End Time Patriotism: A Warning

Don't go down with the ship, get on the life boat

With Independence Day celebrations just passed, I am once again reminded of the grip that nationalist identity still has on millions of self-proclaimed Christians. As we slide rapidly into economic collapse, war, and engineered famine, it’s obvious that patriotism is more needed than ever. If our goal is to protect our fellow citizens, our homeland, and our future, we not only need an insurrection, but a thorough and ongoing revolution that can somehow reclaim the levers of power from a dozen bureaucratic institutions and guard them from the next batch of trained traitors. But that cannot be the goal of Christians. We cannot afford to get suckered into the Big Script, where human lives will be used as poker chips in the ever-escalating endgame of Satanic conquest.

The sinking ship

As I explained in the introduction to my book ‘Fire in the Rabbit Hole,’ conquest doesn’t work the way it used to. Today, conquerors acquire power through incompetence, weakness, and confusion instead of brilliance. They create their own self-inflicted disasters, which are unleashed against their own people. They play dumb, stumbling into crisis scenarios which justify emergency powers, extreme policies shifts, and self-fulfilling prophecies. By the time it happens, aligned experts will already have attributed the disaster to something other than planned incompetence. The supposedly inept politician makes sure the disaster manifests on schedule, when the groundwork has been properly laid and the policy is ready. The manifestation of the disaster lends credibility to experts who predicted it, justifying their policy recommendations and leaving little room for debate. After all, crisis scenarios must be acted on quickly, by executive action. Policies always diminish individual rights, family protections, the free market, and checks and balances.

Globalist traitors weasel their way into positions of power in order to pull off this scheme. It requires no intelligence or public approval to succeed, so they can’t screw it up. They are disposable puppets of the interest groups who engineer the transfer of power from sovereign national interests to multinational banks, corporations, and governing bodies. Not only do they not need to worry about popularity, but in some ways it’s better for them to be hated and blatantly unqualified; this sells the image of incompetence they want. A conspiracy of incompetence is impossible to officially prosecute, because stupid politicians cannot be charged with criminal negligence as long as they are obeying their crony advisors.

The public is fed propaganda every step of the way. News reporters are always giving experts the benefit of the doubt, and then regrettably informing us that they were mistaken once the nation suffers. Some might even feign shock. Studies, reports, data, and expert testimony are thus modern weapons of war, launched against common sense and tradition. A ridiculous “study” or “report” is funded by a government agency or NGO, newspapers and blogs are notified, politicians take action based on it, and of course things get worse. Then new studies are generated as the solution. “Just follow the experts, we’re all learning as we go,” is the motto of the modern tyrant.

This isn’t a ship that sinks on its own. Our captains steer into the jagged rocks, throw our supplies overboard, and make the best crew members walk the plank. The question is whether we can—or should—mutiny.

Patriotism

Patriotism is often misunderstood, especially by Americans. Patriotism is not love for your country, or pride. It’s not about endorsing the “values” of your flag or the sentiments of your charter of rights. It’s a willingness to devote yourself to its institutions and processes, personally; enlistment into the military, jury duty, running for local city councils or education boards, volunteering for community service, engaging with representatives, and reporting crimes, fraud, and concerns. It’s hands-on participation and sacrifice; years spent in the machinery. Americans who do no more than pledge allegiance, salute the flag, stand for the anthem, or otherwise perform gestures of pride, are not actually patriotic. Most are lazy, entitled, disengaged, distracted, and ignorant, and do nothing to help their homeland. Nevertheless, they possess a religious stubbornness about their destiny, their morality, and their importance. They are very sensitive, too.

American Christian conservatives have been carefully trained to ignore all conflicts between their faith and their flag. No matter how vile and disgraceful the actions of the State, there is always some greater evil being opposed, some redeeming motivation at the heart of it, or some lesson learned after the fact that makes it okay. If nothing else, they will claim that they are devoted to their fellow countrymen and the ideals of the nation, not the actual political system or its leaders. Of course, this is why a real patriot gets involved in the system and does something about it. Indeed, widespread corruption increases fake patriotic sentiment, as the religious faith in the flag and “God” as the protector of the land is seen as the solution, not part of the problem. Being unwilling to either get active in fix problems directly, or abandon the system as hopeless and unworthy of our attention, the Christian patriot want to have it all: pride in the nation, admiration for its history, no obligations, symbols of great importance, and a smug satisfaction that their prayers magically steer the greatest country in the history of the world (in their mind) away from more extreme evil.

Serving two masters

When we think of serving our country, we must ask ourselves how we can serve God and the flag at the same time:

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. - Luke 16:13

Patriots will no doubt reply that serving one’s country is akin to serving one’s family, church, or community; it is a godly duty, and one that benefits from Christian thinking. This is a dubious point. A man’s family, church, and community consist of real people who know each other personally. The Bible explicitly teaches about how to conduct ourselves towards them, and how to be a servant in respect to them. A country is not like that at all, because it is too vast and abstract, with its own history, politics, and machinery that goes far beyond individuals who need each other.

In the New Testament, the word “nations” is the Greek word “ethnos”, as in ethnicity. It refers to racial/language groups, not kingdoms. Today, ethnicity remains a hot topic, but Christians tend to identify more with their State than their blood. To be “nationalist” is to be racist by the old definition, but today it is associated mostly with protectionist policies and resistance to globalism. Modern nationalism tries to ignore the ethnic dimension, but it is inevitably linked to it by its historic prejudices, dominant groups, and the common idea of “integration.” Without race and language, a nation is just a business with a set of governing policies. Patriotic conservatives don’t like that idea either. So let’s instead remember that our racial and national identities should be broken when we join Christianity:

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (Galatians 3:28)

And again:

When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ, which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. (Ephesians 3:4)

A man’s “ethnos” was tied to his gods, his language, his people, and his whole identity. For Jesus and his disciples to insist on breaking all of these bonds and replacing them with a strictly Christian identity is far more extreme than breaking the modern notion of duty to one’s country. A man used to serve his “nation” (ethnicity) by serving those who looked and sounded like himself, who shared a similar history, and who lived in the same region. Their culture and religion was inherited, like their genes. Christianity was always an exception, and it always will be. In the Christian world, a man symbolically dies, breaks all of his past identities, and is reforged as a new creature in the unique Kingdom of Heaven, which has no geographic home or outward symbols. All obligations of the reborn man are to the Kingdom and its rules, not the fleshly tribe, the geographic country, or the symbols of one’s youth or surroundings.

Symbols and Systems

Nationalism is incompatible with Christianity, but we have an even better argument against patriotism by comparing the flag to the example Jesus gives.

In Christ’s example, the “master” is money, which is a State-produced symbol, a daily reality of life, and a motivating idea. These are all true of the flag as well. It’s an abstract concept tied to a societal system. Even the Constitution is like money, in that it belongs to the State,¹ only has value when it is enforced by law, and guarantees certain functions within that society.

Hundreds of millions of humans pledge their service and allegiance to the flag. Soldiers vow to defend its honor and uphold its values. It is considered a sacred symbol in America, and foreigners are supposed to fear it. By contrast, nobody pledges allegiance to money that I know of. Currency is an inert tool; a method of facilitating transactions or storing value. The flag is promoted as something worthy to be served because it is drenched in ideological imperatives, priorities, behaviors, and historical memories, while money is promoted because it is the opposite; it is maximally neutral, picks no favorites, and in fact serves the person who has it. People serve the flag as a master, but how do we serve money? Was Jesus misunderstanding the whole point of currency? God forbid.

Only a fool would deny that humans serve money as if it were a master, even though it is infinitely less ideological than the flag, or one’s country. If pursued as a lifestyle, identity, or ideology, money has profound effects on how a person thinks and acts. Their whole life bends around it. The function of a master is to dictate behavior along the principles and guidelines he enjoys. A “master” is thus a system that has its own logic, so to “serve money” is to obey the system and logic of money. Money has no policies, crises, or historic figureheads, but it is still taught by Jesus Christ to be a potential master with principles and desires that are not necessarily opposed to God, but which compete for a man’s loyalty. As he points out, there will come a point where a man chooses between them, and at that point he will prefer one over the other.

What does it look like when a man chooses his country over God? It is picking up a rifle and marching off to kill humans to protect its interests and security; it is getting emotionally tied up in the factions that compete for control of its system; it is denouncing and hating those who expose its wickedness; it is swearing vows and making pledges to its artifacts and icons; it is memorizing its propaganda and mythology rather than learning God’s Word; it is incorporating its values and standards, rather than the Bible’s; it is celebrating its holidays and traditions, rather than God’s; it is feeling superior to others based on where you live. Many more things embody the patriot, but are not fitting for Christians.

Forsaking the world

Every nation belongs to the world, and the world is ruled by Satan.² Jesus said that his Kingdom is not of this world:

Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” (John 18:36)

Why do people insist on glorifying the worldly nations, when we already have a Kingdom that is greater than any of them, which is not tied to this planet? Why do people pray for countries and States? Did Jesus pray for Judea, Jerusalem, or Rome? Did he pray for the world, or only for those who belonged to God?

I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. (John 17:9)

How different than a patriotic sentiment. If a Christian wants to be a patriot, he should be fully patriotic for the Kingdom of Heaven, and not for the nation they were born in. He should vow loyalty to the domain governed by Jesus Christ, not a President or Prime Minister.

The Image of the Beast

There’s an even more dangerous scenario when it comes to patriotism. As I described at great length in my book ‘Maybe Everyone is Wrong’ we know that the Beasts described in Daniel represent kingdoms on earth, and that the fourth one is very special. It is prophesied to last until the Messiah reigns on earth. That fourth Beast is undeniably Rome. This is what we find in Revelation; the Roman Beast empire is what Satan gives his throne and authority to, which makes war with the saints and overcomes them. The second Beast mentioned in Revelation is not different, but causes the world to worship the first Beast again, even though it is extinct. It is a new incarnation of Roman power—the Catholic Church—and likewise is the “image of the Beast” warned about as Rome’s final manifestation before the cataclysms of judgment come upon the earth. The “image of the Beast” is the Italian Renaissance, a humanist revival of ancient Greco-Roman empire, based on democratic republic government.

America is a neo-classical, Greco-Roman civilization, modeled after Rome. That’s why its State buildings, courts, and important buildings are always modeled after ancient Greek and Roman architecture, with marble columns and statues. Freemasonry was known as the preserver of ancient secrets, and the founding fathers admired the Greek philosophers, as well as the Roman empire. They designed America be the image of the Beast, though they didn’t realize they were fulfilling prophecy.

Every former monarchy which was reformed (or violently overthrown) by Masonic conspiracy turned into Humanist Enlightenment Democratic Republics in keeping with the Italian Renaissance, and thus shares this same prophetic identity. Europe and America continue to “liberate” countries this way, forcing fake democracy on unwilling countries in order to spread the power of the Beast. This is how Satan conquers in the name of Liberty, and enslaves in the name of Freedom. Democratic Republics are vulnerable to debt, bureaucracy, inefficiency, and therefore cannot govern themselves effectively against foreign manipulation, intelligence agencies, and corruption. America is in the hands of Satan, and it wars against true Christians through its systemic discrimination, propaganda, and, yes, patriotism.

Is patriotism sin and idolatry?

I have avoided using the terms “sin” and “idolatry” in this article, despite believing that America is part of the image of the Beast system. I do not believe that patriotism in general constitutes idolatry, nor is a sin. But Christians adhere to a higher standard than merely avoiding sins. We need to ask if it is simply unwise, counterproductive, or another thing Christians should outgrow and depart from. I absolutely believe that patriotism is unwise for the believer. It is another master; a conflicting priority.

What does “worshiping the Beast” really mean? Traditional interpretations insist that the “Beast” is a single man, and that worshiping him will be an explicitly religious activity. How awfully convenient for the Roman system! I believe worshiping the Beast is not about religious affiliation, but service and identity—patriotism to a fault. Glorifying, serving, and obeying anything is like worshiping it. In fact, worshiping God himself is not a magical process; it is the simple acknowledgment of His importance, a deep reverence for His Word, and a personal devotion to serve Him. By this metric, people do worship their nations; whether by that we mean their race, or their State.

God does not call us to serve our kingdom or country, even in times of crisis and corruption. We are in the world, but not of the world:

They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. (John 17:16)

And if we were going to serve our country, it would not be by saluting a flag or celebrating a holiday, but devoting our lives to fixing its problems hands-on. Instead, God calls us to serve His Kingdom, its people, and get involved with its systems. There we can truly make a difference and earn rewards, not perpetuate a corrupt system of oppression, deception, and false godliness.

1. While the Declaration of Independence against Great Britain references “Nature’s God” and the “Creator” as the source of human rights and liberty, this was never a reference to the Christian God. Freemasons very deliberately deified concepts (and gave them an uppercase spelling) such as Liberty, Justice, Wisdom, and so on, and their “Creator” was an agnostic and abstract one. But the Declaration of Independence has nothing to do with the legal system. For that we must look at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights: neither mentions God or the Creator at all. These are the legal documents that serve as the theoretical foundation of the American system. They are not Christian.

2. See John 12:31, 14:30, 16:11