In 1644 Rev. Samuel Rutherford published LEX, REX, The Law & the Prince to demonstrate that the natural law is above the King, Some 364 years later The Invisible Hand Blog is born after a historic election a Reagan Conservative born in the 60's molded in the Reagan years begins this blog to demonstrate the God given Unalienable rights given to every person by God. God bless the truth and let the truth be raised.
Christmas in Hawaii, the $9 million beach house, the palm trees, the surf, the sun, the beaches, the hula girls, the aloha shirt? Well leave the aloha shirt in the suitcase, there is Change in the world, lets say a New World Order, which World Leader is the real voice for Joe SIXPACK?
You have to wonder what in the wide world of sports is going on here?
You have Vladimir Putin fishing topless:
French President Nicolas Sarkozy ... paddling a canoe on Lake Winnipesaukee while on vacation in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire :
Even, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME!!! Hillary and her puppet getting into the act:
And our beloved leader and his wife Barack Hussein Obama in Hawaii:
This is the state of the NEW WORLD ORDER, jacuzzis, saunas, massages at the G8 Summit in Italy July 2009. But why was Obama and Michelle photogged by the paparazzi?, there can be only one explanation.
Barack Hussein Obama was trying to appease the gays, this is the only explanation. Obama wanted to give something back for his insensitive pick of Reverend Rick Warren. So, Barack Hussein Obama purposefully exposed his bare chest for all gays to see, thinking this would some way brush aside his anti-gay pick earlier in the month. However, the AP REPORTS
Gay-rights leaders' enthusiasm for Obama subsides
One Gay Activist Leader called it a "double punch to the gut" — the choice of a pastor they consider hostile for a prime inauguration role and dashed hopes for the first openly gay Cabinet member.
Enthusiasm among gays over Barack Obama's election has deflated rapidly in the days since his inaugural organizers announced that the invocation would be delivered by the Rev. Rick Warren, a prominent pastor who backed a recent ballot measure banning same-sex marriage in his home state of California.
The Warren announcement coincided with the final round of Obama's Cabinet selections — confirming that gays on the short list for interior secretary and labor secretary would not get those posts.
"It felt like a double punch to the gut," said Denis Dison of the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, which supports openly gay political candidates. "Now, he is trying to appease us with the bare chested photo, Barack has no compassion or sensitivity for us gays."
The Invisible Hand wanted to check this out for our readers, so I went were the gays are . . . Nordstrom. Since it was sleeting and icy in Kansas City, I was only able to track down one gay shopper in the shoe department at Nordstrom.
I asked the gay shopper about the released Obama SIxpack photo and what it meant? "Obama has a nice gut and the butt, oh I will not go there, I am so upset , I just maxed my Visa at Nordstrom's. I just do not feel like talking about it, it makes no sense whatsoever, why does he torment us?" "Please, do not use my name, my mom does not realize I am gay."
The Invisible Hand never reveals sources and your gayness is and will remain a secret, and I want to thank you for being my first gay source for my blog. As you can see Obama's plan of baring it all has back-fired with the gays, maybe Obama-girl has a different take, however two days before Christmas and Obama's bare chest is doing nothing for the gays.
Rev. Rick Warren has been picked by Barack Obama to give the invocation at the swearing in ceremony on January 20, 2009. At exactly 12:00 noon eastern standard time, the Chief Justice John Roberts will preside over Barack Hussein Obama's Oath of Office, making Barack Hussein Obama the 44th President of these United States.
This is an historic event, probably a little bit more historic than on January 20, 2005 when Rev. Dr. Luis Leon gave the invocation at George W. Bush's second inauguration. This announcement and historic occasion presents a challenge to Rev. Dr. Rick Warren, what shall I pray?
I took it upon myself, to help out the good Doctor & Reverend, so I placed a call to the Saddleback Church in California. The receptionist was friendly and pleasant, as I told her of how God laid it upon my heart to help the good Doctor & Reverend with his supplication. As you can assume, I did not get through to the Doctor & Reverend Rick Warren, not is all lost because I have his email and guess who is getting a link to this article?
To help the Reverend out, I want to accomplish two tasks, first educate the American People, as you all know by now, the American Populist is not to bright. I mean, when God handed out the brains, the Americans where ahead of the Brits but behind the Chinese, Mexicans, Arab States etc., so the American people need to be brought-up to speed. Second, I do not want to put words in the good Doctor & Reverend's mouth, I want to give him some examples and tips on praying great prayers that get past the ceiling.
First, most if not all Americans have no clue what an invocation is? In the words of Forrest Gump, "my momma says," if you do not know what it means use a dictionary.
in⋅vo⋅ca⋅tion
[in-vuh-key-shuhn]–noun
1. the act of invoking or calling upon a deity, spirit, etc., for aid, protection, inspiration, or the like; supplication.
2.any petitioning or supplication for help or aid.
3.a form of prayer invoking God's presence, esp. one said at the beginning of areligious service or public ceremony.
I like number three, that is what an invocation is, prayer invoking God's presence. I thought it was interesting to note that in some way or another the Reverend Billy Graham or his son, Franklin has been a part of the Presidential Inauguration since 1953, except for 2005 and now with the emerging Billy Graham of this generation Dr. Rick Warren, oh how I digress.
Moving forward to the second part, style and substance. To accomplish a style and substance that is for this generation, the instant generation, the generation of instant messaging, cell phones, texting, Blackberry, ipod, iphones, etc. etc. etc., you get my point, the prayers of Billy Graham are like hymns to this generation of CHANGE. What you need is hip, refreshing, and meaningful prayer. By this, I do not mean, lets throw away the prayers that came before us, no, no, no, because in each generation there are prayers that reach across generational lines, that are powerful, that are meaningful, that are hip, and they all come from the depths of the heart.
Dr. & Rev. Rick Warren, here is your key, pray from the depths of your heart and in the words of Aretha Franklin "Say a little prayer," keep it short. Dr. & Rev. Rick Warren here are examples of prayers that came from the depths of the heart, from ordinary, everyday men of God. I have purposefully left out the One, who taught us how to pray,but the ones you will examine invoke his lesson of crying out to God from the heart.
JABEZ: A Humble Man of God, found in I Chronicles 4:10
"And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that Thine hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested."
KING HEZEKIAH: A Great King who relied on God's Strength, found in II Kings 19:15-19 Hezekiah then went into the house of the LORD and prayed.
"And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth. LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God. Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only."
MARTIN LUTHER: The Simple Reformer, Here I Stand for truth. "Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart."
PETER MARSHALL: The Man Called Peter who changed a Nation.
"O God, forgive the poverty and the pettiness of our prayers . Listen not to our words but to the yearnings of our hearts. Hear beneath our petitions the crying of our need."
JIM ELLIOT: A martyr for Christ. "Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single road; make me a fork, that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me."
ELVIS PRESLEY: A lost soul who found faith in Christ.
"SEND ME SOME LIGHT-- I NEED IT."**
Dr.& Rev. Rick Warren, all the above prayers come from men who were real, even though they have all gone to glory, their words, their utterances, their prayers from the heart are timeless and relevant for this generation as they were when they were first uttered.
Remember Rev. Warren, on January 20, 2009, when you stand before our nation to offer a prayer to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the ONE TRUE GOD, utter those words from the depth of our nation's heart and keep it short and your words will spark this generation of CHANGE, just remember Elvis, "SEND ME SOME LIGHT -- USA NEEDS IT.
**Larry Geller, “If I Can Dream”: Elvis’ Own Story, (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989), Inside Jacket
WASHINGTON, DC (JCCIC)--Senator Dianne Feinstein, Chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, today announced the program for the 56th Presidential Inauguration, which will take place on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2009.
"I am delighted to announce this superb line-up of participants in the 2009 inaugural ceremonies," said Senator Feinstein. "The inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama will be an event of historic proportion. It is appropriate that the program will include some of the world's most gifted artists from a wide range of backgrounds and genres."
The announcement continued that Dr. Rick Warren will lead the Invocation at President Obama's inauguration. The program announcement had this to say about Pastor Warren:
Dr. Rick Warren founded Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, in 1980 with one family. Today, it is an evangelical congregation averaging 22,000 weekly attendees, a 120-acre campus, and has more than 300 community ministries to groups such as prisoners, CEOs, addicts, single parents, and those with HIV/AIDS. He also leads the Purpose Driven Network of churches, a global coalition of congregations in 162 countries. TIME magazine named him one of "15 World Leaders Who Mattered Most in 2004," and in 2005 one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World."
Dr. Rick Warren is becoming the Billy Graham of this generation within the emerging church. As you recall, Pastor Warren hosted both presidential candidates at his church during the presidential election, now he has been invited to give a prayer to Our Heavenly Father, asking God to give wisdom, aid, protection, and guidance to the 44th President Barack Hussein Obama.
Dr. Rick Warren, just maybe the next Spiritual Ear to the U.S. Presidents, this generation's Billy Graham. Liberals are not happy about this decision by Barack Obama and one group in particular is mad as hell.
Gays are furious over this decision, in fact,
Joe Solomnese, the president of the Human Rights Campaign, has sent a blistering letter to President-elect Obama, accusing him of delivering a "genuine blow" to the gay community in choosing Rev. Rick Warren to give the formal invocation at next month's inauguration.
Dear President-elect Obama,
Let me get right to the point. Your invitation to Reverend Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at your inauguration is a genuine blow to LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, & Transexual) Americans. Our loss in California over the passage of Proposition 8 which stripped loving, committed same-sex couples of their given legal right to marry is the greatest loss our community has faced in 40 years. And by inviting Rick Warren to your inauguration, you have tarnished the view that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans have a place at your table.
Rick Warren has not sat on the sidelines in the fight for basic equality and fairness. In fact, Rev. Warren spoke out vocally in support of Prop 8 in California saying, "there is no need to change the universal, historical definition of marriage to appease 2 percent of our population ... This is not a political issue -- it is a moral issue that God has spoken clearly about." Furthermore, he continues to misrepresent marriage equality as silencing his religious views. This was a lie during the battle over Proposition 8, and it's a lie today.
Rev. Warren cannot name a single theological issue that he and vehemently, anti-gay theologian James Dobson disagree on. Rev. Warren is not a moderate pastor who is trying to bring all sides together. Instead, Rev. Warren has often played the role of general in the cultural war waged against LGBT Americans, many of whom also share a strong tradition of religion and faith.
We have been moved by your calls to religious leaders to own up to the homophobia and racism that has stood in the way of combating HIV and AIDS in this country. And that you have publicly called on religious leaders to open their hearts to their LGBT family members, neighbors and friends.
But in this case, we feel a deep level of disrespect when one of architects and promoters of an anti-gay agenda is given the prominence and the pulpit of your historic nomination. Only when Rev. Warren and others support basic legislative protections for LGBT Americans can we believe their claim that they are not four-square against our rights and dignity. In that light, we urge you to reconsider this announcement.
Sincerely,
Joe Solmonese President Human Rights Campaign
Mr. Obama is quickly learning you cannot please all of the people all of the time. Be careful, the Bible has a warning about a woman's scorn, what about Gay scorn?, if the display of outrage in California over Prop 8 is any indication, Mr. Obama, just watch your back.
Pastor Rick Warren Appeared on Fox Hannity & Colmes on December 3, 2008, "The Legitimate Role of Government" was one of the issues discussed. Here is the discourse between Sean Hannity and Pastor Rick Warren:
HANNITY: But we're born in a fallen condition.
COLMES: We are?
HANNITY: I mean, so human beings are imperfect.
WARREN: Yes.
HANNITY: All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. OK, so with that understanding, there's always going to be human evil. The question is, can you eradicate it. In other words, the whole issue came up. Can you — can you talk to rogue dictators.
Ahmadinejad denies the Holocaust, wants to wipe Israel off the map, is seeking nuclear weapons.
WARREN: Yes.
HANNITY: I think we need to take him out.
WARREN: Yes.
HANNITY: Am I advocating something dark, evil or something righteous?
WARREN: Well, actually, the Bible says that evil cannot be negotiated with. It has to just be stopped. And I believe...
HANNITY: By force?
WARREN: Well, if necessary. In fact, that is the legitimate role of government. The Bible says that God puts government on earth to punish evildoers. Not good-doers. Evildoers.
HANNITY: I'm just gotten, thanks to my wife, who you know, you know, been reading the Old Testament. Because as a good Catholic growing up, I studied more the New Testament.
WARREN: Just ignored that part.
HANNITY: I ignored the Old Testament. But what about King David? What about the — all the battles, all the conflict, you know, going back - - you know, Abraham — Adam and Eve and their children, going forward?
WARREN: The point is, there are some things worth dying for. There's no doubt about that. And I would die for my family. I would die for my freedom. I would die for this country.
HANNITY: If somebody broke into your house, you would be justified to kill them?
WARREN: I would be justified to protect my family. Absolutely.
HANNITY: And if it took killing them?
WARREN: Absolutely.
HANNITY: But it's not murder at that point?
WARREN: No. Murder is not self-defense.
HANNITY: Yes.
WARREN: And the Bible also says that governments can do things that I'm not supposed to do as an individual. God has authorized — God has not put the law in my hands. He's put the law in the government's hands.
Responding to Hannity’s assertion that “we need to take him [Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] out,” Warren agreed, saying that stopping evil “is the legitimate role of government. The Bible says that God puts government on earth to punish evildoers.”
I believe Rick Warren was referring to Romans 13:1-3, which states, "Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power?"
If you read the blogs all has been negative about this exchange, however if you go back to the Founding Fathers, many if not all, correspond and agree with Pastor Rick Warren's view of his analysis of governmental authority and jurisdiction. "To Execute the Sword," and punish evil-doers is a legitimate role of government. The Declaration of Independence echos this thought, "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Who is the Government? "We the People. . ."
David Barton of Wallbuilders, in an article, WAS THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION A BIBLICALLY JUSTIFIED ACT?, talks about the two interpertations of Romans 13 and how the Founders Held Fast to the interpertation that the general institution of government has the right to execute the sword, but if it becomes destructive, wicked, evil then it is the right and duty of the people to change, disobey and even put in place a new government.
Here, are the two sides of Romans 13--interpretations representing a debate that has existed among American Christians for centuries.
On one side was the belief that when government speaks, God requires us to obey. This same theological position resulted in the "Divine Right of Kings" philosophy which reasoned that since the King was chosen by God, God therefore expected all citizens to obey the King in all circumstances; anything less was rebellion against God.
The other interpretation of Romans 13 was set out in a 1579 work by Frenchman Philippe du Plessis Mornay, which was printed in English as "A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants." This treatise took the position that government being ordained of God was referring to the general institution of government rather than to each distinct government.
God ordained government in lieu of anarchy. Yet, there clearly have been governments in recent years that promote anarchy, rebellion, and wickedness (e.g. Qadafi in Libya, Saddam Hussein in Iraq, Idi Amin in Uganda). Has God endorsed those governments? If so, He has contradicted His nature and is commanding submission to the very things that He hates--which isn't possible.
Most Christian denominations during the American Revolution all believed that Romans 13 meant they were not to overthrow government as an institution and live in anarchy, but that this passage did not mean they had to submit to every civil law. (Note that in Hebrews 11, a number of those who made the cut in the "Faith Hall of Fame" as heroes of the faith were guilty of civil disobedience--including Daniel, the three Hebrew Children, the Hebrew Midwives, and Moses.) Furthermore, the Apostles in Acts 4-5 also declared they would obey God rather than civil authorities.
The real key to understanding civil disobedience and Romans 13 under this latter view, then, is to determine if the purpose of opposition is simply to resist the institution of government in general (which would be anarchy and would promote a rebellious spirit), or if it is to specifically resist bad laws, bad acts, or bad governments. The American Founding Fathers embraced the second interpretation of Romans 13, and therefore strongly opposed "Divine Right of Kings" theology, which was derived from the first interpretation of Romans 13. For example, Founding Father James Otis in a 1766 work argued that the only king who had any divine right was God; beyond that, God had ordained power to people.
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States. A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for they will possess the power, and jealousy will instantly inspire the inclination, to resist the execution of a law which appears to them unjust and oppressive. ---Noah Webster, An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution (Philadelphia 1787).
This follows that "to execute the sword," is a legitimate power if that government is legitimate. So that begs the question is the USA's government legitimate, if not, as I write gun sales are going through the roof.
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