PRÉCIS ON DIVINE PREFERENCE: THE LOWLY OVER THE PROUD

SCRIPTURE. “For though the Lord is high, yet has He respect to the lowly [bringing them into fellowship with Him]; but the proud and haughty He knows and recognizes [only] at a distance.” – PSALM 138:6, AMPC

KEY TERMS:

• THE LOWLY. ‘Shaphal’ [שָׁפָל]: “From a root word meaning, ‘To depress, abase, or sink, to humiliate or put low;’ humble; to be modest or unambitious for one’s own kingdom; opposed to lofty or great; meek; submissive (or to be in submission); opposed to proud, haughty, arrogant or assuming.”

• THE PROUD. ‘Gaboah’ [גָּבֹהּ]: “From a root word meaning, ‘To soar or be lofty; haughty, raised up great;’ to be elevated, powerful or arrogant; to be exalted [or to exalt one’s self]; to be high in station; having inordinate self-esteem; possessing a high or unreasonable conceit of one’s own excellence, either of body or mind.”

QUOTATION. “‘God hates Visionary Dreaming;’ it makes the Dreamer proud and pretentious. The man who fashions a Visionary Ideal of Community demands that it be realized by God, by others, and by himself. He enters the Community of Christians with his demands, sets up his own law, and judges the brethren and God Himself accordingly. He stands adamant, a living reproach to all others in the circle of brethren. He acts as if he is the Creator of the Christian Community, as if his Dream binds men together. When things do not go his way, he calls the effort a failure. When his ideal picture is destroyed, he sees the Community going to smash. So, he becomes first an accuser of his brethren, then an accuser of God, and finally the despairing accuser of himself.” ― DIETRICH BONHOEFFER, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community, 1939; edited

COMMENTARY. “‘Though the Lord be high’ — And neither need any of his creatures, nor can be benefited by them. ‘Yet hath He respect unto the lowly’ — Unto such as are mean and obscure in the world; to me, a poor contemptible shepherd, whom He hath preferred before great princes; and to such as are little in their own eyes. ‘But the proud he knoweth afar off’ —But, as for the great men of the world, who are lifted up in pride, he looks upon them, as they do upon others, with scorn and contempt, and keeps them at a great distance, as disdaining to admit them into his presence.” – JOSEPH BENSON, Notes on the Holy Bible, 5 vols., 1811-1818; edited

DONALD TRUMP: MALIGNANT NARCISSIST. “This is not about achievement, but rather something the person thinks they inherently have that’s special: “for instance, his body, his looks, his health, his wealth … ‘Malignant Narcissism,’ thus, is not self-limiting. [ERICH FROMM] gives examples of many historical figures who had this type: The Egyptian Pharaohs, the Roman Caesars, the Borgias, Hitler, Stalin, Trujillo—they all show certain similar features. They have attained absolute power; their word is the ultimate judgment of everything, including life and death; there seems to be no limit to their capacity to do what they want …

They try to pretend that there is no limit to their lust and to their power, so they sleep with countless women, they kill numberless men, they build castles everywhere, they ‘want the moon,’ they ‘want the impossible.’” – The Heart of Man: Its Genius for Good and Evil; 1964; Summary by BILL EDDY, High Conflict Institute, Mar. 19, 2019; edited

MAGA NATONALISM & PROJECT 2019. (Officially the Presidential Transition Project, The Heritage Foundation, Paul Dans, Director) is a collection of policy proposals to reshape the Executive Branch of the U.S. federal government in the event of a Republican victory in the 2024 Presidential Election. Established in 2022 and published in 2023, the Project seeks to recruit tens of thousands of conservatives to Washington, D.C., to replace existing federal civil service workers which Republicans characterize as the ‘Deep State,’ to further the objectives of the next Republican President.

Although The Project cannot promote a specific presidential candidate, many contributors have close ties to DONALD TRUMP and the Trump 2024 presidential campaign. The Plan would perform a Swift Restructuring of the Executive Branch under a maximalist version of the unitary Executive Theory — ‘a Theory proposing the President of the United States has absolute power over the Executive Branch — upon Inauguration.’” – Adapted from Wikipedia, Mar. 31, 2024; edited

DK. This is barebones, bare-knuckled indictment of what AMERICAN CHRISTIANS are about to exalt into the loftiest, most powerful position on the Earth: The American Presidency. And their preferred King is Donald John Trump who is about to become America’s First Dictator – ‘and a Pagan Dictator at that!’

“Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name. Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, ‘Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?’

‘And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months.’ Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” – REVELATION 13:1-8, NKJV

CODA. I believe with all my heart now, finally, that: ‘The Apostate American Church is about to elect the Antichrist to the Presidency of the United States of America,’ and thereby confer upon him, de facto, the title of: THE BEAST OF BABYLON. If that is right: ‘America becomes the Spiritual and Political Harlot of Revelation 18-19,’ and shall be judged more severely than any other nation in history – including Sodom, Gomorrah, and Ninevah.

With both fear and trembling, beloved, I declare this is, to the very best of my God-given spiritual and professional credentials, the Word of the Lord to America and her Church in the early Spring of 2024. Selah.