ISIS: A Trojan Horse?
The Consequences of Misunderstanding
the Meaning of Terms
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The
fighting in the Middle East goes back centuries, if not thousands of years; war
in this region is nothing new. The Biblical Old Testament chronicles one battle
after another between the Israelites and various kingdoms. Canaanites,
Babylonians, Assyrians, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites … war appeared to be the
rule rather than the exception.
That
these were battles that seemed to be sanctioned by God Almighty only makes
these stories all the more curious. While reading the scriptures, how many have
paused and contemplated the fact that if God Almighty is the creator of all,
then He is also the creator of the Canaanites, Babylonians, Assyrians, Hittites,
Amorites, Perizzites, et al. Can all of these other tribes be wrong with only
the Israelites being correct and finding favor with God?
In
1st Samuel 15:2-3, the Prophet Samuel is speaking to Saul, the King
over the Israelites. Samuel explains that the Lord has given him a message that
they are to take action against an enemy.
“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I
will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them
as they came back from Egypt. Now go attack the Amalekites and totally destroy
everything that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women,
children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys’”
Saul
did as Samuel commanded him with one exception. Saul spared the Amalekite king,
Agag along with some of the best of the livestock and, “…everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy
completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.” (1st Samuel 15:9)
Now
later when Samuel found out what Saul had done (namely not destroy everything
as the Lord had commanded), Samuel took it upon himself to kill King Agag after
placing a curse upon him. It was also determined that God was not pleased He
had agreed to make Saul King to begin with. For his part, Samuel decided he had
had enough of Saul over this particular incident and the two never spoke again.
(In life, that is)
I
am not going to belabor the point that it is my opinion the “god” mentioned
here in the scripture is not Creator God Almighty, but rather a Celestial
Ambassador of Creator God Almighty. This is a contentious position which most
Christians do not abide, much less believe. That is fine; most Christians do
not know the history of their faith and have not done the intensive study to
make an informed decision on the matter. Most Christians simply believe
whatever their pastor tells them and that is the extent of their thoughts on
the subject. This isn’t a criticism, but rather an observation.
Were
the Amalekites truly evil people? Did this evil extend to children and infants?
Could it possibly extend to the livestock? Does such not give a level of sentient
awareness to beings not capable of such due to their age or station? It is not
a stretch to conclude that an infant, much less a donkey or camel, could
formalize an opinion respecting the politics of two warring clans. Yet the
creator of all there is; the creator of the universe and all within, has
commanded the deaths of these children, infants, and livestock as though they
had perpetrated the crimes against the Israelites themselves.
Now
of course there is a thought that in life, one’s actions have consequences
which extend to the innocents in their care. A man driving drunk with his
children in the car with him is putting the lives of those children in jeopardy
even though they had absolutely nothing to do with getting their father drunk. Their
deaths are simply a matter of cause and effect. True enough, but that isn’t
what we see here in this passage – and others – throughout the Old Testament scriptures.
We repeatedly see the Lord commanding the Israelites to go and subdue and in
many cases totally kill or subjugate their enemies. If one is a Canaanite child
just playing outside and minding her own business, where is the justice in
suddenly watching a horde of military men invade your home, screaming at you in
a language you don’t understand and then killing your parents and your animals,
raping you and then killing you as well? How is such behavior in any way just?
Sadly
these are the events too often glossed over by pastors and Bible teachers with
the throw-away explanation of, “Well God
knew they were sinful. Even if the babies weren’t at the time of their deaths,
they would have grown to become totally sinful if they had been allowed to
live. God had to kill them to stop the infection of sin.” It would be my
observation that such drastic actions on the part of the Lord have been met
with resounding failure if that was in fact the intended goal. Sin clearly
still reigns.
These
events are now a part of Israel’s ancient history. As a people, the Jews haven’t
engaged in such behavior in at least two thousand years or more. Of course
there are those who will say that the Jewish treatment of the Palestinians is
to the same level as their actions recounted in the Old Testament scriptures,
but that is merely politics. Prior to the United Nations resolution which ceded
British Palestine to the Jews in 1948, the Palestinians were as adrift amidst
their Arab brethren as they are today; none of the neighboring tribes welcomed
them then and refuse to do so today. Beyond being used as a tool, the
Palestinians are as disrespected by their Arab brethren as they believe
themselves to be by the Jews. Only the West refuses to see the situation as it
really exists because the West remains willfully ignorant of too many details
between the peoples of this region.
Which
brings us to ISIS – the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. (I refuse to play the
word game propagated by United States President Barack Obama in calling this
group ISIL – the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - as the term “Levant” is
used to exclude the legitimacy of Israel as a nation.) ISIS is continually
referred to as a “Radical” Islamic group. This is absolutely incorrect and
those in Islam know this. Again the West remains willfully clueless to these
word games and in much the same way they refuse to see the obvious differences with
respect to the Old Testament God and Jesus Christ, they refuse to see that ISIS
cannot possibly be radicals. Why do I say that? Let me explain.
To
be a radical is to go against the norm. For example, if one is in a group of
people who all part their hair on the right, it would be radical for one to
then part their hair on the left or the middle; the move is radical as it does
not adhere to the established norm of the group.
The
actions of ISIS are not radical by the tenets established within the Qur’anic
scriptures or the Hadiths. As I have already pointed out – and as much of the
clueless West continually parrot, the ancient Israelites were obeying their god
when they marched into a village or a land and killed or enslaved the
conquered. According to the Old Testament scriptures, this was appropriate and
an essential tenet of their faith. It is interesting that when we see the exact
same tenets being expressed within Islam, we suddenly get all weak in the knees
and back peddle. Why is it that the Hebrews are guilty, but the Muslims are
not?
In
truth, the actions of ISIS are not radical in the least. The Term “Radical
Islam” simply does not apply from any intellectual point of view if one knows
Islam and the meaning of the word “radical.” However in today’s Western media,
any real effort to know one’s foe is simply too much work. Instead they attach themselves
to words and terms that through Western eyes seem to make sense, but in reality
only make the situation worse. What do I mean by that? Allow me to expand on
that.
If
one calling themselves a Christian were to go about killing others who do not believe
as they do, subjugating others and generally acting in a manner which brought
great pain and suffering to their fellow man, we could rightfully call this
person a “radical.” We could do that because none of those behaviors are
supported by the Gospels or the Epistles … none.
To
be fair, Christian history is littered with people acting in just such a manner
towards their fellow man, killing and enslaving those who did not conform as
commanded. However on closer inspection, one would find that in order to
support such views as a Christian, one must dredge up the Old Covenant since
again, none of those aberrant behaviors are supported by the New Covenant …
none.
I
believe it is a fair observation for me to point out that few Christians, much
less non-Christians, understand the significance of the two covenants. Too many
Pastors and teachers of the scriptures really have no idea what the difference
is. Those who believe they do know and understand the difference, look at the
two covenants through the cracked and improper lens of Dispensationalism. Briefly,
God acted differently towards His creation in different eras based upon
covenants He made with Himself which restricted His movements. The time of
Christ was a “Grace” dispensation which will soon be replaced at the time of
the Great Tribulation and the Rapture.
The
above mentioned points of doctrine are all manmade contrivances which are
approximately one hundred, seventy years old. They were brought to us primarily
through one man, a Plymouth Brethren pastor named John Nelson Darby. Even Darby
had to acknowledge the gods in both covenants and the actual covenants themselves
were vastly different from one another. This had led to confusion and outright
abuse by the reigning clergy towards their flock. Darby’s theories respecting
different dispensations which controlled God’s behavior towards mankind did much
to remove the confusion. It essentially explained why God could order the rape
and murder of little children in one part of the Bible and how Jesus could pronounce
a curse upon those who would hurt little children in another part of the same
Bible.
Suffice
to say, Darby’s conclusions were absolutely in error. However that did not stop
orthodoxy from adopting the theory wholesale and incorporating it into their
teachings. Today if one is a Fundamentalist Evangelical Christian and does not
adhere to Dispensationalism and the Rapture, one is close to being branded a heretic.
Many churches and Christian ministries have incorporated this piece of Biblically
unsupported doctrine into their statements of faith. Those who refuse to bow to
this erroneous teaching, are prohibited from engaging in either church
functions or those ministries.
To
one who believes they have been called of God to go and preach the Gospel to
the whole world, making disciples of them, such restrictions based upon these
manmade contrivances make that task almost impossible; one finds that not only
are they battling against the unbelievers, but also orthodoxy.
Here
is a point to consider: The Jews as a people have not been fundamentalists in
thought or deed for more than two thousand years. The modern state of Israel
was not built to conform to the conditions as laid out by the Lord in
Deuteronomy 11:22-32 and 28:16-68. Modern Israel was founded as a Parliamentary
Democracy. As such, its present governmental structure violates most of the
restrictions laid out by the Lord in Deuteronomy. One could therefore regard the Jews today as
either disobedient, or perhaps as Radicals;
they do not follow the whole of the Law.
Now
contrast Israel with that of most all its Muslim neighbors. Almost without
exception, these nations are all theocracies, ruled by Imams. These religious
leaders rule from the pages of the Qur’an and the Hadiths almost exclusively.
From these Islamic teachings, a “code of
conduct” or Sharia Law has been implemented. Strict obedience of these laws
are not regarded as “Radical” as too many
in the West would have you believe; the strict obedience of these laws is a
fundamental part of Islam. Fundamental.
And
here is where we have a breakdown in basic understanding between the East and
the West. The West in its arrogance looks at everything in the world through a Western
mindset. Thus if we find certain behavior as aberrant, we call it Radical because it does not hold to what
we regard as normal. However to the Eastern mindset – especially those who are adherents
to Islam, such behavior is far from aberrant; it is fundamental and pragmatic.
Islam
demands conformity from all in order to achieve peace. If there must be a
period of torment and death in order to achieve this conformity and subsequent
peace, than such is as a blessing from Allah. This point cannot be dismissed or
ignored: Islam is a Religion of Peace because it excises all dissent. Once
dissent is removed, conformity reigns and peace follows.
This
brings us back to the matter of ISIS and just exactly what is going on. When
Barack Obama made the decision to pull out United States troops from Iraq prior
to the 2012 election, he was strongly cautioned that such a move would create a
vacuum which would quickly be filled by these Muslim terrorists. Obama ignored
such advice from his military leadership and even fired some of them.
Re-election was the only thing which mattered and if Americans believed that it
was best to pull out rather than actually subdue the land, then that’s what
should be done. Obama did so, was re-elected as predicted and Iraq fell soon
afterward … also as predicted.
Like dominos falling, various Middle Eastern countries led primarily by secular
military dictators begun to fall one by one. All the while, al Qaeda was growing
into a different animal. This animal was finally reborn during the battle to
unseat yet another of these Middle Eastern Dictators in Syria, Bashar al Assad.
To
be certain, Assad is not a nice man. Syria has not been a particularly good
friend to the United States and definitely has not been kind to Israel. However
to the Fundamentalists Muslims of ISIS, he is little better than an infidel.
These fundamentalist Muslims going under such brands as the Muslim Brotherhood,
al Qaeda or ISIS sought to unseat Assad from power just as they had done with Hosni
Mubarak in Egypt and Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. Once these lands had been
liberated from the “puppets” placed by the Western Imperialists after World War
I, ISIS could create the Islamic Empire they’ve dreamed of since the time of
Muhammad. And here is where the strategy they’ve employed comes about. This is
a strategy no one in the West has yet to see … well ALMOST no one.
While
we in the West are reeling over the barbarity of these Muslim terrorists
towards the people they’ve kidnapped - watching them being beheaded, burned
alive or shot, we are having seared into our collective consciousness how a “Radical” Muslim looks and acts. This is
by design. We are then left to contrast the behavior of ISIS, The Muslim
Brotherhood, al Qaeda, Hamas, et al with those “peaceful” Muslims who just want
to pray to Allah and live their lives. Well that is all well and good, except for
one thing: There are still the fundamental tenets of the Islamic faith to deal
with.
Why
do we accept the fact that if ISIS will murder Westerners and even fellow other
Muslims in order to achieve their goals, they will not also bring the same
wrath down upon these “Peaceful” Muslims elsewhere in the world – including the
West? As a point of consistency and continuity, they will not. Either these “Peaceful”
Muslims are well aware that they are living on borrowed time, or this is part
of a larger plan of deception. Here we have the “Trojan Horse.”
While
we are fixated on the horror that is ISIS and other like terrorists, we are not
seeing the “Peaceful” Muslims who are making great strides in our communities, implementing
Sharia Law in place of Municipal, State or Federal laws. We ignore the fact
that “special” rights are being afforded to these Islamic groups not enjoyed by
others. Presently there are pending pieces of legislation which seek to make
speaking out against Islam a Hate Crime. Even though such legislation is in
direct violation of the 1st Amendment to the United States
Constitution, our lawmakers are vacillating and I believe they will eventually capitulate.
Once
we cede our Constitutional rights to these theocracies, what protections do we
as a people have left? Are we so eager to give up our hard won freedoms because
we don’t want to be seen as bigots or racists? To be certain there are many
well meaning people who think just that way. However our lawmakers are not so
deluded. They have calculated the possibilities of success or failure and are
hedging their bets.
In
the end, most of them will have realized they chose poorly by aligning
themselves with Islam over the protections afforded to us all by the United
States Constitution, but it will be far too late. No country likes a traitor;
not the ones from whom the traitor betrayed, or the country who benefitted by
the betrayal. There is the thought (correctly, in my opinion) that a traitor
remains a traitor forever and cannot be trusted by either side. Such people are
therefore eliminated as soon as is possible.
We
may be allowed to eventually defeat ISIS, but they are not the real threat. The
real danger is taking place right under our noses by those “Peaceful” Muslims
entering our governmental bodies presently, writing laws which subvert our
Constitution and pushing for a greater voice than that which is granted to
others. The danger lies with those “Peaceful” Muslims who are infiltrating our
schools, colleges and universities, teaching lies about Christianity and about
Islam. The danger of these stealth actions are not going to manifest overnight,
but will visit us with the next fifteen to twenty years in a most dramatic
fashion.
The
Imams are fully aware that they have time on their side. The majority of their
populous are illiterate, lead spartan lives and have no real voice. This
situation has only grown more dire over the last several decades rather than
improve. Most of the children in Western schools today cannot even fathom an
Iran where women worked in jobs alongside men, wore Western style dress and
enjoyed tremendous freedom and autonomy. That was the Iran which vanished upon
the return from exile of the Ayatollah Khomeini from France in 1978 and the
subsequent removal of the Shah. This was the first domino to fall and as we
have seen, more have followed with the same blight following in their path.
The
United States is presently under attack by Islam, but our youth are being sold
out by the adults, the supposed “experts” who either do not know what they are
talking about, or are traitors to their own country. Any cursory reading of the
Qur’an and the Hadiths spell out quite clearly what is going on as a point of
strategy on the part of these Muslim groups, but our leadership no longer
cares.
If
there is no action taken to stem the influx of Islamic thought into the West,
we will cease to be the United States. Sharia Law will become firmly
established in too many communities to be effectively rooted out and the United
States Constitution will no longer be an enforceable document.
The
choice really is ours: We can shrink back in fear because we cannot bear being
called racists or bigots, or we can stand up and defend our country from the
invasion which is nakedly apparent in European cities today such as Paris, Copenhagen,
Madrid, etc. We have already suffered our own casualties in the form of the
World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Boston. More will come; it isn’t a matter
of if, but rather of when.
The
first order of business is to cease playing the silly word games foisted upon
us by an unthinking media. Such personalities as Sean Hannity may be well
meaning in their designation of these terrorists as “Radical Muslims”, but he
is entirely incorrect. These people are NOT radicals; they are Fundamentalists
and should be regarded as such. A radical Muslim truly desires to be at peace with
his neighbor and does not plot nor revel in their deaths.
The
next dominos are already tipping and will soon fall. Are we as a still free
people willing to do what is necessary to preserve that freedom, or have we
already accepted defeat? If we continue to remain uneducated about the truth of
Fundamentalist Islam, we are
accepting defeat and that means not only our deaths, but those of our children,
grandchildren and our entire way of life.
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