CSN - LightWing Messages - Easter Sunday - 4/9/2023
Jesus Comes to Jerusalem
Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time
Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!” Matthew 20:17-19 (NIV)
Jesus Prays in Gethsemane
Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsem′ane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go yonder and pray.” And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zeb′edee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.” And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.” And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, thy will be done.” And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words. Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.”
The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus
While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people. Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I shall kiss is the man; seize him.” And he came up to Jesus at once and said, “Hail, Master!” And he kissed him. Jesus said to him, “Friend, why are you here?” Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him. And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest, and cut off his ear. Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place; for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then should the scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?” At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But all this has taken place, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples forsook him and fled. Matthew 26:36-56 (NIV)
Happy Easter to all people of faith who celebrate the resurrection of Jesus today.
Last week on Palm Sunday, there was much referred to in the preceding days that saddened us. Additionally, the numbers of horrible events or tragedies seem to be on the rise in recent times. On Palm Sunday, many people of faith began Holy Week in a somber mood, and personally, I could sense a certain seriousness that may have been felt by some who were present as they witnessed the Son of Man, Jesus, weeping over the city and the people just before he entered Jerusalem. On Easter, although it may seem odd, we are offering a sermon given on Palm Sunday. It is from Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. There is a deeper reason for offering this Palm Sunday message from King titled: "Garden of Gethsemane," which was delivered in 1957.
I have meditated, prayed, studied, and reflected a great deal lately about Jesus in the Garden and especially about the prayers he offered in such a time. This most serious time can truly be understood as the last moments of Jesus’ earthly freedom and the last time he spoke directly with his disciples before the resurrection. He requested (more likely, required) them to pray with him as he prayed most intensely nearby. Sadly, the disciples could not do what he requested of them.
The second message today is one I wrote during Holy Week while Jesus would have been in the tomb. I came to the realization in this time that Jesus is calling us all to watch with him, but also to pray that we would not fall into temptation in such a time as this. My message is titled, “The Challenge of Unshakeable Faith.” It is because we need it now, in such a time as this.
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Also, our LightWing Messages now have a history via our Zoom calls. Our Zoom discussion of last Wednesday took the form of an interview with writer A. Dru Kristenev, who graciously joined us on our call. The topic was focused on artificial intelligence or “AI,” which was even a bit more timely since Elon Musk and others had recommended a halt be placed on the development of AI at this time due to potential dangers.
The Zoom calls are now going to be offered at 5pm PDT as we have indicated in previous editions. If readers would like to discuss these two Easter messages on our Zoom call this Wednesday, please reach out. If readers are interested in receiving the Zoom link to the call, please send a brief email request to this address: d.jamzon@gmail.com
May God bless all of our readers and all of their loved ones. May God bless America!
May we, who are called by His name, humble ourselves and truly appreciate with deepest gratitude His Mercy and His loving Grace. May we also repent, and turn from the realms of spiritual apathy or of the actively wicked ways of the world - even to be able to stand upright in such a time of great upheaval. Yet, in such a time as this, let us be courageous to seek His Kingdom and His righteousness.
"Garden of Gethsemane"
By: Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
April 14, 1957
Palm Sunday Sermon Delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala. The following text is an abridgement of the full sermon from MLK. The full sermon is nearly 5000 words. A link is provided after this message to access the full sermon.
Note: King declares in this sermon: “You can stand up amid despair. You can stand up amid persecution. You can stand up amid disappointment. You can stand up even amid death. But you don’t worry because you know God is with you. You have made the transition. You have faced life’s central test.” Vowing to replicate Jesus’ obedience to God’s will, King cries, “Wherever He leads me, I will follow. I will follow Him to the garden. I will follow Him to the cross if He wants me to go there.”
There is hardly anyone here this morning who has not at some time been pushed to the rugged edges of life. There have been times that all of us felt that a cloud of despair had come to blot out the joyous glitter of a distant star of hope. So often we have been left standing amid the surging murmur of life’s restless sea. We have been frustrated and disillusioned, bewildered and on the brink of despair. There have been times that we felt like giving up. We felt that we couldn’t make it any longer. This has been an experience characterizing the lives of men and women in all generations—religious men, unbelieving men. For instance, we turn back to the pages of the Old Testament and we hear an earnest believer like Isaiah in the midst of the Babylonian exile crying, “Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel.”
…I would like to take your minds back across the centuries this morning to our Lord and Master and at least demonstrate the fact that even Jesus confronted this experience when life was pushed out to the rugged edges, when the deep cloud of despair surrounded him at every point. He had lived for about thirty-two years. And he had gone around doing good: healing the sick, feeding the poor, preaching the gospel to the captives. And in the midst of all of that, he was coming to a point that men wanted to get rid of him. We can see him on that day when he was getting ready to go to Jerusalem. Jerusalem was the center of Palestine at that time; it was the center of the religious world. And now, at the culmination of his ministry, he prepares to go to Jerusalem. And we can see the crowds as they greet him. He is entering Jerusalem now, the triumphant entry. And we can hear them as they cry—cry their loud hosannas.
This is Palm Sunday you see. This is the day that people praise Jesus, This is the day that people talk about the good things he’s done. This is the day for loud and vociferous hosannas. But Jesus… knew that this was just the beginning of that week. He knew that before that week was over that he would move from the loud hosannas to the dark and deep voice of “crucify him!” He knew that before that week was over that he would move from the high mountain of praise to the deep valley of condemnation. He knew that before that week was over that the glorious sunrise that had characterized his Palm Sunday would be transformed into a dark sunset that would bring in Good Friday. He knew that. So he prepared himself for it. And it is an interesting thing that Jesus was aware of the fact that this was ahead and he set out and he went on. He didn’t stop. He knew that this would come through his Jerusalem experience but he went on. The Bible tells us that just before facing the darkest moment of his life, before facing Good Friday, he went out and decided to talk with God. And it is standing there with all of its glaring dimensions, it stands there in the form of a garden of Gethsemane. And when he came to this point and Jesus realized that he had to face death, when he realized that there were those around who would seek to destroy him and take his life, he went to pray. He took some of his friends with him. And we can see him as he prepares to go into that garden, and he says to his friends, “Watch and wait while I pray.” And he went into there, into the garden to pray and he came back first and discovered that his friends were asleep. This is the mystery and the strange thing of life, that when we come to the difficult moments of life, when we come to the crisis situations of life, we always have to face it alone. One preacher preached a sermon on this very text and he called it “The Loneliness of Christ.” And isn’t this the true picture of life? That the time that we need our friends most, that is the time that they seem so unconcerned and so apathetic. Even at our best our friends misunderstand us. And when we come to the moment that we need them most, we find them asleep. That seems to be the long commentary of life. He had to confront it alone…
Oh, my friends, so often in life we come to tragic experiences, the cheers and encouraging words of our friends and loved ones help us on. We are able to regain our courage and to regain our strength and to regain our power because of the cheers of friends. But we can’t always depend on that. Suppose Jesus had depended on that? He would have never made it through. Did not his friend Peter deny him? Did not his friend Judas betray him? Did not his other friends run on back to Galilee? When Jesus had to stand amid the darkness of Pilate’s judgment hall, there were no cheers. When Jesus had to confront the darkness of the cross, there were no cheers. When Jesus had to stand amid Golgotha’s hill, there were no cheers. He had to face it all alone.
And this is the tragic picture of life, that at our darkest moments our friends often go to sleep. The time that we need them most is the time that we don’t find them. Oh, our friends are often with us in our days of triumph. They are always with us in our days of victory, in our days of popularity. But so often our friends leave us standing alone when we stand in the midst of defeat. So often our friends leave us standing alone when we stand amid the dark experiences of life. So Jesus confronted the long story of history, that when we come to the darkest moments of life, when we come to the crisis situations of life, we have to stand alone. For even our best friends are so often apathetic and non-concerned, unconcerned. Even our best friends leave us at the moment that we need them most.
So he faced this experience… “Father, if thy be willing let this cup pass from me.” Jesus didn’t want to die. Now maybe you misinterpreted Scripture if you think Jesus wanted to die. As some fundamentalists would say Jesus came in the world [knowing in the beginning?], knowing that he was going to die, that he desired to die. But that’s not true, according to the Scripture. It says in glaring terms that Jesus didn’t want to die. “Father, if it is thy will, let this cup pass from me.” In other words, “Father, keep me from dying. Keep this bitter experience from coming to me.” And that was altogether a human experience. We have so often projected Jesus so far into the divine realm that we have forgotten about his humanity. Jesus not only experienced the glow of the divine, but also the tang of the human. And Jesus there, with his human nature, cries out,
“Save me. I don’t want to die. Take this cup from me.”
There is nothing abnormal about that. That’s altogether human. No young, normal human being wants to die. No normal human being wants to face the disappointments of life. Philosophers have told us throughout the generations that there is something of a surge and a quest for happiness and to avoid pain on the part of human nature…
And there we find Jesus, in the midst of his humanity, in the midst of his naturalness, crying out to God, “Let this cup pass from me. I don’t want this disappointment. I don’t want to die. Let it pass from me.” But then it didn’t stop there. There was something after that. We read after that… “nevertheless.” And after that “nevertheless” is the essence of religion. After that “nevertheless” is the ultimate test of one’s devotion to God. After that “nevertheless” is the ultimate test of one’s character. After that “nevertheless” is the ultimate test of one’s loyalty. “Let this cup pass from me, nevertheless, not my will, but Thy will be done.”
And this, you see, is the central test of an individual’s life. This is the test. How one moves out from “let this cup pass from me” to “nevertheless.” This determines your life. This determines how you will live it. This determines how the very destiny of your life unfolds, how you are able to move from “let this cup pass from me” to “nevertheless.” This is the great transition, and this is the test of an individual’s life. This is the central test of life. We must learn the rigorous test of moving from “let this cup pass from me” to “nevertheless.” Few people learn the lesson. And they end up in all of the misery and all of the agony and all of the frustration of life because they can’t quite jump from one to the other. They live life on “let this cup pass from me.” And they try to, when they see that the cup is still there, they try to get away from it through diverse methods and manners. And they end up more frustrated. They try the method of escapism… That is why some people become dope addicts and others become alcoholics because they do not have the power and the stamina to make the transition. And in an attempt to solve it themselves, they take something to escape. And they find themselves unable to face the responsibilities of life, and that presents a crisis. And so, in an attempt to get away from this difficult decision of facing responsibilities, they try to escape.
One must learn to make the transition from “let this cup pass from me” to “nevertheless, not my will, but Thy will be done.” And God grant this morning as you go out and face life with all of its decisions, as you face the bitter cup which you will inevitably face from day to day, God grant that you will learn this one thing and that is to make the transition from “this cup” to “nevertheless.” This, you see, is the test of your religion. This, you see, is the thing that determines whether you go through life devoted to an eternal cause or whether you go through life depending on your own finite answers which really turn out to be no answers. This is the thing that determines whether you can rise out of your egocentric predicament to devotion to a higher cause. This is what Jesus was able to do and this is the lesson that he presents to us today and in all generations, the way to make the transition.
I can hear even Jesus himself, standing amid the agony and darkness of Good Friday, standing amid the darkness of the cross. And out of the pain and the agony and the darkness of that cross we hear him saying, “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” But then, in the midst of that he turns to God. And he keeps his eyes on God. He keeps his vision on God. And out of the midst of all of that, that isn’t the last word that we hear from the cross. For out of the midst of the darkness and the agony of the cross, we hear something else. We hear a voice saying, “Into Thy hands I commend my spirit.” And then we can hear him saying, “Not my will, but thy will be done.”
Now you got to learn that, my friends, and when you learn that you can stand up amid any condition because you know that God is with you no matter what happens. You can stand up amid despair. You can stand up amid persecution. You can stand up amid disappointment. You can stand up even amid death. But you don’t worry because you know God is with you. You have made the transition. You have faced life’s central test.
And so I’m going away this morning, I don’t know about you, but I’m going away determined that wherever He leads me, I will follow. I will follow Him to the garden. I will follow Him to the cross if He wants me to go there. I will follow Him to the dark valleys of death if He wants me to go there. Not my will, but Thy will be done. And when you can cry that, you stand up amid life with an exuberant joy. And you know that God walks with you. Even though you walk through the valley of the shadow of death, you know that God is there…
And we can keep singing that because we have decided to cry, “Not my will, but Thy will be done.”
The preceding contains only excerpts from the full sermon delivered by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. A full transcript, which includes Rev. King’s footnotes and references, can be found by using this link: "Garden of Gethsemane," Sermon Delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church | The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute
“The Challenge of Unshakeable Faith”
By Dennis Jamison
April 8, 2023
Prior to Easter in 2020, it was time in which the world had been exposed to the COVID-19 pandemic. I wrote that “the people of the world find themselves in uncertain times, with many people and families concerned about their health -- even their very lives.” Many readers may remember such a time. Many readers may have known loved ones who suffered – maybe even have lost loved ones then. At the time, I wrote:
The world is in a state of turmoil due to the coronavirus pandemic, but there are many other items of concern and issues of confusion. In such a time of tribulation… Many people seek practical answers; yet some deeper souls seek wisdom from assurance of things unseen. Thus, many turn toward faith in times of crisis. Still others will become fearful and pursue personal pathways of panic. People are free to choose the directions they each decide to go, but with the pandemic seemingly everywhere, many people do feel trapped, or find themselves adrift in the chaos and confusion.
Surprisingly, many Christians and people of faith, even leaders of the faithful, were challenged in their faith in the time of COVID. Many demonstrated their lack of faith as they placed their trust or their obedience with secular authorities. Now those secular “experts” have lost credibility due to the discovery of many false or invalid premises upon which they pursued repressive methods of a “lockdown mentality.” It was a time just prior to the Easter holiday, and I foolishly assumed that for people of faith, our physical life and the material world did not represent all that there was to life. However, I witnessed as time went on that fear triumphed over faith in such times – not for everyone, but for multitudes.
Especially for Christians, I assumed they knew that the time of the resurrection of Jesus from death into eternal life was also the time when Christianity began. However, I did observe some “Christians” struggled with the resurrection, and many gravitated towards an acceptance of the material restraints placed upon them from despotic government officials despite living in a nation in which our rights have been proclaimed as coming from God. It was contradictory.
Fear is a formidable and a powerful force. It has the capability to intimidate – even to eradicate faith. Thus, Jesus stated emphatically that “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. 26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?” (Matthew 16:24-26)
Possibly the people of faith rationalized that this did not apply in a pandemic, or reasoned that the government was more to be feared than almighty God, since they hadn’t seen Him around lately. It occurred to me a while later that fear had intimidated even Jesus’ disciples, and it had been especially apparent on the night of his arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus even knew that they would abandon him in such a time when the guards of King Herod’s puppet government came to lock down the Messiah.
I believe it is fitting to examine this moment in the life of Jesus from the perspective of unshakeable faith. Our advantage that in this time is that Christians should know or believe in the resurrection of Jesus. It is the essence of the birth of Christianity. Yet, in their time, the disciples in the Garden with Jesus, or in the Holy Land at the time, had no experience of what was about to happen in their lives. They only had Jesus’ word that he would resurrect. That’s why the moment was about faith for them. Their faith was shaken. What of us, at this time? Is it about faith for us today? Will Jesus find faith when he returns? As I wrote in April of 2020, “a simplicity of faith can be a great blessing; but, it can present its own illusions. Yet, faith is what every human being will need to get through this most unusual time in human history.”
As I look upon my nation in 2023, I am beginning to reexamine the question of whether Jesus will find faith when he returns. Look at the nation honestly. Does it resemble a nation of faith? Or is this nation ruled by fear? The Hebrews lived under the fear of the Roman Empire. Christians do need to take account of reality. Do Christians live under fear of America’s government?
Fear can shatter rational thought, or at least suspend it – like a deer caught in the headlights of an oncoming automobile. Fear can paralyze people as they lose hold of whatever grip they had on some meaning in life. Fear can erupt in panic, and panic can lead to such irrational behavior that it defies common sense. Look at the nation honestly. Do current events reflect common sense?
The challenge now is for people of faith to exercise their faith in a manner greater than ever before in their lives. People of faith need to align their thinking with God’s perspective, and align their actions with God’s will. Do not think God is unconcerned with the evil that is ravaging and tormenting our nation. He is not a stoic judge who observes uncaringly from Heaven. If it were the case, Jesus would not have stopped and wept over Jerusalem as he made his way into the Holy City. If that were the case, Jesus would not have been so sorrowful in the Garden of Gethsemane. We need to know more deeply the loving heart of God. Such knowledge does increase faith.
Jesus’ prayers after the Passover meal were incredibly significant and help us to know more deeply the loving heart of God, if we see from His viewpoint and not our simplistic human perspective. When Jesus went into the Garden, He was deeply saddened, as we have his words from Matthew: “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.” Again Jesus was in anguish and wept as “he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.” (Luke 22:44)
The prayers of Jesus in the Garden were in alignment with what he predicted at the time he wept and prayed over Jerusalem before he went into the city: “As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.” (Luke 19:41-44)
Jesus did weep in the Garden, but he was not a wimp weakly weeping for the sake of saving his own life. Jesus was human, but he had no fear of dying, even though MLK offered this as a reasonable explanation in his semon: "Garden of Gethsemane." One must remember Jesus had calmed a raging storm on the Sea of Galilee, he had faced the elite of all the Hebrew authorities and remained aligned with God’s Word, he had escaped crowds seeking to kill him several times to continue to do God’s Will, he even faced off against Satan and was victorious.
Jesus wept for God, and he wept for his friends, and he wept for his people. I am aware that this may fly in the face of “accepted” or “orthodox” explanation regarding his intent. But, if one is not consistently clear with what Jesus truly taught as well as what he practiced, it is easy to pivot to a human perspective that he prayed for himself.
It is clear Jesus knew that God’s Providence of establishing His Kingdom “on Earth as it is in Heaven,” would be prolonged until he returned. Does anyone of genuine faith not think that Jesus could well imagine what Hell could happen to God’s children in that time? Biblical history helps clarify this. What did the Hebrew people do when Moses did not return for quite a lengthy period after ascending the mountain? How much more Hell has happened since Jesus left us? How much faith have people retained after 2000 years, if it can be lost in a few turbulent years?
Look at America honestly. Do current events reflect strong and vibrant faith? Can you begin to sense why Jesus wept? How much faith can Christians be proud of when he returns? At this time, contemporary Christians demonstrate more how they can be crippled by ignorance and dominated by fear. It is why this message has to do with unshakeable faith.
It seems to me that especially now American Christians are in a similar state the disciples were in as Jesus asked them to watch with him in the Garden of Gethsemane – to practice their faith. Christians in America seem to be currently challenged in a similar way, to put their faith above fear of the unknown. The closest disciples were asked to watch with Jesus – to exercise faith and to suspend fear in such an irrational time. In this time, the truly faith-filled people are required to demonstrate unshakeable faith – to show, or to exercise greater faith than ever before – to absolutely align their thinking with God’s thinking, and to align their actions with God’s Will.
This is exactly what Jesus was doing in the Garden – aligning himself with God’s Will. However, he also told those whom he brought with him to pray that they may not enter into temptation: “So, could you not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (Matthew 26:40)
Tragically, In this most serious time, just before he was arrested, his closest disciples could not keep watch with him and simply pray with him. It was a most intense time and represents the final moments of Jesus’ earthly freedom and the last time he spoke with his disciples before the resurrection. In such a time, although Jesus had prepared his closest disciples, it is obvious that they were not completely prepared for all of the events that would overwhelm them. While fear may have filled the hearts or minds of the disciples at various points in their lives of faith, they were really unprepared for all that would transpire from the arrest of Jesus in the Garden to the agony of his crucifixion.
That fateful night, Jesus’ disciples panicked and ran away. In this most critical time, “...all the disciples forsook him and fled.” (Matthew 26:56) It is evident from biblical history that when leaders of faith are shaken or taken from the scene, followers tend to flee. Jesus predicted his disciples would also abandon him: Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: ’I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’” (Matthew 26:31)
Look at America honestly. Do leaders in the different social realms help American citizens to keep their faith or abandon faith? Did the leaders of the Hebrew society help them to know the time of their visitation, or did they reject the stone that became the cornerstone? This is such a time that faith-filled people need to absolutely align their thinking with God’s thinking, and align their actions with God’s Will.
This is exactly what Jesus was doing in the Garden – aligning himself with God’s Will. Jesus did weep in the Garden, but he wept for God’s Providence not because of his self-centered will. He hoped for his disciples to keep the faith – to show unshakeable faith in time of great need. Such unshakeable faith is required in such chaotic times. People of faith need to read their Bibles or God’s Word more than focus on secular news; they need to be more attuned with their trusted spiritual leaders than with those of little fai or those of no faith at all. They need to humble themselves and seek God’s face in prayer, and listen to His voice speaking to their consciences amidst the tumult. People of genuine faith need to promote hope and sincerely seek ways to help others and to solve problems. Unshakeable faith is required in such a time as this.
Onward and Upward!
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* News From Our Canadian Neighbors -
From WND: Trudeau wants hard drugs available for kids! - 4/6/23
From the Toronto Sun: BATRA’S BURNING QUESTIONS: Yet another ethics challenge for Trudeau’s Dominic LeBlanc - 4/6/23
* News From Our Israeli Friends -
ONE FOR ISRAEL Ministry: PASSOVER and the RESURRECTION - Isaiah's New Exodus – 3/26/23
Behold Israel / Kiswahili : Sasisho Maalum la Mashariki ya Kati: Machafuko nchini Israeli by Amir Tsarfati – 4/1/23
From CBN News – Jerusalem Dateline: Holy Week in Jerusalem | Jerusalem Dateline - April 4, 2023
Recommended Resources - follow the links…
Excellent Election Education Resource: US 2020 Election Fraud at a Glance
Excellent Non-Partisan Election Resource: Election Integrity Project California
Excellent Constitution Education Resource: LIBERTY TREE ONLINE UNIVERSITY
Excellent Citizen-Patriot News Resource: Steve Bannon's War Room
Excellent Citizen-Patriot News Resource: From Frank Speech - the Home of Free Speech
Excellent Citizen Comprehensive Resource: David Horowitz Freedom Center
Excellent Expose’ of Political Prisoners within the US: American Gulag
Excellent Source of CRT information for parents: Moms for America
Excellent Christian Homeschool Resource: https://ed-exit.com/
Excellent Citizen Activist Resource: Precinct Strategy: Home
Excellent Guide to Protecting Families: A Guide to Protecting Your Family From the Coming Insurrection and Violence 1 ARE YOU SAFE?