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Without fear of being called a doomsday merchant, conspiracy theorist, guilty of misinformation let me give you some real facts about the world situation and keep in mind what happens elsewhere has an impact on this tiny little nation at the bottom of the world.

By way of introduction and to grab your attention I am prepared to say time is running out for humanity. 

Our world and we see it her in this country has become a little bit more like a bad science fiction movie with each passing day, and our self-destructive tendencies are slowly but surely transforming our society into a living nightmare. 

Given enough time, we would destroy ourselves and everything around us. 

On a very basic level, most people can feel that global events are starting to spiral out of control. 

Evil is growing all around us, and just about everything that our leaders do to solve our rapidly growing problems seems to make them even worse.  

The pace of change just keeps getting faster and faster, and many fear that this will soon lead to widespread chaos all over the globe.  

Let’s look briefly at the list of reasons and see if you agree.

#1 Leaders all over the world seem to be catching “war fever”, and the Biden administration just made a military conflict with China even more likely by announcing a 345-million-dollar weapons package for Taiwan.

The announcement was made in response to the news from China standing firm, they will not back down over Taiwan.

New Zealand’s Defence Minister Andrew Little announced he will be making recommendations to his government regarding our defence capability.

When pressed as to where the threat was from, he blundered around but it was obviously China, but couldn’t say. New Zealand is under pressure to choose a side.

#2 Both sides just continue to escalate the war in Ukraine, and now the Russians are openly warning that they could potentially use nuclear weapons.

The former Russian president and Putin ally, Dmitry Medvedev, warned there is ‘simply no other way out’ and said that Kyiv should ‘pray to our warriors’ that they do not ‘allow the global nuclear fire to flare up’.

#3 More pain at the supermarket.

According to the United Nations, 2.4 billion people already do not have enough food to eat.  And now that the Black Sea grain deal has broken down and India has placed severe restrictions on rice exports, we are being warned that global food prices could soon go much higher.

India has now restricted most exports on rice, and now the World Bank is warning we are likely to see “considerable increases in world prices and induce price volatility”.

#4 Be prepared for another pandemic, lockdowns vaccination drives as pestilences are raging all over the globe, and many old diseases are now making stunning comebacks. 

For example, Florida has now become the epicentre for an outbreak of leprosy in the United States.

Covid hasn’t gone away, and scientists are warning of another pandemic next year.

This depends on whether the lab wherever its being manufactured are ahead of schedule or not.

#5 Global weather patterns have gone completely nuts. 

Europe is reporting higher than average summer temperatures, here in New Zealand we are hearing about the warming of the oceans, and we have seen a more volatile weather pattern over the summer. Question remains, is it global warming brought about man made climate change or is it just a continuing evolving of natural weather patterns. Jury is still out on that one but follow the money.

#6 Gender confusion

There is growing anxiety amongst the population of the world and confusion as to who they are and what they are.

Such is the results of gender confusion which has been foisted upon the world with no signs of abatement.

A generation of children are being raised confused as to the role they were assigned at birth to carry out and when you confuse these roles then society will break down and we are seeing the result of this confusion everywhere.

#7 The pace of technology has always been hard to keep up with and can I say costly as well.

We no sooner have the latest thing hit the market and there’s an upgrade waiting.

Technology changes has been good but can also be bad.

Good in the way we can communicate, good in how its assisting science in getting medical breakthroughs although the cure for the common cold still eludes them.  

Technology continues to increase at a pace that is breathtaking.

While there is good, we are starting to see the bad as Amazon introduces pay by scanning an inserted chip in the hand.

Companies embrace Artificial Intelligence like there is no tomorrow.

Once again blurring the line of reality and fiction.

#8 Decades ago, we were introduced to Dolly the Sheep, the first cloned living being.

Today scientists are bringing ancient species back to life in the form of worms which have been frozen for a thousand years.

Thought to have lived in the late Pleistocene era, a small group of the worms found 40 metres deep in the Siberian permafrost have been thawed out and revived.

It won’t be long before an attempt is made to bring bodies which underwent cryopreservation back to life.

#9 Does it surprises you that we are hearing reports of Deaths from heart attacks have been surging dramatically in every age group around the world.

It should come as no surprise but figures being released by health authorities show heart attacks between the 22-44 age group is contributing to the 30% increase.

Here’s the thing, while people are dying, the health experts are still trying to figure out why there has been a rise in these types of death since 2019.

You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure that one out. Honestly?

#10 Groups like Green Peace and political parties like the Greens have lost the battle as soils and water are heavily saturated with microplastics to the point its now a crisis.

No where is immune, not even the Arctic Ocean nor neighbouring Antarctica to the incessant growth of microplastic pollution.

With the predicted growth of plastics being produced contamination is expected to increase incrementally.

Given enough time, microplastics would completely collapse our civilization even if none of the other very serious problems that we are currently dealing with existed.

Of course, the same thing could be said about nuclear war, global famine, AI, and a number of other cataclysmic threats that we are now facing.

So, there you have it, my top ten today, I’m sure if you sat down, you could produce a similar ten reasons why our society is transforming into a living nightmare.

We really are living in apocalyptic times, and the months and years ahead of us, dependent upon timelines unbeknown to us promise, to be very “interesting” indeed.

pRAY-VOTE-STAND

Full transcript of presentation by Mike Bain, Christian Voice New Zealand

Hello and welcome to this, our seventh Town Hall Meeting based around the topics of Pray, Vote, Stand.

Over the months, during these virtual meetings we have attempted to highlight topics this nation needs to hear and act on.

We have been forthright about the nations need to return to the base our ancestors founded New Zealand on and that was a biblical belief that God is sovereign.

We have discussed on what the country needs in the way of prayer and provided prayer points; things needed in this country where God can assist.

New Zealand can genuinely boast its corridors of power has the largest number, more per capita than any other country in the world of Lesbians, Homosexuals and LGBTQI+ members in its chamber.

An Australian member of Parliament asked me, “How’s that going for you?” 

On the theme of Vote, we have encouraged everyone who can to take the opportunity to exercise the freedom to vote, it’s a luxury few in the world have these days.

Without telling you who to vote for, because we accept it is not our place, but I would like to think we have challenged your thinking.

Under the heading of Stand, we have encouraged both Christian and non-Christians to make a stand, to draw a line in the sand over many issues.

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord Ps 33 I think it would be fair to say this nations God is not the one in Heaven who created mankind and this country is as far removed from being blessed.

To live in New Zealand today is like being on a passenger on the train Te Huia on a trip between Hamilton -Auckland, not knowing the engineer has just taken the train through a red light, not knowing if there is another train coming directly towards it.

With not so many days until the election, if you believe the polls, people are starting to wake up, that this government in power

• has not been in control,
• has not been transformational, 
• has not been successful in lifting children out of poverty,
• has not delivered one hundred thousand new homes,
• has not delivered a smokefree New Zealand,
• has not delivered anything which points to a zero-road toll,
• has not achieved better health outcomes for all New Zealanders,
• has not provided a decrease in Crime,
• has not achieved its goals on Climate Change
• has not provided this generation it’s nuclear free moment.  

I do not have time today to list, this governments long list and it’s a very long one of failure after failure.

In the space of five years, we have seen a country go from one of prosperity, hope, and a future to one likened to a third world country,

• divided by race,
• divided by income,
• divided by generation,
•  divided by geography.
• divided by medical status,
• and divided by town and country.

Blessed is the Nation whose God is The Lord.

But you know, we as New Zealanders, and in that statement, I am calling on everyone from every group, whether you be of European descent, Māori, Pacifica, Middle Eastern, Asian, or Indian, If I am being honest, we all came from somewhere, we are all in reality “Strangers in a strange land.

Let’s all come together and sort out and decide just.

• what sort of Nation it is we want to live in and,
• what sort of a nation do we want to be?
• What sort of people we are.
• What sort of future we want, for ourselves and those who come after us.

Before we head to the ballot box in October, as a nation we need to look to the past just as those who came to this country did from across all the oceans, and make some decisions on where, as a nation we want to go.

I want to take you back to the early seventies, for those of you who failed at Maths at school that’s 50 years ago.

The 1970s was a time when I was young a time when we had no sense of fashion, men wore flared jeans, paisley shirts, and were often encouraged by fathers to get a haircut.

The girls were not conservative about dress length, they thought a wide belt around their waist was modest enough as the tripped along on their platform shoes.

All that aside it was a time of resistance to such outward signs of modernity and progress.

And very briefly, it was also the time of Norman Kirk, who became New Zealand’s second Labour Prime Minister between 1972 and 1974.

The first Labour Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage was revered as the leader of the most transformational government ever in this country, so a lot was expected of the man we called “Big Norm.”

Although only in power a short time, before he passed away, Big Norm managed to straddle the generations need for the status quo and the desire to move forward as a nation.

Norman Kirk connected with people’s desires for those who wanted “someone to love, somewhere to live, somewhere to work and something to hope for” – and for those who wanted a state for which those things were also the priority.

Without giving Big Norm a free pass, his belief was that “We came to nationhood with no legacy of bitterness” which doesn’t pass muster today, even if it was orthodox thinking then.

Kirks social conservatism would certainly be ridiculed by the majority today as he lacked support homosexual reform, and it was on his watch we saw the stat of the dawn raids on illegal migrants.

Norman Kirk was both large in stature and heart, but he gave us a framework in which to look at life.

Some of what is seen is familiar: Here is “Big Norm” as the internationalist, cancelling a proposed Springbok rugby tour and driving the first (and to date only) “state-sponsored physical anti-nuclear protest” when the frigates Otago and Canterbury sailed to Mururoa in 1973.

Kirk’s politics around nuclear weapons were attributed to the fact that his father had been a conscientious objector in the first world war.

And here he is as visionary – the first prime minister with a Pacific sensibility and an independent foreign policy, in which New Zealand was no longer “an island off the coast of western Europe”.

Whether you were a National or Labour supporter, it was a time when New Zealand the little nation at the bottom of the world was like the mouse that roared, and the world took notice.

It was a time when New Zealanders knew who they were and where they were going.

We were proud to be a New Zealander, can we say that today, as we watch this country shatter into many pieces, and the question now comes as to who is responsible.

Christopher Luxon recently blamed former leader Jacinda Ardern and has left her predecessor Chris Hipkins with the carnage.

But it’s not fair to put all the blame on Ardern, Covid, nine years of a National Government, colonisation or the economy, the blame must fall on all of us as a government is only in place at the will of the people.

In 2020, New Zealand spoke clearly giving Ardern’s government the biggest majority ever under MMP to see transformation, a restart in our future direction for the country.

Their failure to drive change was as successful as driving the Te Hua train from Hamilton to Auckland, they ignored the warning lights, they ignored the signs, they failed to communicate with it’s base and come October, it may find itself derailed.

The failure of our country is perhaps the number one reason, top of the list things we should be praying for, which leads me into our first heading called Pray.

If we want to fix our country, we really do need to fix what we can, the things we can control.

Citizens of the seventies wanted a government who could give them or provide a way for its population to have “someone to love, somewhere to live, somewhere to work and something to hope for.”

Realistically, no government can provide you with someone to love and nor should they.

But if we were to list the things we should pray about, top of the list? You.

Think about this for a minute are you capable of loving anyone and are you the type of person who can be loved.

There are so many people in our country who are in that situation, so My suggestion is put yourself top of the list, ask yourself why you cannot love or be loved?

Look around yourself, what am I doing which is different to others? Let me see, many today live a life by choice a life of solitude.

Their only interaction is by Facebook, text messaging or group chat, and even in the break room at work, what is it everyone is doing.

It’s the same for young people, and when they do, they have no skills in face-to-face communication.

Let me just give you a biblical perspective on this subject by asking this question.

If we carried and spent as much time looking at the Bibles as much as we carry and look at our phones, what sort of a country do you think we would have?

So yes, let’s pray not just for ourselves. We need to pray for our country, we need to pray for our leaders, and we need to pray we can return the nation back toits foundation based on the Bible.

For this to happen we need to have strength in the pulpits in our churches, Germany in the 1930s saw the rise of fascism, a bit like we see the rise of Marxism happening today, in Germany history records what happened to a god-fearing nation when the church remained silent.

We should Pray for the pastors in our country.

Like the prophet Hosea I am calling on the many timid church leaders who have caved – conforming to this world to return to teaching the truth about Gods word. 

Pastors maybe under a lot of pressure to tell people what they want to hear as their congregations aren’t always interested in what God says.

We must stop confusing God’s patience with His approval and preach with conviction from the pulpits again— “as dying men to dying men.”

We do not need hesitancy in our pulpits but strong leadership and united churches in this country to rise.

We need to hear the united voice of the church putting pressure on our government, for weakening what Christians hold as holy,

• Marriage.
• The family.
• Standards on entertainment.
• The moral breakdown of our society.
• Bibles in schools.
• The ten commandments.

We need strong leadership from our pastors today, who need to open a bible and stop neglecting the truth, confusing and deceiving audiences teaching them to live a form of Christianity void of repentance … void of truth…”

We need stop confusing people about Judgment, encourage repentance and stop making excuses for sin.

Moving onto our second topic Vote.

Where do you start? Really where does one start?

This is how I am going to start, with what the expectation of New Zealanders wanted from its leadership half a century ago.

“Someone to love, somewhere to live, somewhere to work and something to hope for.”

Can anyone tell me, have we achieved those goals. We are 50 years on from the day Norman Kirk took control of the treasury benches and still today we are still asking the government of the day for

• conditions we can have which makes it easy to love our families,
• conditions where we can have adequate housing rather than sleeping in our cars or living in temporary accommodation like motels.
• conditions which provide incentive for business to prosper local, nationally, and internationally which will provide an honest day’s wage for an honest day’s work.
• conditions, which will abate the fear of parents today as to what kind of a world will our children inherit. anything which the country has hope for?

What is the definition of “Hope.”

Hope is described as an optimistic state of mind, based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one’s life or the world at large.

I asked where do we start?

As a country we have spiralled downwards over the last nearly six years into a country that has become unrecognisable.

I hear the beating of drums growing louder as New Zealanders are awakening.

There is a mood for change, but I come back to a question I asked earlier, What sort of country do we want to be?

I hear prime minister Chris Hipkins is in it for you, Great but does anyone want to define its.

Really what Labours slogan should read is “We’re all in it, because of you.

Let’s be bold, let’s be truthful for once.

Mr Hipkins where in the proverbial deep.

I’m so glad you have your waders, but if only you took off the red tinted glasses you will see the country has submerged so far into economic ruin, brought about your parties mismanagement secularist, woke, and divisive policies, the only way you can breathe is using a mask and snorkel.

To be fair to Hipkins, he has only been Prime Minister since the beginning after Ardern jumped ship, but have you noticed a lot of our issues are world-wide.

Like many governments around the world, we have been sucked into becoming puppets of the United Nations and the World Economic Forum.

It’s true, look at all the causes, the roots of our problems, then look at the plans of Agenda 2030, The great Reset and tell me our issues don’t come from those initiatives.

Now can I point out, New Zealand’s involvement in Agenda 2030 goes back over successive governments since the turn of the century.

The little mouse that roared back in the seventies is now just a compliant lap dog. Photo:(Hipkins/Schwab)

So, we look for change.

The problems in New Zealand especially the growing racism cannot be repaired overnight.

On the right and centre right Christopher Luxon’s National Party, and David Seymour’s ACT party are desperate to be the government.

Both can sell their souls for power, desperate to please the people with their promises, but therein lies an issue.

Luxon has promised he will repeal legislation which Labour is wanting to enact like three waters, Health, Education, Justice, Law,

He wants to get the economy moving again, it all sounds great until you realise, he too will continue to tow the same line as the previous government- a line attached to the United Nations.

To be fair to both Luxon and Seymour, they will have a tough job ahead of them to convince us they are different, but all we will see are superficial changes to appease the electorate.

We are too far down the road, whatever they do to stop the Maorification of this country will result in some form of anarchy.

Which leaves us with the agenda driven Greens and Te Pai Māori.  Say no more but I am going to.

First The Greens, I like a  lot of what the Greens stand for, a better world, as keepers of the earth we have failed and the Green Party, if they stick to their knitting could be a force to reckon with, but they don’t, they have allowed themselves to be distracted into social, racial issues and now they are trying to teach other parties how to suck eggs on the economy.

The Greens agenda on Climate Change while admirable have been nothing but divisive where they along with Labour have created a division between town and country.

Hard to believe when you go to the supermarket, but we are in the middle of a global food shortage which I have spoken at length about in the past, but for the Greens to suggest we cut back on food production in this country is reckless.

Once again, this type of policy is a part of Agenda 2030. In Europe the governments are trying to buy up farms, they are slowly pushing farmers to the brink of collapse in the name of Climate Change.

Interesting quote from a man once heralded as a leading botanist David Bellamy.

He maintained a view that man-made climate change is “poppycock”, insisting that “climate change is part of a natural cycle, and there’s nothing we can actually do to stop these cycles.” He then went onto say “The world is now facing spending a vast amount of money in tax to try to solve a problem that doesn’t actually exist.”

Interesting, Bellamy was sacked by the BBC because his view did not fit the narrative.

Te Pati Māori. If you believe we have race issues in this country, then look no further for the source.

Here it is, yes, we can all agree, Te Pati Māori disagrees with the Treaty, but this country and previous governments have attempted to resolve and recompense for past wrongs.

But sorry, the leadership of this party, their lack of respect to generations of New Zealanders who have worked to make New Zealand the great country it once was, is out of order.

We were one nation, we should all be one nation, but the actions, inferences, and behaviour like this example are not any way to bring all parties together, but to divide.

Truth is, we don’t really have racism toward Māori in this country, I am not naive to downplay the issue and acknowledge that there is a certain edge of racism in the country, but Māori cannot claim to be the only victim.

Te Pati Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi in Parliament on July 25 suggested in the house that the Westminster form of governance has been forced upon Māori because of its misogynistic views on Māori women.

Parliament is an unsafe place for Māori women and the current form of Government needs to be replaced with a Treaty centric governance.

We are really getting down below the five percent with several parties who have been trying to represent minority voices for years and others which have been spawned from the Covid Mandates.

We must not forget what it is they are standing for and remember the reasons we had so much conflict this nation had seen and how all political parties ignored the voice of freedom.

We talk of division in the country, if you want, there it is, brought about by the government of the day and supported by all the opposition parties at the time.

Briefly because I am aware of time, Democracy is under fire, Democracy as we know it is like every other thing which is changing.

Willie Jackson summed it all up when he said on Q &A last year, when he said ”your democracy is not our democracy.”

I am going to put this out there and those who follow and watch our podcasts will know that the agenda of all governments is to move towards a global government.

New Zealand has initiatives already in place to ensure we conform.

We have shown Government our willingness to conform, our reserve bank is in the process of creating a centralized digitalized banking system, so you won’t have money and for those conspiracy theorists among you, you are correct, the government has been monitoring you for years.

Rewind the history clock to the Garden of Eden, the question over governance was raised back then as to whether man should be in charge and not God.

Look at history, mankind has tried every type of government and none, not one model has stood out as lasting, ideal for governing the masses, so where to now?

The drumbeats are beating or as one speaker I heard years ago put, the winds of change are coming. There is without a doubt, a real mood for it.

It is not my intention or place to tell you who you should vote for, but you can have a say in the type of country, the direction you want this country to take, an influence on the hope you can have for coming generations, it is your right to exercise your vote.

Personally, I will be in a polling booth on election day, and I encourage you to do the same and I know many Christians think it’s wrong, but it is biblical, and it was Jesus who told us we should be the light and salt.

By exercising our right to vote we are adding some seasoning into our immediate future and provide some light in a darkening world.

Like you, I am looking upwards for my salvation to come and look forward to the day when King of Kings and Lord of Lords Jesus Christ will reign over the earth.

And moving onto our final subject “Stand”

I am going to make this quick.

If we are wanting change, if we want to love, if we want somewhere to live, and we want somewhere to work, and something to hope for, let me give you an answer from the Bible.

Blessed is the Nation whose God is The Lord,

It’s simple we need a return of basic Christian principles and that means we need to stand on the Bible and all it contains.
The word of God is a good foundation of love, security, and hope on offer.

Nothing else comes close, you may be interested to know, but the Westminster system model of government which we practice in this country is based on the same system Britain, Australia, and many other democratic countries.

It has been the basis for many other countries who have moved onto hybrid systems like Israel, South Africa, and Canada.

Its foundations are rooted firmly on the same law God handed to Moses, The Ten Commandments and expanded from the Mosaic law found in the books of Deuteronomy and Leviticus.

Why would someone like Rawiri Waititi suggest we change it.

When it comes to government, we cannot expect it to provide us with someone to love, and we should not expect our government to provide somewhere to live, we cannot expect the government to provide us with work, but we should expect a government to provide us with something to hope for.

Norman Kirk was able to bridge the wants and needs of generations, today’s leaders now must bridge culture, apathy, race issues, economic woes, security, health, education, but above all it must bring open, transparent and bold leadership for the future.

As a country going to the polls I repeat, we need a government which will lead us to sort out and decide just,

• what sort of Nation it is we want to live in and,
• what sort of a nation do we want to be?
• What sort of people we are.
• What sort of future we want, for ourselves and those who come after us.

To achieve this, I encourage you to continue to pray, exercise your right to vote, and to stand steadfastly on the word of God.

The need for the United Nations to have emergency powers adopted is all part of a bigger agenda.

And I will come to that soon.

As friends do, they often ask me to watch a video, and I always do and then give them feedback, good or bad as to what I thought.

Last week among the 15 or so videos I received one was called MESSIAH 2030, which incidentally is two hours long, just saying, but it was jam packed at looking at differing prophesies to back up the producer’s conclusion that Jesus will return in 2030, I hope he is right. However, my friend who suggested it to me felt the dates given are wrong, which after watching and thinking it through, he was right.

But it did lead me down the rabbit hole to speculate, what if the producers of Messiah 2030 were correct?

It’s hard not to deny we are living in the time of the end and even I have encouraged you to share that belief, but in line with Matthew 24 No one knows the hour, not even the son of man.

But if 2030 is accurate, expect to see some real change in the world before the end of the year.

“Summit of the Future” might be the biggest attempted power grab in the history of the United Nations. If approved, the United States as we know it could cease to exist.”

John Haskins :Researcher

Is it likely we will see the establishment of a new order, a one world government, and the identity of the antichrist?

By man putting a date on the return of Jesus one of three things happen,

• People roll their eyes and scoff at the lunacy of your statement and want to have you committed along with our old friend Harold Camping, who suggested such a thing and then changed the date in the early part of the century.
• Expectation grows wildly among followers of the Bible, and they start to imagine it could really happen, they encourage one another to look busy because Jesus is to return.
• Or others like me, prefer to look closely at the prediction and say, its all in Gods time, and continue to believe and work by telling others they can be saved.

For some time now, I have spoken about the pathway the world is on with the agendas of both the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, and the World Health Organisation.

Add into that mix, the European Council, soon to become the European Government, The International Monetary Fund, The World Bank, etc, etc, etc, etc.

Let me also throw a couple of other organisations, The Catholic Church, The Church of England, and The World Council of Churches.

Why is it you may say are we hearing more talk about the end coming?

Just look at the agenda, look at who it is in control, and what it is, they wish to achieve.

Back in January, I highlighted many steps which are being taken, under the guise of, “The Great Reset.”

A one world government can only be achieved, if the people it wants to control, allow them to do it.

In other words, if those who want it can have the same confidence that Adolf Hitler had in the lead up to his reign, to manipulate the hearts and minds of those they need to control.

The controls put in place recently under the façade of Covid, showed us and them, we will meekly accept, a change in status and sovereignty.

It’s coming, I am not going to sugar coat it, Change is coming, literally it will be like a thief in the night, it is coming and it’s coming so fast, you won’t see it.

Like the Covid restrictions you will wake up one morning and the world you once knew will be, no longer.

Just recently In the United States, Justin Haskins who’s a research director at The Heartland Institute and New York Times bestselling author on Independence Day unleashed a warning to Americans that they may soon be losing their independence.

He wrote of the agenda laid out at Septembers “Summit of the Future” might be the biggest attempted power grab in the history of the United Nations. If approved, the United States as we know it could cease to exist.”

And while Haskins writes about the effect that such a “Pact for the future” would have on the United States, one cannot dismiss, the impact it would have on New Zealand, and the rest of the world.

I have mentioned this before but among the radical proposals being suggested, underlying is the WHO plan for a new ’emergency platform,’ a stunning proposal to give the U.N. significant powers in the event of future uninterpreted ‘global shocks,’ such as a black swan event like,

• worldwide pandemic,
• a major climatic event,
• maybe a global digital connectivity disruption,
• major event in outer space

 but the thing about black swan events is these are now commonplace, rather than a rarity.

The illustration much like a picture of a big Mac looks appealing until you open the box and find expectation and reality are different and unpalatable.

The Summit will mark the half-way point to the deadline set for achieving the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.

This will be the centrepiece of the High-level Week of the General Assembly.

It will respond to the impact of multiple and interlocking crises facing the world.

With an expectation to reignite a sense of hope, optimism, and enthusiasm for the 2030 Agenda.

We are less than 7 years from 2030, and the UN wants to remind global leaders to keep implementing the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.

On the surface, the goals that the UN wants to achieve sound rather harmless, but if you dig into the details, you will find that the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals are a blueprint for creating a far-left globalist utopia.

Let me just recap some of the points I made in an earlier presentation.

If New Zealand or any other country signs this pact it, then forfeits its sovereignty to the United Nations.

Can you now see the agenda being carried out towards a One World Government.

But wait, there’s more.

Add to this, the world’s economic downward spiral, soon you won’t need money because you will have none.

And already what you have is not available to you with New Zealand banks placing limits on the amount of cash you can withdraw.

You are hearing the term “Centralised Digital Banking System” that is because New Zealand is currently working its way to bringing that to fruition. (I refer you back to The Great Reset Series we produced earlier this year)

And if you have ever wondered why our government is so down on our farmers have a look at what is happening overseas to thousands of farms across Europe to meet Climate Change goals, – all during a world-wide food crisis.

And so, it goes on as many of those in power coerce us into fearing for life every day, fearing for our homes, our planet, and our future, but hey most don’t realise it’s happening, simply because no one, not our government, nor the mainstream media.

But what is the reason for all this coming to fruition?

It is this. 

Revelation 12:8 ⁹ The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

I said earlier I’m not sugarcoating anything but ask yourself and be honest.

Since 2019 we have seen the world change and ask yourself,

• is it any better,
•  can you afford today, what you could yesterday,
•  When I get sick, will someone take care of me, and why is it,
• my children are as confused, and frightened as I am as we move forward.

The clouds and darkness enveloping this world are here as each day grows darker, I tell you this, the despite the date, predictions of Messiah 2030 are correct and the day of redemption, the day of the Lord is close, but before that, are you ready to accept that this world is heading towards an even darker time in History.

Back in 1933, no one could have foreseen how one man in power could change the landscape of Germany, he did and during that time many looked toward a saviour.

My Friends we are in a similar time, but I can assure you this, it will be unlike any other time in history, following the darkness, all will look up to the clouds and they will know their Redemption is near as the bible foretold as the son of man, King of Kings Jesus Christ returns to the earth.

I leave you with this one thought about the things I spoke of

These things must happen and as Jesus assured his disciples.

but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.

The world has gone mad, and if it’s not, then I need to be committed.

Look, I get today’s generation is so darn perfect they have the answer to everything.

Man, do I sound like my parents when they spoke about my generation, some 50 years ago.

But while the Boomer generation worked to change the world following World War 2, I don’t recall a time when we trod over history blaming anyone for how they acted.

Hitler and the Germans were exempt, but then it wasn’t a time for looking back, it was a time to look forward.

We can all blame our parents for the way we turned out, which is untrue.

Given each generations circumstances, parents would have done their best to provide a roof over your head, and food on the table.

When it came to love, well that appears to have been harder in some cases.

So, what is it that has got me going this week.

It should come as no surprise, it’s the Church of England.

“even for allowances of some of the sort of more extreme views in the Church of England, this is really going too far.”

Nicholas Soames, (Winston Churchills grandson)

Yeah, Yeah, the same organisation which I reported rejected the Bible earlier this year, but their latest crime against history although now rectified went too far.

The Daily Mail reported St Paul’s Cathedral provoked uproar by describing a man voted by the British public, as the greatest -ever Briton, as an ‘unashamed imperialist’ and ‘white supremacist’ in an online post about Britain’s great wartime leader, Sir Winston Churchill.

For a whole year no one and I mean no one, picked up on it until it was noticed by a 72-yer-old member of the Friends of St Paul’s who brought it everyone’s attention.

In his letter to the Cathedral hierarchy, he wrote: ‘I believe that some of the language you have used in Churchill’s profile is too heavily charged, condemnatory to the extent that it demonises Churchill. Perhaps this language is a function of ignorance or of political ideology.

Naturally, you can imagine the furore once it was brought to the attention of the media.

Sir Winston’s family were rightly upset by the comment with his grandson, Nicholas Soames calling the remarks ‘deeply offensive, thoughtless, stupid and ignorant’.

Despite the offending text being removed, Soames went on to suggest “even for allowances of some of the sort of more extreme views in the Church of England, this is really going too far.”

“We’re more democratic in who we believe history belongs to, who from the past it includes, and who in the present can benefit from it.”

Historian” Marcus Colla

And as you can imagine Politicians have had plenty to say on the matter as well.

Lee Anderson, deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, said: ‘It is getting ridiculous. Anyone publicising information like this needs to take a long, hard look at themselves and ask themselves why they hate this country so much, its history and its heritage. They are idiots.‘

 I think the emeritus professor of sociology at Kent University, Frank Furedi, was correct in summing up the whole situation said: ‘Branding Churchill as an unashamed imperialist and white supremacist, is not only an act of historical distortion, but an attempt to discredit everything positive that Britain stood for in the 20th century.’

The language used by the Cathedral was described as a function of ignorance or of political ideology.

But here’s the thing and you can say it’s typical of the Church of England, but no one and I mean no one has taken responsibility for the attack on Churchill.

Winston was not perfect and often made himself, “a hostage to fortune” with his comments and jokes which would be regarded as unacceptable today.

Unanimously, many agreed it was important to judge the man by his achievements in the defeat of Hitler.

There is a historical saying “cometh the hour, cometh the man.”

This is an apt description of Churchill who, when Britain was in trouble and looking at invasion from German forces, was the man of the hour who led Britain to repel and turn the tide of the war.

The Church of England’s attack on Churchill was not the first in Britain as today’s generation have found fault with the national hero.

It would be fair to say, “this was not their finest hour.”

The expression Cometh the Hour is a cliché.

The Church of England’s attack on Churchill is not the first attack on truth.

After all isn’t this the organisation who along with the Catholic Church claimed over centuries, to act as Gods organisation on earth.

And yet we recently reported how it has continually decried the Bible or parts thereof, as not fit for today’s culture.

John 4:26 speaks about the hour that cometh.

Jesus mentioned many times about the hour, which was coming, and in the case of Calvary the hour arrived for mankind sins to be redeemed and it needed a sacrifice in the form of Jesus.

Today people are incensed by the desecration of the memory of Winston Churchill by the Church of England, but why is it the world accepts the desecration of the name of Jesus.

The fate of the Church of England is sealed Matthew 7:22,23 but how about you as an individual.

Are you outraged and possibly guilty of trampling the name of Jesus into the dust?

Are you outraged and possibly guilty by blaspheming his name?

Are you guilty of these actions because of ignorance as to who it is, Jesus is.

And yet, we can blame past generations because they never taught us who God Is, who Jesus is, and while we take a day of as Christians celebrate his birth and remember his death, you have no idea or even bothered to ask.

We cannot alter history, it is what it is, people like Winston Churchill cannot be held responsible for what we see today as their short comings, we should not be so judgmental. Matthew 7.

I find it disturbing that the Church of England was complicit in this character assassination, either by endorsing it or its failure to follow through and check details were correct.

But this one act raises the question about historical events and people, if the Church of England can change history and it’s happening here in New Zealand, who else can?

We all can learn the lesson here as in New Zealand we have seen statues removed, street names changed where people were honoured for their actions in history, whether it was the right thing to do remains a moot point.

In New Zealand we have had several discussions about how our history should look like to future generations, but the conversations are selective rather than factual.

Some want a sanitized version of how the brutality of colonisation altered the Māori people future.

Māori academics want a more Māori centric view of history condemning the actions of British Forces but overlooking their own injustices towards other tribes.

The Churchill issue raises more questions than it answers as to what history is.

Undergraduates continue to find much to unpack in the answers to the question British Historian E.H Carr raised in 1961, but at his base he believed history’s primary purpose is to stand at the centre of diverse, tolerant, intellectually rigorous debate about our existence, our political system, leadership, society, economy, and culture.

The apostle Paul acknowledging the Bible is among many things a historical book wrote in his second letter to Timothy “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 

Departmental Lecturer in European History at Christ Church, Oxford Marcus Colla, stated in an article for History Today.

“We’re more democratic in who we believe history belongs to, who from the past it includes, and who in the present can benefit from it.”

E.H. Carr and I quote said “History consists of a collection of ascertained facts. The facts are available to the historian in documents, inscriptions and so on, like fish in the fishmonger’s slab. The historian collects them, takes them home, and cooks and serves them in whatever style appeals to him.” 

Historians today view the relationship between past and present differently and are more subjective to their own views and once again like today’s media we have opinion served up to us in whatever style or political ideology historians hold, rather than fact, and these are being presented today like that in our education curriculum.

It is up to all of us not to remain ignorant, but to take the initiative to search for the truth about history, about historical figures.

But one part of history which should not be overlooked and that is the lead up to, the life and death of Jesus Christ. Isaiah 45:20 -1 Corinthians 15.34

So, I encourage you to make a start, get to know Jesus and what God has instore for the future.

There’s possibly a church in your neighbourhood, not all are equal, but at a minimum they should be able to point you towards Jesus, they may not know the way but the least they can do is point you towards the cross.

For all it’s faults, even The Church of England should be able to do this task.

Let me start with a statement.

Every employer has a responsibility to pay workers at the agreed time, by the agreed method of payment and the agreed amount.

This is just an example of responsibility.

Hello, I’m Mike Bain from Christian Voice New Zealand, responsibility, is it just a word, or does it have some real meaning, and can someone else be responsible for your actions?

When I was a kid at school for some reason, not sure why but if some other kid in my class farted loudly the teacher would spin around from the blackboard and demand, who was responsible?

Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else, ⁵ for each one should carry their own load.

Apostle Paul /Galatians 6:4,5 NIV

Amongst the laughter, the rest of the class would point my way, regardless of evidence of exposition could be found elsewhere.

I often found myself taking one for the team, but I just wished someone else would stand up and say, It was me.

As an adult, father and grandfather, I am still observing how much blame is apportioned to other people, society, history, when it comes to responsibility.

There’s a bit of a joke when you go to see a mental Health practitioner the reason you are like the way you are, is your parents’ fault.

When it comes to New Zealanders, particularly if you are white, everything is your fault.

I’m sure you will remember Greens co leader Mārama Davidson blamed white-cis males as responsible for the high levels of domestic violence to women in this country. Fact checking proved her wrong.

But blaming white people for failures of a race because of colonization has become systemic amongst some people.

As you are aware this is a Christian Based Channel and so we look at culture through a biblical lens.

Now I have to say, historically, Christianity has been far from perfect and I’ll come to that soon.

But first I want to take a point Paul made to the congregation in Galatia.

In Galatians 6 we read where Paul spoke of wrongdoing, everyone is capable, but he also mentioned we should watch ourselves lest we be tempted to carry the burdens of others ourselves.

Verse 4 -5 reads ⁴ Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else, ⁵ for each one should carry their own load.

Other translations refer to the word load as burden, responsibility, carry your own pack.

I’m not a fan of The Message Bible but it sums this verse up this way

Don’t compare yourself with others. Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life. 

Look its okay to blame the dog if you express yourself via your bottom, but when what you say smells like your bottom you have a problem.

I mentioned History and Christianity in the same sentence before, immediately your mind goes to the times of the inquisitions, where people were forced into Catholicism at the end of a sword.

We know it was wrong, but as a Christian today I was not responsible for the actions of men at that time, just the same as a German baby born today bears no responsibility of a madman last century.

In this country our government is doing its best to settle past grievances via the Treaty of Waitangi settlement process.

And yet we hear of how colonization is responsible for the disproportionate numbers of Māori in an endless list of health, crime, prison, poverty, and housing.

Let me be blunt, I am a child of the last century, my family came to these shores near the end of the nineteenth century, they acted in accordance to the law, the conditions set out by the government of the day.

As a family we are not responsible for how Maoridom is today. We live and can contribute to making New Zealand a great place to live.

I was brought up to accept everybody and be proud we could live in a diverse culture.

There was no them or us in society, we all had an equal opportunity to carry ourselves forward, even if others chose not to.

I think I would be right in saying growing up in post war New Zealand as a Child was not an easy one as family violence was rife, particularly in my neighborhood and home, but I have fought to not be like my parents and if I slip, I cannot blame my parents for my actions.

Some may feel I am being naive or it’s not that simple, but it is.

We all have a choice in this country today.

We can be like the Labour Government and blame the previous National Government and Covid -19 for everything which has gone wrong in this country.

Or we could be like Māori and blame colonization for their woes.

But how about it New Zealand, it’s time to admit the past, that means both Pakeha and Māori because history doesn’t just show one race as wrong doers.

Its time for each race to carry the load, the burden to put the past behind us to move forward.

Let me leave you with Paul’s words to the Galatians 6:4-5 from the Message Bible just to ponder. Those words were these.
Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that.

Don’t be impressed with yourself.

Don’t compare yourself with others.

Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life.

Or as other versions which are straight to the point, we should watch ourselves lest we be tempted to carry the burdens of others ourselves.

Why is a new initiative by the World Health Organisation being kept from the people?

There is no conspiracy on behalf of the W.H.O it’s there in black and white for everyone to see, and yet politicians in the US, The UK, and Australia are asking the same question about the introduction of this new policy which will see each country who signs up to it, relinquish their power of sovereignty.

What is we are talking about here?
It’s a dual track initiative which will see the World Health Organisation being given a green light to take over the sovereignty of countries, through their global pandemic treaty which they call an accord.

The second is through a package of about 300 amendments to international health rules.

Both lead to the same result, both lead to the creation of a platform for global governance through all health care which locks in a country, the likes of which has never been seen before.

The question remains as to why it is politicians around the world are asking why no one has heard about the new health treaty.

Mike Bain, Christian Voice New Zealand

Oka, I hear you say, it would be great for all governments to be on the same page if another pandemic raises its head, so what’s the big deal?

Reading through an article from the medical Journal the Lancet, it would appear that the treaty is a good thing given the breakdown between China and the United States during the Covid 19 crisis.

The World Health Organisations has in the past used these types of treaties over the past 20 years to get health issues sorted, think tobacco.

Former US congresswoman Michelle Bachman noted the WHO’s view of COVID appears to be the same now as it was at the beginning of the pandemic stating “we’ve learned a lot of things in the past three years.

Signing up to this treaty would mean the W.H.O would take the power from the government and lock down, order boycotts, force medical treatment such as vaccinations and much more.

 If you don’t like it, then be prepared to be held down and take your medicine. – I kid you not.

 The man who heads the WHO Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, has been reported as saying he wants more ‘bio surveillance,’ in other words, surveillance of our bodies.

And then they want to share that data with everyone else in the world.

Let’s be clear about what it is he is saying.

It is their intention to have surveillance over every citizen on earth, and they intend to … control us through health care.”

By the way, I do not own a tin hat, just passing on the warnings of how the pieces are starting to come together to form a ‘One World Government.”

The question remains as to why it is politicians around the world are asking why no one has heard about the new health treaty.

Living in New Zealand we can understand, our news media won’t report it as it has become obvious to all, it would require some intellectualism to understand what is happening.

I see the same media is looking closely and reporting the governments move towards media censorship, so not all is lost.

But how does a global pandemic affect us besides losing our sovereignty, which should be enough to raise the alarm of any thinking person?

The Pandemic Treaty is not the brainchild of the World Health Organisation but a key component of the agenda of the World Economic Forum.

If you viewed the Great Reset videos, we produced at the beginning of this year you would have noted we talked about a social score, whereby, if you didn’t have enough points, because you refused a mandatory vaccine or associated with a known criminal, your points would be deducted and the ability to buy, travel, even get a haircut will be limited.

As mentioned earlier, health is just one piece of the puzzle towards control mankind.

There I have said it, lock me away for telling the truth.

It’s happening, ask yourself this question, New Zealand is just one of 155 countries who have changed their health systems in the past five years.

Think about it, former health minister Andrew Little changed the structure of health into four separate entities almost overnight.

In the past five years have you been able to access health practitioners as easy as you have.

Problems with surgery waiting times, Accident and emergency departments being overrun, the increase of telehealth, the shortages of medical staff are not just limited to these shaky Isles but experienced across the globe.

The worlds health systems have been manipulated into a crisis which needs a solution and here it is.

Good old New Zealand, while it hasn’t signed up yet, simply because it hasn’t been finalised in 2021  was one of the nation’s pushing for a more collaborative international health structure.

In doing so, possibly with good intention, but with hindsight and suspicion anything our previous prime minister was involved with you can only wonder, but by doing so the government is supporting the move of the World Health Organisation.

So when is all going to happen?

In September the W.H.O will meet in New York; there they will review the progress to date.

In January They’ll give a final completed package of the 300 amendments, together with a global pandemic treaty, to the World Health Organization and the U.N.

And then they’ll meet again in Geneva next February, there they will take the vote.

And so, they intend to vote for a platform for global government and to give themselves the power that no one has ever seen before.”

I have mentioned this before, the Bible foretells that in the last days we will see the rise of a one world government, and although I have spoken in this video about the health system, but in the past raised issues about a future monetary collapse and how the agenda for a one world digital currency will be implemented, food shortages, a move by governments to impose restriction, surveillance measures which will monitor our daily lives, a future war, which will change the landscape of the world.

But above all I have spoken about where this is all leading and that my friends is to a one world government which will pave the way for who is referred to in the Bible as the man of perdition, the Antichrist.

As the book of Revelation speaks of Woe it also speaks about a time to follow.

A time when all the kings of the earth including the antichrist will end and it will be when Jesus leads the forces of heaven to battle against the evil forces controlling this earth and establish God’s Kingdom right here on earth.

If you want to know more about Gods Kingdom, look for a bible believing Church, there’s still a few around.

The election campaign has already started unofficially with the first shots fired by both parties, on the same weekend of the Labour Party Conference, all I can say is it’s going to be petty.

Hello and welcome to this, our fifth Town Hall Meeting based around the theme of Pray, Vote, Stand.

Over the last few months, we have attempted to bring the nation topics on what the country needs in the way of prayer and provided prayer points, things needed in this country where God can assist.

On the theme of Vote, we have encouraged everyone who can to take the opportunity to exercise the freedom to vote, it’s a luxury few in the world have these days.

Without telling you who to vote for, because we accept it is not our place, but I would like to think we have perhaps challenged your thinking.

Under the heading of Stand, we have encouraged both Christian and non-Christians to make a stand, to draw a line in the sand over several issues.

Some of you have been in touch and asked what about this issue?

My response is simple, because the list is so long, like David who went into battle with Goliath, remember before doing so, he knelt and chose his stones. Sometimes you only get one chance, so every stone you hurl, every battle you undertake, must make an impact.

So, let’s move onto our first heading Pray.

As a nation we should never forget this is an open avenue of communication to the most high, the creator of the universe, to which many think we are just a mere speck.

Even more so is the nation in which we live.

New Zealand with all its sense of entitlement is just a speck on the world stage.

Whatever happens in New Zealand hardly creates a ripple anywhere round the globe.

Sad to say as a country New Zealand, has even been left of world maps, sad but true.

Even our biggest and most recognizable brand, the All Blacks, is not a household name.

Just putting things into perspective, but if the average person living in Queens in New York City doesn’t know we exist let alone care about us down under, why should God worry about us when there is lots of more important things for him to concern him.

Well, the answer is simple, He cares about us more than you can ever imagine and accept.

New Zealand with its huge population of sheep usurped now by cows was once referred to as GODZONE, a trip around New Zealand especially around the Southern Alps, Central Otago and Milford Sounds, should give you an understanding of how blessed we are to live in a nation of such magnificence.

Reality check time, yes, these things are superficial, and they are a reason to visit this country.

But Godzone is no longer, especially when you come away from those tourist areas and live amongst its people.

There you find entitlement and secularism as its culture.

New Zealand is a nation which has forgotten God, forgotten its Christian roots, and has become a society which now lives in fear.

Once upon a time, sounds like the start of a fairytale, but New Zealand was like that once, a fairytale where you could leave your front door unlocked and know you wouldn’t be robbed, a place where everyone was happy, there were no barriers, no them and us, but unfortunately the fairytale existence ended, and I have yet to see a happy ending.

Instead, we have a nation which has willingly given itself over to the fairies, the villains and the racists.

Is this not something New Zealanders should be praying about?

Recently my good friend Dr Stuart Lange from The New Zealand Christian Network penned an article and asked the question “What is wrong with New Zealand?

Apart from the obvious, Doctor Lang talks about a deeper underlying issue in our society.

New Zealand is rapidly losing its previous spiritual and moral anchorage and Christian faith and ethics.

For many, there is now little or no regard for God or biblical truth in public discourse, secularism, neopaganism, materialism, and hedonism, genomic in a free ride whereas Christian faith and biblical ethics are often scorned shunned or ignored.

Like us, Doctor Laing says he would be delighted to see a widespread move in society back to faith in Christ in the Bible and more just and ethical society.

My friends if there is one topic we need to pray about and that is the return of this nation back to God.

As the psalmist said Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, 

I believe sincerely, if we did that, then the raft of issues being faced by the population of New Zealand would disappear and there would be peace and harmony in this small dot in the world we call home.

This brings me onto the topic of Vote, and in our previous topic I have spoken on issues facing New Zealand, you know what they are, but let me run a list in case you missed some.

• Our country does have a number of ongoing significant problems including,
•  living cost,
•  expensive housing,
• the widening disparity between the many who are financially comfortable and the others who worked equally hard but constantly struggled to provide for their families,
• drugs,
• ram raids,
• relationships and family breakdowns,
• violence,
• poor mental health,
• suicides,
• road rage,
• the road toll,
• beleaguered health services,
• environmental degradation,
• climate change, and extreme weather events,
• successive governments appear unable or unwilling to effectively address many of these problems.

From a Christian biblical perspective, these things matter, not social justice.

To be honest the term Social Justice has been bandied about by politicians for years without any action.

What Jacinda Ardern promised was great rhetoric, but found out, it’s difficult to deliver.

Had she understood her Mormon upbringing, she would have understood the example of David when fighting Goliath and taken on one foe at a time rather than the whole army.

But yes, it was an extensive list and one which anyone after the election is going to have to prioritize.

But then this is the job they wanted.

The economy looms as a major crisis for this country, dare I say it, it’s always about the economy when election time rolls around.

Minister of Finance Grant Robertson is guilty of

• overspending,
• Money printing,
•  excessive borrowing, and if he were honest, even he would admit we have major financial problems both going into and coming out of this election.

Many elections are won on the “What’s in it for me:” psychology, how much is either political party going to put back in my back pocket, mentality.

I don’t have to tell you that New Zealand is experiencing a major cost of living crisis compared to other countries.

I have just recently come back from Australia and noted the price of fuel, food, and other things are way cheaper across the ditch, but for those who like to partake in alcohol, I suggest you purchase what you can from Duty free.

I was disturbed as you will be that here in New Zealand you can now purchase food on a Buy now, pay later scheme, like other retailers.

To be upfront, shocking as it sounds, the ability to put groceries on “tick” has been even before the local grocer put his pencil behind his ear.

Sadly, people will still use it, and sadly, we will see more and more people in debt.

Given interest rates and inflation coupled with the ability to make a dollar stretch -a loaf of bread could well cost a week’s wages as the bible foretold.

I don’t know about you but despite foodbanks being well used, I am being approached by many on the street looking for spare change to buy food.

In my Town Hall meeting last month I mentioned, when we get a political poll result, we would see how the country is thinking.

Make what you want from the last two where it shows National has regained a slight advantage over the government, but we see a huge drop-in support for Te Pati Māori, as the nation rejected its ideas for separatism.

The media pundits are making a big deal out of the leadership stakes between the two Christophers.

Hipkins is down on popularity while Luxon remains the same.

People, we need to get it, and I wish these young reporters would also stop being enamoured by personalities, but because one candidate is more popular with voters than the other, doesn’t mean the other bloke can do the job better or worse.

Elections are not about people but policies and actions. And over the past six years we have had policies but no action, which means no delivery.

Dare I say it, this government is like the buy now, pay later scheme except its promise now, but not sure how to deliver.

This former idealistic group from the student unions are without any real-life experience, thinking they could change the world once they seized power, and did they? is anyone any better off today since this government has been in power.

Forget Covid, forget all the other distractions, this government has failed in both social justice and prudent stewardship.

We don’t need charismatic leaders like John Key or narcissistic leaders like Jacinda Ardern, we need someone who is strong in leadership, someone who can read and understand a balance sheet.

Think about your own workplace, your boss is possibly not the guy you would invite around home for dinner, but it’s not a popularity contest, He’s the boss, he is working to keep your company profitable and because he’s doing that, you still have a job and still have money to entertain your most popular friends.

Which party or which combinations can you see leading the country into a bright new future.

This is where we say and advise, “do your diligence.

• will they deliver in on what they promise.  
• Are their levels of morality, justice, and character acceptable to you.

Candidates in electorates are one thing but what is a bottom line for you, can they deliver best outcomes for your community or are they like the long-standing MP who is my communities’ representative, just there to collect the salary.

Dr Stuart Laing in his article quoted earlier referred to needing more Christian based members of parliament.

I disagree, but also agree with him on this point.

I disagree if those claiming to be Christian like the current leader of the National Party who claims the T-shirt but fails to wear it publicly.

I’m not a fan of the current prime ministers T shirt, but you get the idea, if you claim Christianity, then make sure the fruit you produce comes from the tree.

Recently I was involved in a discussion with a nationwide Christian group who wanted to post advertising from Christian Parties.

When I say discussion, it was more of a challenge to them, and I pass it onto you to consider as this year we have several parties looking for our party vote.

Before I get into it, I see one of our mega churches now promoting and possibly advocating for a change of government, but then, who isn’t.

Can I say to Peter Mortlock, thank you for finally waking up and understanding that Christians need guidance to navigate the world of politics.

To be fair to Peter, and Brian Tamaki they are probably leading their congregations well, but what about the rest.

Here at Christian Voice New Zealand, we have never shied away from adding salt into our political culture, just saying.

Back to Christian Political Parties.

First up, Christian parties have not fared well in this country, even those like the Conservative Party who were close to Christian beliefs ran foul with the justice system, think Graham Capel and Colin Craig.

Let me go back to my challenge over Christian Parties.

Is this a genuine God loving God fearing party which has the bible as its foundation,

Or is it a party which has a leader like National claiming to be Christian.

Or is it a party like Vision or the One Party spawned from a church group?

Or is it like the Brian Tamaki led party, a collective of other parties looking to secure the 5%threshold, and if it does, which parties’ agenda will they promote in parliament?

Is it a party and there are a couple which came about because of last years protests which were against mandates and the state removal of personal freedoms.

So, lots to think about, if your confused, like I am as to who to vote for this year, do your own diligence.

Before you do, spend some time in prayer and seek Gods guidance.

I know, what’s the point, they will never be able to provide you with what God’s Kingdom can provide but this is the here and now and Jesus said we must be the salt and light in the world.

By executing your vote and its biblical to do so, you can add salt into the culture of this country.

Family First have a good set of tools you can use to check out the moral compass of candidates and their voting records, but go to the meetings if they are on, do what I have done and write to candidates and ask questions.

I am about to have coffee with one very soon.

Moving onto our final subject Stand.

Once again here we must choose our battles but always with the underlying strength the Bible provides us with.

When making a stand it must be foundational with the bible.

For example, we cannot make a stand against climate change if we approve of abortion.

If we cannot protect the innocents and support life, then the rest is meaningless.

So, what should we stand for, simple answer, everything the Bible says the way we should live our lives, treat others, treat the planet and above all praise God in everything.

The LGBTQI+ sector of our society has brought this nation down to a level where God should apologise to Sodom and Gomorrah.

We should be mindful of companies like The Warehouse, who are courting controversy over its stance to stock products like the Disney Pride Collection which promotes alternative lifestyles to our children.

The Warehouse will also donate 5% of sales to the organisation “Inside Out” which provides puberty blockers.

Unfortunately, it just doesn’t end there, Countdown have been asking customers to round out amounts as a donation to rainbow youth, and let’s not start on Ruby Tui, The NZRFU, and Sanitarium and rainbow flags.

I see many calling for a boycott of the Warehouse and yet we gladly send our children to state funded schools to have drag queens read stories, to have the rainbow mafia infiltrate the curriculum with the many ways you can have sexual pleasure.

I’m going to finish now because this stuff just sickens me, and I feel justifiably angry about it.

So, there it is, our Town Hall Meeting for June as the election comes closer.

Expect it to be a dirty campaign, it will be personal, it will at times be fiery, but above all hopefully it will be informative, and you and I can make an informed choice.

As Christians we can Pray this nation will return to God, we can pray for those politicians who are either there or wanting to be to make the right decisions for everyone regardless of skin colour, ethnicity or creed.

We can exercise our right to vote, we are still, even though we are on the verge of tipping over from being a democratic country.

In accordance with the actions of the apostles, voting is a God given right.

And above all, we must remember we must have God front and centre in our lives and stand firmly on the foundation for mankind- The Bible.

A word of warning, in a moment I am going to show you a 12 second clip, some may find disturbing.

But first I must say you know that your religion has truly reached a level of tolerance and non-oppression when folk feel they can do this in public without consequence. 

Clip

This is not a woman but a Satanists destroying a copy of the Bible at an event recently held is Boston featuring multiple transgender keynote speakers.

So, ask yourself why?

Why is there so much hate and hostility towards God, Christians and Christianity today from within the Gay community.

When you look at its fruits Christianity is probably the most tolerant and accepting religion there is.

And yet the gay community who wants so much acceptance is the most intolerant group on the planet.

If you’re ever going to get a group of people who are intolerant towards Christianity it surely must come from the followers of Islam, but the alphabet mafia, particularly those labelled transgender hate on Christians the most.

Now I am not prepared to get into a debate about persecution, I think Christianity over he centuries has had its fair share of persecuting others, but today when its all love thy neighbour why so much hate?

I think the answer really lies in the video clip I showed you at the start.

The person in the video was a Satanist, a person who is anti-God and this is what happens when you have satanic people join up with deluded people who cannot accept what they are in nature, then this becomes the result.

I am not a fan of trans-vestites nor am I a champion of the Gay movement.

I know and You know where I stand on the whole issue.

Look, these people can throw their tantrums and toys out of the cot, but it won’t make any difference to anyone because we Know, and they Know we are right when it comes to the acceptance of what is natural and what is unnatural.

They think demolishing GODs Word in this manner matters, it doesn’t, what does matter is my relationship between me and God which if I choose too, only I can destroy, but I don’t choose to.

The one thing I choose is to show my intolerance respectfully and state again my reasons for not accepting the act of a lifestyle based around an unnatural sexual act called Sodomy which the very book which was destroyed describes it bluntly, as an abomination to God.

I accept we live in a world where people want to be different and in the case of the rainbow community they want to be accepted, but not everyone can agree.

Likewise, I agree they do not agree with Christianity, and the Bible because it goes against their belief.

Christians will accept your members of the Gay community if you want to come to church, it’s always been an open invitation, many have come and those who were open to it, had their lives challenged by the word of God and have accepted Christ as their savior.

In closing I say this, and this may offend but then sometimes telling the truth can.

But “if you tolerate everything, you stand for nothing.

Maybe its time for Christians to be real Christians and stand for God, and not for what is the worlds flavour of the month is.

Absolutely Ridiculous.

The subject matter of my last podcast Rocking the Giants, where I spoke about Christians being mocked bullied and singled out for derision and basically getting a hard time.

If you have watched many of our presentations you will note I am direct, forthright regarding today’s society.

Our positioning statement this year is looking at today’s culture through the lens of the bible.

Hence the reason we do something called a virtual Town Hall Meeting, in which I try to discuss matters which are important within the community of New Zealand.

As always, I like getting feedback from viewers and over the past six months you have been supportive, unlike some others.

I have to say, I expect negativity because of the age we are living in.

I just want to address two comments from viewers.

The most recent comment was in response to Rocking the Giants from “the Jim tanker.”

“If you didn’t believe in things that were so obviously ridiculous then you wouldn’t be mocked so much.”

“what thing would you be prepared to draw a line in the sand and say, I am prepared to die for this.”

I just hope when you were a kid, you were mocked too much for believing in Santa Claus.

But thanks for your response, I genuinely mean that.

Your comment isn’t new, heard it or variations over the years, but let me address the “so obviously ridiculous,” I take it you used these words as a put down, an insult, a slur on my beliefs.

Can I ask you, have you investigated what it is Christians believe and the reasons why, and then decided no, it’s not for me, or are you just parroting what you believe?

And from your comments, you believe there is no God, no place for Christianity and no place for things like, morals, values, honesty, families, love, should I go on.

Or can I just quote you an answer from the book which is the foundation for my belief, which you find as so obviously ridiculous, it’s from Proverbs 18:13, To answer before listening— that is folly and shame.

But to be fair to the person making the comment, you obviously did listen, otherwise you would not have been able to make such comment.

So, I want to acknowledge your comment by saying it has given me strength because you confirmed what I already know to be true, but you find absolutely ridiculous and that is I am blessed because of your comment.

As I encouraged in my presentation, when a Christian is mocked or ridiculed, we should own it, and this is what I am doing.

The closer I get to God, the more I face ridicule, but I also accept the sad state of this nation since it moved away from God.

No longer can the nation of New Zealand is blessed by God, and as a Christian sadly, I have to accept that we have to accept our nation is under judgment and we must conduct our lives as a minority, in  a majority post Christian era.

Many, before me have been mocked and ridiculed as they were put to death as they stood steadfast for what they believed, just as Jesus was on the cross as he died.

I challenge you, the Jim Tanker, what thing would you be prepared to draw a line in the sand and say, I am prepared to die for this.

Y’know someone might say to you, this is so obviously ridiculous.

Jim the Tanker, many people, many New Zealanders sacrificed their lives for freedom, for country, for families, for friends, and many young men still sacrifice their lives for something so obviously ridiculous and that my friend is because they ignore the warnings about dink driving.

I mentioned there were two comments, the other was in response to our updated tag line from Alex Freeman who asked are we looking at today’s culture through an homophobic lens?  

To be homophobic would mean that I have an extreme or irrational fear or aversion to Homosexuality.

I can only speak for myself, but I am sure my statement will resonate with many bible believers and that is I do not fear homosexuality,

However, the Christian community sees the practice of sodomy-based lifestyles as an abomination, strong word, I know but this is how God sees it as well and we concur.

No matter how you dress the practice of sodomy, it is something which Christians along with many still in society think its detestable and unnatural.

Those who practice such vile things, homosexuality among them, are still welcome to attend a church service.

It is not our role to judge them, nor be afraid.

We here at Christian Voice look at many cultural subjects in New Zealand’s from many angles, but always through the lens of the Bible.

Casualties of a secular society has been the loss of free speech, tolerance, truth, and trust.

why we are failing in these things.

I want to take look and identify what is at the root and the outcome as to why it is,

• we no longer believe anything people say to us,
• why it is we have become intolerant, and
• why it is we have lost the freedom to speak.

At the centre of all these topics is a little word called trust.

So many of us today suffer from trust issues and these have been brought about by many reasons.

Trust is built into our DNA to both be trustworthy and to expect trust.

A new-born baby doesn’t understand what trust is, but he or she has a natural instinct to trust the adults in their lives.

It is Gods people, those who profess God is in their hearts who should be the real influencers of this world.

Mike Bain

But what is trust?

A definition from the Miriam Webster Dictionary describes it as “an assured reliance on character, along with ability, strength, or truth of someone or something. A dependence as I mentioned a moment ago -a dependence on something or one in which confidence is placed.

Trust is built on many things such as “transparency, reciprocation, understanding, safety, openness, safety, time, but you can’t go past things like benevolence, honesty. openness, reliability, and finally, confidence.

The opposite of trust is mis or distrust, scepticism, or doubt.

Trust is a big thing in a person’s life, because so much so, that once a year the Readers Digest conducts a poll on the most trusted brands.

I can think of many brands such as St John, the fire service, doctors, nurses which are on the list should rate higher than a brand of chocolate,

Even research NZ list of most trusted professionals list the Fire Service at the top of their list with real estate agents beating out Journalists for the bottom of the heap.

Time Magazine’s list of its top 100 Influencers, there we see basketballs Michael Jordan, and entertainment’s Drew Barrymore amongst a list of people I have never heard of as people we should look up and listen to.

So, when it comes to trust, you know real trust, people, or organisations you can really rely on to help you form an opinion, to rely on for your security, who it is who will give you confidence in both the direction your world is heading and understanding in order provide you with all you need.

It says something about our country don’t you think when the number one brand we trust is a chocolate brand, I mean are we that shallow. The top influencers in the world are sports stars and talk back hosts.

Let me draw your attention to the brands and people who are not on any of the lists and haven’t been for a long time.

The Church, The Clergy, God, The Pope, The Archbishop of Canterbury, The Monarchy, The prime minister. The President of the United States, Parents, these are just some from the top of my head.

And we wonder why our world is looking more like a chocolate bar, all wrapped up in colourful tinfoil, solid enough when you handle it and goes soft in your mouth to make it palatable.

The result is temporary satisfaction and while chocolate has some health benefits, given its addictive taste, too much of a good thing isn’t satisfying. Just ask Eve.

I’m not here to discuss the benefits of chocolate, but does it not concern you that we no longer rate things like God, Church, leaders, and Kings anymore.

And d’you know what we are not alone.

Evidence of this can be found in a pew research poll in the Us and a recent poll in England as to the reasons people don’t or won’t go to church anymore.

A much-vaunted Pew study found, for example, that nearly two-thirds of Americans believe that trust, among both individuals and in institutions, is falling and trust issues in the church and claims of hypocrisy are rising.

Among those who claimed no faith, religious hypocrisy was far and away the most cited response, identified by 42% as behind their doubt about Christian beliefs.  

It grieves me and it should you when we see so many of these pious church organisations today and yesterday represent the creator of this earth with contempt.

Trust issues have and always be at the heart of the matter, but it must stop.

Gods’ organisations here on earth should always be and remain top of the list when it comes to trust.

Those who attend church should be able to have the same level of trust in their church leadership, as they do in their parents and their marriage partners.

The abuse of trust is commonplace, and its not just in today’s world, but when someone abuses trust, they may feel guilty, but to those affected it’s devastating. Some do recover, but others don’t.

When you lose trust in someone, it means you have shut the door on almost everything in life, God included. And that is a rabbit hole you don’t want to be responsible for

We, as Christians, we need to emulate the trust we have in the creator of this earth.

There is scripture after scripture about trusting in God, whether we believe or not, we trust in God the sun will rise in the morning, just as the account in Genesis says.

It’s important that church leaders do not abuse their positions.

When I go to church I want to hear and learn from the Bible what God says, I want to be taught or at least have confirmed that I am living my life in a way which gains Gods favour.

Pastor, hearing you tell stories about your family is not what people come to church for. They trust you to be up front, and talk about sin, convict, stir the heart, speak of judgement and redemption.

This is the house of God we are talking about, trust me when I say it’s not to be dumbed down to reflect the worlds values, it’s not there to give people a quick hit like a chocolate bar.

From the pew, pastors should aim higher than Michael Jordan when it comes to motivating people.

Rather than dumbing down to the level of a Drew Barrymore talk show.

It is Gods people, those who profess God is in their hearts who should be the real influencers of this world.

Earlier when I mentioned the pew study out of the US there was a mention of hypocrisy as a reason people turn off church.

But the strongest argument against Christianity is also Christians-

• -when they are sombre and joyless,
• when they are self-righteous and smug in complacent consecration,
•  when they are narrow and repressive, then Christianity dies a thousand deaths and any trust it had, is gone.

Wearing the Christian T-shirt, having the little fish on our car, wearing a dog collar, all means nothing, if your actions speak differently.

I am not suggesting Christians should retreat from public displays of faith. 

Rather, it’s the opposite.

What the world needs most right now is

• more trustworthy Christianity, not less:
• more people committed to connecting ultimate meaning with everyday life,
• more minds sharpened by and formed in the truth,
• more redeemed people open to discussing what matters with their lost and searching neighbours,
• more hearts alive to both beauty and suffering whose hope is in King Jesus and His kingdom.  

We need to turn this crisis into an opportunity.

 People can longer trust in government, it the world’s leadership, People are now longer allowed to freely express their thoughts.

People today are spiritually bereft of a future.

They are spiritually hungry, relationally isolated, and tired of being suspicious but tend to be more open to spiritual things than those who are overly distracted.

What the world needs more than anything is a return to Trust

Where will they find it?

• On the internet,
• through the media
• or will they find it at your church.

Before you answer that question, can you find trust within your own church?

Can you be confident and trust you are getting the true word of the Bible or is it being watered down and manipulated by man.

Trust me when I say, many will just put up their hands, but it will be in despair, and only a few can raise their hands and truthfully say yes.

What is trust again?

“an assured reliance on character, along with ability, strength, or truth of someone or something. A dependence as I mentioned a moment ago -a dependence on something or one in which confidence is placed.

Ask yourself and truthfully answer, can I really trust my church to give me transparency, reciprocation, understanding, openness. safety, time, benevolence, honesty, reliability, and confidence in teaching me to become a child of God.

Or is it more like a bar of chocolate, satisfying a desire for just an hour on Sunday.

You know what? If we are being honest, it’s not a chocolate bar New Zealand needs, it’s a return to God,

All the things we have related to trust can only be found in him, the creator of the world and it is he who we should look too as the most trusted.