our souls, which
principles indeed are not of our own getting, but are implanted in us by the
Holy Ghost. Hence it follows that the
humblest servant of God may attain to heights in glory and reaches of power far
above what may be accorded to the more seemingly active and fruitful professor,
because of the different principles which were the motive power in each.”
The theory that they will all be converted, and made His
friends, and welcome Him back to reign over them, is delusive to the mind by
this parable.
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THE BLADE,
AND THE EAR, AND THE FULL CORN
THE GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHRIST’S
KINGDOM
“AND He said, So is the
That this parabolic gem, so natural and so significant, should
be recorded only by Mark is “one of the surprises of gospel history;” but it does not militate either its
“genuineness
or importance.”
Of this parable Dr. Bruce, of
* Parabolic Teachings, p. 120.
This expositor verifies the truth of his own assertion by
interpreting this parable, at great length, as [Page 294] teaching the growth of grace in the
souls of Christians: in other words, that sanctification is a gradual growth,
and, in trying to conform it to the laws of growth in the natural world, he
altogether misses, I think, what Christ intended and does manifestly teach by
this parable. Indeed, Dr. Bruce frankly
confesses that he has limited its application to the individual Christian’s
experience rather than to the history of the
“And here we shall confine ourselves
to the experience of the individual, though sensible that the history of the
kingdom of God at large is a far greater theme than that of any individual
Christian, and ready to admit that it was probably
the former which our Lord had chiefly
in His thoughts when He uttered the parable.
Our apology for restricting our inquiry to the minor subject is, first,
that we understand it better.” - BRUCE, P. 133.
Let the reader mark this writer’s statement, which I accept as
true, viz.: that “our Lord had the history of His kingdom at large chiefly in His thoughts when He uttered this parable.”
Had he said wholly in His thoughts, it would have been nearer the exact
truth; for this is what He explicitly declared the parable was intended to
illustrate, viz.: that the growth of His kingdom would be slow and by marked stages from its origin to its final and
glorious consummation, like unto that of a seed of corn from its planting to
its final development - the full corn in the ear. Put, [Page 295] amazingly strange, although
this is so clearly stated by Christ as the true and only scope of the parable,
commentators so generally, Dr. Bruce not excepted, ignore it, and even base
their interpretations upon a single and confessedly mistranslated text of
Scripture! (Luke 17: 20.) Christ’s kingdom, composed, as it
is, of His visible local churches, could not be, in the hearts of those wicked
and murderous Pharisees, either in its literal or spiritual, its physical or
figurative, senses. It was among them or
in their midst, although they did not discern the fact - and this is
undoubtedly what Christ said. At another
time He said, “But if I, by the finger of God,
cast out devils, then
has the
I regret to say that one of our own recent and valued commentators
of the New Testament thus briefly explains the scope of this parable: “The
* Dr. George Clark’s Notes, published by the American Baptist
Publication Society.
A SUGGESTED INTERPRETATION
Analogous to the three noted stages in the growth of a seed of
corn - viz.: 1. From the appearance
of the blade to that of the stalk. 2.
From the stalk to the appearance of the ear. 3. From the earing to the full corn in the ear - its complete and
ripened development - is the growth of the kingdom of heaven.
These stages of growth would be the three marked periods in
the growth of His kingdom on earth:
1. Its inceptive or organizing period.
2. Its development.
3. Its full and glorious consummation.
1. The Inceptive Period includes the
time from the planting of the first church (the setting up of the kingdom)
until the ascension of Christ and the descent of the Holy Spirit - i.e. the period of the personal
administration of it by Christ himself.
As in the case of the blade stage of the corn, the, casual and
unintelligent observer could not discern the real character of the plant, or distinguish
it from the common grass of the field, and certainly not discover anything that
bore the appearance of an ear of corn, so many casual readers and partisan
interpreters profess to see nothing in the history of Christianity from the
days of John the Baptist until Pentecost that indicates the existence of the
kingdom of Christ; but, nevertheless, it was as certainly there, in its [Page 297] elementary form, as the undeveloped ear is in the corn blade. Christ himself expressly and repeatedly
asserted its actual existence:
“The law and the prophets were until
John, since which time the
This agrees with Matt. 11:
12.
“And when He was demanded of the Pharisees
when the
That is, it was there present among
them.
“But if I cast
out devils by the Spirit of God, then is the
It was an actual existence.
Publicans and harlots entered into it by baptism. The scribes and Pharisees assailed it. Christ informed Nicodemus that except a man
were born of the spirit he could not see it, and, unless born of water
(baptized) in addition to the spiritual birth, he could not enter it, which implies
its existence.
During this, the Organizing Period, the kingdom was under the
direct personal administration of its King and Founder. He was building, setting up and establishing
it. Its laws were both enacted and
executed by Him in person. This period
was represented by the cutting of the stone out of the mountain without hands -
i.e. human or angelic agency.
2. The Second
Period in the progress of Christ’ kingdom embraces all the time from His
ascension [Page 298] until His return - the Regeneration. (Matt.
19: 28.)
This period is analogous to the earing time of the corn blade or stalk,
and, in Daniel’s prophecy, is the time between the cutting out of the stone
from the mountain and its smiting the great image. (Dan.
2: 44.)
During the blade, or stalk, period of the corn, as I have
said, there was nothing, to the inexperienced eye, that looked like an ear of
corn; yet, during this period, after the form of an ear and the green,
imperfect and scattered grains of corn appeared, no one questioned that it was
indeed corn; so, in this age, few can be found to deny that the kingdom, in one of its phases, is in existence. The kernels of corn are fast multiplying in
the ear; and the signs of its fullness and maturity are manifold and evident to
every Scripturally intelligent observer.
3. The Third Period in the progressive
growth of the kingdom, represented by the first appearance of the green ear on
the stalk, and the scattering kernels of unripe corn upon it, to the FULL CORN IN THE EAR, represents all the time in the
history of the kingdom from the return of Christ - when commences the
Regeneration - until the close of the Millennial Age.
(1.) At the
commencement of this Third Period Christ will return with all His now glorified
saints, gathered from their graves and caught up and out of the living
populations of earth.
(2.) Then will take place, in their presence, the judgment of nations, as nations,
and the avenging of their blood upon those that dwell upon the earth -
those “goat nations” that oppressed
and persecuted them.
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(3.) Then Antichrist himself will be destroyed, and all
Antichristian organizations, civil and religious (and at this time the whole
world, with its kings and rulers, will be under his control, and in open
rebellion to Christ), will be crushed into dust by Christ as King of His
saints, as the symbolic stone cut out of the mountain, and their very dust
driven from the earth like the chaff by the wind of a summer’s threshing floor.
Thus and then will the
prophecies of Daniel (2: 44), and David (Ps.
2.), and John (Rev. 20.), be fulfilled when the stone-kingdom
will smite the image and break it in pieces.
But this is not all of it. It was
to become a great mountain and fill the whole earth.
Then will Christ, as the antitype of David, by His almighty
power, subdue all His enemies, overcome and bind and cast out Satan, the strong
man armed; will spoil his goods (Luke 11: 21-23) and take possession of all the kingdoms of this earth.
“The Regeneration” will be the constituting of all these
kingdoms into His one now universal kingdom, over which, with His saints as joint
heirs, He will reign on this earth for one thousand years in undisputed
sway, as King of kings and Lord of lords, “and all men shall see and fear His glory from the rising of the sun to the going down thereof.”
This Millennial Period, during which the “full corn in
the ear” will
appear in its ripened state - its full glory - I call The Consummation of the
Kingdom.
I refer to the following Scriptures in support of these
positions, which I trust the reader will carefully read:
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Dan. 2: 34-45, 7: 26-28; Luke 22: 29-31; Matt. 19: 28; Acts 3: 20, 22; Rev. 19: 11, 20: 1-7, 5: 10; 2 Tim. 2:12.
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PARABLE OF THE NET
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“AGAIN, the kingdom
of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into
the sea, and gathered of every kind: which, when it was full,
they drew to shore, and
sat down, and gathered the good into vessels,
but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the
end of the world: the angels shall come forth,
and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.” - Matt. 13: 47-50.
Although this is one of the three briefest of Christ’s
parables, containing but four verses and eighty-four words, Christ clearly
explained its scope to His disciples, as He did the Parable of the Tares, yet,
like that, it has given rise to diverse interpretations to sustain a false church
theory and called forth no little discussion.
The principal figures of this parable are:
1. The net.
2. The fishers.
3. The fishes.
4. The sea.
5. The separation of the fishes.
6. The great truths taught by it.
For a clearer understanding of this parable we must understand
what these figures or symbols were designed by the great Teacher to
represent. So much [Page 302] that is false has been put forth that I must be
allowed a little space to remove the rubbish,
that the reader can better understand its true teachings.
1. The net.
There are two principal views put forth as to what the net was
intended to represent, which, I think, are equally unscriptural and absurd.
(a) The great majority of commentators and interpreters
maintain that it represents “the church,” which means as near nothing as can be conceived of;
since, as an entity,
visible or invisible, it does not exist, save in the exuberant imaginations
of a certain class of ecclesiologists.
Whenever we meet with the phrase in the New Testament, not referring to
a local organization, it is only a figurative expression, one being used
for all
- a collective noun. The word of God
knows no such organization as “the church,” composed of many or all of the churches of Christ.
Those who use this phrase can not claim they mean Christ’s invisible spiritual
church, for two good reasons: (1) It can not be shown that He has such a
church. (2) None but true believers, saints,
the really saved, could belong to such a body, if it existed, as the very name
indicates; but in this “net” were many bad fishes, and doubtless more bad than good ones.
This interpretation of the net is evidently advanced in the
interest of what is called the “universal visible church theory” - i.e.
religious bodies like the Greek, Roman, Anglican and Protestant state
organizations -which forcibly gathers all the population of the state, good and
bad, infants and adults, into their world-wide folds, who will not enter
voluntarily, and retain them [Page 303] in church fellowship, knowing them to be notoriously
bad and worthless.
These commentators belong to such worldly organizations, and,
as I have suggested, their interpretations of God’s word are influenced by
their peculiar views of what they consider a
But Christ, in His interpretation of the Parable of the Tares,
tells us that the “field is the world,” and therefore it can not mean “the church” in that parable; and if the net
signifies “the church” in this, then a figure can represent a figure, which is
contrary to the laws of figurative language, and so this theory must be
abandoned, and this parable is rescued from being construed to support an
unscriptural and pernicious church theory and practice.
But the significations put forward by some Baptist
commentators and writers are no less absurd.
So anxious to avoid the rock of a world-embracing church theory,
they perish in Charybdis.
E.g.: Dr.
Williams * teaches us that by the net Christ meant “the Christian dispensation!!” and [Page 304] says it can not signify “the church,” because its members were once fishes themselves! (See
Commentary in loco.)
* His Commentary
on Matthew is published by the American Baptist
Publication Society,
We can by the same parity of reasoning say that the fishers could not represent the apostles in Christ’s day, and
all the true ministers of Christ in all after ages, because they were once fishes themselves.
It is evident there should be some similarity between the things
compared, or the design used, or
the manner or results of their operation, to suggest the
idea of a comparison or analogy. But
what conceivable likeness in any respect there is between a fisherman’s net and
the Christian dispensation, or between the world and a net, I have not an
imagination sufficiently fanciful to suggest.
By the net, in this parable, I understand is meant the kingdom of
Christ, composed, as it is, of all His true churches;
not, primarily, because Christ says “the kingdom is like a net,” but because in some of the
above-mentioned respects it is like a fisherman’s net, and, secondarily,
because it is like nothing else mentioned in the parable. It is analogous in some respects to a net, or
there is no analogy, no parable. But
granting that fishes represent men, there is a striking analogy between the
administration of the kingdom by the ministers and servants of Christ (which is
composed of all His true churches), and the management and operation of a net
by fishermen, those who use it, and in the final results of the
operation, in separating the worthless from the good, as we learn from Christ
himself.
There is even a closer likeness. A fisher’s net is an organism, a definitely constructed implement for a definite purpose, made of peculiar
material - heavy twine with meshes of different
sizes.
So is the
But what conceivable likeness is there between a fisher’s net
and the Christian dispensation, a period of time, or “the world,” the physical earth or the race of mankind?
2. Who do the fishers, the men who
manage the net, represent?
Christ has answered this question for us:
“And He saith
unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” - Matt. 4: 19.
What His apostles were in their days all the true ministers of
Christ are called to be - fishermen - “fishers of
men.”
We can readily see the analogy between the operations of
Christ’s ministers and expert fishermen.
The latter, by all judicious means, endeavour to get all the good fishes
possible into their nets. They certainly
do not seek to gather in worthless ones. They fish and secure good fishes,
if servants, for the use of those who employ them.
So Christ makes it the duty of His ministers to disciple, by
the preaching of the gospel, so as to gather as many believers as possible into
His kingdom (which is constituted of His true churches), and this for His own
glory.
But how can this rationally be said of the Christian
dispensation, or of “the world?”
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If the advocates of this theory claim that it gathers the race
of mankind into eternity, and before the angels who separate the good from the
bad, etc., I reply that it does so no more than any preceding one did, or the
subsequent dispensation will do, and therefore the figure fails.
3. The fishes, we know, represent
men. The good, which, in the final
separation, are gathered into vessels, are those who savingly receive the
gospel preached - Christians. The bad
are hypocrites.*
[* They
night be ‘hypocrites,’ but the question begging
to be asked is: “Were they regenerate?” See for example 1
Cor. 5: 9-13. cf. Numbers
16: 26 and 1
Cor. 10: 1-11, R.V.]
4. The sea undoubtedly represents the world - the
masses of mankind to whom the gospel is to be preached, and upon whom the
influences of the kingdom of heaven are brought to bear for their salvation.
5. The separation (gathering the good fishes into vessels and casting the
worthless ones away), as Christ clearly teaches, points forward to the final
judgment which will take place, not at the close of this, but of the
millennial, age.*
[* If this is statement is correct, then
“the kingdom” must represent God’s
THE GREAT TRUTHS TAUGHT BY THIS
PARABLE
1. From the peculiar kind of implement
used - the net - we learn a lesson and a prophecy.
It was not a hook and line – hand - pole arrangement nor even
a common dip net (diktuon), that could only be used in pools along
the shore or cast over the side of a boat (John 21: 6), but a drag net (sagene), with which the whole Sea of Galilee could, by repeated
efforts, be dragged over. Dr. Trench
thus describes it:
“It is called a draw net, and the
particular kind is specified by the word in the original [sagene]. On [Page 307] the coast of
* This kind of net is now used all along
the
“Launch out into the deep” was the reproving command of Christ
to His unsuccessful disciples, who had fished all night and caught nothing (John 5: 4); and the result of their obedience
was, both boats were filled to sinking with the fishes taken at the one
draught.
Is not this meagre success of the disciples - skimming along
the
The Saviour, by this parable, evidently taught His [Page 308] disciples that during His absence they were to act like discreet and
energetic men fishing, not with rod and line along the shore, but with a
capacious drag net, sweeping every part of the lake or sea.
Most respectfully would I submit my long-settled convictions,
confirmed by the careful study of this parable, in connection with that of the
invitations to the great supper, and that of the sower, that we, the Christians
of this age, are gravely mistaking the true purport of the great commission,
and consequently the duty it imposes upon us.
We are directing our foreign missionary enterprise, it seems to me, as
though Christ’s command read, Go into some of the nations of the earth, and
remain in those you do enter until you Christianize and educate, and so
elevate, them morally and socially. Are
we not concentrating and settling our foreign missionaries as residents in
local habitations in a few favoured spots, to remain for fifteen or twenty or
forty years, building for them permanent residences and costly church
edifices and school buildings, and even high schools and colleges, for the
secular education of the heathen, instead of devoting every dollar of our means
raised for missions to the support of missionaries while they go forth, as did
the apostles and the seventy under the eye of Christ, and as did the
missionaries of the apostolic age, preaching from province to province, and
from city to city? By this active
itineracy, before the death of the last apostle less than a score of foreign
missionaries preached the gospel for a witness to every known nation of the
earth. Must we not believe that they
adopted the policy Christ intended them to pursue, and for us also in this
age? We must believe it. Let us then study the map of [Page 309] the three
missionary journeys of Paul, Christ’s first called and sent missionary to the
Gentiles.* Did he stop at any point and send back an appeal or an agent to collect
thousands and tens of thousands of dollars from the poor churches to build
school-houses, or even a meeting-house, in Ephesus, Corinth or the great city
of Rome, the metropolis of the world?
* Jonah was the first and only foreign missionary I read of in
the Old Testament sent to the Gentiles, but nowhere can I find an intimation
that he sent back to Judea for funds to build a synagogue or school-houses in
the great city of
Brethren, bear with me.
I can nowhere find where Christ, our only Law-giver and Guide in this
work, has made it our duty to build school-houses in order to educate the
heathen, or to erect costly or un-costly church edifices in their great cities
or towns for them to worship in. Nor do
I anywhere read that Paul or Peter, in their life-time missionary work, ever
built a church edifice, much less a school-house, and supplied teachers to
educate the heathen; and until I am better informed I must be excused for
saying, Millions for the evangelization,
but not a cent for the [the spiritual]
education, of the heathen. It is my serious fear that if we continue
this mistaken policy of expending tens and scores of thousands of dollars in
building school-houses and high schools, and supporting teachers for them, to
educate the heathen, we shall ere long break down our whole foreign missionary
enterprise. The churches will recoil
from the whole work as infinitely beyond their ability to accomplish.
The evangelical Christians of America can do what they are called
upon to do‑preach the gospel to [Page 310]
(evangelize) every nation on earth, and do it in one generation - the
next thirty or fifty years - if they will only adopt and rigidly pursue the
missionary policy pursued by the apostles and missionaries of the first age of
Christianity.
2. The second lesson, which is a
prophecy, clearly taught by this parable, is that in the whole work of
evangelizing the nations Christ did not contemplate or warrant us in
entertaining the thought that His kingdom would be free from hypocrites and
wicked men any more than a drag net, however skilfully cast and hauled to the
shore, would be free of worthless and bad fishes. His ministers can not read the hearts of men,
and it is the subtle policy of Satan, His great adversary, to corrupt and work
detriment to His kingdom. Although he
can not prevail against it so as to destroy it, he can persecute and wear down, but not
wear out
or exterminate, His saints.
This kingdom of heaven inclosed a Judas during the
administration of Christ himself. During
the first revivals under the administration of the apostles, it inclosed an
Ananias and Sapphira, and Simon Magus.
The church at
3. We also learn that there will not be
a pure or converted citizenship in His kingdom even, much less a [Page 311] converted world, before Christ’s second coming and therefore the theory
known as post-millennialism must be unscriptural and false.
4. We learn that there will be an
ultimate and final separation of the righteous from the
wicked, and this at the end of the millennial dispensation,* when the net will be hauled to
the shore, which is in perfect harmony with the teachings of both the old and
new covenants.
[* And also at the end of this “evil age,” and therefore before the commencement
of the ‘millennial dispensation’.]
“Therefore the ungodly shall not stand
in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation
of the righteous.” - Psalms 1: 5.
“For evil-doers shall be cut off; but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.” - Psalms 37: 9.
“And many of them that sleep in the
dust of the earth shall awake, some to
everlasting life, and some to shame and
everlasting contempt.” - Daniel 12: 2.
“Whose fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly purge His floor, and gather His wheat into the garner; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” - Matt. 3: 12. (See Parable of the Tares.)
“And death and hell [Hades] were cast into the lake
of fire. This
is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life was
cast into the lake of fire.” - Rev. 20: 14, 15.
5. That there will be no second
probation for those who reject the gospel in this age.
The net was pulled to the shore but once, and there was only one separation of
the good from the bad fishes.
* *
*
A SUMMARY OF THE TEACHINGS OF
THE PARABLES EXPLAINED
BEFORE dismissing the cluster of parables I have noticed, it
seems to me a brief summary of their teachings will be acceptable and
profitable to my readers.
There is to my mind a striking theological connection and order between the parables I have explained, which, taken
together, illustrate the doctrines bearing upon “THE RUIN and REDEMPTION of the RACE.”
They may not have been spoken at the same time, or to the same audience, or in the order I have treated
them, or the evangelists have recorded them.
They were given, we know, to make known to the apostles the
great facts constituting the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven,
which had not been heretofore revealed to patriarch or prophet:
“Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ, which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men,
as it is now revealed unto His holy apostles and
prophets by the Spirit.” - Eph. 3: 4, 5.
And first made known by these parables to the apostles:
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“How that by revelation He made known
unto me the mystery; as I wrote afore in few
words.” - Eph. 3: 3.
Some of these facts are:
1. That by Satan, the great adversary of God and enemy
of man, sin was introduced into the world, and by sin death and the ruin of the
race, and of the world. That the effects
filled this world with wickedness, which state would continue until the end of
the [present] age, when, and not before, there
would be a final separation between the righteous and the wicked, and that the
wicked would be punished; and, by implication, we learn from this that the
field, which is the world, will then be restored to its primitive state.
These facts we learn from the Parable of the Wheat-field
oversown with Tares, etc.
2. The parables of the finding of the
treasure hidden in a field, and the purchase of that field, and the merchantman
finding and purchasing the pearl with all he had - of the lost coin sought for
and recovered - of the lost sheep sought after and restored to its fold -
illustrate the compassionate love of Christ for a lost and ruined world, and
the infinite price He was willing to pay for its redemption, “all that He
had” - “Although He was rich, yet for our sakes He
became poor, that we, through His poverty, might
become rich.”
3. From the parable of the prodigal son
restored to his father’s love and house and forfeited inheritance, from the
invitations to the great supper being extended to all [upon
repentance], by that of the sower over-sowing the
whole “field,” and of the
drag-net and the good shepherd, we learn that the religion of Christ is not a race religion, to be confined to the Jews only, but that the
[Page 314] blessings of Christ’s redemptive work [during the “age”
yet to come] are intended for all people, kindreds, tribes and nations -
the Gentiles as well as the Jews - and this great and glorious fact Paul
denominates “the mystery of Christ:”
“Which in other ages was not made
known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed
unto His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit, that the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ by the gospel.” - Eph.
3: 5, 6.
That the Jews, on account of their persistent and wicked
rejection of Christ and His authority and saving work, would themselves be
denied the blessings of His grace and honours of His kingdom in this age, and
that it would be taken from them and given to the Gentiles, was also a great
mystery, revealed for the first time in the Parables of the Wicked Husbandmen,
the Great Supper, and the Wedding Feast.
The continued, subtle and successful opposition of Satan to
the progress of Christ’s redemptive work, in every phase of it, is also
forcibly illustrated in the parables I have thus far examined.
The ruin he brought upon the world by the introduction of sin
we have already noticed.
That the gospel of man’s salvation - the doctrine of Christ,
the bread of eternal life - introduced by Christ as the antidote of sin and its
maladies, Satan would stealthily corrupt by the introduction of the leaven of deadly
error, is taught us by the parable of the leaven which a woman hid in the meal
until the whole was leavened.
That His kingdom, which He designed should be composed of
saints - the saved only (Acts 2: 47) - would be demoralized and suffer
detriment by being [Page 315] filled with hypocrites, worldly and
wicked men, who are the emissaries of Satan, we learn from the Parable of the
Mustard Tree, into whose branches the “birds of the air” flocked to lodge, and of the
Drag-net, which gathered the bad and worthless fishes as well as the good.
And we learn the saddening fact that, through the deceitful
and baneful influence of Satan on the hearts of men, the saying influences of
the gospel preached will be successfully resisted and aborted in the case of
the vast majority of those who hear and profess to receive it: so that if the field, being the world,
were all carefully oversown with the good seed of the gospel, as the sower
sowed all parts of his field, but a fractional part of it would so receive it
as to bring forth the saving fruits of it.
So long as this powerful, malignant and subtle antagonism of Satan is
allowed to be exerted upon the race, how can we expect, as the friends of
Christ, to successfully oppose and counteract it, when his success was so
signal during the personal ministry of Christ and His apostles?
In this connection, and in answer to this question, and to
cheer the despondency of Christians, I submit the Parable of
THE STRONG MAN ARMED
“When a strong man armed keepeth his
palace, his goods are in peace; but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh
from him all his armour wherein he trusteth, and
divideth his spoils.” - Luke 11: 21, 23.
Satan is forcibly represented by a strong man, and a strong man armed. And
Christ is the only one stronger than he.
Satan is in himself a powerful being - the prince of demons
and powers of darkness - and he is armed with all the deceivableness of
unrighteousness, and his influence over the hearts and persons of the wicked is
almost irresistible.
That he is the possessor of this world, of all its kingdoms
and their glory, he boldly asserted in the face of Christ on the mount of
temptation, and Christ did not contradict him:
“And the devil, taking Him up into a high mountain, shewed unto Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of
time. And
the devil said unto Him, All this power will I
give thee, and the glory of them; for that is delivered
unto me; and to whomsoever I will give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.” - Luke
4: 5-7.
And he will continue to possess and rule this world until the
close of this dispensation, when he will be dethroned, bound and cast out of
it, and his kingdoms and their glory possessed and ruled over by Christ and His
saints, not by the preaching of the gospel, but by omnipotent external force, we find clearly revealed by Christ by
His servant John:
“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and He that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a
flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns; and He had a name written,
that no man knew, but He himself. And He was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood: and His name is
called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed
Him upon white horses clothed in fine linen, white
and clean.
And out of His mouth goeth a sharp sword,
that with it He should smite the nations: and He shall rule them with a rod of iron; and He
treadeth the wine-press of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He hath on His
vesture and on His thigh a name written, [Page 317] KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven,
Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of
the great God; that ye may eat the flesh of
kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and
the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on
them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both
small and great.
And I saw the beast, and the kings of the
earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him that sat on the
horse, and against His army. And the beast was
taken, and with him the false prophet that
wrought miracles before him, with which he
deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshiped his image. These both were cast
alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with
the sword of Him that sat upon the horse, which
sword proceeded out of His mouth: and all the
fowls were filled with their flesh.” - Rev.
19: 11-21.
“And I saw an angel come down from
heaven, having
the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand
years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the
nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and I saw thrones, and they sat
upon them, and
judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshiped
the beast, neither his image, neither had received his
mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand
years. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were
finished. This is the first resurrection.”- Rev.
20: 1-5.
The post-millennial theory - i.e. that all nations are to be Christainized and
subdued to the reign of Christ by the preaching of the gospel before Christ’s second coming - is certainly unscriptural.
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CHRIST’S
LAST PROPHECY
“WHEN the Son of Man shall come in
His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory: and before Him shall be gathered all nations: and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats: and He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on His right
hand, Come, ye
blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the
world: for I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was
thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took
me in: naked, and
ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in
prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the
righteous answer Him, saying, Lord, when saw we Thee an
hungred and fed Thee? or thirsty, and gave Thee drink? When saw we Thee a stranger, and took Thee in? or naked,
and clothed Thee? or
when saw we Thee sick, or in prison, and came unto Thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily, I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these
my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall He say
also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting
fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was an hungred, and ye
gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave unto me no drink:
I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not:
sick and in prison, and
ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer Him, saying, Lord, when saw we Thee an hungred, or
athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto Thee? Then shall He answer
them, saying, Verily, I say unto you, Inasmuch as
ye did it not to one of the [Page 319] least of these, ye did it
not to me.
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.” - Matt. 25: 31-46.
This is justly called “Our Lord’s Great Prophecy.”
It is the greatest of all He uttered while on this earth. Of all His prophecies or teachings, none have
been more largely written upon or more generally wrested and misinterpreted by
commentators, and consequently misunderstood by the people, than this. The cause of this, manifestly, is the
substitution of men for nations, and confounding this judgment with
that of “The Great White Throne” recorded in Revelation 20. - the final, although falsely called the general,
judgment. They are certainly not the same
events. There is scarcely a feature
common to both. Let us carefully examine
them:
1. They do not take place at the same time. They
are more than one thousand years apart.
This judgment of the living nations will take place
immediately upon the second coming of Christ before the millennial age. Christ says:
“When the Son of Man shall come in His
glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory.” - Matt. 25: 31.
The final judgment recorded in Revelation 20. will take place at the close of the thousand years of the reign of Christ on this
earth with His saints, and it does not say that all His angels will then be
with Him. Being more than a thousand
years subsequent to His second advent, and the judgment of the then living
nations, they can not be one and the same event.
2. This judgment is that of the nations as
nations, [Page 320] not of individuals as individuals, then living on the earth at the coming
of Christ, while the final judgment recorded in Revelation 20. will be a judgment of individuals.
3. While the first judgment is of the living only, the
last or final one is of the dead only, who have been raised out of their graves
to be judged. “And I saw the
dead, small and great [i.e.
all those amenable to a judgment for sin] standing before the throne.”
Every one then and there judged had been raised from the dead for this
purpose. “And the sea gave up the dead [i.e.
bodies] which were in it; and death and hades gave up the dead [i.e. the spirits (or disembodied ‘souls’)] of all the dead which were in them;” i.e.
death is here put for the graves which held the bodies of all the
victims of death, and hades for the place that at this time will only
hold the spirits [and disembodied souls]* of all the wicked dead, since it had
already given up all the spirits [i.e., the disembodied souls] of the righteous dead at the second
coming of Christ, and they - these dead ones - were judged each one according
to their works. This, then, was exclusively
a personal judgment for sin, and of the wicked only, for all who were in their
graves at this time were the ungodly and wicked only. This day is expressly characterized, not as
the day of the judgment of “the quick [living] and dead,” but as “the day of
God’s wrath,” “the great day of His wrath,” and “the day of the judgment and destruction of ungodly men.” (2 Peter
3: 7.) All [with the exception of those
whose names will be “found written in the book of life”
(Rev. 21:
15, R.V.)] who are judged at this time will be destroyed and “cast into the lake of fire.” (Rev.
20: 15.)
[*NOTE.
The ‘spirits’ in Hades refers to angelic
creatures and also their human offspring called “the Nephilim.”
See Gen. 6: 4,
R.V. cf.
1 Pet. 3:
19, 20,
R.V. These, together with the souls
of the wicked dead, are held in the Underworld of “Hades” until the ‘FINAL’ resurrection, when death and Hades will “gave up the dead which were in them:” to be “judged according to their works:” (Rev. 20: 13, R.V.).]
Nations sin as nations, and not as individuals; therefore, as
nations, are judged, and, as nations, are punished. There is no future hell for
nations, and [Page 321] therefore they ever have been, are now, and will be, punished
in time with national calamities, as war, famine, pestilence, wasting
desolations and everlasting destruction - i.e.
denationalization. God has never yet
failed to judge the nations that have sinned against Him with a high and
long-continued hand.
4. This judgment of the great white
throne is not a judgment of the then living nations or living individuals, but of
the dead only. “And I saw the
dead, small and great [all those amenable to a judgment for
sin], standing
before the throne.”
Every one then and there judged had been raised from the
dead for this expressed purpose. “And the sea
gave up the dead [bodies]
that were in it, and death
and hades gave up the dead which were in them [i.e.
the graves yielded up the bodies of the dead in them, and hades - the place of departed
spirits {and souls} - gave up the spirits of the dead
that still remained in it], and they [these raised ones] were judged each one according to their works.” (Rev.
20: 13.)
This, then, will not be a national, but a personal, judgment for sin, and of the wicked* only.
[* Keep in mind: The word “wicked” is used throughout the Scriptures to describe
some of the regenerate!
“I wrote unto you in my epistle to
have no company with fornicators; not altogether
with the fornicators of this world, or with
covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters; for then ye must needs go out of the world: but now I write unto you not to keep company, if any man that is
named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler,
or a drunkard, or an
extortioner: with such a one, not to eat. For what have I to do with judging them that
are without? Do not ye judge them
that are within, whereas them that are without God judgeth? Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.” …
“Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not INHERIT
the
5. There will be only one class present
at the last judgment; while at the judgment of the nations there will be three
classes, although only two will be judged: (1) The sheep nations; (2) the goat
nations ‑ and (3) those whom Christ will call “these my
brethren.”
6. In the final judgment there will be
no separation, while in that of the nations there will be. The sheep nations will be placed on the right
hand, and the goat nations on the left.
7. In the judgment of the nations the verdicts will be radically different. The one class
will be blessed, the [Page 322] other cursed, while on the final judgment the same
verdict of eternal punishment will be pronounced upon all. This last, then, can
not be a general judgment of the righteous and the unrighteous - saints
and sinners - but of the ungodly only.
This judgment day is throughout the Bible spoken of as “the day of
wrath;” “the great day of God's wrath;” the day of the revelation of the
judgment and perdition – destruction - of ungodly men to which the devil and
his angels are in chains reserved unto the judgment of the great day. (Jude 6.)
Job says that all the wicked are reserved unto this day of destruction:
“Do ye not know, that the wicked is
reserved unto the day of destruction?
They shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.”
Job 21: 29, 30.
I have said that none but wicked (ungodly) men will be judged
at the judgment of “the great white throne” or final judgment, because none but
the dead - those men raised up out of their graves - will then be judged, and that all the
wicked from Adam until the close of the millennial age will, at this time, be
in their graves. I scarce think any
intelligent reader of God’s word, unless wedded to a false theory, will deny
this. A few facts will make this
evident:
(l.) All the wicked from Adam to the second advent of Christ
will be left in their graves at the first resurrection, which will be of the
righteous dead only, for “the dead in Christ will rise first.” (2.) The wicked only will die during
the millennial age. “The sinner,
although a hundred years old, will die accursed.” (3.) At the close of the thousand years all the wicked
then living, so soon as Satan is unchained and set at liberty, will [Page 323] join him in the predicted universal revolt against the
government of Christ and His saints, and will come up on the face of the whole
earth, to invest the holy city and the camp of the saints, to put Christ and
His saints to death, and repossess themselves of the rule of the earth; but
fire will come down from heaven and destroy them. All the wicked, then, that have ever lived on
the earth will at this time be dead and in their graves, and all the righteous,
from Abel, will be alive and on the earth. “The dead, small and great,” that will be raised to be judged will be the ungodly and
wicked, while the judgment of nations, as I have said, will be of the then
living only. They must, then, be two
widely different judgments - if more need be said to demonstrate that the
judgment of the living nations (Matt. 25.) and the judgment of the raised dead
(Rev.
20.) are not records of one and the same general
judgment.
8. The criteria of the judgments
are not the same, but radically different.
The nations are judged by their treatment of those whom Christ
will call “these my brethren.”
Those nations that have treated them kindly will be
blessed with a continuance of existence, composing, as they will, the kingdoms
over which Christ and His saints will reign in glory for one thousand years.
All those nations that have been unkind to Christ’s brethren
will be cursed by an
everlasting punishment as nations, as the cities of the plains were forever
swept from the earth with fire and brimstone.
If it is urged that the sentence pronounced upon the goats can not be executed upon nations
as such, but only upon individual sinners, I remark that nations [Page 324] can and do sin as nations, and they must be judged and punished as
nations, and individuals are not held responsible for national sins, but for personal transgressions. There is no future hell for nations; they
must be punished in time, and with temporal punishments, national calamities,
desolating wars and wasting pestilences, and plagues and famines, and denationalization
- i.e. by being swept from the earth
as nations.
God’s dealing with the nations that persecuted, oppressed,
carried into captivity and afflicted His ancient people
Let us notice this for a moment. God declared with respect to His ancient
people, “The
nation that shall not serve thee shall perish; those nations shall be utterly wasted.” How much more those that persecuted and oppressed His people? Look carefully over the history of those
nations and point out one that has not - is not suffering to-day the identical
punishment that will be pronounced upon the goat nations for their mistreatment
of the brethren of Christ.
Where is
If the reader wishes to pursue, the history further, let him
read Joel (chap.
3.), and then say if God will pour such dire and desolating calamities
and wasting desolation upon the nations that have afflicted and mistreated His
ancient people Israel, what will be the judgments with which He will desolate
and destroy and utterly waste those nations who did for ages so mistreat “His brethren?”
The most pious heart, when their sufferings are recalled, can
not but join in their cry from under the altar, “How long,
O Lord, holy and true,
dost thou not judge and avenge our blood upon those that dwell upon the earth?” And with the greatest
Christian poet:
“Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints whose bones
Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold;
Even them who kept Thy truth so pure of old,
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326]
When
all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones,
Forget not; in Thy book
record their groans
Who were Thy sheep, and in
their ancient fold
Slain by the cruel
Piedmentese, that rolled
Mother and infant down the
rocks. Their moans
The vales redoubled to the
hills, and they to heaven.”
And Christ, the holy and the true, will judge those nations,
and avenge the blood of His martyred brethren.
To sheep nations on His right hand He will say, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit
the kingdom prepared [prospectively] for you from the foundation of the world.”
These nations will be those referred to by John (in Rev. 21: 24) as the nations saved - saved from the desolations and
calamities that destroyed the goat nations from the earth; that shall walk in
the light of the New Jerusalem - the metropolis of the new earth; and their
kings, the redeemed saints, who will reign with Christ for one thousand years
over these saved nations on the earth, will bring the honour and the glory of
these saved nations onto it.
What I have said above, taken in connection with Dr. Kendall’s
able essay on “The Four Judgments” in the Appendix, will be a sufficient explanation of
this great prophecy of Christ.
It must be evident, we think, to every candid student of God’s
word, that this prophecy can not, without the most violent wresting, be made to
teach otherwise than that the second coming of Christ will be pre-millennial.
Before closing, I will notice and remove the most plausible
and conclusive proof-text brought by the advocates of post-millennialism in
support of their theory. It is from the
Common Version, and reads thus:
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“I charge thee, therefore, before God and the
Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the quick
[living] and the dead at
His appearing and his kingdom: preach the word.”
- 2 Tim. 4:
1.
All the aid and comfort post-millennialists can get out of
this passage they get from the mistranslation of it. This will be seen when I
place beside it that of the Revised Version, viz.:
“I charge thee in the sight of God and
of Christ Jesus, who shall judge the quick and
the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom;
preach the word.”
The former translation teaches that the living and the dead
will be judged at the appearing and coming of Christ, and, therefore, the
judgment recorded by Matthew
(chap. 25.)
will be a general judgment - making Paul
contradict Matthew, since he clearly teaches that only the living nations will be judged, and rewarded and punished as nations
for their national acts, good or bad.
And now, if the ever-blessed God will bless these pages to the
edification of my brethren who may read them in the most holy faith, and
strengthen them in “the blessed hope” of the speedy coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, my
prayer will be answered and my labours rewarded.
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COVID-19
A MOUNTAIN MADE
OUT OF A MOLEHILL
[Back Cover
Writing]
“There is nothing covered, that
shall not be
revealed; and hid, that shall not be
known”
(Matthew 10: 26)
“Judgment is turned away backward, and justice
standeth
afar off: for truth
is fallen in the street, and equity cannot
enter. Yea, truth faileth; and he that
departeth from evil
maketh himself a pray: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased
Him that there was no judgment.”
“The masses have never thirsteth after the truth. They turn
aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to
deify error, if error
seduce them. Whoever can supply them
with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to
destroy their illusion is always their victim.”
(Gustav
Le Bon)
We live in strange times. The momentous events surround the COVID-19 ‘Pandemic’ have impacted all of our lives. We are
daily bombarded with facts, figures, statistics, medical models, COVID
measures, restrictions, and promises of a conditional ‘return
to normal’. We are warned of ‘fake news’,
‘conspiracy theorists’, and anti-vaxxers who
spread their malicious ‘disinformation’, and we
are encouraged to trust the powers that be, mainstream media, and corporate
empires that have, so we are told, only our best interests at heart. Whom we
trust has never been such an important issue.
Amidst this ‘Information War’, establishing
truth regarding COVID-19 appears an increasingly difficult task. However,
discovering what really is true is possible if you are willing to look deep
enough. This booklet attempts to give you, the reader, the facts and
information that will help put all the pieces of the puzzle together. This, in
combination with your own common sense, personal experiences, logic and reason
will help you again a fuller understand of what is going on.
The COVID-19 ‘Pandemic’ is the event of our
lifetime, and we wonder, are we being told the whole truth? We would be wise to
push aside any personal ideas and let the facts speak for themselves. Truth
never fears examination.
The Lord’s Work Trust 2021. For more information, visit us on line
www.TheLord’sWorkTrust.org
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Contents
Truth as a Concept - Page 1
Chapter 1: The Molehill of Truth - Viral Disease - Page 5
Chapter 2: The
Section A. Once Upon a Time in
Section B. The Deliberate and Deceptive Use of Fear
- Page 10
Section C. COVID-19 Testing - its Flaws and Abuse
- Page 15
Section D. COVID-19 ‘Cases’
and ‘Deaths’ - Skewing the Data - Page 20
Section E. COVID-19 The Perceived Threat - Alarming
Predictions and Failed Medical Models - Page 23
Section F. COVID-19 Mortality Statistics - Correcting
the Perceived Danger - Page 25
Section G. COV1D-19 Democide - The ‘Cure’ is Worse than the ‘Disease’.
- Page 30
Section H. COVID-19 Vaccines - ‘Safe and Effective’? - Page 34
Section I. The Hypocrisy of the Elite. - Page 41
Section J. The Questionable Character of Those
Promoting the Narrative - Page 41
Chapter 3: The Partakers in the Lie - Page 43
Appendix 1. The Ideology of Covidism - Page 54
Appendix 2. A Glimpse of Sanity - What Could Have Been
- Page 56
Appendix 3: Resist, Defy, Do Not Comply - Page 58
Appendix 4: What was His Answer? - Page 60
A Word from the Author - Page 61
Resources - Page 61
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Truth as a Concept
Let us begin with a question, “Quid
est veritas?” Spoken in Latin, it translates in English as, “And what is truth?” We find the
question being asked in the New Testament Gospel of John by a Roman Governor by
the name of Pontius Pilate (John 18:
38). The question was directed at the Lord Jesus Christ at the
time of His trial before His crucifixion by the Roman authorities. What is
truth? - it’s a very good question, and later, at the very end of this
publication we shall consider the answer Jesus gave.
What we can say at this point is that truth does exist. There is no point in reading any
further if you do not accept that fact. One plus one does equal two, the Sun is
hot, rain is wet, and so on and so on. Truth exists, and surrounds us on so
many levels.
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With regards to the subject of COVID-19 and all of its
associated issues, we must begin with the premise that the truth about COVID-19
is out there, and that it can be discovered. Truly, today, we live in the age
of the ‘Information War’, with facts, figures
and statistics flying at us from all different directions, and often we can
find ourselves wondering, ‘who is telling the truth?’
However, amidst the seeming confusion, we would do well to hold on to the
conviction that the truth of what is going on is obtainable and can be revealed
to us and discovered. This is the intention of this booklet, to shed light on
some areas that you, the reader, may not be aware of in regards to COVID-19,
and reveal more pieces of the puzzle in order to help you better understand the
bigger picture of what is going on. Consider the following with regard to the
concept of truth and our attitude towards it:
1. The Law of Identity
and the Law of Non-Contradiction: These are two
laws regarding truth that help act as a foundation to build upon. The Law of
Identity (a thing is what it is) is fairly self-explanatory. Pick up an apple
in your hand and declare, ‘This is an apple’.
That is the law of identity! Pick up an apple and declare, ‘This is a cat’; is a false statement, it is simply
not true! And thus, by using a very simple analogy we begin to separate truth
from error. Secondly, the Law of Non-Contradiction: two statements that
contradict each other cannot both be true at the same time. One plus one equals two, and one
plus one equals three are two contradicting statements. Either one is true and
one is false, (or indeed, both could be false), but both certainly cannot be
true at the same time. So we need to be cautious of not falling into believing
and accepting contradictory truths,
rather seeking to separate fact from fiction.
2. Demonstrable truths
are better than theories: These days a whole host of
information is presented to us as fact with the expectation that we are to
believe it. But how do we know what we are being told is true? For those that
have followed and accepted the COVID-19 narrative fed to them by the media and
government, how do they know what they have been
told is true? Take for example the origin of
COVID-19. We are told it probably originated from one of the ‘Wet Markets’ in mainland
Sadly, many are so convinced of the truth of the COVID-19
narrative that they have been fed, that they have neglected the fact that much
of what they believe to be true is not demonstrable - they cannot prove it for themselves. In fact it can
quite clearly be seen that the amount an individual accepts the COVID-19
narrative to be true, is often directly proportional to the level of trust they have in the mainstream media and government.
3. Cut out the middle
man!: Think about how
the ‘news’ is fed to you. An event happens, it
is then reported to you by a news reporter, or what could be called a ‘middle man’. For sure it is a convenient way to
receive information, but it comes with a danger. The danger is that you are
entrusting that ‘middle man’ to present the unadulterated truth to you. You
would want the truth wouldn’t you? No one wants to be fed spin or misleading
information. Sadly, though what is presented to us as true from our governments
and media often comes through the filter of an agenda - they want you
to believe and think in a certain way.
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The next time we read, hear, or see news reporting we would be
wise to ask; Is what I am hearing true? Why am I being fed this information -
what is the motive?
What am I not being told - what other
issues are not being talked about? Who are these experts they have on the
programme for interviews? Who are they not allowing onto the
programme? What is the aim and agenda of the
organisation feeding me this information? Who owns this
organisation and influences it? It is good
and healthy to ask these kind of questions. As the Romans commonly asked in
their courts in ancient times, ‘cui bono?’ Or,
translated into English, ‘who stands to gain?’ Who is benefiting, or whose agenda is being promoted in what is
being presented to you? Once you begin to see behind the agenda, once the veil
of illusion is lifted, the liberation of the mind begins!
4. We should seek truth
rather than be fed: Sadly, many in our culture today have
become lazy with regard to discerning truth. Truth is served up to us in the
form of ‘news’ and ‘official
statements’, and we merely devour what is set before us. In the natural world, animals that
do this are either young and being fed by their parents because they are unable
to feed for themselves, or domesticated animals that depend on food from their
masters. Dear reader, when you rely on others to feed you truth you lose the ability to choose what you are eating - you eat what you are given!
Sadly, many today know only the grains of ‘truth’
being fed to them by their masters, with the concept of eating anything else a
foreign concept.
Even amongst the Christian community this lazy approach to truth has become prevalent. We entrust a pastor,
preacher, teacher, and those in church leadership to feed us the unadulterated
truth ... they become the ‘middle men’ in
regards to teaching us the Bible. We, of course, assume that because they are [ordained] men of God they wouldn’t dare filter
the Bible’s teachings to us through their own agenda. Would they? We are naive
if we are so trusting, as the best of men are men at best!
Rather than being so domesticated in our thinking, those that
want to know the truth of God’s Word are wise to take the approach of a group
of people known in the Bible as the Bereans.
The Bible says, “And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by
night unto
5. Truth should be seen
in black and white, not shades of grey:
We live in a very pluralistic world (a
toleration of all ‘truths’), with many people
seemingly so accepting of everyone else’s truth. ‘All
opinions are valid’, ‘Everyone deserves a seat
at the table’, ‘Contradictions don’t matter’,
‘I have my view, you have yours’, ‘It’s a bit of a grey area’: these are some of the
phrases we hear. In contrast to this we should understand that something is
either true or it is not - there is no grey area! Even views and opinions that
may appear so close to the truth should not be accepted as the truth. One plus
one does not equal 2.1! It may be close to the truth but it is still false.
Even with regard to morality [Page 4] the same can be said, ‘It is
either right or it is wrong’. When Jesus taught the people He spoke in
terms of what was right and what was wrong. There were
no grey areas with Him, and when He saw evil He called it out in the clearest
of terms. In fact it was His ‘truth preaching’
that ultimately led to His arrest and crucifixion.
Even in Christian circles today we hear of those that say, ‘I have my interpretation of the Bible, you have yours’,
or, ‘I have my own view of the Bible, but I also
respect those who hold to another contradicting view’, or, ‘our views contradict, but we can agree to differ’.
Sadly, many professing Christians take this approach to the Bible which then
leads to increasing confusion with regard to what the Bible teaches, and
results in churches full of people all believing totally different things.
Whatever happened to the concept of true and false doctrine?
In previous generations truth was often hammered out from church pulpits
with conviction and authority, whereas today, much of what makes up the
professing church tolerates preachers who preach only ‘nice’
sermons, “and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith” (Matthew 23:
23). Preachers avoid controversy for the
sake of unity, popularity, and trying to keep everyone happy,
and subjects that desperately need to be preached on are neglected for the same
reason. Thus only partial truth comes from many
church pulpits today, with congregations being taught a very lopsided view of the true Christian faith.
6. We should resist bad
attitudes towards truth: This comes as a challenge to
us all individually. The Bible talks about those that are, ‘Willingly ... ignorant’
of the truth (2 Peter 3: 5 [cf. Heb. 10: 26]), or in other words, they choose not to know the truth. They perhaps suspect that something may or may not be true,
and even have the means of finding this out for themselves but, for whatever
motive choose to deliberately avoid the truth for what could
be a whole multitude of reasons. It may be for some that forsaking the truth
could perhaps be motivated by some conflict of interest, or that accepting the
truth may contradict something they are already in support of. In this case,
sadly, such individuals prefer to hold on to their loyalties even at the
expense of what is true. Truth to them is of secondary importance.
Truth by its nature does cause trouble and conflict, and truth
by its nature also divides.
Jesus said: “Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you,
Nay; but rather division” (Luke 12:
51). Sadly for some, the price to be paid for truth is too high,
and for the sake of keeping the peace, keeping relationships, and/or keeping
their position in life, the truth is forsaken.
A comfortable lie is preferred to an inconvenient truth.
Such a mindset may well be the easier option in life, but as the saying
goes, ‘taking the easiest path is what makes both
rivers and men crooked’.
Finally, there are those who may well know the truth with
regard to what really matters, but sadly deem it of so little importance that
they embrace an apathetic mindset. No
desire to fight, no resistance to evil and wrong doing, no cause worth fighting
for, just a ‘I know these things to be true, but I
just don’t care enough to do anything about it’ attitude. What a
tragedy! Equipped with truth but no desire to see the truth prevail and the
lies exposed by the light. Dear reader, may this never be your approach to what
is true and good, ‘for evil prevails when good men do nothing!’
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Chapter 1:
The
Molehill of Truth - Viral
Disease
Common sense and personal experience tell us that
cold and flu like illnesses are very real. This is a demonstrable truth. We can observe for ourselves
how contagious such infections are, their degree of severity and the wide range
of symptoms they can cause. Living with cold and flu-like illnesses and the
resultant deaths that can occur has been an accepted part of everyday life in
our culture down through the centuries. For example, “the
WHO (World Health Organisation) estimates that between 290,000 and 650,000 respiratory
deaths globally each year are associated with seasonal influenza”
(https://fullfact.org/health/coronavirus-compare-influenza/).
in
Current mainstream science tells us that viruses that cause
common cold and flu-like symptoms are categorized into three main groups: influenza virus, rhinovirus and coronavirus (the name “coronavirus” is derived from Latin corona, meaning ‘crown’ or ‘wreath’,
referring to the appearance of this virus type under the electron microscope).
These three types are a group of related RNA viruses that cause diseases in
mammals and birds. In humans and birds, they cause respiratory tract
infections that can range from mild to lethal. An infection of
this type is usually further classified as an upper respiratory tract infection
(URI or URTI) or a lower respiratory tract infection
(LRI or LIRTI). Lower respiratory infections, such as pneumonia (an infection of the lungs), tend to be far more severe
than upper respiratory infections, such as the common cold. Transmission of viruses,
we are told, occurs when infected carriers are able to shed virus particles into the environment by either an aerosol (through the air), fomite (through
contaminated surfaces), or faecal-oral route (pathogens
in faecal particles that pass from one person to the mouth of another person).
(See:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus,https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory_tract_infection,https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/influenza)
At this stage a very brief history lesson concerning disease theory will prove most useful, as even in this arena of
thinking in recent times only a single narrative has been tolerated in our
culture. “In the 1800s, the French chemist Louis
Pasteur popularized the germ theory, proposing that micro organisms are the
cause of most diseases. This paved the way for antibiotics, which kill both
good and bad bacteria; and vaccines; which seek to prevent single diseases. By
contrast, Pasteur’s friend, physiologist Claude
Bernard, taught that the ‘terrain’ of the human body was more important
than the ‘pathogens’ that infect it. We are
surrounded by, and even harbour, micro organisms in our bodies. When exposed to
pathogens, we become ill if our defences are weakened by deficiencies or
toxicities. Unlike the germ theory, the terrain theory explains why some people
get sick while others, when exposed to the same pathogens, do not
(https:
//www.prestigewelinessinstitute.com/blog/its-the-terrain).
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History tells us that it was Pasteur’s ‘Germ Theory’ that rose to prominence in Western
culture which, over time, resulted in the increasing dominance of drug based treatments for disease, the championing of vaccines for disease prevention, and the neglect and/or suppression of alternative health treatments (such as nutritional therapy and the
notion that the body’s own natural ability to fight disease through the immune system is far superior to any manmade intervention).
In regards to understanding disease from a biblical point of
view there would be no reason why we could not accept elements of both theories to be true. For example, in striving to
contain and eliminate potential disease causing pathogens, the strict Old
Testament guidelines concerning washing potentially infected items, surfaces,
personal washings, as well as the strict quarantine measures, would
all point to the possibility of disease being spread by touching contaminated objects or by being near an infected
individual as taught by ‘Germ Theory’ (see Part
1 in this booklet series for more details). However, Scripture would also see
no conflict with the notion that the potential for disease is present with us
constantly as taught by Terrain Theory and that illness can flare up at any
time if the opportunity occurs via a weakened and/or poorly equipped immune
system. Supporting this notion is the fact that the Old Testament contains much
wisdom in regards to nutrition and lifestyle behaviours as a powerful
means of disease prevention and treatment.
Understanding these two disease theories does much to explain
the approach taken by many world governments and health organisations in
regards to the COVID-19 Coronavirus ‘pandemic’.
With Germ Theory rooted strongly in our current culture, the fixation only on the disease itself and the neglect of the immune
system’s natural ability to fight it
becomes starkly apparent. In line with Germ Theory, measures to stop the virus
and its transmission became the primary means of defence, including rigorous
sanitization, face masks, social distancing, and mandatory quarantine for
healthy individuals. These were all measures introduced in an attempt to stop,
or at a minimum slow, the spread of the disease and keep it from infecting
individuals in the first place. Then, of course, came the drive for the
experimental vaccines and targeted pharmaceutical drugs; again, all with the
Germ Theory notion of fixating only on the specific disease itself at the
expense of promoting general wellbeing and health for an all-round immune defence.
Even in your own experience think of how heavily preventative
health measures such as face masks and social distancing were promoted all
across our society coupled with the unrelenting drive to vaccinate the
population. Then consider in contrast how much emphasis was placed on natural
immunity and the need for good nutrition in order to fight disease. How many
government posters did you see telling you to eat your fruit and vegetables,
and increase your intake of the vital vitamins and minerals needed to prevent
and fight viral infection? Then compare that to the number of posters telling
you to mask up and stay apart. There truly has been a pandemic in the
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By ignoring the balanced approach to disease the Bible sets
forth, we have witnessed in recent times the often fanatical promotion of the
Germ Theory method for dealing with COVID-19. This has led to the ‘medical tyranny’ observed in
many nations (with
As mentioned in previous publications, ignoring the Bible always comes at a cost. Yes, the
Bible gives clear instructions regarding disease prevention through cleanliness
and isolation of those who are genuinely unwell, but it also balances these
necessary precautions with the need to keep society up and running for the
greater good of all (See Part 1 in this series). Forcing healthy individuals to
isolate for prolonged periods, closing churches, schools, businesses, and
denying access to important healthcare is not good healthcare!
In fact it could be argued that those adhering solely to the Germ Theory
measures are in fact making the situation worse for themselves. We have not
been designed by God to go about our daily lives wearing a mask. Nor have we
been designed to remain separate from others and keep our human contact to a
minimum. Aside from the spiritual and psychological damage such behaviour can
do, we must understand that the human body and the incredible immune system God
has given us needs to be exposed to some disease in order to build up our natural immunity. Our immune
systems constantly work away at discovering and destroying disease causing
pathogens as they enter our bodies. Interfering with this natural process (with
masks, sanitization, isolation and experimental vaccines), especially in times
of possible pandemic when strong immunity is most needed, is sowing the seeds
of our own destruction. As soon as we begin tampering with the God given order
of things we can expect trouble - a common theme we shall discover in this
publication! Man playing God always ends in
disaster.
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Chapter 2:
The Mountain of lies
The mountain of information available to us today regarding
COVID-19 is huge, and deciphering fact from fiction can seem a near impossible
task. However, it is our conviction that although there may be an element of truth regarding the COVID-19 narrative, it is for the most
part a mountain of lies built on a molehill of truth. What drives the unrelenting COVID-19
narrative is a global agenda,
which we shall discuss briefly in Appendix section 1, and hope to cover in
more detail in a future publication. Perhaps the point we are at can be
compared to a police detective arriving at the scene of a death. He has been
informed the death is accidental, but as he begins to take a closer examination of the scene it becomes apparent, based on the
evidence, that the death is not the result of an accident, but rather a
deliberate murder. As for the ‘who did it?’ And
the ‘why did they do it?’ Those questions will
need to be answered later. For now, in this chapter, we shall seek to break down the official narrative, piece by piece.
Many readers will already have parts of the puzzle in place,‑ and this
booklet is designed to help you identify any parts that may be missing and help you put the whole puzzle together.
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A. Once Upon a Time in
The origin of the COVID-19 Coronavirus is hotly debated and
research is still ongoing. Currently the official narrative tells us that the ‘pandemic’ began to emerge, “On 31 December 2019, [when] the World Health Organization (WHO) was
informed of a cluster of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause detected in
As mentioned in Part 1 of this series, if this official
account turns out to be true, the Bible is vindicated when it comes to
its guidelines concerning clean and unclean animals, and the warnings given
about the consumption and mixing of animals that God deemed unclean. The Old
Testament dietary laws may not be binding on believers today, but the principles
they teach are still the wisdom of God - we ignore them at our peril!
Aside from the official narrative concerning the origins of
COVID-19 Coronavirus we must avoid the mistake of being led to believe that
there is only one explanation for the origins of this ‘pandemic’.
‘The Wuhan Wet Market Theory’ may be the
narrative being promoted to us at this current time, but it is not the only narrative that has been proposed. Other possible explanations
should be considered and weighed up against the current official statements
concerning the origin of this so called disease. The intent of this section is
not to persuade you concerning which narrative to believe, but rather to
present compelling evidence for your consideration. evidence that governments and
the mainstream media for the most part have refused to consider. In this
section we will present one such alternate theory, and then link to another
theory at the end for your consideration as well. Which theory is true? Instead
of being fed only one explanation for the origins of COVID-19, weigh up all of the evidence for yourself and make your own decision.
In contrast to the official narrative offered by the World
Health Organisation and governments around the world, an entirely different
explanation of the origins of the outbreak is increasingly emerging.
Investigative Journalist Sharri Markson chronicles her findings in her book
entitled ‘What Happened in Wuhan’ as well as
the Sky News Documentary ‘SPECIAL INVESTIGATION:
What Really Happened in Wuhan’. The documentary opens with a question to
former US President Donald Trump: “Mr. President
... you have seen all of the intelligence, when do you
think the virus first started?” He replies, “Well
some of the intelligence is classified and I can’t talk about it. But common
sense tells you that it most likely, and when I say most likely - like 95% it
came from the
https://youtu.be/oh25j_QpZOA).
Interestingly the documentary goes on to chronicle how that
the Chinese Military Games (the Olympic games for military
athletes held every four years) was held in
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Some researchers cite the possible accidental spread of the virus,
whilst others point to its deliberate spread by the Chinese
government who took advantage of the games and used it to spring board its
release. The earlier spread of the virus (October 2019 as
opposed to late December 2019) coincides with warnings from Chinese defectors,
whistleblowers, doctors and undercover journalists, as well as secretly filmed
footage of Wuhan hospitals trying to cope with a mysterious virus outbreak in
late 2019.
The documentary further reveals how that veteran Weapons
Investigator David Asher, who led a US Government task force into the origins
of COVID-19, unearthed intelligence that the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s
scientists fell sick with COVID-19 like symptoms around the same time - late
2019. The Wuhan Institute of Virology (located in
Then we have the strange incident on 12th September 2019 of
the Virus Database at the Wuhan Institute of Virology being taken off-line
and 22,000 online corona virus samples wiped from the system. Furthermore, on
the same day, security at the lab was reportedly increased and strangely the
lab issued a tender to replace its air conditioning system.
A month later, the documentary chronicles how the lab went into a ‘communications blackout’ for about two
weeks, and very significantly, purchased PCR testing equipment in November
2019. This evidence would point to a much earlier date for when the lab
leak occurred, with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo suggesting an even
earlier date of escape/release, possibly “late summer ... July/August 2019”.
COVID-19: originating in Wuhan China, a city which just so
happens to have one of the world’s leading corona virus research laboratories,
and battling to deal with a new corona virus infection in mid to late 2019? The
evidence does seem compelling! As mentioned already, it is impossible for us to
personally verify firsthand if this information is true. We were not there in
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(The reader is referred to the following resources and deeper
research into this subject is encouraged. There are links here for more
information concerning the ‘Wuhan Lab Leak’
theory previously discussed as well as links to other potential explanations
for the origins of COVI D-19.
1. COVID-19 Lab Leak:
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: What Really Happened in
https-//youtu.be/oh2Sj-QpZOA2.
Book: What Happened In
2, COVID-19 Staged
Event/ Hoax/ ‘Plandemic’:
‘Plandemic - Indoctrination’
https://plandemicseries.com/‘OnceUponaTimeinWuhan
https://odysee.com/@drsambailey:c/Once-Upon-A-Time-in-Wuhan-Odysee-Exclusive-Comp:2
Dr Bailey’s Odysee channel contains many other related videos
on the subject of COVID-19)
B. The Deliberate and Deceptive Use of Fear
“There is no question that fear is
probably the most powerful force
that drives human action, and it overrides any rational thought. if you think you are going to die nothing else matters; you are
focussed totally on how you can survive. I think this is important to keep in
mind because fear can be generated falsely by a
false narrative. People can be told that
something is going to happen that is very bad and if they believe it they will
be afraid of it even if it is an invented scenario. So if you want to control people’s activities and even their
thoughts today all you have to do is scare them. It does not make too much difference if the threat that you are
using to scare them is real or fabricated - as long as they believe it is real, that is all
that is important.” (G.
Edward Griffin, COVIDLAND The Lockdown,
https://freeworldnews.tv/watch?id=615f96b3aa816336dbd21792)
There is no doubt that fear was deliberately weaponised by the UK
Government in order to gain the compliance of the general
population in regards to COVID-19 measures such as social distancing, mask
mandates, vaccine program, and the series of imposed national lockdowns that
took place in the UK in 2020 and 2021. This use of deception and
psychological warfare stands in direct contrast to the approach the
By way of comparison this strain of Flu was serious enough,
with an estimated 1-4 million deaths resulting from infections worldwide, and
was noted for “the suddenness with which it attacked
younger age groups.” In the
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Despite the seriousness of the
situation, day-to-day life was permitted to carry on as normal with “quarantines”
declared “impractical”, and the “public health authorities in the USA and UK [making] no
effort to mitigate the spread of the infection by, for instance, introducing
border checks or strict isolation measures”. There were those of course
who disagreed with the UK Government’s reluctance to intervene: a Dr. Kitching
in a letter to the British Medical Journal asserted that “by acting at once they [the government] may save hundreds of thousands of lives.” As it
turned out the exaggeration of the threat of
the disease turned out not to be true, with the hysteria promoted by
some ignored by the powers that be.
[Photograph
on this page shows] “British navy sailors in bed because of influenza
in a warehouse near
transformed into an infirmary
for 850 sailors, Sept 19, 1957.”
History further records that despite
the fear mongering and hysteria promoted by some, “the ministry of health was
not listening. Instead, fearing that the press would have a field
day if it issued a prominent warning about the pandemic, it left it to local
medical officers of health to decide on the most appropriate course of action.
‘The general assessment seems to be that eventually
[the influenza] will affect up to 20 percent of the population’,
wrote the then junior health minister John Vaughan-Morgan. “This is a heaven-sent topic for the press during the ‘silly
season’” as he put it. Again, in contrast to the
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong-Kongfluhttps://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/P11S0140-6736(20)31
201-0/fulltext).
History never repeats, but it often rhymes. Pandemics occur,
lives are lost, this has been going on for generations. However, in the case of
COVID-19 the UK Government response (as well as that of the majority of the
world’s nations) stands in direct contrast to the actions
taken (or indeed not taken) in 1957 and 1968. One wonders how different the
scenario would have been if the UK Government during this health crisis had
followed the much more sensible, level-headed, and perhaps it could be argued
more biblically based approach to COVID-19 as had been taken by their
predecessors all those years ago in 1957 and 1968.
The deliberate use of fear by the UK Government to manipulate
the
The Telegraph article goes on to say, “as well as overt warnings about the danger of the virus, the Government
has been accused of feeding the public a non-stop
diet of bad news, such as deaths and hospitalisations, without ever putting
the figures in context with news of how many people have recovered, or whether daily
death tolls are above or below seasonal averages.” Another member of the SPI-B said they were “stunned by the weaponisation
of behavioural psychology” during the pandemic, and that
“psychologists didn’t seem to notice when it stopped
being altruistic [concern for the well-being of others] and became manipulative. They have too much power and it intoxicates them.” The article finishes with a
statement from Steve Baker, the deputy chairman of the Covid Recovery Group of
Tory MPs: “If it is true that the state took the
decision to terrify the public to get
compliance with rules, that raises extremely serious questions about the
type of society we want to become. If we’re being really honest, do I fear that
Government policy today is playing into the roots of
totalitarianism? Yes, of course it is.”
(https: //www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/14/scientists-admit-totalitarian-use-fear-control-behaviour-covid/
The article requires a subscription in order to read online,
however the full article can be read here:
https://www.document-pdf.fr/2021/05/25/document-pdf-sans-nom/?
See also:
https://www.ukcolumn.org/article/ethical-psychotherapy-versus-uethical-appiied-psychology-spi-b-and-uk-government.
See also:
https://summit.news/2021/10/22/deleted-government-report-celebrates-how-public-loves-to-conform/?
Perhaps the over reaction to the virus was doomed to occur - like it was hard wired into our
culture long before COVID-19 came along. With mainstream media
outlets always clambering to catch the attention of the general public with sensational headlines, surely it was obvious that
public hysteria and government overreaction would be the inevitable result.
Which headline do you think would sell more papers in the
In the light of these startling revelations, some may still be
tempted to ask what is wrong with deliberately using fear to gain compliance
amongst the general population? After all, it was done with their best
interests at heart - right? This kind of ‘the end justifies the means’ argument may have
some level of appeal; a little evil is done in order to achieve a greater good
so the argument goes. In this case exaggerate the danger of a virus in order to
gain compliance to ‘health measures’ and save
lives. What is wrong with that?
Despite the twisted reasoning of some, we must understand that
this approach to the governance of a nation is utterly wrong. The Bible
unequivocally states, “Thou shalt not bear false
witness” (Exodus 20: 16). This commandment applies to those
that rule a nation as much as it does the common man on the street. The Bible
warns, “If a ruler hearken to lies, all
his servants are wicked.” (Proverbs 29:
12). If deliberate deception is employed by the powers that be
then toleration of such sin will have a corrupting influence across the
spectrum of leadership (see sections 8 & 9) and down through into the
rest of society. False testimony becomes acceptable and
a tool of choice in order to achieve goals.
Such deceitful behaviour also destroys trust.
How can anyone trust anything a government has to say that so openly and
admittedly lies to its people? If they have lied about the threat of COVID-19
then what else have they lied about? The bottom line is this: fear has been deliberately used to inflate the severity of COVID-19
with the UK Government admittedly lying to the
There is a final word to be said here
to professing Christians. True followers of Christ are to be marked by their
refusal to become subject to and to be manipulated by fear, especially
irrational fear and fear based on deception. The Bible says, “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1: 7). And yet what do we see around us? The majority of Christians
succumbing to fear just as much,
if not more so, than the non-Christian population around them. What dreadful examples they have set to an unbelieving world, a world that
ever watches the behaviour and attitude of God’s professing people.
The reason why this fear has occurred? Could it be a diet of too much television and not enouah Bible? It truly has been a disheartening
thing to see so many professing Christians swept up in this deliberate fear
mongering. Many times the Bible offers comfort and reassurance in troublesome
times, even in the face of death. The Bible says, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me” (Psalm 23: 4). We are promised, “God is our
refuge and strength, a very present help in
trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and
though the mountains be carried [Page 14] into the midst of the sea” (Psalm 46: 1-2). Jesus said: “Peace I leave
with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give
I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it
be afraid” (John 14: 27).
Dear reader, has fear been your master during this health
crisis? The Bible gives us a warning and at the same time a precious promise: “The fear of
man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his
trust in the LORD shall be safe”
(Proverbs 29: 25). Jesus often marvelled at those who
claimed to trust an Almighty God and yet at the same time were full of fear.
The Bible says, “And he [Jesus] arose, and rebuked
the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there
was a great calm. And he said unto them, Why are ye so
fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?” (Mark 4:
39-40). The level of fear displayed in many
professing Christians in recent times has been a direct measurement of their level
of faith.
Products of the fear mongering - pictured below are images of
the bizarre behaviour seen all around us of those whose minds have been
deliberately manipulated by fear.
(Above) Double-masked
and face visor outdoors.
(Above) The perfectly
healthy behaving like lepers.
(Above) Driving alone in the car wearing a mask
(Above) Couple date on a
Zorb-style ball to ensure physical distancing and no contact.
(Above) Pre-school
students play inside pens to maintain social distancing in
(Left ) Restaurant in
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C. COVID-19 Testing - its Flaws and Abuse
Over and over again we hear in the media of individuals
testing ‘positive’ for COVID-19, and we are
updated daily with the number of new ‘cases’ based on these tests. For many, COVID-19 Coronavirus
testing has quickly become part of the ‘new normal’ and an accepted part of everyday life, with testing
increasingly becoming a requirement in the workplace, schools, hospitals and
for travel. It seems that the majority of the general public are content enough
to trust these tests and those who promote them. After all, these experts know
what they are doing - right? Whilst the science behind these COVID-19 tests can
be very technical, a brief explanation of how they work will prove useful
before we go on to examine their flaws and what the Bible has to say about the
matter.
There are currently two types of testing for COVID-19: the viral test and the antibody test. Viral tests are used to determine if
an individual is currently infected with the virus that causes COVID-19
(SARS-CoV-2). An antibody test on the other hand is used to determine a past
infection. Usually with an antibody test a viral test is additionally required
to determine current infection for those with symptoms. In this section we will
focus primarily on viral testing for COVID-19 Coronavirus as it is this method
that is used to determine new ‘cases’ of the
disease. With regard to viral testing for COVID-19 Coronavirus there are a
variety of tests available. Currently the prevalent (and what is regarded as
the ‘gold standard’ for COVID-19 viral testing)
is known as PCR (Reverse Transcriptase Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction
[RT-qPCR]).
In the case of PCR, a swab is usually taken from the nasal
and/or throat area. That sample is then sent to a laboratory where the PCR
technique is used to look for specific sequences of genetic matter that are
characteristic of the COVID-19 Coronavirus. Since the bits of genetic matter
are so small, PCR amplifies that genetic matter in a series of cycles. These genetic fragments are amplified over and over again until there is enough to be detected.
If a sample contains a lot of virus (e.g. from a heavily infected person) it
should only take a relatively low number of cycles to discover the infection
(e.g. 20 cycles). However, if a sample only has trace amounts of the virus it
may take many more cycles to amplify that small amount of virus
to a point where it can be detected (e.g. 29 cycles). The number of cycles it
takes until a detectable amount of the virus can be found is known as the Cycle Threshold (Ct).
This is a basic explanation of PCR testing and readers are
encouraged to research this topic further if they want to gain a greater
technical understanding of how the process works (multiple links at the end of
this section). We shall now consider where this technology runs into problems
in its current application for mass testing for a corona
virus.
Where PCR Testing fails
short:
1. It does NOT tell you that you are sick: It may
perhaps be hard to believe the validity of this statement, but consider the
warning from the inventor of PCR, Kary Mullis, who stated that the test “doesn’t tell you that you
are sick. These tests cannot detect
free, infectious viruses at all”
(https://odysee.com/@drsambailey:c/the-truth-about-pcr-tests:6).
How is this so? Firstly, the very
nature of the samples present a problem. When a specimen (e.g. a nasal swab) is
taken from a living host, it contains all sorts of things including genetic
material from any number of micro organisms (humans are covered in literally
billions of these; most of which do us no harm and are actually essential for
good health). Amongst the huge variety of micro organisms found on or in the
human body, corona viruses can be present.
For example, they can be on our skin, our face, inside our [Page
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(e.g. from being breathed in). Their mere detection in a sample DOES
NOT indicate infection with the disease or that the host is infectious. At times it may
even be the case that the sample contains harmless non infectious dead
corona virus material from a previous infection.
By way of comparison, and to understand the point being made,
consider the bacterial and viral form of meningitis. “The
bacteria or viruses that cause meningitis often live in parts of the body where they do no harm, so
we do not know who is carrying the infection and who is not. The bacteria
responsible for most bacterial meningitis (meningococcal, pneumococcal and Hib)
often live in the nose and throat. Research tells us that one of the most common causes of bacterial
meningitis, meningococcal bacteria, are harmlessly carried in the back of the
nose and throats of around 1 in 10 people”
(https://www.meningitis.
org/blogs/how-does-meningitis-spread).
Meningitis is a very serious disease, and yet the bacteria or
viruses that cause it are commonly carried in the nose and throats of much of
the population. Does carrying these potentially disease-carrying these
potentially disease-carrying bacteria or viruses equate to an infection? No! Their mere presence in a sample DOES NOT indicate infection.
One wonders what would happen if there was mass testing of the
population for meningitis virus/bacteria using the same if not a similar
process to that of PCR? Would we inevitably see the same result as seen with
PCR testing for COVID-19? A flood of ‘positive’
results obtained from swabs taken from the nose and back of the throat picking
up the virus/bacteria? Yes, the test may discover the presence of the
virus/bacteria but again, just as with PCR testing for COVID-19 Coronavirus, a
‘positive’ result would only tell you that the
virus/bacteria is present but NOT that the person is infected, sick, or
contagious. Here we see the severe limitations of the PCR test
and the danger of mass testing,
especially symptomless individuals.
It is merely an indirect test that ONLY detects genetic
fragments of organisms. It is beyond the scope of the PCR test to
tell us if we are infected, sick, or indeed contagious. In fact, it tells us
virtually nothing, - only that a fragment of a suspected corona virus has been
discovered. Therefore, using PCR to determine genuine ‘cases’
of COVID-19 is both illogical and irresponsible. It also guarantees that an
unknown number of ‘positive cases’, based on
individuals who are NOT sick with the disease, will be added to the daily ‘case’ rate, thus helping to inflate the numbers and the perceived scale of the ‘pandemic’.
2. Ambiguity in the ‘positive’
or ‘negative’ test result: A ‘positive’ or ‘negative’
test result fails to tell us a number of important things. For example, a test
may come back ‘positive’ with a low Cycle
Threshold value indicating a more substantial sample of genetic material in the
sample (i.e. from a very heavily infected person), and yet at the same time a
test may come back ‘positive’ just as easily
with a high Cycle Threshold value indicating a very low amount of the target
material in the sample and a low level of infection (if any). In other words, a
‘positive’ test does not indicate the
level of infection (if any) in the test subject - it merely gives a
blanket ‘positive’ or ‘negative’
result. This broader approach can then lead to perfectly healthy individuals
who pose no danger to themselves or others (perhaps having tested ‘positive’ merely because of a past infection being
detected in their sample) being obliged to follow quarantine measures designed
for those who are genuinely unwell (e.g. ten day isolation etc.). This approach
may be justified in order to let less genuine infections potentially ‘slip through the net’, but it inevitably leads to a hyperinflation of the ‘positive’ test statistics thus adding to
the hysteria. One wonders when we hear in the media of the daily ‘positive’ test results how many of these individuals
are actually genuinely unwell, and how many actually have no symptoms at all
(or at any point in their supposed ‘infection’)?
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3. High Cycle Rates in
PCR can find ANYTHING!: This is where the abuse of the test comes in to play. If the cycle rate is
high enough then it becomes increasingly possible to obtain what are known as ‘false positives’. In such cases
the individual has no disease but the COVID-19
test inaccurately determines that they do. There is much speculation
about false positive rates, the true rate of which is hotly debated (for more
information see: COVIDLAND The Lockdown,
https://freeworidnews.tv/watch?id=615f96b3aa816336dbd21792).
However, for those who do falsely test'positive', the same
quarantine measures are applied regardless and, again the healthy individual is
treated as if they are sick. For
those doubting the validity of this point, we refer again to what the inventor
of the PCR test had to say. “With PCR, if you do it
well, you can find almost anything in
anybody ... If you can amplify one single molecule up to something that
you can really measure, which PCR can do, then there [are] just very few
molecules that you don't have at least one of in your body. So that could be
thought of as a misuse of it - to
claim that it is meaningful”
(https-//odysee.com/@drsambailey:c/Once-Upon-A-Time-in-Wuhan-Odysee-Exclusive-Comp:2).
The ability to select the cycle rate leaves the PCR test
system open to abuse. Lower the
required cycle rate and you can expect to find less ‘positive’
results amongst the population thus creating the impression that infection
rates are low. Likewise, an increase in the cycle
rate will inevitably result in more ‘positive’
results amongst the population thus creating the impression that infection
rates are increasing (see the video ‘What is a
COVID-19 case’ for more information on Ct values.
https://odysee.com/@drsambailey.c/what-is-a-covid-19-case:9).
Here we have a perfect opportunity for those seeking to push
the COVID-19 narrative to massage the figures (either up or
down) to create the impression of the rise or decline of the disease at will.
Real symptoms in real instances of sickness are hard to artificially create,
but a test with parameters that can so easily be manipulated opens the door to corruption.
4.
Detection of dead corona virus: Because the PCR test searches for only a fragment of
the RNA from the COVID-19 Coronavirus, there is the possibility that it can
pick up and flag ‘positive’ for fragments of dead COVID-19 Coronavirus (even months
after infection and recovery of the individual). So, here again, those
who are fully recovered and perfectly well can end up being counted as a ‘case’ of COVID-19 and required to obey quarantine guidelines.
Furthermore, we are told that the PCR test is specifically
configured to pick up unique pieces of RNA from the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus,
including its unique ‘spike protein’. In theory
this should safeguard against the test picking up any other types of virus such
as the flu (influenza virus) and the common cold (commonly rhinovirus,
sometimes corona virus). Whether we trust these corporations to be testing
honestly and transparently is a choice we each need to make, but we note with
interest the apparent disappearance of flu during 2020
(https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/f1u-cases-covidengland-phe-latest-b1805124.html).
Was it really the case the flu disappeared in 2020? Are we
really that naive? Or could it be that flu infections were flagging up as ‘positive’ COVID-19 cases and lumped in with the rest
of the statistics? If it turns out to be the case that other types of virus
(and even dead corona viruses) can flag as a positive result, then it creates a
situation where COVID-19 ‘positive’ tests can
continue to occur in society indefinitely.
This fiasco in theory could literally go on forever - so long as we go
along with it.
The points raised above are not intended to rubbish PCR. After
all, the discovery of this testing method won Kary Mullis the Nobel Prize for
Chemistry in 1993 for his efforts PCR testing is used in many spheres - not
just COVID-19 testing (e.g. forensic science) [Page 18] and is an incredible innovation if applied correctly. However, what becomes an issue is the blanket use of this testing method
on the healthy population. PCR testing is much better suited as a tool for
confirming disease in an individual after they present at hospital with very real symptoms of disease. The test should
be used in more of a supporting role to confirm
already evident symptoms, not as a mass testing/screening method amongst the
healthy population to measure a perceived ‘pandemic’.
The failure to apply COVID-19 testing correctly and the abuse
of this very clever technology has resulted in who knows how many ‘false positive’ results and the ensuing large scale disruption of everyday life. Additionally, the constant reports of ‘cases’ and ‘positive tests’ in the media only increases the hysteria surrounding COVID-19 and in many ways acts as one of
the main pillars that supports this COVID-19 ‘pandemic’
narrative. What would happen to this ‘pandemic’
if the COVID-19 testing were to be taken away? Would it instantly be a return
to something resembling the old normal? Sick people being treated for disease,
and the rest of us being left alone? One thing is certain: it is our participation that gives the COVID-19 testing its strength.
Real life is perhaps the best indicator that these tests are
flawed. Our own personal experiences can’t be taken
away from us. Think about what you have observed in recent times. Granted, the
tests may be accurate to a degree for detecting corona virus. However, when we
observe perfectly healthy individuals repeatedly testing
positive for COVID (for example the football star Ronaldo:
https://www.footba11365.com/news/ronaido-vents-at-bullsht-positive-covid-19-test),
or individuals with severe symptoms testing negative, or even
more bizarrely, individuals within the same household with identical symptoms
of disease testing both negative and positive, surely common sense tells us
something is not right with these tests? It appears that man in his apparent
wisdom, yet again, has made a complete mess of things. We would do well to heed
the principles that the Bible teaches in regards to discerning between the sick
and the healthy, based on common sense and the wisdom of God.
As discussed in Part 1 of this series, detection of disease in
the Old Testament was driven by demonstrable symptoms.
This point cannot be emphasised enough. Those who presented with symptoms
such as leprosy (a highly contagious and dangerous ailment) were made to
quarantine by the Levitical priesthood (Leviticus 13: 1-6). If
during the fourteen day quarantine period the leper showed signs of recovery or
that the infection was established to not be contagious, the individual could
return back into free society. Those who were proven to have the disease
(demonstrated by very specific and very real symptoms) were ‘put out of the camp’ (i.e. socially distanced) and
removed from the general population in order to help stop the further spread of
the disease. However, those who had no symptoms of disease were free to go
about their daily business without hindrance. (Note: there was also a
precautionary quarantine law where healthy individuals had to isolate for seven
days; but again this was only required when an individual had been in direct contact
with the dead. See: Numbers 19: 11-16).
These Old Testament principles tie in with Jesus’ statement
when He made it clear that “they that be whole need not a physician,
but they that are sick” (Matthew 9: 12). Why would you seek a doctor if not
unwell? Why would you seek to be tested for a disease you show no symptoms
whatsoever of having? The Bible does not condemn the quarantine of those who
are genuinely unwell, in fact it champions it as a most effective means of
disease control. However, what the Bible does not endorse is the application of
quarantine laws to those who are perfectly healthy.
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The
(https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articies/coro
naviruscovidl9infectionsurveytechnicalarticleanalysisofreinfectionsofcovid19/june202
1/pdf).
Do you see how the test is prioritised over and above
symptoms? Notice also that a symptomless person that receives a
‘positive’ test can be labelled as a ‘case’ of COVID-19. It is also disturbing to learn
that apparently the ‘infection’ can ONLY be confirmed by the test and that an
infection cannot be confirmed by symptoms alone.
Why the fascination with these tests? With over 250 million
tests in the UK having been taken (source: ourworldindata.org)
at a cost to the UK government ranging from (depending on the provider) around
£19 - £43 to test and £26 - £69 to genome sequence, we wonder why!
(https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202100215784/)
There is a mind-boggling amount of money to be made from testing for
COVID-19, and currently a generally very gullible and fear-ridden public
(rendered so by months of unrelenting propaganda) are only too willing to
partake in this PCR ‘casedemic’ scam. In
contrast, what is the cost involved in determining cases of genuine infection
based solely on symptoms? Can you now see the motive that drives this
infatuation with COVID-19 testing? “For the love of money is the root of all evil” (1 Timothy 6: 10).
Ignoring the wisdom of God always comes at a cost. Instead of basing the ‘pandemic’ on real symptoms of disease found in
individuals, ‘positive tests’ have become the
new approach to detecting disease. The result? Chaos, confusion, ‘pingdemics’
(https://wwwtheguardian.com/world/2021/Jul/29/i-might-delete-it-users-on-the-nhs-covid-19-app-
amidthe-pingdemic),
wasted time, effort and resources, loss of freedoms, and the
strengthening of the insidious COVID-19 agenda. We hope and pray, as time goes
on, that individuals and the powers that be will come to realise (as they learn
the hard way) that this approach to disease detection and definition is
dangerously flawed, wasteful, open to abuse, prone to gross profiteering, and
goes directly against the timeless wisdom of the Word of God.
Links: videos listed below contain all the
information covered in this section and more. They also link out to original
articles and quotes etc. for confirmation of what has been discussed here. Dr.
Sam Bailey’s short videos are most useful. With increasing censorship on
YouTube, the best way to view her COVID-19 related content is on Odysee and brandnewtube
(search for ‘drsambailey’).
‘The Truth About PCR Tests’ (https://odysee.com/@drsambaiiey:c/the-truth-about-pcr-tests:6)
‘Covid-19: Dr Sam FAQs’(https://odysee.com/@drsambailey:c/covid-19-dr-sam-faqs:a)
‘Covid-19: Dr
Sam FAQs 2’ (https://odysee.com/@drsambailey:c/Covid-Faqs-2:db)
‘What is A Covid-19 Case?’ (https://odysee.com/@drsambailey:c/what-is-a-covid-19-case:9)
‘COVID-19: Behind the PCR Curtain’
(https://odysee.com/@drsambailey:c/covid-19-behind-the-pcr-curtain.b)
‘Kary Mullis, Cancel Culture and
Covid 19’ History of PCR Inventor’ (https://odysee.
com/@drsambailey:c/kary-mullis-cancel-culture-and-covid-19:e)
‘Once Upon a Time in
‘Nurse Testifies About COVID Deaths:
“I’m The Guy Who Euthanized People”’
(https://www.bitchute.com/video/8K1
HIDyr8P8G L/(interesting testimony about PCR testing)
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D. COVID-19 ‘Cases’ and ‘Deaths’ - Skewing the Data
Having discussed the misuse and flaws of the COVID-19 testing
methods, it is worthwhile defining what exactly makes a COVID-19 ‘case’ and what is classed as a COVID-19 ‘death’. At the outset it must be made clear that a ‘case’ is NOT the same as a clinical diagnosis of
disease. In general, a clinical diagnosis is “based on signs, symptoms, and laboratory findings during
life” (Dorland’s Pocket Medical Dictionary 24th Edition, under ‘diagnosis’). Notice the order here: signs and
symptoms come first, laboratory results act as more of a support. The
definition of a ‘case’ however is much broader and more vague in its scope. ‘Establishing a case definition (the criteria that need to be met
in order to be considered a ‘case’) can be tricky, particularly in the initial phases of the
investigation. You want your definition to [be] specific
enough ... and sensitive enough that it will
identify most, if not all of the cases ... [and yet] broader and less specific [in the earliest stages] in order to make sure you identify all of the potential
‘possible’ cases” (https://sphweb.bumc.bu.edu/otit/MPH-Modules/PH/Outbreak/Outbreak4.htmi).
The danger here with going too broad and non specific with the definition of a
‘case’ is the risk of collecting too much meaningless data and sweeping too many people into the loose definition of
the disease when they don’t actually have it.
This is the exact situation with COVID-19 Coronavirus. Given
all the time that has gone by and the research that has been done, the
definition of the disease based on symptoms is still very broad and non-specific. Officially the current list of
main symptoms of COVID-19 Coronavirus are: a high temperature,
a new and continuous cough and a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste (https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/main-symptoms/#symptoms).
Notice how all three of these symptoms are very non-specific.
High temperature is extremely common in a huge range of illnesses as is a
new and continuous cough; we know this from real life experience. As for a loss
of taste or smell “many ... factors can cause a loss of taste” such as flu and
common cold, strep throat and pharyngitis, salivary gland and nasal infections,
middle ear and upper respiratory infection and so on (https://www.colgate.com/en-us/oral-health/nutrition-and-oral-health/loss-of-taste-causes-and-treatments).
Loss of smell can be caused by the common cold, flu, sinus infections, hay
fever, non-allergic rhinitis (congestion and sneezing not caused by allergies),
along with a whole list of other conditions that can cause this also (https://www.mayoclinic.org/symptoms/loss-of-smell/basics/causes/sym-20050804).
These extremely broad symptoms, we are told, are the three main indicators of
COVID-19, and yet in reality they could be the symptoms of almost
anything! other symptoms that have been
suggested that could be signs of COVID-19 Coronavirus include: chills or
shivers, headache, tiredness, sore throat, skin rashes, shortness of breath,
chest and muscle pain, diarrhoea, runny nose and sneezing (https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/the-20-symptoms-of-covid-19-to-watch-out-for).
Again, these are all very common and non‑specific symptoms for a
whole host of illnesses.
Therefore, as we are told that symptoms alone cannot determine
a ‘case’ of COVID-19, then a test is required.
It appears that the advice given is uniformly the same, “If you are newly ill it could be COVID-19, so get a test” (https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/the-20-symptoms-of-covid-19-to-watch-out-for).
Clearly then, this whole ‘pandemic’ hinges on the test despite its
serious flaws and abuse. In the
Furthermore, we hear a lot about so called ‘asymptomatic’
cases of COVID-19. The WHO (World Health Organisation) defines an asymptomatic
case of COVID-19 thus: “An asymptomatic case is an
individual who has a laboratory confirmed positive test and who has no symptom during the complete
course of infection”
(https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/criteria-for-releasing-covid-19-patients-from-isolation).
Consider what is being stated here: an individual showing zero symptoms of disease at
any point of their supposed ‘infection’
being counted as a ‘case’ of COVID-19 all
because of a ‘positive’ test. No signs of
disease, no fever, no cough, not so much as a sniffle at any point, and yet
still they are added to the daily total of COVID-19 ‘cases’. Have we now reached the stage where having no
symptoms of COVID-19 is actually a symptom of COVID-19? With the PCR testing
madness, it certainly is!
Can you imagine this in any other situation? Imagine a test
that determined if an individual had had a heart attack, and imagine if such a
test revealed that an individual tested ‘positive’
for a heart attack despite having zero symptoms or evidence that the heart
attack ever took place. Would it be right in that situation to then record that
individual as having had a heart attack? The logic of this approach baffles the
mind. This kind of revelation really does make those daily ‘case numbers’ utterly meaningless as the figures
include who knows how many individuals who are completely well! The point being
made about the very loose definition of a COVID-19 ‘case’
is an important one as we go on to consider what makes a COVID-19 ‘death’.
The definition of a COVID-19 ‘death’ is as loose and non-specific as that of a COVID-19 ‘case’.
What we are witnessing here is really a deceptive domino effect. A flawed test
leads to inflated ‘positive’ test results. A
loose definition of the disease combined with the flawed test leads to inflated
‘case’ numbers. inflated ‘case’ numbers combined with a loose definition of a COVID-19
‘death’ also leads to inflated mortality statistics. We would stress that the point being made here is not to say
that ‘no one has died of COVID-19’, but rather
that the numbers are deliberately being exaggerated in order to make the
disease out to be worse than it is. Why? In order to support the narrative that we are going through a ‘pandemic’
and the justification for the ‘new normal’ we
now live in. Granted, there is a molehill of truth involved, but on top of that
molehill has been piled a mountain of exaggerations and lies.
The
The
Again, real life experience which cannot be taken away from us
is a good indicator as to heard of instances of those labelled as COVID deaths
in fact having died of something the abuse of the
COVID-19 ‘death’ statistics. In your own circle
of contacts have you else? If each of us has a story to tell, these individual
accounts soon begin to add up. Space does not permit for a detailed discussion
on this, but by way of example consider the case of Aaron Doherty who passed
away in October 2020. His death was labelled as a COVID-19 ‘related’ death, and it has been cases such as his
that have been used to justify the COVID-19 measures in
Aaron’s grieving parents spoke out about their tragic loss,
stating that their son’s “devastating death [is] not a Covid-19
statistic”. The BBC reported “Aaron Doherty, 17, from Londonderry, died in hospital on
Tuesday ... the Department of Health, while not naming Aaron, reported the first
coronavirus-related death of someone under the age of 20”. However,
despite the spin used to lump his passing away in with the COVID-19 ‘death’ statistics, Aaron’s father made it clear “the headlines are very hurting to us, that he has become a
statistic of Covid-19 ... I don’t want him to
be remembered as a statistic, as the youngest person to have died of Covid. As
far as we are concerned he died of heart failure.” He added, “We
just have to get our point across. Aaron at the time of his death was Covid negative, we
were told he had heart failure.”
The BBC report goes on to say, “The
Department of Health includes anyone who had died within 28 days of receiving a positive test for Covid-19 as a coronavirus-related death. Earlier this year
Aaron was diagnosed with Cushing’s Syndrome ... he was due to undergo surgery
... and had been sent for a routine coronavirus test around a month ago, which
was positive. He showed no symptoms and later
tested negative, his father said” (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-54731262.amp).
Notice here, in a very tragic and real life situation how the COVID-19 test
played a key role in determining Aaron as a ‘case’,
and later COVID-19 ‘related death’. What evil it is to take advantage of deaths like these in the pursuit of a lying agenda!
Can you now see how flawed testing, illogical ‘case’
definitions, and mislabelling of COVID-19 ‘deaths’
are all aids to the propping up of the COVID-19 narrative?
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At the time of print the government records UK COVID-19 deaths
for the year 2020 at a total of 76,450 (https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths. Use
the top title ‘Deaths within 28 days of positive test
by date of death’ and select ‘data’,
scroll down to 31-12-2020). This is a sobering number and when repeated over and over in news updates and headlines we can understand the
impact these kinds of totals can have on the minds of the public.
However, this total comes with some parameters: "Deaths within 28 days of a positive test". You
will also see this stated on the UK Government data website. “Deaths with COVID-19 on the death
certificate”. Guess what determines if COVID-19 is
mentioned on the death certificate? We have discussed this already - a positive PCR test. All things considered, it would be
safe to conclude the daily alarmist statistics we are being fed
are grossly exaggerated because the definitions of a ‘case’
and a ‘death’ are so loose. The inflated statistics we are
constantly bombarded with cannot be trusted and are currently being used to
underpin an agenda we pray will eventually collapse under the weight of its own
deception. “He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. A false witness
shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish” (Proverbs
19: 8-9).
E.
COVID-19 The Perceived Threat - Alarming Predictions and Failed Medical Models
With COVID-19 testing results dubious to say the least, and
with the definition of what makes a COVID-19 ‘case’
and a COVID-19 ‘death’ so broad in scope, severe doubt must be cast over all of the COVID-19 statistics. At
this point, let us now depart from the COVID ‘cases’
and ‘deaths’ and see if we can discover the true severity of the disease by other more reliable means. We shall
begin with the initial predictions concerning COVID-19 severity, and then work
our way down to the true nature and scale of the threat.
We must at this stage mention ‘Professor
Lockdown’ Neil Ferguson and
his alarmist medical model (published 16th March 2020) regarding COVID-19. It
stated that the threat to public health “is the most
serious seen in a respiratory virus since the 1918H1N1 influenza pandemic”
(https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/mrc-gida/2020-03-16-COVID19-Report-9.pdf).
The Times newspaper states: “The response to Covid-19
in the
It appears that this professor and his team have a long track record of over exaggerated medical models. Back in 2002 the Professor had
predicted that “As many as 150,000 people could die
from the human form of mad cow disease” when in reality the number was around
200.
(https://www.theguardian.com/education/2002/jan/O9/research.highereducation)
The National Review comments: “
Projection, March 26, 2020:-
(
Actual, May 12, 2020:-
(
The National Review also states that the alarming models
concerning COVID‑19 meant “Boris Johnson’s
government promptly abandoned its Sweden-like ‘social distancing’ approach”, before stating that “Ferguson’s model also influenced
the U.S. to make lockdown moves with
its shocking prediction of over two million Americans dead” (https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/professor-1ockdown-modeler-resigns-in-disgrace/).
As well as the alarming medical models discussed here, we had already
demonstrated in detail the UK Government’s deliberate use of fear
to elevate the perceived threat of the disease. With such irresponsible and deceitful
behaviour displayed by certain ‘experts’ and
those in power it is little wonder the perceived threat of the virus was
grossly overestimated in the minds of the general public.
A survey entitled ‘Research Report: COVID-19
Opinion Tracker’ published in July 2020 by KEKST CNC
received little public attention and yet its findings prove most revealing.
They surveyed a thousand adults in each of six different countries including the
In conclusion we can say that the unrelenting barrage of
exaggerations and alarming medical models was indeed highly successful in elevating the perceived threat of the virus in the
minds of the unsuspecting general population. For evidence of this we need only
observe the behaviour of so many in the
(For further information see:
1. https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2020/05/08/so-the-real-scandal-is-why-did-anyone-ever-listen-to-this-guy/
2. https://www.iedm.org/the-flawed-covid-19-model-that-locked-down-canada/
3. https.://www.cato.org/blog/how-one-model-simulated-22-million-us-deaths-covid-19
4. https://www.heritage.org/public-health/commentary/failures-influentia1-covid-19model-used-justify-lockdowns)
F. COVID-19 Mortality Statistics - Correcting
the Perceived Danger
In this section, for the sake of simplicity, we will focus on
statistics mostly drawn from parts of the
Pictured above [in the book] is a chart from Fermanagh and Omagh District Council,
Northern Ireland (UK), giving the total burials and cremations in the area for
the last six years (cremations is marked ‘N/A’ as this area contains no
cremation facilities). Bear in mind, this table only [Page
26] shows burials and
cremations in only council controlled facilities. Therefore totals for other
types of burials such as private and those at churches is not included.
However, what we see here is intriguing, and gives us at least some idea of the
pattern for burials in this area. Look at the totals for each year. Is not 2020
the year of the 'pandemic'? Should not 2020 show a huge spike in burials? Surely that is what we would expect to find
when a 'pandemic' as severe as was predicted, and perceived to be in the minds
of the public, sweeps the land? Do you remember the fear, the panic, the
lockdowns, the isolation, and the business, school and church closures? For
what? In Fermanagh and Omagh it looks like 2020 was a year of burials comparable to any of the previous years.
Really, what we are looking at here is what is known as ‘excess mortality’. Or in other
words, how many extra people on average died
(from all causes) compared to previous years. Now let us
expand the scope of what we are considering to the whole of
As you can see for yourself these charts reveal either a slight rise in burials in some areas, or a generally ‘normal’
year in regards to cremations and burials (note: Belfast City is the only
area to report any cremation, figures). We observe that some areas do indeed
report a rise, so we are not denying that there has been some increase in
burials and cremations for 2020 in some areas. But are we really looking at
data that supports the apocalyptic ‘pandemic’
we have been led to believe in? Again, to be clear, it is not being proposed
that a virus of some kind has not been in circulation, and that fatalities have
not occurred as a result. Rather, it is the severity of the disease
that, based on real data, we have every right to doubt. Total burials and
cremations statistics for an area are an extremely useful tool when trying to
gauge the severity of an event such as COVID-19. COVID-19 ‘cases’ and ‘deaths’
statistics are very open to abuse (as we have already discussed) with, for
example, any death where the individual died within 28 days of having a
positive COVID-19 test being potentially labelled as a COVID ‘death’. However, TOTAL deaths in an area is a
much harder set of figures to manipulate, and these can be obtained on a much
more local level.
(To make your own F01 Request, visit your local council
website and find the ‘contact us’ or ‘FO1 enquiries’ section. Ask them to provide you with
the total burials and cremations in their area for the last six years
2015-2020. A similar request can be made in writing, addressed to the council,
with a reply received in the post. By law councils have 20 days to respond. For
more information on F01s made regarding COVID-19 mortality statistics, the
independent journalist Mark Oakford made 1,392 requests to various
organisations across the
UK Cremation statistics (if we are to believe the figures)
tell a similar story, with this information available to the public via the cremation.org.ukwebsite. Generally speaking, it appears
that excess mortality in the
Skipton (in 2019)
1,106 - (in 2020) (‘rise’)
These figures generally represent what is being seen across
the country, and readers are encouraged to look at the full cremation.org.uk report for themselves. (https://www.cremation.org.uk/Annua1-statistics- 1960-2019).
Generally speaking, and factoring population growth year on year and variation
between regions, these statistics report a rise in excess deaths of around 10-15% (sometimes more, sometimes less).
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Moving forwards we must understand that a rise in excess
deaths in some years is not uncommon.
A BBC article from 2015 carried the following headline: ‘Winter deaths highest since 1999’. The article goes
on to say, “There were an estimated 43,900 excess deaths
in
As we can see, excess deaths due to viruses and other factors
occurring in certain years is nothing out of the ordinary. Again, as we seek to gauge the
severity of COVID-19, there is one other aspect well worth our consideration:
that of ‘age-standardised mortality’.
In regards to excess deaths for 2020 (the year of the ‘pandemic’) the BBC carried this article: ‘Covid: 2020 saw most excess deaths since World War Two’.
Here we see the expected alarmist headlines from this government controlled
corporation as they seek to push the official narrative. The article goes on to
state: “There were close to 697,000 deaths in 2020 -
nearly 85,000 more than would be expected
based on the average in the previous five years. This represents an increase of 14% - making it the largest
rise in excess deaths for more than 75 years.” First we note the rise: 14%. This generally matches what we
have discussed already. However, the article then factors in ‘age-standardised mortality’ and concedes, ‘When the age and size of the population is taken into account, 2020 saw the
worst death rates since the 2000s. This measure -
known as age-standardised mortality - takes into account
population growth and age.” (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55631693)
In other words, yes 2020 did see a larger rise in excess deaths compared to
other years that saw a rise (such as 2015 and 2018). However, when we factor in
the growing population (more people = more deaths) plus the well known fact
that the
This observation coincides with the fact that according to
official data COVID-19 significantly impacts the older generations and those with underlying health
conditions. “Just like
nearly every other mortality cause, COVID-19 risks increase proportionately
with age ... The COVID-19 risk to the working age population is statistically insignificant. For
the under 18’s it is statistically zero. In 2018 the average age of death for men was approximately 80, and
83 for women in
Some reason that the true number of deaths is low because the
lockdown policy worked and thus prevented the predicted rise in mortality.
However, cast your mind back to the beginning of the ‘pandemic’.
The whole idea of the lockdowns was to reduce the initial ‘spike’ in cases and deaths to alleviate pressure on the
already stretched National Health Service. After the ‘three
weeks to flatten the curve’ had supposedly done its job the virus would
then naturally circulate amongst the general population with cases and deaths spread out instead of occurring over a shorter space of time.
Remember the phrase ‘slow the spread’? Notice it was not ‘stop the spread’. As discussed already, a highly
contagious virus is almost impossible to prevent from spreading rapidly across
the general population, with any measures to ‘slow’
its spread (such as stay at home orders, and social distancing) only delaying the inevitable. That’s why back in the days of
normality we took our precautions,
but life still went on!
Thankfully we do have an example that helps demonstrate the
ineffectiveness of lockdown policy in regards to negating the impact of a
virus.
Surely if lockdowns worked and were the only way to reduce the
impact of the virus, then
In conclusion we can make a number of statements at this
stage. Firstly, going by official statistics and data from a variety of
sources, the predicted impact of the virus was wildly exaggerated.
This alarmism helped create the ‘knee-jerk’ reaction from the powers that be as they sought
to mitigate the proposed threat of the outbreak. Secondly, the level of threat
perceived in the minds of the general population has been deceitfully and deliberately inflated. Some will
say that the motive may have been the need for compliance, but this does not
justify the psychological manipulation of the masses.
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Thirdly, as discussed in this section, despite the wildly
apocalyptic predictions and the hysteria fomented in the minds of the general
population, we do observe a rise of some
significance in excess deaths in the
(For more information on the subject
of excess mortality see the following:
1. https://odysee.com/@drsambaileyc/excess-mortality-what-you-aren-t-being:0
2. https://www.ukcolumn.org/article/deceptive-construction-why-we-must-question-covid-19-mortality-statistics)
G. COVID-19 Democide - The ‘Cure’ is Worse than the ‘Disease’
We have every right to fear our governments. It is a fact that
down through history wicked rulers have sought to oppress and end the lives of
their own people. In
the Old Testament we read of Pharaoh king of
Such behaviour is not confined to Scripture. It is estimated
that victims of genocide and mass murder during the Nazi German regime stand at
around 21 million and at a minimum a similar number is estimated for that of
Stalin’s Communist Russia (https://hawaii.edu/powerkills/NAZIS.CHAP1.HTM).
“But both Hitler and Stalin were outdone by Mao Zedong [Chairman Mao,
Such slaughter has a name: Democide.
According to Rudoiph Rummel it is defined as, “the
intentional killing of an unarmed or disarmed person by government agents acting
in their authoritative capacity and pursuant to government policy or high command”, including “mass deaths due to
governmental acts of criminal omission and
neglect, such as in deliberate famines. ...
According to Rummel, democide surpassed war as the leading cause of non-natural death in the 20th century” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democide).
In more recent times one need only cast their minds back to the Iraq War of
2003. Its justification was largely based on the lie that Saddam Hussein had ‘weapons of mass destruction’ (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/29/magazine/iraq-weapons-mass-destruction.html);
an excuse used to commence a coalition led military campaign and occupation in
Iraq which led to the estimated deaths of around 460,000 Iraqi men, women and
children (https://www,bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24547256).
Are we so naive to think that wicked governments of our day are no different?
Think of the state sponsored slaughter of children
in the womb. Since the 1967 Abortion Act over 9
million innocent children have been murdered by the British Government.
In regards to COVID-19, are we really
to believe that all of the excess deaths in the
1. A Nation Ripe for
Virus Deaths: This has been discussed already. With
an increasingly aging population virus outbreaks combined with other
factors such as a harsh winter can and do cause rises in ‘excess deaths’. There is no reason to dismiss the
possibility that a virus of some kind, such as COVID-19 (if we are to follow
the official narrative) did indeed sweep through the nation and was (as per
usual for respiratory viruses) particularly dangerous for those with underlying health conditions and the aged. Additionally, if we factor in the
(https://www.
thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/P11S2666-7568(20)30062-3/fulltext)
2. The Suppression of
Alternative Treatments: The UK Government
(along with others) adopted a policy that fixated only on ‘one road’ out of the ‘pandemic’.
That path was lockdowns and other related measures to slow the spread of the
disease until the ‘liquid saviours’ arrived in
the form of the experimental mRNA vaccines. Other well known treatments for
viral conditions, such as Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine, were largely ignored and in many
cases actively discredited and banned despite these drugs being in general use
in countries for decades. In the case of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for example,
countries that encouraged the use of the drug saw a much lower rate of
serious disease and death.
Such treatments in combination with “zinc, azithromycin [antibiotic medication for bacterial
infections], and potentially supportive supplementations like vitamin D and vitamin C” could really have made all the
difference. Dr. Zelenko’s immune boosting protocol Virus Prevention: Elemental
Zinc 25mg 1 daily, Vitamin C 100mg 1 daily, Vitamin D3 500iu 1 daily, Quercetin
50Orng 2 daily. Virus Treatment: Elemental Zinc 50mg 1 daily for 7 days,
Vitamin C 100mg 1 daily for 7 days, Vitamin D3 5000iu 1 daily for 7 days,
Quercetin 500mg 2 daily for 7 days.
(Links:https://www.antiagemedical.com/covid-19-therapeutic-approach/
https://thehighwire.com/videos/episode-231-feast-of-consequences/
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3. Care Home
Mismanagement or Worse: With
the general public and family members banned from seeing their loved ones
inside care homes across the
Kate Alien, Director of Amnesty International UK, said: “the Government made a series of shockingly irresponsible decisions which abandoned care home residents to die ... The appalling death toll was entirely avoidable - it is a scandal of monumental proportions.” Donatelia Rovera, Amnesty
International’s Senior Crisis Response Adviser, said “it
is as if care home residents were seen as expendable. Despite thousands of empty beds they were deprioritized when it came to getting
access to hospital care, and had blanket do not resuscitate
orders (DNARs) imposed on them without due process. Such
abuses are deeply disturbing.” Amnesty further point out the “devastating
impact of isolation on the physical and mental health of [residents]”, concluding that, “the consequences are tragic in some older people: reduced
movement and cognitive functions, loss of appetite, depression, and a general loss of the will and desire to live.”
(https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2020/10/uk-older-people-in-care-homes-abandoned-to-die-amid-government-failures-during-covid-19-pandemic/
also see: https://rumble.com/vm1z42-funera1-di
rector-john-olooney-blows-the-whistle-on-covid.htm1)
We also note with great alarm the UK Government’s bulk ordering and excessive use of the ‘end
of life’ care drug Midazolam, known for being “a sedative and anaesthetic to cause drowsiness, relieve
anxiety, and in some cases cause total
loss of consciousness, [it]
can slow or stop your breathing
completely” (https://theexpose.uk/2021/08/29/midazolam-was-used-to-prematurely-end-the-lives-of-thousands-who-you-were-told-had-died-of-covid-19/
and also see https://dailyexpose.uk/2021/06/10/22000-packs-of-midazolam-were-diverted-from-france-to-the-uk-in-may-by-nhs-weneedtotalkaboutmidazolam/).
4. Lockdown Deaths: The Australian Institute of International
Affairs reports: “Across the globe, patients have
reported being denied cancer care, kidney dialysis and urgent transplant surgeries, with sometimes fatal results ... Reports from
reputable bodies like Oxfam, the UN, and the Johns Hopkins School of Public
Health have contained mutually reinforcing warnings that the severity of the
lockdown measures could reverse a decade’s worth of gains in infant and child
mortality with over a million additional deaths, exacerbate health, hunger, and
misery insecurities, and push another half billion people into poverty” (https://vww.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/lockdowns-coul-kill-more-people-than-covod-19/).
[Page 33] Common sense alone
demands that you cannot expect to lockdown a nation and seriously inhibit the
provision of healthcare without having a disastrous
impact on the overall health of the population in both the short and long term.
The sharp rise in deaths seen in the first week of lockdown in
the
Factors such as serious illnesses not being screened for (such
as cancer), cancellation of surgical operations (such as heart surgery and
organ transplants), as well as the general disruption of crucial health care
(such as kidney dialysis), and limited access to health care professionals and
medications (with even reports of heart attack victims too afraid to call an
ambulance because of fear of the virus), must surely have all been contributing factors to the rise in ‘excess deaths’ (https://www.heartuk.org.uk/news/latest/post/124-emergency-heart-attack-and-stroke-centres-are-still-here-for-you-guest-blog-by-dr-ricardo-petraco).
Couple these revelations with other factors such as increased suicides, increased vice (such as drug
taking and alcoholism), plus the lockdown induced poverty through job
losses then truly it can be said that the ‘cure’
has been worse than the ‘disease’.
There is one further revelation for our consideration as we
reach a conclusion. It appears that the COVID-19 Coronavirus may well have been
in circulation long before the official ‘pandemic’
was declared. This has already been alluded to in
Chapter 2 Section A, with the
All things considered one wonders what we would be left with
if the media hype and fear mongering concerning this virus were taken away?
Imagine if all news reporting on the virus ceased, all COVID-19 measures were
halted, and the mass testing came to an end? What would we be left with? Could
it be that suddenly we would find there to be [Page 34] no ‘pandemic’
- just a respiratory virus doing the rounds in the local population, the same
as respiratory viruses do every year? Or perhaps at worst an outbreak equivalent to that of the Asian Flu of 1957 or the
H.
COVID-19 Vaccines - ‘Safe and Effective’?
We have been repeatedly told that the COVID-19 vaccination
program being rolled out across the
The 1976 Swine Flu
Vaccine fiasco: “A new form of flu” was predicted to spread across
The 2009 Pandemrix
Vaccine scandal: In 2009, the
influenza A(H11N1)pdm09 virus spread throughout the world, and in response
countries began rolling out mass vaccination programs. One
such vaccine administered across
All of this sound familiar?
The history of vaccinations against viruses shows us examples of
exaggerated perceived threats, rushed and politically driven vaccine programs,
governments’ unstoppable pursuit of such policies, failure to warn the
public of the dangers, and then a following fallout of unnecessary side
effects, permanent damage and death. Some argue that these adverse reactions and deaths come as a
small price to pay if the vaccines ‘save the lives of
millions’. But is this true? Are the side effects and deaths resulting
from these jabs a price worth paying if they are indeed effective? Let us
attempt to answer this question by fast forwarding to the current situation
today and considering the two nations of
[Page 35]
Pictured [left] is a table showing the COVID-19 vaccine uptake
amongst the two nations of Israel and Palestine up to August
2021.
This observation directly contradicts the claim that the
COVID-19 experimental vaccines, “have demonstrated
very high levels of protection against symptomatic infection” (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/
coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-adverse-reactions/coronavirusvaccine-summary-of-yellow-card-reporting),
with the UK Government stating that, “like all
medicines, no vaccine is completely effective, so you should continue to take
recommended precautions to avoid infection. Some people may still get COVID-19
despite having a vaccination” (https://www.gov.uk/govemment/publications/covid-19-vaccination-what-to-expect-after-vaccination/what-to-expect-after-your-covid-19-vaccination).
Clearly the impression given is that these
experimental vaccines greatly reduce infection rates with only ‘some’ cases expected amongst the vaccinated. However,
despite these claims, data coming from countries with high Covid vaccine uptake
tells a different story.
The infowars article goes on to say, “the
data [seen here] correlates with statistics seen in Gibraltar and Iceland last month, where COVID
cases unexpectedly spiked, despite over 90% of the populations being fully vaccinated. While the vaccine
continues to be pushed worldwide, data suggests the vaccines could not only be
ineffective, but that they could be driving new COVID surges”
(https://www.infowars.com/posts/
data-shows-massive-spike-in-covid-deaths-in-highly-vaccinated-israel-opposite-happening-in-sparsely-vaxxed-palestine/)
We also note with interest the rise in Covid deaths in Israel
alongside case numbers. This revelation destroys the claim that the Covid vaccines also help prevent
severe illness and death.
Far from being effective at halting the spread of infection,
it appears that the mass vaccination programs against COVID-19 are in fact
driving an upsurge in new infections, hospitalisations and death.
[Page 36]
Could it be that the new Covid ‘Variants’ we have heard so
much about in recent times are in fact new ‘Vaccine
Variants’? In regards to the ‘Omicron Variant’, “All four initial cases reported from
(Links:
1. Our World In Data information: https://ourworldindata.org/vaccination-israel-impact
Scroll down to each chart and where possible click ‘Add
Country’ and select ‘
2. Further article with details on
Note: Since the publishing of these articles
COVID-19 Vaccine Safety: We do well to
remember that the COVID-19 vaccines on offer in the
However, in the meantime, as we await full disclosure on their
safety, most of the general public are unaware of government reporting schemes
that have been set up in different countries that enable citizens and health
care professionals to report on vaccine adverse reactions and
deaths. In the UK the scheme is known as the ‘Yellow Card’ reporting scheme, in the European Union it is the ‘EudraVigilance’ database (run by
the European Medicines Agency [EMAJ), and in the USA the ‘Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System’ (VAERS) database. Reactions reported vary in severity from mild to severe, and include suspected deaths. The UK Yellow Card reporting scheme
argues that these reports should not be taken into account, as a report made to
them “does not necessarily mean that it was caused by
the vaccine, only that the reporter has a suspicion it may have”. But are we really to believe that the majority of these reports are
being falsely made? Are doctors not trained to listen to their patients? A UK
Government article encouraging doctors to make use of the ‘Yellow Card’ reporting scheme states: “It is
estimated that only 10% of serious
reactions and between 2 and 4% of
non-serious reactions are reported.” (https://www.gov.uk/drug-safety-updat.e/yellow-card-please-help-to-reverse-the-decline-in-reporting-of-suspected-adverse-drug-reactions).
If their estimate is accurate then it would be reasonable to multiply the
following statistics on COVID-19 vaccine adverse reactions and deaths by a factor of ten.
[Page
37]
(Note. Often a single ‘report’ will include multiple ‘adverse reactions’ (e.g. headache, soreness of
injection site and fever) thus explaining the higher ‘adverse
reaction’ count compared to ‘reports’.)
It should be noted that the AstraZeneca Vaccine was reported
to have caused 214 Spontaneous Abortions amongst pregnant mothers. The death
of the infants has not been included in the fatality statistics as the UK
Government does not recognise these dead children as human beings. However,
their tragic deaths should be recognised and so we will include them to the
summary below. Pfizer Vaccine 378 Spontaneous Abortions, Moderna 39, Brand
Unspecified 3. Across all vaccines there were also reported a total of 5 Foetal
Deaths and 11 Still Births, giving us a total amounting to 634.
Grand Totals (to date across all
Total Adverse Reactions:
1,284,750
Total Reports: 390,808
Total Deaths: 1,789
(plus 634 infants lost
in Spontaneous Abortions,
Foetal Deaths and Still
Births)
IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE END: WXTZ-TV Channel 7 Action News (based in
Read the comments from this post … they are asking for
families to tell about a loved one they lost to Covtd-19. It didn’t quite go as
expected … WXYZ-TV Channel 7
After the vaccines were available to everyone, did you lose an
unvaccinated loved one to COVID-19? If you’re willing to share your family’s
story, please DM us your contact information. We may reach out for a story
we’re working on.
4.5K comments - 3.2K shares
A tiny fragment of the comments have been recorded here as
there is no guarantee the post will remain active, (Follow the link to see the post for
yourself. https://www.facebook.com//
10047718058030/posts/1179 108672 717151?d=n Click on the picture to be
taken to the original post. Bottom right, click on ‘comments’) At the time of printing (November
2021) the post had 259,000 comments,
the majority of which give harrowing accounts of the side effects and
ineffectiveness of the COVID-19 experimental vaccines.
[Page 38]
By way of example, the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine report includes
literally hundreds of adverse reactions from mild to
severe, with the document being some 104 pages long!
Examples of adverse reactions include. lymphadenopathy (enlargement of one
or more lymph nodes) 10,409 cases, chest pain, myocardial infarction (heart
attack) (215 cases, 35 fatal), cardiac arrest (heart stops
beating) 98 cases 38 fatal, tinnitus, vertigo, eye swelling, blurred vision,
blindness 121 cases, colitis (inflammation of large ntestine), dyspepsia (upper
stomach pain), hundreds of cases of abdominal pain, hundreds of cases of face
sweiling, hypersensitivity, thousands of cases of myalgia muscle pain) and pain
in extremities, Guillain-Barre syndrome (numbness,
weakness and pain effecting the hands and limbs), stroke,
dyskinesia (involuntary Bell’s palsy (temporary
weakness/lack of movement affecting one side of face), facial paralysis,
migraine, epilepsy and seizures, pulmonary
embolism (blocked blood vessel in the lungs) 421 cases 31 fatal,
and hundreds of cases of haemorrhaging (burst blood vessels) 1149 cases 2
fatal, and thrombosis (blood clots)
407 cases 8 fatal. The list goes on and on. (A video compilation sowing a few
adverse reactions can be viewed here: https://hugotalks.com/2021/08/26/do-celebrities-have-blood-on-their-hands-hugo-talks-lockdown/)
You may hear the odd mention of blood clot concerns in the
mainstream media regarding the vaccines, but this is only one of many hundreds of reported adverse reactions and deaths. The
information provided here in this section is not conspiracy theory. The reader
is welcome to, and indeed encouraged to, follow the links provided to the
In essence what we have here is merely a partial revealing of the truth by much of the media and government,
which in turn leads to a very lopsided view of COVID-19
vaccine safety being presented to the public. By deliberately fixating on only
a very limited number of COVID vaccine adverse reactions and deaths, they
succeed in creating the impression that the odds of taking any kind of reaction
to the vaccine is extremely low. The mainstream media’s deliberate focusing on
one adverse reaction from the vaccines, while failing to even mention the
hundreds of others, helps to illustrate the level of deception involved by [Page 39] government and media organisations as they seek to
deceive the general public into believing that the COVID-19 experimental
vaccines are virtually free of risk. Nothing could be further from the truth.
These ‘half truths’ should be called out for
what they really are - deliberate false witness (lies) which the Bible condemns
(Exodus 20: 16).
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[SIX
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Sherri Goldman Kim:
Don’t know anyone that died of Covid. However after being
fully vaccinated, know 2 people that needed open heart surgery, 1 man put on a
heart monitor, 1 man developed Leukemia, and 1 man that developed and died from
lymph node cancer. All of these people are in their 70’s and the one that died was 80.
We can’t trust our Media and our Doctors are killing us. Is
there a vaccine for this, which I... See more.
Riko Stewart Sherri Goldman Kim ths
wasn…
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Joanne Tanner:
I just spent 12 days in the hospital not dying after not
getting it. But I can’t say the same for the ridiculously high number of people
who didn’t make it who were jabbed!
Brenda Mae:
My mother, age 85 died Dec 1 before the shot was available.
Went to the hospital and they SENT HER
HOME - ALONE, to her apartment, because, you know - quarantine. She wasn’t
sick enough to be “treated”. By the time she
returned she was too far gone to save. My MIL got the jab and has been having
heart issues ever since, A young man we know, in his 30’s will be on heart
medication the rest of his life due to the jab.
Asiya Ali:
Great to hear the truth coming out. My friend took the depop
and got shingles. I told her to report it. To this day I don’t think she ever
did.
Ann Allison-Cote replied. - 95 replies
Amber Gabriel:
Family member is a church pastor. He has had to console 5 PREGNANT church members. ALL 5 miscarried at different stages of
their pregnancy, after getting the Jab. One, being stillborn, the others mid
and late pregnancy
ALL 5
Dana Wyatt Boyd replied. - 55 replies.
Steve Ames:
I lost my father 12 days after the vaccine moderna.
Kaei Matadobra replied. - 3 replies
Kari Gardner:
I don’t know anyone who died of the virus however I know of a
young woman who has the 2nd dose of Vx who then experienced severe nerve pain throughout
her body which she got pain meds from her doctor for. Well the meds didn’t help
and her husband found her hanging in the garage with a suicide note stating she
hoped God would forgive her and she would still go to heaven but she couldn’t
live with the pain.
Mark Smith
replied: - 22 replies
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Take for example the case of the young 23 year old Irish
footballer, Roy Butler,
who received the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine and took ill very shortly
afterwards and passed away within a few days. The
mainstream media reported that he merely ‘passed away’
after a ‘short illness’ but failed to mention,
and thus obscured, the cause of his
death. It was only after the young lad’s relatives took to social media, and
reports from the alternative press filtered through, that the truth came out: he had died as a result of the COVID-19 vaccine. One of Roy’s
relatives tweeted, “My 23 year old nephew is fighting
for his life at the minute ... got the poison on Friday, please pray for him”,
then later, “My beautiful nephew Roy Butler, Waterford
City, Eire passed away today after the miracle “jab”
... I’m heartbroken and so so angry” (https://www.bitchute.com/video/wyoN1 qT7AY2w/).
This is the level of deception we are dealing with - the
mainstream media intentionally covering up the truth in order to preserve the integrity of Big Pharma and the COVID-19 narrative,
which must be protected at all costs. The media, it seems, will reveal only
partial truth, but on the other hand obscure the full facts. They tell half
truths, with the deliberate intention of warping the thinking of those that
follow what they say. For those who perhaps still doubt the link between these
experimental vaccines and ADRs (Adverse Drug Reactions) the UK Government
concedes (as of November 2021), “The MHRA has received
611 UK reports of suspected ADRs to the COV1D-19 Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine in
which the patient died shortly after
vaccination, 1,127 reports for the COVID-19
Vaccine AstraZeneca, 19 for the COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna and 32 where the brand
of vaccine was unspecified. The majority of these reports were in elderly
people or people with underlying illness.” (https.//www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-1
9-vaccine-adverse-reactions/coronavirus-vaccine-summary-of-yellow-card-re
porting [scroll down to ‘Events with a fatal
outcome’])
These grim totals look only set to grow as the various
COVID-19 vaccination programs continue to be pushed upon the
The following comes as a sobering
warning from a fully vaccinated man in the
It has been wisely said, “If you have
to be persuaded, reminded, pressured, lied to, incentivised, coerced, bullied,
reminded, pressured, lied to, incentivised, coerced, bullied, socially shamed,
guilt tripped, threatened, punished and criminalised. You can be absolutely certain
that what is being produced is not in your best
interests.”
(Links:
1. Full
2. EU [EudraVigilance/EMA statistics
summary]:
https://www.precisionvaccinations.com/european-agenct-confirms-covid-19-vaccine-fatalities
3.
Excellent summary of the data also found here:
https://openvaers.com/covid-data)
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[Page 39]
Liz Coleman Nicholson:
My friend’s grandson received 2 shots
to attend college. Severe chest pain and
heart racing. Attended ER, diagnosed with myocarditis. He now cannot do his
internships. He is on several meds and can no longer exert himself. Was a
healthy 20 year old man before both shots.
ArieneGerry Ve…
replied: + 4 replies.
Sydnei Kaplan:
Wow click the original post (picture above) and read the
thousands of comments!! NOT what they were going for!
Ayshea Mason: - 1
reply
Amanda Caulisch:
My customer lost 4 fully vaccinated loved ones and is
currently not letting anyone inside their home They are also fully vaccinated.
Sue Loxton replied: + 19 replies
Alice Kleineberg:
My dad never had covid died 6/10/2021 was in the hospital
weeks prior and was persuaded to get the 1st shot against me knowing
I had begged him to never get it. He was released from hospital and never got
better with energy or breathing. He called me daily, one day he mentioned he
was going to the doctor to get 2nd shot, to my horror I said please
tell me you never got that, he had then went for the 2nd one within
a week or two he died!!!!
Renee Gress replied + 5 replies
Jay Hub:
My husband lost his best friend and aunt both within the last
3 months due to the vaccine. We both don’t know anyone that died from Covid.
Fifi Maddisan:
My neighbour, a very fit and healthy man, had a major heart
attack after having both jabs. Luckily they managed to revive him thru CPR. He
was told it happened because of a clot. His lungs filled with fluid, twice,
afterwards and he felt like he was drowning. He has had to have both a stent
and pacemaker fitted, cannot walk far without getting breathless, and now
suffers PTSD from it all. When will this life changing nonsense stopp?!
Jenn Exkstein… replied + 5 replies
Breanna Hasperit:
I have a loved one that a hospital in
Mark Smith replied
+7 replies
Alleen Fish:
My brother-in-law was vaccinated and 2 months later was
diagnosed with lymph node cancer and received 1 chemotherapy treatment then got Covid and it scared his lungs he was
in hospital for 11/2 months ICU. He got double pneumonia and then his one lung
collapsed and after that one the other one collapsed. He was a healthy golfer
before tie was vaccinated. He jus got so sick for the 4 months after he
recently died. I know it was the vaccine that did it.
[Page 40]
Mari Kaimo replied + 857 replies
Bonnie McLean:
After the v were available… someone I care about suffered from
severe memory loss AFTER the second
shot. A medical doctor could no longer remember where they lived or how to get
home. Memory has yet to return. One life destroyed, and that life affected many
others. But lives don’t matter to you, you just seem eager to celebrate the
death of the unv’d.
Becky Lynn replied
+399 replies
Spike Cohen:
This wasn’t the response you expected,
I suspect
Nikki Rhyne replied + 4,218 replies
Heather Dalpiar:
How about you ask for stories of losing a vaccinated family
member?
Abagail Demitri replied
+ 764 replies
Charlamaine Butler:
Lost a 39 & 28 year old friend to their booster shot (edit
2nd shot). Also a friend’s 19 year old daughter had massive blood clots in her
lungs after her shot. Think I’ll stick with not being vaccinated. All the ones
I know in the ICU or that have recently died with “covid”
are fully vaccinated.
Athena Barnhart replied + 361 replies
Connie Ingram Pinson:
How about sharing the stories about losing someone who was
vaccinated. Bet that won’t happen!!!!
Jessica Dinh replied + 519 replies
Kirsten Witt:
I know someone who was FULLY
Vaccinated and always wore their mask, they were recently in ICU and passed
away.
Trace Trac
replied + 334 replies
Amy Dutsch:
We lost my father in law in July 2020,
not due to cov d, But due to preventable illnesses that were not treated
because he was so terrified of covid that he hid in his house. Will you do a
story on that?
Christina Rob…
replied + 262 replies
Gretchen Hell’r:
The VA in
Effe Bense replied + 370 replies
Laura Lamkin:
Dear WXYZ-TV Channel 7 … I cannot get
the vax. I survived covid twice. Most recently about a month ago. Same with my
boyfriend and MANY others. Please stop trying to stir the pot … start reporting
the facts on the survival rate since that’s one actual fact you fail to report.
Amanda Crick-P…
replied +234 replies
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I. The Hypocrisy of the Elite
They say that ‘a picture speaks a thousand words’. It certainly does when it comes to
the hypocrisy of the elite and their flagrant breaches of their own draconian
Covid rules.
Time and time
again leaders in the
J. The Questionable Character of
Those Promoting the Narrative
Not only are many of the elite hypocrites when it comes to
keeping their own COVID rules, but many are also of the most questionable moral
character. A key element of successful leadership is the building of trust of
those that follow you. The following are examples of elite immorality that
cases serve doubt on the trustworthiness of those who are pushing the COVID
narrative. Ask yourself, are these the kind of individuals you [Page
42] First consider
the case of ‘Professor Lockdown’ Dr Neil Ferguson, one of the key UK Government Advisors
who argued in favour of the enforced Lockdowns witnessed in the
Secondly, consider the warped moral
compass, and as one judge described, “reckless” behaviour of the
Thirdly, while the general public in the
These are all examples of individuals
in positions of power that were instrumental in bringing into force the
unbiblical and nonsensical COVID-19 measures that brought such misery, needless suffering and death upon the people
of the UK; individuals of the most questionable character. One other key point
to make regarding the examples given here of those caught in adultery is that
adulterers tend to be habitual liars and deceivers.
How else do they keep up the illusion of a happy marriage whilst at the
same time keeping the bed of a strange woman? “Marriage is honourable in all,
and the bed undefiled: but
whoremongers and adulterers God will judge” (Hebrews
13: 4). Would you trust Neil Ferguson to tell you the truth
when even his own wife cannot trust him? The COVID-19 narrative is founded on a
mountain of lies, with some of its key proponents unashamed liars
themselves. Trust them to tell you the truth if
you wish - but more fool you if you do!
[Page 43]
Chapter 3:
The Partakers in the Lie
“A wonderful and horrible thing is
committed in the land. The prophets prophesy
falsely, and the priests bear rule by their
means; and my
people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?” (Jeremiah 5: 30-31)
As established in Part 1 of this series, from a biblical point
of view, lockdowns of the healthy population and mandatory mask wearing for
those who are not sick is not Scriptural. These policies fly in the face of the principles for disease control set out in the Bible. As well as this,
we have further demonstrated in this publication that the official COVID-19
narrative forced upon the unsuspecting populations of the world by their
governments is a grossly exaggerated lie.
The driving force behind such a lie is a powerful global agenda which we
shall examine in more detail in a future publication. For now, our attention is
drawn to those who have promoted this lie in the different levels of our
culture, and those who should have stood against it.
In all cultures power flows from top to bottom,
often in the form of something like a pyramid. A small ruling elite at the
top with various expanding levels below them, all the way down to the masses of
every day folk at the bottom. This fact is not a criticism, but merely an
observation. “The powers that be are ordained of God” (Romans 13: 1), and so governmental structure in
society is granted to us by God for keeping law and order, and for the
punishment of evil doers. However, with regards to the COVID-19 ‘pandemic’ policy in the UK, unbiblical and tyrannical
decisions were made at the very top of the ‘pyramid’
by very wicked and corrupt men,
and then passed down through the various levels of society. Government
controlled organisations such as local councils, the police, and the National
Health Service stood little chance of resisting the measures as they were
brought in. In like manner, the next group down the pyramid, the small
businesses and larger corporations, again stood little chance of defying the
measures due to their already heavy regulation and control by the state. During
the lockdowns there were indeed some business owners in the
After the businesses we come to the churches, which in the Western world,
traditionally and historically, were meant to be separate from the state,
and thus be subject to less state control. ‘Separation
of Church and State’ was the cry in days gone by, with the churches
acting as somewhat of an independent spiritual guide and check on the moral
compass of the state down through the centuries. Out of all of the
organisations in the
[Page 43]
In contrast to what SHOULD have happened, we have witnessed the complete opposite, with the vast majority of the mainline denominations in the
Why was there such a uniform acceptance of the measures? Again, we discussed some of these
reasons at length in Part 2. However, what as yet has not been discussed in
detail is the true level of collaboration that has taken
place between the church and the state when it comes to the COVID-19 agenda.
Why is it that if an individual were to walk into a church, a mosque, or a
Hindu temple in
Pictured above - [in the author’s book but not shown in this word document] - is an image taken from a Zoom
meeting held in Northern Ireland on 24th February 2021,
as part of the Northern Ireland ‘Interfaith Forum’ discussing COVID-19 related issues. The ‘Inter-faith Forum’ has been used as a platform where
all of the main religions in Northern Ireland have been able to come together as one in order to receive information and instruction from
the Northern Ireland government regarding COVID-19 issues.
[Page 45]
Unlike much government discussion (such as discussion at the
Northern Ireland Assembly, where full minutes ere made available on the
niassembly website for members of the public to freely access and read [http.://www.niassembly.gov.
uk/assembly-business/minutes-of-proceedings/session-2020-2021/]), these particular meetings were kept private, with minutes
unavailable to the general public (unless obtained under the FOI
process). Those identified at the 24th February 2021 meeting are as follows
(top left to bottom right):
Rev Trevor D. Gribben (Presbyterian Church Clerk and
Moderator), Rev David Kale (Belfast Jewish Community), Very Reverend Shane
Forster (Church of Ireland), Alan
Walker (Elim Pentecostal Church Ireland), Rev Dr Heather Morris (Methodist Church), Charles Coffins (independent Catholic Journalist;
Managing Editor of ‘Crux’), Terence McKenna (Mormon Church), Phil Dunwoody (Reformed Presbyterian),
Unknown (?), Danielie McElhinney (PR professional), Gary Middleton
(Democratic Unionist Party MLA), Lynda Gould (Project Coordinator: Faith
Engagement Project), David Purse (Pastor, Whitewell Metropolitan
Tabernacle), Declan
Kearney (Sinn Fein National Chairperson), Robin Swann (UUP MLA & Northern
Ireland Minister of Health), Dr Michael McBride (Chief Medical Officer), Fr
Timothy Bartlett (Secretary to the Catholic Bishops of
Northern Ireland), Una McKernan (Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary
Action), Rev John Armstrong (Moderator, Free Presbyterian Church
of Ulster), Boyd Sleator (Development Officer,
Northern Ireland Humanists), Neil Young (Vineyard Church), Dr
Satyavir Singhai (Hindu/Indian Community; NHS Doctor), Andy Hambleton (Evangelical Presbyterian Church).
(At other meetings before and after the one dated above, other
religions, denominations and churches were represented, including: Congregational, Muslim, Baptist, Evangelical
Should it alarm us as Christians that the leaders of most if
not all of the mainline denominations in Northern Ireland have been meeting in private with members of the Government and representatives of
other world religions? Is it a coincidence that all these religious
organisations have now adopted a generally uniform policy in regards to
dealing with COVID-19? Is it a mere coincidence that they are united in their full backing of all the government measures, even with reports of churches using church funds to support state run organisations like the NHS and opening up their places of worship to be used as vaccination and COVID-19 testing centres?
By way of example, Tandragee Free Presbyterian Church donated £50,000 worth of Personal Protective Equipment
to the NHS (https://www.portadowntimes.co.uk/news/people/tandragee-church-delivers-ppe-nhs-2853551). The Roman Catholic Church, Church of
Ireland, Presbyterian and Methodist denominations all willingly offered
the use of their premises as COVID-19 vaccination centres (https://www.newsietter.co.uk/news/all-four-major-churches-open-using-remises-covid-19-vaccine-centres-3093722), as did the Elim Pentecostal Church in Bangor (https://www.mysurgerywebsite.co.uk/news.aspx?p=Z00253).
The Free Presbyterian
Church in Lisburn offered
their premises for the flu vaccination (https://www.drruddellandpartners.co.uk/info.aspx?p=S) and for COVID-19 testing (https.://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-54013195) and the COVID-19 ‘booster jab’. Thus, we see clearly the churches
wilfully acting as another arm of the state, aiding
and abetting the promotion of the lie that is the COVID-19 agenda.
Why is it that in order to find out
what one’s own church is up to behind closed doors, individual Christians must apply to the government under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) [Page
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information? Why do details about church business have to be obtained through government channels? Is not the church an open and transparent organisation? Jesus said. “I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the
Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing” (John 18: 20). Did Jesus hold ‘private’
discussions with Can officials regarding
The disclosure of these private meetings helps explain why,
whether you walk into a hospital, a business or a church, the same posters, signage, health policy, sanitization, mask
mandates, social distancing and capacity limitations can be observed. Why?
Because ALL of these organisations (state, business and religious) have adopted and
endorsed the same COVID-19 measures, all pre-arranged, discussed
in advance, and agreed upon
in private without their adherents knowing anything about it. Far from separating themselves from the mountain of lies that is the
COVID-19 agenda, churches have become partakers
in it - further adding to its devilish power and its insidious entrenchment
in our culture.
One wonders what exactly is discussed at these ‘private’ meetings? Ask your average church minister
and they most probably will not know, as even they have not been made aware of
the full details of what goes on. However, the author has, under the Freedom of
Information Act (2000) obtained the minutes of a series of
meetings that took place between government officials and representatives of
the various religions in
In short, EVERY aspect of COVID-19 policy is
discussed in great detail at these meetings. Far from being
information only, detailed discussion and dialogue does take place.
The document obtained under FOI (45 pages long, and a second [‘Part 2’] FOI release 14 pages long) details the
minutes of a series of meetings held on the following dates: 17th June, 24th
June, 8th September, 27th October, 10th November, 1st December, 18th December
(all 2020); 7th January, 22nd February, 25th March, 10th June, 25th June and
5th October (all 2021). The minutes of the meetings are deemed sensitive enough that the majority of the names of those in attendance are blanked out,
with an unknown number of sections ‘withheld’ because of their ‘sensitive nature’, making them unavailable for public scrutiny. However, what
has been disclosed makes interesting reading, with the details that follow
being presented in a chronological fashion in order to better understand
events as they unfolded.
Each private meeting follows generally the same format, with
introductions coming from state and health officials who then go on to discuss
the severity of the ‘pandemic’ and the need for
those in the faith community to be onboard with government policy (example, p.
14). Attendees are reminded of the danger and spread of the disease, which then
leads to a discussion of government policy and what they want to see
implemented in the ‘faith sector’.
Disturbingly, not once in the minutes
of any of the private meetings does a representative of any of the religions challenge the official COVID-19 narrative. All seem
content to go along with the lie,
and seem pliable enough to submit to any and all
proposed government measures. At times, some attendees offer the odd ‘concern’, but these are merely ‘noted’ and brushed aside. What is evident in these
meetings is the unrelenting drive to push the
government agenda on to all the organisations represented. Sadly, another
glaring omission from the meetings is the use [Page
47] of the Bible. Not
once was the Bible used by any of the Christian leaders present, and not once
was the judgement of God, the sin of the nation, or the gospel of Jesus Christ
presented to those government representatives in attendance. The Gospel, the
only solution to the nation’s problems,
woefully neglected at such a time of great need.
Instead of presenting biblical truth and challenging the
narrative, detailed discussion was had regarding: limitations on length
of meetings (p. 5), singing (p. 5), singing
volume (p. 13), the need to sing quietly and with a ‘face covering’ (p. 13), and the
introduction of online booking systems (p. 5). Church closures and re-openings
(p. 6), guidance on symptomatic cases (p. 7), track and trace implementation (p. 7), face masks (p. 7), social distancing
(p. 7), restrictions on sacraments and rituals (p. 9), guidance on ‘clergy encouraging congregations to download StopCovidNI App’ (p. 11), ‘risk assessments’ (p. 20), and ‘what to do if a congregation member tests positive’ (p. 12).
In the meeting dated 8th September 2020, the representative of
the Elim Church reported back to the government regarding ‘issues’ between congregations that were ‘comparing different approaches’ to the measures, with
‘some pushback on face covering policy as a result’ (p. 12). It seems that the
In the meeting dated 27th October 2020, government officials
noted feedback from the different faith groups. The coordinator of the NI
Humanists complained about the limitations on weddings, and the fact that at that
time face coverings were not a requirement in churches but humanists ‘have to wear them in a venue’. They also complained
about the churches being allowed to have music whilst humanists were not (p.
14). At the same meeting the Presbyterian Church ‘thanked’ the government for allowing physical gatherings, whilst the
With these faith groups displaying
their full submission to the unbiblical measures, veiled threats from government officials could also be observed in the
meetings. At the meeting dated 27th October, attendees are warned that they
should make sure to ‘vocalise these messages’ regarding the COVID-19 measures to
their congregations, to ensure that ‘further measures do not need to be taken’ (p. 16). Alas, such affinity
with Ahab always comes at a cost, and sin will always take you further than you
want to go! One wonders why church representatives continued at this stage to
remain in these COVID narrative meetings? Perhaps part of the answer to that
being the reassurances from government officials of their intention ‘to look at what grant funding
is available for churches who have reduced income as
a result of the COVID restrictions’ (p. 17).
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With the COVID propaganda increasing as the winter of 2020
kicked in, a marked agitation can be observed in the meetings as tougher measures were introduced. In the meeting dated 10th November
2020, faith leaders sought clarity on whether they should ‘identify people who may have been sitting next to an
infected person and notify them’ (p. 19), or whether this should be left
to track and trace? In the same meeting the Elim Church boasted of how they had
at this stage made ‘wearing face masks ... mandatory at all times’ (p. 19), with another faith
leader (name blanked out) discussing keeping ‘discipline’
of church members outside in car parks after the meetings were over.
With Christmas 2020 looming, the meeting dated 1st December
featured warnings to the faith leaders from the
government about ‘significant numbers of cases related
to faith-based activity’, and ‘outbreaks
related to church services’ (p. 23). Increased mandates regarding masks
and singing were discussed (p. 23), as was the alleged higher risk to public
health with congregations ‘mingling’ outside the church and when ‘entering or leaving’, and how that keeping people away from each other was key (p. 23). Complaints begin to intensify
as the measures increased in these winter months, with faith representatives
complaining about church closures, limitations of only four people allowed
inside a building, the ‘backlog of 3 months of
baptism’ (p. 24), and the concern that churches
were ‘being lined up as scapegoats’ (p. 24).
How could these leaders have been so naive?
What were they to expect when they handed over control of their
churches from Christ to the State? Their new masters quite the
contrast to the gentle Saviour of mankind!
It is to be observed that in these winter meetings that talk
of the COVID vaccines begins to emerge (p. 25).
Additionally, with Christmas only a few weeks away, further government concerns
about ‘wind instruments’
and ‘open air carol singing’
were discussed (p. 25), as well as room sizes, numbers attending meetings,
seating arrangements (p.27), and that, despite the measures, outbreaks were still occurring and were to be blamed on congregational singing and ‘limited
wearing of face coverings’ (p. 27). New Year celebrations were also
discussed, with one church leader (name blanked out) asking permission for ‘Watch Night’
services to be allowed (which was declined as it would be after
8pm), or if a live broadcast from 10pm - 12 midnight could be filmed at the
churches with no more than four people in the building (this was declined
also). It truly is pitiful to observe so called Christian leaders asking the ungodly for ‘permission’
to meet together in obedience to God’s Word! Do these leaders not
understand that Freedom of Assembly is not a privilege granted
to us by the state, but rather an inalienable right granted to us by
Almighty God? Other faith leaders grovel
with thanks for allowing churches to remain open (despite the 8pm curfew),
and for allowing face masks to be removed during worship (p. 28). However,
despite every activity of the church being scrutinised under the light of
COVID-19 ideology, government officials congratulated the faith
leaders on their compliance, stating how they valued ‘the goodwill and partnership that has been shared with the faith organisations’ (p. 25).
With Christmas and New Year over, the meeting dated 7th
January 2021 takes an even more ominous tone. Government officials pointed to
the seriousness of the situation, and how the ‘Executive is going to have to do more to curb the
spread of the virus’ and to ‘press down as hard as
possible’ until the arrival of the vaccine (p. 32). Here we
see the early psychological preparation of the faith
leaders for the COVID-19 experimental vaccines, with the vaccines being presented as the only way out of the increasingly oppressive health
measures. Government officials continued to stress the importance of the
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was after this brow beating and psychological attack that many faith leaders voluntarily moved their congregations to unbiblical ‘online services’ (p. 32).
Others voiced their objections, including one faith leader (name blanked out) questioning ‘the authority of
[the] state being able to insist
that churches close’ (p. 33). Perhaps now at this late stage the reality of
this ungodly alliance between church and state was beginning
to dawn on this unnamed faith representative. However, these concerns came too
late in the day, and the minutes of the meeting show no record of the
faith leaders’ intent to defy the tyrannical dictates,
but rather only their request for ‘evidence’
that churches were to blame since they had followed all the ‘proper procedures’ (p. 33). Such weakness and compliance with evil! The Elim Church is noted as one of the churches to ‘close’ in response to the situation, with their
representative seeking to blame the ‘retail sector’ for the rise in infections, whilst requesting ‘financial support’ to be made available to churches that moved to ‘online worship’ (p. 33). It seems the
In the meeting dated 22nd February 2021, the emphasis now
shifts significantly towards COVID-19 vaccine rollout across
The Spring of 2021 was promised to be a phased return to some
degree of normality, but again there is noted the ever-constant reminders of
caution from the government officials. Frustration is observed amongst some of
the faith leaders at this stage as one individual (name blanked out) ‘mentioned how some parishioners are feeling very confused
when seeing the numbers travelling at the weekend to Portstewart yet they are
unable to worship together’ (p. 38). Did it really take all these months
of disobeying the Lord and forsaking the assembling together of God’s people
for some of the faith leaders to realise that the world will never
treat the Church equally and on the same level as other organisations? Again,
these whimpering remarks came all too late, with churches having handed over
control of their function from Christ to the state, and the state now all too
reluctant to hand that control back. If you give the Devil an inch, he will
surely take a mile!
Another un-named church leader noted ‘members
of congregations’ were ‘questioning the
decision to continue with on-line services’ (p, 38). This individual
requested a ‘phased reopening of limited Sunday
services’ but on the condition that his ‘leadership
team’ would enforce ‘strict controls’ on those in attendance (p. 38). Here we see churches bartering with the government to reinstate their freedom to worship
God on the proviso that they enforce the strict COVID measures on their people.
Thus, we tragically see church leadership teams becoming nothing more than government stooges enforcing unbiblical COVID policies on their
congregations. Once again ‘mental health’
and its impact on ‘members of congregations’
was used as a bargaining chip, but not once was there a [Page
50] mention of the
Scriptural command to not forsake “the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is” (Hebrews
10: 25). How could these church leaders quote such a Scripture
when they had actively spent the last number of months disobeying it? Perhaps
it was this flagrant disobedience to God’s Word that explains why not once in
the 45 pages of detailed discussion with the government (or in the second 14 page
[‘Part 2’] document) do any of the church
leaders quote from the Scriptures in order to defend the Christian faith, which
was so clearly and yet subtly under attack. In contrast we witness these weak
men lay down their swords at the feet of their new masters,
offering only the most timid of objections based on the wisdom of man.
The Summer of 2021 saw a reduced number of meetings between
government officials as restrictions began to ease. However, the emergence of
the new ‘Delta variant’
was raised as a concern, with government officials describing the ‘race between the variant and the vaccine’ (P2. p. 4). How convenient to have the
emergence of this new and highly infectious strain of the disease arrive just
as the government was intensifying the campaign to get all Northern Ireland
adults ‘double vaccinated’ and commencing the drive to work their way down the
age groups in the vaccine roll out (P2. p. 4, 13). In the meeting
dated 10th June 2021 the Roman Catholic representative ‘noted a tiredness and a perception that this is all over amongst members’
(P2. p. 5). It appears the novelty of the virus and all of the enforced
measures was beginning to wane amongst members of the Catholic church of
In the light of this apparent unrest and reported display of
resistance, immediately after these comments were made an unnamed government
official threatens the attendees stressing the fact that they do not ‘want to enforce rules that they
know are being broken’ 32. p. 6). The government official then goes on to explain, ‘this issue is why masks are required for a business meeting
in a large room, well ventilated, with only 10-12 people who are fully
vaccinated and social distanced’ (P2. p. 6). Such bizarre comments raise
a few key points: firstly, is this ‘business meeting’
setting the possible ‘new normal’ for churches
of the future? Is that what they are alluding to? And secondly, one wonders
what the point of the vaccine program was when in reality those who are ‘double jabbed’ still have to wear masks, still have
to social distance, and still have to sit in well ventilated rooms with limited
capacity! So much for the vaccine enabling the people of
In the meeting dated 25th June 2021 fear mongering concerning
the ‘Delta variant’ continued with government
officials offering a ‘plea to forum members to encourage
vaccination uptake especially in younger people’ (P2. p. 8). Yet again the grovelling
to 50 state officials is observed with one unnamed faith leader begging the
government ‘to allow the churches to move from 2m to 1.5m social distancing’
in order to allow people ‘to relate to each other’ (P 2. p. 9). Such
weakness displayed by this individual as they grovel over something as pathetic
as 50cm! The government official responds by saying that such a move is ‘possible’ but no further details are given. Another
faith representative asks if ‘a cup of tea can be offered after [the] service with all mitigations
in place’, to which the official response is given, ‘yes this is reasonable with risk assessment and mitigations’
(P 2. p.9). Think about it: over a year of the total disruption of church
life, churches closed, oppressive measures foisted upon congregations by
government and church hierarchy alike, and yet what do we see discussed here at
this late stage? A determination and resolution to get back to normal and get
on with life? No! Asking permission to have a cup of tea after
church (with all mitigations in place of course)!
We may be tempted at this stage to cast all the blame for this
shambolic leadership display upon the hierarchy of these religious
organisations. But we do well to remember that (if we are members of such) for
the most part these ‘spiritual chickens’ were elected by us, the people, to serve and represent us
in our culture today. We are as much to blame for their
behaviour as any:
for by our support (both by physically attending such places and
by our financial offerings) we have been the enabling factor in this whole
sorry state of affairs. Truly, as it has been said, the people get the leaders they deserve.
As we look ahead, the last meeting dated 5th October 2021
offers no sign of a full return to normal any time soon. In fact government
officials talk of the ‘fragile situation’
and the ‘waning immunity’
(of the vaccines) and the ‘reduced adherence’
to the rules ‘having an impact’ as the ‘Autumn Winter Planning’ for 2021 is discussed in
detail (P 2. p. 11). The government representative goes on to say that ‘the best prediction we can expect is for significant levels of COVID-19 over the winter
months’ and that ‘modest increases in cases will see a significant impact’.
In the light of such doom and gloom, faith leaders are advised that the ‘baseline measures’ will remain in place despite the ‘vaccination program success’ and that if ‘hospital pressures become
unsustainable or a new variant (perhaps better called ‘new
convenient’) were to emerge certain ‘contingency
measures’ would need to be taken. These measures would
include the need to ‘tighten self-isolation arrangements’,
the reintroduction of social distancing requirements,
and the introduction of ‘Covid certification’ (P 2. p. 13).
In the light of these government plans
for the future, an unease is observed in some of the faith
representatives. On the horizon now looms continued measures for the winter of
2021, combined with the possible introduction of the dreaded COVID-19 certificates to limit the freedoms of those who have chosen not to take
the experimental vaccines, or those who have since their initial participation
dropped out of the program. One unnamed church leader specifically highlights ‘that they have supported the vaccine drive while maintaining the right to choose’, and raised concerns about the use of such ‘certification in churches’ (P 2. p. 13). Who knows what the
future holds? This we must leave in the hands of Almighty God. But one thing is
for certain, if such tyrannical measures are introduced
in Northern Ireland and proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required in our
increasingly dictatorial country you can thank your ‘mainstream’ and ‘mainline’
religious leaders for it! For it has been through their secretive complicity and their hidden weaknes in the face of this great lie from the very pit of hell that the light of our religious
freedom may one day be snuffed out. Churches closed, ordinances forsaken,
spiritual backsliding rife, numbers dwindling, evil prevailing in the land, all
because (so called) good men have done nothing! Yea perhaps worse than this, it
is now evident that they have become partakers in the very
lie itself. Truly it can be said of them that evil has found a willing servant. [Page 51] Perhaps by conceding to a government policy that deemed the churches
to be ‘non-essential’, these faith leaders have
demonstrated just that - that they truly were ‘NON-ESSENTIAL’! May God in His
mercy raise up a much tougher form of Christianity in these last
days, as the old status quo voluntarily destroy themselves and
their testimony. Jesus warned His followers: “Ye are the
salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?
it is thenceforth good for
nothing, but to be cast out,
and to be trodden under
foot of men” (Matthew 5: 13).
Christ rebuked the Laodicean church for its weakness, saying “thou art
neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or
hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with
goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked” (Revelation
3: 15-17).
On the subject of riches and being ‘increased
with goods’, as previously mentioned, it is not long into the minutes of
these meetings until the subject of money comes up
(examples pp. 17, 33, 39, P2. p. 14). Government officials encourage the faith
leaders in the meeting to ‘Set out in writing what
additional funding [is] required’
and that money can be accessed ‘under the COVID-19 Charities Fund administered by the
Department for Communities’ (p. 39). Here we have it: church leaders disobey the Lord and close their
churches, forsaking the literal gathering of God’s people (as well as
disobediently halting singing, fellowship, the Lord’s table, baptism, and
evangelism) and then seek money from the government for doing so.
These church leaders not only played the traitor but, like Israel of old when
she fell into idolatry and sin they also played the whore, selling themselves cheaply for doing
the bidding of the state.
Under the Freedom of Information Act (2000), the author has
obtained information regarding the funding schemes that faith-based
organisations were granted access to use to the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown
policies. In
Not only did churches that closed themselves down apply to the
State for free money to bail them out for their sin, but what comes as a
further concern is that the Phase 1 funding scheme in
As we conclude, it is clear that for the sake of the testimony
of the cause of Christ, churches should have stayed out of meddling in
state affairs and should have, at a minimum, taken a neutral stance
with regard to these issues. All of the information regarding the COVID-19
measures could easily have been obtained at any time on the relevant UK
government websites, and so there was no need,
and there was no excuse,
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they willingly became involved in state business, lending the
COVID-19 narrative their full support and compliance,
and thus displayed all the qualities that leaders should not have (naivety, gullibility, weakness, lack
of conviction, and no backbone to take a stand for God’s truth! Jesus warned, “there is
nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be
known” (Matthew 10: 26). Secrets cannot be kept forever,
and truth by its nature has a habit of coming to the surface eventually.
That which has been kept in darkness, and has been presumed by some to have
been swept under the carpet, has now come out
into the light. These revelations will cause
no alarm for some (who simply do not care),
but for others who rightly hold to the view that the church should be
separate from the state in order to remain pure and faithful to the cause of
Christ, these revelations will be deeply disturbing.
What a sorry state the professing Church in the Western world
finds itself in! Whilst in other times of church history, as well as in heavily
oppressive nations today, faithful Christians have kept meeting together
physically despite the great potential danger to themselves and others for
doing so, the vast majority of churches in the Western world have all too
easily bowed the knee to Baal over the perceived threat of a disease
which really is comparable to that of a severe flu. Surely the
It is true that we have much to discourage us in these strange
times. However, one thing we can be assured of in church history is that the lord always preserves a ‘remnant’
of His people. We are thankful for those churches,
church leaders and individual Christians that have made a stand for the
Lord in recent times despite the strong current of ungodliness pushing in the
opposite direction. The Lord WILL honour those that honour
Him in the days ahead: “them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed’ (1 Samuel 2: 30). As for those who have been duped into following the official
narrative, and have shut their places of worship down with no signs of
repenting of this error, we say this: unfaithfulness becomes a
habit. Those churches
that have closed down once and not repented, will no doubt do it
again, and again, and again! And those professing Christians who
still attend such places had better beware: prepare to be
betrayed again, and again and again! Or perhaps instead prepare to be accepting of a ‘new
normal’ way of doing church in the days ahead. The choice dear reader is
yours. “Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plague. For her sins have reached unto heaven”
(Revelation 18:
4-5). “Wherefore
come out from among them, and be ye
separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing” (2 Corinthians 6: 17).
(Note: Public Sector Information published here under the Open
Government Licence v20 [www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/2/].
To make your own Freedom of Information Request with regard to Faith Leaders
Meetings, email foi@executiveoffice-ni-gov.uk
asking for an FOI on minutes of meetings held with local Faith Leaders in
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Appendix 1: The Ideology of Covidism
The Canadian based Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms
rightly discerns that what we are dealing with in regard to COVID-19 has all
the hallmarks of an ideology.
They explain, “What started out as a
reasonable precautionary response to an unknown virus has turned into an
ideology that threatens to destroy free
society entirely. An ideology is a fanatical belief system that exalts
one aim over everything else. An
ideology identifies one villain, fixates on one injustice, and crushes anyone who dissents. An ideology uses coercive state power to force every individual in society
to embrace that single goal. The ideology of Communism explains reality as a
class struggle between good oppressed workers and evil exploiting Capitalists.
Nothing is allowed to stand in the way of building a workers’ paradise. Human
rights and individual freedoms were eliminated, as the likes of Lenin, Stalin,
Mao and Pol Pot murdered tens of millions of innocent people. Nazism explained
reality as a racial struggle between Aryans and non Aryans (especially Jews),
and promised a glorious thousand-year Reich for
Today’s Social Justice warriors explain reality as
‘group warfare’, women vs. men, whites vs. non-whites, gays vs. straights, etc.
Ideologues dismiss the common-sense fact that women mistreat
other women, men oppress other men, homosexuals hurt other homosexuals, and
people of all races perpetrate injustice on members of their own ethnic groups.
But facts are irrelevant for this ideology of group
oppression. The ideology of Covidism forces everyone to make it their personal
priority to stop one virus. Nothing else matters. Not our physical health, not
our emotional health and mental health, not our financial wellbeing, not our
human rights, not our Charter freedoms, nothing.
Ideologies also contain a
kernel of truth. Workers have been oppressed;
the 1919 Treaty of Versailles was unfair to
Communism, Nazism and other ideologies are based on lies. Covidism is based entirely on Dr Neil
Ferguson’s false prediction in March 2020 that COVID would be as deadly as the
Spanish Flu of 1918, which killed 50 million people, when the world population
was barely a quarter of what it is today. But the government’s own data and
statistics tell us that this virus is like the Asian Flu of 1957 and the Hong
Kong Flu of 1968, not the Spanish Flu of 1918. And yet every day the media and
politicians urge us to live in fear. Ideologies eventually collapse under the weight
of their own contradictions. lies. and lack of science; but not before they inflict incalculable damage on millions of people. Thankfully, truth
eventually prevails over falsehood. Let’s
hope that the tyrannical reign of Covidism ends soon.” (John Carpay, President, Justice
Centre. https://rumble.
com/vj7qbz-unmasking-the-ideology-of-covidism. html)
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Just like the sweeping rise to power
by the Nazis in Germany following WWI, the ideology of Covidism has swept the globe in a very short space of time.
What has also been observed globally is the major censoring and de-platforming of any alternative views or dissent by both governments
and mainstream media alike. Ideologies down through history have been notorious
for this as they have sought to control the narrative and keep the
population in lockstep with their agenda. Ideologies fear free
and open debate,
and the same can be observed with the COVID narrative.
Covidism offers a ‘new normal’
way of dealing with disease (testing, masks and lockdowns of the healthy
population, instead of targeting only the sick as was previously adhered to,
and as the Bible teaches). Those in the minority who have not been swept up in
the fear and hysteria of these past months have been left stunned, and at times
bewildered, by the majority’s willingness to comply with and embrace the COVID-19
narrative and its resultant ideology. What are those who are ‘awake’ to this agenda to do now in the light of such
disturbing revelations?
Just like the minority in
What then of the deluded masses? History teaches us that
tragically some will never see the light and will embrace the firmly entrenched
ideology to the bitter end. Think of
those on trial at
Others however, like the majority in
With regard to the impact of Covidism on the professing
Church, we can liken it to that of the theory of evolution that came
sweeping to prominence in the late 1800s. The theory caught the professing church by surprise, and as it became
increasingly entrenched in Western culture many churches and denominations
began to either accept the theory and reject the
Bible’s account of creation, or to twist the Scriptures in order to make
it fit into their Christian world view. There were, however, others who
rejected evolution theory and began to resist its insidious infiltration into
the churches. That resistance has since grown into the Creation Science movement that we see today, a cause dedicated to defending the
Bible right from the very first verse. Christianity now faces the exact same
situation with regard to Covidism today. The ideology has swept to prominence,
and has been embraced by the majority of Christians with many twisting the
Scriptures in order to justify their acceptance of it. However, the truth will
come out, [Page 56] and we pray that over time (as Christians begin to look
deeper into the matter and go back to the Bible) a reversal of this strong delusion will be observed amongst many of God’s people. May we,
as those who know the truth work to that end, in patience and love “Redeeming the
time, because the days are evil” (Ephesians 5: 16).
“And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto
all men, apt to teach, patient. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the
acknowledging of the truth; And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of
the devil, who are taken captive by him at his
will.” (2 Timothy 2: 24-26)
(For more information see: ‘The Psychology of Totalitarianism’
with Professor Mattias Desmet. https://odysee.com/@VeryOpinionated
Show:5/1bry-Mattias-Desmet:7)
Appendix 2: A Glimpse of Sanity - What
Could Have Been
“When the whole world is running towards
a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his
mind” (C. S. Lewis)
A ‘Full Measure’ news report
with Sharyl Attkisson entitled ‘Amish Covid’
gives us perhaps a glimpse of what could have been had the governments of
this world taken a much more biblical and common sense approach to dealing with
infectious disease. No further comment is needed, the report speaks for itself:
“When it comes to actions taken to
address the Covid-19 threat, hindsight is still very much underway. For your
consideration: a story and outcome you probably aren’t hearing much about
anywhere else. It takes place in the heart of Amish country.
Sharyl: ‘So, it’s safe to say there was a whole different approach here
in this community when coronavirus broke out than many other places?’
Calvin Lapp: ‘Absolutely! (Calvin Lapp is Amish Mennonite) There’s three things the Amish don’t like. And that’s government - they won’t get involved in the
government, they don’t like the public
education system - they won’t send their children to education, and
they also don’t like the health system.
They rip us off. Those are three things that we feel like we’re fighting
against all the time. Well, those
three things are all part of what Covid is.
After a short shutdown last year, the Amish chose a
unique path that led to Covid-19 tearing through at warp speed. It began with
an important religious holiday in May.
Lapp: ‘When they take communion, they dump
their wine into a cup and they take turns to drink out of that cup. So, you go
the whole way down the line, and everybody drinks out of that cup, if one person
has coronavirus, the rest of church is going to get coronavirus. The first time
they went back to church, everybody got coronavirus.’
Lapp says they weren’t denying coronavirus, they
were facing it head on.
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Lapp: ‘it’s a worse thing to quit working than
dying. Working is more important than dying. But to shut down and
say that we can’t go to church, we can’t get together with family, we
can’t see our old people in the
hospital, we got to quit working? It’s going completely
against everything that we believe.
You’re changing our culture completely to try to act like they wanted
us to act the last year, and we’re not going to do it.’
Steve Nolt is a scholar on Amish and Mennonite
culture, and Mennonite himself. He’s studying Amish news publications to
analyze community-wide trends.
Sharyl: ‘So, are you saying, as of about May of 2020, things
kind of went back to normal in
the Amish community?’
Steve Nolt: ‘For the most part, yeah, by the middle
of May, it’s sort of like back to a typical behaviour
again.’
That also meant avoiding
hospitals.
Nolt: ‘I know of some cases in which Amish people
refused to go to the hospital, even when they were very sick because if they
went there, they wouldn’t be able to have visitors. And it was more important
to be sick, even very sick at home and have the ability to have some people
around you than to go to the hospital and be isolated.’
Then, last March, remarkable news. The Lancaster
County Amish were reported to be the first community to achieve “herd immunity,” meaning a large part of a population had
been infected with Covid-19 and became immune.
Some outsiders are
sceptical, and solid proof is hard to come by.
Nolt: ‘Even those who believed that they had Covid tended not to get tested. Their approach tended to
be, “I’m sick. I know I’m sick. I don’t have to have
someone else telling me I’m sick.” Or a concern that if they got a positive
test, they would then be asked to really dramatically limit what they were
doing in a way that might be uncomfortable for them. So, we don’t have that
testing number.’
Lapp: ‘We didn’t want the numbers to go up, because
then they would shut things more. What’s the advantage of getting a test?’
One thing’s clear: there’s no evidence of any more deaths among the Amish than in places
that shut down tight - some claim there were fewer
here. That’s without masking, staying at home, or another important measure.
Sharyl. ‘Did most of the community, at least the
adults, get the Covid-19 vaccine?’
Nolt: ‘Again, we don’t have data on that, but I
think it’s pretty clear that in percentage terms, relatively
few did.’
Lapp. ‘Oh, we’re glad all the English people got
their Covid vaccines. That’s great. Because now we don’t have to wear a mask,
we can do what we want. So good for you. Thank you. We appreciate it. Us? No. we’re not getting vaccines. Of course not. We all got the Covid, so
why would you get a vaccine?’
By staying open, the Amish here have one tangible
2020 accomplishment few others can claim.
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Lapp: ‘We have this joke: when everybody else
started walking, we started running. We made more money in the
last year than we ever did. It was our best year ever.’
Did the Amish really find a magic formula? They say
yes. And they don’t care who doubts it.
Lapp: ‘Yeah, all the Amish know we got herd immunity. Of
course we got herd immunity! The whole church gets coronavirus. We know we got
coronavirus. We think we’re smarter than everybody. We shouldn’t be bragging,
but we think we did the right thing.’” (https://youtu.be/01 DgWYdukZU)
Appendix 3:
Resist, Defy, Do Not Comply
What are we to do when the government demands that we as
Christians do something that God forbids, or not do something God commands us
to do? Do we sin in order to abide by the rules of men and obey the powers that
be? Or is there a point when resistance to tyrants and their wicked laws is
actually right and biblical? We have discussed elements of this subject in some
detail already in Part 2, however listed here is the biblical order of defiance and the path of resistance Christians
should take in the case of government overreach and tyranny.
First, there are two categories of response: Passive Response
and Active Responses.
Passive Response 1:
We pray for them. “I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and
giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that
are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty” (1 Timothy 2: 1-2).
Passive Response 2:
We set a good example to them. “Likewise,
ye wives, be in
subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they
also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives” (1 Peter 3: 1). As a wife ought to honour, respect
and be in submission to her own husband, so too in all of our dealings with the
powers that be we are to be the same. God has ordained these individuals
(regardless of the level of their godliness and morality) to the positions of
power that they are in, and we are to be polite and respectful in our
interactions with them. This pattern is seen throughout the Bible. For example
in the New Testament, the apostles were polite and respectful in their dealings
with the powers that be, even in the instances of being on the receiving end of
tough persecution. This attitude should also be seen in our lives for testimonies’ sake and for setting a good example for others to follow.
Active Response 1:
We appeal to the authorities. This is done
respectfully and according to the means provided by that authority. We follow
the correct procedure and do our utmost to reason and plead with those who rule over us. In the Old Testament,
Moses goes to Pharaoh and appeals to him (pleads with him) to let the
Israelites go. Daniel, before the king’s steward, appeals to those in authority
for a way around the king’s requirement to eat his meat and drink his wine: “that he
[Daniel] would not
defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the winet which he
drank” (Daniel 1: 8). In this instance Daniel’s appeal was granted, resulting in Daniel being
able to keep himself right with God and those in authority at the same time.
Our petitions also ought to be persistent.
For example, in the New Testament parable, the widow petitioning the unjust
[Page 59] Judge finally got the response she desired by her ‘continual’ requests that wore down the corrupt
judge’s resolve.
Active Response 2:
We confront authority. In the Old Testament,
Nathan the prophet confronts King David: “Thou art the man” (2 Samuel 12: 7). We observe in the passage that despite the serious nature
of the revelations concerning the king, Nathan conducted himself in a
respectful and submissive manner. Again in the Old Testament, Daniel confronts
king Belshazzar (Daniel chapter 5),
delivering a most sobering message of judgment, and yet conducts himself with
great respect in the presence of the king. In the New Testament, John the
Baptist directly confronted King Herod, pointing out to him “It is not
lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife” (Mark
6: 18). Letters, petitions and phone calls have their place,
but direct confrontation done in a firm but respectful way is a most
powerful way of witnessing for truth and achieving change in the realm of
governmental power.
Active Response 3:
We defy authority. In the Old Testament the Hebrew midwives
that “feared
God” were commanded by
Pharaoh to slay any males born to Hebrew mothers (Exodus 1). In the passage we notice that the
order is given by Pharaoh but no response from the Hebrew midwives is recorded.
The Bible then chronicles the midwives’ complete defiance of the order
given to them by Pharaoh, and when called back to appear before him they offer
an excuse (whether based on fact or fiction is not clear) as to why they did
not comply with the unrighteous command. In this instance we see no petition
being made to the powers that be, but rather the midwives simply ignoring the rults for as long as they
could get away with it. In Daniel chapter 3 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego would
not bow down to the image of gold set up in the plain of Dura: “Be it known
unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up” (Daniel 3: 18). Despite the threat of death by fiery furnace for their non
compliance, these three brave Jewish men stood their ground in open defiance of the furious king. The unrighteous
command was given, the response was an unequivocal, “We will not! ‘(with all due respect)’. In such
instances we see that when we are commanded by those - [whom God has placed] - in authority to do something that goes against God’s law or not do
something that God commands (and the previously mentioned responses have thus
far failed) we simply resist,
defy and do not comply.
Active Response 4:
We flee from ungodly authority. Many times in the book of Acts the Apostle Paul fled from persecution and danger. He never
needlessly put himself in harm’s way. Defying the powers that be is no trivial matter.
The state literally has the power to destroy our lives, and we must always keep
this in mind. Perhaps in our Western culture we take the level of freedoms we
have enjoyed so long for granted. We can petition, criticise, protest and
confront the powers that be without much fear of consequences. This is rather a
unique position to be in compared to other parts of the world and when we
consider other times in world history. So bear this in mind as you consider
what action to take in the light of government overreach. It is right to
stand up for that which is right, but it may cost you your finances,
possessions, freedoms and even your life.* Not every time in Scripture do we see God
delivering His followers from the hands of wicked rulers.
[* Compare with Acts 7: 52, 59; 9:
16; 21: 13-14; 2 Tim. 2: 12; Heb. 11: 35b; 1 Pet. 2: 20b, 21; 3: 14-18; 4: 13,
14; 5: 1, 9; 5: 10; Rev. 2: 10; 6: 9-11.]
(https://youtu.be/cG81u2Pg-TM
or https.//fb.watch/8viH-X1A1A/)
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Appendix 4: What was His Answer?
“Quid est veritas?” or
in English, “And
what is truth?” was the
question put to Jesus Christ by the Roman Governor Pontius Pilate (John 18: 38). One wonders what answer Jesus gave?
It may come as a surprise to you that the question was left unanswered and open ended. Strange to think that when Jesus had so
much to say about truth.
Perhaps it was Pilate’s question that was at fault? - “And what is truth?” Why ask such a question to a Person
that had previously declared: “I am the way, the
truth, and the life”? (John 14:
6.) Could it be that the answer to Pilate’s question was staring him right in the face - that truth is found in Jesus Christ
Himself? Even before Pilate had asked the question of the Saviour, Jesus had
stated to him, “To this end was I born,
and for this cause came I into the
world, that
I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that
is of the truth heareth my voice” (John 18:
37). How could Pilate have missed such a revelation? Isn’t it the
case that sometimes the answer to our question is staring us right in the face?
Dear reader, do YOU hear the voice of Jesus? Perhaps events in recent months have
given you a small glimpse into the nature of the spiritual battle that rages in this world. Such
revelations have stirred your interest as you have seen
a little of the invisible war being fought in this world for your mind and
soul. What a tragedy it would be for you to know such truths and yet not fully
be on the right side in this fight. Jesus warned, “He that is
not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth” (Luke 11: 23). To be fully on the side of truth is
to be on the side of Jesus Christ. All truth leads ultimately to Him.
The true path to Jesus Christ requires us to admit some
certain ‘home truths’.
We must accept these truths about ourselves before we will ever accept the
truth about Jesus Christ. Dear reader, are you willing to accept the following?
1. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God”
(Romans 3: 23). Do you admit
that you have ‘sinned’ or fallen short of God’s standards? Examine your heart in the light of
God’s law and see where you fall short (see God’s perfect law ‘the Ten Commandments’ in Exodus 20). Can you cry with this man, “God be
merciful to me a sinner!” (Luke 18:
9-15.)
2. “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through
Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6: 23). We must be willing to accept the truth
that we must face God on Judgment Day,
and that if found in our sin, God must ensure that justice is done. Sin against an eternal God merits an eternal
punishment in Hell. The
payment for unforgiven sin is physical death in this life and our eternal spiritual death in a place the Bible calls “the lake of
fire” (Revelation 20: 15). This may be an ‘inconvenient truth’
for many, but we must be willing to accept the danger
we are in before we will ever seek an escape. Jesus warned, “flee from the wrath to
come” (Matthew 3: 7).
3.
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet
sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5: 8). This is the good news, that “Christ Jesus
came into the world to save sinners” (1
Timothy 1: 15). The Bible says, “For God so
loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life” (John 3: 16). Do you accept Jesus as the Saviour of mankind?
4.
“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him
from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto
righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (Romans 10: 9-10). Are you willing to confess Jesus Christ as YOUR saviour, and [Page
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to believe by faith that God raised Him from the dead on the third day? By dying on the cross
for our sin' and then rising from the dead Jesus
defeated your greatest enemy ‑ the last enemy ‑ ~eath. For you
to partake in this victory you must
believe.
5. “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be
saved” (Romans 10: 13). Ask God to forgive you of your sin and then put your faith entirely in the Lord Jesus Christ for your salvation.
Do that and God will wipe away the record of your sin,
grant you the gift of everlasting life and assure you
of a place in Heaven!
“There is therefore now no
condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8: 1). Please read the gospel of John found
in the New Testament of the Bible for yourself and think carefully about the
things that have been said here. Ask God if you are not sure which way to turn
to lead you to the truth. For those who genuinely want to seek after God the
Bible says: “Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy
upon him; and to our God, for he will
abundantly pardon” (Isaiah 55: 6-7). Do that today - you may
not have a tomorrow.
If you want to know more about the Christian faith and/or
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A Word from the Author
I hope you have found this booklet useful. The intention of
this series is to help you during these very strange and confusing times to make sense of what is going on in the world and provided you with Bible based answers regarding the COVID-19 agenda. Please help spread the truth by forwarding this booklet, either in
printed form or the digital version to as many people as you can. Consider forwarding the digital version (Parts 1, 2 and 3 are available for
FREE via the lordsworktrust. org website) to your personal contacts. The
printed versions are also a great way to pass information on (contact me for FREE copies), perhaps in your local
community, or via the post to local politicians and the media. At times we can
feel overwhelmed by the magnitude of the situation and apparent gains of those
who are the enemies of truth. However, as much as we cannot carry the full
weight of the world on our shoulders we.
can all do our bit to help spread the truth and be a witness to others.
Be brave, and do something. It
will make a difference. “If God be for us,
who can be against us?” (Romans 8: 31).
For all comments and queries feel free
to email me at: lukebarker@btinternet.com
Resources
Declarations & Petitions:
https://togetherdeciaration.org/
A declaration concerning vaccine
passports and medical freedom
https://libertyni.org/
A declaration concerning vaccine
passports and medical freedom for
https://gbdeciaration.org/
The Great
Health Scientists)
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Articles/websites:
The
https://www.ukcolumn.org
Rebel News (also found across social media) https://www.rebeinews.com/
John MacArthur: Facing COVID-19 Without Fear
https://www.gty.org/library/blog/B210921
Media:
COVIDLAND The Lockdown: https://freeworld news.tv/watch?id=615f96b3aa816336dbd21792
https://rumble.com/vkdlab-pastor-speaks-out-against-vaccines.html
https://rumble.com/vmiz42-funeral-director-john-olooney-blows-the-whistle-on-ovid.html
https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/doctors-for-covid-ethics-symposium-session-l-the-false-pandemic
‘PART 1: Federal Govt
HHS Whistleblower Goes Public With Secret Recordings’ (regarding COVID
vaccines)
https://youtu.be/obd17tgKLtA
‘Pfizer Whistleblower Leaks Execs
Emails: ‘We Want to Avoid Having Info on Fetal Cells Out There’
https://youtu.be/FUXGB5FzhPc
Virologist Dr. Byram Bridle Speaks
https://www.bitchute.com/video/7XXmStl8VINb/
Sermons:
Matt Trewhella - A White Lie and Black
Death (part 1 & 2)
1.
https://youtu.be/lbfVHaMKFvA 2. https://youtu.be/hN3100d0JxM
‘The Shot and the Tyranny of Man’
https://rumble.com/vfffdt-the-shot-and-the-tyranny-of-man.html
or, https://www.sermonaudio.com/sapiayer/playpopup.asp?S1D=46212130525319
‘Church Leaders
Justifying Disobedience’
https://youtu.be/r006ckzQW2g
‘The Governments of God’
https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hfpc/sermons/1
025212043136955/
Books:
‘What Really
Happened in
‘Virus Mania’
by Torsten Engelbrecht, Claus Kbhniein, Samantha Bailey & Stefano Scoglio
(Books on Demand, 3rd Edition, 2021)
‘A State of
‘Live not by
Lies’ by Rod Dreher (Sentinel Publishers, 2020)
‘Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates’
by Matt Trewhella (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1st edition,
2013)
‘Romans 13
and Covid 19’ by J. L. Fuller (Etheal Publishing, 2021
‘Covid-19: What to Believe, Whom to
Trust’ By Sam & Anna Bell (2021. The booklet can be obtained from
ICM Books (www.icmbooks.co.uk, search on their
web site for ‘Covid’. An electronic (PDF)
version can be obtained from the authors at the email address
covenant@live.co.uk.)