Christians Belong in the Fight for Health Freedom

“If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray,

thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden,

and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.”

— Exodus 23:4-5 

“If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death,

and those that are ready to be slain, If thou sayest,

Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it?

And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it?

And shall not he render to every man according to his works?”

— Proverbs 24: 11-12

If God’s kindness manifested in His Law commands us to be kind even to the beasts of burden of our enemies, then how much more should we be zealous to come to the aid of the masses of our nation who are being injured and killed by medical mandates of their own governments and employers?

Before God saved me, His providence in my life brought me into the company of Christians when I woke up to the scam of Covid-19 and began getting involved in the local health freedom movement in my area. I wondered why it was that Christians by and large could see what I was seeing about the risks associated with the mRNA shots and vaccines in general, while my incredibly astute but spiritually lost friends and relatives could not. It seems that God used that situation to draw many people to himself.

If we are commanded to care enough about our enemies’ donkeys to pull them out of a ditch then how much more should we care about the threats to human and non-human life on earth presented by things like geoengineering and 5G?

If you are a Christian who does not vaccinate your children you do well, but what about your neighbor’s children? Christians should be truth tellers and advocates for the vulnerable. God sent his prophets to Israel as well as to many surrounding Gentile nations when they were in danger of judgment. The office of prophet has been abolished because we have a more sure word of prophecy[1] now that the canon of scripture is complete. Go and preach.

“…if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet,

and the people be not warned; if the sword come,

and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity;

but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.”

—Ezekiel 33:6

Scriptures:

1 2nd Pet 1:19

The Wrath of Man and Righteousness of God

“The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power,

and will not at all acquit the wicked…”

— Nahum 1:3

“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear,

slow to speak, slow to wrath:

For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.”

 — James 1:19-20

We must be angry and sin not[1] because our anger, even when it is justified, does not accomplish the righteousness of God’s perfect, holy, wrath against sin. James’ warning always reminds me of Simeon and Levi in Genesis 34, who for the sin of one man against Dina, decide to deceive and massacre the entire village. Was that justice?

Yet God, who is angry with the wicked every day, nevertheless lets the sun rise on the evil and on the good, [2] and often allows the wicked to enjoy prosperity and good health for long stretches of time. [3]

Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows - John Constable

Anger is not sinful in and of itself but we often fall into sin when anger clouds our judgment. The full verse says, Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: neither give place to the devil. Nevertheless we should never be so comfortable with sin that it stops grieving us. David says, “I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me [4]...” and in another place, “Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? And am I not grieved with those that rise up against thee?" [5]

I rejoiced at the news that God raised up a man zealous enough for the LORD to cleanse the Iowa statehouse of its satanic display. I am glad that there is still a remnant in this country willing to be salt and light. Michael Cassidy, the man who demolished the idol, took full responsibility for his actions and stated his motives on the record. Come what may. That is the key. When we go on the offensive against evil we need to do so prayerfully and with a definite purpose.

In John chapter 2 Jesus took the time to build the scourge he used by hand before he used it to drive the money-changers out of the temple. We are commanded to be “wise as serpents and harmless as doves." [6] If we choose to engage this fallen world we must be ready for the persecution and blowback that comes with it. There are many spoiling for a fight who would love to see blood in the streets, and many corrupt politicians who will use violent incidents as a pretext for further erosion of due process and constitutional rule of law. Realize that all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution[7] and remember our command to bless them that curse you and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.[8]

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath:

fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

For evildoers shall be cut off:

but those that wait on the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.[9].

Scriptures:

1Eph 4:26

2Matt 5:45

3Ps 73:3

4Ps 101:3

5Ps 139:21

6Matt 10:16

72nd Tim 3:12

8Matt 5:44

9Ps 37:8-9

The Blessing in the Cluster

“Thus saith the LORD, As new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith,

Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sake,

that I may not destroy them all.”

— Isaiah 65:8

“Ye are the salt of the earth, but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is henceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.” — Matthew 5:13

Salt is good[1]!

Salt was a precious commodity in the ancient world not just for flavoring food, but for preserving it. By calling His disciples the salt of the earth, it must be implied that the elect are in some way preserving this present world. When scoffers laugh and say Where is the promise of his coming [2]? We are to hold fast the faithful word [3] knowing that the Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance [4].

This is not to be interpreted to support universalism, where everyone on earth is saved regardless of their beliefs about Jesus, but rather it means that judgment will not come before every last one of the elect comes to faith. He is longsuffering to us-ward, not the unbelieving world in general. The unbelievers give God a different kind of glory when he bears long with the vessels of wrath that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, when he had afore prepared unto glory [5].

Another preservative effect the elect have on the world is through their prayers and intercessions made for kings, and for all that are in authority [6]. Our activity in the world should glorify God, appeal to his mercy, and teach the nations [7] to uphold biblical morals and social norms. Artaxerxes had enough of God’s people around him in his court to know of God’s power and so he decrees, Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons [8]?”

Jesus illustrates this preservative effect another way in the parable of the wheat and tares in Matthew 13:28-30: The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the time of the harvest…

This parable affirms that we are, by nature children of wrath, even as others [9], and that there is a period of time before a believer comes to maturity where it is difficult (from our human perspective) to distinguish the elect from the non-elect. The Lord knoweth them that are his [10], but until that gospel seed is fully grown it is hard to know a wheat from a tare. So, both are allowed to grow together so that no elect person dies in their sin before reaching that fruit of maturity which is repentance and faith in Christ.

And now it should be easy to see the connection to Isaiah 65:8. Despite the grievous sins of national Israel, God often spared generation after generation for the elect’s sake.

But we should also be warned — God does not accept worship in prayer or deeds done out of corrupt, self-seeking motivations. That is salt without savour, and Jesus says that such salt (and the religious hypocrite who does them), is good for nothing…. Let’s not assume that 70 AD, or Genesis 19 can’t happen to us.

....whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath,

he cannot be my disciple.

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour,

wherewith shall it be seasoned? It is neither fit for the land,

nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out.

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

— Luke 14:33-35

Lucas van Leyden: Lot and His Daughters

Scriptures:

1Mk 9:50, Lk 14:3

22nd Pet 3:3-4

3Tit 1:9

42nd Pet 3:9

5Rom 9:22-23

61st Tim 2:1-2

7Matt 28:19

8Ezr 7:23

9Eph 2:3

102nd Tim 2:19