Banned in the USA – The Bible is no longer welcome in many US cities.
The Bible is no longer welcome in Chicago.
Prepper Recon is typically not a source that covers the culture war. There is no need to reinvent the wheel nor Fox News where the culture war is discussed ad nauseum. From time to time, however, a particular battle in the culture war arises that we believe affects our countries survival. We will resume our 7 part preparedness plan with part 2, The Bug Out Bag, in our next post.
President Obama’s former Chief of Staff and now Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emmanuel has issued a statement that Chick Fil A is no longer welcome in Chicago. This decision came on the heals of a comment made by Chick Fil A CEO, Dan Cathy. He simply stated that he supported “the biblical definition of marriage”. No derogatory statements were made. Rahm Emmanuel said those are not Chicago’s values and stated Chicago was withdrawing its welcome to Chick Fil A. His fight is not with Dan Cathy, but rather the Bible. Homosexuality is not something Dan Cathy decided was wrong. It is spoken of in Leviticus 18:22 and I Corinthians 6:9 as a sin. It is no worse than the other sins spoken of in those passages such as drunkenness or greed, but it is a sin. In pulling the welcome mat for Chick Fil A , he is pulling the welcome mat from the Bible and anyone who believes it. Are churches next to be told by Rahm that they have worn out their welcome ? Will they be followed by the eviction all Christians? Can you imagine the out cry that would be made if any Mayor, any where, were to say Gay business owners are not welcome in their city?
What does this have to do with prepping? Everything! The Bible carefully spells out what a nation can expect when it chooses to follow God in the way of blessings. The Bible is even more descriptive of what a nation can expect in the way of curses when they turn away from God and the way he has asked us to live. Our nation has been slowly migrating away from the Bible for years. We seem to be picking up the pace lately and we should expect to reap what we sow. At Prepper Recon, we believe the Bible is the infallible Word of GOD. In Deuteronomy 28 of the Bible, Gods declares blessings for obedience and his curses for disobedience. Here is a short excerpt:
Blessings: Deuteronomy28:1-14
If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.2 All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God:
3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
4 The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
5 Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.
6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
7 The Lord will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.(J)
8 The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The Lord your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.
9 The Lord will establish you as his holy people,as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the Lord your God and walk in obedience to him. 10 Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they will fear you. 11 The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.
12 The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. 13 The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. 14 Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left,following other gods and serving them.
Curses: Deuteronomy 28: 15- 24
if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today,all these curses will come on you and overtake you:
16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.
17 Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed.
18 The fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
19 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
20 The Lord will send on you curses, confusion and rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in forsaking him. 21 The Lord will plague you with diseases until he has destroyed you from the land you are entering to possess. 22 The Lord will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, with blight and mildew, which will plague you until you perish. 23 The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron. 24 The Lord will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.
The curses actually go on for another 44 verses but I think you get the picture. Some will say ” I believe in a loving God and he wouldn’t curse a nation like that.” I believe in a loving God too. I also believe in a God that that lets us choose. If we are cursed, it is because we chose to be so.
Allow me to point out a couple things that may sound familiar. Vs 17 “Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed” I think this verse refers to economic prosperity. You really have to do some digging to find any good news on the economy.
Vs.22″The Lord will strike you with…with scorching heat and drought” Has anybody watched the Weather Channel lately?
Vs.18″ The fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.” Commodities analysts expect beef prices to fall this year as farmers sell cattle they are unable to feed due to the drought. Next year, however they expect prices of beef to sky rocket. Corn prices are up 41% since the beginning of the drought.
Chicago is one of several cities who have withdrawn their welcome for the Bible. Philadelphia City Councilman James Kenney told Chick Fil A to “take a hike and take your intolerance with you,” . Bostons Mayor Thomas Menino, also said the chain would not be welcome.
If you believe the Bible, it is irrational to think things are going to get better. Our nation has become unblessable. The time to prepare for our destruction is now. Destruction is a strong word but it is not mine, I borrowed that from Vs. 20, and 24. Don’t take my word for it. read the entire text of Deuteronomy 28. You will find that some derivative of the word “destruction” ( destruction, destroy or destroyed) shows up 8 times.
The Ultimate Prep
All of this talk of wrath may have you wondering what to do about it. The Bible is very clear, “You must be born again” John 3:7. What does that mean? Watch this video and check out the link below it.
Be Blessed and feel free to e-mail me at prepperrecon@gmail.com if you have any other questions about Knowing God.
