Are We Losing the West? Part 17

KARL MARX continued….

Proverbs 14:12 “There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.”

Carrying on from our last chapter we have the final five planks of Marx’s Manifesto that has made an impact throughout the world and especially in the West.

Plank #6: Centralization of the means of communication and transportation in the hands of the state.

Here in the States we still have some freedom of transportation as well as private ownership of the means of transportation.

However, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) regulates more and more of our public communication systems. We find ourselves going through body searches, etc. at the hands of the FCC (for example at the airport).

Also we have learned more about the abuses of the NSA (National Security Agency). We have for the sake of safety or security subjected ourselves to this. I am reminded of the words of Benjamin Franklin who said: “People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.” What we are finding is that freedom is slowly, but surely being taken from us.

When Israel was asking for king to lead them like other nations (in 1 Samuel 8) Samuel describes what the king (or government) would do unless there are checks and balances. There is no doubt that we are moving into a different America than what our founding fathers fought to give us. It has not happened overnight, but slowly, as little by little our freedoms are being chipped away.

Plank #7: Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state; the bringing into cultivation of ‘waste lands’ (some even privately owned), and the improvement of the soil is generally in accordance with a common plan (government plan).

Here again we see the infringement of government. But what does the Bible say? First, we see that Jesus Himself insisted that the landowner could do what he thought was right with his own property. “Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?” (Matthew 20:15 – parable of the landowner)

The Torah also brings out that restitution needs to be made to the individual whose property was harmed.  “If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while the owner is not present, he must make restitution.” Exodus 22:14

Kevin Swanson said: “There is nothing in God’s law that legitimizes the regulative state that the socialists brought to the world since the turn of the 20^th century. The Bible plainly disapproves of governments owning more than 10% of the people’s property, persons, and income. (1 Samuel 8:15-17)”

Plank #8: Equal obligation of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.

In 1 Samuel 8:11-17 and Nehemiah 5:1-10 we see that the Bible is against the enslavement of sons and daughters by landowners, but how much more grievous it is for the government to practice this kind of enslavement.

This plank was intended for each individual to work as a part of the national economic machine. We find today in America that a vast number of women work outside of the home (family) for government or like Swanson says, in some government regulated corporate job. And so our families are slowly disintegrating.

Plank #9: The combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of all distinction between town and country by a more equal distribution of the populace over the country.  

At the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11) we see the judgment of God, the mercy of God and the plan of God. First, we see that God discourages the centralization of power within the cities and so secondly, we see God disbursing the people through confusing their language. Thirdly, we see that after God breaks the human race into families or people-groups that His plan is to win them (people groups) one by one. To do that He needs to choose one people group, bless them and then use them to reach the others. This is why in Genesis 12 we read God using Abraham to reach out to be a blessing to all of the families on the earth. “All peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” Genesis 12:3

Plank #10: Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children’s factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc.

When we read passages like Exodus 10:2, Deuteronomy 5:14 and 6:7-9, the entire Book of Proverbs, 1 Thessalonians 2:11, Ephesians 6:4 – we see that education falls heavily upon the family and not the state. Marx knew that to further his agenda to realize his goal, taking over the education of children would be crucial. We see that here in the West this plank is well established. The USA spends $11,467 per student per year. 

Marxism was established in the Soviet Union through revolutions and up to 100 million deaths, but here in America it has come about slowly, but surely, through many elections, education, breakdown of the nuclear family and a steady increase of dependence upon the government. And now we see that our Western civilization is almost finished.

In later chapters I want to lay out some things that we can do in not only tearing down the stronghold that has been built, but seeing reformation taking place. Remember that 2 Chronicles 7:14 is still in the Bible: “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”