THE UNOBSERVED CONSPIRACY
The study and subject of conspiracy has filled numerous books, pamphlets, and sermons in both past and present history. John Birchers have taught on the Communist conspiracy, military men have spoken of political conspiracy involving the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the Tri-lateral Commission, money scholars have identified a league of international bankers involved in conspiracy, displaced farmers who have taken the time to study the Federal Reserve System and banking have pointed their calloused fingers and cried conspiracy. Others who have studied the Bolshevik Revolution have spoken of Jewish conspiracy, but is it possible the most ancient and major conspiracy of all history has gone unobserved and unmentioned? A conspiracy which has always served as a bedrock foundation for all others?
This conspiracy goes unobserved because few have read and understood the ONE book which identifies and condemns it. That book fa the Holy Bible, the inspired word of God. As we shall see within its pages is identified and condemned a conspiracy unobserved by most today. To fully understand the conspiracy it speaks of, we must first understand certain basic premises pertaining to human nature, government, economics and the Kingdom message Jesus Christ proclaimed!
FIRST, it should be again understood that"the root of ALL evil is the love of money"(I Timothy 6:10). In other words, economics is at the base of evil in a society.
SECOND, it should be understood, that a political system exists for the purpose of establishing an economic system. In other words, the political establishes the economical. (The economical struggle today is not between capitalism and communism but rather between free-competitive capitalism verses monopolistic capitalism with the various forms of monopoly being communism, fascism, nazism, and socialism. For more on this we suggest our cassette tape message #253, "Two Pulpit Taboos".)
THIRD, in a nutshell, the KINGDOM message preached by the prophets, the apostles and Jesus Christ himself, pertains to government, "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the GOVERNMENT shall be upon his shoulders ........of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end...."(Isaiah 9:6,7 KJV). (Our cassette tape message #249, "The Kingdom in a Nutshell"covers in detail this point.) A nutshell definition of the term "government" can be found in the1828 Webster's Dictionary--- "THE EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY, DIRECTION AND RESTRAINT EXERCISED OVER THE ACTIONS OF MEN IN COMMUNITIES, SOCIETIES, OR STATES."
FOURTH,there are only two authorities, God's authority and man's authority. (Remember government is the exercise of authority.) The Apostle Peter understood these two authorities when he said, "We must obey God rather than man", Acts 5:29. (Our six-part series entitled "Authority--Resistance of Obedience" substantiates this point.) Using these premises and proper logic brings one to a conclusion that is taught in the Bible concerning the Kingdom of God. THERE ARE ONLY TWO GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS---GOD'S AND MAN'S! In scripture, these two systems or two ways are spoken of as the dominion of darkness verses the dominion of light. Paul told King Agrippa his ministry was"to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light and from the authority of the adversary unto God."(Acts 26:18Young's Literal translation).
These two systems are in opposition and conflict one to another. The prophet Daniel described the opposition and conflict in symbolic language as he described man’s system as a statue of gold, silver, bronze and iron (Daniel 2:30-43) being crushed and destroyed by a stone representing the Kingdom of God.
Daniel 2:44,45"And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to another people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. (45) For as much as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation there of sure."
These two systems are as different as night and day. With man's system, the political is one of slavery and injustice resulting in oppression and poverty where a certain elite rich get richer and the poor get poorer. In such a system the fruit of the people's labors are-devoured from those in the political and religious arena, wearing sheep's clothing. What rights the people have are granted by the humanist mentality of the state. such as human rights.
In God's system, ("the way"Acts 9:2) the political is one of liberty and justice for all with prosperity and freedom abounding. In such a system AUTHORITY rests with God and men merely administer God's existing law through statutes and judgments, rather than make their own law. The result is a nation under God with people enjoying their God, given inalienable rights rather than human rights granted by a humanistic state.
History shows that man’s system has generally been the prevailing system. That history reveals the past world governments (the then known world) of the Egyptians1 Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes ·and Persians and Romans, all of which were preceded by the ancient system called Babel or Babylon formed by Nimrod (Genesis 10:9,10), the system always being one of an enslaving, powerful central government regulating. controlling and taxing an oppressed people. Prospering from such a system are always the ruling. elite rich operating as an oligarchy.
Such a system was described by the brilliant French statesman and philosopher, Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850) who, while witnessing socialism, communism. and the French Revolution, wrote the treatise entitled The Law. In it he said:“But there is also another tendency that is common among people. When they can, they wish to live and prosper at the expense of others. This is no rash accusation. The annals of history bear witness to the truth of it; the incessant wars, mass migrations, religious persecutions, universal slavery, dishonesty in commerce, anti-monopolies. This fact combined with the fatal tendency that exists in the heart of man to satisfy his wants with the least possible effort. explains the almost universal perversion of the law. Thus, it is easy to understand how law, instead of checking injustice, becomes the invincible weapon of injustice. It is easy to understand why the law is used by the legislator to destroy in varying degrees among the rest of the people, their personal independence by slavery, their liberty by oppression, and their property by plunder. This is done for the benefit of the person who makes the law, and in proportion to the power that lie holds."
The good news concerning the gospel of the Kingdom of God was this system of man's would be replaced by "The Way", God's governmental system. It was the common man who rejoiced over the "Good News" of the Kingdom of God, not the rich elite who prospered off man's system. To them it was bad news thus, the Neros, Caesars, and Herods persecuted "The Way". Such a top elite did not want the world turned upside down (Acts 17:6)."Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court?"(James 2:6)
FOR MAN'S SYSTEM TO EXIST, certain points and factors must be present. To understand the workings of the unobserved conspiracy, those points and factors need to be understood.
The fraternity of kings, tyrants, socialists, communists and international bankers seem to have always understood them. Unfortunately, the patriotic-Christian world has not.
FIRST. As previously stated, the political condition establishes the economic condition, but what is it that determines the political climate? The answer is- --THE SPIRITUAL CONDITION OF THE POPULACE.
It is the spiritual condition of the people which determines the political, but what determines the spiritual condition? That answer is- -THE RELIGION OF THE PEOPLE! Thus, it can accurately be stated: THE SOLE DETERMINATE OF A POLITICAL SYSTEM IS THE RELIGION OF THE PEOPLE.
(RELIGIOUS CONDITION->SPIRITUAL CONDITION->POLITICAL CONDITION->ECONOMIC CONDITION.)
Some may maintain that religion and politics should be kept separate. But in reality, politics is simply the application of the religious tenets of a society. Some may cry, "you can't legislate morality", but the issue is simply WHO'S morality will be legislated, God's or man's??
SECOND. For a tyrant or a wicked elite oligarchy.to continue to rule over and plunder the people a special equation must exist. The equation being: The cost of living under an oppressive government must ALWAYS be less than the cost of changing it or overthrowing it.
In 1776, King George let this equation get out of balance, resulting in the War for Independence. As a result, George lost a large portion of his kingdom or income base. Such a mistake is hard on a king's wallet. The IRS understands this equation well and thus the IRS can become a brutal tyrant to anyone who would dare oppose or resist.
THIRD. The most desirable religion from a tyrant or plunderer's point of view is what the Bible calls Baal religion. This point can best be illustrated from scripture. The following scriptures from Judges 2:11-16 illustrates how a political system of slavery and oppression leading to an economic system of plunder and poverty was all based on the people's religion called serving the Baals. (vs. 11)"Then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals,(vs.12) and they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods from among the gods of the people who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them; thus they provoked the Lord to anger. (vs. 13) So they forsook the Lord and served Baal and the Ashtaroth. (vs.14) And the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands of plunderers who plundered them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies around them, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies. (vs. 15) Wherever they went, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had spoken and as the Lord had sworn to them, so that they were severely distressed. (vs.16) Then the Lord raised up judges who delivered them from the hands of those who plundered them."
That this point is well understood by wicked men in the political arena can be seen in reading the Bible history recorded in I Kings 16. There one reads of two evil political figures known as King Ahab and his wife Jezebel. Their political career was one of deceit, murder, and robbery, but their first act as king and queen was to establish the Baal religion."So he erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria"(I Kings 16:32). This all brings us to a relationship that must be understood before the real conspiracy can be identified.
THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP.
In nature when any two organisms live together with mutual benefit, it is called a mutual symbiotic relationship. An example of such a relationship is the tick bird and the water buffalo. As the water buffalo feeds on, chews and devours the grass, bugs and ticks begin to accumulate on him making life unpleasant. The tick bird then takes up residence on his back and eats the ticks and bugs. The water buffalo benefits with the tick bird living on his back and the tick bird gets an easy meal. The relationship is one of "you pat my back and I '11 pat yours." They both benefit from one another and enjoy the good life because of each other. The water buffalo is tick free and comfortable and the tick bird is fat and full.
This same type of relationship does and has always existed in the political area of life between KING and PRIEST. Just as the water buffalo does not want the annoyance of bugs and ticks as he feeds on and devours the grass, so a king does not want the annoyance of resistance as he feeds off the fruits of the labors of the citizens. As he taxes, assesses and controls the people, tax resistors and uncooperative citizens make life most unpleasant for a king. The religious priest, like the tick bird likes to eat and prefers easy pickings, thus develops a symbiotic relationship. under his oppression must always be less than the cost of changing it or overthrowing it. So what then is the ultimate cost? If the king can hold over the people the ultimate cost, then he has ultimate control. Some might think money is the ultimate cost, but history shows men will pledge their fortunes and sacred honor for liberty. Some may think death to be the ultimate cost, but it is not, for some right-wing extremist will come up with the idea and sell others on it of -- "give me liberty or give me death!"
The ultimate cost is eternal death, a term that is not found in the Bible, yet modern ministers preach, teach and speak about eternal death. As a king, if you can convince the populace that you are God or that you are ordained of God and obedience to you will bring heavenly rewards and disobedience will bring ETERNAL DEATH in an eternal barbecue pit called HELL, then you have ultim
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