Part of Spiritual Warfare has been a War of Words, a War of Thoughts. (2 Corinthians 10:5) How does man perceive himself? How does man perceive God? Given Christians were doing more right, perceptions should be shifting towards The Kingdom of God, and alignment with God, like Saint Patrick going into Pagan Ireland countering the culture of the pagan Irish. Given perceptions were shifting more "Some other way," where was it coming from and why? Understanding political ideologies is a big part of Spiritual Warfare.
What is the goal? The goal is the Kingdom of God, and that someone has God in their mind. In attacking political ideologies, we are not being mean, and it isn't personal. This is a kindness. In Spiritual Warfare, you can attack bad ideas.
In Rome around 100 AD, what ideologies were there? In Alexandria, Egypt around 500 AD, what ideologies were people? In Spain around 1200 AD, what ideologies were people? There were no ideologies. Religion was often the main dividing line. In Spain, around 1200 AD, someone was a Christian, a Talmudic Jew, or a Muslim. Christianity is a complete way of thought. Ideologies come out of the Reformation. Regardless of if someone is a Protestant or Catholic or Orthodox, this is important to understand. The Reformation created a "Splintering." Splintering of thought.
God's way is a line. Walking the line, "things," people or demons or something, it may try to push pull someone off the line. The Reformation was a splintering where men were push pulled every which way, and lost in the dark. I am not saying the Catholics were 100% right, or were not wrong. That is not the point here. The Reformation allowed a tidal wave of false prophets and Satanic influences into Christendom.
A thought is like a seed. If we were to go to Quora, or to Reddit on /r/askChristians or something, a lot of people may have had bad thoughts. These thoughts were like a seed. Given a man dwells on a bad thought too much, he may have given root to something. In Reformation, a lot of people were opened up to bad thoughts.
It is 2026. Standing in all Truth, political ideologies have a particular definition, and work a particular way. Communal living is an old idea. The Dead Sea Scrolls "Community," they lived communally. In 1000 AD, a man may have joined a Holy Order and taken a vow of poverty. He lived communally. Socialism came from a Christian/Jewish Apostate, where something was stolen. This idea of communal living was stolen, twisted, and presented back to people in a corrupt way. Using Government power to punish the wealthy, and force a communal living would be socialism, a bad idea, and a corruption of something.
People choose God. Satan has a top down authority structure where authority is forced. One way to see the Satanism in Socialism, is to offer socialists a chance to create their own community. Given they had a piece of land, and wanted to create their own Socialist Utopia to "Be a Light" unto the world, and show the world how great socialism is, they should do that. Given Socialism is a good idea, people should choose it right? That is not what Socialism is. Someone wants to force their will on society. To do that, they need government power. They may need to overthrow the current establishment. Their plans are to force their will. To force their will they will be totalitarian. This how we see the Satanism in Socialism.
Political Ideologies is a big topic. It takes a lot of background knowledge. This is an introduction to Spiritual Warfare and Political Ideologies.
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What is the difference between a Nation and a State?
A state is a governmental entity. Texas is a State. New York is a State. France is a State. Japan is a State. These are governmental entities. The United States, is a Federation of 50 States.
Nation is the people and the culture. Religion is a big part of culture.
The US Constitution creates a Federal State, like Federalism in the "Federalist Papers." Is the American Nation Christian? The US Constitution did not create a Nation. Laissez Faire British Policies leading towards an American Revolution helped create an American Nation. The American Nation was full of Christians fleeing the religious wars in Europe looking to create a "City Upon a Hill." Given someone was to say "The US is not a Christian Nation," does that make it a Harlot Ezekiel 23 Nation, drinking a Harlot's Wine?
Question: Is Capitalism wrong or bad?
Adam Smith may have been a "man of his time," observing things. There may not have been anything wrong with Adam Smith in writing "The Wealth of Nations."
In the Reformation, there was Usury. The Romans didn't care for Usury. Christians don't do Usury. The Reformation happened, and suddenly there was Usury. The Dutch East India Company and the Stock Market was built off of Usury.
God's way isn't a Marxist 5 year plan. God's Kingdom happens where men are accepting the Kingship of The Lord Jesus Christ. That could happen now. That could happen after "Mad Max." That could happen at any time. Given men are accepting God's Kingdom, we are working towards Kingdom of God values.
Given the economic system we have today, what happens when you take away Usury and Materialism? Materialism may be like someone needing their Nike or Adidas. People lined up down the street waiting for the new Air Jordan's, that is Materialism. A Christian may have been "Plain as John the Baptist."
Given a man woke up, and was able to shift around money in his stocks, while wearing his pajamas, and with his coffee.....he has no personal attachment to what he is investing in. People may have been numbers on someone's ledger. This separation of personal attachment is part of the results of Usury. Given a man has $25,000 saved up, that is capital. A friend from Church has a business idea, and needs some help. Loaning that $25,000 towards some agreed upon ends, that has personal investment.
Question: Do you have any books you recommend for understanding political ideologies?
Towards a basic understanding, and to gather your thoughts better, I like "Political Ideologies: An Introduction" by Andrew Heywood. I have the Third Edition. I don't know the difference between all the editions. This was a textbook in college for Comparative Politics 101 or something. It is easy to read and grasp. We are reading towards an understanding of a Splintering of Thought and The Kingdom of God.
Question: What is "Conservatism?"
What is The Light? Where are we going? What is progress? Progress in the French Revolution was "Republicanism." French Revolutionaries were Luciferian, seeing man and anti-Monarchism as The Light. There is a big difference between God Given Rights, giving deference to God, and Rights of Man, where man was worshiping himself. Conservatism in the French Revolution would be "People against Republicanism," which tended to be pro-Catholic and Pro-Monarchy.
In 1900, both political parties in the US were Progressive, like Teddy Roosevelt was Progressive. Conservatism wasn't a thing till the 1970's. Conservatism in the US tends to be anyone who was "Not a Socialist," and "Not a Modern Liberal." That may be Classical Liberals, Neo-Cons, Values Voters, Libertarians, and so on. Conservatism isn't really an ideology. In 2022, during the Dobbs case, were Liberals conservative, looking to hold onto Roe v Wade?
Given we are building the Kingdom of God, who is resisting and in the way. They are on The Wrong Side of History. The Kingdom of God is Progressive.
Conservatism as an ideology may be more like Benjamin Disraeli. That was never a thing in the US.
Satanic Socialism may be where someone was working to force their ideology over society. Prior to Roe v Wade, the States all had the ability to allow abortion or outlaw abortion. Someone could work through the Democratic process to influence others to their view point, or vote with their feet and leave to a state where people view things more as they do. Roe v Wade took abortion, a moral issue belonging to the states and the people, out of the hands of the people and states, and into the Federal Government. Dobbs gave the issue of abortion, a moral issue, back to the people and the states. Was someone working to force their will over society? That is part of learning to see Satanism.
Question: In an understanding of God as a creator and Isaiah 45:7, why did Socialism come to be?
There may have been a Satanic Cult institutionalized in wealthy business owners who were oppressing Christians whom had a Circumcision of the Heart. God is an artist. None of this is personal with God.
Given someone was wrong, they need to repent, and they will be forgiven.
Question: How would you define Donald Trump?
Prior to 2014, Donald Trump was a moderate Republican, almost a Democrat, who many people would have associated with a Ross Perot. In 2014 or so, The Left went all in. They started playing all their cards, and all the most far left lunacy around Universities ended up becoming political platform. Open borders and men in girl's bathrooms. The Left went far or hard Left. Trump didn't change.
Every US President post- WWII was a Globalist. The US was forced onto the world stage from the Isolationism of the 1930's. The US was containing communism and fighting for the Free World. In 2016, it wasn't the Cold War anymore. Donald Trump was a Nationalist. He would like to make America Great. Donald Trump is about his legacy and success. He likes to be win and be victorious.
Question: Is Globalism wrong?
The Post-World War II Globalism, in an understanding of the United Nations, was working to build a Tower of Babel.
What is a Nation? A Nation is The People and the Culture. Is there a Globalist Culture where everyone is wearing blue jeans, and watching Katy Perry on Youtube? The United Nations was working towards a Tower of Babel. The United Nations is a "Form of Paganism."
We may be able to do a "United States," in a Globalist way, towards The Kingdom of God built more along the lines of "The Federalist Papers."
Question: Is Globalist Culture the same as American Culture?
No.
Globalist Culture was built in a Counter Culture influenced by Marx and Crowley. The Counter Culture of the 1960's was mainstreamed into Mainstream US Culture in the 1970's.
Sex Drugs and Rock and Roll was Counter Cultural.
Hip Hop into Rap was Counter Cultural.
American Culture may have been rooted in American History, and appreciation for things like The American Revolution, the Lewis and Clark Trail, The Civil War, The Wild West, and so on. All those things have been down played and forgotten by "Mainstream Culture." Mainstream Culture working to please China, they don't care traditional US music. A lot of Americans have lost any association with real American Culture. When you can see forces attacking things like Nashville and Country Music, working to make it bland and generic, and disassociated with more traditional things, there was a Satanic entity there.
What Satanic Entity? There is Satan a fallen angel. There may have been "A Satan," a demonic ruler of a principality. The UN via Globalism, it created a structure, and may have had a Principality associated with it. There may have been various entities working to build or form said principality. It was given authority by Christians who supported it.
Question: Are you culturally an American?
Me personally? About as much as a Millennial, almost Gen X could be.
Part of being able to do what God needs me to do was separating myself. Jeremiah, he was the Weeping Prophet. He wept for his nation. God through Prophet Ezekiel gave some hard prophecy in Ezekiel 16 and Ezekiel 23 about his nation. God took Ezekiel's wife in Ezekiel 24. He was not to show cry or show any emotion.
There is a grimness and a steady heart that a man needs to be able to do particular things for God. A man is dutiful. He walks the line. He has to be able to let go.
A steady heart. Someone being prideful or haughty...his heart may be "high." Sad? Heart low. Steady. Dutiful. God has a mighty Thumos. A man may have aligned himself and loves the things God loves, and hates the things God hates. Thumos may be steady. Be angry and sin not.