Conspiracy theories are rampant today. That is, “A theory that explains an event or set of circumstances as the result of a secret plot by usually powerful conspirators” (Merriam Webster Dictionary). Conspirators are those with different motives uniting together against a common enemy. They can be either friends or enemies but their motives are strong enough to bring them together. The mob that killed Christ was diverse, but they joined together like a “bundle” of malefactors for the common purpose to kill God’s Name.
"Bundling," in Italian is “fascimo.” In the Roman Latin
language, bundles are “fasces” (ibid). In other words, fascists killed Christ as
those with a common enemy bundled together for the “common good.” For the
common good is the index of any socialist endeavor. Socialists who destroy extant
societies have a government of communalism (aka communism). They must
always resort to violence for the “common good.”
Socialism was operationalized by Carl Popper: "In
order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of
intolerance,” which is his paradoxical view that it is okay to be intolerant of
intolerant people to end intolerance. Jesus seemed to be intolerant of
Judaism as well as Herodians and certainly Hasmoneans, the two competing monarchies
for the throne of Israel. In other words, Jesus was thought to be against
Church and State. What were they to do? The “church” and “state” became fasces
— “a bundle of rods and among them an ax with projecting blade borne before
ancient Roman magistrates as a badge of authority” (ibid). In plain English,
“fasces” is the bundling together of diverse people with similar motives
to exercise authority by violent means.
When Jesus was executed, the Herodians, Hasmoneans, High
Priests, Sadducees, and Pharisees were the “rods” that were bundled together, “crooked
sticks,” if you prefer that, became fascists long enough for their dirty deed. Like Zipporah of long ago,
they were willing to shed blood for their doctrine, albeit circumcision of the
foreskin was never God’s intent, but the foreskins of their hearts. Those who
killed Jesus had all been circumcised but only their penises and not their
hearts. Paul referred to the mob after him with the accusation that, “Thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge
me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law” (Act
23:3). They were after Paul because his understanding of scripture differed
with theirs. They conformed to the Law of circumcision but not of the heart.
Mobs always have their own law. Mobs are fascists because they form alliances
to strong-arm free peoples in doing their corporate wills. They each may have a
different idea of what is right but seek their own way by compromising their
principles. In the case of Paul, they compromised the Law of Moses to kill
Paul. That was the exact theory still perfected for this day in that they were
willing to kill Paul who they perceived as intolerant of their way to maintain
their Law. Popper, George Soros, and
Obama would have loved that because they use the same paradox now. It is the ends
that matter, not the means. That is why
Muslims are quite comfortable bundling with socialists and socialists are quite
comfortable bundling with Muslims. Their end is each with themselves in charge
and their means is fasces for the power to disrupt extant institutions.
When Jesus was crucified, Herod and Pilate mocked the
King Jesus, “The same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before
they were at enmity between themselves” (Luke 23:12). The government of the
Jews became fasces for the purpose of demeaning Jesus. Pilate did not
want Jesus dead, but did want Him silenced for the good of the Romans, and
Herod wanted Jesus dead because He was a threat to his throne and his law. They
supported the High Priests who wanted Jesus dead to protect the Law of Moses,
as they understood it, and wrongly so. They whitewashed the murder of Jesus as
just, and they were about to do the same for Paul!
Ironically, or was it God’s Plan, just as in Luke 23:12 wherein
Herod and Pilate became the fasces, in Acts 23:12 it happened against
Paul, to wit: “And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together,
and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor
drink till they had killed Paul.”
Forty Jews came together as fascists to kill Paul. What was
their aim? They were still trying to silence Jesus as Plan A failed, Plan B had
been to silence Stephen, and Paul joined the fasces for a time to do
that. Neither Plan A nor B was effective in silencing Jesus, so Plan C was to
silence Paul. The conspiracy remains to this day against Jesus and the violence is to silence Him. The forty conspirators were still after Jesus even though they
had killed Him because His voice remained strong.
Jesus had said Himself, “That thou art Peter, and upon this Rock
I will build my Church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Mat
16:18). Of course the “Rock” remains Jesus to this day, and Jesus has yet to be
silenced although fasces ever since have attempted to “crucify” Him over and
over again: “So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed” (Act 19:2). To
this day, the Word of God — Jesus still prevails over all the socialist fasces
doctrines.
Fasces is the practice of Roman (Italian) socialism, Nazism
the German practice of fasces, and Bolshevism the practice of Russian fasces.
The American version of fasces is Progressivism practiced by Democrat-socialists.
All those types of fasces have one thing in common — their means are
slightly different, but their end aim is the same, and that is to silence Jesus
by becoming the ax-wielding authority. In modern times baseball bats and flamethrowers
are the means of fasces, and in the end the Islamic version is Muslim
swords beheading, which sword will be the “ax” of the fascists.
Fasces are always the problem and throughout history,
fascism by all nations has been the method. Fasces is not a new method
then, nor is it now. It has always been the “original sin.” Adam and Eve, along
with the Serpent, were the fasces that silenced God back in the Garden.
Pharaoh and the Egyptians were the fasces who tried to silence God by
killing His Voice — Moses, and now the fasces continue to silence those
who stand up for God as Paul did.
Paul knew the fasces because he had been one. They
would even murder for their way and that was to end the Way of Jesus. All fasces
groups whatever their names, attempt to silence Jesus. All those conspiracies,
regardless of their leaders, are out to get Jesus. It is spiritual warfare that
we are engaged in, in all ages, and there will always be “Lucifers” who will
attempt to sit on high on God’s throne.
We wrestle not
against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against
the rulers of the
darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (Ephes 6:12)
This time is not a war between the republic and a national
commune (communism); it is a war waged by evil against good. The conspiracy is
the agents of evil who continue to silence God. Some people do not believe in
the supernatural. The Pharisees and Sadducees were opposed: “The Sadducees say
that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees
confess both” (Act 23:8).
Today’s “Sadducees” believe neither in angels nor the spirits.
For them, there is nothing beyond and the talk of demon angels and evil spirits
are foolishness. This is not a war between presidential contenders but dark
angels against good angels, and evil spirits against the Holy Spirit. Although
long ago, the fasces killed Jesus in body, they never killed His Holy
Ghost. The fascists at the present time endeavor to finish the Enlightenment
that declared God dead and make Him dead in Word and Deed.
How to recognize the fascists? They are those “bundled” against
God and are generally the vocal majority against the silent minority. We, as
Christians, must support those ordained by God, as Paul said, “I wist not,
brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not
speak evil of the ruler of thy people.” (Act 23:5).
God had a plan for Obama, and He had a plan for Trump. Obama
was the American “Saul” and Trump America’s “David.” God chose Saul to teach
the Hebrews a lesson, but He ordained David as a merciful act. God have mercy
on us Americans — God’s modern-day chosen and peculiar people (1 Per 2:3)!
(picture credit: 2011 Encyclopedia Britannica; "fascio")
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