With others of various faiths
across our Nation, since the birthday of citizen Martin Luther King, Jr., who
advocated nonviolence as a standard for all our living, I have been prayerfully
reflecting upon the President’s proposals regarding our Nation’s gun laws.
Through ill-advised application of and emphasis upon our principles that
encourage separation of Church and State, there is increased denial of divine
authority and sacred law, disbelief, dismissal and lack of faith, with
increasingly widespread ungodly public behavior. (The principle that should
have prevailed most is that of Checks and Balances where the contributions of
both Church and State would be continually blended.) America has arrived at a
peculiar “bottom line.” Our children, our federal leadership, and our citizens
who are committed to nonviolence are again forced to make passionate appeals
that empathy and reason be shown by their less likeminded countrymen who
manufacture, distribute, own, and use firearms. Once again, I have become
sharply aware that, where GOD is not acknowledged as Head for the Chain of
Command, there are no “god-given rights” that include liberty to vote, maintain
families, bear arms, or own lethal weapons. The persistence and popularity of
idolatry and whoredom are not enough to establish them as the righteousness of a
people. To insist that there be “freedom” that allows those who are godless and
wicked to abuse the conscience of a nation is absurd. Seeking to share what my
Savior has now impressed upon me and other defenders of the Nation and its
Capital, I am posting today’s blog entry (below):
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Blessed
is the nation whose God is the LORD; and
the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. From
the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works. There is no
king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much
strength. An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he
deliver any by his great strength. Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in
his mercy; To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and
our shield. For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his
holy name. Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as
we hope in thee. (Psalms 33: 12-22, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: GOD in
Schools? (12/20/2012); Mob Rule and Violence (09/27/2012); Dispatch 32: Now
Will I Rise (09/11/2011); Dispatch 26: The Shield (09/05/2011); Things?
(11/13/2010); Mealtime Grace (11/14/2010)
The issues of responsible gun-ownership and access
to firearms have become more than one of haves versus have nots—men and
women coveting exotic and expensive things; some promoting knowledge and skill
through partiality and prejudice; or some having personal pleasure, pride and
satisfaction as a collector and owner of property that is not available to all.
Accountability, purpose, and trust are now issues of gun legislation; and, for
this reason, there is a threat to the health of the Nation; and the present
public concern is also a sign of divine displeasure. Our home has become a
place where insistence upon “privacy” and “rights” does not encourage and permit
strict acknowledgement of duty and responsibility; and this threatens to become
an undoing of our national covenant. Americans are now living in a nation where
elected officials are not free to attend public gatherings and social events
without putting their lives at risk, and being in jeopardy of assassination.
Children in day care or public school classrooms may be targeted by deranged
adults, and enemies of the State. The President of our Nation, and his family,
have been under threats of assassination and murder, since he formally became a
candidate for the Office.
The time has come that we must admit: Gun
ownership is not a “god-given right” for Americans, and this is particularly so
for those who have forfeited everything “god-given” through their disbelief and
ignorance of GOD. Those who insist that people are not free, or are not full
citizens without a gun are liars. Such betray their ignorance of our public
contract for Nation: In the absence of “divine law” and covenants from GOD, the
“law of the land” is the agreement and consensus that a group of people will
continue together as a “commonwealth.” To the dismay of many gun advocates,
apart from addressing the needs of the commonwealth there is no legitimate need
for gun ownership described in the law. In fact, the Constitution and other
public covenants assume and imply that gun ownership is for personal and
national defense, rather than unlicensed hunting and unregulated recreation.
With this unspoken aspect of our national pact in view, all militias are to
operate openly, are under authority of the Nation’s Commander and Chief, and are
in an agreement as reserved forces that are to buttress and support our active
military. Certainly, in a national emergency, those that would not rally to the
Chief Executive, and would challenge him as a dictator, a hypocrite, or a tyrant may
reasonably be identified as fomenters of rebellion, sedition and
treason.
The present proposals focused upon assault weapons
and their ammunition are lacking. To limit the size of gun magazines without
limiting the frequency and numbers that may be purchased (e.g., no more than 4
clips every 3 months) is as vain as selling weapons without firing pins, and
expecting American owners to honor the law and not to rearm and refit such
weapons. Also, the stockpiling of weapons (e.g., 3 of a kind, 10 different
kinds) is superfluous, and is not yet being properly challenged. The detailed
inventory for all arsenals within our communities of 5 or more weapons should be
known to both local and federal law enforcement.
As those appearing to embrace a false god for
protection of their lives and property, the gun owners of America increasingly
speak as those who worship an idol. Where a man values his dog, his job, his
truck or a sports team, and declares he cannot live without them, or treasures
them more than his wife, his children, his parents and co-workers, his homeland,
he may call himself a believer in some religion, however, his inner spirit is
caught up in a disguised form of idol worship. It is no different from those
who claim to be Christian believers, yet do not obey Christ (see Ezekiel 33:
30-33 and Luke 6: 46, KJV). Those claiming to be Americans who deny the truth
of our national consensus are liars. No matter what false claims they may now
make, those not in national covenant with us are not Americans. They may be
predators, outlaws, gunslingers and desperadoes, however, they are not fellow
citizens, and should not be trusted as genuine Americans.
There is far more to be said, correctly applied,
and spiritually apprehended. (For example, idolatry and worship of false gods
are characterized by exploitation, fear, pride, and self-promotion. Where there
are repeated efforts to exalt some dead and lifeless thing that contains no
divine substance, love (the motive to unselfishly benefit others) is suppressed
or only given “lip service.” Foundations for the quality of life, and the
valuing of human experience become questionable and shaky. In the place of
love, combativeness, competition, and a mentality and attitude of refusing to
respect any that cannot employ force and violence naturally develops.) Even so,
I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your
faith.
THE BLACK
PHOENIX
Washington, DC
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