Dallas, Texas – Ever since the turn of the millennium, I have argued that the left (in politics, media, and culture) has been following the path of dehumanizing opponents that is always the forerunner of prison and death camps. Ironically, murderously unhinged movements are almost always fueled by a bizarre sense of moral superiority and duty. I read once from a book about former German death camp guards, some of whom had been sickened by their killing of Jewish children. But they steeled themselves to the task by reminding themselves to be strong, for it was their duty in order to usher in a great new German culture. People who, en masse, commit atrocities almost always justify their grisly butchery by convincing themselves they are morally enlightened and superior.
When I read the National Contagion Research Institute’s recent study that revealed almost half of leftists believe assassination is sometimes justified and that fully a third actively support violence to achieve their political aims, I shuddered to think that we really dodged a bullet on election day. If the left had gained and augmented their power, it would already be planning the prison camps (of which the J6 prisoners were just the beta test) and steeling itself for the necessity of extermination camps. Much of this is fueled by a robust online assassination culture on leftwing social media sites.
Early on, I was very disturbed by the notably hysterical resistance to former President George W. Bush and its attendant assassination porn. This was not normal. It was followed by fawning, cultish, leader-worship of Barack Obama and then, an explosion of utterly unhinged anger at Donald Trump and violence against his supporters. The Biden interregnum just tried to normalize things. With feverish leftist hatred and violence growing in intensity throughout the entire 21 Century now, Biden’s FBI declared white supremacy to be our greatest threat. When was the last time any white supremacist committed a major offense? The Oklahoma City bombing? The last time unhinged leftists committed notable violence has to be updated every day.
It is the unhinged, irrational, intensity of this anger, hatred, and publicly expressed misery that led me to believe the devil was entering his endgame. These are powerful signs of demonic influence and frenzy. If you believe, as I do, that the century that God promised to the satan to try to destroy the Church, as shown to Pope Leo XIII, began with the final apparition at Fatima, this is the logical end state of the dystopian disorders the satan wrought over his century. You all know I believe the clean-up operation began in 2017, 100 years after the ultimate apparition at Fatima.
Yet if, as I insist, the power of the satan has been broken, why are we seeing such growing dystopian violence? There is a trajectory of malevolent madness that, after a certain point, feeds itself. Those afflicted by it are miserable. They are angered by their misery. Their fury makes them even more miserable. And then, incapable any longer of finding joy – even viscerally repulsed by the very things that bring joy – they project their fury outwards onto others. This is why I get so agitated as the media (including most conservative commentators) desperately act as if these are ordinary times, polling people on how they feel about tariffs, the war in Ukraine, or any other public issue or policy. We are not a common culture wrestling with how best to accomplish largely shared aims. We are a society that has been riven globally by the satan’s century. The godless left is become a nihilistic death cult, determined only that they be the overseers of the world’s violent destruction, inflicting as much mutilation, misery, and agonizing pain as they can along the way. It is not rational, except in demonic terms. And with the sly mirth of demons as they go about their appointed rounds, the acolytes (also victims) of the satan pretend that they are trying to do good – having entirely lost the capacity to distinguish between good and evil.
We ARE at the point of Ephesians 6:12: “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” With prayer, fasting, and charity we must seek to rescue those who can be rescued from the satan’s clutches – without knowing who can and cannot be. All who do not repent shall perish suddenly and finally. So we must not just seek to defeat our frenzied opponents (though for the future of our children and the world we MUST do that), but also to reclaim them.
We are called to an intentional discipleship. If we are to be serious Christians, we must mount a great rescue effort, even while knowing that some are already irretrievably lost. We must take on a heavy and terrible burden. From now on, every soul you could have given effective witness to but do not will be held against you by God. Every soul you do give effective witness to, particularly under trying circumstances, will be credited to you. And effective witness does NOT mean limp-wristed simpering. You must prayerfully reach deep within yourself to see what would best, in your considered estimation, reach the person you are talking to right now to change the trajectory of their lives towards God.
Do you see why I am so insistent in not being overtly evangelical? I look to a person’s heart. If it is filled with good will, seeking the best it can, then this person is a follower of Christ, whether consciously or unconsciously – and God will show him what he needs in God’s own good time, for God will let none of His own perish. I cannot improve on God’s plan, though I can joyfully reinforce it. Remember the parable of the two sons. It is not the one who says, “Lord, Lord…” who is acceptable to the Father, but the one who does His will. If I spend my time trying to prove to others who are already trying to do good that my way is better and theirs is cursed, I have squandered the time I could have used to encourage those who are trying and show a better way to those who have fallen into despair and misery.
Above all, what is happening in the world today is not a series of discrete policy disputes. I say this is Armageddon, the decisive battle between good and evil preceding the dawning of the great era of peace. Woe unto each of us when we could have gleaned another soul to the harvest of God’s children but would not. Blessed are each of us when we find and return a soul to God who was otherwise lost. If we are serious, we will do both before this is all over. That is all that the best of us can do. And then we must rely on the mercy of God, which we will find can ALWAYS be relied on. But woe unto those who appoint themselves God’s “mini-me’s” to lord it over their fellows. They risk being told by Christ at the judgment that, “I never knew you.”
Do not think we are at the end of troubles. As on the original Holy Thursday, we are at the beginning of the most serious troubles – which will continue until, in the fullness of time, the great era of peace dawns with the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart.
Now is not the time to hunker down or to busy ourselves straining out gnats. Now is the time to go forth and proclaim the good news that God’s kingdom is breaking out all around us – and He wants each of us to take our place in it.
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If you have not yet, now is the time to sign up for this year’s CORAC National Conference from July 11-13 in Atchison, Kansas. We have great speakers, all of whom have lived deep “Courage Under Fire.” It is like a big family reunion – a preview of the great era of peace – and will hearten you for the great journey ahead. How can I know that? Well, that is how the last one was…and I know the members of CORAC. We are the people who, whatever the obstacle ahead, put our shoulders to the plow and do stuff. I look forward to seeing you there!
If communication goes out for any length of time, meet outside your local Church at 9 a.m. on Saturday mornings. Tell friends at Church now in case you can’t then. CORAC teams will be out looking for people to gather in and work with.
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