Red Sky At Morning

What does a red sky at morning look like and what does it mean?

There are times I wonder what we did before smart phones but EVERY day I wonder what we did before satellite weather and The Weather Channel? Being a farmer, I watch the weather like an old man. OK, being both, I am obsessed with the weather.

At this point 50% of readers check out because they’re not interested in the weather. If a topic doesn’t serve as confirmation bias for your interests, what purpose does reading serve? Since Covid started, the length of attention between mentally checking in and checking out has been drastically reduced. If I mention climate change, 50% more check out because they make assumptions and don’t ‘need’ to go further. Now, we have 25% of the people who started reading still engaged. This is about to change like the weather.

There’s so much noise and competition for the weather these days. A few years ago there was not as much banter so people watched, listened and paid attention to the weather, and everything, a lot more. Take away the distractions from TV, radio, internet, ect…. and the weather has a much louder voice.

The oldest and most reliable document of truth, says the One who made this planet did so by creating, then controlling elements and in turn the weather. God invented climate change and weather. Take 5 minutes and read some Genesis. He started by making light, land, planets and you can’t get out of the first chapter before He defines and creates male and female human beings. Yes, He must be a biologist as well.

Don’t miss the 6th chapter of Genesis where God changed the climate by creating rain to flood the earth. After the deluge, He followed it up with some wicked winds and dried the whole mess up. Suffice it to say, if you watch the weather, you’ll see what HE is up to. Climate change can be the Creators way to get your attention. Are you listening?

In 2022, the weather has so many competing noises. Have you heard about the megadrought across the U.S.? Are you keeping up with the early wildfire season (the season is only 10 months of the year), the floods AND the ‘rare Haboob’ just the other day? Google some pictures of a Haboob or call your friend in Iowa. Tell me you don’t think Exodus, Leviticus?

If you watch the weather on mainstream media it can be difficult to stay engaged before they get to the weather forecasts. The weather is what keeps anyone checked-in during local or national news. Who knows if the news is true or propaganda but EVERYONE knows the weather forecast is a truthful endeavor. Weather is the ONE thing we should all be listening to for that reason alone. But, don’t rely on the weatherperson, just step outside and pay attention.

When you go outside tomorrow and look around, you will see a red sky in the morning. There’s a food shortage caused by fertilizer costs and bad weather. There’s a health crisis caused by bat flu or a bird flu and a man-made flu. Food prices are increasing and millions of chickens are being slaughtered. Raw materials that come from the elements are in short supply. The weather is effecting corn and wheat production, energy prices and the list goes on. Even baby formula must be influenced by the weather because no one can figure out why that’s in short supply.

There’s a Haboob about killing babies and what defines a woman. A huge thunderstorm is in Ukraine and a flurry of gender confusion is making many question the ability of 6 year olds to make their own decisions. Things seem apocalyptic across the board. Now that I think about it, what does the FORECAST look like?

The last book in the Bible (Revelation) forecasts some wicked weather and climate change. Fire falling out of the sky, thunder, lightning and earthquakes. ‘Hail and fire mixed with blood’, ‘a third of the earth’ is burned up and ‘a third of the sea turned into blood’. ‘A great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers…’ In fact, the sun, the moon and the stars get partially blacked out. Suffice it to say, if the Bible is truth then what we see now is a mild preview of what’s to come.

God has ALWAYS spoken to people through simple ways they can understand, so don’t ignore the weather or the climate. Don’t think climate change is man made either. God controls the climate, man only effects it to a degree.

With all that’s going on, it looks like a red sky at morning to me. If you don’t know this one please look it up ASAP. In fact, look it up on Wikipedia because they always do the best job. Spoiler alert. The definition is an accepted ‘concept over 2000 years old”.

Weather stands the test of time.

Red sky at morning.

The weather doesn’t lie…and it’s not man made.

Follow The Money

“The point of modern propaganda isn’t only to misinform or push an agenda, it is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.” Gary Kasparov, the former world chess champion and Russian democracy advocate currently in exile in Croatia. (Twitter 2016)

We live in a time where deception and the annihilation of truth is at the root of almost everything in our society. Deception is facilitating the collapse of our culture, decreasing our intellectual abilities and causing spiritual death. The war in Ukraine is the latest chapter in deceit and suffering but our attention is being diverted from another agenda.

The church has not always done the best job of teaching a ‘ministry of suffering’, but Christ followers know it is a very real part of our faith. Contrary to some who push their followers to ‘live your best life now’, Jesus constantly reminds His followers this world is full of trouble (‘ “…In this world you will have trouble.” ‘ John 16:33). Truth is, God actually allows deceit and troubles as a way to mature our faith and give us the chance to turn to and trust HIM to deliver us.

One of the least talked about truths is that our faith in God can be tested the most through our health and finances. The Bible repeatedly talks about how trouble gives us the opportunity to persevere by trusting Him (‘Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.’ James 1:12) When your health disappears and your money runs out, people turn to a higher power for help.

One of the toughest books in the Bible to read is the story of Job. ‘This man was blameless and upright: he feared God and shunned evil.’ Job 1:1. Read the next few verses when you get a minute because they describe how righteous and rich Job was. In fact, ‘He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.’ Job 1:3. God allowed Satan to test Job and the enemy went straight for his health and finances. Job lost ALL of his possessions AND his health.

To understand current events you must KNOW history and not be deceived by the current attempts to re-write what has happened in our past. Ever since Jesus ‘ “…saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.” ‘ Luke 10:18, the devil has wanted to be God. ‘You said in your heart, “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God;…I will make myself like the Most High.” ‘ Isaiah 14:13-14. In 2022, evil is trying to tempt mankind to turn everywhere other than the Creator to care for himself.

It is a page straight from hell that a virus was manufactured to destroy the health of mankind. Next up, is your money.

Notice the war in Ukraine has quickly turned to a new ‘nuclear’ option by removing Russia from the SWIFT banking system. Most people don’t know about the SWIFT system and the implications, but we all know that financial problems can be the most devastating. WHAT IF that’s part of the plan? Stay with me.

What if the financial destruction and removal of Russia and her allies from the world settlement systems is just a deception to usher in a new banking system…and currency? For decades, the dollar has been King among currencies but what if you systematically started crashing all other currencies in the attempt to move towards a world digital currency? Russia, China and India all have alternate systems in place. But, how do you start destroying everyone’s finances without a catalyst to justify and begin the destruction? Punishing the bad actors sounds like a good place to start, huh?

Crashing and building back the banks and financial systems might be more easily accepted if it is served with the mantra of punishing evil empires that start wars. Build it all back, better!! Catchy little phrase sound familiar….is this the next act?

To those who believe the Bible is truth, the book of Revelation tells of the end times and a mark of the beast that is given to people. The mark is simply the mark of an economic system representing one world government under the control of one evil person. You need the mark to buy and sell anything and do business in the coming new world order. But first, you need to destroy the systems in place and build them back…better of course.

Follow the money in the latest chapter of world events. Follow the currencies, the cash and the systems to see what is really the war behind the headlines. Be ready to choose where and to whom you will turn.

There is good news regardless of when this happens.

‘ “A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me. I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” ‘ John 16:32-33.

Pick A Side

“The decrees of God are birth and death. In between those limits man makes his own distress or joy. It is in the middle that human choices are made; the beginning and the end remain with God.”

Pick a side and live with the consequences. The ensuing division is not always bad.

The past few years I have spent too much time lamenting the division that has engulfed the world. I have decided to let go of my frustration and lovingly accept the choices my friends and others make to separate and divide. I am doing this because I believe the division we are witnessing is God’s plan. God has been separating things from the get-go and it is late in the game.

‘In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth…And God said, “Let there be light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.” Genesis 1:1-4. Mankind was created in the midst of an epic heavenly battle. The Earth is ground zero where HE alone determines the beginning and the end. Between creation and destruction, birth and death, division is inevitable AND part of His plan.

We think of division as bad because we believe there is more strength and power in unity. The problems come when unification is based in wrong and evil choices. Choice is a freedom that comes with great exhilaration and even greater consequence. History is replete with proof that division can create a breakdown in God’s order and the results can impact generations.

Eve chose to buy a lie told by Satan while Adam chose to keep his mouth shut and go along. Germans chose to give the reins of power to Hitler and not fight back. On the other hand despite many wrongs, America chose to fight racism with a civil war and years later with laws for civil rights. Division and picking a side is wired into our DNA AND God’s plan for mankind.

We have a tendency to think of division as wrong, or evil, but I propose we remember it can be divine. Jesus said, “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn “‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law — a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.'” Matthew 10:34-36. Christ came to divide but He didn’t divide based on whether you were a Republican or a Democrat, black or white, Russian or American, vaccinated or not.

Christ reminded us there always has been and always will be an underlying division in the world. The division lies in our choice to follow the God of creation or…not. Everything and anything that comes before or in place of Him is wrong. The maxim to submit every choice to Him is difficult but fundamentally essential. The whole, ‘no other gods before me’ can manifest in love of anything, even family. “Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me;…” Matthew 10:37.

Every choice can create a division and dilemma to follow God’s way or the way of the world. James grew up in the same house as Jesus and lived out the division between an earthly kingdom and God’s Kingdom. After Christ died, James emphatically identified the choice of picking a side when he said ‘…don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.’ James 4:4.

The world is a stage in the final act of division between good and evil, God and Satan. This division has manifested itself in choices for generations. When people pick a side based on anything other than God’s Word on a subject they often try to identify why they made the choice they did. Placing blame anywhere other than with ourselves is a weak and lame attempt to shirk the risk and consequences of a possible bad choice.

The headlines are replete with examples of blame for bad decisions. Riots and property destruction blamed on a systemically racist people or country. Hatred of a media network and the people who watch it because of a bias towards opinion they don’t agree with. And the always contentious, abortion is a choice because it’s my body (Jesus said our bodies belonged to Him, not us).

The division, ensuing anger and hatred in our world is felt and seen by many people. I believe the anger we currently see is a result of choosing the way of the world and not God’s way. We must remember, “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as it’s own….That is why the world hates you.” John 15:18-19.

As for me, I cannot change anyone’s mind and I will not try. I respect the right for everyone to pick their own side and make their own choices. I ask you to respect mine as well and not mandate what sides I pick.

The next time ANY of us find ourselves bending towards division with a person or position, seek and acknowledge where it originates. Determine if it is the side of the world or of God. If we profess to be a Christian, remember the letters in red…”This is my command: love each other.” John 15:17.

Hard Cash

Change is easy to recognize when it happens but not as easy to understand in real time. Hindsight can make those changes easier to understand and put them in perspective. The hard truth about the changes we are experiencing is…it IS different this time.

The entire world is struggling with the degree and rapidity of change we have been subjected to the past year and a half. For decades we’ve been told how the coming climate change will kill people and destroy the environment. Then, we were told our work and social norms would change due to a pandemic that would kill millions. Now, rising food prices are changing what we eat and many foods are disappearing from grocery shelves. This winter, the availability and price of energy will change heating and cooling in homes and offices across the planet. Next, are changes with hard cash that will make things completely different this time.

To what degree you have been effected by changes the past year or so is correlated to your money. Many people can ‘afford’ to lose their job for not wearing a mask because their bank account can absorb the shock. Stock values have increased, real estate prices have gone up and there is more money circulating (Money Is A Fast Talker, February 2021 blog). Be prepared for the coming change in the new world economic system that will be ushered in with a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). This change with money will make everything VERY different this time.

I’d like to write another small book (Jesus…Or Money, was my first), but I’ll stick with a short blog for now. Christians AND non-believers have all heard about the ‘mark of the beast’ in the book of Revelation. The mark of the beast is implemented by the antichrist at the ‘end times’ on earth. This person ‘makes everyone–small and great, rich and poor, free and slave–to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark; the beast’s name or the number of it’s name….because it is the number of a person. It’s number is 666.’ Revelation 13:16-18. According to the Bible (verse 17), centralized, governmental control of trade is the economics of the antichrist. Economics are the language of money so watch for changes to centralize and control money. The day is coming when you can’t work, shop or go about your business unless you are part of this system. Fast forward to October 2021.

Last week, the current administration nominated a new Comptroller of the Currency. This nominee wants to radically change your money, the banking system, availability of credit, your retirement accounts and the management of all things based on money. How do we KNOW this? She has written a thesis based on Karl Marx’s economic theories when she was a graduate student at Moscow State University…while she was on the Lenin Personal Academic Scholarship. In addition, she has written and spoken on the need to cut off credit to those considered ‘socially sub-optimal’ (think social credit score like in China). The nominee is calling for the “Federal Reserve to allocate both public and private capital”, and is pushing for a new bureaucracy called the National Investment Authority (NIA). The NIA will “actively participate in financial markets not only as a lender, guarantor and market maker but also as an active asset manager and venture capital investor”. The Comptroller of the Currency is the primary regulator for banks but she wants to nationalize all banks. In simple terms, the Federal Government would own and control all banking. Banking is money.

If economic jargon causes your eyes to roll back in your head, keep it simple…they’re coming for ALL the money. Social Security, 401k’s and private pensions would be centrally controlled. Investment capital will be invested by bureaucrats and have to pass “their” litmus tests, not yours. Once CBDC’s are the currency, a government agency can make it expire, charge any positive or negative interest rate they decide and spend it as they deem appropriate. After the blasphemy of the New York Governor and other politicians saying the vaccine is from God, it won’t surprise me to hear someone use Christ’s words when He said, “so give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and give to God what is God’s”. Money will belong to the government, not the people who own the bank account.

Many of the changes that are different this time started with freedom of choice regarding your health care and the vaccine. Next was the freedom of speech to express your thoughts on social media or in public places. Changes in your freedom of assembly, worship, travel and movement in and out of cities is taking place right now. Next on the tee box of change is the biggest god of this world, the comfort food that Americans love to gorge on…money.

Jesus said money competed directly against the God of Creation. Jesus said money was a master, not a tool for us to use or a means to a better lifestyle. HE said, “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” Matthew 6:24. Many believers don’t relate to the competition for your soul that Christ said money was. I’m afraid we’re about to wake up in the middle of the competition He described between hard cash and God.

Jesus talked so much about money and our love for it. Through the Bible, He tells us the future of money lies at the heart of a worldwide economic system that belongs to the antichrist…to the unholy trinity who will use it to control and manipulate us for their agenda. We don’t want to believe money competes directly with our faith in God, but it easily can.

There was a very successful young guy that lived during the time of Christ who confronted Jesus and claimed that money took a backseat to his generosity and living a pious life. Jesus challenged the guy when He said, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor….Then come, follow me.” Luke 18:22. The rubber meets the road when we have to choose between hard cash and God. The young guy in the story turned his back on Jesus and walked away. With the changes coming, we may face the same dilemma.

I am NOT saying money is evil. I am NOT saying a CBDC is the mark of the beast and I am NOT saying a vaccine passport will be the mark of the beast. I AM saying when it comes to money, don’t be fooled into thinking the coming changes are all about convenience and stopping black market transactions. Don’t think gold and silver or Bitcoin is a safe haven from the reaches of an economic system that can be used to separate you from God.

If the mark of the beast involves making a public profession of following the economic system of the antichrist by receiving a mark to work or buy groceries, what WILL you do? A ‘mark’ is becoming very commonplace these days to prove you’ve been vaccinated. Where this leads is above my paygrade. I DO know, a lot of the change these days IS different this time. The only way to know and see this is through reading God’s Word and an active relationship with the Holy Spirit.

Money doesn’t serve you and it doesn’t belong to you….but do we really need this reminder about cold, hard cash? It’s all in the Book. Jesus put it bluntly…”I have told you these things, so that in me you will have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world” John 16:33. Hard cash is definitely OF this world.

Hard Assets

We are living in a time marked by great instability. Faith in the theories and systems that have lasted for generations is being challenged and attacked. Volatility is rampant, confusion is predominate and chaos is apparent to everyone. Economic and monetary systems are on the brink of collapse. Democracy is being questioned and redefined. Asset values are rising and prices are inflating while commodities become more scarce. These facts make the case to invest in hard assets.

Hard assets are traditionally known by their physical or tangible qualities that last over time. Assets like land, real estate, precious metals, gold and silver. Collectibles like art, classic cars, coins, stamps and fine wines are all hard assets and have increased in value. In turn, home prices and stock values have gone up. Commodities like lumber, steel and natural gas have seen prices double and triple. Hard assets have been and will continue to be in a bull market.

Hard assets are visible and considered an investable asset because of their intrinsic value. The one hard asset that has increased in value THE most, is faith. Some people think faith is a mindset or a feeling, but faith is a tangible asset that is seen and measured by actions and movement. The guy who grew up in the same house with Jesus, said he could prove how real and tangible faith was. James said ‘…I will show you my faith by what I do.’ (James 2:18). He added, ‘…faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.’ (James 2:17). Therefore, faith is visible and measurable.

Assets provide returns. The Bible teaches and reminds us that faith in God provides ‘…an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade.’ (1st Peter 1:4). Like other hard assets, faith is tangible and provides shelter and refuge. Christ followers ‘through faith are shielded by God’s power’ until we take possession of the underlying investment our faith will reward. Peter spoke to the tangible value and said ‘your faith – of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire – may be proved genuine, and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.’ (1st Peter 1:7). Put simply, faith yields a return that demands an ever increasing asset allocation in your portfolio.

Some more tangible returns of faith are mentioned in the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews in the Bible. Noah’s faith manifested in the building of an ark that saved his family (11:7). Abraham’s faith not only produced a child but descendants that are measured like the stars in the sky (11:11-12). A prostitute’s faith saved her house and her life (11:31). Faith has proven returns of saving lives, conquering kingdoms, winning wars and bringing the dead back to life (11:32-35). The hard asset of faith in God can yield phenomenal returns.

When it comes to investing, it’s a fact that getting in early can bring the greatest rewards. A lot of times, getting in early doesn’t require a large upfront amount to yield an enormous return. Jesus advised ‘…if you have faith as small as a mustard seed…nothing will be impossible for you.’ (Matthew 17:20). In the current climate, it’s worth considering at least a ‘mustard seed’ sized investment of faith in God. HE has a proven track record for thousands of years in returning peace, contentment, and eternal salvation from all the bad investments you’ve made. So, whether you invested in faith in God early in life or you’re late to the game, NOW is the time to make an initial investment or increase your allocation.

WHY put more into faith in God right now? A pandemic flu, cancer and sickness, severe weather and climate change, politicians with no term limits that put themselves ahead of the people they represent. Faith in God has proven returns for what is ailing us. When FAITH is tested and refined it yields the perseverance needed to reach the next election cycle (James 1:3-4). Faith added to a prayer can heal the sick (James 5:15) and even effect the weather (James 5:17-18). Faith in anything other than God will NOT yield the results we need.

‘We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.’ The Bible is an historical document that teaches and reminds us of what has been since ‘God created the heavens and the earth’. The relevance of the Bible and FAITH in the God of the Bible is critical and necessary to solve the problems we face in America and around the globe in 2021. Place your faith in a hard asset where there are proven results not in people, medicine and science with no track record.

Hard assets provide protection and can yield great returns. Faith in God is the only real, hard, tangible asset you can possess with a simple decision. Make an initial investment or increase your asset allocation of faith in the God of Creation before the next trading day begins.