PURPOSE

This brief study is published with the hope that many spiritually blind people will be delivered from the subversion of socialism and escape the eternal damnation of their souls because of their unbelief in the incorruptible word of God, whose “word is truth” (John 17:17). Unless otherwise credited, most of the following information and quotations are taken from the very informative book, SOCIALISM, by William J. Federer.

MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIALISM

State control— According to the word of God, everything about socialism is evil! ‘Under socialism, at least the major means of production are owned or controlled by the state; and wages, prices, and the production and distribution of goods and services are subject to some degree of state regulation or planning… Premodern or non-Marxist works envisioning ideal socialist societies include Plato’s Republic, Thomas More’s Utopia, and Charles Fourier’s Social Destiny of Man.’ (Brittanica.com).

Abolition of the family— ‘In Plato’s structured socialist state, the family would be abolished; there would be segregation of the sexes, with wives and children held in common by the governing class. There would be birth control, with only the governing class having the privilege of selective breeding in state-arranged cohabitation. From birth, children would be the property of the state, not even knowing who their parents were… Children would be raised in government nurseries and schools where they would be indoctrinated with “noble lies,” a type of “common core” curriculum designed to perpetuate the socialist society.’ (pp. 29-30).

Abolition of private property— ‘Marx wrote in his Manifesto: “The theory of the communists may be summed up in a single sentence: Abolition of private property.” Noah Webster wrote in the preface of his dictionary: “Let the people have property and they will have power—a power that will be forever exerted to prevent a restriction of the press, and abolition of trial by jury, or the abridgement of any other privilege.’

SOCIALISM’S DEADLY HISTORY

The terrible legacy of Karl Marx— ‘The philosopher, social scientist, historian and revolutionary, Karl Marx, is without a doubt the most influential socialist thinker to emerge in the 19th century’ (HistoryGuide.org). ‘In 1848, Marx and fellow German thinker Friedrich Engels published “The Communist Manifesto,” which introduced their concept of socialism as a natural result of the conflicts inherent in the capitalist system’ (History.com). In 1867, ‘Marx published the first volume of “Capital” (Das Kapital), his masterwork of economic theory. In it he expressed a desire to reveal “the economic law of motion of modern society” and laid out his theory of capitalism as a dynamic system that contained the seeds of its own self-destruction and subsequent triumph of communism.’

Suppression and death under socialism and communism— ‘A recent survey conducted on behalf of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation found that some, particularly millennials, have a preference for collectivist economic systems—communism, fascism, and socialism. Each of these systems rest on one central theme: the suppression of the individual.’ ‘Millennials stand out for voting heavily Democratic and for liberal views on many political and social issues’ (pewsocialtrends.org). Millennials, born between the years 1981—1996, have been indoctrinated by socialistic propaganda in the public schools for their entire lives!

‘Marx and Engels put this belief in one simple phrase, writing, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” Theory is one thing. In practice, however, the anti-individualism that Marxism represents has resulted in the devaluing of human life and the ownership of people, as well as what they produce, and property by the state.’ (FreedomWorks.org).

‘Marxism-Leninism first became a distinct philosophical movement in the Soviet Union during the 1920s, when Joseph Stalin and his supporters gained control of the Russian Communist Party. His [Stalin’s] version of Marxism-Leninism, sometimes called Stalinism (not an explicit ideology at the time but rather a historically descriptive term), rejected the notions, common among Marxists at the time, of world revolution as a prerequisite for building socialism in Russia, in favor of the concept of socialism in One Country. Stalin’s regime was a totalitarian state under his dictatorship, in which Stalin exercised extensive personal control over the Communist Party and unleashed an unprecedented level of violence to eliminate any potential threat to his regime.

‘Under Stalin’s iron-fisted Soviet dictatorship: privacy was nonexistent; press was censored; free speech disappeared; healthcare was rationed; economy was regulated; private industry was collectivized; political dissent was punished; media and entertainment were propagandized; children’s education became indoctrination; marriage and families were subject to social engineering; religion was suppressed; and human life was valued only by its usefulness to the Soviet society. To stay in power, Stalin conducted purges and orchestrated famines, resulting in an estimated 40 million deaths’ (pp. 113-114).

‘Estimates may vary, but communism is responsible for the deaths of up to 100 million people, perhaps more. From Josef Stalin’s “Great Purge” and the Holodomor to Mao Zedong’s famines to Pol Pot’s killing fields, the legacy of Marx is one of death. The authors of The Black Book of Communism estimate the deaths by country or region are as follows: China: 65 million deaths; Soviet Union: 20 million deaths; North Korea: 2 million deaths; Cambodia: 2 million deaths; Vietnam: 1 million deaths; Africa: 1.7 million deaths; Afghanistan: 1.5 million deaths; Eastern Europe: 1 million deaths; Latin America: 150,000 deaths.’ (FreedomWorks.org)

‘In 2016, the Dissident blog of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation made an effort to compile updated ranges of estimates and concluded that the overall range “spans from 42,870,000 to 161,990,000” killed, with 100 million the most commonly cited figure. ‘In 2017, Professor Stephen Kotkin wrote in The Wall Street Journal that communism killed at least 65 million people between 1917 and 2017: “Though communism has killed huge numbers of people intentionally, even more of its victims have died from starvation as a result of its cruel projects of social engineering.’ (Chicago Tribune, 2017).

Socialism failed the pilgrims— ‘Socialism has been a complete and utter failure in every place and in every period of history during which it has been enforced upon the masses by wicked men. ‘The Pilgrims landed on the shores of Massachusetts in 1620. Their colony by-laws were drawn up by investors in England influenced by Plato, More, and Bacon. They attempted to set up a planned “communistic” society… After experiencing freezing winters, shortages of food, and deaths, Pilgrim Governor William Bradford complained of “the emptiness of the theory of Plato.” The governor and his advisors decided to abandon the communistic plan, and to operate the colony under the biblical concept of private ownership, and to give each family a parcel of land of their own. This change caused the people to be very industrious, which made the colony very successful’ (pp. 38-41).

BIBLICAL GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY

PRIVATE OWNERSHIP AND CAPITALISM

‘Under capitalism, the means of production are privately owned; and wages, prices, and the amounts and kinds of goods and services produced, as well as their distribution, are ultimately determined by individual choices within a free market.’ (Brittanica.com).

‘Webster’s 1828 Dictionary defined ‘property’ as: The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing: ownership. In the beginning of the world, the Creator gave to man dominion over the earth… It is one of the greatest blessings of civil society that the property of citizens is well secured.’

Before the law— Apparently, when men are not compelled to live under socialism or communism, they will naturally choose to enjoy the private ownership of property. Therefore, their preferred economy will be capitalism. Even before the law, Abram had his own house (Genesis 14:14) and burying place (Genesis 23:4), Isaac had his own flocks and herds (Genesis 26:24), Jacob had his own flocks (Genesis 30:40), Joseph’s brethren had their own flocks and herds, Pharaoh had his own cattle (Genesis 47:1-6), and the children of Israel were given their own land in Egypt (Genesis 47:11).

Under the law— When God gave the law to Moses (Exodus—Deuteronomy), he outlined how the children of Israel should govern themselves. The government formed under God’s law included private ownership and free enterprise. After God’s law was given to Moses, men possessed their own ox, pit, field, house, home, nation, land, inheritance, vineyard, raiment, stuff, place, city, meat, cup, flock, herd, table, spear, mule, grave, hill, bed, clothes, gods, vine, fig tree, sepulchre, gold, silver, servants, cistern, goods, riches, bread, sword, devices, signet, household, money, tomb, beast, pound, colt, sheep, home, master, reward, wealth, work, profit, things, business, bread, and land.

During the earthly ministry of Christ— The Lord Jesus clearly approved of the private ownership of money and property. Nevertheless, the Lord Jesus warned: “Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth” (Luke 12:15; Matthew 6:19-21). In his parable of the pounds, each servant was given money to use in trading. The wise and faithful servants who gained money in trading were personally rewarded by the Lord when he came back (Luke 19:12-27; Matthew 25:14-30). During the Lord’s earthly ministry, men received material family inheritances (Luke 12:13). The rich man owned an abundance of fruits and goods, but was foolish to depend on those things for his life (Luke 12:12-21).

When the disciples of the Pharisees and the Herodians asked Jesus whether it was lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, Jesus showed them the tribute money embellished with the image of Caesar. “Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s” (Matthew 22:17-21). John the apostle had “his own home” (John 19:27).

During the church age— On the first day of Pentecost after the resurrection and ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ, there were added to the believers “about three thousand souls… And all that believed were together, and had all things common; And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need” (Acts 2:41-45). This is not an example of socialism, as some would suppose. These new converts were visiting from other countries. It is reasonable to assume that after being saved, these new converts chose to remain and receive instruction from the apostles in Jerusalem. By staying longer than they had first planned, they would experience certain needs. Having believed in Jesus, these new converts from foreign countries would also be excluded from the usual hospitality of the unbelieving Jews in Jerusalem. The pooling of personal resources to meet these needs was not mandated by the apostles, but was a voluntary action of the disciples in Jerusalem.

Owning private property was never abolished by believers, even during this time of this special need. When a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession and kept back part of the price, pretending to give it all to the apostle, Peter said unto him, “Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God” (Acts 5:1-4). Ananias not only owned personal property, but he also had the power to choose how he would use the money received from its sale.

SUBVERSION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Testimony of a former KJB agent— Yuri Bezmenov defected in 1970 and was given asylum in Canada. Following are excerpts from an interview with Edward Griffin in 1984 revealing communistic subversion methods. Yuri said, ‘The main emphasis of the KJB…is a slow process [of] ideological subversion…to change the perception of reality of every American to such an extent that despite the abundance of information, no one is able to come to sensible conclusions in the interest of defending themselves… It is a great brainwashing process which goes very slow and is divided into four basic stages.

The first…demoralization… It takes from 15 to 20 years to demoralize a nation… This is the minimum number of years which is required to educate one generation of students… Marxist-Leninism ideology is being pumped into…students without being challenged or counterbalanced by the basic values of Americanism… The next stage is “destabilization”… This only takes 2 to 5 years… The next stage is “crisis.” It may take only 6 weeks… And after crisis, with a violent change in power, structure, and economy, you have the period of so-called “normalization”… [This is what will happen in the United States if the economy is destabilized by eliminating free market competition, and a big brother government is set up in Washington, D.C.]’

In his lessons on ‘The Subversion of Education in America,’ Alan Caruba revealed that in 1965 the American government funded “Pacesetters in Innovation,” ‘a 584-page catalogue of behavior modification programs to be used by the schools…programs to indoctrinate children passing through the system to believe in values contrary to those on which this nation was based. ‘In brief, the intention was to create a generation or two of Americans who would accept the United Nations, not the United States, as their new “nation,” a global nation, one-world government. The last thing the conspirators wanted was a nation of individuals who could or would actually think for themselves.’

Useful idiots—Historically, the term “useful idiot” has referred to a naive or unwitting ally of a ruthless political movement, especially a communist movement. Supposedly, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin used this expression contemptuously of non-communists who aligned themselves with their political positions. Hitler’s Brownshirts are a good example of how socialists and communists use naïve, ignorant, and brainwashed people. ‘“Nazi” is the abbreviation for the National Socialist Workers Party in Germany. Hitler had radical homosexual activist Ernst Rohm and his feared Brownshirts (storm troopers) to storm into meetings of his political opponents, disrupting and shouting down speakers. ‘Brownshirts organized Antifa-style [and BLM-style] protests and street riots, smashing windows, blocking traffic, setting fires, vandalizing, and even beating to death innocent bystanders to spread fear and panic…

‘On Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass), November 9, 1938, [the Brownshirts] smashed windows of over 7,500 Jewish stores and 200 synagogues. Once securely in power, Hitler had his SS and Gestapo secret police kill the Brownshirts in the Night of the Long Knives, thus eliminating rivalry and giving the public impression of cracking down on lawbreakers’ (pp. 87-88). Members of BLM and Antifa are being used in the same way. If the socialists come into power, these “useful idiots” will either be assigned lower positions or be eliminated. Their dream is a lie!

DELIVERANCE FROM SOCIALISTIC PROGRAMMING

Slow and uncertain— Yuri Bezmenov [the former KJB agent] said, ‘Even if you start right now…educating a new generation of Americans, it will still take 15 or 20 years to turn the tide of ideological perception.’ Bob Jones Sr, Founder of Bob Jones University, said, “Education without salvation is damnation.” Unless the education of the new generation of students includes teaching the truth of the word of God they will remain in spiritual darkness, and “the god of this world” will continue to blind “the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them” (2Corinthians 4:4).

Immediate and certain— Trust God! Do not trust any man! The word of God says, “He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered” (Proverbs 28:26); and that the man who trusts in another man, “in whom there is no help” (Psalm 146:3), is “cursed” (Jeremiah 17:5). But “Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is” (Jeremiah 17:7; Psalm 34:8).

Salvation: not religion— As I was reading the gospel according to John while alone in my house, the Spirit of God called me by the gospel (Ephesians 4:4). At that very moment I believed, I was saved by God’s grace through faith, which comes by the word of God (Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 10:17). I trusted Christ after I “heard the word of truth, the gospel” of my salvation. And after I believed, I was “sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory” (Ephesians 1:12-14). I know that I dwell in Christ and he in me, because he has given me “of his Spirit” (1John 4:13). I need no other witness! I am now made free from the deceptive words of men by continuing in God’s word (John 8:31-32). God’s word now keeps “me from the paths of the destroyer” (Psalm 17:4). I have been redeemed by the precious blood of Christ (1Peter 1:18-21), and have received eternal life as a gift from God (Romans 6:23).

Your personal choice— The glorious soul-saving gospel of Christ is “how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures” (1Corinthians 15:3-4). God promises you, a sinner, “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” (Romans 10:9). The terrified and lost jailor at Philippi said to Paul and Silas, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house” (Acts 16:29-31). If you want to know the absolute incorruptible truth, then get a King James Holy Bible and read it for yourself! Do not delay. You may not have tomorrow: “behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (2Corinthians 6:1-2).

H. G. Wells wrote a novel called War of The Worlds, and it was originally published in 1898. It was about an invasion from Mars, and was quite an advanced story line as the Wright Brothers flight wasn’t made until 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Since the novel was published, there have been numerous books, movies and television shows using Wells’ concept. (any emphasis mine)

There is an actual and for-real war that has been taking place since before the earth’s creation. It isn’t between Earth and Mars, Pluto, Mickey Mouse or whatever. It’s a battle between good and evil.

On the evil side, it is led by a fallen archangel called Lucifer, Satan and the devil, just to name a few of his titles. He is a created being made by God, and was possibly the most beautiful of all the angels.

Apparently, God allows His angels a certain latitude, just as He does for humans, when it comes to decision-making. Our Heavenly Father is all about love, and rather than be a strict dictator, He allows us free choice to accept Him or reject Him. If anyone chooses to reject Him, God will honor their decision, but has been very forthcoming as to what the consequences of doing so will be.

Apparently, Satan was the first to rebel due to destructive self-pride. Ezekiel 38:17 states, “Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground and exposed you before kings to feast their eyes on you.” Revelation 12:4a states, “His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth.” It’s believed this refers to Satan’s rebellion, and his influence drew about one-third of the heavenly host to fall with him. Just a quick note; they do not have a pathway to forgiveness. Once fallen, they’re lost forever.

There are numerous verses about the angels who rebelled being put in chains such as Jude 1:6; “And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority (the position God had assigned to them), but left their proper dwelling, He has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day.” That would be the final White Throne Judgment of Revelation 20:11-15. Satan receives his sentence just before that in Revelation 20:10.

Another verse about angels who have sinned is 2 Peter 2:4; “For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and condemned them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment….” They are not in the lake of fire yet, but a holding place where they have started to receive their punishment.

We don’t know the actual reasoning behind God’s overall plan, but He is allowing Satan and some of the fallen angels (demons) to fulfill Bible prophecy about end times. There is a constant battle that is taking place between good and evil, and 1 Peter 5:8 warns us, “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.”

Jesus told about what will happen as a final judgment in Matthew 25:41; “Then He will say to those on His left (unbelievers and unfaithful to God), ‘Depart from Me you cursed, into the eternal [lake of] fire prepared for the devil and his angels.’” Some people make jokes about going to hell and partying with all their worldly friends. There is absolutely no room for humor about this. Each being there will be in their own personal agony forever, and it will be completely without light. A person could possibly be right next to someone they know, but they won’t socialize, period.

As for humans, our entry into the war started in the Garden of Eden. Once we fell into sin, everyone, except Jesus, has carried the sin-nature within us. It became obvious to the Father that even though there were humans who really wanted to follow His will before Calvary, and to accept Jesus from Calvary forward, we could never offer the sacrifice He would require for forgiveness of our sins.

Of course, there are those who prefer what this earth has to offer, and some even openly worship Satan. This does not surprise our Heavenly Father as there has been this issue from the beginning. Jesus stated that there would be “few” that would be on the straight and narrow road to life (Heaven) in Matthew 7:13-14. One of the biggest recent changes is the satanic activity that is in the open as never before. It has always been there, but mostly kept out of the public’s eye.

Paul tells us in 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12, “The coming of the lawless one [final antichrist] is by activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders; and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth, and so be saved. Therefore, God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false; in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”

For true believers, it’s hard to understand how anyone could not believe in Jesus; but to many, the lure of this earth is a powerful tool used by Satan. In 1 Corinthians 1:18, we read, “For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing; but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God.”

More and more we are seeing Christians being condemned by the world as being “haters.” Just because we believe the Bible about what is and isn’t sin, we are a perceived threat to them. We are to love all our brothers and sisters for their souls, but we don’t have to participate in or accept their abominable ways as they would like us to. Our God does not force Himself on anyone, as do the so-called gods of other “religions,” “cults” or whatever.

Our Jesus voluntarily and willingly came to earth as a human to do something no other human could accomplish. He became the perfect “sin-offering” that would be acceptable to the Father. It’s only fitting that anyone who would not accept His wonderful gift will not be with Him in everlasting eternity.

There are only two eternal pathways: Heaven with Jesus and with all the righteous from creation to the end of the millennium, or hell with Satan and all the fallen souls and demons. It doesn’t matter if someone doesn’t believe that Jesus exists, or that there’s no real hell, or that forever doesn’t mean exactly that; God’s word is absolute and true. The minute we take our last breath on this earth, our final destiny is set. We can insure our Heavenly Home by calling out to Jesus to be our Savior. I’ve listed them many times, but please read Acts 2:21; Romans 10:9-13; then go to John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 5:8; Romans 8:1 and Ephesians 2:8-9. Take these passages as the true word of the Father, and they mean just what they say.

Jesus will be coming soon to call all His flock (true believers) up to meet Him in the air. Those left behind will face times that will make today’s evil seem like a Sunday picnic. He’s waiting for your call, but after the Rapture, life will be very miserable on earth.

“True believers” doesn’t mean any “organized” religious group, but every individual that has truly called on Jesus to be their Savior. Everyone applies to every living soul on this earth, no matter where they are or what their background is. All sins can be forgiven except not receiving and accepting Jesus before their last breath on this planet.

Today would not be too early to call on Him. He could be here by tomorrow as we don’t know the exact day or hour of when His call will be. Your reservation for an eternal home with Him will be made the instant you have Him in your Heart.

Maranatha – Come, Lord Jesus!

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