Easter

How do you celebrate Easter?  

Churches the world over, of all Jesus-flavored varieties, are observing holy week and planning their Annual Big Easter Production. . .

What are they celebrating?

What are the (ever-declining numbers of) attendees putting on their nicest clothes for?

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. . .

Well. . .

There already was a kingdom when Jesus came. . .

There was a world order in place when Jesus came. . .

Again, the devil taketh Him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto Him, All these things will I give Thee, if Thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve. . .

Jesus rebelled against the kingdoms of the world. . .

Let's see if you can connect the dots:

Can you put on your finest Sunday suit and sing Amazing Grace and feel sad when imagining Christ being beaten and crucified, and then live in agreement with the kingdom of America?  Or any of the lesser kingdoms of the world?

There is Jesus' Kingdom, and all the kingdoms of the world. . .

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.

There are millions of Americans who will tell you they are *Christians*. . .and *proud Americans.*  They are proud they support *Israel!*  They think they serve God every time one of the bombs they send to *Israel* blows up a tent of homeless men, women and children.

There are similar proud people all over the world, placing the interests of their kingdom over the interests of the Kingdom of God.

Which master do these people love?  And which master do these people hate?

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?  Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy name? and in Thy name have cast out devils? and in Thy name done many wonderful works?  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from Me, ye that work iniquity.

These are simple concepts. . .

You cannot warm a pew Sunday, your accepting heart cuddling Jesus, and then pray to the Father for the kingdom of America's troops.

Do not say the Kingdom of Heaven is still to come. . .

It's already here. . .

Jesus instituted His kingdom 2000 years ago. . .

And it grew for a three centuries. . .even atheists do not dispute this.

That Kingdom, that Christianity, has nothing in common with today's Christianity. . .

Today's Christianity was born in 313 AD when Constantine issued the Edict of Milan, which made Christianity *legal.*  

Jesus rebelled against the Kingdoms of the World. . .

Christianity became the Kingdom of the World in 380 AD when Theodosius made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire. . .Christianity has served two masters ever since.

The Christianity of today has been reduced from a Kingdom to an individual soul.  It's a tool used to beat down the individual soul with an obsession so consuming over its own guilt, it allows the Kingdom to commit every wickedness imaginable without dissent.

Huh?

It means the Christianity of today lashes the man who fucks his neighbor's wife, while praying for the soldiers of its kingdom to kill the women and children of its supposed enemies. . .

The crucifixion and resurrection were meant to change the world, not browbeat the individual sinner. . .

How small the Kingdom of God has become. . .

Strong Delusion?

Thesis: If we are near *the End,* all the events Christian zionists believe will happen to *Israel* are now happening to the *Palestinians* (Gaza + West Bank + East Jerusalem). 

Have the Christian zionists been deluded?

Revelation 16, Zechariah 14: Who are the people who have been in what today the Christian zionists call *Jerusalem?*

Christian zionists believe Revelation is a forecast of *the End.*  What do they make, then, of Revelation 2:9 and Revelation 3:9?

If we look with honesty at the world in its present state, no Christian zionist could believe *the End* is near, for what they worship as *Israel* is in no foreseeable harm.  It is impossible at present, and for the foreseeable future, for *Israel* to experience anything remotely like Revelation 16 or Zechariah 14.  The entire Western world would have to abandon *Israel,* particularly America.  

Do the Christian zionists believe a lie?  I do not know.  Anybody who claims to be an *expert* on so-called Bible prophecy is a huckster.  I do know, however, that if a person wants to believe *the End* is near, the only people on earth experiencing Biblical level tribulation are the Palestinians, and certainly not *Israel.*

My opinion, opinion, not faith, is that Jesus could return at any time, there is no schedule of world events that must occur first.  If there were, these events all concluded with the destruction of Jesus' Jerusalem in AD 70.

But Christian zionists do believe there is some prophetic blue print that must be followed before Christ returns.  And yet they are being willfully ignorant if they believe the current events in *Israel* signal *the End* according to their premillennial dispensationalist bent.  

My opinion is if one wants to believe in dispensationalism, at least be genuine, at least apply some logical interpretation.  If we are near the dispensationalist *the End,* then Matthew 24:22 (And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved) certainly does not apply to *Israel,* but to the Palestinians in Gaza.

Today

Today is April 18, 2025. Location: planet Earth in whatever this creation of God’s is.

What is this fucking place? You’ll never get me to believe we’re here by accident. This was created out of some Imagination or whatever you want to call God.

We are subject to forces we don’t understand. We’re not in control of anything. We know we are going to die. That's it. How long have people been around, and nobody knows what’s on the other side.  Anything?  Nothing?

I listen to Jesus because He came back from the other side. Most people don’t believe that, but the most logical explanation for the eyewitness testimony of Jesus' resurrection is that it's simply the truth. Any other explanation requires an unbelievable torturing of logic. But anyway, that’s not what this is about.

Everything is explained in the book of Ecclesiastes, anyway. Nothing has happened in the 2500 years of human history since it was written that would force the author to revise his position. It was the first and remains the best existential text written, exploring the meaning of life (or lack of meaning), and highlighting life's fleeting nature and the futility of worldly pursuits. The author concludes our purpose here is to find God and try to figure out what He would want us to do.

Sounds simple, until you’re in the middle of all this shit, subject to forces natural and supernatural.

I would guess most people in the world are sick and tired.

We’ll see what tomorrow brings.

Some Books

Some books that really influenced me in my youth:

Journey to the End of the Night, by Louis-Ferdinand Celine. I imagined myself a future of writing back in my youth, and this novel was the first one I read that demonstrated the writer could say whatever the fuck he/she/they wanted. You could be you, you could be authentic, literature didn’t have to be artificial. You could tell it as you saw it, the good, the bad, the ugly, the filthy, the shameful, the hateful.  You could also exaggerate it for effect, if that was warranted, but just tell it your way, no matter how hard it goes against the grain.

The Stranger, by Albert Camus. This one showed me that the only plot worth a damn is the narrator trying to make sense of human experience.

Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov. This one told me there’s a difference between an author and a writer. Nabokov was an author. Lolita was an immense intellectual construction. Nabokov was a literary architect. He created colossal literary edifices, built on symbol, metaphor, myth and narrative hocus-pocus. James Joyce was another author. These guys could devote their entire lives to the pursuit of literature, the study of literature.  They were scientific, formulaic, their books were almost equations. Whereas an author was somebody like Jack Kerouac, a literary painter, an impressionist or expressionist.

Trump Iran Yemen

Random thoughts:

1. Remember in Trump’s first term, when Covid hit? And Trump called the virus the Chinese flu? How he belittled the Chinese at every turn? Now look at the situation today: China is bending Trump over and giving it to him hard in his little tariff war. It is evident China can cause more pain to the American economy than the US can to China’s. More importantly for the long-term, China has improved its global reputation more in the last three weeks than at anytime during my entire lifetime. All because of Trump’s stupidity. Trump has turned the Made In China label from a symbol of disrepute to prestige.


2. We will know very soon if America is a ZOG or not. If Trump attacks Iran, the USA is undeniably a ZOG. There is no reason for America to kill thousands of Persians other than to appease its Israeli masters and their blood-lust for a Greater Israel. A war with Iran would be a disaster. The actual so-called war will go well for America and Israel. It is without doubt the Great Satan and the Little Satan can bomb the shit out of Iran, kill plenty of people and degrade significantly their military capabilities. But after the dust settles, I am positive Iran will respond with so-called terror attacks on US soil. And no doubt ignorant Americans will cry like babies ‘why do they hate us?’ This circle of violence will not end until the American government is freed from its zionist masters.


3. Apparently the US is about to send its Isis and Al-Qaeda mercenaries to overthrow the Houthis. Again, this is only for the benefit of Israel. May God bless and protect the Houthis, may they all be converted to Christ, for they have stood for the weak and oppressed Palestinians, many of whom belong to the Lord.

Jesus' Greatest Miracle

Even though I’m retired, I work two or three days a week at the mall to pick up a little extra pocket money. I run a little kiosk that sells candy and snack foods. I watch the people stream past.

Yesterday a kid, a boy probably six, seven years old saw the pickles pictured above. He was with his dad and his mother. His dad had a hard look stamped on his face.  The boy asked his dad if he could get one of the pickles. The dad loudly barked NO! The boy says why n— and is interrupted as the man barks even louder I SAID NO! The boy slinked away, beaten down. Six or seven years old.  I saw the look on his face.  Beaten down by life, already.

I am beaten down, too. It was all I could do to control myself. To stop myself. From beating the boy's dad with my bare fists. I wanted to beat him until he asked me for mercy, then I would spit in his face NO!

NO!

The shit most of us hear our whole lives. NO!  From parents, teachers, bosses, banks, anybody we have to ask something from. Fuck them all.

The greatest miracle Jesus ever performed was convincing us that He actually loved people, cared about them, wanted to bring them into His kingdom.  This biological garbage?  Us?  The Word became flesh to serve this scum?  

There is nothing in the historical record that would make one question the sincerity of Jesus' mission.  

What a miracle!  What a nearly unbelievable miracle!  That He would leave the Throne of Heaven to recycle this human garbage!

Jesus said whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment.

I’ve been angry for all the days of my life that I can recollect. 

I would like to believe I have the faith of Jesus Christ, but, of course, I am not fit to judge, that judgment is left to Christ.

Dear Laura

Dear Laura, by Gemma Amor. Laura receives annual letters from a mysterious pedophile who abducted and murdered her childhood boyfriend. The pedo makes increasingly bizarre demands (a pair of her dirty panties, a used tampon, etc.) in exchange for information that will lead her to the location of her dead boyfriend’s body. Of course, she doesn’t go to the police for all the usual fiction reasons (who would believe her?, the pedo has threatened her and her family, etc., etc.). 118 large print pages, this thing is more of a sketch than a novel. Laura’s character is decently filled out with a believable psychology, but the pedo is a total blank, almost nothing is revealed about him, in comparison, Freddy Krueger seems like a Henry James character. Almost zero dialogue. Light horror, a decent beach read that will quickly be forgotten.