The parallels between President Jimmy Carter and Joe Biden are becoming more and more evident.

Remember Carter? He oversaw a doubling of gasoline prices, inflation went from 5% to 14%, interest rates climbed from a little over 7% to 16%, and unemployment in some parts of the country was in double-digits. His foreign policy was as much as a disaster. The Democrat president actually tried to use food as a weapon by embargoing grain sales to the Soviet Union, decimating American farmers, and he promoted Islamic terrorists by trying to normalize relations with the terrorist Palestinian Liberation Organization and helping to foment the Iranian revolution that installed the terrorist Ayatollahs.

While the Biden Administration’s economic and foreign policies have not reached their maturity, it doesn’t take much extrapolating to predict a repeat of the Carter years.

Already, burgeoning government spending programs in the trillions are on the precipice of causing the same impacts that we had on the economy in the 1970s. For example, Biden’s economic policies already have caused an erosion of your purchasing power. The Bureau of Labor Statistics most recent report indicated that the real earnings of American workers fell for the fifth consecutive month in May. The culprit: Inflation. The mere threat of unbridled government spending, increasing the deficit, and expanding government has accelerated this issue.

The New York Post’s Will Feuer reports, “The Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index, which measures a basket of goods and services as well as energy and food costs, jumped 5 percent in May from a year earlier. That’s higher than April’s 4.2 percent year-over-year rise in prices, and the biggest 12-month rise since August 2008, just before the financial crisis sent the US into the worst recession it had seen since the Great Depression. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones expected a 4.7 percent spike in May.”

That economists expected 4.7% and it was actually 5% means that other market factors will be triggered that will complicate problems—not for people like Biden, but for people like you and me.

Biden’s foreign policy is also an issue. Since taking office, Russia, China, the terrorist Palestinian groups, and the world’s foremost terror sponsor, Iran, all have become far more aggressive. At the same time, Biden’s approach is appeasement. Talk tough, but act soft. These international bullies are going to beat Biden like a burdened donkey. This will cause further market anxiety and pressure the economy—end result—you and I get the brunt of higher prices, ransomware shutdowns, etc.

Proverbs 28:3 says, “A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no food.”

In other words, a leader who seeks his own gain leaves nothing for others. And that’s what we have. Welcome back Carter.

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Picture the prophet Isaiah having a bird’s eye view of the recent happenings in California and Virginia. He could be having a laugh; the seventeenth verse of Chapter 54 of his lengthy book is real-time on earthly news feeds!

Gavin Newsom never prospered in any way with his blitzkrieg on the churches in California. Some churches may have closed, but look at what Jack Hibbs is accomplishing despite a barrage of threats relating to shutdowns. His church seems to be defying the gravity of suppression, growing by leaps and bounds. We could say the same for others who have kept the Good Fight going – notably Tom Hughes and Brandon Holthaus. Ironically speaking, Gavin Newsom suffered substantial monetary losses in a recent litigation involving a Christian institution.

The very recent case of the Loudoun County School Board against a lone teacher is another instance whereby diabolical machinations against the Body of Christ backfired. Not only that; Byron ‘Tanner’ Cross won the case against an ungodly body bent on castigating believers in the Living Word, but also noteworthy was the chorus of support he garnered – perhaps some who were not Christians.

There can be no other explanation for the recent successes experienced by believers – it is all simply said in Matthew 5:13.

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.”

The above real-time examples attest to the salt of the earth living up to its designated role. Simply performing the task concerned with preservation, preventing the rot from gaining a significant foothold. The corrosion that is spreading around the world is the result of letting the flavor be sucked out by forces of lawlessness. All this is nothing more than succumbing to seducing spirits of darkness. When there is feeble or non-existent resistance against the powers, principalities and malevolent masters – there is only one conclusion. They are free to do as they please. This they will surely do as the preservatives that have failed in their purpose get trampled on. All this is so evident in churches that have virtually forsaken the Truth for lies. A powerless pulpit that preaches hopelessness to the pews.

That atmosphere of despair ultimately drives many into the web of demonic deceit – being conned while conning others, a prerequisite for delusion and ultimately destruction!

Conversely speaking, the godly institution that stands by the Counsel of God and refuses to compromise is acting in the manner of a potent preservative. The leadership must be helmed by those who put their unquenchable faith in Holy Writ, not just through sermons that speak the truth but through a living example of walking the talk. The congregation would thereby be empowered and more than capable of being that salt that stems any decay. Fervent prayer in an unceasing manner is the critical component here, that it may reach the highest heaven – letting His power, grace and mercy tower over the wrecks of the times.

There is, without any doubt, innumerable instances of people cringing and hollering at terrifying talk about looming crackdowns. Take heart and pay attention to the brighter side; none of what has been reported is fiction – it is real! The enemy could never breach a defense based on fervent corporate prayer laced with the inerrant Word through the anointing of the Holy Spirit. As a matter of interest, the opposing force has some wounds to lick!

So long as the Bride of Christ is still on planet Earth and the Restrainer of evil is at work 24/7, the gates of Hades will not be a prevailing force (Matthew 16:18). So long as the preservative fulfills its role and function, rest assured that the Lord will take care of whatever surfaces. On this note, let everyone in the Body of Christ not waver as the day of redemption fast approaches.

The preservative cannot and will not be here in this fallen planet for long. When the Restrainer is removed, so will the seasoning, which is none other than the Bride of Christ.

Here is a piece of strong advice for those with schoolgoing kids; once the salt is gone up in the Rapture, the bad guys have a free hand in doing all that Woke evil. Kids can be forced into a lot of things that horror movies portray. There is only one way to avoid all these nasties. Turn to Jesus – the Way, the Truth and Eternal Life! Get saved when there is still time for you and your loved ones.

With the love of God in Jesus Christ.

Edwin

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