The Blitzkrieg Bop

The Blitzkrieg Bop

"They're forming in a straight line
They're going through a tight wind
The kids are losing their minds
The Blitzkrieg Bop"

-The Ramones

            Blitzkrieg is an anglicized word, never before found in the vernacular until WWII. It involved the concentration of tanks, infantry, artillery, air power concentrating overwhelming force to break through enemy lines.

            This old man (82), looking around, looking back, still astonished that in my life most people still think that we are living in an aura of neutrality, on a level playing field. There is nothing neutral or fair in this life. Everything in scripture, history, science, involves separation: in the Old Testament, the clean from the unclean, science, positive and negative (every chemical equation, law of physics, plus and minus). History, always, separating good from evil even if it involves war. The social sciences, imprisoning people who will not conform. There are several generations who want to "do their own thing"-no absolutes, rules. The false religions of the world have their own measuring stick. In Christianity we call living on a higher plane of existence, born again, believers in Christ, transformed. Most people, in and out of the church, in and out of the court house, have never realized that we fight a battle against evil...that we are at war. "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Peter 5:8).

            The heartbreak of my life, those who claim the name of Christ, claiming all his promises, looking languidly at the world with its sensuous seductive enticements, knowing full well that the world pays off in counterfeit. This applies to my associates, family members, playing church, wanting the popularity-acceptance of the world.

            I will never forget, I can still see the young man's face as if yesterday, a junior chamber of commerce meeting (JC's), he said to me, "Tom, you take this matter of religion too seriously." I had not forgotten that old Welch preacher (he had memorized The Bible because preaching on the streets of Ireland he had no light to read), who had said to me, "To obey is better than sacrifice" (1 Samuel 15:22). For some of us, chosen-elected, obeying came at a great price. BLINDNESS IS MY GREATEST BLESSING. We do not have a chance in our fight against Satan, prince of the air, chief musician, who said, "I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God" (Isaiah 14:27). A created being, God kicked him and 1/3 of the angels that he had seduced, out of Heaven. He and his demons (and they are real) are doing everything they can to take as many of us to Hell with them. They know their time is short. Most people do not realize that 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]" (Eph 6:12).  The spirit of God in you shows your living and your giving. "Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world (1 John 4:4). We are promised everything we need for each day's battle, "as thy days, [so shall] thy strength [be]" (Deuteronomy 33:25). Every  Christian must start each day asking God for strength against temptation for that day. We should be as powerful as the law of gravitation, as simple as putting your feet on the floor, knowing that God's law of gravity is sufficient.

            Remember, The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge (Psalm 46:7). The Lord of hosts includes all the stars-galaxies-His word. God could speak one word and everything could be recreated...as it once was. Nothingness to somethingness.

            For God to be God, he does not need anything, certainly does not need us. We are "squatters" here in His territory, a conditional lease. When will we get the mindset that He owns everything? He established His rights, demand to be trusted, in the garden, with the first couple; "Don't touch that tree."

            Your writer is an army field grade officer. We learned in past wars that most men never fired their weapons, scared to death. With the army financing the development of video games, it has all changed, culture of death in the military. Past wars, swords, bayonets, moral values, spiritual underpinning, men could see the faces of their neighbors-loved ones in the faces of the enemy. Problem is, children are now using "make war" video games, becoming insensitive to death...dying men, dead children.

            One large greeting card company supplies cards for prisoners during the holidays especially mother's day and father's day. Prisoners use many cards on mother's day, very few on father's day. Media has made fools of fathers. The ruling elite control the media and the media controls everything. The mindset-frame of reference for Western civilization, private property ownership rights-boundaries. Boys who do not honor an earthly father, a father who never set boundaries-property rights will never honor a heavenly father.

            In the world of technology, glorified preaching, "glamified" politician deceit. The blitzkrieg of magnanimity pollution, slowly but surely imbibes the best of us, to say nothing of the rest of us.

            Twelve uneducated men started a "way" that has changed the world. "Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled" (Acts 4:13). One of the greatest satisfactions of my life, sincerely wrong unbelievers, too lazy to study, risking going to Hell because of ignorance, "Every check you write, every document you sign, most everything that has happened or will happen in your life, based upon the fact that Jesus Christ lived.