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This week’s Bastille Day in Paris featured a man flying around on a brand new flyboard prototype, designed by inventor Franky Zapata. This “future soldier” buzzed through the air above the crowds and underneath a sky clouded in the colors of France’s flag. In his hands, he brandished a rifle in the hopes of demonstrating the tactical application of this new technology for law enforcement and the military. At first blush, this wondrous spectacle looks like a peek into a hopeful and advanced future of scientific wonders. But after a moment’s thought, when you’ve had time to unpack and realize the implications of such a technology, an uneasy feeling settles into your gut, and you begin to realize that maybe — just maybe — what you’re truly seeing is a glimpse into a horrific dystopian future of oppression and fear. You would not be wrong to experience these kinds of negative feelings toward French police power on Bastille Day. This is not a day to celebrate. Not for the world, not for the French. It is a day that celebrates atrocities committed against a Catholic people — atrocities that inspired the Bolshevik mass murder of Christians in pre-Soviet Russia. It inspired the Nazi mass extermination of Hitler’s enemies. In fact, it would not be surprising at all if we were to see this bloody period celebrated by today’s jackboot Antifa thugs, who bring their violence to various major U.S. cities. The “Enlightenment” horrors that took place in France were a direct assault against the Logos. It was an attack against Catholicism, an attack against Christian monarchy, and an attack on the liberty of decent, God-fearing Frenchmen. Those wicked armies of the Republic, led by “modern, progressive” radicals, killed more than 300,000 Catholic peasants in their day. The king and queen were beheaded, their young son left to die in prison. Churches were looted. Clergy were sent running. Any remaining priests were forced to swear allegiance to the French state instead of the pope — much like how the Chinese are forced to give in to a state-run Church today. And after this horrible period, French armies were launched into the rest of Europe to “liberate” the continent from the annoyance of Catholic traditions. The horrors that stemmed from that day cannot be overstated. Heads were paraded through the streets on pikes or even thrown at loved ones. Mobs of feral revolutionaries — like a riot of zombies — climbed over the walls of abbeys to slaughter clergymen with clubs, pikes, and axes. Common people, faithful church-goers, were targeted and killed. More than 1,800 people were drowned at Nantes, dropped in the frozen water and sunk down to the bottom to die. Some tried to fight back, such as the faithful Catholics of the Vendée. There was to be no mercy for enemies. Those who ambushed revolutionary killers from the cover of forests and brambles would be caught and butchered like pigs. Leaders were shot, beheaded, or hanged. The National Convention demanded the execution of every last man, woman, and child of the Vendée. Not one was to be left alive. “Their instruments of fanaticism and superstition must be smashed.” —The French National Convention Not even the dead were allowed to rest. Bodies of dead royals were dug up and unceremoniously reburied in mass graves. Many people who were killed had their bodies torn apart or otherwise desecrated. Sometimes their bodies were stuffed with straw. Sometimes their heads would be put on display. One particular Vendée leader had his body cut up and distributed to scientists. His head was pickled in a jar and his brain examined to seek out the seed of rebellion. This was a time of paranoia, hysteria, and pure hate. The Old Order had to be destroyed. Society, the revolutionaries believed, needed to be culturally reconstructed through a new program of social engineering. The left’s hated classes had to be rooted out, and the opponents of secularism and progress had to be destroyed. Scientism was the new god. Notre Dame was transformed into the “Temple of Reason.” All vestiges of the Logos were attacked. Even the calendar had to be remade. Months of the year were renamed according to rationalist ideology, and the reckoning of the year was to be shifted away from Christ’s birth and fixed on the inauguration of the Republic. Democracy was claimed as the only valid government, and all remaining European monarchies were now illegitimate. There was a paranoia that more subtle counter-revolutionaries would take advantage of any remaining legal technicalities that would give them cover. There was a concern that those opposed to The Revolution would use loopholes to avoid detection and punishment, and that they would somehow spread their traditional agenda underground. And ultimately, conditions became such that informers carefully listened to conversations, took notes, and paid attention to the jokes and conversations of their neighbors. Surveillance was amped up in the hopes of disclosing the location of any hiding priests or nobles. Joseph de Maistre puts it best when he states: “There is a satanic quality to the French Revolution that distinguishes it from everything we have ever seen or anything we are ever likely to see in the future.” The storming of the Bastille — and the French Revolution as a whole — was a complete abandonment of piety, humility, and goodness. It was the embrace of pride, hate, and terror. The apostles of The Revolution howled for liberty, equality, and fraternity. But in truth, they wanted to replace the true liberty they already had with license. There was no desire for equality whatsoever; rather, the revolutionaries wanted to overpower their moral superiors — the same we-just-want-tolerance game the left played in the U.S. this past century. And there certainly would be no fraternal love for any of those who continued to cling on to their traditional past. They would be scrubbed out of the public mind forever. The institutions that had preserved and protected the people for over a millennium were viewed as stifling obstacles to be relegated to a bonfire. They wanted to destroy l’ancien régime and replace it with the sick, bent world we endure today. France’s revolutionary forefathers (and today’s left) may initially asked for tolerance and a chance to co-exist with normies, but their true motives were later displayed for the entire world. Once they took power, it became clear that there was no room for anyone else in France but their own. “Social protection is due only to peaceful citizens; there are no citizens in the Republic but the republicans.” —Maximilien Robespierre Those who would not cooperate with the new hostile takeover would be “forced to be free,” as Rousseau put it. There could be no escape if the Revolution were to work out at all. Everyone must submit to the new program, history would have to be rewritten, and anyone holding onto old assumptions would have to be sterilized from public memory. Today, French revolutionary ideals are enshrined throughout most political parties in the West. (In fact, the three-pound key of The Bastille itself was once given to president George Washington as a gift.) Celebrations of mournful yet lionized historical periods of this kind still abound. No one in authority has been smart enough to unpack history and realize its implications and overall message. Celebrating Bastille Day is like celebrating Hitler. It is like a parade for Stalin. It is like cheering for Pol Pot’s purges in Cambodia. Bastille Day is an evil remnant from an evil time. It should be a day of mourning, repentance, mortification, and prayer. Instead, our overlords continue to publicly hold that event in high esteem, knowing full well that the ignorant proletariat can’t grasp what really happened. How darkly fitting that this year, an oppressive police figure on a hoverboard is this year’s symbol for Bastille Day.
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The Lord laid it on the heart of Sarah Fischer, to make this video.

Note. Ahava Sarah Fischer is wife of Pastor Tom Fischer, Cardboard Box Church, Charlotte, North Carolina.
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The Bible Project is about helping people to see the Bible as one unified story, that leads to Jesus. = = = Recommendation: The Bible Project has been the greatest resource in understanding how all of Scripture points to Jesus. The read scripture series was my first love, and the podcast has been incredibly valuable to how I understand scripture. The theme videos have been helpful to me and my whole family. I can't say enough about how much I've benefited from them. = = = = = The Bible Project is a non-profit that is creating short, animated videos for each book of the Bible, as well as its central themes, free to the viewer. Founded by Tim Mackie (along with storyteller Jon Collins), these videos provide an approachable way to become familiar with the narrative of Scripture. What prompted you to start The Bible Project? TM: My own experience with the Bible really started when I was 20 years old, reading it as a new Christian. While the stories about Jesus were compelling, the rest of it remained fairly impenetrable, strange, and occasionally disturbing. I think that many people experience the Bible in that way. They resign themselves to not really reading or understanding it very well, and for some the Bible actually becomes an obstacle to growing in their faith. And this, I think, is tragic. The Scriptures have become such a powerful source of transformation for me personally, I wanted to help correct misunderstandings of the Bible and help others grasp just how profound and beautiful they really are. My partner Jon Collins has a similar story, and he’s been honing his skills as a storyteller through the medium of short, animated videos. Our dream was to create short videos that were engaging and beautiful, that allow the Bible to tell its own story to our culture, using a medium that everyone is tuned into right now, YouTube. -- = = = = = = = = The Bible can be intimidating, says Mackie. Many dive in with gusto and good intentions, but their understanding of the text isn't strong enough to sustain their momentum. That's where The Bible Project videos come in. = = = = = = See links here: http://geocities.ws/mountzion/b = = = = = Testimonials. Arella17 I recently found my way back to god and am starting studying my bible and finding this channel was important. Phil R I've never been a non-believer per se, but at the same time I've not exactly been committed either. I recently changed my mind about all of it; pledged to make every effort to stop sinning, repent and seek forgiveness; ...and finally... to get reading. I do find some of the Bible hard to digest, not because it's the Bible, but because I have a mind that tends to wander when reading (regardless of the material)! Nevertheless, I will persist, and your channel gives me a wonderful foundation for more detailed reading of the Bible. Thank you very much... Subscribed, obviously :-) Pip Stanton It's my 27th birthday today and this is a wonderful birthday present thank you and God bless The Good Dark Hero I am an atheist, but this IS very educational and helps me understand this faith a little better. Loud Nuff 4u 'Noah (the new Adam) was broken and ashamed just like the first.' An absolutely sobering statement. Eunnie I have new understanding of Genesis now. Thank you so much! omgosh yesterday when i went on my bible app (youversion) and clicked on video and than saw your videos, i was like ' hmm im going to watch one and see if its any good. omgosh im addicted! thank you so much for making these videos about the old testament. like a light went off in my head. i finally understood a lot i didnt. wow. thank you!!!! the art is amazing. i hope you keep making more! Neysa Jones I absolutely love the work you have done with the videos. I have been a Christian since I was 16 years old ( I'm almost 50). Certain Bible concepts have always baffled me, but I accepted them by faith. I am thrilled and overjoyed that your videos are literally clearing those up right before my eyes. Thank you for your investment of time and talent to elucidate God's word for others. I am grateful! = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

I believe in one God. I believe that God rewards the good, and punishes the wicked.

I believe that in God there are three Divine Persons-God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

I believe that God the Son became Man, without ceasing to be God. I believe that He is my Lord and my Saviour Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of the human race, who died on the cross for the salvation of all men, who died also for me.

I believe, on God's authority, everything that He has taught and revealed.

O my God, give me strong faith. O my God, help me to believe with lively faith.

O my God, relying on your almighty power and infinite mercy and promises, I sincerely hope to be saved. Help me to do all that is necessary for my salvation.

I have committed many sins in my life, but now I turn away from them, and hate them. I am sorry, truly sorry for all for them, because I have offended You, my God, who art all-good, all-perfect, all-holy, all-merciful-my kind and loving Father.

I love You, o my God, with all my heart. Forgive me, I implore You, for having offended You.

I promise, O God, that with Your help I will never offend You again.

My God, have mercy on me.
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Desperate prayers by Trump’s great aunts in ‘sanctuary’ cottage said to spark Hebrides Revival in Scotland
By World Tribune on October 18, 2017

2 Chronicles 7:14 – If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Two elderly sisters who desperately prayed to see God move in their small Scottish fishing village helped spark the movement between 1949 and 1952 that became known as the Hebrides Revival. The sisters, Peggy and Christine Smith, were the great aunts of President Donald Trump.

According to “The Intercessors of the Hebrides Revival,” the Smith sisters resided in a small cottage by the roadside in the village of Barvas on the Island of Lewis. “They were 84- and 82-years-old. Peggy was blind and her sister almost bent double with arthritis. Unable to attend public worship, their humble cottage became a sanctuary where they met with God. To them came the promise: ‘I will pour water upon him that is thirsty and floods upon the dry ground,’ they pleaded this day and night in prayer.

One night Peggy had a revelation, revival was coming and the church of her fathers would be crowded again with young people.” The revival movement is often referred to as the “Lewis Awakening.” “During these years a large number of people cried out to God for mercy and trusted in Jesus Christ for salvation,” the Rev. Gareth Burke wrote. “Another interesting feature of Lewis is the extent to which the church continues to exercise a significant influence in its society, despite the rapid secularization of the UK as a whole,” Burke wrote. “The Western Isles are something of a ‘world apart’ from the rest of Britain.” Many who live on the island would attribute this difference to the Hebrides Revival “a mighty outpouring of God’s Spirit which occurred throughout the island in a three-year period from 1949-1952.”

One minister writing about the revival stated: “You met God on meadow and moorland. You met Him in the homes of the people. God seemed to be everywhere.”

Mary Anne Smith MacLeod, niece of the two sisters emigrated from the Island of Lewis to America and met a gentleman named Frederick Trump. They married in January 1936 at the Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan. On April 5, 1937, she gave birth to their first child Mary Anne Trump Barry, a United States Federal Judge, followed by Fredrick Jr. (1938–1981), Elizabeth (1942), Donald Trump 45th President of the United States (1946), and Robert (1948).

On online post on the 2017 National Day of Prayer asked: “Coincidence or Holy Ghost? Not only did the revival reach the sisters’ Island in Scotland but the Hebrides Revival became known around the world. Little did they know that their nephew would one day become the President of the United States of America.”
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