The Prince and His Power :: By Terry James

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli has often been called the “father of modern political philosophy and political science.” He was an Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, humanist, writer, playwright, and poet of the Renaissance Period.

He was often brought up during my hours spent at university. He seemed to me to be both admired and disdained by the professors who stood before us at lectures. It was a strange alchemy of thought that sometimes confused—at least yours truly—while the professors both lauded and lambasted this strange purveyor of political presumption.

Always central to their lectures was Machiavelli’s most famous work, written in 1513—The Prince. This is a brief treatise on how to acquire power, create a state, and keep it. The book represents Machiavelli’s effort to provide a guide for political action based on the lessons of history and his own experience as a foreign secretary in Florence, Italy.

Most of my professors, even during those days of the early 1960s, lectured from the socialist perspective. The lectures hadn’t quite become the Marxist-oriented lies we hear being spewed today, but the anti-America-as-founded propaganda was plenteous, even back then.

As I say, the professors seemed to admire this man and his work—and detest him and his treatise at the same time. Almost always, they blamed any political ideology that opposed the socialist view as being Machiavellian in its wickedness.

Today, the political left, while not mentioning the Machiavellian model at all, totally embraces its methodologies.

Probably the best way to characterize winning and sustaining power within the model presented by The Prince is “ends justify means.” Machiavelli viewed injuring enemies as a necessity. He stated: “If an injury is to be done to a man, it should be so severe that the prince should not be in fear of revenge.” The prince must be absolutely ruthless in order to win and sustain his power.

We see this Machiavellian principle in today’s national and geo-global politics. Injury by use of forced compliance by the globalist cabal of the new world order sort is employed every minute of every day by those seeking to tear down national sovereignty.

Compliance with globalist mandates, no matter who is hurt, is at the heart of the ruthlessness. They state they’re determined to pare down the populations of humanity on the planet over which they intend to rule—all, of course, for saving the planet.

In preparation for the “prince that shall come,” can we discern the Machiavellian principle in play? I believe the answer is more than obvious. Can you say “Trump derangement syndrome”?

In America—and across the world, for that matter—the borders of nations are forced open by the globalist leaders, all of whom seem to be in lockstep. They open borders so that other peoples can flood through the openings. Into America they come by the hundreds of thousands—even millions—with most of the illegals unvaccinated, unchecked as to criminal background.

Even though there is pushback by some, the resistance is relatively small by comparison to the immensity of the problem of nations being overrun. This is because the world’s mainstream media is a part of the collective globalist mindset. Their narrative, their full propaganda machinery engine, is pushing the drive to bring about a new world order. Opposition and resistance to this movement are suppressed at every turn.

This should be no surprise because everywhere we look, we see humanity going against the God of Heaven and His directives for mankind. We don’t have to be male or female as God brought us into this world. We can be whatsoever gender we choose. Man doesn’t have to be joined to woman in sexual oneness; we can choose which sex to engage with in such activity, totally apart from the God of Heaven.

It is okay for children as young as 2 or 3 to begin the transition from their birth gender to whichever gender their parent says the child should become.

This is pushed by media at every level now, every hour of every day. This is because they—the media—have as their supreme leader the prince of the power of the air. We understand this from the words of the Apostle Paul to the Ephesians.

“And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others” (Ephesians 2:1-3).

Satan is that prince of the power of the air. He dominates the dissemination of the falsehoods we are incessantly bombarded with while the new world order is being prepared for the “prince that shall come.

But we who are in Christ—who are saved by belief in His death, burial and resurrection—have nothing to fear while we endure this demonic construction taking place. Satan’s prince will be dealt with by another prince. Here is what God promises those who are in His eternal family.

“And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.” (Daniel 8:24-25)

True power resides with the King of all kings. Jesus is that Prince, that coming King of Revelation 19:11. If you are not yet, but want to be a member of that holy Kingdom, here, again, is how.

“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (Romans 10:9-10).

Take The Name of Jesus With You :: By Dennis Huebshman

Philippians 2:5-11; “Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, in Heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (ESV – all emphasis mine)

Verse 8 states He was obedient to the point of death on a cross. Jesus willingly took our sins to that cross (John 10:18), and the righteous, sinless blood He shed was pure enough that just one drop would have covered all the sins of the world; past, present and future. Of course, He shed nearly every ounce of blood that was in Him. He endured a most horrible and painful death so that you and I could be gifted with a pure pathway to be with Him forever in Paradise.

And, as Paul Harvey used to say, “Now for the rest of the story.” There is a catch to all of this. Jesus willingly provided the “gift,” and we must receive and accept it. We must confess that we are sinners, as given in Romans 3:10 and Romans 3:23, and also in Romans 6:23. Those who believe they aren’t sinners need to read these verses several times. The absolute fact is there was only one person who walked this earth that never once sinned during His lifetime here. Had Jesus sinned just once, His sacrifice for us would have been null and void. We must have faith and believe that Jesus is the Son of God and is the only way that we can ever have a place in Heaven.

The Heavenly Father is absolutely loving and generous, but He demands perfection for any sacrifice to pay for our sins. Jesus was that perfection needed. His blood reached back to the beginning of creation and will stretch to the end of the Millennial Regin of Our Savior. All sacrifices prior to His death, burial and resurrection were temporary to show submission to God’s will. From Calvary to the end of this earth, no other sacrifice than that of our Savior can begin to come close to cover any sin, large or small.

Hebrews 10:4, 11-12; “For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins…. And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.”

Jesus took our sins to that horrible cross, and all He asks in return is for us to receive and accept His gift. The obvious question would be, are you willing to call out to Him, ask His forgiveness for your sins, and ask Him to come into your heart as your Shepherd and King? Please remember that there are no “works” you could ever do to “buy” this gift. There are no special ceremonies or “jump through hoops” tactics to perform.

Your action is to follow the ABCs given above for your Salvation. A – admit you’re a sinner and confess this to the Lord; B – Believe Jesus is the true Son of God and therefore is God Himself (John 10:30), and that He did die and was raised from the grave to conquer sin and death for us; and finally, C – Call on the name of the Lord, and you will be saved (Romans 10:9-13).

You will be at the beginning of a very special relationship that will last forever. Jesus Himself will prepare a place for all who have faith and believe in Him (John 14:1-3). And there is no other pathway available, no matter what false prophets are proclaiming in today’s pulpits. John 14:6 is very specific; “Jesus said to him, I am the Way, the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except through me.”

Therefore, are you willing to “Take the Name of Jesus with You”? Please consider the words of a hymn by that title from Lydia O. Baxter, released in 1870.

1.) Take the name of Jesus with you, child of sorrow and of woe. It will joy and comfort give you; take it then where ‘ere you go.

Ref) Precious name, Oh how sweet. Hope of earth and joy of Heaven. Precious name, Oh how sweet; hope of earth and joy of Heaven.

2.) Take the name of Jesus ever, as a shield from every snare. If temptations ’round you gather, breathe that Holy name in prayer.

3.) Oh the precious name of Jesus; how it thrills our souls with joy. When His loving arms receive us, and His songs our tongues employ.

4.) At the name of Jesus bowing, falling prostrate at His feet. King of Kings in Heaven we’ll crown Him, when our journey is complete.

With all this in mind, there is only one other alternative. That would be to reject the gift and believe Satan’s lies that there are many ways to Heaven other than having Jesus as your Savior. The outcome of this is given in Revelation 19:20, the final destination of the antichrist and false prophet; Revelation 20:10, the final destination of Satan; and Revelation 20:11-15, the final destination for all who rejected the Savior’s sacrifice and refused to call on Him to be saved.

The choice of your final destination is completely up to each and every individual. No one else can choose eternity for another, and God will not force anyone to accept eternity with Him. Those who choose Jesus and “Take His Name,” just as a bride takes the name of a bridegroom, will have a forever home with Him.

Seems like a “no-brainer,” yet the atmosphere in the world today is that a lot of folks are choosing Satan and his lies over the Savior. Please don’t be one of them! Right now would not be too early to call on Him as He could be coming to “gather His flock” soon. This will be the Rapture, which will keep God’s promise to keep all true believers from the coming Wrath. We don’t know exactly when, but all the signs of the end of this age are here right now. It could be at any minute.

Hope to see you at Home!

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