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Alea Iacta Est

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A single die

On the 10th of January, 49 BC, Julius Caesar made the fateful, irreversible decision to cross the Rubicon river in Northern Italy in defiance of the Senate of what was then known as the Roman Republic. This intrusion was seen as a hostile attack, and it triggered a civil war that ultimately saw the fall of the Roman Republic and the establishment of the Roman Empire.

On that fateful day, when Julius made the decision to cross the Rubicon and launch a maelstrom of events that he was well aware would lead to either victory or death, it is reported that he uttered the following words:

Alea iacta est!

"The die is cast!" Indeed. There was no turning back, and Julius and his men knew it. These words went down in history, and are sometimes invoked when a situation reaches the point of no return.

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AUG '22: The Problem With Prophets
Some believe the miraculous sign gift of prophecy still exists today, and point to today's prophets to back it up. But do these people speak for God?

The Problem With Prophets

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As I'm sure many of you know, there are people today who lay claim to the office of prophet. They call themselves prophets (or prophetesses), and come straight out and claim they are speaking for God: According to them, their messages are straight from God's mouth to their ears, and from their mouths to your ears. You see them cropping up on social media, where some have gained considerable followings of enthralled listeners who are convinced that every word they speak drips with prophetic import.

Of course, this is nothing new. This has been an issue since Old Testament days, and there is no shortage of Scripture pertaining to the subject of prophets and the gift of prophecy. Although I will be referring to a few Scriptures, this article is by no means an in-depth treatise on the subject of prophecy and prophets. It is only intended to be a fairly straightforward way of determining that today's self-proclaimed prophets do not speak for God and do not possess the biblical gift of prophecy.

And since there are people near and dear to me who follow some of these folks, I already know I'm going to upset a few people and step on a few toes in the process. That's OK—it's part of my job description.

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11/5/2024 — From the "Hunker Down" Department...

Well, they tried burying him under a mountain of bogus lawsuits, and that failed. They tried killing him...twice, and both attempts failed. So what's left? How to stop the Orange Man? How to ensure once again that Donald Trump gets nowhere near the White House? Everybody in the entire country should know the answer to that one:

The same way they stopped him four years ago.

And how was that?

The f-word: fraud.

Call me crazy, but I have a suspicion that techniques similar to the ones used in the theft of the 2020 election are in play as we speak, perhaps bolstered with some new, improved technology. I may be wrong. I hope I'm wrong. But that's the sneaky feeling I'm getting, and it just won't go away.

I thought the Democrats would have something better planned this time around to stop Trump. And actually they did—relentless lawfare...and if that didn't work, assassination. But as I said: FAIL...FAIL...FAIL.

As a result of the failure of every other attempt to derail Trump's drive to get back in the White House, something tells me the Democrats have been left with no recourse but to turn to their old tried-and-true standby:

Cheating.

The way I look at it, they would be stupid not to. They got away with it scot-free four years ago, largely by siccing the dogs of the mainstream media on anyone who so much as acknowledged the existence of the tons of evidence of fraud that was uncovered in the weeks following the election.

And it worked. Hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it and all that.

In my opinion, one of the things that is emanating the distinct odor of a repeat of the 2020-style fraud are fake polls, or certain polls that show Trump and Harris neck and neck in key places where there is reason to believe Trump has a clear (and growing) edge. One prominent Democratic pollster came out recently and decried these fake polls, and said that he personally had Trump up 55% to 45% nationally.

Not exactly neck and neck.

The Democrats did something very similar in 2020. Numerous fake polls were released that had Biden much closer than he actually was, and there was a very good reason for that:

That made the fraud more believable.

Fake polls were the sugar that made the medicine go down. Millions of people around the country just rubbed their chins and mused:

"Well, you know the polls showed Biden was real close, so I guess I can believe it. And CNN said all those claims of voter fraud are baseless."

And that's exactly what we've seen over the last few weeks: Polls making people on both sides think, "Gosh...you know, this election could go either way!" Call me jaded, but in my mind that's a clue.

Another possibility, of course, is that the Democrats have secretly conceded that it's "too big to rig" at this point and have something far more sinister planned if Trump gets in the White House...which it appears he will, given a fraud-free election. And it's too horrifying for me to even speculate as to what such sinister plans might entail.

As I discuss in my current article, it may be God's plan to have Trump actually win this election. Why?

To give this country and the believers who
dwell in it one final lift before the Big Lift.

But whoever wins, things are probably going to be pretty tumultuous in the aftermath of this election.

So may God keep His hand of protection on each one of you as we hunker down and watch how all this turns out, because I have a feeling it's going to be pretty intense no matter who is declared the winner, with lies, deception, and accusations flying like artillery fire.

But whatever happens, keep looking forward the the Big Lift!

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