CSN Monday LightWing Messages – Inauguration Day Edition
1/20/24
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt. They have been quick to turn away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. They have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’
“I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked people. Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
But Moses sought the favor of the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster on your people. Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’” Then the Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.
Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back. The tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
When Joshua heard the noise of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “There is the sound of war in the camp.”
Moses replied:
“It is not the sound of victory,
it is not the sound of defeat;
it is the sound of singing that I hear.”
When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces at the foot of the mountain. And he took the calf the people had made and burned it in the fire; then he ground it to powder, scattered it on the water and made the Israelites drink it.
He said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you led them into such great sin?”
“Do not be angry, my lord,” Aaron answered. “You know how prone these people are to evil. They said to me, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.’ So I told them, ‘Whoever has any gold jewelry, take it off.’ Then they gave me the gold, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf!”
Moses saw that the people were running wild and that Aaron had let them get out of control and so become a laughingstock to their enemies. So he stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the Lord, come to me.” And all the Levites rallied to him. Exodus 32:7-26
FOUNDER’S MESSAGE:
Today, American citizens will witness the second inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, and most readers may know by now that the ceremony has been moved inside. All things taken into consideration, it may be easier to deal with security concerns, but the freezing temperatures and severe winter weather advisory in effect for Washington, D.C. may have had much to do with that decision. It is still wise to pray for all the participants to be safe, and all events linked to the inauguration are secure. The divisive tension in the nation’s Capital may be slightly less than such tension just prior to the Civil War. So, security concerns are definitely a higher priority for this inauguration, more than in recent years.
However, the anti-American, and Marxist-Communist groups opposed to Trump’s presidency will likely be active; they already have been. The headline in a New York Times’ article on Saturday focused on the protests and blared: “‘Angry and Frustrated’: Thousands Protest Trump Days Before His Inauguration.” The “People’s March,” which had been created as the “Women’s March” in 2017 in response to Trump’s first inauguration, took place this past Saturday.
It is significant that this year the Inauguration also falls on the day America celebrates the birthday of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. In my recollection, Obama’s second inauguration also fell on MLK Day, and he attempted to make the very most of it since he was struggling to capitalize on MLK’s legacy. Nevertheless, there was a vast difference between the ways of Barack Obama and the ways of MLK. For one thing, King still believed in America and his words and actions in his lifetime demonstrated it in a substantial way.
Yesterday’s Sunday edition featured Rev. King’s sermon on As this edition is featured King’s sermon, "Loving Your Enemies." CSN - Sunday LightWing Messages - Practicing Jesus’ Way of Love Today, since it is also Inauguration Day, the Citizen Sentinels Network will once again offer the LightWing Messages on a Monday, as we shift our focus to the inauguration. However, the beginning of this second term of Donal Trump may show up much differently than his first. He entered office under severe protest from many domestic enemies and figuratively had one arm tied behind his back as he tried to conduct business. Ironically, he became also hindered by one of the main advantages he possessed that helped get him elected – being an outsider, and not a bought and paid for politician. It worked against him as he tried to build a trustworthy team, as Rinos and Never Trumpers undermined his effectiveness. This time, he built his own team. It will likely be a different ‘ballgame’ in this new season.
The featured article in this edition is one I wrote the first time around. It now serves as historical perceptions to the opposition’s reaction to Trump ver. 1. The article is one remnant of what was, and the way evil people reacted to Trump and to an America based upon the founding principles and Judeo-Christian values. It is hoped by millions of supporters that the Trump Team taking the field soon will truly represent and defend those founding principles and Judeo-Christian values and move onward from the recent deviation and defiance of such ideals. Already, the fact that results from the 2024 election did not get strung out, or convoluted, and the outcome accepted for the presidential race indicated a bit stronger foundation to the transition to a new term. Such a peaceful and orderly transfer of political power still remains quite unusual in the world of the twenty-first century. Long may it continue!
Certainly, our Constitutional Republic has suffered through serious challenges in recent years since the new millennium, and the foundations of the nation have been undermined by enemies, both foreign as well as domestic. Yet, the peaceful transfer of power has been the hallmark of our Constitutional Republic. Long may it stand. So, this edition also is a basic call to all citizens to honor our Constitution, our Bill of Rights, and our God-given Rights in such a time as this!
READER RESPONSE REQUESTED!
Previously, several readers suggested that the “True U.S. History” classes that were taught before in the COVID time, would resume. We are going to ask all our readers if there is any desire to literally ‘see’ a return of those ½ hour video sessions dealing with America as a nation linked to the Providence of God. We would truly be interested to know if our readers are willing to tune in to a weekly podcast to get a post-education (most of our readers are graduates from some educational system in their home nations) education on God’s Providence moving beyond biblical narratives into the present. We are asking for a reply to this edition, as a new year’s resolution to arm yourselves with a unique understanding of U.S. history. Consider it as taking one step toward arming oneself with a history of America that is not currently taught in the educational system in the United States. Just type “yes, let me know more” and hit ‘reply’ and send your response back to us via the email from whom you received this newsletter. Or comment in Substack. We’ll send information on what the U.S. History course would cover. Based on the information provided, readers can decide if they are willing to take advantage of the opportunity. A lack of response will send a clear message.
These words are being freely offered to you – intended to shine light unto our paths, as written: “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.” Proverbs 29:18 - KJV
Read, absorb and share, and practice what is within you. Become a force for goodness!
May God bless our readers & all of their loved ones. May God bless All His Children!
Inauguration Day: Democrats and Denial of Election Results
By Dennis Jamison - January 20, 2017
The inauguration of President-elect Donald J. Trump is now not just another inaugural event with the address of the duly elected president, because the Democrats have determined to agitate, to cast doubt, to instill fear in the American people for having elected Donald Trump. The Democrat leadership, from Barack and Michelle Obama on down through the hierarchy of tyrannically-correct politicians, media elites, and Hollywood hypocrites, has declared all out opposition to the Trump presidency. This truly means an all out attack on all fronts - meaning even hard-core, paid rioters that are determined to foment chaos on the day in which the new president of the United States is sworn into office under the directives of the Constitution.
It is quite an amazing collective reaction that has unfolded in the days leading up to Donald Trump’s inauguration: Elected Democrat representatives vowed to boycott the inauguration, media moguls at CNN and other media corporations have cast fear over the entire array of inaugural events with drone scares and hypothetical narratives regarding an assassination of Donald Trump. Also, a number of reports indicate that there are massive anti-Trump marches, demonstrations, and even violent riots planned for D.C. inauguration events. Much of the effort to “crash the party” that the Trump team is planning for the inauguration seems to be originating from serious Democrat operatives, but some of the plans being reported run well beyond displeasure over losing the 2016 election -- they touch on treason!
Some of what is reportedly set to occur, Americans may have already witnessed during the days of the presidential campaign. As the campaign rhetoric of the opposing presidential candidates heated up last summer, so did the emotions of those who viewed Donald Trump as a serious threat to their entrenched power over the people of the United States, as well as those who want to seize power over the people. In any case, the rioting in various cities over the summer, may have simply been practice as Leftist thugs and rent-a-rioters disrupted many Trump rallies, and violently attacked innocent civilians.
Only once before in the history of the American political arena has one political party refused to concede the results of a legally conducted election.
With the outcome of the election of 1860, as Abraham Lincoln was elected president, the same political party that is in denial now reacted in a very negative way, and came up with plans to exercise their secessionist threats that had enabled the Democrats to hold onto their power in the Deep South for decades. The Democrats lost the presidential election in 1860, and instead of accepting the results of the election, Democrats engaged in the process of secession. Yet in fact, it represented an attempt to destroy the Constitution and establish an alternative government in the southern states to retain the “right” to own human beings as private property.
Southern Democrats rejected the legitimate election results, and created their own version of a new nation called the Confederate States of America. It represented a very real attempt to bring an end to the United States as it was previously established. This is still a source of confusion for many people and is still controversial today. In essence, the conception and principles at the core of the Confederate States of America originated from a political philosophy antithetical to the causes for which the United States of America had been founded - antithetical to the values represented in the Declaration of Independence.
Freedom for those in the elitist white southern power structure was understood to be only for the white race, and the ideals of freedom were openly disputed and not considered to be applicable to blacks or Indians, or whomever threatened that white power structure. This power base had existed before the creation of the nation - at least 160 years - as early as the development of colonial Jamestown, Virginia, in the mid-1600s. The conditions in the South were conducive for labor intensive farming, and slavery proved to be an economic institution extremely beneficial to the large plantation owners, and eventually the political party of choice for slave owners eventually became the Jacksonian Democrats.
Ironically, the great grandaddy of the Democrat Party also had serious problems accepting the results of his first attempt at becoming president of the United States in 1824. He refused to accept that John Quincy Adams had defeated him in the presidential election that year, and he vowed he would get even with Adams and those who supported him. Since Jackson stayed in the Senate after the election, he vowed solemnly to make Adams’ presidency miserable throughout his four-year term, and he did. Additionally, after the 1860 election, the party of Jackson determined to reject the vote of the American people, and as a result, they violated the U.S. Constitution. Their treason led directly to the American Civil War.
An historical audit of the evolution of the “Democratic” Party reveals its use of force to obtain political objectives, or to retain political power. For example, from the inception of the new “Democratic” Party under President Andrew Jackson, official government policy was directed to sanction or source the usage of force or terror against specific political targets. Jackson, the old Indian fighter, was willing to use military force against the Civilized Tribes of American Indians as they were physically removed from their ancestral homelands in the Southeast. Jackson claimed that it was for “their own good.” And, he got away with it.
Historically, the Party has proven itself comfortable with the blatant use of force in the form of terror or violence, either overtly, as in the case of President Andrew Jackson using the United States Army to force American Indians off their ancestral lands, or the instigation of the American Civil War, or covertly through the efforts of a white southern power structure of defeated Democrats via the Ku Klux Klan, or even more insidious and deadly efforts in the attempted coup to overthrow the U.S. government less than a week after Robert E. Lee surrendered his command of the Confederate forces at Appomattox. Lincoln lost his life in that moment, but the Democrat charade of an alternative government was destroyed. Such insanity should never be repeated.
A Bit of History
From The Thought Company: History and Events of the Presidential Inauguration – 1/21/2021
From HISTORY.com (w/ video): 8 Presidential Inauguration Traditions | HISTORY – 1/17/2025
From National Geographic: America's inaugural traditions date back centuries – 1/17/2025
From The Thought Company: What the President Does on the Last Day in Office
From The American Minute with Bill Federer (video): History of Inauguration Day: Complete Lesson! 🇺🇸
From The American Minute with Bill Federer: Lame-Duck Session and How January 20th became Inauguration Day: FDR to the Present – 1/8/2025
From HISTORY.com (w/ related video): Why FDR's Fourth Presidential Inauguration Lasted Only 15 Minutes – 1/14/2025
True Fact Check -
We strive for accuracy and objectivity in the entries in this section. But if readers see anything that doesn't look historically correct, send us an email and let us know your feedback: dj.light@protonmail.com
Onward and Upward!
From “Home Free” - God Bless the U.S.A. (featuring Lee Greenwood and The United States Air Force Band) - 7/1/20
From Washington Examiner: Trump’s unique opportunity this Inauguration Day – 1/20/2025
From The Soldiers' Chorus of The United States Army Field Band: America: My Country, 'Tis of Thee - Soldiers' Chorus - 11/14/16
From Sean Feucht: The Story of the Bible Trump Will Use To Be Sworn Into Office
From Let us Worship w/ Sean Feucht - ”Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble - Sean Feucht - Let us Worship - Washington, D.C. – 11/27/20
From Washington Examiner: Trump’s victory rally in D.C. ahead of Inauguration Day – 1/19/2025
From Ray Charles: 50th Presidential Inauguration Ball for Ronald Reagan - “America The Beautiful” by Ray Charles - 1/19/1985
From Palm Beach Post: Trump's pre-inauguration victory rally opens with Girls Gone Bible prayer for US, president-elect – 1/19/2025
From The Soldiers' Chorus of The United States Army Field Band: America: My Country, 'Tis of Thee - Soldiers' Chorus - 11/14/16
From Palm Beach Post: FULL Trump rally speech in DC' – 1/19/2025
From Trump's Pre-Inauguration: The Battle Hymn Of The Republic - Trump's Pre-Inauguration Jan 19th 2017
From CNBC-TV18: Donald Trump's Family Show Support At Mega MAGA Victory Rally – 1/19/2025
A Bit of Recent History
From The Victory Channel - FlashPoint: Trump WINS Prophetic Victory | News Breakdown w/ Special Guests – 11/7/24
From The 700 Club: Trump's Historic Comeback Winning The Whitehouse – 11/6/24
From Rabbi Jonathan Cahn: Trump's Win & What It Means | Jonathan Cahn Prophetic – 11/7/24
From The 700 Club: Trump Already Making Plans To Fix America’s Major Issues – 11/7/24
From LifeSite News: Trump presents 10-point plan to dismantle and de-weaponize the ‘Deep State’ – 11/8/24
From The New American Daily: Trump to End Censorship – 11/11/24
From The Federalist: Judge Forces Feds To Reveal More Evidence Of Social Media Censorship – 11/10/24
From Washington Times by Cheryl Chumley: Media must accept MAGA and stop condemning Christians, patriots – 11/7/24
* Some News rolling out from the “Trump Effect” –
From Canada Free Press: Eight Years Later, The Trump Honeymoon Arrives – 1/19/25
From Newsweek: Hamas Releases Three Israeli Hostages as Ceasefire Moves Forward – 1/19/25
From ABC News: As Trump returns to office, what he's promised to do on Day 1 – 1/19/25
From Stephen K Bannon's War Room: Episode 4198: Where We Stand With Trump's Nominees – 1/16/25
Froim Stephen K Bannon's War Room: Episode 4203: Dems Blame Their Failures On 'Misinformation'; Inauguration Security Threats – 1/17/25
From The Economic Times: I’m not going to be bullied by you': Pam Bondi clashes with Dem Senators Schiff and Padilla – 1/15/25
From YouTube: Trump's Attorney General HUMILIATES Adam Schiff During SHOCKING Clash In Senate Hearing – 1/16/25
From YouTube: John Ratcliffe - Trump's CIA Director TORCHES Adam Schiff Over Hunter Biden Laptop Claims – 1/19/25
From MattMorseTV: Speaker Johnson just confirmed our worst nightmare – 1/19/25
From Forbes Breaking News: Jack Reed And Pete Hegseth Share Extremely Tense Questioning Involving DEI, War Crimes – 1/14/25
From Forbes Breaking News: Pete Hegseth And Jim Banks Discuss Lloyd Austin Going 'AWOL,' Afghanistan Withdrawal, And DEI – 1/14/25
From RedFrost Motivation: The Man in the Arena – Teddy Roosevelt (A Powerful Speech from History) - 12/31/2020
