This Book aims to examine relationships – each person’s relationship with the LORD God our Maker and each person’s relationship with each other. We all live within the time of our individual lifetime. The question to be examined is in relation to how the elite or those in government treat ordinary people. Power and vanity can be very destructive. In this Book I examine how the power of those who think they are in control today, use technology for evil purposes. They look after themselves in their lifetime – but what about their eternity?
In
this introduction we will cover the history up until almost the 20th
century. It was in the late 19th century when today’s technology was
researched and grounded. Since then it has been refined. Today’s technology
will reveal in photos with links to video’s and websites and reference back to
the Bible. Before we can do that let us
begin at the real beginning:
Genesis 1:26-31
26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
29 Then God said, “I give you every seedbearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground everything that has the breath of life in it – I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning-the sixth day.
God gave land and gave man and woman permission and authority to fill the earth and subdue it. Man and woman were blessed by God. Human civilization is not anti-God, but through proud rebellion as we will see, we forget that God gave us His provision to care for it and use it to benefit each other and to honour Him.
However, from the Fall to the time of Noah men and woman were increasingly disobedient and evil grew worse and worse. After the flood, men and women began to follow their fallen human nature again. The LORD God had a plan and it involved His chosen people whom He delivered from bondage in Egypt c1446BC.
Exodus 19:1-8
1 In the third month after the Israelites left Egypt – on the very day – they came to the Desert of Sinai.
2 After they set out from Rephidim, they entered the Desert of Sinai, and Israel camped there in the desert in front of the mountain.
3 Then Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain and said, “This is what you are to say to the house of Jacob and what you are to tell the people of Israel:
4 ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.
5 Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine,
6 you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”
7 So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all the words the Lord had commanded him to speak.
8 The people all responded together, “We will do everything the Lord has said.” So, Moses brought their answer back to the Lord.
And
we remember the LORD – YAHWEH, The One and only True God; Father, Son and Holy
Spirit; the Holy Trinity.
Isaiah 45:1-5
1 “This is what the Lord says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of to subdue nations before him and to strip kings of their armor, to open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
2 I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron.
3 I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.
4 For the sake of Jacob my servant, of Israel my chosen, I summon you by name and bestow on you a title of honour, though you do not acknowledge me.
5 I am the Lord, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God.
The
LORD gave to Moses (born 1526BC) the Law – the 10 commandments, which is
clearly defined in the Book of Deuteronomy which means “repetition of the law”.
In Deuteronomy are defined:
- Book of the Law (Dt 1:1-31:24) and;
- Book of the Covenant (Ex 20:22-23:33)
There was no excuse for disobeying the LORD’s precepts. The wonderful truth of the Book of Joshua confirms the LORD’s promise mentioned earlier and records the fulfillment for His chosen people – the people of God. After many years of slavery in Egypt and 40 years in the desert, the Israelites were finally allowed to enter the land the LORD promised. It is critical to remember that the land is the LORD’s. This is important in understanding evil, power and vanity in each person’s lifetime. Loving relationships and ethics are important here and are defined clearly in Joshua in relation to war. I am grateful for the notes of Arthur Lewis.[1]
Concerning the Book of Joshua, grateful thanks to Kenneth L. Baker and Arthur Lewis [2]for the discussion below:
“Many readers of Joshua (and other OT books)
are deeply troubled by the role that warfare plays in this account of God’s
dealings with his people.
Not a few relieve their ethical scruples by ascribing the author’s perspective to a pre-Christian (and sub-Christian) stage of moral development that the Christian, in the light of Christ’s teaching, must repudiate and transcend. Hence the main thread of the narrative line of Joshua is an offense to them.
It must be remembered, however, that the book of Joshua does not address itself to the abstract ethical question of war as a means for gaining human ends. It can only be understood in the context of the history of redemption unfolding in the Pentateuch, with its interplay of divine grace and judgment. Of that story it is the direct continuation.
Joshua is not an epic account of Israel’s heroic generation or the story of Israel’s conquest of Canaan with the aid of her national deity. It is rather the story of how God, to whom the whole world belongs, at one stage in the history of redemption reconquered a portion of the earth from the powers of this world that had claimed it for themselves, defending their claims by force of arms and reliance on their false gods. It tells how God commissioned his people, under his servant Joshua, to take Canaan in his name out of the hands of the idolatrous and dissolute Canaanites (who measure of sin was now full; see Ge 15:16). It tells how he aided them in that enterprise and gave them conditional tenancy in his land in fulfillment of the ancient pledge.
Joshua is the story of the kingdom of God breaking into the world of nations at a time when national and political entities were viewed as the creation of the gods and living proofs of their power. Thus, the Lord’s triumph over the Canaanites testified to the world that the God of Israel is the one true and living God, whose claim on the world is absolute. It was also a warning to the nations that the irresistible advance of the kingdom of God would ultimately disinherit all those who opposed it, giving place in the earth only to those who acknowledge and serve the Lord. At once an act of redemption and of judgment, it gave notice of the outcome of history and anticipated the eschatological destiny of mankind and the creation.
The battles for Canaan were therefore the Lord’s holy war, undertaken at a particular time in the program of redemption. God gave his people under Joshua no commission or license to conquer the world with the sword but a particular, limited mission. The conquered land itself would not become Israel’s national possession by right of conquest, but it belonged to the Lord. So, the land had to be cleansed of all remnants of paganism. Its people and their wealth were not for Israel to seize as the booty of war from which to enrich themselves (as Achan tried to do, ch.7) but were placed under God’s ban (were to be devoted to God to dispense with as he pleased). On that land Israel was to establish a commonwealth faithful to the righteous rule of God and thus be a witness (and a blessing) to the nations.
If she herself became unfaithful and conformed to Canaanite culture and practice, she would in turn lose her place in the Lord’s land – as she almost did in the days of the judges, and as she did eventually in the exile.
War is a terrible curse that the human race brings on itself as it seeks to possess the earth by its own unrighteous ways. But it pales before the curse that awaits all those who do not heed God’s testimony to himself or his warnings – those who oppose the rule of God and reject his offer of grace. The God of the second Joshua (Jesus) is the God of the first Joshua also. Although now for a time he reaches out to the whole world with the gospel (and commissions his people urgently to carry his offer of peace to all nations), the sword of his judgement waits in the wings – and his second Joshua will wield it (Rev 19:11-16).”
Christian ethics allows for nation(s) to help others under attack by ruthless, evil enemies.
This now leads me to begin with the failure of God’s chosen people which is explained beginning in the Book of Judges. The Book traces the events from Joshua to the beginning of the monarchy. It is suggested by some scholars that it was written at the time of the monarchy, however, from my research much was recorded at the time of each main Judge with suggested dates as follows:
Othniel 1367-1327BC
Ehid 1309-1229BC
Deborah 1209-1169BC
Gideon 1162-1122BC
Jephthah 1078-1072BC
Samson 1075-1055BC
The LORD desired His people to repent and be obedient as they promised. This reality is explained:
Judges 2:1-3, 10-19
1 The angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I swore to give to your forefathers. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you,
2 and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall break down their altars.’ Yet you have disobeyed me. Why have you done this?
3
Now therefore I tell you that I will not drive them out before you; they will
be thorns in your sides and their gods will be a snare to you.”
10 We have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed.
11 When we heard of it, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below.
12 Now then, please swear to me by the Lord that you will show kindness to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign
13 that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will save us from death.”
14 “Our lives for your lives!” the men assured her. “If you don’t tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully when the Lord gives us the land.”
15 So she let them down by a rope through the window, for the house she lived in was part of the city wall.
16 Now she had said to them, “Go to the hills so the pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there three days until they return, and then go on your way.”
17 The men said to her, “This oath you made us swear will not be binding on us
18 unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother, your brothers and all your family into your house.
19 If anyone goes outside your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head; we will not be responsible. As for anyone who is in the house with you, his blood will be on our head if a hand is laid on him.
As can be seen, evil became
progressively worse. The same is happening today (my Books:[3]
While Australia Sleeps, Australia’s Sovereignty and Unfaithful Governance) as
in the past. The new electronic technologies, the subject of this new Book have
a capacity for greater evil by the elite of this world. The fourth Judge was
Deborah and the LORD assisted her greatly as explained in Judges Chapters 4 and
5. I quote some of this Scripture to highlight the LORD’s miracle which is
totally relevant to this book’s subject:
Judges 4:1-4
1 After Ehud died, the Israelites once again did evil in the eyes of the LORD.
2 So the LORD sold them into the hands of Jabin, a king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim.
3 Because he had nine hundred iron chariots and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the LORD for help.
4 Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time.
Judges 4:6-9
6 She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “The LORD, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead the way to Mount Tabor.
7 I will lure Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River and give him into your hands.’ “
8
Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I will go; but if you don’t go with
me, I won’t go.”
9 “Very well,” Deborah said, “I will go with you. But because of the way you are going about this, the honour will not be yours, for the LORD will hand Sisera over to a woman.” So, Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh,
Judges 4:12-16
12 When they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,
13 Sisera gathered together his nine hundred iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River.
14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! This is the day the LORD has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the LORD gone ahead of you?” So, Barak went down Mount Tabor, followed by ten thousand men.
15 At Barak’s advance, the LORD routed Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.
16 But Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as
Harosheth Haggoyim. All the troops of Sisera fell by the sword; not a man was
left.
Judges 4:23-24
23 On that day God subdued Jabin, the Canaanite king, before the Israelites.
24 And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin, the Canaanite king, until they destroyed him.
Judges 5:18-21
18 The people of Zebulun risked their very lives; so did Naphtali on the heights of the field.
19 “Kings came, they fought; the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they carried off no silver, no plunder.
20 From the heavens the stars fought, from their courses they fought against Sisera.
21 The river Kishon swept them away, the age-old river, the river Kishon. March on, my soul; be strong!
The
miracle is in 5:20 ‘stars fought’. Some scholars would say this is symbolic or
poetic but I reason that it is a physical reality used by the LORD in
the same way He overcame the evil in:
1 Kings 18:20-39
20 So Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.
21 Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people said nothing.
22 Then Elijah said to them, “I am the only one of the Lord ‘s prophets left, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.
23 Get two bulls for us. Let them choose one for themselves, and let them cut it into pieces and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and put it on the wood but not set fire to it.
24 Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord. The god who answers by fire-he is God.” Then all the people said, “What you say is good.”
25 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.”
26 So they took the bull given them and prepared it. Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. “O Baal, answer us!” they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.
27 At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.”
28 So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed.
29 Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice. But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention.
30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come here to me.” They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the Lord, which was in ruins.
31 Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “Your name shall be Israel.”
32 With the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord , and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs of seed.
33 He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces and laid it on the wood. Then he said to them, “Fill four large jars with
water and pour it on the offering and on the wood.”
34 “Do it again,” he said, and they did it again. “Do it a third time,” he ordered, and they did it the third time.
35 The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.
36 At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.
37 Answer me, O Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, O Lord, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.”
38 Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.
39 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The Lord -he is God! The Lord -he is God!”
Notice
in v38 the physical “fire” which fell making dust and vaporizing all the water.
This technology exists today – not explosive but new electronic cavitation, not
used for good but total evil.
[1] Kenneth L. Barker, Editor; Arthur Lewis, Zondervan Bible Publishers p290.
[2] The NIV Study Bible, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, MI, USA P 290.
[3] While Australia Sleeps and Australia’s Sovereignty and Unfaithful Governance by The Rev. Graham J Whelan