Heaven or Hell? :: By Larry Brandes

 

(This article is written for my best friend recently diagnosed with ALS.)

Confused about recent events? Think that the world is upside down and evil is triumphing? This is my take on the situation. I believe in God, and even if you are an atheist, you should listen to what I have to say. I’m an old guy, and I’ve learned a thing or two because I’ve seen a thing or two. My advice is free, hopefully insightful, and may help clarify wicked events currently unfolding in the world today.

A very long time ago, there was a revolt in Heaven. Lucifer, an extremely beautiful, strong and powerful angel, rebelled against God (worst rebellion in history, as it turns out). Unfortunately, Lucifer convinced one-third of the angels in Heaven to support his revolution. Their mutiny failed. Lucifer and his co-conspirators were evicted from paradise. Lucifer earned a new moniker, the Devil or Satan. All of the beautiful angels who rebelled against God and were ejected from Heaven are now the unclean spirits or demons.

Hell is a horrible place to spend eternity. Satan and his demons were extremely angry at God for their banishment and future eternal punishment.

They vehemently hated all of the angels who chose to remain on Team God and failed to support their mutiny. Satan and his demons also loathed all human beings because we are God’s children. And whoever God loves, Satan and his minions fervently hate.

Heaven is the polar opposite of Hell:

Heaven is overflowing with a deluge of love. Hell will be filled with toxic hatred for everything and everyone.

Heaven is beautiful and bright. Hell will be ugly, dark, and filled with unquenchable fire.

Heaven is filled with beautiful angelic spirits. Hell will be filled with hateful, unclean demons.

Heaven is filled with saints loving God. Hell will be filled with tormented beings cursing God.

God loves truth and righteousness. Satan hates the truth. He is a pathological liar, known as Beelzebub, the “lord of the flies.” Satan is the personification of evil and the nemesis of good people everywhere. He is also the master of manipulation and deceit.

When we die, God warns us in the Bible that our final destination will be one of two places: Heaven (Option A) or Hell (Option B). There is no Option C. Atheists desperately hope in Option C, but one day, when they stand before almighty God, they will be unpleasantly surprised to discover that they have been conned. Unfortunately, their fate will be sealed forever.

God has given us free will, which is the ability to literally choose where to spend eternity. Satan and his demons fervently desire all human beings to spend eternity with them in Hell. They have no altruistic agenda.

God and all of His angels want human beings to spend eternity with them in Heaven. That’s where free will comes into play. You would think that everyone would want to spend eternity in Heaven, but unfortunately, based upon their behavior and beliefs, many humans are navigating a slippery path that leads directly to Hades.

Evil is metastasizing in the world. Rising murders, mayhem, rapes, assaults, corruption, anarchy and greed are indicators that some people either intentionally choose to go to Hell or don’t believe that Hell actually exists. Those poor souls erroneously believe that there are no consequences for evil behavior and will weep and gnash their teeth when condemned to Hell for all eternity. Those poor souls also falsely assume that death is final and are oblivious to the fact that death is just the beginning.

Satan and his demons are very cunning because they have been hunting human souls to steal for thousands of years. Some demons are confined, but many others are active in the world. Satan fears that his time on earth is rapidly drawing to a close and has shifted into hyper-drive to capture as many souls as possible. Human frailties are their specialty, and they have manipulated the media to propagate the belief that God doesn’t exist and that Satan is a comical cartoon myth. They also want you to believe that sacrificing everything (on earth) to acquire wealth and power is a golden calf worth coveting.

God wants you to know that he loves all human beings (the good, the bad, and the ugly) and wants everyone to spend eternity with Him in the kingdom of Heaven. God also wants you to understand that life on earth is temporal. We are born, we live, and then we pass away – like the grass. It’s the circle of life.

What do Demons hate? They hate it when you READ THE BIBLE, PRAY, GO TO CHURCH, AND EXHIBIT KINDNESS TO OTHERS. All of those activities really anger Satan and all of his minions. They are terrified when humans seek any type of relationship with God. They want you to curse God, deny His existence, and end up imprisoned with them in Hell for all eternity.

How long is eternity? This analogy has always resonated with me: Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world and weighs approximately 357 trillion pounds. That’s a lot of weight. Consider a bird that flies to that mountain once every million years and removes only one pebble. When Mount Everest has been completely worn away and the ground is flatter than a Target parking lot, eternity will just be beginning.

I sincerely want everyone to spend eternity in Heaven and not end up trapped in Hell. Don’t listen to demons; they fill you with fear! Read the Bible, which fills you with hope and offers amazing wisdom and understanding for those who are willing to hear.

“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart. Lean not unto thy own understanding. In all ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes. Fear the Lord, and depart from evil” (Proverbs 3:5-7, KJV).

Larry Brandes, Ph.D.

Supply Chain Siege :: By Rob Pue

 

It was long overdue, but it needed to happen. Around the world, citizens have been rising up to protest the New World Order Globalists, though the mainstream media has put a virtual “media blackout” on this information. But now, citizens of Canada have decided they’ve had enough. Enough of the lockdowns, mask and jab mandates, Nazi-esque requirements to show proof of injections to move about freely in public, and enough of the tyrannical edicts of a Communist dictator.

Since the start of 2021, the world has been experiencing a “supply chain shortage.” Cargo ships sitting offshore, unable to unload their wares; ports backed up with not enough workers to unload them; severe restrictions put on truckers and rail companies to move the supplies. But this has been a “siege” — a “managed” supply chain crisis — orchestrated and manipulated carefully by those controlling the narrative and agenda.

Now, things have changed.

When Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau decided he’d make it mandatory for truckers to be jabbed in order to cross the border to the US, and for US truckers to enter Canada, enough was enough. From British Columbia to Nova Scotia, truckers took to the road in a massive show of solidarity against the reprehensible dictatorship that has ruled that country for far too long. And while massive protests in places like France, England, Germany, and Australia could be ignored by the media because they’re so far removed from America, Canada’s situation hits closer to home.

I’m proud of what the Canadian truckers have accomplished but also concerned that American truckers have not yet begun a similar protest. That NEEDS to happen too. The chickens need to come home to roost.

For two years now, I’ve watched as frightening news stories have been coming out of Canada. It’s no secret that Chinese troops have been training with Canadian military and have been stationed close to the American border for years now. It’s no secret that despite what parliament representatives of the Canadian people want, the Canadian leadership has stated openly that COVID concentration camps, as we see in Australia, are now completed and ready to receive their human hostages — in every Canadian province. It’s no secret that Trudeau fancies himself a modern-day Fidel Castro and has been a champion of Communist ideology all his life.

Like Barack Hussein Obama, the current resident of our White House — and others preceding them — Trudeau is prime minister because the Globalists CHOSE him. They placed him in power to do their bidding, and he’s been a perfect little puppet for Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum. And like American governors, the Canadian premiers and most all of Canadian parliament are under the same boots.

Proverbs 29, “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice, but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.” Friends, the WORLD has been in mourning since March of 2020 when “Event 201” went live.

The Biden campaign phrase “Build Back Better” has now been used by rulers worldwide. It’s no coincidence that they’re all saying the exact same thing.

But in order to build something back, it first needs to be destroyed. Psalm 11, “If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?”

The Canadian truckers are showing us what the righteous can do. Though the Leftist media portrays them as terrorists, racists, bigots and violent extremists, nothing could be further from the truth. As the trucks have rolled across Canada, decorated with patriotic flags and messages of freedom and hope, I’ve seen, among those messages, many stating “Jesus is Lord,” “God bless Canada,” “Our Hope is in Christ alone,” and many more. The same can be said of those standing along the roadways to cheer the truckers on, holding signs with similar sentiments.

This is a PEACEFUL protest involving millions. More than 50,000 trucks and millions of Canadian citizens standing with them in solidarity, along frozen highways, braving sub-zero temperatures as they gather on overpasses, offering their aid and assistance, sacrificially, because what’s going on right now is probably the most important, the most urgent, the most powerful thing the people can do.

But Trudeau, his cronies — and their puppet masters — are not going to back down easily. These New World Order Globalists have been working toward their ultimate goal for more than a hundred years. Not only do they NOT care what the people want or think, or what science may prove (and by the way, none of this has EVER been about ‘COVID’), these devils have made incredible progress toward their goal of world domination in only two years. They’re not giving up now. I just hope the people don’t either. I hope the pain and punishments, the heartaches and heartbreaks, the imprisonment and deaths that are sure to come as a result of their courageous stand do not break their spirits, sending them back into abject slavery. If you think retribution is not coming, you’re sadly mistaken. There is a price to pay for freedom, and it’s expensive.

Almost immediately, Canadian premiers (the equivalent of American governors) sent forth edicts that it’s now illegal to stand and cheer for the passing trucks in the convoys.

Fines of $10,000 are levied on any who dare disobey. In Ottawa, while the atmosphere has been described as a “love fest” — indeed, one husband-and-wife trucker team stated it was the “greatest outpouring of kindness and atmosphere of love we’ve ever seen at any event in our lives” — the Canadian media is pushing the same old Statist propaganda, saying it’s all about “white supremacy,” “racism,” “white nationalism,” and violence. But there IS no violence — at least not from the truckers or their supporters. The only violence we’ve seen has come from government officials and police.

And in case you haven’t heard, Canadian pastor Artur Pawlowski was once again arrested at his home on February 8th — by a stealth SWAT team as he attempted to leave home to go preach to the truckers.

In order to break the protesters’ will, orders went forth that fuel stations are not allowed to sell fuel to the truckers. The government has ordered hotels not to rent any rooms to anyone… hotels are being paid by the government to remain empty. Canadian citizens then began walking into the heart of the protest, carrying heavy loads of diesel fuel to keep the engines running — and bringing food and supplies to the truckers and their families, but these people are now being immediately arrested for doing so.

Meanwhile, truckers are in danger of freezing to death in the sub-zero temperatures. They sleep in their trucks. Many are there with their wives and young children, and they depend on the trucks being able to run in order to have heat.

And for some, the punishment for fighting for freedom has already become too much. The Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, was cleared of all trucks on February 14th after Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared there would be fines of $100,000 and a year in jail for anyone blocking roads, bridges or walkways. But meanwhile, a major border crossing between British Columbia and Washington State remains closed, as is the border blockade in Coutts, Alberta, just north of Montana. The Canadian government also cut off cellular communications in these regions to further hurt the truckers.

The spark that set this fire ablaze was when Trudeau made it mandatory for all truckers, Canadian and American, to be fully jabbed and show their papers in order to cross their southern border. Interestingly, the US southern border remains wide open, with a red carpet fully rolled out, to welcome any and all, regardless of jab status, as illegal aliens invade our country at the invitation of the Leftist Elites — even as illegals loot, destroy and kill once they arrive here, overtaking farms, ranches and entire border towns, now in a state of emergency. Covert American government agencies are strategically relocating millions of illegals into cities and towns all across the US, under cover of darkness, so American citizens remain clueless — until it’s too late. But that’s another story.

I should also mention the wicked tactics of GoFundMe — the fundraising platform that initially raised more than $10 million to back the Freedom Convoy with fuel and supplies and other necessities. As most of you know, GoFundMe shut the truckers’ account down, and attempted to confiscate all the money, then give it to OTHER groups, including Leftist/Marxist groups like Black Lives Matter. When this didn’t fly, GoFundMe agreed to return the money directly to the donors.

But the Toronto-Dominion Bank had already seized some of those funds.

Then the truckers used an alternative crowdfunding site called GiveSendGo. Another $10 million was quickly raised in support of these freedom fighters. But a Canadian judge attempted to seize those funds as well. Here was GiveSendGo’s response: “Know this! Canada has absolutely ZERO jurisdiction over how we manage our funds here at GiveSendGo. All funds for EVERY campaign on GiveSendGo flow directly to the recipients of those campaigns, not least of which is The Freedom Convoy campaign.” Good for them.

Now, even so-called “conservative” politicians are calling for an end to the protests, promising they will not stop fighting for freedom until they achieve it. It seems the Canadian “conservatives” are just as full of lies and empty promises as their American counterparts. Meanwhile, Trudeau is promising a “crackdown,” and one of his advisors stated, “Trust me, I will not run out of ways to make this hurt: cancel their insurance; suspend their drivers’ licenses; prohibit any future regulatory certification for truckers, etc…”

The Freedom Convoy is having a positive effect. So far, the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Quebec, and Prince Edward Island have announced they will either be substantially lifting COVID restrictions or ending them altogether this week. But meanwhile, Ontario is doubling down. Trudeau, Ontario, and the mayor of Ottawa have cut off supplies, threatened outrageous monetary fines and jail time, authorized police to confiscate fuel and food brought in by citizens to help the truckers, and they would LIKE to slash their tires and tow their trucks.

But as one commentator asked, “How many trucks can Trudeau tow when tow trucks won’t tow trucks?” Indeed.

Towing companies are refusing to remove the trucks. But sadly, like good little Nazis, the local police continue to “just follow orders” as they arrest and persecute their fellow citizens.

Wisconsin author Tony Horvath has recently written a fictional book titled The Corn Seige, in which he imagines a glimpse into the future — roughly two years from now. In his story, the plans of the Global Leftists are thwarted because ordinary Americans living in “flyover country” simply stop doing business with those who have been oppressing them. County sheriffs get on board and set up blockades, keeping those from Leftist areas of the country out of their counties. Within “flyover country,” all is well. People have plenty of food, power, heat and supplies. People are free, and life is normal. But the liberal cities are cut off. Truckers no longer deliver there. Power companies cut off power supplies. All those “peasants” who run the engine of the American economy simply stop doing business with those who hate them.

It’s an interesting book, and there are similarities with the Freedom Convoy. Indeed, if given no other option but to end the blockades or lose everything, I hope the truckers will simply PARK their trucks — and thereby take back control of the “supply chain crisis” that’s currently being run by those seeking the destruction of our economy and all of Western civilization.

But as much as we admire and cheer for those truckers currently standing in our place on the front lines, it’s my fervent prayer that WE don’t buckle under the pressure.

Because however this ends up, it’s going to affect ALL of us. Remember, 75% of everything you see in the stores arrives there by truck. The truckers have tremendous power to break the backs of the tyrants, and I hope they do that. But I also hope that those cheering them on today will not be calling for their blood tomorrow when things begin getting tough — for the rest of us.

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