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In the modern West, a striking symbol of cultural inversion is the image of the single, professional woman cradling a cat rather than a child. It’s not merely a humorous meme—it’s a sociological reality that reflects a deep shift in values, priorities, and understanding of womanhood.

The Career as a New Identity

For much of human history, a woman’s primary domain was the household—a place of immense dignity, productivity, and influence. She nurtured life, shaped souls, and stewarded the future of her lineage. But with the rise of feminism and the industrial-technocratic model of life, women were told that their value could only be found outside the home. They were sold the idea that true fulfillment comes through career advancement, salary increases, and corporate achievements.

In this paradigm, children—especially young ones—are seen not as blessings, but as burdens. They are interruptions to productivity, threats to “freedom,” and liabilities to a woman’s upward mobility. The result? Delayed marriage, widespread infertility, and plummeting birthrates. Instead of lullabies, the halls of modern apartments echo with the meows of feline companions.

Cats Require No Sacrifice

A child requires immense sacrifice. Sleepless nights, constant attention, financial commitment, and the long, slow work of shaping another soul. It demands laying down one’s life daily. But a cat is convenient. Feed it, give it a litter box, and carry on with your life. It offers companionship without the demand of legacy. It scratches the emotional itch without requiring covenant or continuity.

This trade—life for lifestyle—is perhaps the clearest indictment of modern womanhood. In choosing cats over children, many have traded motherhood for momentary comfort. But cats don’t carry on a name. They don’t build households. They don’t honor their mother in old age or bear grandchildren.

The Feminist Promise Was a Lie

Feminism promised women “choice”—but in practice, it shamed traditional motherhood and elevated careerism as the only path to worth. The woman who chooses to bear many children, keep a home, and support her husband is often mocked as “wasting her potential.” Meanwhile, the woman who climbs the corporate ladder, drinks wine alone, and has a cat to come home to is celebrated by media as empowered.

But empowerment has come at a steep cost. Millions of women now find themselves in their 30s and 40s—lonely, childless, and deeply unfulfilled. Their fertility has faded, their relationships have withered, and their youth has been spent chasing the approval of bosses who replaced them with younger workers without a second thought.

A Culture Without Children Is a Dying Culture

When women stop having children, a nation stops having a future. The cat-as-child phenomenon is not just a personal tragedy—it’s a civilizational crisis. No generation can continue if its women reject the role of life-bearer. The womb, once seen as sacred, is now suppressed through pills, surgeries, and ideologies. But biology doesn’t bend to ideology. A woman’s body longs to nurture life, and when that drive is denied, it finds twisted replacements—whether through animals, activism, or artificial distractions.

The Path Back: Restoring the Dignity of Womanhood

The answer is not to shame women, but to call them back to glory. True femininity is not found in boardrooms or cubicles—it is found in the embrace of a newborn, the aroma of bread in the oven, the warmth of a family shaped by a wise and joyful mother. Careers can be replaced; children cannot. Promotions are temporary; legacy is eternal.

A godly woman does not need to prove herself by mimicking men. She flourishes in her God-given role as life-giver, nurturer, and queen of the home. This is not oppression. It is sacred dominion.

Health, Religion, Social Topics

The Keeper of the Table: A Wife’s Duty in Nourishment, Frugality, and Dominion Over the Household Food Economy

May 12, 2025 Lord Redbeard 6 Comments

The table is not just a place of eating. It is a place of worship, formation, and covenantal joy. The aroma of daily bread, the sight of a garden harvest, and the discipline of wholesome meals are not secondary to Christian living, they are vital expressions of order, stewardship, and feminine strength.

In a godly household, the wife is the keeper of the table. She governs not only the aesthetics of hospitality but the substance of nourishment. Her duties in food, nutrition, and frugality are not mundane tasks, they are holy responsibilities entrusted to her by God to bless her husband, raise strong children, and honor the covenantal home.

I. Food Preparation as a Sacred Ministry

From the earliest pages of Scripture, food preparation has been a domain of feminine care and virtue. Abraham’s wife, Sarah, “quickly kneaded three seahs of fine flour” to serve their angelic guests (Genesis 18:6). The Proverbs 31 woman “brings her food from afar” (Proverbs 31:14) and “rises while it is yet night to provide food for her household” (v.15). She is not idle, and her hands are diligent in feeding those under her care.

Food preparation is not a secular task. It is a form of love. When a wife prepares nourishing meals, she is doing more than satisfying hunger, she is building the bones and minds of future generations. She is creating an atmosphere of peace and stability. She is turning raw ingredients into sustenance for warriors and worshippers.

“She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.” – Proverbs 31:27

This ministry of nourishment is daily. It is repetitive. It is sacrificial. But it is glorious. A wife who governs the kitchen with wisdom and joy brings strength to her home, honor to her husband, and delight to her Creator.

II. Whole Food for Whole Families: Rejecting Industrial Poison

In modern times, food has been hijacked by industry and perverted by convenience. Processed sugars, chemical preservatives, seed oils, and hyper-palatable junk have replaced the God-given simplicity of grains, vegetables, legumes, and fresh produce. This shift has not only sickened bodies but has weakened wills, dulled minds, and sapped the energy of Christian homes.

A godly wife must resist this tide. She must take dominion over the kitchen, not by outsourcing it to fast food or microwaves, but by returning to whole food principles that nourish rather than harm.

Replace sugar with honey and fruit.
Replace refined flour with whole grains.
Eliminate junk snacks, sodas, and boxed meals.
Cook from scratch with rice, beans, seasonal produce, and clean meats.

The goal is not gourmet extravagance, it is wholesome simplicity. Meals built from God’s earth. Meals that are filling, healing, and strengthening.

“Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” – 1 Corinthians 10:31

The body is a temple (1 Corinthians 6:19). Feeding that temple with poison is an act of defilement. A godly wife understands this. She treats food not as a comfort drug or a hobby, but as a sacred trust.

III. Frugality and Creativity: Dominion Without Debt

The wise woman is not only a good cook, but she is also a skilled economist. She manages the food budget with shrewdness and foresight. She does not chase trends or waste money on convenience. She learns the art of frugality, not out of poverty, but out of purpose.

“She perceives that her merchandise is profitable.” – Proverbs 31:18

In a time of inflation and supply chain instability, the wife who knows how to stretch meals, avoid waste, and creatively repurpose leftovers is a treasure. She buys in bulk. She plans meals in advance. She stores surplus. She prepares for lean seasons.

This frugality is not scarcity; it is abundance through wisdom. The family that eats rice and lentils for lunch, fresh bread for dinner, and garden vegetables for supper is eating better than the household living on frozen pizza and debt.

Such a wife becomes the financial gatekeeper of the home, ensuring that dominion is built not only through income, but through intelligent consumption.

IV. Supplementing with Gardening: Cultivating Eden at Home

In an era where even food is politically weaponized and biologically manipulated, many families are returning to gardening, not as a hobby, but as a necessity. A wife with a garden is a wife who brings Eden into her backyard. She becomes a producer, not just a consumer.

Lettuce, kale, and spinach for fresh greens.
Tomatoes, zucchini, and beans for seasonal staples.
Herbs like basil, oregano, and rosemary for flavor and health.
Potatoes, carrots, and onions for long-term use.

Gardening builds resilience. It teaches children responsibility. It reduces dependency on globalist systems and empowers the home to feed itself.

The Proverbs 31 woman “considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard” (v.16). Likewise, the modern Christian wife should reclaim gardening as an act of dominion. Whether in pots on an apartment balcony or rows in a country yard, let her plant, harvest, and glorify God.

V. Preserving and Storing: Wisdom for Times to Come

In addition to daily meals, the virtuous woman thinks seasonally and strategically. She does not wait for winter to prepare. She preserves food. She stores dry goods. She builds a pantry as a bulwark against uncertainty.

“The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down.” – Proverbs 21:20 (NIV)

This includes:

Canning fruits, vegetables, and sauces.
Dehydrating herbs and meats.
Freezing harvests and broths.
Stockpiling rice, beans, flour, and salt.

This is not fear, it is foresight. Noah built the ark before it rained. Joseph stored grain before the famine. Likewise, the godly wife builds a food reserve, not to hoard, but to provide, even in times of trouble.

A home with shelves of home-canned peaches, dried herbs, buckets of oats, and fresh bread is a home that testifies to wisdom and love.

VI. Bread from Her Hands: The Daily Offering

Among the most ancient and powerful acts of feminine provision is the baking of bread. The Proverbs 31 woman “brings her food from afar,” and “her hands hold the spindle.” She is industrious in nourishing her household.

Daily bread is not merely food, it is a symbol of divine provision. Christ taught us to pray, “Give us this day our daily bread” (Matthew 6:11), because bread represents the essentials of life, humble, sustaining, fresh.

When a wife bakes bread daily, she embodies this principle. The home is filled with aroma and warmth. Children grow up with the memory of kneading dough beside their mother. Husbands are strengthened by their wife’s labor.

Simple loaves made from flour, salt, water, and yeast become sacraments of love. They are cheaper than store bread, healthier, and laden with meaning.

VII. Lessons from Early America: Strength Through Simplicity

Modern families could learn much from the agrarian households of early America. In the 1700s and early 1800s, meat was a rare luxury, not a daily staple. Sugar was scarce, used sparingly if at all. Meals consisted of:

Porridge and cornmeal mush
Root vegetables like turnips and potatoes
Beans, lentils, and seasonal greens
Bread made at home
Apples, preserved fruits, or wild berries

Despite the simplicity, these families were stronger, physically and mentally. Obesity was rare. Disease was less rampant. Children were hardy. And meals were sacred events, not hurried inconveniences.

Modern science confirms this. Diets high in sugar and processed food are linked to inflammation, heart disease, obesity, and depression. Returning to simple, whole foods is not nostalgic, it is righteous stewardship.

A wife who learns from the past is not regressive, she is wise. She sees that the way forward may mean reaching backward to principles that sustained generations before us.

Conclusion: The Hand that Feeds Rules the Home

The wife is not just a cook; she is a nourisher of nations. Through her hands, children grow strong, husbands are blessed, and guests are welcomed. Through her wisdom, the budget is guarded, the pantry is filled, and health is preserved.

She does not need a professional degree to rule the kitchen, only fear of the Lord, joy in her calling, and skill in her hands. She sees food not as a chore, but as a ministry. She understands that feeding the family is a matter of worship, not mere routine.

In this age of dietary chaos and culinary idolatry, let the Christian wife rise and take dominion over the kitchen. Let her plant, cook, preserve, and prepare, not just meals, but warriors, worshipers, and wise women.

Let her say with joy each evening, as her husband blesses the food, her children gather around the table, and the bread is broken:

“This is the portion the Lord has given me to tend, and I will do it with strength and love.”

Religion, Social Topics, Uncategorized

The Garments of Rebellion: Why Women Must Not Wear Pants

May 28, 2023 Lord Redbeard 28 Comments

Clothing is theology in textile. It proclaims order or defies it. It reflects reverence or rebellion. And in the long war against Biblical patriarchy, there is perhaps no more symbolic battlefield than the modern woman’s closet.

In this age of inversion (where men are weak and women are loud) our generation has forgotten even the most basic distinctions of God’s created order. One of the clearest? That a woman must not wear that which pertains to a man.

“The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God.” —Deuteronomy 22:5

This is not a suggestion, it is not cultural, and iIt is not optional. This is a commandment from the mouth of Almighty God. And it still applies today.

The issue of women wearing pants is about headship, holiness, and health. About whether we will serve the Lord or follow the patterns of the pagan world. And the cost of ignoring it has been devastating, morally, spiritually, medically, and socially.

Let us walk through the evidence (Scriptural, historical, medical, and social) and let every woman who fears the Lord return to modesty, and every man who loves his household restore order at the gate.

I. Scriptural Foundation: God Commands Distinction

The Biblical worldview is built on order and separation. God separates light from darkness (Genesis 1:4). He separates the waters from the firmament (Genesis 1:6). He separates the clean from the unclean (Leviticus 10:10). He separates Israel from the nations (Leviticus 20:24). And He separates male from female, in role, responsibility, and appearance.

Deuteronomy 22:5 does not mince words: for a woman to wear what pertains to a man is abomination. Not simply disobedience but abomination. The Hebrew word used is to‘ebah, the same word used for witchcraft, homosexuality, and idolatry. This means that cross-dressing is not just inappropriate, it is profane.

Nowhere in Scripture are pants specifically prohibited. That is not the argument. The argument is this: pants were historically male attire, and women began wearing them not from righteousness, but from rebellion. Thus, when women began donning trousers, it was not to honor God, but to cast off His design.

II. Historical Dress: The Distinction Was Clear

For over 9,900 years of human history, men and women dressed differently. Always.

In ancient Israel, men wore tunics girded with belts for mobility, and women wore long, flowing robes distinct in cut and modesty.
In Greco-Roman cultures, men wore shorter tunics for labor and travel, while women wore longer stolas and peplos, modest and covering.
In Medieval Christendom, men wore hose and breeches, women wore long gowns.
In Victorian and Reformation-era Europe, a woman in trousers would have been regarded as mentally ill, immoral, or both.

Even in the early American colonies, modesty and gender distinction were unquestioned. The Puritans, the Baptists, and the early settlers knew that attire was theological. A woman in pants would be rebuked or excommunicated.

The Rise of Pants on Women: A History of Rebellion

It wasn’t until the mid-1800s that women first publicly began wearing trousers, through the influence of feminists and radicals.

Amelia Bloomer, a feminist activist, promoted the “bloomer costume” (pants for women) explicitly to break gender norms.
The suffragette movement and first-wave feminists used male clothing as a symbolic protest against male authority.
By the 1940s, during World War II, women wore trousers in factories out of necessity, but many kept them post-war.
By the 1960s, with the sexual revolution, women’s pants became a symbol of liberation from patriarchy, modesty, and Christian morality.

Make no mistake: the acceptance of women wearing pants was part of a broader rebellion against Biblical womanhood. It paralleled the rise of abortion, birth control, sexual promiscuity, divorce, and feminism.

III. Christian Testimony: The Church Once Stood Firm

Until the late 20th century, all Christian denominations opposed women in pants. The Methodists, in early America, taught that women wearing “men’s garments” brought shame upon the church. Southern Baptists in the 1950s preached that modesty and femininity excluded pants for women. Pentecostals and Holiness movements retained skirts-only standards well into the 1990s, citing Deuteronomy 22:5 and modesty concerns.

Why did they care? Because clothing is a signal of submission to God’s order. When a woman dressed like a man, she was usurping his role.

The decay of modest dress paralleled the decay of the Christian household. When women dressed like men, they soon began to live like men, leaving the home, rejecting headship, avoiding motherhood, and abandoning submission.

IV. Modesty and Covering: The Role of Garments in Holiness

In Genesis 3:21, after the fall, God made garments of skins to clothe Adam and Eve. The Hebrew word kĕthoneth refers to a tunic covering the shoulders to the knees at minimum.

This was a spiritual response to sin. Throughout Scripture, garments are used to signal: Holiness vs. uncleanness (Leviticus 13:47), Office and authority (Exodus 28:2, priestly garments), Shame or honor (Isaiah 47:2-3).

Pants (by their form-fitting structure) expose, rather than conceal, especially on the female form. They draw attention to the thighs, hips, and private areas, exactly what Biblical modesty seeks to conceal, not emphasize.

Isaiah 47:2–3 rebukes Babylon: “Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh… Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen.” God equates uncovering the thigh with shame. Pants, by their design, outline the thigh. This is provocation, even when paired with long tops, the core issue remains: pants are not feminine nor modest.

V. Health Concerns: Medical Risks of Pants for Women

Beyond the Scriptural and symbolic concerns, modern medical research shows that pants (especially tight ones) are harmful to female health.

1. Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) and UTIs

Tight pants restrict airflow and trap moisture, creating a warm, dark, damp environment ideal for bacterial overgrowth. Studies have shown a correlation between wearing pants and 300%-600% increased risk of bacterial vaginosis, yeast infections, and urinary tract infections (UTIs). According to the Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, women who wore tight jeans or pants for over 4 hours daily had significantly higher rates of BV and UTIs.

2. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and Hormonal Disruption

While PCOS is primarily a hormonal condition, tight clothing (especially around the waist and hips) will exacerbate symptoms by: Disrupting circulation to reproductive organs, Increasing cortisol and insulin sensitivity, And restricting lymphatic drainage

The British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology noted that waist-restrictive clothing increased ovarian stress by 300% in women with pre-existing endocrine disorders.

3. Infertility and Miscarriage Risk

Chronic pressure around the pelvic area has been linked to: Reduced blood flow to the uterus, thermal damage to reproductive organs, and Increased miscarriage risk, especially in early gestation.

Dr. Niels Lauersen, author of “It’s Your Body”, reported that women wearing tight pants and synthetic undergarments experienced higher rates of infertility and irregular cycles.

4. Skin and Nerve Damage

Tight pants can cause “meralgia paresthetica,” a nerve compression condition that leads to numbness, tingling, and burning in the thighs. They also increase the likelihood of folliculitis, ingrown hairs, and skin fungal infections, especially in hot or humid climates. In short: pants were never designed for the female body. They compress, restrict, and expose, exactly the opposite of God’s design for a woman’s covering.

VI. Psychological and Social Impact: Clothing Shapes Identity

Psychologists refer to “enclothed cognition”, the idea that clothing not only expresses but shapes how we think, feel, and behave. When a woman wears pants: She often feels more aggressive and assertive, she adopts a masculine posture and stride, she is more likely to challenge male authority, and she is treated differently – less like a nurturer, more like a peer or competitor

This is by design. Feminists embraced pants because they understood that clothing alters self-perception. The woman in a dress moves more gently, behaves more modestly, and signals submission, whether she realizes it or not. When we clothe our daughters in pants, we teach them that gender is flexible, submission is optional, and order is negotiable. We sabotage their future before they even understand their calling.

VII. The Way Forward: Return to Distinct, Modest, Feminine Dress

I am not simply calling women to wear skirts. I am calling them to embrace: God’s created order, to visible submission to headship, to reverence in attire, and to health and holiness. A Biblical woman’s clothing should: Cover her from shoulder to the ankle, avoid tight, sheer, or form-exposing material, distinguish her clearly from male attire, and proclaim modesty, meekness, and dignity.

“In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety…” —1 Timothy 2:9

Godly women are not ashamed of modesty. They rejoice in it. They know that their beauty is not in the outline of their thighs, but in the hidden man of the heart (1 Peter 3:4).

VIII. Fathers and Husbands: You Will Give Account

Men, this begins with you. Your wife and daughters are not fashion experiments. They are your household, your responsibility, your glory.

You will stand before God for how they dress. You are to teach, protect, and lead. If your wife is wearing leggings in public, your failure is visible to the world. If your daughter is wearing tight jeans, you are permitting disorder. It is time to take back authority. To speak plainly. To restore the ancient standards.

Let your house reflect heaven, not Hollywood.

IX. Common Objections Answered

“But pants are modest if they’re loose!”
Not if they pertain to a man. Deuteronomy 22:5 does not say “immodest clothing”, it says man’s clothing. Even loose pants confuse the gender distinction.

“It’s a cultural thing.”
No. It is a creation thing. The command in Deuteronomy is rooted in God’s design of male and female. Culture cannot override creation.

“God looks at the heart.”
Yes, and the heart that loves God obeys His commands, including in outward dress.

“But I feel more comfortable in pants!”
So did the feminists. So do rebels. Comfort is not the standard, obedience is.

X. Let the Daughters Be Clothed in Glory

I do not call women to wear skirts because of nostalgia. I call them because Scripture commands distinction, history affirms modesty, and health demands covering. The rebellion of pants must end. Let the daughters of Zion be known by: Their humility, their holiness, their honor, and their visible submission to God’s order

Let the wives of Christian men walk in dignity, not in defiance. Let the households of the righteous proclaim by their clothing: We will serve the Lord. And let the world see that in a sea of confusion and compromise, there remains a remnant, unashamed, unbending, and unafraid.

Let the skirts flow. Let the thighs be covered. Let the husbands lead. Let the daughters rejoice. Let modesty return.

Let the Great Order rise again!

Soli Deo Gloria.

Politics, Religion, Social Topics

Is God a Globalist or a Nationalist?

October 10, 2021 Lord Redbeard 9 Comments

Is God a Globalist or a Nationalist? I’m sure most modern Churches and Christians would contend that he is a Globalist, that he does not see race/creed/nation/culture etc. If so then why did he create these defining characteristics?

If you have children, family or even close relatives that live with you, it’s fair to assume you love them more than you love relatives other non-related families.

That doesn’t mean you hate other families, does it? You can have “empathy, compassion, and understanding” for your friends, neighbors and even total strangers without having them live in your house.

That’s because it’s your house. You may let people come in from time to time, as guests, or maybe even for an extended stay if they are suffering in some way, you may even allow them to join your family on a long term basis provided certain terms are set and boundaries established. But it is still your house, not theirs.

It’s the same with nations. Nations are people, not governments, just as a family is the people of the household, not the household rules. A Nation is your “Extended” family. The word Nation is literally in reference to the nationality of it’s people.

A nation like America can have “empathy, compassion, and understanding” for other nations, particularly if those nations are suffering in some way, but the “house” still belongs to the Americans. “Nationalism” requires no hatred for other nations. It just clarifies who owns the house. The Indians own India, the Japanese own Japan, the Africans own Africa and the Americans own America.

But God is certainly no globalist. Surely He loves all the people of the globe, for He created them all. He loves the genuine diversity that exists in the variety of cultures, languages, and skin colors that He created to be different on purpose. But in terms of how those many diverse nations relate to each other, God is in fact a nationalist.

That does not mean we can sign God up for our political parties or pet projects. Far from it. It merely means from beginning to end, His Word speaks of the nations as nations, calls them to serve Him as nations, sets their borders, provides for the protection of those borders, and for the ultimate healing of those nations.

He clearly acts to disrupt globalist projects like the Tower of Babel, where the nations tried to live together in a globalist/multicultural empire. Against this globalist attempt, God scattered them into distinct nations with their own distinct cultures and languages.

Do we think ourselves wiser than God? He says explicitly in the Bible that He created diversity out of unity (the nations from the blood of one man), and that He sets the boundaries or borders where they are to live. Why? So that they will be better able to seek after Him and find Him:

“God…has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us….” (Acts 17:26–27)

Globalism/multiculturalism is clearly not God’s plan, insisting that all these different people live together in the same house (nation), thus destroying the beauty of all their individual nations, cultures and amazing diversity. The result is the opposite of what God said would happen when we respect national borders: the nations find it much harder to seek and find God.

So this begs the question, what nationality is America? we are ethnically, linguistically, historically, culturally, and religiously European. For the purposes of this writing Jesus was from Israel, to be sure, which is not in Europe. He is not a European (nor is He African). He is what most would call Middle Eastern. He is an Israelite, a son of David and Abraham. We are also a Christian Nation. the New Testament has a surprisingly European foundation. It’s written, not in Hebrew, but in a European language (Greek). The Son of God appeared in the midst of a European empire, and the Gospel was carried on European roads and in European ships. Paul was redirected from further eastward missionary activity by a vision of a European man. And the one man who wrote more of the New Testament than any other was Luke, a European.

These facts give us no cause to boast, but rather to be humble and thankful. Historically, so far, “the faith is Europe, and Europe is the faith,” as Hilaire Belloc put it. We should harbor no animosity toward people who look, live, or speak differently than us. We should pray for peace among all the nations, and for the love and truth of Christ to bring healing to every people on the face of the earth. We should treasure the unique cultures of every people and want them to be protected and preserved as God created them.

But again, our primary focus should be our own people and our own nation, as that is our duty to our families, children, neighbors and to God.

Therefore, Globalism/Multiculturalism, among other things, hinders the work of the Great Commission and proves that God is in fact a Nationalist!

History, Irish, Social Topics

Irish Slave Trade

December 2, 2020 Lord Redbeard 10 Comments

They came as slaves; vast human cargo transported on tall British ships bound for the Americas. They were shipped by the hundreds of thousands and included men, women, and even the youngest of children.

Whenever they rebelled or even disobeyed an order, they were punished in the harshest ways. Slave owners would hang their human property by their hands and set their hands or feet on fire as one form of punishment. They were burned alive and had their heads placed on pikes in the marketplace as a warning to other captives.

We don’t really need to go through all of the gory details, do we? We know all too well the atrocities of the African slave trade.

But, are we talking about African slavery? King James II and Charles I also led a continued effort to enslave the Irish. Britain’s famed Oliver Cromwell furthered this practice of dehumanizing one’s next door neighbor.

The Irish slave trade began when 30,000 Irish prisoners were sold as slaves to the New World. The King James I Proclamation of 1625 required Irish political prisoners be sent overseas and sold to English settlers in the West Indies. By the mid 1600s, the Irish were the main slaves sold to Antigua and Montserrat. At that time, 70% of the total population of Montserrat were Irish slaves.

Ireland quickly became the biggest source of human livestock for English merchants. The majority of the early slaves to the New World were actually white.

From 1641 to 1652, over 500,000 Irish were killed by the English and another 300,000 were sold as slaves. Ireland’s population fell from about 1,500,000 to 600,000 in one single decade. Families were ripped apart as the British did not allow Irish dads to take their wives and children with them across the Atlantic. This led to a helpless population of homeless women and children. Britain’s solution was to auction them off as well.

In 1641, Ireland’s population was 1,466,000 and in 1652, 616,000. According to Sir William Petty, 850,000 were wasted by the sword, plague, famine, hardship and banishment during the Confederation War 1641-1652. At the end of the war, vast numbers of Irish men, women and children were forcibly transported to the American colonies by the English government.(7) These people were rounded up like cattle, and, as Prendergast reports on Thurloe’s State Papers(8) (Pub. London, 1742), “In clearing the ground for the adventurers and soldiers (the English capitalists of that day)… To be transported to Barbados and the English plantations in America. It was a measure beneficial to Ireland, which was thus relieved of a population that might trouble the planters; it was a benefit to the people removed, which might thus be made English and Christians … a great benefit to the West India sugar planters, who desired men and boys for their bondsmen, and the women and Irish girls… To solace them.”(9)

J. Williams provides additional evidence of the attitude of the English government towards the Irish in an English law of June 26, 1657: “Those who fail to transplant themselves into Connaught (Ireland’s Western Province) or (County) Clare within six months… Shall be attained of high treason… Are to be sent into America or some other parts beyond the seas…”(10) Those thus banished who return are to “suffer the pains of death as felons by virtue of this act, without benefit of Clergy.”(11)

The following are but a few of the numerous references to those Irish transported against their will between 1651 and 1660.

Emmet asserts that during this time, more that

“100,000 young children who were orphans or had been taken from their Catholic parents, were sent abroad into slavery in the West Indies, Virginia and New England, that they might lose their faith and all knowledge of their nationality, for in most instances even their names were changed… Moreover, the contemporary writers assert between 20,000 and 30,000 men and women who were taken prisoner were sold in the American colonie as slaves, with no respect to their former station in life.”(12)

Dunn claims in Barbados the Irish Catholics constituted the largest block of servants on the island.(13) Higham estimated that in 1652 Barbados had absorbed no less than 12,000 of these political prisoners.(14) E. Williams reports: “In 1656 Cromwell’s Council of State voted that 1,000 Irish girls and 1,000 Irish young men be sent to Jamaica.”(15) Smith declares: “it is impossible to say how many shiploads of unhappy Irish were dispatched to America by the English government,” and “no mention of such shipments would be very likely to appear in the State Papers… They must have been very considerable in number.”(16)

Estimates vary between 80,000 and 130,000 regarding the amount of Irish sent into slavery in America and the West Indies during the years of 1651 – 1660: Prendergast says 80,000(17); Boudin 100,000(18); Emmet 120,000 to 130,000(19); Lingard 60,000 up until 1656(20); and Condon estimates “the number of Irish transported to the British colonies in America from 1651 – 1660 exceeded the total number of their inhabitants at that period, a fact which ought not to be lost sight of by those who undertake to estimate the strength of the Celtic element in this nation…”(21)

It is impossible to ascertain the exact number of those unfortunate victims of English injustice during this period, but we do know the amount was massive. Even though the figures given above are but estimates, they are estimates from eminent historians.

The flow of the Irish to the American colonies throughout the remainder of the 17th century was large and continuous, but not nearly as massive as between 1651 and 1660. Some of the many statements by historians give evidence of this Irish tide. Higham reports that in 1664 the Irish took the place of the French on St. Bartholomew’s.(22) Smith claims that during the four years leading up to 1675, already 500 Irish servants were brought to Jamaica by ships from Bristol, England that stopped in Ireland for provisions.(23) During 1680 on the Leeward Islands, Dunn posits: “with so many Irish Catholic servants and farmers… The English planters became obsessed with the fear of popery.”(24) Dunn also states that in Jamaica in 1685 the 2nd Duke of Aberlmarle, after his appointment by James II, a Catholic, mustered his chief support from the Irish Catholic small planters and servants and that the indentured servants who constituted the island militia were mainly Irish Catholic.(25) In reporting on Father Garganel’s statements, Lenihan claims: “in 1699 Father Garganel, S.J., Superior of the island of Martinique, asked for one or two Irish Fathers for that and the neighboring isles which were ‘fill of Irish’ for every year shiploads of men, boys and girls, partly crimped, partly carried off by main force for the purposes of slave trade, are conveyed by the English from Ireland.”(26)

During the 1650s, over 100,000 Irish children between the ages of 10 and 14 were taken from their parents and sold as slaves in the West Indies, Virginia and New England. In this decade, 52,000 Irish (mostly women and children) were sold to Barbados and Virginia. Another 30,000 Irish men and women were also transported and sold to the highest bidder. In 1656, Cromwell ordered that 2000 Irish children be taken to Jamaica and sold as slaves to English settlers.

Many people today will avoid calling the Irish slaves what they truly were: Slaves. They’ll come up with terms like “Indentured Servants” to describe what occurred to the Irish. However, in most cases from the 17th and 18th centuries, Irish slaves were nothing more than human cattle.

As an example, the African slave trade was just beginning during this same period. It is well recorded that African slaves, not tainted with the stain of the hated Catholic theology and more expensive to purchase, were often treated far better than their Irish counterparts.

African slaves were very expensive during the late 1600s (50 Sterling). Irish slaves came cheap (no more than 5 Sterling). If a planter whipped or branded or beat an Irish slave to death, it was never a crime. A death was a monetary setback, but far cheaper than killing a more expensive African. The English masters quickly began breeding the Irish women for both their own personal pleasure and for greater profit. Children of slaves were themselves slaves, which increased the size of the master’s free workforce. Even if an Irish woman somehow obtained her freedom, her kids would remain slaves of her master. Thus, Irish moms, even with this new found emancipation, would seldom abandon their kids and would remain in servitude.

In time, the English thought of a better way to use these women (in many cases, girls as young as 12) to increase their market share: The settlers began to breed Irish women and girls with African men to produce slaves with a distinct complexion. These new “mulatto” slaves has a higher intelligence level than that of African slaves, brought a higher price than Irish livestock and, likewise, enabled the settlers to save money rather than purchase new African slaves. This practice of interbreeding Irish females with African men went on for several decades and was so widespread that, in 1681, legislation was passed “forbidding the practice of mating Irish slave women to African slave men for the purpose of producing slaves for sale.” In short, it was stopped only because it interfered with the profits of a large slave transport company.

England continued to ship tens of thousands of Irish slaves for more than a century. Records state that, after the 1798 Irish Rebellion, thousands of Irish slaves were sold to both America and Australia. There were horrible abuses of both African and Irish captives. One British ship even dumped 1,302 slaves into the Atlantic Ocean because the crew was low on food.

There is little question that the Irish experienced the horrors of slavery much more in the 17th Century than the Africans did. There is, also, very little question that those brown, tanned faces you witness in your travels to the West Indies are very likely a combination of African and Irish ancestry. In 1839, Britain finally decided on its own to end its participation in Satan’s highway to hell and stopped transporting slaves. While their decision did not stop pirates from doing what they desired, the new law slowly concluded this particular chapter of nightmarish Irish misery.

But, if anyone, black or white, believes that slavery was only an African experience, then they’ve got it completely wrong. Irish slavery is a subject worth remembering, researching and not erasing from our memories.

But, where are our public (and PRIVATE) schools???? Where are the history books? Why is it so seldom discussed?

Do the memories of hundreds of thousands of Irish victims merit more than a mention from an unknown writer? Or is their story to be one that their English pirates intended: To (unlike the African book) have the Irish story utterly and completely disappear as if it never happened.

None of the Irish victims ever made it back to their homeland to describe their ordeal. These are the lost slaves; the ones that time and biased history books conveniently forgot.

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Balkanization of the United States

November 9, 2020 Lord Redbeard 19 Comments

If you look across the American landscape in 2020, you might notice half of America hates the other half. Half of our U.S. Congress hates the other half, so much so, they’re doing nothing to further the interests of the American people. It’s called, “legislative gridlock.” And even though it’s hard to accept it’s all planned and purposed by those who have always been our enemy.

Back in the 1960’s democrats and republicans at least pretended to work together. Americans prided themselves on working together. Even with our ethnic and racial challenges, we enjoyed a common heritage and culture. We worked through those challenges in a positive mostly manner. The first of many major mistakes was Teddy Kennedy’s “1965 Immigration Reform Act” that commenced the disintegration of America and the influx of those who were traditionally not “American”

Today, more than 100,000,000 million “legal” (Not counting illegal) immigrants later, we have managed to create a web of dysfunctional multiculturalism so tangled there may be no hope of correcting it short of total war, incompatible religions and violent cultures have been encouraged, even forced into our once peaceful and productive society – all by the hand of our elected leaders and those who control them.

A very similar thing happened to France and Europe in the 1970’s. When France opened its borders to unlimited Muslim immigration in the 1970’s, Frenchman Jean Raspail, penned a prophetic novel, Camp of the Saints, describing the consequences of that senseless choice, “You don’t know my people – the squalor, superstitions, the fatalistic sloth that they’ve wallowed in for generations. You don’t know what you’re in for if that fleet of brutes ever lands in your lap. Everything will change in this country of yours. They will swallow you up!”

Today, another writer chronicled the result of that mistake in his book: The Strange Death of Europe—Immigration, Identity, Islam by Douglas Murray. If the United States maintains its current immigration course, much like the Titanic, someone around mid-century will likely write their magnum opus: The Strange Death of The United States of America—By Her Own Hand.

No doubt here in 2020, we see a plethora historians and wise men warning us about the future should we continue on our current destructive course:

“Immigrants devoted to their own cultures and religions are not influenced by the secular politically correct façade that dominates academia, news-media, entertainment, education, religious and political thinking today,” said James Walsh, former Associate General Counsel of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. “They claim the right not to assimilate, and the day is coming when the question will be how can the United States regulate the defiantly unassimilated cultures, religions and mores of foreign lands? Such immigrants say their traditions trump the U.S. legal system. Balkanization of the United States has begun.” – It is only us, the progeny of the founders that have not yet realized the depth of our troubles.

It can’t get much clearer than that statement by James Walsh. He can see it. I can see it. Roy Beck sees it. Dan Stein sees it. Jason Mrochek sees it. Dr. John Tanton saw it 50 years ago. Kathleene Parkers saw it. Barbara Jordan saw it. U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Steve King (R-IA) see it. All of them wrote about it. Virtually no one in the U.S. Congress heeded the messages. If they did, they suffered name-calling such as the dreaded “R-word.” The absurd fear of being labeled any politically incorrect term basically shuts down anyone in the political arena.

Because of our open-door policy for the past 55 years, we’re being balkanized from within and we are too lazy and scared to take the steps necessary to correct the mistakes (or intentional sabotage) of our past elected leaders.

Recently the state senator from Missouri, Maria Chappelle said, “I hope Trump is assassinated.” To make such a call constitutes “treason” but since she’s a minority and no one wants to be labeled the “R” word, she gets a pass. In Colorado, Denver Councilwoman Candi de Baca said, “If I get the coronavirus, I am going to attend as many MAGA rallies as I can.” In other words, she would deliberately infect anyone who doesn’t hold her views. Also a minority, she enjoys immunity.

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said, “Trump is a racist, a sexist, a homophobe, a xenophobe and a religious bigot.”

That statement condemns more than half of the American public, everyone that voted for Trump. It intentionally enflames the other half. When a national leader attacks SO virulently, it incites civil unrest, social anger, racial animosity and cultural chaos. We have to realize this is being orchestrated on purpose to further the agenda of global elites.

The Somalian immigrant and House member Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, a democrat and a devout Muslim intent on installing Sharia Law in America, said, “I want all Muslims in America to make all Americans uncomfortable.” Indeed, they have made us uncomfortable and will continue to do so by continuing to escalate the acts of violence upon their avowed enemy – Christians, particularly European Christians.

If you whisk off to Hollywood, Debra Messing, a star in a disgusting homosexual sitcom, stated, “Trump puts all Americans in mortal danger.”

Earlier this year, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, (D-NY), and the man who gave driver’s licenses to the supposed 9/11 hijackers, told two Supreme Court justices, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch, “You will pay the price” if they support any case against abortion rights, similar remarks were made to the latest Supreme court appointee, Barrett.

“Justices know that criticism comes with the territory, but threatening statements of this sort from the highest levels of government are not only inappropriate, they are dangerous,” Chief Justice Roberts said in a statement. “All Members of the Court will continue to do their job, without fear or favor, from whatever quarter.” – We can only hope this statement is true.

The Council on American Islamic Relations works 24/7 to bring Sharia Law to America. The Muslim Brotherhood works to incorporate black minorities into that religion with the intent of overthrowing the U.S. Constitution. The greater their numbers the greater their power. Black Lives Matter members intimidate, carry weapons and absolutely loathe the United States of America and everything it once stood for. Antifa literally chants “death to America” in the streets whilst being cheered on by the corrupt media.

With 15+ million illegal Mexicans in America, La Raza, “The Race”, works to recapture the four border states back into Mexico: Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. One demographer noted on the Tucker Carlson Show on FOX NEWs recently, that immigrants birthed more babies in American in 2019 than actual Americans. As a matter of fact, in the same report, illegal pregnant women birthed 372,000 ‘anchor babies’ inside our borders in 2019. (Source: Tucker Carlson, FOX News, www.cis.org)

Don Lemon, a minority-gay CNN news host said, “The most dangerous terrorists in America are white straight men.” As James Welsh said back in 1991, “The balkanization of America has already begun.”

If you are reading this blog regardless of your political affiliation , do you think our country will survive? Do you think we can import another projected 110 million “legal” immigrants from 196 countries by 2050 and survive the sociological, religious, linguistic and cultural chaos brought to our shores?

MORE TO COME…………….

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Politics, Religion, Social Topics

The Rulers We Deserve

November 8, 2020 Lord Redbeard 4 Comments

A Call to Repentance, Reformation, and Household Dominion

By Lord Redbeard

I. A Nation in Decline Reaps What It Has Sown

Scripture does not stutter: we are governed not merely by what we choose, but by what we deserve. We are ruled in accordance with our collective obedience or rebellion. God is not mocked—for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap (Galatians 6:7). The condition of civil government in a nation is a spiritual thermometer of the people’s moral temperature. We are not victims of tyranny—we are under judgment. And the state of modern America proves it without question.

We are plagued by corruption in high places because we have allowed corruption in our hearts. Our laws reflect our idols. Our media mirrors our lusts. Our educational system teaches our rebellion. Our entertainment celebrates our abominations. And our rulers—confused, effeminate, godless, or greedy—are a visible judgment from God upon a people who have cast off His Word.

This is not unprecedented. In Isaiah 3, the Lord describes the condition of Judah just before He brings them into judgment. The people have forsaken His commandments. They boast in sin. They neglect the poor. They glorify wealth, vanity, and status. And what is God’s response? He removes the stabilizing structures of society.

“And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them… As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them.”
— Isaiah 3:4, 12 KJV

The result is predictable: disorder, division, and eventual destruction. When a nation abandons righteousness, God does not simply allow decline—He ordains it as punishment. And in His justice, He gives the people the rulers they deserve.

II. When God Judges a Nation, He Starts with Leadership

God does not need to destroy a nation with fire from heaven. One of His most terrifying judgments is the removal of wise and righteous leadership. He withdraws His hand of protection and guidance, and in their place rise up fools, children, and women—those unfit to rule.

“Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff… the mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet… the captain of fifty, and the honourable man…”
— Isaiah 3:1-3 KJV

These are not merely unfortunate political developments. These are divine removals. God strips a rebellious nation of its protectors and providers. Consider what has happened in modern America:

Our mighty men are removed from the battlefield. Our military is demoralized, not feared. Once feared by our enemies, it is now mocked, weakened by social engineering and political agendas.
Our judges are blind. They no longer uphold God’s justice but rewrite law to accommodate wickedness.
Our prophets preach smooth lies. Modern pastors no longer cry out against sin but market feel-good spirituality to itching ears.
Our craftsmen are few. Tradesmen, artisans, and men of skill have been replaced by consumers and office drones. Masculine labor is despised.
Our leaders are childish, emotional, and unpredictable. Politics is theater. Governance is chaos. Women and children now rule over us—and the people cheer.

This is judgment. Not political misfortune. Judgment.

God gives a nation leaders who reflect the hearts of the people. We have demanded comfort over courage, peace over principle, prosperity over piety. And now we reap the bitter harvest. We asked for Caesar, and we got clowns. We demanded equality, and we were given incompetence.

We are ruled by our own reflections. And until we repent, we will be ruled by ruin.

III. The Faces of Our Rebellion Are Public and Proud

The collapse of righteous leadership is not the root—it is the fruit. The root is national rebellion. And in our time, it is not a hidden rebellion. It is public, proud, and paraded.

“The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul!”
— Isaiah 3:9 KJV

Once, sin brought shame. Now, it brings applause. Our culture celebrates abortion as a human right, sodomy as virtue, feminism as freedom, and rebellion as self-expression. We call evil good and good evil. We have exchanged God’s moral order for moral anarchy.

Our parades celebrate abomination. Our schools teach confusion. Our corporations reward perversion. And the church, instead of resisting, has largely joined the rebellion.

The Lord says, “Woe unto their soul!”—because the destruction they deserve is the destruction they will get.

This is why the righteous suffer alongside the wicked in times of judgment. Because the people, as a whole, are lawless. The covenant has been broken. And even among God’s people, repentance is rare. We lament wicked rulers, but we tolerate wickedness in our homes. We weep over ungodly laws, but we permit ungodly media, ungodly friendships, ungodly habits.

We are not victims of political misfortune. We are under righteous wrath.

IV. The Fall of Feminine Culture and the Curse of Female Rule

Isaiah speaks not only to the men of Judah, but to the women—and he does not mince words.

“Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes… Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head.”
— Isaiah 3:16-17 KJV

Rarely does God speak judgment directly to the women. But when He does, it is because their influence has become culturally destructive. The women of Judah, like the women of modern America, are steeped in vanity, seduction, consumerism, and self-worship. They lead their families, not toward God, but toward destruction.

This is not about voting or office-holding—it is about influence. Women, by nature, shape culture through fashion, tone, language, and domestic presence. When that influence becomes rebellious and sensual, the entire society follows. Just look at today:

Women flaunt their nakedness on social media and call it empowerment.
Feminists reject marriage, children, and submission to pursue careers, fame, and fornication.
Mothers abandon their homes for vanity, chasing influence rather than godly offspring.
Immodesty is a billion-dollar industry.
Men have become spineless, enslaved to the approval of harlots.

And the judgment?

“Women rule over them.” — Isaiah 3:12

This is not progress. It is judgment. The rise of female leadership in society is a sign that the men have abdicated, and God has cursed the land. It is not a blessing to have a female ruler—it is a disgrace to the men.

We must return to God’s order: men as heads, women as helpmeets, children as disciples. Until then, disorder will increase. And judgment will not relent.

V. What Then Shall the Righteous Do?

In the midst of judgment, God does not leave the faithful without hope.

“Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.” — Isaiah 3:10 KJV

Even as the nation collapses, the righteous have a sure promise: they will be preserved. Their homes may be surrounded by chaos, but inside their walls there is peace. Their barns may not overflow, but their children will be taught of the Lord. Their influence may not be on television, but their legacy will endure for generations.

Righteousness always bears fruit. Always.

The faithful remnant must not lose heart. In times of judgment, they are not called to despair, but to build—to plant trees for their grandchildren, to dig deep wells of Scripture and truth, to labor in unseen places that the Lord might be glorified and future generations secured.

The patriarch must not concern himself with the presidency more than with his own table. The wife must not long for celebrity when she has been given the sacred task of shaping immortal souls. The children must not seek worldly popularity, but wisdom and holiness.

Faithfulness is resistance. Obedience is rebellion against the world. In an age of collapse, righteousness is a weapon.

VI. The Household: The Frontline of Resistance

The nation will not be saved by elections, protests, or political revolutions. It will be saved—if it is to be saved at all—by the reformation of households.

The home is where dominion begins. Before there can be righteous rulers in the land, there must be righteous rulers in the home. God is not looking for better ballots; He is looking for better fathers.

“Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it.” — Psalm 127:1

If we desire national restoration, we must return to God’s household model:

The father is the head: provider, protector, and priest. He governs with strength and wisdom.
The wives submit joyfully, serve diligently, and raise the next generation with excellence and virtue.
The children are trained in obedience, industry, worship, and responsibility.
The home is a miniature kingdom—a domain of righteousness, structure, and sacred order.

This is why feminism and statism have worked so hard to destroy the household. They know what many Christians have forgotten: he who controls the family controls the future.

It is time for fathers to rise again. Start by reclaiming what is yours:

Remove your children from government schools.
Lead family worship daily.
Take dominion through property, business, and legacy.
Train your sons to lead and your daughters to build.
Stop outsourcing what God commanded you to do.

The nation will not change until the men of God reclaim headship in their homes.

VII. What About the Government? What About Reform?

It is right to grieve over the condition of our nation. It is right to mourn the corruption, the wicked laws, the godless judges, the unjust rulers. But we must not be deceived into thinking that government reform can save us.

God controls rulers.

“By Me kings reign, and princes decree justice.” — Proverbs 8:15
“He removeth kings, and setteth up kings.” — Daniel 2:21

If we want better government, we must become better people. If we want righteous rulers, we must raise them.

When Israel demanded a king, God gave them one—not as a blessing, but as a judgment.

“They have not rejected thee, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them.” — 1 Samuel 8:7

We must not ask for righteous government while rejecting God’s reign in our homes, churches, and communities. The irony is deep: we demand Christian presidents while refusing to rule our own children. We pray for godly laws while tolerating ungodliness in our own hearts.

God is not mocked. If we will not submit to His rule, He will give us tyrants. And until we repent, we will be ruled by the very sins we celebrated.

VIII. Return to God, Rebuild the Nation

The path back is not easy, but it is clear.

“If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways…” — 2 Chronicles 7:14

This is not a sentimental verse—it is a divine blueprint.

Humble yourselves — Reject pride, self-righteousness, and entitlement.
Pray — Not weak, emotional platitudes, but strong, reverent, Scripture-saturated prayer.
Seek His face — Return to His Word, His law, His will.
Turn from wicked ways — Repent. Break off your sins. Cleanse your house. Discipline your family.

Then—and only then—will He hear, forgive, and heal.

This means turning away from the idols of convenience. No more excuses. No more deflection. Reformation is costly. Repentance is painful. But restoration is impossible without them.

We must rebuild the nation like Nehemiah rebuilt the wall:

Each family builds their section.
Each man labors with a sword on his side.
The people pray while they work.

This is how Jerusalem was rebuilt. This is how we must rebuild: family by family, household by household.

IX. Conclusion: We Deserve Our Rulers—But We Can Raise Up Better Ones

We deserve the rulers we have. We deserve godless policies, unjust courts, perverse education, and incompetent officials. We deserve female rule, effeminate pastors, and degenerate leaders. Why? Because we abandoned the covenant. We rejected the King of Kings. We made gods of ourselves and idols of our pleasures.

But all is not lost.

God is still on His throne. His Word is still true. His promises still stand.

“And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations.” — Isaiah 58:12

You can begin today. Right now. Reclaim your household. Restore the fear of the Lord. Train your children in righteousness. Multiply. Establish dominion. Build. Teach. Reform.

And the day will come when God will raise up men of courage, wisdom, and justice—because they were formed by fathers who feared the Lord and ruled well.

Let it begin with you.
Let it begin with your home.
Let the patriarchs rise.

Holidays, Religion, Social Topics

As Followers Of Christ Should We Be Celebrating Halloween?

October 10, 2020 Lord Redbeard 8 Comments

Should Christians Celebrate Halloween?

Halloween is celebrated by millions of people as a fun time for kids, putting on costumes, and going door-to-door to get candy. But it is also known as a time of witches, ghouls, goblins, and ghosts. On one hand, some see Halloween as a harmless time of fun and on the other, a ghastly and demonically inspired night to be avoided. I think we should look to the origin of the holiday and more importantly the Bible for the answer. As Christians, there is a lot of debate on whether or not we should participate in Halloween. Is it alright to go trick-or-treating? Can we dress our kids up in costumes on that day? If we do any of this, are we celebrating an evil holiday? Halloween, no matter how commercialized, has completely pagan origins. As innocent as it may seem to some, it is not something to be taken lightly. Christians tend to have various ways to celebrate Halloween. For some, it means having an “alternative” Harvest Party such as “Trunk or Treat” For others, it is staying away from the ghosts, witches, goblins, etc., and wearing innocuous costumes, e.g., little princesses, clowns, cowboys, super-heroes, etc.

The Origin of Halloween:

The idea of observing October 31st as a holiday originated with the ancient Celtic priests, called “Druids”, around 300 B.C. The Druids lived in the area between Great Britain and Germany. Their new year began on November 1st, so October 31st was set aside to worship their god, Samhain, the god of the dead. So October 31st was the Celtic New Year’s Eve, the time for their Festival of Death. The Druids believed that Samhain gathered all the souls of the past year’s dead on this night. These souls had been confined to the bodies of various animals to atone for their sins. Animal sacrifices and even human sacrifices were carried out , usually in forests. This practice was observed until around 61 A.D. when it was outlawed by the Romans. However, some animal sacrifices were still practiced as late as 400 A.D. Halloween is filled with all sorts of pagan characters and customs that Christians should completely avoid. The black cat, for example, was believed by the Druids to be evil spirit friends of witches, and even witches themselves. These cats were often kept in wicker cages and burned in animal sacrifices. Witches are worshipers of Satan, and they are an abomination to God (Exo. 22:18; Deu. 18:10-11). Why would a God-fearing Christian want to dress-up their child like something that God hates? Scary masks were worn by the Celts to scare away evil spirits. The jack-o-lantern was used for the same purpose, although a turnip was originally used. What most people think of as “ghosts” are not the spirits of dead people, but rather EVIL spirits which we are warned about in the Bible (Lev. 19:31; 20:27; II Kgs. 23:24; Mat. 10:1; Mar. 3:11; Acts 8:7; Rev. 16:13). Why would a Christian want to decorate their home with such wickedness? Do you really think God want you to dress your child up like an evil spirit? Even the orange and black colors of Halloween have a wicked origin. At the Druid Festival of Death for Samhain huge bon fires were used for offering human and animal sacrifices. So the colors of the night were orange flames glowing in the dark. Trick-or-treating finds it’s origin in the custom of peasants going house to house begging for money to purchase necessities for a feast for Muck Olla, the Druid sun god. A blessing was promised to generous givers, while threats were often made to those who were stingy. Even more disturbing is apple bobbing this comes from the Roman festival of Pomona, the goddess of fruit and trees. This festival was merged with the festival of Samhain after Rome conquered Britain. In honor of Samhain, subjects were forced to bob for apples in boiling hot water. Those who lived through this ordeal were set free. In most witchcraft covens, the closing ritual includes eating an apple or engaging in fertility rites. In witchcraft, eating an apple is symbolic of bringing life. The practice of bobbing for apples brings together two pagan traditions: divination and the fertility ritual. The Druids taught that the spirit world was closer to the earth on this night than at any other time, and that “the gods” would even appear on this night to play tricks on people. Pope Bonoface III, in the seventh century, set aside May 13th as “All Saints Day” or “All Hallows Day” as a time for Roman Catholics to honor all known dead saints. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III moved the date to November 1st which conveniently merged “All Hallows Day” and “All Hallows Eve” with the Celtic New Year and the Festival of Samhain. This custom wasn’t much observed in America until the 1840’s when large numbers of immigrants came over from Ireland and Scotland.

What Does The Bible Say About Halloween and Pagan Celebrations?

First off the Bible tells us to “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good “ (1 Thessalonians 5:21) so do you think we can “Prove” Halloween is “Good” in the sight of God? If Jesus were here today do you think he would take all the disciples out Trick-or-treating?

Scripture does not refer directly to Halloween, but it does give us some principles on which we can make a decision. In Old Testament , witchcraft was a crime punishable by death (Exodus 22:18; Leviticus 19:31; 20:6, 27). The New Testament teaching about the occult is clear. Acts 8:9-24, the story of Simon, shows that occultism and Christianity don’t mix. The account of Elymas the sorcerer in Acts 13:6-11 reveals that sorcery is violently opposed to Christianity. Paul called Elymas a child of the devil, an enemy of righteousness and a perverter of the ways of God. In Acts 16, at Philippi, a fortune-telling girl lost her demon powers when the evil spirit was cast out by Paul. The interesting matter here is that Paul refused to allow even good statements to come from a demon-influenced person. Acts 19 shows new converts who have abruptly broken with their former occultism by confessing, showing their evil deeds, bringing their magic paraphernalia, and burning it before everyone (Acts 19:19).

Spread to North America:

North American almanacs of the late 18th and early 19th century give no indication that Halloween was celebrated here. The Puritans of New England, for example, maintained strong opposition to Halloween and it was not until the mass Irish and Scottish immigration during the 19th century that it was brought to North America in earnest. Confined to the immigrant communities during the mid-19th century, it was gradually assimilated into mainstream society and by the first decade of the 20th century it was unfortunately being celebrated coast to coast by people of all social, racial and religious backgrounds.

More to come on this subject!!!