THE CHURCH MILITANT
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — A video of a nine-year-old girl pleading with expectant
mothers as she positioned herself outside the window of the waiting room of an
Indianapolis abortion facility has gone viral.
“I’m a nine-year old and the voice of your baby right now: ‘Don’t
kill me. Save me. Let me live. Let me see the world. Let me see what it
can bring. Let me grow up so I can worship Jesus,” the girl, only being
identified as Briana, said to the women at Women’s Mede Center.
“Let your baby live,” she pleaded. “Don’t live the rest of your life
regretting everything. Don’t live the rest of your life asking questions
about your baby. … Don’t live your life asking, ‘What’s her birthday?
What would I name her? What would she look like? How old would she be?'”
Briana advised that even if the women obtain an abortion, they will still always be the mother of that child.
“[I]f you get an abortion, you’ll still be a mother. You’ll just be
the mother of a murdered baby,” she warned. “You’ll live the rest of
your life regretting … what you did.”
The girl, wearing a headset microphone, also told hearers about the
happiness of being a mother and holding a “little joyous angel.”
“It will be beautiful,” she said.
“We’re here to help you today,” Briana called out. “Don’t abort your baby. Please!”
The video, recorded by Amy Schlichter of Hoosiers for Life on July
21, was posted to Facebook on Saturday. It already has 1.7 million views
as of press time, as well as more than 13,000 shares.
“This 9 year old girl, outside an abortion clinic in Indianapolis,
grabbed the headset and decided to talk to the women in the waiting room
while they awaited their abortions. I couldn’t believe the things she
said!” Schlichter wrote.
She told CBN News that the pro-lifers that had gathered outside of
facility were amazed by the girl’s courage, noting that Briana was not
coerced or asked to speak, but rather desired to do so on her own.
“I thought it was a bold move for her to pick up that headset, it’s
something that I haven’t even done. And so when Briana grabbed it, I
knew that she was going to say something. I was very curious to see what
she was going to say in her heart and she surprised all of us,”
Schlichter said.
Briana told the outlet that she believes it is important for people
to speak out about abortion because the babies themselves don’t have an
audible voice to plead for their lives.
“Because it’s little children that are being murdered and killed,”
she said. “And they’re alive, they have a heartbeat, so they’re humans
just like us. It’s just like the only difference is they can’t say no.”
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A Christian therapist in England who was suspended after being accused of
evangelizing to a Muslim colleague has suffered another loss in court.
Would a Muslim be taken to court for sharing his or her faith with a
coworker? Whether or not Victoria Wasteney was proselytizing to her
Muslim colleague on the job or not is to be determined in court.
However, there remains a larger issue: Western authorities are giving
the impression that while Christians are studied under a microscope for
accountability, Muslims are not. Some examples:
University of California Berkeley Muslim professor Hatem Bazian has been openly calling for an intifada in America, and he has issued these violent calls at several venues throughout the United States.
Nadia Shoufani, a Toronto-area school teacher who called a
Palestinian jihadist who crushed the skull of a four-year-old Israeli
girl a hero and martyr, was said to have been investigated by her school board and by Toronto Police. But there has been no followup.
Farrah Marfatia, a principal of a Muslim academy in Mississauga, near Toronto, Canada was instructing parents
to teach their children that “homosexuals are cursed by Allah as are
the men who imitate or dress up like women.” Once again, there was no
followup.
One can imagine the public outcry if Christians or Jews were
preaching those same words — the court battles, the disdain. But where
is the same reaction when Muslims say this? Instead, we see Victoria
Wasteney, a Christian woman, in court for imparting messages about her
faith’s love and healing to a Muslim colleague with whom she developed a
relationship (or so she thought). While there are rules against
proselytizing in places of employment, Wasteney was discussing her faith
to a colleague, not to a client.
While Ms. Wasteney is being prosecuted in London, Sharia courts in Britain are sending Muslim women back to abusive husbands.
“Christian Hospital Worker Punished for Sharing Faith Loses Again in Court”, by Samuel Smith, Christian Post, July 29, 2017:
A Christian therapist in England who was suspended after
being accused of evangelizing to a Muslim colleague has suffered another
loss in court.
Victoria Wasteney, the former head of Forensic Occupational Therapy
at a hospital in London, was issued a nine-month suspension by East
London National Health Service in 2014 after an eight-page complaint was
filed against her by a Muslim colleague named Enya Nawaz.
As has been reported, Nawaz and Wasteney, a born-again Christian,
developed a relationship while working at the St. John Howard Centre in
East London and at points discussed religious differences.
Nawaz’s complaint accused Wasteney of trying to convert her to
Christianity. Wasteney reportedly offered to pray with Nawaz, gave her a
book authored by a Muslim convert to Christianity and invited her to an
event organized by her church.
Wasteney was also accused of putting her hand on Nawaz’s knee while in a prayer and asking God to come to Nawaz.
Wasteney was initially thrown off by the allegations because she
thought they had developed a good relationship. She told the Daily Mail
in 2015 that she only put her hand on Nawaz’s knee to comfort Nawaz when
she was dealing with health problems.
“I put my hand on her knee to comfort her and asked if that was okay,
and said, ‘Would you like me to pray for you?'” Wasteney told the Daily
Mail, “She said yes, so I asked for God to bring peace and healing. She
left the office afterwards and said she was okay.”
Wasteney has denied that her act of giving Nawaz the book I Dared to Call Him Father, was an attempt to convert her.
According to The Telegraph, an East London NHS Foundation Trust
disciplinary hearing in February 2014 upheld three charges against
Wasteney and found five charges to be unsubstantiated. In the hearing,
Wasteney was convicted of “gross misconduct.”
In October 2015, Wasteney won the right to appeal the NHS’ action to
the Employment Appeal Tribunal on the basis of religious liberty.
However, Judge Jennifer Eady ruled against her in April 2016.
“What the court clearly failed to do was to say how, in today’s
politically correct world, any Christian can even enter into a
conversation with a fellow employee on the subject of religion and not,
potentially, later end up in an employment tribunal,” Wasteney was
quoted as saying at the time. “If someone sends you friendly text
messages, how is one to know that they are offended? I had no idea that I
was upsetting her.”
According to the U.K.-based Christian Legal Centre, Wasteney filed
for an appeal against Eady’s 2016 decision and appeared in court
Thursday. However, a tweet from the advocacy group on Thursday explained
that Wasteney’s “permission to appeal has been rejected” and the “legal
battle goes on.”….
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Dr. Duke Pesta and Alex Newman discuss the rise in popularity of
Socialism in public schools and colleges, while the horrors of Communism
are conveniently swept under the rug.
YouTube
will implement a new policy where content can be hidden &
demonetized even if it isn’t in violation of their rules but merely
flagged. And what are the standards? Violence, depiction of terrorism or
extremist? No. Merely “controversial religious” or “supremacist”
content as judged by organizations with a political bias. “Controversial
religious” will likely include content that supports traditional
marriage. Should YouTube and Facebook be regulated as a public utility
to prevent their political censorship since they have a defacto
monopoly?
YouTube Attempting To Suppress & Destroy Liberty Based Channels
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Amidst all the hoopla surrounding the Trump Administration, a new
legal proposal put forth by two senators (and supported by the
administration) is a potential turning point in U.S. immigration
history.
It’s called the RAISE Act, which besides meaning “raise” is an
acronym for “Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment”.
It is sponsored by Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Senator David
Perdue of Georgia. This bill, if it were eventually to become law,
would revolutionize our legal immigration system.
Currently, our legal immigration system awards over 1 million green
cards a year. One million. Think about that figure, and compare it to
your own state’s population.
Do we really need a million immigrants annually?
And how are they chosen? Given that the United States is the number
one destination of immigrants worldwide, shouldn’t we have a rigid
selection system, selecting the immigrants most likely to add economic
value to our nation and to assimilate?
That’s not how our current system works. Our current system gives
preference to unskilled workers. That of course provides more
competition for our own lower skilled workers.
Not only that, but we allow chain migration. It’s really a form of
nepotism. In chain migration, once a person gets a green card, he can
bring in more relatives, and pretty soon the whole village can be living
here.
And today’s legal immigrants use a lot of welfare. About half of them are on welfare.
Furthermore, many don’t learn English well, and the English test for naturalization has become something of a joke.
Plus, many immigrants retain the citizenship of their home country,
despite the fact that that’s a violation of the naturalization oath.
Now there are many dual citizens. Mexico , for example, encourages its
citizens to become U.S. citizens in order to manipulate our political
system.
Politically, immigration helps the Democratic party, as most
immigrants, when naturalized (and some even who are not naturalized)
vote for the Democrats. Most immigrants nowadays want Big Government
so that’s what they vote for.
So, bottom line, our legal immigration system is a mess, and it’s not
in our country’s interests. We really don’t need any more
immigrants. Automation is eliminating jobs, and in future decades we
will be hard-pressed to have enough jobs for our own people.
The RAISE Act has been introduced in the Senate, and is supported by
President Trump. Although it’s not perfect, it’s a great improvement on
our present system and a great big step in the right direction.
The RAISE Act would end chain migration, allowing only spouses and minor children to enter with the green card recipient.
Also, the issuance of green cards would depend upon a point
system. This would be modeled after the immigration systems of Canada
and Australia in which different characteristics would earn points to
qualify one to be a green card recipient.
Here’s how it was described by Trump’s Senior Policy Advisor Stephen Miller in a press conference on August 2nd:
“Additionally, we’re establishing a new entry system that’s
points-based. Australia has a points-based system, Canada has a
points-based system. And what will this system look at? It will look
at: Does the applicant speak English? Can they support themselves and
their families financially? Do they have a skill that will add to the
U.S. economy? Are they being paid a high wage?”
Isn’t that something? And why not? After all, the U.S.A. is the number one destination for immigrants. Why not be selective?
As far as the numbers go, once the system kicks in, it will begin to
reduce the quantity of immigrants. If things go as planned, during the
following decade, the quantity of green card recipients will be halved,
from over a million to half a million.
It would be good to reduce it even more, down to about 200,000 or
less. But, at least the RAISE Act is heading in the right direction.
If you haven’t already, I recommend you watch a video of Stephen
Miller’s masterful explanation of the RAISE Act, even facing
opposition. You can watch the video here, and here is the written text. And click here for an article about the RAISE Act on the invaluable Numbers USA website.
If you agree with the RAISE Act, then you need to start educating
people you know and you need to start hounding your senators and
representatives. They may need a lot of pressure. You can contact
them here.
Published on Aug 2, 2017
President
Donald Trump announces legislation representing the most significant
reform to the U.S. immigration system in half a century.
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A worldwide coalition of Reformed churches representing approximately
80 million Christians has signed onto an ecumenical statement with the
Roman Catholic Church to "overcome divisions" from the time of the
Protestant Reformation. The World Communion of Reformed Churches signed a "Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification" with Catholic, Lutheran, and Methodist leaders last week at a church in Wittenberg, Germany. According to a WCRC press release,
"The declaration stated that mutual condemnations pronounced by the two
sides during the Reformation do not apply to their current teaching on
justification."
According to the agreement, which was originally signed by the Catholic
Church and the Lutheran World Federation on October 31, 1999, Catholics
and Protestants "are now able to articulate a common understanding of
our justification by God's grace through faith in Christ."
"It does not cover all that either church teaches about
justification; it does encompass a consensus on basic truths of the
doctrine of justification and shows that the remaining differences in
its explication are no longer the occasion for doctrinal condemnations,"
states the Joint Declaration in part.
The
declaration defines justification as "the forgiveness of sins, ...
liberation from the dominating power of sin and death (Rom 5:12-21) and
from the curse of the law (Gal 3:10-14). It is acceptance into communion
with God: already now, but then fully in God's coming kingdom (Rom
5:1f). It unites with Christ and with his death and resurrection (Rom
6:5). It occurs in the reception of the Holy Spirit in baptism and
incorporation into the one body ... All this is from God alone, for
Christ's sake, by grace, through faith in "the gospel of God's Son" (Rom
1:1-3)."
It also states that since the justified "fall into sin
... they must constantly hear God's promises anew, confess their sins (1
Jn 1:9), participate in Christ's body and blood, and be exhorted to
live righteously in accord with the will of God."
"That is why the
Apostle says to the justified: 'Work out your own salvation with fear
and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to
will and to work for his good pleasure' ... But the good news remains:
'there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus' (Rom
8:1), and in whom Christ lives (Gal 2:20). Christ's 'act of
righteousness leads to justification and life for all' (Rom 5:18)."
According
to the WCRC, "The congregation at Wittenberg's Stadtkirche (Town
Church), broke into spontaneous applause as WCRC General Secretary Chris
Ferguson and Catholic, Lutheran and Methodist representatives signed a
statement confirming the WCRC's association with the joint declaration."
WCRC President Jerry Pillay said in a statement that
the signing of the ecumenical agreement was "a historic day,"
describing it as "significant and symbolic of the road we are to
travel."
The WCRC was founded in 2010 in Grand Rapids, Michigan,
with the merger of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and the
Reformed Ecumenical Council.
Catholic Bishop Brian Farrell,
secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, was
part of the delegation sent to Wittenberg for last week's ceremony. Bishop Farrell told Vatican Radio that
the Catholic Church and the Protestant denominations had reached a
mutual understanding on the Doctrine of Justification that "we are saved
by grace, but that that requires that we show our changed relationship
to God in good works."
"Catholics and most of the historical
Protestant Churches now agree on the essence of justification, so we
have a much stronger basis on which to build our spiritual and ecclesial
relationship," added Farrell.
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The Descendants 2 movie calls evil good and good evil.
As Hollywood continues to push Satanic rebellion into the hearts and minds of children, the Disney’s Descendants
movie series has taken the indoctrination to an entirely new level. The
series has been a massive success for the Disney franchise as millions
of children and pre-teens have tuned in. The movie series – a spinoff of
prior Disney stories and the movie Maleficent – casts evil
villains as heroes and celebrates wickedness, sinful rebellion and the
occult. All the while it subtly and deceptively reinvents the story of
the fall of Lucifer and his fallen angels.
Descendants Villains: Truly Rotten To The Core
The temptation of the forbidden fruit is constantly promoted in the Descendants films.
The Descendants film is about the children of some of the
more famous Disney villains (Maleficent, the Evil Snow Queen, Cruella
De Vil, Captain Hook, etc.), who along with their parents have been
banished to the “Isle of the Lost.” They are given a chance to
infiltrate a peaceful kingdom and bring their wicked ways there. The
film makes no secret in its symbolism of a bitten apple logo with a
serpent-like vine wrapped around it. It is a not-so-subtle allusion to
Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of
Good and Evil in the Bible:
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the
field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath
God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But
of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath
said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
“For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes
shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And
when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was
pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she
took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband
with her; and he did eat.” – Genesis 3:1-6.
Satan deceived Eve by distorting God’s words (The Lord did not forbid
“every tree.” Only one), calling God a liar (telling her she would not
die if she ate the forbidden fruit) and slandering God (telling her that
the fruit would make her god-like, implying that God wanted to keep
this knowledge and ability from her).
And just like that, what was once evil and dangerous to Eve became exciting and alluring. This is the precise deception of Descendants as it repeatedly portrays sinful rebellion, wickedness and witchcraft as fun and cool.
Continuing the theme of eating the forbidden apple, the original Descendants movie opens up with the song “Rotten To the Core”:
The first image of the video is Mal (the daughter of Maleficent from
Sleeping Beauty), spray painting “Long Live Evil” on a wall.
The main character Mal spray paints the film’s mantra: Long Live Evil.
While of course the basic message is her rebellion and vandalism, her
writing of “Evil” with the letters backwards is a part of the Occult
Law of Reversal. This concept, strongly endorsed by satanist Aleister
Crowley, teaches that occult powers can be enhanced when words or
writings are done backwards:
“Those who want fame, power, spell-casting
abilities, demons at their beck and call, and to recognize the godhead
within, as well as to know the past, present, and future, he extolled to
his apt students, must consistently, with intensity, practicetalking (reverse speech), walking, thinking, and playing phonograph records, backwards.This is a form of divination, and we are warned against this in the Holy Bible.” (source).
Reverse writing is found all over the video.
Just seconds later in the video another villain jumps off a rooftop and notice the image in the background:
The film very subtly reveals its satanic symbolism.
Spray-painted on the image of a dragon are the words: “The Dragon Shall Rise Again.” The Bible identifies Satan as the Dragon:
“And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a
great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns
upon his heads. And his tail drew the third
part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the
dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to
devour her child as soon as it was born. And
she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod
of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.” – Revelation 12:3-5.
“And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And
the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and
Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth,
and his angels were cast out with him.” – Revelation 12:7-9.
Just as Satan was subtle in the Garden of Eden, the image of the dragon only appears on screen for a few brief seconds.
Here the reversed “evil” is written on the back of the genie from
Aladdin. Genies are just another term for what the Bible calls demons.
While the kids do their impressive dance moves, subliminal messages abound.
The remainder of the video celebrates the Descendants harassing
people and causing mischief. And these are the heroes of the movie. To
understand the popularity of this series, consider that this video has
been viewed over 250 million times.
In 1 Timothy 4 the Apostle Paul prophesied:
“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter
times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits,
and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;” – 1 Timothy 4:1-2.
Kids and their parents alike have been fully seduced by the spirit of
rebellion in Disney films to that extent that movies that openly
celebrates evil are welcome into millions of homes all over America and
the world.
The Descendants also promotes the doctrines of devils – as its heroes
use witchcraft and demonic worship to achieve their wicked goals. How
can parents allow this? This is the result of so many families moving
away from true faith in Jesus Christ and the Bible. When God is rejected
in someone’s heart or in a family or a nation, soon the last vestiges
of His Spirit – the human conscience, will become “seared with a hot
iron” – meaning people will be so indifferent to sin that even blatant
satanic entertainment will seem normal and acceptable.
Maleficent – Sympathy For The Devil
The Maleficent character was based on Satan.
Disney very cleverly set the stage for the Descendants series after the 2014 release of Maleficent, starring Angelina Jolie in the role of the evil witch villain from Sleeping Beauty. In the original Sleeping Beauty,
Maleficent was a thinly veiled replica of Satan. Her outfit had horns
and was shaped to look as if she had wings. Because of a minor offense,
she chose to curse Sleeping Beauty to die on her 16th birthday. She
expressed hatred for those around her calling them “idiots” and
“imbeciles.” Her pet raven was named Diablo (Spanish for Devil).
In her final confrontation with the prince who would save Sleeping
Beauty, Maleficent’s castle glows with fire. She also turns into a
dragon (yet another allusion to Satan) and tells the prince: “Now shall you deal with me, O Prince, and all the powers of hell!” The prince ends up killing her and saving the day.
Since when do “good fairies” look like this?
In the modern Maleficent movie, Maleficent is now the hero.
Rather than being an utterly evil being like the Devil, she is merely a
misunderstood fairy. After a greedy human king tries to steal from the
spirit realm where the fairies live, Maleficent defeats him, stoking his
desire for revenge. At the same time Maleficent falls in love with a
human man, whom the king pays to attack Maleficent and cut off her
wings. She can no longer fly to the Heavens and thus she is a fallen
spirit. The Bible details the fall of Satan, once a good angel, in the
Book of Isaiah:
“How art
thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut
down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For
thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt
my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the
congregation, in the sides of the north:I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.” – Isaiah 14:12-14.
The film seems to repeatedly indicate that it is an allusion to the fall of Lucifer.
Given that the original Sleeping Beauty film had such overt references to Satan, Maleficent
takes it in a different direction – Satan as victim. It was because her
wings were maliciously cut off, that she casts the spell on Aurora, the
Sleeping Beauty. In order to keep the humans from tracking her down,
Maleficent builds a wall of thorns around their kingdom. After Satan
deceived Adam and Eve God punished Adam by announcing that when he tried
to grow crops, the ground would produce thorns:
“And unto Adam
he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and
hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt
not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou
eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;” – Genesis 3:17-18.
Shortly after putting her hex on Aurora, Maleficent wants to help
Sleeping Beauty and seeks to undo the curse, serving as a distant
caretaker of Aurora as she grows up in the spirit realm. By the time
Aurora is 15, she is so moved by Maleficent’s compassion, she thinks
that she is her fairy godmother.
Only the kiss from Maleficent could save Aurora in the end.
At the end of the film, the Prince attempts to kiss and revive
Sleeping Beauty but his effort is futile. It takes someone with “true
love”, and lo and behold, it takes a kiss from Maleficent to revive the
princess. Thus morality and sexuality are both confused for the child
audience. Maleficent looks like Satan or Baphomet (Angelina Jolie stated
that her look for the movie was inspired by Lady Gaga who is also known for dressing up like Baphomet and using blasphemous satanic imagery in her videos).
Yet despite Maleficent’s satanic appearance, she is good and loving.
She casts deadly spells on infants but is the only character in the film
who has “true love” in her heart.
In the final scenes, Maleficent, the clear hero of the film, not only
saves the Princess but is able to unite the spirit and human realm,
giving her power over all. She then makes Sleeping Beauty queen.
In the Book of Revelation, Satan in similar fashion uses the Antichrist to promote worship of him:
“And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;
and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the
beast. And they worshipped the dragon which
gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who
is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? And
there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies;
and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.” – Revelation 13:3-6.
Maleficent has been a hit with young children.
Right along with satanic worship, the Antichrist will denigrate the
true God of the Bible and anyone who believes in Jesus Christ. Already
society is being groomed for such a day as Maleficent made over
$750M at the global box office. The Maleficent movie ends with the
demonic fairy regaining her wings and soaring to the Heavens. Thus the
fallen angel has been redeemed and elevated.
Descendants 2: More Sinful Rebellion
Mal, the daughter of Maleficent and a practicing witch, is the cool hero of the movie.
“For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft” – 1 Samuel 15:23.
With all the prior success, it’s no surprise that millions of kids,
teens and adults were eagerly awaiting Descendants 2 which premiered in
July 2017. It’s biggest hit song was Ways To Be Wicked. Here is the video:
The video opens with the Descendants casting a spell around a witch’s
cauldron. Mal, the main character and daughter of Maleficent, recites
an incantation from her book of spells: “Wicked ways beneath the skin.
Let all who taste it now join in.” As found in the Bible, the
Descendants movie correctly identifies sinful desire with the flesh:
“This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For
the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh:
and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the
things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
“Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the
which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they
which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” – Galatians 5:16-23.
If we let our flesh or “wicked ways” lead us to fornication, hatred,
witchcraft and the other sins listed, we will not “inherit the kingdom
of God.” This is the punishment for a life of open rebellion against The
Lord Jesus Christ. But what the Bible teaches is that when a person
becomes a born again believer in Jesus Christ the “fruit” they bear is
of the Holy Spirit – and it seeks love, joy, peace and many other noble
feelings.
The opening shot of “Ways to be wicked” shows the kids casting a spell.
But of course in Descendants 2, the villains use their
enchanted apples to corrupt the good prep school students and their
faculty into being wicked. Here are the lyrics of the song (which in 2
1/2 months has 70 million views on YouTube): “We got all the ways to be W.I.C.K.E.D We got all the ways to be W.I.C.K.E.D C’mon… Crashing the party, guess they lost my invitation Friendly reminder, got my own kind of persuasion Looks like this place could use a bit of misbehavior Happily ever after with a little flavor Bad to the bone with even worse intentions We’re gonna steal the show and leave ’em all defenseless A fairy tale life can be oh so overrated So raise your voices and let’s get it activated! Long live, havin’ some fun We take what we want There’s so many ways to be wicked With us evil lives on The right side of wrong There’s so many ways to be wicked Apple apple Dip dip Wanna try it? Tick tick Take a bite C’mon be bold Change the way the story’s told This time the dark is finally getting your attention We’re wicked by the book and class is back in session You like it, steal it, gotta beat ’em to the treasure A rite of passage, bad just doesn’t get much better Long live, havin’ some fun We take what we want There’s so many ways to be wicked With us evil lives on The right side of wrong There’s so many ways to be wicked” (source).
The movie is a celebration of evil and rebellion.
After getting all the students and faculty to eat their enchanted
apples, inciting chaos in the school, the villains then erect a statue
of the Beast from Beauty and The Beast in the front of the school building:
Evie helps erect an image of the Beast for the students to dance around.
In Revelation chapter 13 the False Prophet, the religious cohort of
the Antichrist, deceives the world into constructing “the Image of the
Beast” a type of statue of the Antichrist that all people in the end
times will be required to worship:
“And
deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles
which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that
dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which
had the wound by a sword, and did live. “And
he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image
of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not
worship the image of the beast should be killed.” – Revelation 13:14-15.
What spirit inspired these lyrics and this video? A godly spirit?
The repeated references to forbidden fruit, “liberation” via sin and
the occult all form a very dangerous spiritual message. Do not be
deceived.
Hollywood’s Corruption of Children
The Descendants franchise has been a merchandising success for Disney.
“At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And
said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as
little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. But
whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it
were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and
that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.” – Matthew 18:1-6.
Whether it’s Victoria’s Secret marketing itself to little girls, the Pink Ouija board or Disney, Beginning And End has detailed in many articles the constant effort by Hollywood to promote sin and fornication to little children. In the Descendants 2 song Kiss The Girl, the villains sing: “Yes, you want her Look at her, you know you do Possible she want you too There is one way to ask her It don’t take a word Not a single word Go on and kiss the girl (kiss the girl, girl)
Sha-la-la-la-la-la My, oh, my! Look like the boy’s too shy He ain’t gonna kiss the girl… Now’s your moment Floating in the blue lagoon Boy, you better do it soon No time will be better She don’t say a word And she won’t say a word Until ya kiss the girl…”
Turn Off Descendants
Children can purchase Mal’s spell book which contains her journal notes and dozens of incantations.
Pray for the millions of families who have embraced what is no doubt a
mega-financial success for Disney. The Descendants 2 series is a sad
sign of how far society has removed itself from God and the utter lack
of any spiritual discernment. The book of James says:
“Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. Ye
adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the
world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the
world is the enemy of God.
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will
flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse
your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.- James 4:3-4; 6-8.
The message of the world being promoted to our children is “long live
evil” and the fun of being wicked sinners. That is certainly a path to
being God’s enemy and eternal damnation in Hell. Pray for parents to
resist Satan’s temptation and rather than rushing to throw the next Descendant’s party, they get on their knees and repent for their sinful influence over their children. That will only happen with acknowledging their sin before God and seeking Jesus with a heavy heart.
The beauty of children is that their hearts are open to faith. This
is why Jesus said His believers must be “as children.” It is time to
recognize the war for their hearts and minds. The Bible says: “Woe unto
them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light,
and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for
bitter!” (Isaiah 5:20). Hollywood has found many ways to boldly proclaim
that evil is good. It is long overdue for more parents to counter that
message by seeking God’s free forgiveness of sin and promoting the Gospel, not ways to be wicked.
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
A
New Jersey township that was sued by Muslims for refusing to approve a
massive mosque project is returning to court because of a settlement
agreement that restricts speech regarding Islam.
The
settlement required the township to hold a public meeting about the
mosque project, but it forbade anyone from commenting on “Islam” or
“Muslims.”
A
key tenet of Shariah, the Muslim law that governs both personal and
political life, bans any negative comments about Islam or Muslims.
According to the Thomas More Law Center, which
sued the township on behalf of two residents whose home is within 200
feet of the proposed mega-mosque, the settlement with Bernards Township
“reads more like an instrument of surrender.”
The Islamic
Society of Basking Ridge sued and won a decision in federal court after
its mosque proposal was rejected based on traffic and other concerns.
The Township agreed on a $3.5 million payment and a “public hearing to approve the settlement.”
Residents
Christopher and Loretta Quick challenged the agreement in court,
arguing it restricts speech and violates the Establishment Clause by
preferring Islam over other religions.
“The
Quicks reside within 200 feet of the proposed mosque construction in a
zoned residential area,” Thomas More explained. “Yet, the settlement
agreement prohibits them from describing the many unique features of
Islamic worship which will impact design of the building, traffic
density, water and sewage, traffic control problems, road construction,
and parking arrangements. According to the settlement agreement, ISBR is
permitted to make statements concerning Christians and Jews and their
places of worship, but in contrast, the agreement prohibits commentary
relating to Islam or Muslims. In fact, ISBR has previously discussed the
Christian and Jewish religions and their places of worship.”
Richard
Thompson, chief counsel for Thomas More, said the Islamic center “has
taken the extraordinary step of concealing significant links on their
website to a radical group named by the federal government as an
unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terrorism financing trial in
America history, the Islamic Society of North America (‘ISNA’).”
“ISNA
is claimed by the Muslim Brotherhood as one of ‘our organizations.’
According to internal documents seized by the FBI, the Muslim
Brotherhood’s strategy is to engage in a ‘grand jihad in eliminating and
destroying Western civilization from within,’” said Thompson.
He
said that while “claiming that the township had a religious animus
against Muslims, ISBR hid from the public view its animus toward
Christians and Jews, by not only hiding anti-Christian and anti-Semitic
verses published on its website, but also hiding its significant ties to
ISNA.”
“Instead
of standing up to defend its citizens against ISBR’s hate-filled
anti-Semitic and anti-Christian bias, the township colluded with ISBR’s
‘Civilization Jihad’ by capitulating to payment of millions of dollars
to ISBR, allowing the construction of the new mosque and Islamic center
in violation of zoning codes, and now even suppressing speech concerning
Islam or Muslims at a public meeting,” Thompson said.
IslamThreat.com
estimates there were nearly 3,200 mosques in the United States as of
2015, with a massive surge following the 9/11 terror attack by Muslims.
The website lists 525 mosques in California, 507 in New York, 302 in Texas, 200 in Illinois and 186 in Florida.
The
Islamic center sued the township when officials refused to permit a
huge project on a lot critics contend is far too small. Later, U.S.
Department of Justice, then under Barack Obama, also sued the township.
The new complaint arguesthe First Amendment provides no open door for governments to issue blanket censorship orders on speech.
“Defendants
… have put in place a prior restraint on speech that bans citizens from
engaging in free speech at a public hearing on political matters
because of the content,” the complaint asserts.
“The settlement agreement further allows defendants to forbid speech with which they or others disagree.”
Further,
the fact that the agreement doesn’t provide the same protections to
Christians, Jews and others means that “defendants have shown preference
for Islam and Muslims over other religions.”
The
complaint seeks a declaration that the residents’ constitutional rights
are being violated, preliminary and permanent injunctions against the
agreement, and damages.
WND reported earlier this yearcitizens fought back after the personal communications of critics of the Basking Ridge project were subpoenaed in the case.
Neighborhood
residents, including Lori Caratzola, were named by ISBR in its lawsuit
as a fervent opponent of the mosque. Caratzola faced demands for all of
her personal communications that mention Muslims, Islam, mosques, the
Quran, imams, burkas, hijabs, Shariah, jihad and other features of
Islam.
“ISBR
is setting a dangerous unconstitutional precedent by abusing a court
process to chill and trample on the First Amendment rights of private
citizens whose only involvement was to speak out against the mosque at
public hearings,” Thompson said at the time.
He
asked for the subpoenas to be thrown out “because the U.S. Supreme
Court has held that speech at a public place on a matter of public
concern is entitled to special protection.”
Caratzola
charged the Muslims’ intent with her was “to embarrass, strike fear,
silence and cause financial harm to any citizen who dared oppose his
nonconforming project.”
So, vaccines do boost the immune system, at least one branch of it
versus another, depending on what kind of a vaccine. I don’t paint all
vaccines with the same brush because live vaccines are different than
killed vaccines, and there are different kinds of both. So, if you were
to inject a baby with a DTaP vaccine, that baby’s immune system wouldn’t
do very much, so they have to put aluminum into the vaccine for that
baby to respond. And that’s why aluminum was put into the vaccines,
because when it comes to these sub-unit or killed vaccines the infant
immune system just won’t respond to it.
