Ozwitness

It is interesting to contrast the progressive liberalism  of Britain with the authoritarian dominion of China, and learn how not to govern a nation.

There was a time when Britain, even as recently as the last world war had great unity, moral standards, freedom and respect for the law, and was predominantly “”Christian””, at least in name. China  was only just beginning to accept Communism, which sounded good to the millions  who had never had freedom or rights, and liked the idea of a classless society where the State would look after them.

But look at them now. Britain is thoughtlessly tearing itself apart, and so struggling with covid, has lost all moral standards, their freedom subject to evil “”human rights’ laws, and “”Christians”” are disappearing rapidly. China has dragged itself out of the Middle Ages, but the Emperor has been replaced with a dictator and his elite, self serving supporters, just as we saw in Russia, so the classless  society never arrived, and the cost of Communist ‘care’ is no freedom or genuine individual rights, with an overpowering state controlling every move.

Neither country is a place most of us would chose to live. It all reminds me of my crusty old history teacher in his civics class, who, in relating the various forms of government, said: “”The best form of government is a benevolent depot””.     Well, in modern language that is a King who loves and carefully rules his subjects entirely for their benefit rather than his own advantage.

The good news is that the governments of both Britain and China will soon be overthrown and be replaced with just such a ruler, the returned Jesus Christ, this time in great power and glory, who will govern the whole world with the help  of His  Saints in His Kingdom, – those who have proved their dedication to service.

Zechariah 14:6-7, ‘On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward….. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.’

Revelation 20:4,  ‘I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge…….   they came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.’

The atheists will laugh at that, but they won’t be laughing when the whole world receives a miraculous, earth-shaking, advance warning, projected  graphically into their minds to encourage them to repent and avoid the Great Tribulation, God’s wrath because of our sins. Revelation 14:6-7, ‘Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people. And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.

Further good news is that you will not experience the Great Tribulation which will  take almost all life from the earth, at all, if only you will recognise your sins, ask God for forgiveness, be baptised and receive the Holy Spirit.

Never before has the world faced the lockdowns and Covid restrictions we are experiencing, but no-one asks, “”Why?””

Why, in this modern age have we had to fall back on the biblical command of  quarantine to stem this pandemic?  Maybe we should have taken more note of the penalty  God promised  if we failed to keep His Commandments and  Laws,   Deuteronomy 28:15, 60-61,  “But if you will not obey the voice of the LORD your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes that I command you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you……       And he will bring upon you again all the diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you. The LORD will afflict you with every sickness and plague there is, even those not mentioned in this Book of Instruction, until you are destroyed.””

The instigator of this brainwashing is the ‘prince of the power of the air’, Ephesians 2:2,  ‘in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,’  and he uses that power to reach into our lives through the  media of TV and Radio, as w ell as by other methods, turning people from God’s way to his way, by gradually reversing good and evil, right and wrong.  Isaiah 5:20, ‘Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!’ Ironically, one of his main instruments is our own ABC, as is the BBC in England. One would think that the CEO of the ABC here in OZ, Ita Buttrose, would have got the message by now from all those who complain that the service, for which we pay, is dominated by the progressives, the left wing, and the greens. I cannot think of one conservative commentator on the ABC or BSB, (Viceland) except the odd one on ‘Countrywide’!

One letter writer to the press, an ex ABC reporter for more than a quarter of a century, wrote:    “”The ABC’s first chairman, Richard Boyer, defined its role. “”It is our hope that national broadcasting may stand solid and serene in the middle of national life, running no campaign, but presenting the issues freely and fearlessly for the calm judgement of our people.””

The writer continued,  “”Instead we have a decent into trivia, value judgements and loaded adjectives inserted into facts, with free rein given to undisciplined performers to ride their hobby-horses to death.  All the ABC needs is to return to first principles. That means strong editorial discipline to insist its guidelines are met.””

Another summed this brainwashing up:  “”Twenty -five years ago the ABC was highly respected across the nation, its political coverage was considered centrist,  its interviews were tough but fair, its commentary balanced. Most importantly,  it didn’t take positions  on social or economic issues. Those days are long gone.  In the ABC today all issues  are approached from a green-left perspective. It’s there in every part of the organisation, not just political reporting.””

Daily brainwashing works, and our nations are paying the covid penalty. If we don’t learn to control the ABC it will get worse as perversion and evil are presented as the norm through comment, subject matter and visual emphasis! Waken up Ita!