Genesis 4:9-10
King James Version
9 And the Lord said unto Cain,
Where is Abel thy brother?
And he said, I know not:
Am I my brother's keeper?
10 And he said, What hast thou done?
the voice of thy brother's blood
crieth unto me from the ground.
My father, a doctor, taught me how to drive.
But he also cautioned me about "vehicles".
He would say our bodies are "no match" for metal.
As a child, I always thought his words made sense.
As most of his preventive, and precautionary, measures were.
So I would take great care, and exercise awareness.
Truth be told, I was not keen on driving either.
Being behind a wheel gives you GREAT responsibility.
Surely you can feel your "power" over life, and death.
That at one moment of distraction, can be destruction.
You can be a danger to yourself, and others.
I was quite content being a passenger.
And let GOD lead my life.
Those not of the right mind are a danger to us all.
Their current "weapon" of "mass" destruction?
Vehicles.
They think nothing of plowing into a crowd.
Consider these reports:
"On 19 December 2016, a truck was deliberately driven into the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, leaving 12 people dead and 56 others injured...As of December 2023, this attack remains the worst Islamist terrorist attack by number of casualties in German history."
A truck plowed into a a crowd at a bus stop in Tel Aviv, killing a 72-year-old man, and injuring more than 30 others. It seems to be a terrorist attack, hot on the heels of Israel's largest direct attack on Iran just a day before. The perpetrator was an Israeli-Arab citizen, shot dead at the scene. Israel faces constant attacks from Iran's proxies.
A 62-year-old man drove through a crowd exercising outside a sports complex in southern China. He was driving a "small SUV", and killed 35 people in the process. Voice of America (VOA) reports this is the worst attack in China since 2014. He was publicly-tried, and sentenced to death on the same day of the trial.
A Saudi Arabian psychiatrist was arrested for plowing into a Magdeburg Christmas market, killing five people (including a nine-year-old child), and injuring 200 others. His rented BMW went past the barriers, and into a crowd. It seems he didn't want too many Muslims allowed into Germany. Saudi Arabia warned Germany a year before about this man.
A man drove into a New Orleans New Year crowd at 3:00 a.m., killing 15 people, and injuring three dozen others. He also engaged in gun battle with police before he was shot dead. Jabbar was born in the United States, but had an ISIS flag in his vehicle. His truck was reported to have been registered in Texas.
If you are in shock at these drivers' actions, you should be.
Their motives range from revenge, to terrorism, to frustration, to sheer anger over a divorce, to just plain hatred, as well as "indoctrination", and mental instability.
They think nothing of plowing into an unsuspecting crowd, as they deliver their "message".
The Chinese court very aptly describes the carnage in the man's killing of 35 people, as reported by VOA:
'The court said the defendant's motives "were extremely vile, the nature of the crime extremely egregious, the methods particularly cruel, and the consequences particularly severe, posing significant harm to society," state media said.'
I'd like to enumerate these, for emphasis:
"extremely vile,
the nature of the crime extremely egregious,
the methods particularly cruel,
and the consequences particularly severe,
posing significant harm to society"
Whose handiwork can these be?
Who can do such cruel acts against unsuspecting people?
Man is Satan's tool.
Satan is behind ANY murder.
Remember what JESUS declared:
John 8:44-45
King James Version
44 Ye are of your father the devil,
and the lusts of your father ye will do.
He was a murderer from the beginning,
and abode not in the truth,
because there is no truth in him.
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own:
for he is a liar, and the father of it.
45 And because I tell you the truth,
ye believe me not.
The future for the wicked, and violent?
Psalm 11:4-6
King James Version
4 The Lord is in his holy temple,
the Lord's throne is in heaven:
his eyes behold, his eyelids try,
the children of men.
5 The Lord trieth the righteous:
but the wicked and him that loveth violence
his soul hateth.
6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares,
fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest:
this shall be the portion of their cup.
I've always thought there is no safety in crowds.
Please beware of finding yourself unnecessarily in one.
Whether it be a sports game, a concert, or yes, a mall, or even a market.
Many "demonic spirits" roam, intent upon corrupting man's heart, mind, body, and spirit, all the while causing death, and destruction.
1 Peter 5:8
King James Version
8 Be sober, be vigilant;
because your adversary the devil,
as a roaring lion, walketh about,
seeking whom he may devour:
Always have, as my father also reminded me:
"PRESENCE of MIND"
Where evil in the mind roosts, there's always cause for trouble.
Let not Satan gloat.
Let JESUS live in your hearts.
Become born again.
That SPIRIT may guide you.
To LOVE GOD above all.
And to LOVE others.
Having all that, there shall be no murder, revenge, or violence, in your heart.
The world will be a safer place to live in.
If hearts are one in CHRIST.
Only JESUS can really save us.
Find truth, and comfort, in that.
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