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WILL CHRISTIANS SUBMIT TO IT?

This article is part one in a series of four on the influence of the World Economic Forums influence on world governments and how it provides a pathway for the antichrist.

Many times, I have purchased books that declared the end was near and yet somehow the world keeps going and Jesus has not returned.

As a Christian, this is the most important thing I pray for.

And I agree that human projections about the return of Christ have been wrong and in the minds of some, have given prophecy a dubious reputation.

We should take Jesus’ words in Matthew 24 when he says of the end,” that no man knows the day nor the hour of his return, and we must always be prepared for his coming.

Scripture tells us that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

1Thessalonians 5 tells us While people are saying there is peace and security, oddly I haven’t heard that cry from the world’s leaders yet but when I do the scripture says,” sudden destruction will come upon them so let us not sleep as others do but let us keep awake and be sober.”

We must live with the return of Christ in our minds because predicted events sometimes cast the shadows.

Before they arrive, it might be instructive to ask what we see happening today that gives us insight into the future.

Each generation has pondered this question and we do so today with renewed interest because the shadows of events that will take place during the tribulation seem to be developing before our eyes.

We don’t have to agree about whether Christ coming is before or after the tribulation to realize the stage is being set for one world government, a one world currency, and world manipulation with universal control, submission, and even worship.

In Revelation 13 here, we have a terrifying description of where history will finally arrive.

Authority was given to the Beast over every tribe, people, language, and nation. ⁸ All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world,

And if you refuse to worship the beast, the possibility is that you will be killed with a sword and if not killed, you’ll be starved out of your home.

Revelation 16; Its’ here that describes a universal unified world where politics, economics, and religion are controlled on a global scale.

The choice becomes yours, either fall into line or be tortured, beheaded, or starved to death in other words worship, but you know God will follow to bring these events to an end.

Some events might turn out differently than we’ve described but we need to make a modest attempt to observe what is happening today knowing that we might just be given a peek behind the curtain.

God will do as he wishes but before our eyes, the pieces of the puzzle seem to be coming together.

Now you can call it the “New World Order,” or the “Great COVID-19 Reset” or the “Fourth Industrial Revolution,” but what we’re talking about is a world controlled from the top down, with a single government, a unified banking system, Artificial Intelligence and one global ruler.

Most of us are aware of how an avalanche can start from one single event, this is where we are in time.

Like an avalanche anyone of the things playing out in the world could be the catalyst for an avalanche which will sweep away all sovereign rights of every nation resulting I a one world Government.

The recent pandemic response in New Zealand alone should ring alarm bells, think back to night our prime minister announced on National television, as of midnight the country and its borders were going to locked down.

Look at the powers this government used, refusing border entry of its citizens, those who did make it were out under guard by both the police and the military,

Intercity travel was met with checkpoints, freedoms were eroded all in the name of Covid.

Covid like an avalanche gathered momentum across the world, sweeping across borders like there is no tomorrow.

How different is your life now post pandemic compared to pre covid, so much has changed, sad thing is, the world will never be the same as the world faces another variant strain.

Covid 19 has become a pretext for world globalization and an economic reset.

As new variants emerge, we see differing announcements rationalizing for resetting the economic, geopolitical, environmental and racial equilibrium of the world.

World Economic Forum chairman and architect of the Fourth Industrial Revolution or The Great Reset in his book Covid 19 The great reset said Since it made its entry onto the world stage Covid-19 has dramatically torn up the script on how to govern, countries, how to live with one another and how we can contribute to a global economy.”

Will things return to what we term normal?

The answer is no,

Countries like New Zealand are no longer setting policies that would be best for themselves, but for the entire world.

This answers the question surrounding why the NZ Government is pushing through carbon minimization when we contribute to so little of the world’s carbon emissions.

Schwab and his students see this as an opportune time to push the world into a great reset.

 OK so let’s put this all together.

Genesis 6:5 After God created mankind and people began to multiply on the earth, we read that God saw that every intention of the thoughts of his mankind’s heart was only evil continually

 and it says vs11 the earth was filled with violence and corruption.

There’s a lesson here, mankind when left unrestrained will seek to fulfill every evil imagination that comes to mind.

No matter how noble the cause, no matter how technology and medicine have improved our lives, good things will eventually be misused for evil purposes.

In sinful humanity, the desire for power, positions, and pleasures will always have a morally downward trajectory.

The result, during Noah’s time, God sent the judgment of a worldwide flood and drowned the entire evil population, except for Noah and his family.

With that in mind let us fast forward to Jesus’ warning and Matthew 24 37 to 39.

As in the days

 The God of the genesis flood, the God who judged the people at the tower of Babel, t the God of the white throne judgment has a purpose that he alone will direct.

Thankfully, he sent Jesus to save and deliver us from the wrath to come whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he is not believed in the name of the son of God.

Yes, there will be believers in the tribulation.

Over the next few podcasts, I intend to delve into the role the World Economic Forums plans are perhaps the catalyst for the formation of a one world Government.

This will include looking at subjects such as borders, money, and surveillance and how they all come together in the jigsaw of the antichrist.

But look, there is so much happening in today’s world, we are on the precipice of an avalanche, you could say the snow above us is unstable and ready to tumble.

You can see it, it’s only a matter of time before the first drift moves, if you were on a ski field in conditions like this existed, you would act.

Today, act, don’t leave it until tomorrow, examine your hearts, accept you have conformed to this world, accept you have sinned, fall to your knees, and ask God for his forgiveness and accept Jesus into your lives today.

As we head to the end of 2022, there has been a lot to ponder.

A lot to be thankful for.

But I have a lot to ponder which we can all be angry about.

Let’s start with a positive, for me, being here to share this with you following an accident in July which came close to me becoming a statistic is something I am genuinely thankful for.

Something else I am thankful for is the support we have from you to continue with this channel.

Praying for us has been a massive thing and many have supported us financially, which we are both humbled by and thankful for.

Your donations have always arrived at the right time to assist us with an expense related to our ministry.

For these things we are grateful for in a world which continues its sharp decline and like all Christians we now accept the end times are now.

For those who have stayed awake, and, on the watch, it has come as no surprise, for some of us it has been simmering, and now we can see the end.

How bad is it going to get, I hear you asking, think of your worst nightmare, think back to what it was like to be a jew in the era of the fascists in Nazi Germany, where families were dragged from their beds and sent to death camps, where neighbors were encouraged to nark on each other, where the government of the day, had total control over the people, where God was substituted by the Fuhrer.

How bad is going to get, I am not sugar coating it, if you are a true believer in God, in his word, Nazi Germany was an indicator, but really it was just a walk in the park compared to what is to come.

Matthew 24 the Olivet discourse is very familiar to most Christians, we are currently witnessing a convergence of everything Jesus spoke of, but he also gave his people a sign of hope in verse twenty-two he said “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.”

There is hope even right now for those who reject Christ as their saviour, all you must do is stop believing the lies of this world.

I mentioned Nazi Germany a moment ago, what was it apart from guns, tank’s, warships, and Messerschmidt’s which changed the nations thinking.

Do you honestly believe the general population of Germany wanted world domination when Hitler was elected to power.

Do you honestly think, the average German citizen wanted to see their Jewish friends and Neighbours exterminated.

The answer lies in the shame the German people felt following the War when the truth backed by images were circulated.

Even today young German students are taken to a death camp and taught about the shame a previous generation were responsible for.

In the case of the Nazis, it was words which gained them the most acceptance.

It was telling the population what they wanted to hear.

Hitler told them he could make Germany, a country which was economically destitute following its defeat in the Great War, Hitler said he could make Germany Great Again. Sound vaguely familiar?

It was using Propaganda, Hitler maintained his power, his Gestapo Police controlled the population and anyone who spoke against the regime, were taken care off.

The Nazi propaganda machine headed by Josef Goebbels said, “Hitler’s use of propaganda could make heaven look like hell and hell look like heaven.”

They dressed up every brutal thing they did, changing its meanings, oddly like we are experiencing today.

“a lie does not become truth just because a majority believes it.”

Booker T. Washington

I just want to take you back to early 2022 when thousands of New Zealanders invaded and camped on the lawn of Parliament.

With hindsight we can see how the Ardern Government managed this protest from Day one. (They didn’t)

We can chart its deterioration each day until it ended in acts of rage and aggression by an element which high jacked it. And I will speak about that in a moment.

Remember the war of words Ardern spoke about during that time.

She and her government, and her opposition parties were ever going to listen to what the protesters were about.

They were unaware of the reasons why they were there, and there were many reasons from Anti Mandate, anti vaxx, anti-three waters, anti-Ardern, anti-government, but they were not heard.

Instead, Ardern and the clown who was the speaker of the house waged war on the protest, calling them the river of filth.

Back in March I spoke out many times during that occupation, about the lack of leadership shown by the queen of kindness.

It was easy for her to be photographed at the scene of the Mosque shootings and bask in the media frenzy than it was for her to step out of her office, or even to set up a working party to listen to the grievances of New Zealanders.

I mentioned at the time of the protests the similarities of not only Ardern’s governments response but also the media response as to how close it was to Canada’s.

In Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was trying to handle the fallout of the trucker’s convoy which shut down Ottawa for a few weeks.

Trudeau, and Ardern used the same playbook of the World Economic Forum and refused to engage with the protest.

Like New Zealand, there is always some individual or a group who want to take advantage of a situation, and then it becomes confusing to everyone.

In New Zealand’s protest we had the Pro-Trump people fly their flags, which Ardern was quick to jump on.

Similar thing happened in Canada, some idiot unfurled a Nazi flag, you know the one the swastika.

They gave the leftist media the ammunition it wanted, so now they could describe the truckers as Nazis and racist.

As crazy as it sounds a member of parliament gave a speech saying that the honk, honk, of the truckers was the euphemism of Hiel Hitler because all words begin with the letter H.

You just can’t make this stuff up.

But never mind that during the three-week demonstration thousands of Canadian and American flags were flown, no monuments were pulled down, no buildings were set on fire.

But still the truckers were called terrorist and, of course, Nazis.

The Washington Post painted the freedom convoy as explicitly racist arguing that the belief that one is entitled to freedom is a key component key component of white supremacy.

Remember the facts don’t matter but images and emotions too

In propaganda, ideology controls the facts rather than the facts controlling the ideology.

Those who use propaganda know that history, politics and even science must always be shaped to conform to the prevailing ideology.

Therefore, facts are carefully selected to fit the narrative.

No counter evidence is allowed.

All information is sifted through an ideological grid and evaluated based on whether it can be used to advance the political, moral, or racial agenda.

In Canada and New Zealand even true statements can end up being banned.

Sadly, all media outlets follow the same broadcast philosophy, ignore everything good about the political party you oppose and say nothing about the political party you support.

This is done by cherry picking information to fit the desired narrative for those who pay for the mouthpieces.

Shame those who disagree with the accepted narrative is the headline.

The radical left believes it is morally superior to those who disagree with them.

Thus, they shut down contrary ideas by accusing their opponents of a psychological and moral deficiency.

They describe those who disagree as being emotionally undeveloped.

That the debate is no longer about ideas, but about bigotry and hate.

Outrage sells. Are you opposed to abortion?

Then you must be then you must hate women.

If you’re opposed to same sex marriage, you are a bigot.

If you believe New Zealand should control its borders from Asians, you are a racist.

If you oppose radical Islam, you are an Islamophobic.

Likewise, if your opposed to homosexuality you’re homophobic

 And if you’re opposed to China’s dictatorial government or inquire whether COVID-19 escaped from a lab in Wuhan, you are xenophobic.

And if you believe that people shouldn’t carry a vaccination Pass, well you were more than likely an unvaxxed menace spreading the pandemic around with you.

Shame on you, no wonder all those people who were vaccinated still had to stay home.

The narrative is that conservatives are motivated by hate, the left is motivated by noble ideas of justice and fairness.

Thus, the left wants to pass hate speech legislation to shut down the expression of conservative ideas on the pretense they are hateful and cause harm.

And a strange twist of irony the left will sometimes even justify violence as free speech.

OK how do we counter propaganda ever since the widespread use of the Internet the proliferation of news programs, and the advent of social media, we have reached a crisis of credibility.

 With so much information available people, particularly young people, are asking who can be trusted.

Answering that question is seldom easy, fraudulently difficult.

 How do we distinguish the truth from half-truths and lies?

 We must begin by praying with the apostle Paul, it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more with knowledge and all discernment so that you may approve that which is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ. Philippians 1:9-10

Discernment is needed more today than ever.

We must determine that we will not be conduits for propaganda again we affirm with Paul we refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth. 2 Corinthians 4:2

we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.

information comes to us from everywhere.

Young people today do not have to go looking for ideas, the ideas are looking for them.

And information is never neutral, it comes with assumptions and intentionality. We must realize that truth seldom lies on the surface but must be looked for.

Diligence, discernment, and a biblical worldview give us guidance.

You can get facts from the Internet so that is increasingly difficult, but you cannot get wisdom or what the Bible call also calls understanding quote from proverbs 2:1 – 5

My son, if you accept my words
    and store up my commands within you,
² turning your ear to wisdom
    and applying your heart to understanding—
³ indeed, if you call out for insight
    and cry aloud for understanding,
⁴ and if you look for it as for silver
    and search for it as for hidden treasure,
⁵ then you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and find the knowledge of God

Treasures are not normally found lying on the ground, we must be willing to dig beneath the surface to find them.

Superficial answers to complex questions are seldom right.

We need God’s wisdom to discern truth from error.

Seeking truth at times means withholding judgment, but the discerning person has not given to snap decisions and quick responses to the latest outrage.

Seeking wisdom and not just information is one of the greatest needs of the hour.

 And as a warning let me summarize the words of Booker T Washington, “a lie does not become truth just because a majority believes it.”

Today when you don’t know who to trust in this cacophony of voices, shouting for this point of view or another.

Listen to the voice that you know with certainty will always speak the truth, before you turn on your smartphone with the morning, read God’s word.

Listen to his voice in Psalm 12:6 the words of the Lord are pure words like silver refined in a furnace on the ground purified seven times

We are in a race with people shouting all kinds of messages to us from the stands, and every runner seems to be headed in a different direction arguing about the finish line.

We’re distracted by varied opinions, about who is in the race, who should win, and who will lose.

Confusion runs rampant and usually, it’s a person who happens to have the loudest megaphone who is heard.

Though they may be shouting the wrong message we need to remind ourselves that God knows the truth, and the closer we walk with him the more likely we will be kept from error, he assures us that in the end everything is going to be OK.

Ever since I sat down to write this podcast I have struggled with its content.

It concerns race issues, relating to New Zealand, but it is a message which goes against the delicate grain of Political Correctness.

AS always you are welcome to leave a comment, whether you agree or disagree and your also welcome to share this episode, or if you’re moved to support our work financially, just check out our website which should be up here somewhere.

To be fair, and not getting into a discussion on who came first and who has rights to the Land, the rivers, the lakes, the coastal foreshore, or the air we breathe, I think we can all agree on the Bibles version as to how the earth was created.

WE can agree that God the creator and giver of life, gave land to Abraham for his descendants to occupy.

And yet here we are in the most confused period where information is at our fingertips still fighting over ownership.

Let me just say, regardless of how many deeds you have for land, nobody really has ownership, but you have rights and obligations regarding occupation.

To sum it up, Its Gods land, and to my knowledge, God has only ever given the Israelite nation land they can call home.

In New Zealand’s culture, today very few of us accept God exists and now can rewrite its own history.

Historically we accept things to be true like, Moriori were occupiers, were wiped out by Māori upon their arrival, Dutch explorer being the first European to our shores named it Nieuw Zeeland and then sometime after Captain James Cook anglicized the name to New Zealand.

European settlers arrived and land became an issue with Europeans trading items with Māori and it was accepted with this trade, a right to occupy.

And it is accepted that some Europeans were less than scrupulous in their dealings, which was less than fair.

Trading companies such the one headed by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, “The New Zealand Company” were responsible for many questionable real estate practices.

The Land Wars and other issues saw Māori losing their occupational rights to land.

And then in 1840 the Treaty of Waitangi was signed by both Māori and representatives of Queen Victoria who ceded all land to come under the control of realm.  

So that’s a quick history on land transfer but if you were to listen to people like members of the Māori political Party and members of the Māori caucus in the Labor Party along with some Māori radicals the tribes, their version of history says their land was stolen by European’s.

In reality no one owns the land, I say that because God created the earth for all mankind to live on.

In Genesis 7 we read where God promised land to Abraham as a place where his descendants would live.

There is nowhere else in the Biblical record which refers to the ownership of land.

I said no one can really own land (it’s a touchy subject) but we do have rights through various actions and causes to have the sole right to occupation.

History shows that Māori occupied New Zealand first. Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first European and gave it a name, Niew Zeeland. British explorer James Cook was the next to arrive and anglicized the name as New Zealand.

So here we are 182 years after the signing of the treaty of Waitangi some sections of New Zealand being made to feel guilty for living in New Zealand or call it by another name.

Guilt because it is an evil land and because New Zealand was founded by white Europeans and Māori activists, (please note I am not saying all Māori) but the radicals amongst them, most likely want the white skinned members of society to hate themselves, hate their ancestors, after all  the alleged white supremacist who are deemed to be the source of all ills in New Zealand now.

The prevailing narrative in some schools is what white students are supposed to see themselves as systematically racist and the only proof that they need is the color of their skin.

I feel sorry for radicals like Willie Jackson who gets vocal about things like colonization but has done ok for himself with a net worth more than $3m.

There can be no doubt about it, white guys are living on stolen land.

Colonization has never ended it’s just become normalized instructing New Zealanders to learn which tribal land you’re currently occupying.

Yes tragically, there were atrocities against the native Māori people were committed in New Zealand when the country was established.

 They experienced terrible suffering and were often physically and sexually abused.

 My point is not to justify such evils and God will rule justly about everything that transpired.

But we cannot live with perpetual guilt about matters we had nothing to do with and cannot change.

History should be a rudder to guide us but not an anchor that keeps us from moving forward to a better future.

Cultural Marxism as we’ve learned, teaches us that we must deconstruct New Zealand, the foundation pillars of our country must be undermined and this is accomplished by generating self-hatred among white New Zealanders, stifling their ingenuity, and destroying New Zealand’s religion, its religious history. According to Karl Marx the author of Cultural Marxism, the evils of the past generation cancel any possibility that the white New Zealanders can succeed legitimately, if they do succeed it is solely because of their white privilege.

If you’re white and successful feel guilty, author Thomas Sowell in his book, “Discrimination, and disparities” argues congenitally they don’t know and with hard data that the disparities which exist in different communities were not necessarily the result of discrimination.

 He says the bedrock assumption underlying many political or ideal ideological crusades is the that social socioeconomic disparities are automatically somebody’s fault so that our choices are to blame society or blame the victim.

He argues against the assumption that if a group is failing it’s always the fault of someone else.

According to the radical left the judgment of history is on us and upon our children.

Those who are white should figuratively speaking go into a confession booth and never exit no matter how long the contrition.

They are never able to resolve the fact that they are racists who stole the land from Māori, but it is difficult for anyone to seek absolution for sins they did not comment commit, and as to the reparations for the past, how much and for how long and to whom should these funds be distributed.

And is it fair to expect this generation to pay for the wrongs they did not commit to reward a generation that did not experience these wrongs.

But what of the question of stolen land?

The unwritten though unbreakable law of the radical left is this, don’t ever compare New Zealand with other countries, it’s hard to get people to hate New Zealand if we apply the same standard to them

 If we did that, we would discover that no nation is truly legitimate.

Here is the reality, nations are established by wars, conflicts, and hostile takeovers.

 No matter where you go in this world, the story is one of various people groups displacing other people groups.

Even in New Zealand history there are reports Māori tribes fought territorial wars against each other.

 As the great historian Toynbee is quoted as saying blessed is the nation that has no history, for history is a record of war.

Let me conclude with this thought, God created the earth, which is the planet which encompasses land, seas, air, light and darkness as a home for every man, woman and child, from every tribe and nation whether we are white, brown, or black.

He allows us to occupy the land, and life is too short to spend time on questions regarding ownership.

There is so much to say about what is happening in New Zealand now, its hard to decide where to start. So today I ‘m going to make a start with a word from Psalm 33. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,

To be blunt, New Zealand is no longer deemed to be a Christian Nation, and God is no where to be seen, therefore it’s not blessed.

When a nation forgets God, there is judgement.

Many Kiwis who came home during the pandemic are back on the plane heading away because it’s no longer the simple eutopia it was.

Many will look to the pandemic as the catalyst for the decline, but it was happening before that.

Just go back and watch what was our flag post presentation When A Nation Forgets God, and you will see we were talking about the slide towards secularism this country had taken even back then.

Today I look back at the pandemic, many pundits are echoing the World Economic Forums great reset agenda.

I’m not going to talk about their agenda for a one world Government, that’s a discussion for another day.

But I believe over the last two years a reset of this nation has happened.

We have seen increase in lawlessness, increase in abortion, increase in suicides, increase in abortions, increases in the lack of kids being educated via the school system, increase in commodities like petrol and food, and so it just goes on and on.

The one thing which stands out for me is the increase in losses in one season the All Blacks have endured. I know times are tough.

Now we have an increase in the official cash rate leading to economic pressures on everyone through inflation.

I don’t want this to turn into a rant about how useless the current government is, I’ll let that speak for itself.

One of the major issues in this country is the lack of balance from the media.

Recently I watched a YouTube presentation of an explanation of the proposed three waters, recorded at the Warkworth Town Hall, you may have seen it yourself.

It was obvious the speaker was trying to whip his audience into a frenzy but failed to do so.

To me there is a huge difference in being factually correct and being a racist with some idea that the good people of Warkworth would support.

Like many I’m not in favour of the proposed model of co-governance for water or anything else.

But as a nation we address issues in a respectful way and when it comes to dealing with the past, we have the Waitangi Tribunal.

The chap in Warkworth also made mention of the corrupt mainstream media and its $55million deal with the government.

As a former member of the fourth estate, I urge editors of news organisations to get back to their core business, reporting the news in a balanced way, rather than publish one sided opinion pieces from contributors who are politically leaning one way.

We now live in a country where we can legally terminate the lives of the unborn child right up to birth and legally terminate the lives of the elderly and then celebrate individual cases in the media.

Now we have politicians pointing the finger at parents, and school principals for not taking responsibility of bringing up their children.

I was surprised to think this politician had a backbone to go against the norm where it’s been understood for far too long where raising, clothing, feeding and housing our children has been the responsibility of the government.

In the bible we read about how the early Prophet Jeremiah wept for the Israel Nation when its people were taken captive and exiled to Babylon.

You know that’s exactly how I feel about our nation and the state it is in, and so quickly.

But I am emboldened by Pauls words to 2 Timothy chapter 3 when he explained that in the final days of our time we would see disobedience to parents, love themselves, money, be proud, boastful, conceited treacherous, you all know the scripture.

Like I said, there is a lot happening in our country, and one of these is communication, how we get it and how we consume it.

This message may fall on deaf ears but even if you are living in your own world of fantasy, you must have noticed this nation is not right.

If we are to take the lead from our government If it makes you feel better, then we must blame everyone else for the downturn in our fortunes.

Like the politician who pointed to parents to take responsibility for the upbringing of our children, each of us must take personal responsibility for the way we think and how we treat others and for the culture of this country.

Our country is a mess, we have rejected God in favour of secularism and we have allowed the evils of this world to infiltrate our minds, our homes, and our culture.

We need to be the gate keepers of who we allow to influence our minds and those of our children

We allow fake news, conspiracy theories, pornography, and all sorts of misinformation to come into our homes via the internet.

Paul warned the perpetrators of such things and their products are the kind who worm their ways into homes and gain control of gullible minds, who are already loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil.

If we want to see a change in this country.

We as New Zealanders need to put Christ back on the throne.

How do we do that

We put Christ back on the throne of our hearts and our conscience.

We put Christ back on the throne of our families as much depends on us.

We get back in our right biblical place.

We put Christ on the throne of law and order and political order, as much depends on us, as much as we can, we must push back against the darkness.

Finally, Hate Speech legislation is coming to New Zealand.

We have gone past the “You will know hate speech when you hear it”

Now the population waits with baited beath as to what will be considered hate speech as opposed to Free Speech.

The control of conversations and language is a huge part of the agenda on the left as it continues its march towards Marxism.

Think back over the years have you consciously said something out of anger or as humour, like in a throwaway line.

Have you ever responded on social media using sarcasm because the original post was a shocker.

Have you ever told someone asking a question, “If I told you the answer, I would have to kill you first,”

Then what about having a viewpoint on a subject which you oppose because of morality, fairness or just because,

The determination of the government to control our thoughts very much mirrors the 2002 Steven Spielberg movie The Minority Report.

The main theme of Minority Report is the classic philosophical debate of free will vs. determinism. One of the main questions the film raises is whether the future is set or whether free will can alter the future.

For some odd reason, none of the streaming platforms have the Minority Report available in their libraries these days.

Maybe because it’s too close to what is reality today.

I have always thought when Hollywood comes out with futuristic movies such as this, they are probably an indicator of what’s to come.

At the crux of Hate Speech is censorship.

The ability to speak freely is to be eroded and already in New Zealand we have seen how far this current government was prepared to go during the parliamentary grounds protest in March earlier this year.

Even the media organization STUFF produced its one-sided documentary Fire and Fury.

So New Zealand we are stuffed if we allow freedom of speech, an exchange of ideas and the difference in philosophy around religion, ethnicity, or culture to be shut down.

I have many questions as do some academics in this country who are asking the questions of the government as to definition and how much reach legislation will have.

Will we see a comparable situation as the German Population did when the Fascist government called on its citizens to Dobb in, not just their neighbors but family members as well.

But then I forget, this is encouraged by this government already,

Lots of questions are raised about Hate Speech, e.g. Here at Christian Voice New Zealand, we have been forthright on several issues, once hate speech arrives, could we see the authority come to our door and ask us to take a post down or be arrested for things we have said in the past.

Which brings me to what really Hate Speech is all about.

And this depends on how you look through the lens.

If we look at the bible through the lens of today’s culture, those who promote the culture don’t like it.

Their opposition to it is swift,

And yet if you looked at culture through a biblical lens you would see a different picture. One I believe every human should take rather than dismiss it

Recently the announcement was made that the planet Earth now has a population of 8 billion people and yet there are the elites who want to see the number go backwards, alternatively we see governments encouraging growth. Go figure.

At the heart of Hate speech is the populations desire to rid the world of accountability.

Accountability to, and acknowledgement of our creator.

Accountability to the Truth, regardless of how it affects you.

We mentioned the one sidedness of a New Zealand media outlet, but the media is no longer interested in reporting the truth anymore.

They cannot jump fast enough on negativity about God’s church, but in fairness to them, some church organizations deserve the negative press, but the impact on others in the faith is brutal.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stood on her podium of truth and told the population the Government was “the single source of truth,” with fact checking and now hindsight, it was just another lie.

The apostle Paul in writing to Timothy mentioned evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.  But to remember ^“all Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,” 

Right, there is really the sole source of truth and while it may contain verses and statements about morality, the world remains opposed to it,

So if you want to stay out of trouble in the future then do not quote God’s word The Bible because what is contained between its covers, is the truth that the world no longer accepts.

They want their own truth, but there’s will not set them free, instead it will only cause their demise.

A definition of Hate Speech is coming, and if you profess to be a footstep follower of Jesus Christ make sure you remain steadfast in your beliefs, know exactly how and the reasons why you should respond in a world that is rapidly changing.

Consider today the ramifications of standing steadfast in your beliefs and do not waiver.

Eight Billion people on the planet, it just makes me sad to think when the one who is faithful and true rides to claim the earth again, many will be lost because they choose to believe in the ever-changing culture,

Jeremiah 13 states These wicked people, who refuse to listen…to follow the stubbornness of their hearts and go after other gods to serve and worship them, will be like his belt—completely useless!

My personal invitation to you is to investigate the scriptures rather than dismiss them.

Seek out a bible believing preaching church and you will be set free.

 What is Hate speech?

Whatever is decided upon will be a defining moment in the history of New Zealand and its ramifications will be felt throughout the land

I was looking through some old notes and came across a sermon I presented to many audiences in the early days of our ministry it was called What in the world is going on.

Today I have decided to share some of those thoughts from over a decade ago as they remain relevant today.

Back then there was huge amount of noise from Christian writers about the demise of the world, the rapture was about to happen, Jesus was returning soon, the impressive sight of a blood moon over Jerusalem was a sight to behold.

Yes, they were heady days, a lot of books were published and sold, but the likes of Jonathan Cahn, and his Shemitah, John Hagee with his Blood Moons and a guy called Andy who put together a video on events happening around that time.

There was just one tiny thing Christians forgot, Jesus told his disciples, he didn’t know when the end would come, only his father knew.

Regarding the end times. A decade on I believe the culture this generation is growing up with could well take us to Armageddon.

Certainly conditions, attitudes and lifestyles all point towards a convergence of the signs Jesus told his disciples about on the Mount of Olives.

Back in 2013 I spoke about how New Zealanders will be feint with fear, because our family life, our financial wellbeing, our economy and now our safety along with the moral standards upon which this country was built on, is slowly being eroded.

You know I can honestly admit I was wrong; today’s society doesn’t really care about these things as its drunk on living for today.

Over a decade ago the Civil Defence had a message which very few people heeded it was “get Ready, Get through.”

One of the things we were encouraged to have a survival pack made up of fresh drinking water food and a gas stove to help get us through at least 3-4 days until help arrived

I often think about the old telephone book that the instructions of what to do in the event of natural disaster, when I was a boy reading that I was thinking what on earth was a Tsunami, that was then, and this is now, and I understand but back then something about the warning resonated there were two points, one was don’t go down to the beach.

Having gone through a Tsunami evacuation I noted -not everyone understands that point.

I recall on the news one night a camera crew filmed families at the beach, parents who brought down there toddlers saying , we thought we would bring the kids down to the beach so they can see the wave, Honestly you can not make this stuff up,

The other was that if you see the wave coming, – it’s too late. A tsunami travels at the same speed as a commercial jet airliner, don’t know if you’ve ever tried to outrun that.

Japan’s televised Tsunami gave us a better insight of what to expect, first it was a rise in the sea level and as it came closer to land it gets to a wave stage.

Realistically if you were on a boat at sea all you would feel is the rise of the water.

Maybe that’s what we could say about the world today, we see a form of calmness that we accept as normal, eventually we have a ripple, and sometimes all it takes is a ripple to change a course by even half a degree, no one notices and we get used to it, and before long, another ripple and already your heading in another direction but still no one notices, it’s a thing called Gradualism

Back then I spoke a lot about the threats to the family, I see they were well heeded- not.

I mentioned the growing influence of the LGBT community would have on our children’s education and leisure times, No one listened.

I even touched on the economy and how it was going to crash, and a new one world government would arise, it’s about to happen.

But the one thing I recall speaking about was how apathetic people would be to the word of God.

Back then it was all revival coming from the pulpit, Revival, revival, revival. Yeah right.

Today’s society and I was right when I said they would treat the bible the same way they treat fairy tales.

Yeah, its sad, but you know each generation is smarter than the last. Remember when we were young, we wanted the world to change for the better, This generation believe we made it a mess and now they’re going to save the planet.

Well, you know we weren’t that smart and our generation made a lot of mistakes, but as we look at this generation we like our parents did with us, we just shake our heads and roll our eyes.

Well, that was back in 2013.

Not much has changed people are still apathetic to Gods word, not many are getting ready to get through anything, but if you are one of Gods people you will understand  when Jesus said when you see the signs, Rejoice! The king is coming. The Bible says that there will be no end to his kingdom. The Messiah, Jesus Christ is waiting in heaven for the appointed time

But until that time, what is it that we should be doing right now? We should…

1/ be living like there is, no tomorrow. Get out of bed every morning and think, this could be my last day, we should live with an expectation that today could be the last day of this system of things.

2/ be vigilant pray and watch.

Jesus told us he would return like a thief in the night, so therefore we don’t want to be caught off guard. Understanding the time, we live in is imperative, did you not read in the bible that Jesus says over and over again, I do not want you to be ignorant of these things.

3/ must continue to occupy.

Unlike some who have foolishly set dates and fled to the mountains to wait, we must still be about the Lords Work until the time arrives. We must remain active in all realms of society; we must make our voices be heard and we must continue to put salvation in every one’s way until that day arrives.

4/Let you light Shine

As this world gets darker and darker, it is GODS people that will provide the light.

As this happens the lines between become defined more than ever before.

True followers of Jesus will come out from amongst the darkness hungry and thirsty and they will see your light and will see that you are on a mission.

When all they see is fear and uncertainty, they will see you, with hope and expectation and even excitement for what is to come. It is this that will draw them near to you, to find out what you have that they don’t.

But here’s a warning for all Christians as the day draws near, as you let your light shine, ensure you have enough gas in the tank to ensure you last the distance.

5/ Do not worry about what is to come.

GOD has called us, you, and I to be about his business, and not to worry about tomorrow.

The end of the story has already been written we have won; we just need to live out that victory

Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against us will prevail, and 1 John 4:4 Greater is he that is in us, than he that is in the world, and Romans 8:37 we are more than conquerors through him that loves us.

What is it you believe in and what stance will you take on it tomorrow?

The Apostle Paul wrote to the Philippians he was incarcerated because of his defense of the gospel.

Amidst the culture wars going off all around us, as a Christian, a follower of Jesus Christ we must decide today what stance we are willing to defend tomorrow.

When opposition comes, we will need to know what we believe and why we believe it.

I say when opposition comes but reality check it’s been here for decades, but until now its been subtle and happening to fellow Christians overseas.

Most are familiar with the cake makers who hit the headlines when they refused to make a cake for a gay wedding.

We are all familiar with how the Australian rugby international Israel Folau was cancelled after his anti-gay social media post.

But here’s another example from Australia of how Satan’s world is working to cancel Christian belief.

For the first time, someone has lost their job not because of something they said or did, but because of the church they belong to.

The Melbourne based AFL Essendon Club which boasts an 80, 000 membership appointed a local businessman, Andrew Thorburn, as its chief executive.

Andrew lasted just one day in his new job, the story is best summed up by the Herald Sun headline, “Essendon’s chief executive Andrew Thorburn has stepped down after shock link to church was revealed.”

Notice the language. This was a ‘shock link’ – not to a strip club, not to a gambling syndicate, not to a drugs scandal – they would barely have raised an eyebrow. This was a shock link to a church.

The new CEO was forced out not because of anything he said or did, but simply because he is linked to a mainstream Christian church which teaches the Bible – he is the chairman of their board.

In theory it is illegal to discriminate against someone because of their religious beliefs.

 But as the Essendon club president admitted, “In the interview processes you’re not allowed to ask about people’s religious beliefs. It’s against the law. But what we did, as soon as we saw them, we acted.”

In other words, once they did check Thorburn’s religious beliefs (or the beliefs of the church he belongs to), they then decided to discriminate and determine that he was not a suitable candidate.

The Essendon board declared that this was nothing to do with religious beliefs and that Essendon was a club where everyone was welcomed and respected.

 Yeah, right moment right there.

 Only those with pre-approved beliefs will be welcomed.

Those who blaspheme against ‘progressive’ doctrines will be suitably excommunicated.

Welcome to the fundamentalist church of the woke!

Reading the media and listening to the Victorian Premier, Dan Andrews, one would think that City on a Hill was a Westboro Baptist-type extremist cult.

 They are a mainstream evangelical Anglican church.

The press trawled and this is what they found from a 2013 sermon:

“We believe that we must be a voice for the voiceless, stand for the rights of the unborn baby and be pro-life…Human life begins at conception. All women and men have intrinsic value and worth as images of God. Abortion denies the voice of the most vulnerable.”

“Sex is designed for marriage, and marriage for fulfilling God’s mandate for humans to ‘be fruitful and multiply’…. Lust is a sin, sex outside of marriage is a sin, practicing homosexuality is a sin, but same-sex attraction is not a sin.”

Like the Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church, the evangelical Church, the Muslims and many others, City on a Hill holds that abortion is wrong and that sex outside marriage, including homosexuality, is wrong.

As if the club’s intolerance wasn’t enough to deal with, political endorsement came in the form of

The Victorian state premier Dan Andrews joined in commenting “Those views are absolutely appalling. I don’t support those views; that kind of intolerance, that kind of hatred, bigotry is just wrong.”

The problem is that the Victorian Premier boasts about being a Catholic himself and sends his children to a Catholic school. If he believes that belonging to a Church which disapproves of abortion and homosexuality disqualifies you from public office (or even being a CEO of a private company), then why does he not immediately resign?

After all he is a member of a Church which disapproves of abortion and homosexuality.

When Dan Andrews stated that “that kind of intolerance, hatred and bigotry is wrong”, he spoke better than he knew.

He wants to ban the wrong kind of intolerance, hatred, and bigotry.

His kind is perfectly acceptable.

The question then becomes: if Christians cannot be CEOs, can they stand for parliament, work for the Government, or in hospitals, schools, and the police?

The significance of this event is that it marks the day when Australia moved away from being a pluralistic tolerant society, to one where those who deviate from the new progressive religion are not allowed to participate fully in civic society.

Remember Essendon was a club which preached diversity and inclusion.

Andrew Thorburn would have been unaware, the club preached it but didn’t practice it.

So it would be fair to state his Christian beliefs being challenged in this manner  came as a surprise to him
I mentioned at the outset we, as Christians need to decide today what it is we are prepared to give up if called upon to make a stand for the Gospel.

Andrew Thorburn was prepared when asked to choose between his job and his church, he gave up a salary which was thought to be $850,000 (AUD)

His response was gracious, thoughtful, compassionate, and intelligent:

“It became clear to me that my personal Christian faith is not tolerated or permitted in the public square, at least by some and perhaps by many.

I was required to compromise beyond a level that my conscience allowed.

People should be able to hold different views on complex personal and moral matters, and be able to live and work together, even with those differences, and always with respect.

So, I ask again as a Christian, what is it you believe and what stance will you take on it tomorrow.

When opposition comes, and you know it will, we will need to know what we believe and why we believe it.

In theory I support Jacinda Ardern and her signature issue, the Christchurch Call to stop violent extremism online in the wake of the March 15 terror attacks.

In theory it is a good thing she is doing but now she is overreaching the right to our rights to free speech when she announced funding for new research into how algorithms affect people’s online experiences.

Simple explanation, an algorithm is a way of finding similar words leading to a web page.

You already use an algorithm each time you Google something.

Ardern said they won’t make the progress we need on these critical issues without better understanding how they are operating in the real world in the first place.

Most of the content people encounter, and view online is curated by algorithms in some form, and it can lead people into extremism.

As I said, all good in theory, and I’m right behind anything which will stop acts of terrorism but!

The but is how this research can be used for other things.

Let me give you some thoughts.

We don’t hear about how this government was going to put an end to Hate Speech,

The reason is it’s in the too hard basket for them to pin down exactly what hate speech is.

The new California social media law has been marketed to the public to “protect Californians from online hate, disinformation, harassment, and extreme opinions”.

 But the unanswered question that remains is: What are extreme opinions? What is disinformation?

The law will enact in 2024 and will forever alter the course of American ideologies.

Henceforth, social media companies, businesses, schools, and other community sites that put forth such platforms, will be severely monitored.

In a first-of-its-kind, clearly, the new law directly violates America’s age-old First Amendment Rights of the American Constitution regarding “freedom of speech” and is promoted as a wonderful idea that will protect children and vulnerable communities

Sadly, the new law will not extend to persecute against vial, foul, sexually explicit speech, or online advertisement of acts and opinions contradictory to the Holy Bible, and/or remarks that contradict traditional morals, values, and ethics that affect us all.

Nor will the new law prohibit violence and sexuality [as in Hollywood motion pictures and television, and video games].

 No. These worldly pandemics that truly offend, hurt, destroy, and pollute the mind will remain perfectly permissible and are not in any way affected by the new law – said to protect us all. 

Upon closer inspection it becomes apparent that the new Californian law will not protect children nor adults for that matter, because smut is not being banned from the internet – regardless of age-appropriate guidelines. 

Any company or persons using social media to express opinions that explicitly contradict those established as “agreeable” by local and national governing bodies will be liable for permanent censorship, fines and/or potential prosecution. 

The new California social media law has been marketed to the public to “protect Californians from online hate, disinformation, harassment, and extreme opinions”. But the unanswered question that remains is: What are extreme opinions? What is disinformation? Both are undeniably tumultuous, albeit virtually impossible to specify.

A simple definition of the new law would read: You better not write, endorse, or even mention anything that goes against the status-quo, such as anything that contradicts “Woke”, abortion rights, women’s rights, black rights, Hispanic rights, rapper rights, mental illness, or LGBT+ beliefs, OR anything of the sort that is in defiance of God’s Laws.

If you do, your social media rights will be terminated, you will be fined and/or prosecuted, fired, and/or your business shutdown. 

Could this happen in New Zealand.

Yes, it can. And this is already happening with the disinformation ministry running point for the government during the Covid crisis.

Even today when the algorithms pick up anti vaccine Covid related posts they are taken down or labelled as inaccurate.

 Will this only flame the already towering inferno of troubles in California, the country, and the world?

 Will the social monitoring team promote a modern-day witch-hunt, and function as tattle-taler’s that will persecute whomever or whatever is deemed to go against government “beliefs”?

The new law further supports the notion that Bible-believers have no rights to practice or announce their beliefs. 

It’s a pity that the law does not seek to reprimand and silence the true perpetuators of vial and negative social content [media and entertainment companies].

What is deeply concerning about the new California law and the Christchurch call is that certain stipulations within it are undefined, might not be defined, and that in fact could be utilized to suit whoever is in charge at that time.

This law is the opening door to subtly creep in censoring Bible-believing Christians under the guise of protecting children. 

Sadly, those who uphold Gods laws and traditional moral values have been and will further be demonetized and associated with true extremists who vehemently oppose God’s laws when this state law takes effect. 

(Matthew 10:22 “And you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved”) NKJV

There is a worldwide trend happening now.

Don’t know if many people have noticed or even care about it?

I’m talking about the worldwide decline in numbers attending church services.
To be fair, Covid 19 lockdowns did nothing for anybody, especially church attendance.

Scrolling through a Christian News Website I was disturbed by the number of stories and there were many, reported about sexual abuse within some congregations.

You’re thinking it’s the megachurch, well yes, it is but it’s unfortunately found in smaller churches.

The Catholic Church has had its fair share of problems, but what about your church, is there something underlying you don’t know about.

Unfortunately Abuse comes in many forms and church leadership prefer to hide or ignore the problem.

If that becomes the case, then God will not stand idly by and allow it to be kept concealed.

 God exposes wrongdoing.

Some who pastor a congregation should read the bible and they will understand that their abuse of others in Gods name will be uncovered, then watch them grovel to their congregations claiming they were sorry, it’s interesting they are full of remorse after they have been exposed.

Speaking of exposure many in New Zealand were not surprised to hear of the abuses which were conducted in GOD’S name at both Gloria vale and Arise Church.

Because Gloria vales missteps are before the courts today it’s not prudent to discuss them.

The other mega church which has gained media attention is the Wellington based Arise church.

Much was made of the abuse of power levelled at interns, and we made comment on it in an earlier podcast.

At the time the leadership initiated a review of its practices although I suspect the leadership was or should have been aware of what was happening to the flock they were supposed to be shepherding.

 Interns were asked to work long hours and do cleaning, driving, babysitting, and gardening for pastors.

There were allegations of sexual harassment, bullying, and manipulation.

Senior pastor John Cameron, who chaired the leadership board had sole authority to approve new board members, has previously admitted the church “allowed a culture of performance … and this negatively affected Arise Ministry School students.”

When he announced in April that he was “stepping aside from his pastoral duties” and an independent review was initiated by Pathfinding: A Christian response management company, Cameron promised that things would change.

“We are going to listen and learn,” Cameron said. “We are open for dialogue and will be making the organizational changes recommended.”

Cameron resigned as senior pastor the following month.

Pathfinding made ninety-two recommendations in its 49-page report.

 They ranged from encouraging diversity to an independent review of the church’s finances and pastors’ discretionary spending.

Pathfinding also called for the resignations of the church board because it “had lost its moral mandate to govern.”

Remember the promises from Cameron they were going to and learn, be open for dialogue, and will make the organizational changes recommended turned out to be just empty talk.

In the month following the report no member of the board resigned.

They also declined to release the report—despite previous commitments—or publicly say what recommendations had been made.

Despite wanting to be open and learn from the recommendations in the report, Cameron and his wife, Gillian, placed a legal non-publication order on the report through the Employment Relations Authority.

Ask yourself, what was it they didn’t want the public to know?

I wonder if there wasn’t a hand of God who leaked the report to and subsequently published by the media; the Employment Relations Authority overturned the non-publication order.

The actions of Arise Church will have greater and a more far-reaching impact on Christian organisations in this country because now the state has launched through the charities division of Internal Affairs an investigation into the practices of the mega church.

And the question is where it will end and will other mega churches come under scrutiny.

AS a Christian, it makes me sad when the only time we see or hear about those professing to represent God in the news is for bullyish or sexual behaviour.

Jesus said judge a tree by its fruit and arise, Gloria vale and the catholic church along with others has failed to represent God in spirit and truth.

If you are current member of Arise, your leadership has stumbled, Now would be a suitable time to explore options.

There are warning signs at Arise that it’s not prepared to change.

You still have the same board running the church, sure you will by now have a new pastor, but unless the leadership is willing to change then God will once again step in and expose its wrongdoing.

We, that is all Christians in New Zealand should pray for the 10,000 people who attend Arise throughout the country that God will lead them to a place where they can find rest and comfort in his word.

Ian Foster retains his position as head coach for the All Blacks until the end of the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

That really should come as no surprise to anyone given the loyalty of the NZRFU.

The rugby organization had the opportunity many times to dump coaches who were underperforming.

Graham Henry, Laurie Mains, Wayne Smith, and John Mitchell were retained despite appalling records, but went onto win or come close to winning the Rugby World Cup.

What price would you put on loyalty?

We demand it from our family, friends and even our dogs.

Loyalty is something no one can or should take for granted in today’s ever-changing society.

WE are all loyal to a point, just ask any person who has been involved in a solicitous relationship outside of marriage,

Loyalty in this century is huge, that is why commercially so many companies are prepared to buy it either with a free cup of coffee to some extravagant giveaways

Loyalty is about forming an allegiance with another party, like what governments do when deciding its friends.

Currently New Zealand has an allegiance among others with Australia, the United States and China.

It is a decision that’s not taken lightly.

In Ian Foster’s case, I am sure the NZRFU would have weighed the cost of sacking him vs keeping him on.

But they remained loyal to the decision and the man they chose eighteen months ago to lead the All Blacks.

It wasn’t that long ago the country was being urged to be loyal to the America’s Cup yachting Team New Zealand via a song by Dave Dobbyn.

While we show loyalty to one another I find it quite disturbing that many in this nation shows little or no loyalty to the one who created the earth, man, and woman.

Unlike the commercial sector God has no price on loyalty.

Many times, we read in the scriptures of his loyalty to the nation of Israel.

A nation which rejected him and formed allegiances with other nations that were guilty of many detestable practices.

We can read where the nation received severe judgement and was taken into captivity.

Despite this God remained loyal to the nation and still does today.

Loyalty doesn’t rely on what you personally get out of a relationship.

Unlike a cat or dog, whose loyalty is centered around a food bowl, loyalty for humans comes from the heart.

As a nation we have become so ungrateful to the loyalty shown to us by our creator.

Just look at what this nation has become.

We have become self-centered, self-righteous, and self-pretentious to the point we believe we no longer need God in our lives.

Hit the wrong button people, whether you are a Christian, or not while we no longer show loyalty, God has not altered.

Think about this, who is it that makes the sun rise and set every day, who provides the oxygen we breathe and so it goes on.

This is truly God at work showing loyalty to his creation.

His creation spelt out in the first book of the bible in Genesis 1 clearly states he made you and me.

His loyalty is unwavering, his loyalty to us will never cease, his loyalty will continue for his people until time indefinite.

As members of society, we need to ask ourselves what loyalty means to me.

Take time out and list the organizations, the people, the family to whom you show loyalty.

As for Ian Foster, the NZRFU has shown faith and has been loyal, now it’s onwards and upwards with the hope we can lift the Rugby World Cup in 2023,