WORDS OF GOD OR OF JESUS ARE IN RED AND ARE SPOKEN BY THE BURNING BUSH.
COME LET US BUILD A TOWER WITH ITS TOP TO THE SKY AND SO MAKE A NAME FOR OURSELVES.
IF NOW, WHILE YOU ARE ONE PEOPLE, ALL SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE YOU HAVE STARTED TO DO THIS, NOTHING WILL STOP YOU FROM DOING WHATEVER YOU PRESUME TO DO. LET US THEN GO DOWN AND THERE CONFUSE YOUR LANGUAGE
GENESIS 11:4-7
THE WAR WITH AMALEK EXODUS 17 13TH CENTURY BC
MOSES REGARDS VICTORY OVER THE AMALEKITES AS AN APPROVAL FROM GOD OF THE MILITARY EXPOITS OF ISRAEL
I WANT TO BLOT THIS WAR WITH GOD WANTS TO BLOT OUT AMALEK OUT OF MY MEMORY AMALEK
BATTLES OF JERICHO AND GIBEON JOSHUA CHS 6-10 11TH CENTURY BC
JOSHUA CONQUERS MANY LANDS AND SPLIT’S THEM UP AMONG THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL. THEY BECOME RICH AND TURN AWAY FROM GOD
ISRAEL HAS SINNED: THEY HAVE TAKEN GOODS SUBJECT TO THE BAN, AND HAVE DECEITFULLY PUT THEM IN THEIR BAGGAGE
JOSHUA 7:11
SAMSOM JUDGES 13-16 LATE 12TH CENTURY BC
SAMSON CONQUERS THE PHILISTINES AND RULES OVER THEM. HE VIOLATES HIS NAZARITE VOW. AS A RESULT HE IS CONQUERED AND BLINDED. AS HE REGAINS HIS STRENGTH HE SEEKS TO AVENGE HIMSELF AND DESTROYS HIMSELF IN THE PROCESS.
IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE OTHERS NEITHER WILL YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER FORGIVE YOU.
MATTHEW 6:15
DAVID AND GOLIATH 1 SAMUEL 17 11TH CENTURY BC
DAVID DEFEATS THE MIGHTY GOLIATH AND BECOMES FAMOUS. THIS INFURIATES SAUL KING SAUL NOW ATTEMPTS TO KILL DAVID. WE NEVER REALLY WIN IN BATTLE. WHEN WE THINK THAT WE WIN, WE THREATEN SOMEONE ELSE WHO NOW BECOMES A NEW ENEMY.
IF YOU LIVE BY THE SWORD, YOU WILL DIE BY THE SWORD.
MATTHEW 26:52
ELISHA AND SYRIA 2KINGS 6 9TH CENTURY BC
THE SIEGE OF SYRIA BECAME SO LONG AND SO COSTLY THAT NO MONEY WAS AVAILABLE FOR FOOD. SOME EVEN KILLED THEIR OWN CHILDREN FOR FOOD.
MISTER BUSH, ARE YOU LISTENING????
JEHOSAPHAT 2 CHRONICLES 20 9TH CENTURY BC
JEHOSOPHAT LED ISRAEL TO A GREAT VICTORY WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCUMULATION OF MUCH WEALTH. THE PEOPLE TURNED FROM GOD. JEHOSAPHAT BEGAN TO ALLY WITH OTHER KINGS IN ORDER TO GAIN MORE LAND. EVENTUALLY HIS ARMY WAS DESTROYED.
BECAUSE YOU DESPOILED MANY PEOPLES, ALL THE REST OF THE NATIONS SHALL DESPOIL YOU.
HABAKKUK 2:8
PUNIC WARS 264 BC - 52 BC
THE FIRST PUNIC WAR BEGAN AS A STRUGGLE FOR THE CONTROL OF COMMERCE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. WHEN CARTHAGE LOST THIS WAR AND THUS ANY CONTROL OVER COMMERCE OF THE SEA, SHE ATTEMPTED TO COMPENSATE WITH HUGE LAND CONQUESTS AND SOON BECAME A THREAT TO ROME. THE SECOND PUNIC WAR ALSO RESULTED IN A ROMAN VICTORY. CARTHAGE STILL ATTEMPTED TO BUILD UP ITS MILITARY MUSCLE SO ROME ATTACKED CARTHAGE TO FINISH HER OFF FOR GOOD. OF COURSE, IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE ROME WOULD ALSO FALL.
HOW MANY TIMES CAN A MAN TURN HIS HEAD AND PRETEND THAT HE JUST DOESN'T SEE? THE ANSWER, MY FRIEND, IS BLOWING IN THE WIND. THE ANSWER IS BLOWING IN THE WIND.
Peter. Paul, and Mary Blowing in the Wind
GALLIC WARS 58 BC - 52 BC
CAESAR LED A SERIES OF WARS AGAINST MANY DIFFERENT TRIBES IN EUROPE. NOT ONLY DID ROME TAKE CONTROL OVER A VAST AREA BUT BECAME FAMOUS AS A GREAT GENERAL. IN THE HEIGHT OF HIS FAME CAESAR WAS KILLED BY ONE OF HIS OWN MEN. THE ROMAN EMPIRE ALSO FELL.
THE CONSPIRATORS GATHER AROUND CAESAR AND HE SEES HIS TRUSTED FRIEND BRUTUS AMONG THEM. THEY PULL OUT THEIR SWORDS AND STAB CAESAR, WITH HIS DYING BREATH CAESAR ADDRESSES BRUTUS “ET TU, BRUTE! THEN FALL CAESAR!” CAESAR FALLS LIFELESS UPON THE PEDESTAL OF POMPEY’S STATUE. CINNA REJOICES CRYING “LIBERTY, FREEDOM! TYRANNY IS DEAD.”
William Shakespeare Julius Caesar Act 3 Scene 1
BYYZANTINE EMPIRE WARS 395 - 1453 AD
THIS EMPIRE EXISTED LONGER THAN ANY OTHER EMPIRE IN EURASIA. STILL IT FELL AT THE BATTLE OF CONSTANTINOPLE IN 1453 AD. THE WESTERN PART OF THE EMPIRE WAS OVERTHROWN IN 476 AD BUT THE EASTERN PART ENDURED UNTIL 1453 AD. MANY BELIEVED THAT CONSTANTINOPLE WAS AND COULD NOT BE OVERTHROWN SIMPLY BY PHYSICAL FORCES. SOME ATTRIBUTE ITS FALL TO A LONG LUNAR ECLIPSE WHICH LEFT A HEW OF RED OVER THE CITY FOR A LONG TIME FOLLOWED BY A DENSE FOG WHICH WHEN LIFTED ALSO LEFT A HUE OF RED ACROSS THE CITY. COMPARE THE PROPHESY OF ISAIAH ISAIAH 13:10-13
THE STARS AND CONSTELLATIONS OF THE HEAVENS SEND FORTH NO LIGHT. THE SUN IS DARK WHEN IT RISES AND THE LIGHT OF THE MOON DOES NOT SHINE. THUS I WILL PUNISH THE WORD FOR ITS EVIL AND THE WICKED FOR THEIR GUILT. I WILL PUT AN END TO THE PRIDE OF THE ARROGANT, THE INSOLENCE OF TYRANTS I WILL HUMBLE. I WILL MAKE MORTAL MORE RARE THAN GOLD, MEN MORE THAN THE GOLD OF OPHIR. FOR THIS I WILL MAKE THE HEAVENS TREMBLE AND THE EARTH SHALL BE SHAKEN FROM ITS PLACE, AT THE WRATH OF THE LORD OF HOSTS ON THE DAY OF HIS BURNING ANGER.
WAR BETWEEN THE STATES 1861-1865
ECONOMICS NOT SLAVERY WAS THE BASIS OF THE WAR. THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION DID NOT FREE ONE SINGLE SLAVE. EVERY PLACE UNDER UNION CONTROL (ANYWHERE IT HAD VALIDITY) WAS EXEMPT FROM THE PROCLAMATION. LARGE EASTERN BUSINESSES WANTED CONTROL OF THE HUGE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRADE DEVELOPING WITH WESTERN EXPANSION.
WHEN WILL THESE HUMANS REALIZE THAT IT IS MONEY WHICH TRIGGERS WAR NOT RELIGIOUS OR MORAL ISSUES?
WORLD WAR ONE 1914 - 1918
AT THE END OF THE WAR A HUGE INTERNATIONAL BANK WAS SET UP TO CONTROL FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN EUROPEAN NATIONS AND USA.
MONEY AGAIN!!!
WORLD WAR TWO 1939 - 1945
AT THE END OF THIS WAR ANOTHER BANK WAS SET UP. THIS BANK WAS A “WORLD” BANK WAS SET UP AND IT CONTROLS FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN ALL NATIONS OF THE WORLD. THE NATION OF ISRAEL WAS SET UP BY SET UP BY ENGLAND AS A “SETTLEMENT” FOR THE HOLOCAUST OF THE JEWS.
WHY DO HUMANS SET UP BANKS TO SETTLE WARS? WHY IS IT THAT BRITISH INTERESTS ALWAYS SEEM TO DOMINATE SOLUTIONS TO WAR?
VIETNAM 1962-1965
THIS WAS A LENGTHY WAR. NO ONE REALLY SAW ITS RATIONALE. IT SERVED TO DIVIDE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
HUMANS DON’T SEEM TO SEE THE POINT OF WAR OR THE PROTESTS I DO!!! THE UNITED STATES IS TAKING UP A FIGHT THE FRENCH COULD NOT WIN! THEY HAVE BECOME THE SLAVE OF FRENCH ECONOMIC INTERESTS AND NOT SIMPLY BRITISH.
IRAN - IRAQ WAR 1980-1988
SADDAM HUSSEIN ATTACKED IRAN. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BACKED SADDAM HUSSEIN.
THE MEASURE WITH WHICH YOU MEASURE WILL BE MEASURED OUT TO YOU.
MARK 4:24
DESERT STORM 1991
IT’S INTERESTING WE HAVE STOPPED CALLING WARS “WAR” AND NOW FIND VERY EXOTIC NAMES TO GIVE OUR WAR. THE USA “WON” THIS WAR. SADDAM HUSSEIN REMAINED IN POWER. 156,000 AMERICANS DIED EITHER ON THE BATTLEFIELD OR AS A RESULT OF SOME DISEASE SUFFERED IN THE CONFLICT
THE USA BETTER START LOSING WARS. THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO COME OUT ON THE BAD END OF WARS THEY WIN.
PRESENT CONFLICT 2003 - ????
IRAQI OIL BELONGS TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE GEORGE W BUSH
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF MONEY FROM IRAQI OIL MISAPPROPRIATED INTO THE HANDS OF LARGE WESTERN INTERESTS
WE WANT THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ TO BE FREE AND INDEPENDENT
IRAQ RULING BODY SET UP BY U.S. THE RULING BODY PLACES IRAQI MONEY UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WE MUST ELIMINATE ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS GEORGE W BUSH
MR. BUSH AUTHORIZES USE OF DEPLETED URANIUM IN WEAPONS
O MY!!! WHYDID I CONFUSE THE LANGUAGES AT BABEL? THEY’VE BECOME SO GOOD AT CONFUSING LANGUAGES THEY EVEN CONFUSE THEMSELVES. WHEN WILL THIS EVER END??? GABRIEL!!! WHERE IS YOUR HORN?
THE FUTURE
A NEW SET OF TOWERS WILL BE BUILT TO REPLACE THE WORLD TRADE TOWERS. THEY WILL BE 1776 FEET HIGH. WE NEVER SEEM TO LEARN. WHEN OUR TOWERS OF BABEL ARE DESTROYED WE SIMPLY BUILD BIGGER AND BETTER TOWERS. WE NEVER SEEM TO CALCULATE THE COST. OH WE CAN TELL HOW MANY BILLIONS PERHAPS TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IT WILL COST. BUT WE NEVER SEEM TO CALCULATE THE COST IN HUMAN LIFE, THE AMOUNT OF BREAD, EDUCATION, BASIC HEALTH AND REVENTIVE HEALTH CARE THAT WAS NOT PROVIDED BECAUSE THE MONEY WAS SPENT ON TOWERS. WE NEVER RELATE THE COST TO WAR. 2000 YEARS AGO JESUS CHRIST MADE THAT CONNECTION.
WHICH OF YOU WISHING TO CONSTRUCT A TOWER DOES NOT FIRST SIT DOWN AND CALCULATE THE COST TO SEE IF THERE IS ENOUGH FOR ITS COMPLETION? OTHERWISE, AFTER LAYING THE FOUNDATION AND FINDING HIMSELF UNABLE TO FINISH THE WORK THE ONLOOKERS SHOULD LAUGH AT HIM AND SAY, ‘THIS ONE BEGAN TO BUILD BUT DID NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO FINISH.’ OR WHAT KING MARCHING INTO BATTLE WOULD NOT FIRST SIT DOWN AND DECIDE WHETHER WITH 10,000 TROOPS HE CAN SUCCESSFULLY OPPOSE ANOTHER KING ADVANCING UPON HIM WITH 20,000 TROOPS? BUT IF NOT, WHILE HE IS STILL FAR AWAY, HE WILL SEND A DELEGATION TO ASK FOR PEACE TERMS. IN THE SAME WAY, EVERYONE OF YOU WHO DOES NOT RENOUNCE ALL HIS POSSESSIONS CANNOT BE MY DISCIPLE.  LUKE 14: 28-33