Welcome back to Bud Hancock! Bud tells me that his wife is recovering well from hip replacement surgery in September, he thanks you for your prayers. Bud has sent another extremely readable, and thoroughly thought through, article about the hapless Domocratic Party in America. They remind me of the hapless “Uniparty” in Australia about to devastate my zoo and all small business and mining enterprises.

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Chugley

The Shelf Life of Democracy is About to Expire

By Bud Hancock

Democracy is a common word read literally hundreds, if not thousands, of time every
day in the media, and heard from certain politicians, seemingly every time they speak, but
what exactly IS it?

From the American Heritage Dictionary, democracy is defined as:

 Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected
representatives
 A political or social unit that has such a government
 The common people, considered as the primary source of political power
 Majority rule

If asked whether these definitions truly represent the United States system of
government, I dare say that a large majority of American citizens would respond with a
“yes”, especially those who wore born after 1990. However, the founding fathers of this
nation instituted a “republic” and NOT a democracy. Though the two share some
similarities, there are major differences between them which would only be important if
the people for whom the government is created were believers in, and partakers of, a
strong moral/ethical code.

A famous quote from the second president of the United States says this:

PRESIDENT ADAMS

“Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate
to the government of any other.”~ John Adams, the second President of the United States.
President Adams was saying that, no matter what form of government a nation may
have, unless they (both the people and their leaders) are morally strong, adhering to a
standard of ethics, clearly defining what is right from what is wrong, their government
will not long prosper or even survive.

While the United States began as a “republic”, and slowly degenerated into a
“democracy”, the fact remains that this nation can no longer boast of being a people
exercising a strong moral code and certainly is no longer a moral and religious people. I
am not a great history buff, but I cannot ever remember reading of a people/nation/country or empire that returned to a moral or religious status after havingsunk to an alarming state of depravity such as we now see here in the United States.

The question could certainly be raised regarding the possible differences that might be
seen in our nation had our American ancestors strongly adhered to a moral or ethical
code as planned and spoken of by the Founders. But based on the premise that the
Church, and not the populace in general, is responsible for providing needed guidance in
matters relating to morality, it would be inappropriate to place blame on any other
entity. A terrible failure to follow the words of Christ in his teachings must be accepted
as the reason for our current sorry state.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr has been quoted as saying, “Morality cannot be legislated, but
behavior can be regulated.” This quote from Dr. King highlights the distinction between
changing people’s hearts and regulating their actions by enforcing law. This was as true
when Dr. King said it as it was when God gave The Law, more commonly referred to as
the Mosaic Law, in the Sanai Desert when the Children of Israel were led from Egyptian
slavery to their “Promised Land”. Even though God proved Himself over and over during
the time of The Exodus, the Jewish people also proved the truth of Dr. King’s statement,
failing time and time again to obey the law given to them by the Almighty. As hard as
they might try, the People of Israel were unable to live according to the Law. The reason
why they failed to do so is that their hearts had not been changed by the law; the law was
no match for the depraved desires of their fallen human nature. And to be fair, no people
in human history have been able to live in a perfect moral state until God sent His Son to
be the required sacrifice for all sin, and to provide the needed “heart change”..

The law (or laws) of any nation are present to provide regulation of human behavior
when those laws are broken. And, if any governing body of any nation on Earth has ever
proven that they are exceptionally good at making more and more laws, it would be the
Congress of the United States. And, if anything proves the failure of law to provide any
moral guidance that leads to improved human behavior, just look at the crime statistics
of any town, city, county or state in the U.S. Not only have the massive books of laws that
were supposed to regulate the behavior not succeeded, but those who were appointed to
oversee the system (the local, state and federal judges) are now sometimes the very ones
needing regulation the most. If those deemed to be judges of the law are, in fact, as
corrupt and lacking in morals and ethics as those who are brought before them for
“regulation”, then there can be little hope for any improvement in human behavior.
When someone in a position of high authority truly works to enforce laws, inevitably you
will hear a scream from certain groups and politicians, “You are destroying
democracy!”, and protests will erupt in the streets of major cities in the United States; in
far too many cases, those who are protesting the loudest end up creating chaos and
destruction of private property (all illegal actions), sometimes resulting in loss of human
life. A terrible result of their protests is the demonstration democracy that only fronts for
“mob rule” while claiming to be a viable system of government. Such behavior tends to
cause one to doubt if the much-needed “regulating” can ever be achieved, regardless of
the huge number of laws on the books. Laws were never meant to cause people to desire
to be moral or virtuous; they were instituted to be a guideline for avoiding the
consequences of breaking the law. In other words, they produce a fear of the
consequences rather than a desire for true morality.

No one seems to know the exact number of federal laws the United States has, but
estimates are somewhere around 50,000 spanning the time from 1789 to 2022. Such a
huge number of laws has not produced any improvement in human behavior over that
time, and the consequence of that failure is a nation that has become, and is still
becoming, more immoral and lawless.

The information herein presented now begs the question: Is there any hope that human
behavior will ever improve to the point that we, as humans, can hope to live in a
peaceful and moral state? Well, given that all human government since the Flood of
Noah, started by the ungodly tyrant, Nimrod, has been a dismal failure, then the answer
to that question must be a resounding NO! In fact, to go back further than Nimrod, the
earliest government was given to Adam and Eve when God ordered them to take
dominion over all the Earth and bring it all into subjection to God’s commands. Based on
the word of God in Genesis 1:28, the dominion given to the first man and woman on
Earth made them the first King and Queen over God’s entire Earthly creation. But once
they disregarded God’s word and obeyed the serpent/Satan, their dominion was taken
from them, and all subsequent governments were doomed to failure. Now, with nearly
6000 years of constant failure of human government, we have a real conundrum, a
seemingly insoluble or difficult problem.

Our original United States republic failed, not due to the idea of a republic being bad, but
due to the lack of a true moral code by which all must live to succeed as “governors” over
other people. Likewise, the current form of government we have, stated by some as a
“democratic republic”, a combination of republic and democracy, but rather tending
toward a pure (impure?) democracy, has always been and will continue to be an utter
failure. But even though we as humans cannot solve the problem, we CAN know and
understand what God is planning to do about it.

After the expiration of the six-thousand-year lease of Earth, given to mankind by God, a
time period given to man to try to subdue the Earth and make it into what God originally
planned, the most shocking changes will occur. As the first politician, Satan, deceived the
human race and began to set up his evil rule over the kingdoms of this Earth (Luke 4:6),
the first King of Earth, Adam, having given his dominion over the world to Satan, failed
to subdue the Earth and continue God’s plan for the earth and its inhabitants; there is,
however, a “second Adam” waiting for the time when He will once again appear and take
His rightful place as the King over this Earth. However, until that occurs (soon?) we will
continue to see the results of the first Adam’s failure, with men becoming more and more
sadistic, more violent, more destructive and exhibiting a hatred for others, especially for
Israel and all Jewish people.

When Jesus finally returns to set foot on the Earth (the second COMING, NOT the rapture)
and, at the end of the seven-year Tribulation period, defeats all His enemies and destroys
all the kingdoms that have opposed Him and worked so diligently to destroy Israel, He
will declare Himself the rightful King, a righteous King, unlike every other king that has
ever lived. He will set out to establish His kingdom, with no opposition from any source
since all those opposers will have already been sentenced to their eternal fate.

What will this new kingdom look like? Look first at the kingdoms of this world: they are
led by evil men and women, godless, deceivers, whoremongers and idolators whose only
desire is to enslave people and enrich themselves at the expense of those whom they
should be serving. This is a thumbnail view of the so-called democratic system
established by the being who used his master deception abilities to steal the dominion
from Adam. If all such kingdoms are viewed through an objective lens, they will all have
been proven to be total failures. But, the ONLY righteous ruler, King Jesus, will establish a
kingdom that will put an end to all evil governance, and He will govern all the nations
with a rod of iron. Any person who tries to establish any rule opposing Jesus, he will be
dealt with immediately and without remedy.

If the shrill cries of those who constantly claim that democracy is being destroyed NOW,
are obnoxiously loud, then the roars that will be heard when Jesus absolutely ends ALL
political/democratic control over this Earth might possibly be heard to the end of the
universe. Those who rely on their precious democracy, a corrupt system being overseen
by a horde of politicians who have no idea what they are doing, are in for a major shock.
They have absolutely no idea what it will be like to live under an absolute righteous
kingdom, with one Man, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, making all the decisions
over all the people on the Earth. The difference between the decisions He will make, and
those made by every king who ever lived is this: His decisions will ALL and ALWAYS be
righteous ones, made with love for the benefit of all under His dominion. No longer will
there be a tyrant in a royal palace deciding who lives and who dies based on political
expediency. Read the ninth chapter of Isaiah for a description of the Millennial kingdom
that will be established here on Earth at the end of this age. While there has been an on
again, off again rallying cry of “No Kings” here in the United States, mostly in protest of
the administration of President Trump, no such protests from the lips of humans will be
heard then; rather, the people still alive when Jesus completes His judgment on all
unrighteousness will rejoice that, finally, peace has come on this Earth.

I will say this, and with no tongue in cheek: Touting democracy, defined in some
dictionaries as “majority rule”, or more simply, “mob rule”, as the basis for our nation
being considered great will no longer gain any traction when the King assumes control
over all human governments. Democracy, along with all its proponents, will be come a
non-issue since the King will tolerate no opposition to His rule.

In light of the irrelevant status of the current US Congress, with said Congress being a
democratic institution, one must conclude that, since most of the people here in the ZUS
still believe we have, in a democracy, the best system of governance, the true state of our
once-great nation as a failure teetering on the brink of becoming a third world hellhole,
fully exposes the truth about democracy. The cherished democracy of the Left promises
so much when yelled from the mouths of those whose only purpose for being is to use
the democracy claim , but in the end it delivers only one thing: CORRUPTION!

The good news is that, as bad as worldwide economic, cultural and political conditions
are now, when Jesus does come and establish His kingdom, not just over Israel, and the
United States, but over EVERY nation and EVERY person left alive after the disastrous
Tribulation years, said corruption will be quickly dealt with and utterly destroyed. Then,
and only then, will there be true PEACE on Earth, and no man (sorry Donald Trump) will
be able to claim that he was the one who brought that peace. As always, that honor
belongs ONLY to King Jesus!

Maranatha, and Blessings!
Bud Hancock

Born and raised in a small textile town in North Carolina, Bud’s family moved to Michigan in the hope of finding better employment with General Motors.  After graduating from high school, Bud began an apprenticeship with General Motors to become a Metal Modelmaker.  Retiring after a 30 year career, which included an eight year stint as a Metrologist (Science of high precision measurement), he and his wife moved back to North Carolina to be near his elderly parents.  Shortly thereafter, with both of his parents having passed, he began a new career in the bank security/ATM business, advancing from an entry level technician to one of two North Carolina customer service managers for his employer.  Retiring again after 13 years, he and his wife of 51 years relocated to Tennessee where Bud began writing articles emphasizing Biblical teaching and geopolitical issues.  At age 75, he and his wife relocated to South Carolina with their Miniature Schnauzer, Baxter.  Bud continues to study God’s word and write articles on Christian living and geopolitical issues from the Biblical end times  perspective.