Legion of Men :: By The Gospelist

The cultural degradation of the West and its effects on relationships is one of the more disheartening occurrences of the last days of the church age.

The agenda of the feminization of men and the masculinization of women, perpetrated by the evil Globalists to subjugate the world, is having a devastating effect on relationships. That is, relationships between men and women, not the perverse nonsense that is passing for relationships in this era.

This agenda is being promoted by our media, our entertainment industry, our businesses, and our government. Deluded morons are being purchased by the thousands and being placed into positions of power to enforce this idiocy on the rest of us. All these outlets are being transformed into a bunch of propaganda machines.

One of the more depressing shows that explore modern-day relationships is called Legion of Men. The show is directed primarily toward men and how marriage has turned into a raw deal for them.

Our society has been so degraded that relationships have become a burden to men rather than a wonderful union that develops as God intended. If a wife decides to leave her husband, which is most of the time in modern relationships, she can legally take half of everything he has. This makes it very difficult for a man to find another woman because of his financial obligations to the one who left him for ‘greener pastures.’

The primary theme of the show seems to be that our society, which has embraced feminism, has elevated women to a position where they are entitled to whatever they want. When a man asserts his authority, he is ‘mansplaining,’ demonstrating ‘toxic masculinity,’ or is trying to enforce the ‘patriarchy’ on his poor, innocent victim.

To make matters worse, when young women get on social media, they are deceived into believing that there is a whole new world out there that they are missing out on. They then leave their boring partner and seek out ‘top tier men’ rather than be stuck with an ‘ordinary man’ to build a life with.

While engaged in this folly, they find that time passes them by while they are at the peak of their attractiveness. When their beauty begins to fade in their thirties, they come to the realization that they have hit a relationship’ wall.’

Unmarried women, by the age of thirty, begin to lose much of their value as women in the eyes of men. To make matters worse, women become more cynical and harsh the more failed relationships that they have.

As little as twenty years ago, women used to understand the need to secure a husband in their early twenties. As feminism grew in status in the West, this realization faded. Time quickly passes these women by, and they find themselves increasingly alone as they age.

The conclusions drawn by the host about the status of relationships today are not optimistic. Many women have become hostile to men, and many will claim that they would rather be in the woods with a bear than a man.

The host’s best advice for American men is to get out of the West and try to find traditional women in Eastern or ‘less developed countries.’

This strategy is not exactly foolproof because feminism has begun to reach into other cultures as well. Social media seems to have a corrupting influence on women worldwide.

Even China is beginning to experience it.

The host examines marriages around the world and reveals that fewer people, even outside the West, are tying the knot. This is a frightening turn of events because it means that marriage is becoming obsolete among the heathen.

We in the West, who were supposed to carry God’s word to the heathen world, have begun to pervert marriage. With the advent of Godless idiocy of ‘gay marriage,’ the term marriage no longer has any meaning among those whom the world believes are ‘Christians.’

What we are witnessing worldwide are the effects of faithlessness. When we sever our connection with God, the Holy Spirit withdraws from the world, leaving it to its own devices. And He takes his wonderful gifts with him. The effect on every aspect of our lives, especially relationships, is devastating.

The idea of marriage is built around the understanding that a man and a woman become ‘as one’ to build a life together. This understanding, which is vanishing, has been understood for the last six thousand years.

It requires some degree of moral character to endure the daily grind of work and family. Those with weak moral character, brought about by faithlessness, are unable to see that the rewards of a loving relationship far exceed any monetary or utilitarian value. Worse still, people’s ability to raise children properly has also been severely damaged.

That fact is that raising children is as easy as developing a relationship. All that is required is (1) love the child, (2) provide moral training, (3) administer discipline, and (4) Provide age-appropriate autonomy to the child. This comes naturally to any parent who has not been corrupted by sin or bad ideology.

Unfortunately, faithless people lack the wisdom and humility necessary to adjust their thoughts and behaviors to meet the needs of the opposite sex or to engage in effective child-rearing.

We Christian men who have not been feminized do not struggle with these problems. We create our own little bubbles and work to ensure that the world is kept away from our families.

When we emerge from our bubbles and watch in horror at what is occurring around us among the heathen, we feel compelled to tell the world where their error lies, knowing full well that our reward will be the ridicule of the ignorant.

Since that is why God put us here, I guess I may as well get on with it.

Relationships are actually very simple but are made complex when bad ideology and sin are added to them. A relationship is a natural occurrence and should not be all that difficult.

The goal of every relationship should be marriage, and this should be understood by both partners who begin dating. When you are dating or courting, it is for the purpose of finding a suitable spouse to raise children and grow old with.

If you are wondering what a good marriage looks like, you can gain a greater understanding by reading what Paul said constitutes a good marriage:

“Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church… as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up to her to make her holy…” (Ephesians 5:22-25).

When both partners agree to this arrangement in matrimony and never lose sight of it, they can look forward to a long and happy marriage. It is crucial during the dating process that both members of the developing relationship ensure that the other intends to uphold his/her end of the bargain.

The man is expected to uphold his role as a man if he expects his wife to submit to his authority. His obligation is to love her as Christ loves the church and take charge of the spiritual development of his wife and family.

Unfortunately, there is a demonic agenda at work that is designed to thwart this process.

This agenda is occurring at an international level and is not going to stop until the world submits to a totalitarian form of government. It takes a great deal of wealth and power to force businesses, media, entertainment industries, and governments around the world to promote demonic values rather than Godly ones.

The host of the show Legion of Men has begun to run afoul of this propaganda agenda. His show is currently being scrutinized by the communist minions of the evil Globalists, and more pressure will be brought to bear to encourage him to either feminize his show or find another line of work.

Anyone who gets in the way of this agenda will eventually be censored, ruined financially, or given the ‘Trump treatment.’

Those who oppose the entertainment or media propaganda machine, such as Nerdrotic and The Critical Drinker, are also feeling the heat.

The evil Globalists need an effeminate society to impose a worldwide totalitarian government upon it. At some point, they will see to it that these shows are banned worldwide.

It is unfortunate that international agendas must be brought into this discussion, but people need to know the source of the worldwide manipulation and deception that is currently being perpetrated.

And anyone who falls for this deception needs to take responsibility for their own foolishness.

Men need to understand that when they are accused of ‘misogyny,’ this is a compliment. This accusation is delivered by deluded morons who have adopted the demonic values of the evil Globalists and have abandoned common sense.

Men should continue acting in a ‘misogynistic’ fashion until they reach the pinnacle of manliness the left refers to as ‘toxic masculinity.’

Also, there has been an international concerted effort to remove God from every aspect of our lives. Many of our churches have been rendered useless; our families have been mercilessly attacked by the Godless; and our government, schools, and businesses are pushing perversion into every area of our lives.

These obstacles can only be overcome through faith in the God who created us. And this faith should be shared by both members of a relationship.

It should be reiterated that relationships occur naturally. It is when we add sin to the pursuit of a relationship that things begin to fall apart.

A good guiding principle for a solid relationship is, ‘When we follow God’s law, good things happen.’ The evil Globalists have a strong desire to ‘change God’s law’ to promote their own demented rules.

They intend to inculcate pornography, sexual anarchy, and various forms of fornication (adultery, child molestation, homosexuality) into every society to disrupt the normal relationship process.

Families are an obstacle to their ambitions. They intend to destroy families and relationships by glorifying every form of fornication. And they intend to force their perversions on children as soon as they emerge from the womb.

To combat this agenda, the people of the world need to develop an enduring respect for God’s moral law.

In the area of relationships, the greatest sin that interferes with the courtship process is fornication.

The most important thing that a woman needs to understand is, if she wants a strong relationship with a man, she needs to inform him that there will be no sex prior to marriage. This is how a woman filters out suitors who are not serious.

A woman’s virginity is highly valued by men the world over. To give it away so callously does severe damage to their ability to form a strong relationship in the future.

If a woman has made the mistake of losing her virginity, she still has hope. All she must do is repent of her sin to restore her value.

If she explains to a man that she intends to be chaste until marriage, but he finds this unacceptable, she needs to send him packing. He is going to move on once he gets what he wants, so she may as well stay in God’s good graces.

When we examine the interaction between fornication and the stages of a mature relationship, it is much easier to see where things go wrong.

Relationships can be broken down into about seven stages:

Stage One: Attraction

Fornication at this stage effectively ends the relationship. There is no hope for long-term romance.

Stage Two: Exploring Compatibility

Fornication at this stage reduces the passion for the relationship until it is non-existent. When that occurs, one really must ‘work at the relationship’ even though it is likely doomed. Men begin to lose interest in the relationship, and women respond in like fashion.

Stage Three: Establishing Trust

Fornication at this stage results in a lack of trust in the relationship. The lack of faith in one’s partner bodes poorly for those who want a long-term relationship.

Stage Four: Proclamation of love for one another

Fornication at this stage is still destructive but can be overcome. One still must work at the relationship instead of allowing it to be driven by natural passion. Men and women need to understand that fornication does not bring you closer together; it is a sin that causes you to drift apart.

Stage Five: Engagement

Fornication at this stage is much easier to overcome, but the wise move is to wait until God blesses your relationship. He is the one who binds you together.

Stage Six: Marriage

The sin of fornication is no longer an issue. The marriage bed is undefiled. Both participants work to build a life together and sanctify one another.

Stage Seven: Family

One can look forward to a long and happy marriage and family when God’s law is followed.

God was very clear regarding his displeasure with fornication. In the Book of Corinthians, his Holy Spirit declares:

“Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral nor idolators nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God” (I Corinthians 6:9-11).

Fornication is a relationship killer.

It interferes with God’s first commandment to “be fruitful and increase in number” because it reduces or eliminates the natural passion for one’s partner. It results in failed relationships, loneliness, adultery, and sexual immorality of every sort. And it causes one of the worst social ills ever created by man – the practice that the heathen call ‘abortion.’

It should not be that difficult for even the heathen to determine that fornication is a bad idea. That should be apparent after the first time one engages in it. It is reckless and foolish.

It is like taking crack cocaine, only crack has less severe consequences.

Those who continue to engage in fornication despite the alarm bells from their conscience have begun to harden their hearts against the Lord. Those who glorify their ‘body count’ (number of sexual partners) are in the same boat. Anyone who joins himself/herself to a Godless person may as well be joined to a prostitute or a stripper.

People who engage in this type of behavior have no conscience.

The fact that a romantic partner has a high’ body count’ should serve as the first clue that this person is not spouse material. Especially if he/she is proud of it.

Fortunately, even for those who were once in rebellion against God in their fornications, there is hope.

All one must do, regardless of his or her ‘body count,’ is repent of their fornications and sin no more. Repentance reestablishes your ‘spiritual virginity.’ Our previous sins are of no account to those who repent. God will cast all your sins into the bottom of the sea.

Repentance is the only way for the fornicator to restore himself or herself to being ‘relationship material.’

The host of Legion of Men recommends that men leave the country to find a suitable, feminine woman. However, finding a woman overseas can be just as perilous as finding one in the West.

A heathen is a heathen, after all.

As for Christians, many are now forced to find a mate through what was once termed ‘missionary dating.’ This form of dating is often necessary for those who are members of a faithful church and are tired of being alone.

Most of our churches are dead because God’s law and his Gospel are no longer preached there. That means that even those in the church cannot be relied upon to be real Christians.

The strongest relationships are among those who testify to the Gospel and live by its tenets. If you respect and adhere to the fact that Christ died for your sins and refuse to compromise with this wicked generation, that will help to ensure that sin never enters your household.

A man that is husband material testifies to the truth of the Gospel.

The modern-day dating scene is a nightmare. Bad ideology abounds, which makes it nearly impossible to form a relationship with another person.

Therefore, the first stage of a relationship, or any endeavor, is to follow Paul’s advice:

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect” (Romans 12:1-2).

Once you have been sanctified by God through repentance, then you must find a mate who is equally committed to sanctification.

Any woman who wants to understand what her role is in a relationship can review Proverbs 31:10-31. If a woman is appalled by this, every man should be appalled by her.

Men would do well to review Psalms 37:23-40. The spiritual oversight of his wife and family is his primary responsibility.

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Repatriation of the Nations… Maybe :: By John Chandler

Repatriation: the act or process of restoring or returning someone or something to the country of origin, allegiance, or citizenship: the act of repatriating or the state of being repatriated.

Cite: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repatriation

The Sheep and Goat Judgment:

In Matthew 25:31-46, we see all the Gentile nations who survived the horrors, devastation, and slaughter of Daniel’s 70th week, aka the seven-year tribulation period, gathered together to Jerusalem to stand before Messiah King Jesus who will judge and reward them, or judge and punish them.

The reader should give particular note to Matthew 25:32: “All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.”

In this Matthew 25 passage, we see all the surviving Gentile nations or Gentile ethnic groups literally gathered to Jerusalem, but nowhere in this passage or in scripture do we see the process by which these surviving Gentile sheep nations are repatriated to the geographical territories from which they were initially gathered.

My Questions:

My question to you, the reader: When does the repatriation of the surviving righteous nations (the sheep) happen? Or does a systematic, planned, and deliberate repatriation even take place?

Scripture is clear in other Biblical passages: the surviving righteous sheep nations are returned to their general geographical territories of origin. Let me say that another way: the sheep nations are returned to some type of geographical territory. But when and how does it happen?

Here’s What I Think Happens:

My conjecture and speculation: there is not a systematic repatriation but a slow outward migration over time. As it was in the days of Noah. The days of Noah after the flood.

Recall that Noah lived some 350 years longer after the flood. As Noah’s family and descendants grew more numerous, and in obedience to the command of our Most High God, the Lord Jesus, they spread out over the face of the earth and were fruitful and multiplied. A slow outward migration as the time was right.

After the righteous sheep are judged and rewarded, they remain in the presence and the locale of King Jesus for a while.

Matthew 25:34 “Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: …'”

This verse reflects the Gentile sheep nations inheriting the Kingdom, not specifically a land mass, but they inherit entrance to the one-thousand-year Kingdom of King Jesus.

The Much Larger Greater Israel:

I think King Jesus allows these righteous sheep nations to dwell with Him for a time in the Prince’s Portion of the new, much larger Greater Israel; you know, that huge land mass referenced in Genesis 15:18 and other verses that will extend from the river of Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea on the western border to the great River Euphrates for its eastern border. This Greater Israel is many times larger than the current state of Israel.

You can find pictures of this Greater Israel in Dr. Andy Woods’ Revelation series, Episode 25, God’s Faithfulness, Revelation 7:1-8, dated January 6, 2019. You will find these pictures/maps at the 56:15-minute marker to the 58:34 time marker of this online presentation. Dr. Woods presents two slightly different illustrations of the divided land in the Kingdom. But do take note of the section in each illustration marked as Christ’s Portion or the Prince’s Portion. I’ve linked the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JFfbPtK4Tc&t=3375s.

Now, be careful! Don’t get caught up in Dr. Woods’ excellent lesson. I’m only emphasizing these two illustrations of the divided land in the millennial Kingdom.

You may also find a picture of this Greater Israel cited as The Division of the Land in Millennium in the book by Dr. Tim LaHaye and Dr. Thomas Ice: Charting the End Times, 2001 edition, page 95.

As a side note: the nation of Israel is the only surviving nation that enters into the millennial Kingdom of Messiah King Jesus that is specifically promised and inherits a specific land mass: Greater Israel.

So What’s The Point:

The point being: Christ’s Portion or the Prince’s Portion of the future divided Greater Israel is more than adequate in size for these righteous Gentile sheep nations to dwell and reside with Him for a time.

Time To Heal and Recover:

I think these righteous Gentile nations are not systematically immediately or deliberately repatriated to their geographical territories of origin or any other geographical territory, for that matter, because they need time to heal physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually from the horrific events that deeply traumatized them throughout Daniel’s 70thweek, aka the seven-year tribulation period.

There is no better place to heal and recover than in the literal physical presence of Messiah King Jesus.

Additionally, I think this time in the presence of King Jesus is also a time of instruction and learning for these righteous Gentile sheep nations, these nations who came to faith during the horrors and devastations of Daniel’s 70th week, aka the seven-year tribulation period.

Up until this time, these Gentile sheep nations that enter the millennial Kingdom of King Jesus have very much lacked formal education and Bible study regarding the person and work of Messiah King Jesus. Indeed, much of their time during the tribulation period was focused on staying alive. These righteous Gentile sheep nations need time to learn His ways.

Another Reason for No Repatriation:

Those geographic territories from which all the Gentile nations were gathered, especially the righteous sheep nations, are not yet ready to receive any human populations.

Just as we see in Ezekiel 36 and 37, the land of Israel had lain dormant and desolate for centuries, but we also see in scripture that our Most High God, Messiah King Jesus, supernaturally prepares the land in advance for His elect, special, treasured, heritage Jewish people. He also prepared his people to return to the land of Israel as a result of the holocaust and the horrors the Jewish people suffered in the World War II era.

Initially, the geographical territories at the beginning of the millennial Kingdom with their innumerable corresponding animal kinds have suffered great and huge and mega damage and destruction: all seas turned to blood, all freshwater turned to blood, and all seawater and freshwater creatures died. All environments, ecological systems, and the animal kingdom were ripped apart by huge mega earthquakes, floods, pestilences, famines, wars, fires, and so much more.

These righteous Gentile sheep nations must remain in the presence of King Jesus where He will sufficiently provide for them and sustain them for a season, while the farthest reaches of the earth’s geographical territories recover, heal, and are replenished under the watchful and supernatural care of Messiah King Jesus.

As geographical territories become ready to receive human populations, the righteous Gentile sheep nations will begin their outward migration. And just perhaps, Messiah King Jesus will begin to deliberately repatriate these righteous Gentile sheep nations to some geographic territory. Maybe to the geographical territories that historically these nations populated or some other territory.

But King Jesus does not need to say anything at all. As it was in the days of Noah after the flood: fill the earth, be fruitful, and multiply. That command stands firm for all generations. The righteous Gentile sheep nations will fully understand and eagerly desire the enormous blessing that flows from voluntary, willful, and joyful obedience.

Scripture indicates these righteous sheep nations will likely retain their ethnic identities, but scripture does not indicate where these sheep nations actually settle. We assume the historical, geographical territories from which they were initially gathered, but maybe not; forces and events have radically changed the geography of the face of the earth … as it was in the days of Noah during the flood and post-flood.

More Land Than Historically Allocated:

In Matthew 24:22, We learn: “And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.” Humankind has traversed a period of existential threat. In comparison to the eight billion people that populate the earth today, seven and a half billion plus were likely slaughtered by the horrors, devastation, and destruction of the tribulation period. In comparison, humankind is near the point of total annihilation when the Lord Jesus cuts the days of the tribulation short for the sake of His elect Jewish people. There are just not that many humans still alive by the end of the tribulation period.

In earlier scriptures, I directed your attention to the sheep and goat judgment of Matthew 25. Recall that the sheep are the righteous Gentile nations, but what of the goats, the unrighteous Gentile nations?

Matthew 25:41: “Then He will also say to those on the left hand [the goats], ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: …” These cursed goat nations are literally and physically taken out. Perhaps they are cast bodily into the Lake of Fire. Perhaps they are physically slaughtered and their bodies cast upon a heap, where the birds of carrion gather (Matthew 24:28). The key point is: the unrighteous, cursed Gentile goat nations do not survive to enter the millennial Kingdom of King Jesus.

In Revelation 21:24, “And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it.” What about the nations that are not saved? Not all nations will survive the destruction and the devastation of the tribulation period or survive the sheep and goat judgment.

As the righteous sheep nations migrate to their historic territories or settle in new territories, these territories have changed geographically and topographically to some degree, and since there are fewer nations to inherit the land masses, chances are high that the righteous sheep nations will inherit larger territories than they historically populated.

Terraforming The Earth:

I think the events of Daniel’s 70th week, aka the seven-year tribulation, were a process that our Most High God used to terraform the earth in incredible ways. We’re told in Revelation 16 that the islands fled away, and the mountains were not found. Revelation 16 also tells us that cities of the nations literally fell.

Take some time to ponder and consider that concept. An earthquake so huge to collapse cities and mountains and swallow the islands is wreaking much more havoc across the globe than just to the islands, mountains, and cities.

The cities collapsed along with the mountains. The islands were likely consumed into the plates of the earth’s crust. The earth’s crust is totally and radically altered, as is most that sit on the earth’s crust … like the global flood of Noah’s day … global havoc, devastation, and terraforming are the order of the day.

I think at the time all Gentile nations are supernaturally gathered to Jerusalem for the sheep and goat judgment, the terraforming process is still an ongoing phenomenon that is beginning to subside. Under the Lord’s hand, the earth is falling into a new equilibrium and stability.

In Matthew 24: 29 we read: “Immediately after the tribulation of those days …” Those events that were bringing active destruction and devastation upon the earth have come to an end, but the earth and its surviving, comparatively miniscule human population are still reeling with the aftermath of a radically terraformed and transformed earth.

The Sheep Nations Are Better Served:

The righteous Gentile sheep nations are better served to reside safely within the Prince’s Portion for a season while the farthest reaches of the earth’s geographical territories are finding new, stable, and sustainable rhythms that will provide for human needs in a marvelous manner, similar to Eden and the garden of Eden in the beginning.

Appendix – Food for Thought – The Days of Noah:

I think we believers typically take a short-sighted view when we consider the phrase: “As it was in the days of Noah.”

Our brains default to the conditions and the wicked human behavior that brought the flood and the judgment and the wrath of our Most High God on humankind. Sure, that season is primary to the story of Noah.

In reality, we should fully consider the days of Noah before the flood, the days of Noah during the flood, and the days of Noah after the flood.

Recall that Noah lived another 350 years after the flood. Those many years were also the days of Noah. When one really considers this 350-year period, there was a lot going on in the post-flood days of Noah, too.

We believers have become so fixated on the flood and its immediate aftermath that we have missed other important truths of this time frame. We miss the patterns and types. We overlook important facts, especially when we compare all the days of Noah to the days of Messiah King Jesus when He returns, and when He sits on His glorious throne, and when He initiates many actions to literally build His physical and spiritual millennial Kingdom and all its elements.

We read in Matthew 24:37, “But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.”

This sentence really encompasses so much more than what Messiah King Jesus was merely emphasizing in the Matthew 24 and Matthew 25 passages.

Don’t limit your thinking to only the slaughter and the judgment and the wrath Messiah King Jesus will bring upon the unbelieving world at His second coming. Step back and take another look at the days of Noah. See the bigger picture. Assuredly, the Lord Jesus has told us so much more if we have the eyes and the minds to see it and understand it.

Maranatha! Our Lord, come!

John Chandler

Email: jray810@msn.com