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In the name of God and manifest destiny, the Godless-religious Caucasian conquers have patrolled this continent (and indeed, Earth) with eyes filled with the gold and silver that this Earth provides: The only thing standing in their way was the indigenous. And so, they mastered the militant methodology of threaten, and then subdue the response to the threat. This made the (Taker) taking appear righteous; heroic even. The idea of Militantism is that of forging heroes who basically take the lives of those just trying to protect themselves. This has been the pattern of the militant since day one! And so, as the Westernized Capitalist conquerors (the Godless-religious), with a Bible in one hand and a gun in the other, went about pushing aside those who lived on this continent for thousands of years. This conquering and controlling mentality (this pathology) is the end-consequence of Spiritual depravity over dozens of generations. This prophetic backslide into the pits of darkness, is given some semblance of light, with the Bible and the ideals of Godliness and righteousness. But alas; we are what we do, and no more! The fruit is all over the tree for all to see for themselves. And so, self-justification aside, the Godless-religious took this grand and unique natural creation of God, and turned it into a veritable parking lot filled with man-centric machines and all the billowing towers of victory over Gods created world. And who gets dismissed in this carnage? The simple people; the Indians; the homeless; those who do not feel lead to partake in the Capitalists mêlée of sin and depravation, planet-trashing and nature-raping! To the Godless-religious Capitalist dominators, you must comply, or you will be looked upon as a social reject; a loser; as a needy person who is damaged for not fitting in, and then disrespected; and, in the name of Jesus! Welcome to the life of the marginalized; welcome to the camp of Yahshua; here you will find the Lord Jesus Christ, and His own. Today, those who provide the food, the housing and shelter, and the other more laborious tasks, are looked upon as unskilled; at the bottom of the talent pool. Jesus was a Tekton; a construction worker, and the others were fishermen and tent makers (textiles). They all grew food in gardens, had sheep, goats and other mammals, and they hunted and fished. The reason that God did not have our Lord be a Pharisee, a King or an Executive, to be the Deliverer, was (and still is) paramount. The reason that Jesus taught against mammon and coinage, is because He knew what that silver and gold would represent, in the (current and future) exploitation of humanity. <br><br> And so, the minority suffers at the hands of the Mammonites, as they take and take, until there's nothing of Gods creation left for Gods creation! In other words, all of North America is titled and into the dominant hands of the Godless, and the Godless-religious, and the NA Reservations are either deserts or casinos. The National Parks are for all to see, but none to use. And so, the homeless are homeless, exactly because they have no place to go within the net (and the control) of the control-freaks: All land is owned by a human lord; this is the opposite of Gods directives, but it also explains how prophesy will manifest; it explains why homelessness will never end; it explains why Intentional Communities (w/rare exception) will never work either. Until everyone in a community, a town or a city, are willing to labor for their own needs, the need to exploit and belittle the farm workers, construction workers and others who live as Jesus Christ (and His Disciples and Apostles) becomes their way of justifying their Godless lifestyles. It also leads into the exploitation of the natural world, of national borders (then patriotism and racism), and eventually to landlordism. The mammon system, which is a contradiction to Gods prime directives for how we are to live upon Earth, have been violated for so long, that the end-times become ever clearer! Jesus Christ served the poor, the homeless, the diseased, the destitute and the broken. But we must understand that those people got that way because they existed in an unjust culture, which was lorded over by mammon-dependent war-mongers who created a social system contrary to Gods design and directives. It was always the Godless/Loveless that caused all human suffering, because they are cold, dark and Loveless, and as such, crave to be superior to other humans. This pathology is measurable, and is, to this day, witnessed in the poor among us! <br><br> Humans are not herd animals. You cannot treat them all the same, like they do in military boot-camp or in prison. This is undignified. But the fact is, the Godless (including the Godless-religious) have no sense of personal dignity or the ability to honor another human being, because they do not honor themselves. They do not have a concept of what honor, dignity and respect really means. If others are not like they are; think like they think; perceive the world like they do, then they're defective humans, and need to be dominated, controlled and reformed to their own image! We witness this AS (human) History! Typically, the deep-residing (often unrecognized) guilt that comes from living above other humans is what creates the disrespect; the disgust; the justified abuse! This pathology is why humans like to dominate and control other humans. But Jesus said to do unto others as we would do unto ourselves; to treat others as we would want to be treated (the golden rule). Without Love dominating and controlling the inner man, that man, no matter how "nice" he may be outwardly, is dead internally, and as such, is subject to all evil. This is why the homeless are treated like second-class; like low-life, and indeed, many of them are products of self-abuse and a life of indifference: They too, have lived Godless lives, and are the unlucky that have not wisely prepared for their own futures, or, have lost it all to another. In cultures that favor the female, many men have lost everything to the one they thought they would retire with, and so, she has the home, and he has the side of a dumpster (indeed, most homeless people are men). And so, most homeless shelters are dangerous and undignified, and not a welcome place for those who are just homeless. The shelters have been reduced to ex-con prisons and mental ward extensions. And so, for those who have simply lost/failed economically, being surrounded by the mentally ill and the criminal mind, is not a conducive place for change. Shelter life ends up taking the economically desperate, into another world altogether. Therefore, those who are employed by homelessness do not live as those they "serve"! Why? Because they do not live by the golden rule, they are ruled by the gold! The business of homelessness gives them a stable job, and the irony is that many in the shelter are there because they do not have a stable job. The solution is obvious, but it cannot happen within a (Capitalist) system wherein, one human takes their resources from another human. This is why there are zero homeless Amish people; why there are zero unemployed Amish people; why there are zero hungry Amish people. The Body of Christ are One! Conversely, the Godless-religious are not Saved/transformed, and therefore, they think like the rest of the Godless world: They see the resources they have as their own, and then subtly lord those resources over other human beings. But we of the Indwelling (the Saved) see the homeless and the poor as the Lord Jesus Christ, and as such, treat them better than ourselves. God has placed this imbalance of resources intentionally; the poor are implants, placed here to run the test; Jesus laid out the test (and its outcome) here: </font><p><font size=3 face=times new roman> Matthew 25:31-46 <font color="#800000"> But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He shall sit on the throne of His glory. And all nations shall be gathered before Him. And He shall separate them from one another, as a shepherd divides the sheep from the goats. And indeed He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats off the left. Then the King shall say to those on His right hand, Come, blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and you took Me in; I was naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me. Then the righteous shall answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see You hungry, and fed You? Or thirsty, and gave You drink? When did we see You a stranger, and took You in? Or naked, and clothed You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and came to You? And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers, you have done it to Me. Then He also shall say to those on the left hand, Depart from Me, you cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his angels. For I was hungry, and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty, and you gave Me no drink; I was a stranger and you did not take Me in; I was naked, and you did not clothe Me; I was sick, and in prison, and you did not visit me. Then they will also answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to You? Then He shall answer them, saying, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting life. </font></font> </font><p><font size=3 face=arial> It is both logical and an irony that I get 2 main responses to this page (and reviews to my upcoming book); the first is from Economists (students mostly, as they research and search the internet); they realize that what's being taught in the class rooms, and even what was taught in History, concerning our current state, lack the meat's seasoning that they find here. And then, I get those who just do not get it; they try to tell me all the reasons that our system is, the way it is: These are the justification-makers: They see/hear selectively, and then (as milk-suckers) respond without ever eating the meat! In fact, I understand "the system" better than most! We are not a dying economic system because it works so well; Rome did not fall because they had it all understood. If we want to use human History as a barometer (and endurance is one set element on a larger canvas), we would have to look to China as the longest running human system on Earth. But look at them now; they have succumbed to global pressures, and the (all-too-human) leadership, find themselves with those same feelings of inferiority, for the curse of mankind is volition and the ego (the unkind man)! The product? Pollution on a scale never before witnessed, not even pre-EPA. The inflationary economy is just a byproduct of greed on a grand scale; it's not just prophetic fulfillment, it is a greed-pandemic, and like with all addiction, will not end until/from death. In the meantime, those who are caught in the heat of it all, have become so de-naturalized, that the response is the extremes of wealth-mongering at one end, and poverty and surrender on the other. Those who have been beaten and have surrendered, become addicted to the drugs that require a syringe, whereas, the other extreme state requires everything to reach a high; both are just anesthetizing as a way to cope with living Godless lives! Greed is the most pervasive addiction possible within the human condition. That human condition cannot be recognized by those still trapped within the cocoon of self. No matter what education you purchase, without a birds-eye view of corporeality, you are a very small player in a much larger board-game. Without a Spiritual Enlightenment, all the education availed cannot possibly replace God-in-us! But this is the promotion products of the religion-businesses, that you need them to teach you. These are the products of all the "hands-out" ministries! </font><p><font size=3 face=times new roman> Luke 14:26-35 | 16:13-15 <font color="#800000">If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me, he cannot be My disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he may have enough to finish it; lest perhaps, after he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish, all those seeing begin to mock him, saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish. Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not first sit down and consult whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace. So then, <u>everyone of you who does not forsake all his possessions, he cannot be My disciple</u>. Salt is good, but if the salt has become tasteless, with what shall it be seasoned? It is not fit for the land, nor for manure, but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear. | No servant 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. You cannot serve God and mammon. </font>And being money-lovers, all the Pharisees also heard all these things. And they derided Him. And He said to them, <font color="#800000"><u>You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God</u>. </font> <center><h2><font face="papyrus">Donation Collection Stations?<br> Making a Living Off of the Homeless!</font></h2></center> </font><p><font size=3 face=arial> Homeless people were not born that way; they did not live all their lives as homeless. They were fathers, husbands, brothers and sons. They held jobs, shops for groceries and put up the Christmas tree every year. Some were even war veterans. They became unemployable, for a variety of reasons; getting old is one main reason; other reasons include substance abuse and mental illness, which are typically greater issues when we are old! In any case, the homeless have tried and failed, and are now suffering from depression and no self-esteem, and the stresses that come from loss and social rejection. What the homeless need more than anything is a comfortable bed and plenty of time to sleep. They need quality food, privacy and a respectable environment to be in. Most of all, they need the time to recover; to restore; to regroup! Some need in-depth counseling and encouragement, and retraining. The homeless cannot build their own shelters or grow/hunt for their own food. They are forced to be dependent upon the (westernized) modern urban systems that most find themselves trapped within. And those trapped within that system, expects everyone else to be as enslaved to the establishment, as they are. But homelessness is caused (primarily) by the very system that has made financial security for others; the real estate industry! These people, who have milked the system; who have deferred their cost of living onto future generations, feel guilty deep within, and because of that, they react in both extremes; they feel sorry for the homeless and try to help them, or, they hate the homeless and belittle and reject them. Those that try to help the homeless, do not really care about them (for long), because in order to care at all, one must first have the Love of God within them. The bulk of humanity will live and die in a state of utter Lovelessness: Scripture is clear about that fact; plus, it is fruit-on-the-tree; it is observable and measurable! And so, guilt typically gives way (in time) to a refocus back to ones self. This fact manifests in the hirelings of the donation-stations, and that, being church-businesses or homeless shelters. In other words, they end up becoming employees who solve their own food and shelter issues, by securing an employment role for themselves. <br><br> If you follow the money-trail, you would find that most of the monies collected because of the homeless, never actually go to homeless people. They go instead, to real estate, taxes, programs, business expenses, and of course the bulk of the monies goes to payroll accounts for the many "program" providers. Most homeless shelters (indeed, most tax-exempt ministries) are products of the "guilt response". Those most affected, are those who read Scripture. (Notice I did not say those who become Scripture)! Jesus was intentionally homeless, and called His disciples to walk from one settlement to another, without a certain dwelling place. They relied on those with stationary boxes, to house them while they were in their city/town. Jesus called His disciples (then & now) to serve the poor; that, what we do to others is what we do to Him. Our relationship with God is only seen and reflected in our service to the poor amnong us! Those in need around us are Gods implants; installed here to see if we will serve Him or not. Some of us are His Elect, most are not, but the honor is to serve, period. But you find out who are the friends of God, when you are down! No one has ever served God by attending/financing religion businesses; they are mere monologue stations to appease the egos of their CEO's; many are social settings for the superficial who only want to pretend to Love and to care; they exist to replace unconditional surrender and a death to this world; this life! To serve Christ and to Love God, is to serve those that Christ served; this is why He came, to model Love for us all to see. But the bulk of the Godless-religious (the Matthew Seven Christians) are worldly people who thus, marginalize the poor and the homeless: They feel guilt because they know what they must do, deep inside, but without the Indwelling Holy Spirit, inspiring them mightily and transforming them radically; they have only their brains and emotions to navigate this life: And there is no Love or mercy in the primate world! The primate is fixated on conquest, hoarding and domination over others. To bring this nature into the churches is what results in the homeless industry; indeed, human's resourced! They all believe that the solution is to reintegrate people back into a failing and corrupted system; one that the homeless have already failed at! But making more Capitalists is not the solution, it's the problem! Indoctrinating humans to be like yourself, may make you feel better about being you, but God looks upon what we humans have done to His creation, with loathing! God is far less concerned about our emotional satisaction, and far more concerned with our purpose of heart; what we do, as opposed to how we feel. <center><h2><font face=papyrus>Would You Invite Family Members to Stay at Your Shelter? <br> The "Do Unto Others" Test!</font></h2></center> But as said, humans are not herd animals. Everyone is different. We all sleep at differing times; some sleep 6 hours and others 9! The circadian rhythm can be upset by depression, disease and of course (and most commonly) by living unnatural lives! Some eat 2 times a day and others 4! Some prefer one kind of food over another. But when you are a choosy beggar, you should not be finicky, right? If you are poor; if you are a social loser, then you should just be grateful to get what we give you. After all, I'm superior because I have an education and that gave me a good job, and so I have the mammon to be selective, but you; you are poor, and as a loser, you should grovel for the morsel that drops to the floor, and be glad you have that. And so, the food donated to food banks and shelters are almost always no-name-brands or expired foods out of the back of ones cupboard: No first-fruits here! Why? Simple! Without the transforming power of the Indwelling Holy Spirit, the Godless, and the Godless-religious, live in a state of utter Lovelessness (nothing beyond emotion-peaks), and in that state, seek to serve the self above all others. What Jesus lived and demonstrated and taught (us all) was to give all; to be mere stewards of all God puts you/I in power of/over. Instead, Godless humans see all they possess, as their own personal property that they have the power to decide how to distribute or share, if at all! They have what they have, because of their own greatness; they got an education and make good financial decisions, and therefore, they're more deserving. They work hard, and so they deserve more than others. The justifications for greed and hoarding will resonate in hell for countless millennia! The result for the here and now? Homelessness, poverty, starvation, inequity, inequality, injustice, disease, and death! Mercy is to transcend the ideals of ownership, and turn them into stewardship. The damaged ego is the consequence of the Godless Soul, and the planet is now showing signs of their collective abuse! Humans have damaged the symbiosis of nature, and in so doing, have damaged Earth and all life-forms therein. Homelessness is but one symptom of a much greater dis-ease! Jesus said that we would always have the poor among us: For one person that's an excuse to ignore them, or diminish their presence, thus justifying why they get the last-fruits. But Jesus knew that the human condition would not change until He returned again. He was letting us know that the opportunity to serve Him would always be there. We only serve God thru serving people; period! Christians are not people who attend church-businesses and label themselves "Christian"! True Christians are those mimicking Jesus the Christ (it's not a self-belief or a badge, it is a living reality... or not! By their fruits, ye shall know them)! To learn how to do that, refer to the four Gospels. <br><br> Nonetheless, the control-freaks of our time/culture, use the power they have to control other humans: They cannot help themselves, and this is why they seek out opportunities to dominate and control other human beings. The object and the tools of the power are not as important as the need to dominate. This is why police officers get excited and abuse humans who resist them. They have been given a legal right to dominate other human beings, and so, many will abuse this power, and physical abuse is its fruit. Not all police officers are abusive (at least, not at first), but when you are partnering in "the system" (no matter what that system is), you eventually succumb to the masses, and become as they are (or, you eventually quit or are fired). You see, many young men are filled with anger, but they have learned how to control that anger and thus channel it in a more socially acceptable way. Becoming police is for many (but not all) a venue for acting out violently, and legally: Hence, the adrenalin rushes; the excitement seeking, which itself is a manifestation of addiction. And so, the shelters are tools (systems) for many, to use the resources of food, clothing and shelter, to try to "change" the nature of the hominid, to be more like they are. And if you do not comply, they can withhold the resources. But as with all charity, it is far easier to support a ministry, than it is to become a ministry! It is easier to put a toy or a can of food in a box during Christmas season, than it is to add a room onto your home for the purpose of sharing it with homeless people. What was the mentality of giving, taught by Jesus Christ? </font> </font><p><font size=3 face=times new roman> Luke 6:20-36 And lifting up His eyes to His disciples, He said, <font color="#800000">Blessed are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall cut you off, and when they shall reproach you and shall cast out your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy. For behold, your reward is great in Heaven. For so their fathers did according to these things to the prophets. But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation. Woe to you who are full! For you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now! For you shall mourn and weep. Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you! For so their fathers did to the false prophets. But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who despitefully use you. And to him who strikes you on the one cheek, also offer the other. And to him who takes away your garment, do not forbid your tunic also. Give to everyone who asks of you, and from him who takes away your goods, do not ask them again. And as you desire that men should do to you, you do also to them likewise. For if you love those who love you, what thanks do you have? For sinners also love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks do you have? For sinners also do the same. And if you lend to those of whom you hope to receive, what thanks do you have? For sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return. And your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest. For He is kind to the unthankful and to the evil. Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. </font> <br><br> Luke 14:7-14 And He put forth a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose out the chief places, saying to them, <font color="#800000">When you are invited by anyone to a wedding, do not recline in the chief seat, lest a more honorable man than you may be invited by him. And he who invited you and him shall come and say to you, give place to this man; and then you begin with shame to take the last place. But when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher. Then glory shall be to you before those reclining with you. For whoever exalts himself shall be abased, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.</font> And He also said to him who invited Him, <font color="#800000">When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends or your brothers, or your kinsmen, or your rich neighbors; lest they also invite you again, and a recompense be made to you. But when you make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, and you shall be blessed, for they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just. </font> <br><br> Luke 21:1-6 And looking up, He saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. And He also saw a certain poor widow casting two lepta in there. And He said, <font color="#800000">Truly I say to you that this poor widow has cast in more than all of them. For all these have cast in to the offerings of God from their abundance, but out of her poverty she has cast in all the living she had. </font> And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts, He said, <font color="#800000">As to these things which you see, days will come in which there shall not be left a stone on a stone, which shall not be thrown down. </font></font> <center><h2><font face="papyrus">Groveling and Pre-Homelessness!</font></h2></center> </font><p><font size=3 face=arial> The homeless industry exists because of homelessness, but what it has become is a venue for self-superiority. They invest nothing in the pre-homeless because they get their kicks from the groveling of the desperate. This is why they have "programs"; why there is no dignity in how they house the homeless; why homelessness will never end, despite their many protestations of ending homelessness. The pre-homeless would not provide the photo op's nor the body count necessary to solicit (beg for) donations from a pseudo-compassionate culture. Almost all homeless people suffer, not from the addictions or the mental or emotional illnesses: Indeed, most of the illness and the addictions are caused by the inflationary economy and Capitalism in general, to begin with: I.E: Competitive Economics! To compete economically and to be judged based on that success or failure, is entirely unnatural; it is not the design of our Creator. It is anti-Christ at its core. To live in contradiction to Godly directives, is why Capitalism exists at all! But those who are indoctrinated by it; in it, know nothing else! With rare exception, the entire human race is but a byproduct of their culture; their upbringing. The only way to transcend that branding iron is to surrender unconditionally unto the Lordship of Yahshua Messiah (the Lord Jesus Christ)! This is not about religion, it is not even about Christianity, for this is about a personal death to this life altogether, wherein, the Holy Spirit enters in and respires the dead Soul back to Life. We must be as the Disciples, who forsook all to follow Him. Without that surrender, we are just hominids going through the motions. If we are Catholics, Protestants, Muslims or Hindus, it really does not matter, for they are all just religions that influence those indoctrinated by them. To die to this life, in order to be born-again back into it, is an entirely different process. This metamorphic transformation is not just life-altering; it is to be transported from one existence to another. Until that worm dies, the butterfly never flies! Once we are transformed, we float above, and can see all things clearly; we become fully conscious; we have the mind of Christ. Without it, we are just cultural drones oblivious to higher things, and as such, do not see where we are, or why. And so we just go through the motions. This is why the homeless are not shown any dignity; no, not even by well-meaning tax-exempt businesses. If you do not live as those at the shelter you support, then do not make others live that way either. It is Jesus who said; <i>as you do unto others, you do unto Me. </i> Every homeless person you see; that's Jesus! That is your opportunity to Love God, in the here and now. But with religionists telling people that they Love God by paying/financing them; well, you either get it, or you never will: Ever! <br><img src="img/inbox.jpg" width="200" height="150" align="right"><br> The cardboard hovel in the picture is just outside the window of the concrete-box-in-the-air that I've been blessed to occupy (a short-term house-sitting gig). I took the picture as I sit here typing, knowing that I am just a few dollars away from being in that box, instead of this one. But what does it really matter? Am I "better" than those living along Waikiki's Ala Wai Park; is my life worth more or less than these people? Is the cost of the box the value of man? The term "homeless" is a misnomer; it is circumstantial. The word never existed in any language until the modern era. I.E: Were all the Native Americans homeless, because all they had were buffalo-skinned lean-to's (tee-pees), or mud adobes, or slept on the open ground? What and who, defines what is HOME? We must have a certain definition of home, before we can define homeless. But in the Capitalist Oligarchy of the Post-Industrial Age, we have made home a business, with profits coming in like rain! There are the Real Estate corporations, and then the taxation mongers; they are both takers, and they will defend their taker lifestyles, just as they always have, with the threat of imprisonment or death. You must comply! Just you try to set up a teepee and just live in it; you will surely end up in jail. You see, in the modern America, it is illegal to Not be a Capitalist, and so, this makes it possible to make housing a market, and in firm Americana, you must be a Capitalist, or, you must be one of those heathen Communists, right? After all, we Americans are a God-fearing nation, with God blessing us, and condemning all those "others"! And so, you are either with us, or against us (wave flag here)! Since a box to live in, even in today's radically inflated dollars, would only be about ten grand, why then, are they do expensive? And so, to answer the homeless issue here in good ole USA, homelessness in the consequence of "home" being a commodity that is bought and sold for profit. In fact, the first place we need to look for clarity is in Scripture: </font><p><font size=3 face=times new roman> Luke 9:57-62 And it happened as they were going in the way, one said to Him, Lord, I will follow You wherever You go. And Jesus said to him, <font color="#800000">Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.</font> And He said to another, <font color="#800000">Follow Me!</font> But he said, Lord, first allow me to go and bury my father. Jesus said to him, <font color="#800000">Let the dead bury their dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.</font> And another also said, Lord, I will follow You, but first allow me to take leave of those in my house. And Jesus said to him, <font color="#800000">No one, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. </font> <br><br> John 1:35-39 Again, the next day afterward, John stood with two of his disciples. And looking upon Jesus as He walked, he says, Behold the Lamb of God! And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. Then Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them,<font color="#800000"> What do you seek?</font> They said to Him, Rabbi (which is called, being translated, Teacher), where do you live? He says to them, <font color="#800000">Come and see!</font> They came and saw where He lived, and stayed with Him that day, for it was about the tenth hour. <br><br> Matthew 13:1-2 In that day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the seaside. And great crowds were gathered to Him, so that He went into a boat and sat. And all the crowd stood on the shore. 13:36 Then sending the crowds away, Jesus went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field. 13:53-58 And it happened when Jesus finished these parables, He departed from there. And when He had come into His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so much so that they were astonished and said, From where does this man have this wisdom and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And his brothers, James and Joses and Simon and Judas, and his sisters, are they not all with us? Then from where does this man have all these things? And they were offended in Him. But Jesus said to them, <font color="#800000">A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country and in his own house.</font> And He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief. </font><p><font size=3 face=arial> The first posit is always this: Is this a Biblical contradiction? Was Jesus homeless or not? The answer would be yes and no. You see, we modern Americans think it normal for a child to be sent off to a college away from the parental home, because in this time/culture (an utterly Godless time/culture), it is expected for young men and women to sow their wild oats; to live promiscuous lives and call it University life; spring break, etc. In Modern Sodom, it is expected to lose ones virginity, or else you are a loser! I.E: When I was in Middle School (in the 70's, no less) was this: "What do you call a 14 yo virgin? Ugly!" Consequently, "going away" to college is really getting away from the confines of parental restrictions; it also frees the parents from the dirty business of actually guiding their offspring, whom they helped to indoctrinate into Sodom City. The formal education is just another validation badge sold by the credential mills, which have also become normalized over time. And so, following this trend, the need to live outside of ones parental home is normalized, and then expected. This is why the Real Estate Industry is a trillion dollar Industry; this is why millions of millionaires are spawn from this inflation of "home"! Homes are just another profit-product, and this is because the concept of Community has been lost, within the normalization paradigms of the Capitalist Oligarchy's. Back in Jesus' time/culture, homes were not a product to make men rich; it took much time and sweat-labor to construct them, and most people had to build themselves; they did not have a Real Estate Industry that sold models from a showroom floor! And so, children lived in the parental home, took care of their parents until they died, and then they took over the home and the process repeated itself, from generation to generation. Since morality was governed and enforced, it was no big deal. But in Sodom City, freedom is the overriding theme. Living in darkness and not having people around to turn on the lights, is the motif of these end-times, as prophesy defines. <br><br> The family was a smaller part of a Community; a Village! Once a marriage occurred, the newly weds would build their own cottage or cabin within the Village, with the help of the Community. Often, homes were taken over by offspring when the parents died! Only in rare cases did children leave the Village or the region; men mostly, and that, to find work or to just travel and explore! Jesus Christ did not come to Earth to explore, He had a specific mission; one that required leaving His Village town of Galilee. Therefore, Jesus had a home, for it was His parents home. Since Jesus' step-dad is not mentioned much after He began His missionary journey, it is assumed that he must have died. It is thought that Jesus served His family in the place of Joseph, until all the children (His brothers and sisters) were old enough to fend for themselves! This puts Jesus at about 30 years old, and the youngest of/in the family at 15 or so. This means that Jesus always had a building that we label "home" in His birth Village, but He obviously did not have one anywhere else, and once He left Galilee, He did not spend much time there afterward. He did not come to hang a shingle, He came to hang on a Cross. Amen and Amen! <br><br> And so, the definition of "home" determines the definition of "homeless". Since the Godless-religious live like the rest of the Godless world lives, they share the same dreams, goals and directives in this life. One of those was "the American dream"; to live with all the creature-comforts of the kings and lords of old; to be the ruler of ones own castle; to live in leisure and praise God on the veranda every Sunday, while the slave-niggers did all the field work; all the manual labor. Lazy humans have enslaved other humans throughout all time; the Bible is rich on poverty; it discusses poverty and wealth in detail (Old & New Testament). Homelessness, therefore, has more to do with the mindset of the Capitalist, who measures all things in dollar increments; who views the world thru the lens of economics. Therefore, a humans self-worth or self-value, is in direct proportion to ones (dollar) net-worth! To not own a home means that you are without the means; it means that you are of lesser value than those with greater assets. Just ask any Capitalist (Godless) female, who is very attractive physically, but who is empty Spiritually. They seek rich men, and will offer themselves bodily to the highest bidder. Because they have zero trust in God (and thus, Gods people) they seek the worldly for these worldly things, for they believe that the best life to live is one filled with "things"; the 'bling' that they can show-off to others, so they can receive the praises of men; so their egos can be stroked again today. The cross they bear daily, is how to get everyone to like them; to worship them; to want to be them. <br><br> And so, this is why the American dream was home ownership, for it brought with it, an investment, bragging rights, and luxury. Mowing the lawn and picking up dog poop, became the interaction with the natural world. And so, the Soul craved for both worlds; the lazy life, and the natural life. But the spoiled aristocrats could not possibly labor with their delicate hands, and so the birth of the service industry is also a normal fixture in this nightmare we call the American dream. The Planet heaves and groans at the human infestation; but that infestation is only taxing because everyone wants to live in urban or suburban settings, and have the rest of the world trucked to them in boxes. Once the boredom itch gets too bad, they average Capitalist just squanders the resources of the natural world, to entertain themselves. Hence, we have Hollywood, the airline industry, the travel industry, race cars and other petroleum consuming toys, and God looks upon it all with tears. But hey, the pastor preached a good sermon on Sunday; things must be OK! </font> <center><h2><font face="papyrus">The Picture Window Pathology!</font></h2></center> <img src="img/windowview.jpg" height=260 width=210 align="left"> </font><p><font size=3 face=arial> The evidence of the damage to the average human psyche, is the picture window pathology. For all of time, humans lived in nature; we see this in history records, we see it in Scripture. In fact, the modern era is a very new existence, on the larger canvas of the human experience. It is in our Souls; our DNA if you will, to BE in the natural world. However, as humans industrialized Earth (from their hatred of Gods creation; the natural world, which grew exponentially, as Scripture teaches us); humans became damaged emotionally; the ego is shot up and bleeding. Scriptural prophesies refer to the end of days as being dark and smoke-filled, choking and dangerous for all life; a frightful place to be. Now, if Jesus' Apostles were to be transported to today, they would panic; they would be horrified. Change took place slowly and over many generations, prior to the de-Goding of the natural world by the nature-haters. Post-IR, changes accelerated rapidly, and this was necessary to bring to fruition, the end times prophecy! What my children will witness and experience, will be other-worldly compared to the life of my grandfather. Indeed, it will be at the hands of the human, not the works of God, that will destroy us. It will be God that will ultimately have to repair it all. Many people actually believe that we humans can and will, somehow, fix our own problems, but this is not just unlikely, it is impossible, given an understanding of Scripture. Humans are hell-bent on their own destruction, and our global addictions to materialism and the other ego-feeding lifestyles, can only be cured by the Indwelling Holy Spirit. However, there are only a micro-fraction of humans right now, that are truly Saved; the Bible also makes it clear, that one of the signs of the season, is that sin will win over the world, and that even the Religionist's will not be Saved/Transformed. <br><br> The end of days would hardly be possible without destiny fulfilling itself. Now, I suppose that some natural disaster could just wipe out all life on Earth, but this is not what is prophesied, and, it is not what we see happening. What we see happening is the fact that, in the end-times, humans in-mass, become colder and colder; Loveless, and though there have always been cold, Loveless beings on Earth, never has there been billions of them, as we can see and count and measure today! The industrial revolution itself, was but the end-result of this Godless phenomenon. Humans in ever-greater numbers, who hated God or just hated religion and thus rejected God, began a quest to overturn the original curse: This occurred because of the human predilections of laziness, slothfulness, gluttony and sedentary living. The problem is not that God cannot provide; that Gods creation cannot sustain us: The problem is the state of the human Soul! Without the Indwelling Holy Spirit, humans are Godless, even the Godless-religious; those who have self-beliefs and participation with religion, but have not been Transformed, Converted, turned about-face, and Enlightened, by that Indwelling (what Jesus defined as "born-again", which has become nothing more that a parroted word). Anyone can harbor self-beliefs, and Scripture is clear that the signs of the end-time-season, will be a devotion to religion, but it will be a fruitless devotion. Those who profess Christianity (or any other religious precept, for that matter), are only in it, for reasons that are not Spirit-centric. They either make monies off of their participation in religion, or, they gain some other element necessary to their psyche. The human ego is so perforated and damaged, that the efforts made by the bulk of the human race to refill that leaky vessel (the ego), is now measured in mega-tonnage! In other words, the damaged ego craves and hungers; it hungers for God, but it will not surrender the hold of the material world upon them, in order to receive that download from God (the Indwelling Holy Spirit). Humans become addicted to the world, long before they understand the depth of commitment Jesus placed on us. Therefore, the word Jesus gets utilized, along with Scripture, to help the helpless continue in their addictions. Those addictions are all connected to the physical world; the crack-cocaine addict is little different from the shopping addict, or the petroleum addict, or the religion addict. They all are scrambling to fill a void within them, that only the Indwelling Holy Spirit can fill, and so, the Religionist's try to sell them religion as the solution, but as we can measure, that does not fulfill either. Why? Because they sell them a service, not a sacrifice. <br><br> In order to receive the Indwelling Holy Spirit, one must utterly surrender this life; the Religionist's say that all you have to do is believe in Jesus. Well, that part is true, but what is omitted from their sales pitch, is the walking away from the material word, as much as it is in our power to do. Why? Because they are building a company, and so they need customers and collections; they need more money. If they told everyone to quit their Godless jobs and moved out into the country and build and plant and grow, from Gods creation only, how then would they get a cut; a tithe; a tax? You see, the takers exist to NOT labor; to NOT plant; to NOT build with their own hands. They have an ulterior motive in their presentation of God! They are salesmen and women who are looking for ways to gain food, shelter and all the other objects of their own time/culture, but without actually producing it, themselves. They are slavers; they seek to make others do all the labor, and so they make up a "job" or a "career" that gives them resources without the actually labor that goes into growing organic food, or building homes and shelters; that goes into the basics of life. This is not just because they are lazy, it is also because they crave more than what God has called us to live with. Three crave the materialism of the world that has shaped their thoughts; their desires; their very mentality. Indeed, the American Amish are demonstrating how God wants us to live upon the Earth, but the average Capitalist American can only ses the world they were indoctrinated by and in, and so, the Amish are somehow, different than them; they are a peculiar people, and they cannot relate to them as a consequence of their own upbringing; their own indoctrination. They average American is just the product of Capitalism, materialism and consumerism; they use religion as a way to perpetuate that system; that indoctrinated lifestyle, but under the banner of "Christian". But the Lord Jesus Christ has called us out of that indoctrination; that lifestyle of consumerism and consumption. Jesus has called us into the wilderness, to be purged of the things of this world, to show the evil one that we can refuse his worldly temptations. This is the evidence that the Baptism of the Holy Spirit has occurred! Study what happened to Jesus right after He was Baptized and Dove ascended upon Him! Jesus went straightway into the wilderness, to buffet His flesh; to take charge of the self; to conquer the self with self-control. What happened? Satan the devil was there flashing the temptations of this life, in His face, and Jesus refused them all. Then what happened? Satan left Him for a time, and this gave Jesus the power to do what He did. When we are slave to those material temptations, we prove to God and all with Spiritual eyes to see it, that we have overcome the enemy. <br><br> The consumer lifestyle is the consequence of multiple millions of humans that serve Satan, each and every day. They hunger for more and Satan says, serve me and I will give-give-give; and so, humans take-take-take, and the fat on their bodies, the local landfills, the air and water pollution, and the planet-raping to make it all possible, bear witness to this gluttony; this utter surrender to the things of this world, offered by the prince of this world, to the inhabitants of this world! But we of the Indwelling? we are not of this world; we are not driven by the things in this world; we do not make excuses for our abuses. We live simple upon the earth for several reasons, and they should be obvious to those seeking ultimate truth. But for the bulk of humanity, its all about justifying the cravings; the addictions; the damage they do to their own bodies, the children, their planet; and ultimately, their God. They turn wants into needs, and then justify it all away, and then gather others like them, to help justify their condition. Like the pot smokers who only fellowship with other pot smokers, the Capitalists and materialists all group together, and pretend to be Christians in the midst of Sodom City. When a child is trained, when he/she is old, they rarely depart from that branding; that indoctrination. And so, the fate of the world is not in the hands of the humans; they are dedicated to business-as-usual, until its too late: Like Noah the fool, building his silly boat, it won't happen to me; to us! Science will find a solution; yeah, they got us to this point, surely they can take us back...right? </font><p><font size=3 face=times new roman> Matthew 17:18-21 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and he departed out of him. And the child was cured from that very hour. Then the disciples came to Jesus apart, and said, Why could we not cast him out? And Jesus said to them, <font color="#800000">Because of your unbelief. For truly I say to you, If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Move from here to there. And it shall move. And nothing shall be impossible to you. However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.</font> <br> Mark 10:17-30 And when He had gone out into the way, one came running up and kneeled to Him, and asked Him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? And Jesus said to him, <font color="#800000">Why do you call Me good? No one is good except one, God. You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and your mother.</font> And he answered and said to Him, Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth. Then Jesus, beholding him, loved him and said to him,<font color="#800000"> One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have and give it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven. And come, take up the cross and follow Me.</font> And he was sad at that saying and went away grieved, for he had great possessions. And Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, <font color="#800000">How hardly those having riches will enter into the kingdom of God!</font> And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answering again said to them, <font color="#800000">Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich one to enter into the kingdom of God.</font> And they were astonished beyond measure, saying to themselves, And who can be saved? And Jesus looking on them said, <font color="#800000">With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.</font> Then Peter began to say to Him, Lo, we have left all and have followed You. And Jesus answered and said, <font color="#800000">Truly I say to you, There is no man that has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for My sake and the gospel's sake, but he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands with persecutions, and in the world to come, eternal life. </font> </font><p><font size=3 face=eurostile> <u><b>A little metaphorical story</u>!</b><br> You were born on a boat; the boat is still going downstream, and then one day, now all grown up, you realize that you do not want to be on this boat; on this path. But you have been on it too long, and so you try to jump ship to swim to the shores of freedom (freedom from the confines of the boat), but you realize that you are chained to the boat; you are tattooed and branded as a prisoner of that boat: No one will free you from the chains, and so you cannot swim to the shores of freedom. Everyone else on the boat, bears the same brand as you. You can see the shore; you can see all there is to do/see/experience there, but, you are now in chains; branded to serve that boat until death. No one taught you, as a child (or young adult), that there was more; that there were life-options: you went through half of your life seeing only the boat, and its limited experiences. No one told you that if you were not branded; tattooed, you could have jumped ship to the shore, but now you have the mark, and the boat owns you: The boat Authorities now expect you to fulfill all the expectations established by the boat people, even before you were born; even before you knew about the many shores; before you were branded. But it is too late; you are now a subject of the boat people; slave to its rules, laws and directives. The boat people made certain that those obligations will outlive you; that you are a debt-slave to them unto your natural death. The chains are upon you, to keep you on the boat; to keep you from jumping ship and swimming to shore. There is no greater loss than this; no greater prison than this; for you can now see the shores, but you can never escape the boat. You have been branded with their numbers; with their ID's. You are now in chains and you must comply with all their expectations of you. Before you could learn the subtleties of the boats traps; before you found yourself branded, you got caught in many of them, and by participation, you unknowingly obligated yourself to the boat people; to the boat life, and all that comes with it. Because you know of the shores, they put you in chains to keep you from jumping out of the boat. It does not matter now, that you want to be free of it, you are obligated; you are trapped; you are in chains. You will live & die on that boat, and so you had better acquiesce to this reality. We then pray for some outside power to sink it; to take it all down!</font> </font><p><font size=3 face=arial> So what does this little ditty have to do with homelessness? Everything: It is the only reason for homelessness! But we need to rewind a little to see how this all came about. It began with what we today, call Capitalism, and yet, Capitalism is but a consequence; an end result of a Spiritual depravity that developed very slowly, over many generations; from the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, ultimately culminating in the Apocalypse. Capitalism is the boat, and all who are born on the boat of Capitalism remain trapped on it; along the course it takes, we are forced to ride along with it. It does not matter that you see something better and want out of it, you cannot escape it. You and I are chained to it for life. But not every generation will be chained to it, because it will end; it can't not: The US economy is inflationary and thus, unsustainable; it is impossible for it to continue; it is indeed, a mathematical impossibility! It began as human greed unchecked, and then built over time in to the Capitalist Oligarchy we witness today. The entire economy is built off of greed and materialism, that soon became mass-materialism, which itself, is evidence of emotional illness. Humans that have no esteem, no self-worth or self-Love, eventually become retarded from the greed/need to have things, and have more things than others. It is like schoolchildren on the playground; it is all about competitivism; children are like animals in that sense, because they are still (biologically) underdeveloped. Retardation, therefore, is when a human never maturates, either mentally (thus, mentally retarded) or emotionally (thus, emotionally retarded). Mental retardation is a birth defect; it's incurable, whereas, emotional retardation is curable in the right set of circumstances. Now, medical science may, one day, find a link (a gene, perhaps) to emotional retardation (ER), but for now, most humans who suffer from it, live among us and hold jobs even in Government! In other words, until there is a clinical establishment for emotional retardation, the ER's will continue to infect the culture they inhabit, such as we witness in North America today. I myself, am suffering because if it and them! <br><br> Though God had dealt with humanity in various other ways, they all failed, and the proof of humanity's inability to transcend the animal, forced Gods hand to become the Savior of us all, in the eternal sense. Certainly, if we follow Gods laws, our life in the here & now (our corporeality) will be far better: But God respired a Soul into a volitional being (see Genesis 1); God wants us to be far more than bipedal hominids, God designed us to be His friends; His eternal companions! We must understand; time is of no consequence to God; that God works within time frames that were sometimes enormous. Earth took millions of years to form; biological life took long periods of time as well