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Volume 25, Issue 8
An Unhealthy Fear Of the Future
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By Michaeljon Murphy, Vice-Chairman, Constitution Party of Wisconsin January 2025 For a number of decades, the expectation of the imminent end of the world has primarily been the domain of the
not to have children to spare the little ones a miserable ex- istence and minimize their family’s carbon footprint. Believe it or not, some realtors are offering a climate score for prospective home buyers to spare them the worry of moving to a climate- perilous area. This gives Chris- tians a rare opportu- nity for self-reflection. The
spiritual. From the fundamental Baptist to the flying-saucer cult, many believe we are living in the end times. With the incessant drum beat of global warming alarmism from the media and schools to Swedish teenagers with “super powers,” now the secular world is learning to expect the end of the world within their own lifetimes. The godless are now sharing in the “fun” of preoccupation, anxiety, and adjusting the timeline for the end, based on world events. There is a flurry of activity from a small cadre of climate alarmists like “Just Stop Oil” who believe vandalizing priceless art- work and many-millennia-old monuments will raise awareness of the plight of our planet. Hollywood movies portray the “heroic” acts of blowing up a pipeline to “save the world.” There are no doubt countless others who have instead fallen into a despairing inactiv- ity. There are a number of those consulting their climate prophecy charts that are opting
power of commerce and population unto the people of the saints of the Most High. This is an everlasting kingdom, a little stone cut out of the mountain without hands which will cover the whole earth. For this time we work. “By different agencies, the Great Ruler is bringing all things into a focus. Jesus is gathering all things unto Himself and He is daily becoming more and more the centre of the world’s hope and of the world’s fears.”
idiocy of climate alarmism becomes obvious when looking at the “fanatics.” Don’t the “Just Stop Oil” folks realize that wind tur- bines will not run without oil? But while judging the foibles of the global-warming ad- herents, will we notice the log in our own eyes? The Christian community has become inactive in similar ways because the end is near. Christians are reluctant to wage the cul- ture wars because things are supposed to get worse and worse anyway. It’s just a sign that the end is coming any day. When Don- ald Trump told an audience of Christians that they “wouldn’t have to vote again” after he fixed everything in his next term of office,
The first missionary to China, William Carey expressed a similar theme:
“Though the superstitions of the heathen were a thousand times stronger than they are, and the example of the Europeans a thousand times worse; though I were de- serted by all and persecuted by all, yet my faith, fixed on that sure Word, would rise above all obstructions and overcome every trial. God’s cause will triumph!” Hammond contrasts the missionary fervor of the 1800s to Christian advances since and says, “The missionaries of the 19th century went out expecting to change the world, and they did! Most 20th century Christians only expected to save some souls – while the world deteriorated. And it did!” I have a postmillennial view, an eschatol- ogy that lends itself to the philosophy of these trailblazing missionaries. The rise of premillennial eschatology in the 20th cen- tury parallels the decline in Christian do- minion. I don’t mean to disparage someone’s understanding of Scripture if their eschatol- ogy differs from mine, but if their theology has turned them to despair and/or inaction, let me admonish them on that account. In- activity is not an option for a Christian. Just as the master in the parable of the talents told his servants to “Occupy ‘til I come,” (Luke 19:13, KJV), Jesus expects us to re- main active during the wait for His return. The servant in the parable that did not put his talent to use was called “wicked.” Don’t be susceptible to historical bias. Be- cause things are getting worse in our time does not mean that the end must be near. We are biased if we think that our own time is special and forget that things were much worse in other eras, and God delayed His coming even then. I find it easy to think things will never change, so we all need to remember to continue to fight and expect victory to come when we seek God’s help. ConstitutionPartyOfWisconsin.com (608) 561-7996
he was rather intuitive about the Christian community. A recent poll showed that more than 40% of Chris- tians do not vote. From what he had heard, Trump must have believed that Christians would be glad to hear they would never have to vote again if he could twist their arms into making an exception just this one time. It wasn’t always this way however. Peter Hammond, in his book “The Greatest Century of Missions,” calls the 19th century (1801- 1900) the greatest century for Christian mission work. He as- serts that the mission- aries of the era held an “eschatology of vic- tory.” Pioneering mission- ary to Africa, David Livingstone said, “We work for a glorious fu- ture which we are not destined to see, the golden age which has not yet been, but will yet be. We are only morning stars shining in the dark, but the glorious morn will break – the good time coming yet.
Let Us Continue to Bring Light and Truth to Our Fallen Nation in 2025!
Friends, in this time of moral decay and the hearts of many growing cold, this time of sin and political corruption, it can be hard to know sometimes who is still of Christ and not part of the world He warned us NOT to partake of. Take heart. There are more brothers and sisters of our Savior than you know. Members of the Con- stitution Party of Wisconsin are among them. Both Major Parties have corrupted themselves for power, but the Constitution Party – • Will NEVER run/endorse candidates who are – pro-abortion, pro-homosexual “marriage,” pro-drug legalization, pro-children corrupting, or who are against re- ligious liberty and who will not follow the Constitution as it is written. • Will NEVER compromise our principles to “fit in with the world.”
system.” ConstitutionPartyOfWisconsin.com • Will ALWAYS defend your Bill of Rights!
In this last election, you heard a lot about growing the economy and job creation, and while those issues are important, how much did the Democrat and Republican candidates talk about their plans to reverse the moral decay and return to God’s design for the nation? The Constitution Party knows that NO nation can just focus on economic issue and ignore the social issues – the Moral Order – and expect to be successful…and long endure.
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