Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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As the days of Noah

1. It had never rained on the earth. We are looking at an event that never happened before. A worldwide cataclysmic event.

2. God looked upon the Earth and behold it was corrupt. A second distinguishing characteristic is how openly corrupt the world is, all the evil that used to hide in the shadows and in the dark is no longer hiding but is out in the open, in your face.

3. Noah was a preacher of righteousness, warning the world and being laughed at. Scoffing at the warnings and ignoring them. “Take heed that no man deceive you”. Indicating that many will be deceived.

4. “For by thy sorceries were all nations deceived”. This is a global deception by “sorcery”. Based on the greek definition of the word that we translate sorcery genetically engineered mRNA vaccine would be sorcery. Once again this is the only “sorcery” that can be described as “having deceived all nations”. “He had deceived them that had taken the mark of the beast”. This great deception is tied to both sorcery and taking the mark of the beast. Eve said “the serpent beguiled me and I did eat”. The idea that Satan would not deceive us with this vaccine is plainly idiotic.

5. “The mystery of lawlessness” is already in the world and is working right up until the Holy Spirit steps aside and then the lawless one will be revealed. We were told that “they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men” likened to iron mingled with miry clay. Again, just like the days of Noah there were giants who were born of Angels, the Nephilim. Today we see something like this with the teaching concerning trans humanism where humans would be mingled with technology.

6. We are told that God would send them a strong delusion because they didn’t love the truth. Therefore it is absurd to say that God would not allow the vaccine to be part of this strong delusion. It is very clear that those promoting this vaccine “do not love the truth” and will tell any lie. The vision in Daniel makes it clear the iron mixed with miry clay is not simply the ten toes (ten kings of the AntiChrist) but are the whole feet. Therefore the mingling of these two substances takes place prior to the Antichrist being revealed.

7. 17th of Chesvan is the day that the rain began. According to the OT this would be approximately Nov 17th (he uses an incorrect calendar in this video)

 

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Various approaches to the vaccine

1. Heretic — Accuse anyone of questioning Fauci of questioning science. CNN and MSNBC use this approach to destroy anyone like Aaron Rodgers or Kyrie Irving who isn't vaccinated. This is obviously an evil approach which Paul referred to as "falsely called science". There is nothing scientific about this, rather it is "the cult of science". People are right to not trust this and to realize something is very wrong about this.

2. Humpty Dumpty — try to straddle the fence, go along to get along. In every one of these cases there is a range, the range here is someone who does whatever they are told all the way to those who defend their actions "for the good of community". They argue that getting the vaccine will help the pandemic to go away even though the evidence contradicts this assertion. These people are lazy willing to repeat whatever they are told without looking at the evidence and the data for themselves.

3. Wise as serpents, harmless as doves — often called “vaccine hesitant”. The most effective response to refusing the vaccine is a reasonable, logical one. "I already had Covid and have natural immunity" or "I am allergic to the vaccine" etc. They are not publicly attacking Fauci, the Vaccine, or anyone who took it. Instead they are giving a reasonable explanation for why they are hesitant to get it and by doing this it is like a thorn puncturing the balloon of the argument put forth by MSNBC and CNN. Since Fauci and others have no response to this argument it is very effective at exposing the entire mandate. Niki Minaj, Bill Maher, and Kyrie Irving all fall into this category.

4. Precursor to the Mark of the Beast -- this is common among Christians on Christian forums. When speaking to the public it is much more profitable to take the approach in point three and yet when speaking to Christians take this approach. This approach requires that someone not only be fully interested in the vaccine, and the mandate, but also have a background in the Bible. This approach presents the mark of the beast as a puzzle in which this vaccine mandate is part of that puzzle. It isn't the whole thing but it is part of the pieces that make up the whole thing.

5. Mark of the Beast — then there are those Christians who are calling it the MOTB. I think this is foolish. There are fundamental reasons why you can make a compelling argument from the Bible that it isn't. So many reasonable Christians are put off by this, meanwhile it gives unbelievers ammunition to liken the vaccine hesitant to looney tunes Christians. Finally, it implies all those who are vaccinated are damned already, which is a horrible thing to say.
 

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Blasphemy -- A sign of the times

 

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We didn't even know the whole world could be controlled

 

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John 16:23-33 Ask and you will receive

23 In that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. 24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.

So then let’s ask. Let’s pray that our brothers and sisters who witness sins will stand against it and testify concerning the sins. Let’s pray that our brothers and sisters will stand strong in this day, holding onto the warnings that the Lord has given us. Let’s pray that all these things will be done to the glory of God the Father and Jesus Christ His Son. Let’s pray that we would be faithful to overcome the accuser of the brethren by the blood of Jesus Christ and by the word of our testimony. Let’s pray that God would turn our weeping into laughing, our grief into joy.

25 “Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father. 26 In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. 27 No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. 28 I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.” 29 Then Jesus’ disciples said, “Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech. 30 Now we can see that you know all things and that you do not even need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you came from God.”

To see that Jesus' words from 2,000 years ago are a light to my path today, yes, that strengthens my faith that He came from God. We have seen many figurative prophecies like "the fig tree putting forth her leaves and knowing that summer is near" fulfilled. When we see Israel reformed as a nation in a single day that strengthens our faith. But let's not get distracted, ultimately do we really want the Lord to tell us plainly about the end of the age or about the Father? Ultimately to know God the Father, to be able to ask God plainly this is the real goal. Why are all the festivals "rehearsals"? This is so we know how to stand in God's presence, how to ask God, to know God, to be the people of God that glorify God.

31 “Do you now believe?” Jesus replied. 32 “A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.

That happened at the beginning of the age, but now we have a second chance, I pray that this time we would stand with the Lord. This is how our faith is truly built up. You think that this time I really believe and then God goes and puts you through an even greater cross. Every time we go through the cross and experience the fellowship of His sufferings and the outstanding resurrection from the dead we think we have arrived only to then go through an even deeper cross that exposes the flesh, the unbelief, and reveals how much more faith we still need.

33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

Be at peace. I have talked to many Christians who tell me they have been weeping and crying for the terrible things they see happening every day. I tell them these very same things give me peace because it confirms the Lord's word. It shows me that the Lord saw all this coming, told us about it two thousand years before, and told us the path to take that leads to salvation. Not only so but He blazed that path and then sent the Spirit to be with us as we also follow Him. Which brings us to an interesting question, are you following the Lord or is the Lord following you? The knee jerk reaction is to say that we are following Christ. But what about this verse:

1 Co 10:1–4 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.

I used to hike quite a bit and when you have a group hiking in the woods the two most important positions are the guy at the front called "the point" who finds the trail. But even more important is the guy at the rear. His job is to make sure no one gets left behind. That guy needs to be solid as a rock and carrying all the supplies like water and a first aid kit. Jesus is both of these guys, He is the author of our faith and He is the finisher of our faith. That should be our prayer, that when the Lord returns He finds us with Him, faithful to Him.
 

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John 17:1-10 -- How does anyone look at this and not glorify God the Father?

After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come.


The Bible says that God declares the end from the beginning. Think how amazing it is that 10 billion years ago the universe came into existence, and at 3915 BC we see the first sign of the woman crowned with the 12 stars, clothed in the son, in travail to give birth to the seed of the woman which will bruise the serpent’s head and then at the end we see the same sign September 23, 2017. The sign has appeared twice, at the beginning and at the end. But at the same time there was a total solar eclipse, signifying God’s judgement on the world, and this eclipse went directly over Washington D.C. So way back when God knew that America would be where it is and Washington D.C. would be the capital. But it is more than that, we had 4 blood moons signifying God’s judgement on Israel on Passover and Sukkot in both 2014 and 2015. It is a sign that the hour has come and Israel will be judged for not recognizing the Messiah when He was crucified on Passover.

Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.

We were taught to pray “Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name”. Glorifying Jesus, fulfilling all the prophecies concerning Him, that glorifies God’s name. The fact that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, that He had to spend a season in Egypt, that He would be betrayed, that they would pay 30 pieces of silver, that it would be used to buy the Potter’s field, that He would be falsely accused, hated without a cause, crucified with criminals, buried with the wealthy, that His hands and feet would be pierced, that they would gamble for his clothes, that His bones would not be broken, etc. This glorifies God the Father. Passover is a Holy convocation, that means it was a rehearsal for the Lord’s sacrifice. They examined Him the way the Jews were instructed to examine the lamb, they sacrificed Him at the same time they were to sacrifice the lamb, they laid Him in the tomb, the sinless one, at the same time they were to sit and eat the feast of unleavened bread, and He rose from the dead at the same time they were to wave the sheaf of the firstfruits. How does anyone look at this and not glorify God the Father?

2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.


That is the point. Jesus is Lord. He is Lord of all, but the Father has not given Him everyone for eternal life. Paul said that the end would not come until there was an apostasy (falling away from the faith) and until the man of lawlessness was revealed. Jesus is the bright and morning star, you aren’t going to see the bright and morning star until after the long, dark night is over. The apostasy refers to the church. Pergamum had the false prophet, Balaam teaching to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit fornication. We have to have teachers in the church telling people they can disregard the word of God and enticing people to sin. Jezebel was even worse with the “deep things of Satan” and by the time you get to Sardis the church is ready to die. Laodicea is puffed up and proud even though they are blind, naked, and poor. This is the apostasy, it is essential, otherwise you would not get faithful servants like Antipas who they killed, nor would you get the church in Philadelphia composed of saints who had been forced out of the apostasy. Some Christians tolerate and make excuses for the false teachers, the faithful ones can’t do that. There are also those in the world denoted by “the lawless one”. He is an “anti” Christ. His glory is in his shame. Jesus glorified the Father, the antichrist glorifies himself. At the crucifixion the world chose the lawless one over the man of righteousness. So that choice will blossom into full fruit by the end of the age.

3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.


So then, who is raptured, what is the criteria to have your name written in the Book of Life? Simple, have to know God the Father and Jesus Christ. If the Lord does not know you then the door will be closed in your face.

4 I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.


There is a basis for us to pray “Our Father, in heaven, hallowed be thy name”. These aren’t empty words, there should be works that accompany your faith.

6 “I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word.

This is how we know, and how God knows that we are the Lord’s. We have a revelation of Him and we obey His word. The apostasy will go into great detail about how you don’t have to obey certain words in the Bible, ‘you don’t have to believe this’ and ‘you don’t have to do that’. Not only do they disregard His commands but they teach others also to do that.

7 Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8 For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them.

This is the work that Jesus did, He gave us God the Father’s words. He lived them out, He was the express image of those words just like the rays of the sun express the sun and a wax mold of a key expresses the key. Compare that to the apostasy, the light within them is darkness, great darkness. They haven’t been conformed to Christ, they have been conformed to the world. Recently Biden challenged the Catholic church to refuse to let him take communion after his full support for abortion. If the Catholic church compromises on this they are being conformed to the world.

They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. 9 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours.


Right now all the believers should be joining with the Lord to pray that we would be found faithful at His appearing.

10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them.


This is the point, His church should express Him, glorify Him. There is no glory coming to the Lord from the apostasy. There is no glory when various “Christian preachers” are caught in sin and scandal. There is no glory to the Lord from the pedophile priests in the Catholic church.
 

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John 17:11-27 A Blast from the Past

11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.

Once again, it is essential to not only have those who are faithful followers of the Lord but also those who betray Him like Judas. We did not have the crucifixion of Jesus until the false prophet, Judas, was revealed. We did not have Jesus crucified until the monkey trial of the world was revealed. The trial was lawless and it is essential the man of lawlessness be revealed before the Lord returns. The Lord said that "as He has forgiven us so also we should forgive others". Were you convicted in a monkey trial? Was it worse than the Lord's? They arrested him in the middle of the night and convicted and sentenced him by 9am. Were you tortured? Surely wasn't worse than being crucified. Were you crucified? Doubt you were also scourged. Were you mocked? Betrayed? Forgive even as you also have been forgiven.

13 “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.

It is amazing, why does the world hate Christians? There is no doubt that they do, not just in the US but all over the globe. Why? Because we have His word. The word is light, the word is salt. If you were a slug you would hate salt. If you were a cockroach you would hate light. They can’t do what they want to do until that word is taken out of the way. The world realizes they are restricted, exposed, and hindered by that word. But once it is taken out of the way the brakes will be off of the lawlessness. Then the world will see who it is they have chosen for themselves.

15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.

The word changes you, it sanctifies you, it makes you holy so that you could be in the presence of God. If you are in Christ you will be protected from the world. Do not step out on your own to right wrong and bring condemnation on Satan. The Lord was made head over all things "to the church", not to you individually. The church balances us, on the one hand we see injustice and we condemn it, on the other hand we have to take care of the lambs and the sheep of the Lord's pasture. We declare to Satan "the Lord rebuke thee" but we also worship and praise the Lord. You will be protected if you stay in the ark following the Lord and obeying His commands. The word is snake repellant, it repels scorpions, it repels the creatures of the night.

20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

This is a prerequisite. How can you believe that the Bible is the word of God if you don’t believe that God sent Jesus. It is impossible for the Bible to be the word of God if God did not send Jesus. So step one is to believe that God sent Him. When I was a kid I thought surely God is the God of the Old Testament, you just can’t deny that. But, Jesus, a man, He is God? That just seemed too unlikely. Getting a revelation that Jesus was truly sent by God was my repentance. Confessing that Jesus is Lord was my salvation.

22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

This is what the world is craving. Can’t all these warring parties just calm down, let’s resolve this peacefully so that we could all be one. No, only in the church can we do that. Only after you deal with sin can we do that. We have believers who have come from every background, every corner of the earth. The church in Philadelphia is a lampstand set on a hill showing what true oneness is.

24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

He wants you to be raptured. It isn’t about what you do as much as what He does. He is praying for you. People want to know “what must I do to be saved”. Very often in the Christian life the things we do are what keep us from being saved. Believe in Him, trust His word, don’t lean unto your own understanding, that is what we need to do. James said that faith without works is dead, but Jesus said the work of God is to believe in His son. John 6:28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” 29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”

25 “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. 26 I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”

Isn’t this amazing? The complete revelation was made known 2,000 years ago and yet He continues to make known to us every day for the last 2,000 years!
 

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Compliance and Silence enables Tyrants

Homeschooling is essential

Matthew 7:15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.

If you have been paying attention you have learned that ferocious wolves have infiltrated the public school system with their Critical Race theory (the color of your skin determines if you are righteous) and their LGBTQ agenda with pornographic books, pushing the idea of "gender fluidity" and making bathrooms and sports teams unisex. It is essential to take a stand.

Matthew 24:11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.

School should be a place where you educate children on how not to be deceived. Instead you are allowing the wolves to get to them.

Luke 6:26 Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.

When everyone speaks well of you is called "group think". It is the sign of a cult. It is also the sign of tyrannies as anyone who speaks out against the tyrant is imprisoned in the gulag, they are censored, and cancelled.

1Timothy 1:3 As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer

Every believer should know that there are those who teach false doctrines. If they will do this in churches with adults do you really think they won't bring this into your kids school?

1Timothy 6:20 Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge,

They have shamed and humiliated people claiming that what they teach is "knowledge". Wake up, have a backbone, and be a man.

2Peter 2:1 But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

These false doctrines are destructive heresies. They will destroy kids. The public school is filled with kids who do drugs, sell drugs, and get into fornication. They are destroying your kids.


Setting up a homeschool is simple.

1. From 1st grade to 8th grade the great majority of classes (everything but math) can be taught by reading books and watching educational videos.

If you and a few other families coordinated with their local church it would be very easy to do. If you also have one or two retired teachers volunteer as coordinators it could be done in a way that is far more effective than public school. Churches are already involved in vetting sunday school teachers so this should not be hard for a church to assist in setting this up. The kids could also get involved in the church choir. For phys ed I would recommend Karate. If you begin in first grade all the kids could be black belts by sixth grade. That develops strength, balance, and self confidence. Some kids will continue to pursue this, others will prefer dance or perhaps little league baseball. Once the kid attains to black belt and they want to try something else I'd encourage that.

Then I think you have a number of people in a church (pastor, assistant pastor, youth leaders, retired teachers, etc) who could run round table discussions with the kids once a week on what they read. Public schools are set up with 90% of time devoted to classroom discussion and 10% devoted to reading. I would flip that, 90% of the time during the week is to reading with a good detailed discussion each week being 10% of your time. So if you have 30 hours of class time dedicated to the reading, videos, tapes, and interactive lessons you could then have 3 hours every Saturday morning of roundtable discussion. These would be small group, no more than 12, making it easier to speak and harder to keep quiet.

The other thing I would encourage is for assignments and projects to be ultimately delivered as Youtube videos. This way the kids project is not just seen by the teacher or even the other class members but by their family, friends and anyone else. Over a period of years they will develop a portfolio of their work. Teachers would be there to help the kids edit and improve these. They would cover a multitude of topics and skills including art, music, history, science, drama, story telling, etc. I would also show the kids the projects done by the previous class. Knowing that kids younger than you will see your video next year is a big motivator to put your all into this work.

If you can get 20% of kids to leave the public school for these homeschools the public schools will be in a catastrophic situation. They get funding based on attendance, losing 20% of their funding would eliminate all after school programs and they would have to fire the untenured teachers. This will encourage more and more students to leave the public school.

At this point the homeschools would be able to negotiate from a position of strength. They could agree to lease space in these empty school buildings based on several conditions. First, that space is given all the same rights and protections that a church building is given. The homeschool has a written agreement that they can have prayer, teach the Bible, and be given full autonomy in their curriculum as long as the kids take a state examination every other year to demonstrate that they are at the standard of their grade level. The second condition is that the kids get the same funding that the public school gets on a per student basis (they are taking your tax dollars and applying it to school). The state is going to want to give you this because most of this money will come back to them in the money you are paying to lease space in their building.

At this point you can open the school up to any parents who want, it will be free just like public school and you will be able to hire teachers to supervise the kids. Parents would be able to go online and view a number of youtube videos the kids prepared for their projects from previous years to get an idea of what the school is like. Schools can make a great presentation of all the great things they offer, but the real test is to see the products the kids are producing. Ask the public school to show you what their kids have produced and they will be totally exposed.

Show videotapes of the kids getting black belts, and of kids playing instruments, involved in dance, singing in the Choir.
 

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Homeschooling part 2

The three biggest jobs in a school are curriculum design, hiring good teachers, and having effective teachers.

We solve this in a very easy way. The curriculum is in the books. Go to any library and they will give you a list of 100 books kids should read or 500 books all kids should read before leaving high school, etc. In 1st and 2nd grade you double the time they spend in Karate class so that all 2nd graders have completed orange belt by the end of 2nd grade. You double the time in choir. And you spend most of the rest of time in story time where you read stories to the kids.

In third grade they can read very simple books. They should be able to read one of these books per day. You still have story time, but this is reduced. There are interactive computer learning programs for arithmetic and any adult should be able to cover any other critical topics (telling time, etc).

By fourth grade the books they can read get much better and once they are reading Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little by E.B. White the door to good books opens very wide. I would recommend 100 pages a day (a page in a children's book is far fewer words than in a an adult textbook). Many of the books at this level are around 100 pages so this works out to 1 book a day. If you have 200 days of class the kids will read close to 200 books by the end of the fourth grade. These books will teach them english, history, social studies, and science.

With every book they read their vocabulary and reading ability increases so for a fifth grader to be reading books at a JHS level is very realistic. Sixth graders will have no problem with texts designed for high school. These books may be 500 pages long so the kid may slow down to 1 book a week. It will be astounding how much they can learn by reading 500 or 600 books by the 8th grade.

This also solves the problem of hiring good teachers, the authors of these books are the "teachers". you will have pulitzer prize winners, people who have written the most influential books of the century, and of course the classics like Homer and Shakespeare. You will also learn that these are the most effective teachers. All the while you can show how integral and significant the Bible is to history, to classical themes, to all of literature. When these kids leave the 8th grade they will be better educated than most teachers they will encounter. If you wanted to send them to a public high school you could, but it would be a complete waste of time. In NY we have state exams. These kids would have no problem passing the English Regents, the Global History Regents, the American History Regents, and the Algebra Regents. They could study for the Living Environment regents, the Earth Science Regents, and the Chemistry regents using online materials. You would want a math teacher to help them with Geometry, Trigonometry and Calculus. You would also want the student to pursue some interest (a musical instrument, do an extensive research report on a topic, etc).

But there you go -- simple curriculum design -- read 100 pages a day starting in the fourth grade. Use interactive Elearning for math. All 2nd graders complete the orange belt in Karate, 3rd grades complete Blue belt, fourth graders complete green belt, fifth grades complete brown belt and sixth graders complete black belt. There will probably be many kids who complete this faster. 7th and 8th grade would be second and third degree black belt.

You also want the students who have a black belt to help instruct the other kids. You can pay them for tutoring.

The kids become examples to the others, the first graders are learning to imitate the seventh grader who is a black belt, the kids in the choir are learning from the 8th grader who plays the piano. The older kids are being set forth as a positive example to the younger kids.
 

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2Corinthians 6:14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?

Make no mistake about it, public school is the yoking together of believers with unbelievers. It has to fully and completely dealt with. We can do a much better job of teaching our children.
 

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Interesting that X marks the spot and indicates "the mark of the beast"

 

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He does an excellent job of explaining why there must be a rapture prior to the tribulation.
 

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Matthew 23 and Juneteenth

1 Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples, 2 saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat: 3 all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, these do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.

Surely everyone would like a day to celebrate the end of slavery. What I find interesting though is there is no “mea culpa” from the Democrats. Instead of admitting their sordid past as the party of slavery, the party of the South, the party of the KKK they are very general with it being “America’s past”. Really? The vast majority of Americans didn’t have slaves and many Americans died fighting in a war to end slavery. Do not do after their works: this whole idea that the only way to fight racism is with racism is to do after their works.

4 Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

They are quick to condemn others while excusing themselves. Hunter Biden has been exposed as being extremely racist in his insulting language and use of the N word in his emails. Any other person doing that would be cancelled immediately. But no one says a word to Hunter Biden. John Kerry is the climate Czar riding around the world in a private jet funded by the government. Kamala Harris is the border Czar and doesn’t visit the border and thinks border security is just a big joke.

5 But all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, 6 and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, 7 and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called of men, Rabbi. 8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren. 9 And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, even he who is in heaven. 10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master, even the Christ. 11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

Everything they do is to be seen by men. It is all about self exaltation. We have seen story after story of blatant criminals being let go from prison and not prosecuted simply to return to the streets and beat, shoot, or rob others. However, some homeless man throws a water bottle at Governor Newsom and he is locked up for assault.

13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.

This is the cancel culture, it is the Facebook fact checkers, it is the censorship, the closing of bank accounts, the deplatforming anyone who disagrees with them. Biden’s administration has recently put forth regulations what would make questioning the administration about the Covid pandemic or about election fraud equivalent to incitement and a form of domestic terrorism.

15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves.

Surely this is what China has done. We have just gotten confirmation that ⅓ of the college students in the US from China are spies. This is deep, wide, and goes all the way to the top. Biden is an example of someone who has been made twofold more a son of hell.

16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor. 17 Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold? 18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor. 19 Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 20 He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21 And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 22 And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

They trivialize the oath they swore to defend and protect the constitution. As far as they are concerned they are for sale to the highest bidder. Whoever pays the money for them to get elected, that is the person they answer to. Recently Joe Biden had a $6 trillion stimulus plan. It turns out this “stimulus” plan will not create jobs or boost the economy, however, it will pay back all of his political donors. Why did 12 Republicans vote for this plan when not even all the Democrats would? They were bought off and their price was much less than the Democrats who wouldn't vote for it.

23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone. 24 Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!

What a contrast. They find it impossible to deal with matters of justice like Hunter Biden’s laptop and evidence of fraud and debauchery on it. But, when it comes to squeezing every last penny out of taxpayers they are precise, exact, and you had better not be off by even a penny. How is it that they can strain out even a gnat and yet at the same time they are swallowing blatant crimes like Swalwell, Hunter Biden, and election fraud?

25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess. 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.

Everyone knows if I am going to wash a glass the inside is the key. But look at the elections in the US, they are trotting out candidate after candidate that is rotten to the core, and yet they are packaged in a professional manner with the very best media personalities handling the campaign. These candidates are cleansed on the outside but inside they are full of extortion and excess.

27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

It is scary how many people around the Clintons end up dead from “suicide”. Andrew Cuomo won an Emmy for his daily briefings on the Pandemic and yet he is like a whited sepulchre full of dead men’s bones. People that died because he sent infected people back to the nursing homes.

29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous, 30 and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. 31 Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.


The sons and daughters of those who were slave holders, members of the KKK, the party of slavery is now building the sepulchre of the prophets by declaring Juneteenth. Lincoln was killed for his stance against slavery but they don’t want to recognize the Gettysburg address. The Civil war was the bloodiest in US history but they don’t want to celebrate Appomattox, that would celebrate their defeat.

32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 33 Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell?


Jonah and Amos both go into the details of the sins of the US and their guiltiness.

34 Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: 35 that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

What we are witnessing in the US is the fulfillment of this prophecy. Joe Biden was close friends with KKK leaders, supported the crime bill which was devastating to the inner city and was against desegregation of schools. Kamala Harris is descended from slave owners. Their policies are all about enslaving the working class.

37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

What is happening right now is their refusal to be gathered as one under the Lord’s wings. The race baiting and the declaration that Juneteenth is the national independence day is designed to divide and conquer.
 

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Acts 5:1-33 -- The game plan "Tell the people about this new life"

5 Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. 2 With his wife’s full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles’ feet. 3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? 4 Didn’t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.” 5 When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened. 6 Then some young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him. 7 About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 Peter asked her, “Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?” “Yes,” she said, “that is the price.” 9 Peter said to her, “How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.” 10 At that moment she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.

There has always been a mixed multitude. The church is composed of the called out ones, the assembly of the redeemed, but it is also the assembly of those who pretend to be redeemed. The church is likened to sheep, so naturally there are wolves who sneak in to devour the flock. I suspect that although in this case Peter exposed the deceit and Ananias and Saphira were struck dead, that in many other cases the assemblies of believers have been populated by many deceivers. But, just like Acts 1 said,

This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven. v.11


The end of this age is not simply a time to reap as thousands turn to the Lord, but it will also be a time to deal with the corruption in the church. The Lord has allowed the wheat and the tares to grow together, but at the end of the age the tares will be gathered up and cast into the fire. Everything that happens works out for good to those that love God. That is true of the tribulation and of Antichrist, and of persecution and abuse.

12 The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon’s Colonnade. 13 No one else dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by the people. 14 Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number. 15 As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by. 16 Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.

The signs, the wonders and the healings will be a protection to the church from the deceitful workers, from the false prophets. When Satan is cast to the Earth he will be enraged against the church because he knows he only has a little time left. At this time the church will need divine protection and covering like never before. My understanding is that the man child is caught up to the throne, the first rapture, the army that kicks Satan out of heaven. But then the weaker members are left behind and will suffer the great tribulation. They will need the two witnesses, just like the early church had the apostles. They will attempt to deceive the elect with "magic" tricks, but what about healing? What about forgiveness, redemption, salvation? What about giving you a heart of flesh?

17 Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.

What a great picture. They are jealous because this little group is “highly regarded by the people”. They are jealous because people are taking the sick to them to be healed. What we are seeing is the collapse of the major institutions of society: government and religion. While that ship is sinking, the church is rising. People are questioning “is it right to listen to these rulers” who are so clearly not one with God. They are filled with jealousy because the word of God is with the church and not with the Jewish leaders. The same will be true when the Lord returns.

18 They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. 19 But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out. 20 “Go, stand in the temple courts,” he said, “and tell the people all about this new life.”

This is the game plan for this coming tribulation. Be bold, speak the word, share what the Lord has shown you. Do not fear them, it will be a strong testimony to them of their impending judgement.

21 At daybreak they entered the temple courts, as they had been told, and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they called together the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles. 22 But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they went back and reported, 23 “We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.” 24 On hearing this report, the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests were at a loss, wondering what this might lead to. 25 Then someone came and said, “Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people.” 26 At that, the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles. They did not use force, because they feared that the people would stone them.

This is a strong testimony that these rulers have become powerless. God is mocking them. They despised His Son, now God despises them.

27 The apostles were brought in and made to appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest. 28 “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.”

The recurring nightmare to all those in authority, you gave strict orders and no one listened, no one cares less what you say. The ultimate authority is God, any authority they have comes from God, they violated their head, as a result God is bringing shame on their heads. There are many Christians who quote Romans saying we need to be subject to the authorities. What they are missing is that this verse is for everyone including presidents, senators and congressmen.

29 Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings! 30 The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead—whom you killed by hanging him on a cross. 31 God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins. 32 We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.” 33 When they heard this, they were furious and wanted to put them to death.

We are witnesses of this. We must obey God rather than man. When the human rulers deviate from God’s rule and you have to choose between the two, you must choose to obey God. You will be faced with the choice, listen to those who killed Jesus and are threatening to kill you if you don’t listen, or listen to the God who raised Jesus from the dead and will raise you as well. Seems like a very easy choice. If you obey God He gives you His Holy Spirit. The reason these rulers are jealous and powerless is because they didn’t obey God and they do not have His Holy Spirit.
 

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Amos 1:1-15 -- The Sins of America

1 The words of Amos,

Joel means that Jehovah, He is God. That is the point of the festival of Trumpets and that is the point of the book of Joel. Amos means “burden” and it is reasonable for anyone to hear what God is about to do and to then wonder what is the burden, what is the cause for this. It is the burden of sin.

one of the shepherds of Tekoa—

As a school teacher I also feel like a shepherd.

the vision he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.

There is a distinction here between the people of God, some were of Judah and some were of Israel. My understanding of prophecy is similar to the golden ratio. I feel that you can look at a small event and see a big event in that. At the end of the age we know there will be a great earthquake and I am going to look at this prophecy as referring to a period 2 years before that earthquake, “the earthquake”. There are some similarities. Uzziah the king is puffed up with pride, invades the priests office and enters the temple to burn incense. He becomes leprous and it is thought that this event provoked God to bring about this earthquake. Likewise, at the end of the age, in the middle of the last week the son of perdition goes into the temple and sets himself up as god. At this time there is a great earthquake as the sixth seal is opened. So to my understanding Joel presents the beginning of this week mentioned in Daniel, and it begins in typology with the festival of trumpets. This festival takes place about two weeks before the end of the year in the Jewish calendar. After this festival the Israelites were to take stock of the year and consider their sins that they needed to make an account of. This takes place for ten days. That would signify the time it takes for a complete and thorough accounting of our responsibility before God. I believe this is what this two years signifies, the time right up until “the earthquake”, the sixth seal, where we are taking account of our sins prior to the day of atonement. This may seem confusing to those who have not studied end time prophecy, so I’ll briefly explain. I believe the end of the age is 7 years known as the tribulation. The first 3 ½ years are natural events. In the middle of this time we have this supernatural event referred to as “The earthquake” though it includes more than that. The second 3 ½ years is called “the Great Tribulation” and includes supernatural events. The book of Joel describes the start of this 7 year period and likens it to the festival of trumpets. Now we are in Amos and Amos helps us do a thorough accounting before God. We consider our sins, and we consider God’s great works in the past. We also see how God has been warning us but we have not heeded those warnings.

2 He said: “The Lord roars from Zion and thunders from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds dry up, and the top of Carmel withers.”

This is where we left off in Joel:16 “The Lord will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem”. So what is future tense in Joel is now present tense in Amos. Most commentaries focus on the historical and archaeological aspects of this prophecy. I don’t care about that. I want to reflect on our sins that we need to repent of, not what someone 2,000 years ago needed to repent of. This prophecy helps me run down the really big sins that we need be held accountable for.

3 This is what the Lord says: “For three sins of Damascus, even for four, I will not relent. Because she threshed Gilead with sledges having iron teeth,

It is certain that this is referring to a cruel and barbarous way in which you treat your prisoners of war. In recent times I am aware that many countries are especially cruel with this and operate in a way that would be illegal in the US. Which is why US military intelligence often subcontracts out our interrogation to these countries. In the US we like to think of ourselves as more moral and more humane than these countries which use cruel forms of torture. Of course it was a shock to us to see what was happening at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, and of course what was happening at Guantanamo Bay where we weren’t even observing Habeas Corpus. We were simply tossing them in jail and throwing away the key without so much as giving them a hearing or even admitting they were there. That was repeated again with the way the US treated the January 6th prisoners.

4 I will send fire on the house of Hazael that will consume the fortresses of Ben-Hadad. 5 I will break down the gate of Damascus; I will destroy the king who is in the Valley of Aven and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden. The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,” says the Lord.

On the one hand if you have supported Amnesty International you should be happy, on the other hand there should be an uneasy feeling that if the Lord is judging these 3rd world nations for this behavior, what happens when He gets to us?

6 This is what the Lord says: “For three sins of Gaza, even for four, I will not relent. Because she took captive whole communities and sold them to Edom, 7 I will send fire on the walls of Gaza that will consume her fortresses. 8 I will destroy the king of Ashdod and the one who holds the scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn my hand against Ekron, till the last of the Philistines are dead,” says the Sovereign Lord.

This sounds like imperialism. I did see something when I was in Taiwan. At the very same time that the cigarette companies were being exposed for having manipulated cigarettes as a drug to make the smokers addicted, at the exact same time that they were being sued and losing one of the largest cases in US history the US government was negotiating with Taiwan. The island of Taiwan needed F16s and AWACs to defend themselves, but as part of the trade the US government required that Taiwan sell American made cigarettes. At the very same time that they were putting laws in place to limit the sale of cigarettes in the US they were requiring smaller countries dependent on us for national security to buy them and sell them to their citizens. The US took captive of whole communities and sold them to the cigarette companies.

9 This is what the Lord says: “For three sins of Tyre, even for four, I will not relent. Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom, disregarding a treaty of brotherhood, 10 I will send fire on the walls of Tyre that will consume her fortresses.”

It isn’t hard to remember the US breaking treaties to sell entire communities. From 1778 to 1871, the United States government entered into more than 500 treaties with the Native American tribes; all of these treaties have since been violated in some way or outright broken by the US government.

11 This is what the Lord says: “For three sins of Edom, even for four, I will not relent. Because he pursued his brother with a sword and slaughtered the women of the land, because his anger raged continually and his fury flamed unchecked, 12 I will send fire on Teman that will consume the fortresses of Bozrah.”

There are genocides around the world. Rwanda, Pol Pot, Stalin and Mao spring to mind. But what about us? Do we need to list these? Sand Creek massacre, 163 men women and children were massacred by the Colorado militia. They were living in peace at the time. Three knolls massacre in California. Marias massacre in Montana, 173 killed primarily women, children and the elderly. Camp Grant massacre, killed 144 with all but 8 being women or children. Wounded Knee massacre killed around 250 men, women and children. This is but a few.

13 This is what the Lord says: “For three sins of Ammon, even for four, I will not relent. Because he ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to extend his borders, 14 I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah that will consume her fortresses amid war cries on the day of battle, amid violent winds on a stormy day. 15 Her king will go into exile, he and his officials together,” says the Lord.

It is estimated that the abortion industry brings in $1 billion a year. (https://www.culturallegacy.org/abortion-profit). In Bloodmoney, a documentary on abortion they show how one doctor made over $2 million a year by performing abortions. We know that abortions have targeted minorities and blacks.
 

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10 reasons for the rapture before the tribulation

1. Revelation 3:10 — Promise to keep us out of the hour of trial

2. Revelation 6:16, 1Thessalonians 5:9 — Church is not the object of God’s wrath

3. Luke 21:36 — Escape all these things (not endure) tribulation.

4. Luke 21:28 — When these things begin to happen look up. He doesn’t say to “look out” but to look up.

5. 2 Cor 5:20 — 1st thing you do when you are going to war is to call your ambassadors home.

6. 2 Thessalonians 2 — Restrainer removed before Antichrist.

7. Rapture takes place in the twinkling of an eye, not an extended activity.

8. Happens in the air, not on the earth

9. Woman in Revelation 12:5 is Israel, not the church. It is the body of the child that is caught up.

10. Marriage supper in Heaven takes place with the raptured before Revelation 19:11-14
 

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Covid Vaccine is not the same as the Polio Vaccine


He concludes that the vaccination that is being mandated is not the mark of the beast.

I agree with many things he says in this video, probably 90% or more. However, we both come to very different conclusions about whether or not to get the vaccine. He and his wife have decided to get it so that they can continue with their evangelical ministry around the world (they wouldn't be permitted to travel without it). That is a special situation that I am not under. My personal situation played a role in my decision and it is quite different from his. Since I already had Covid I was immune. By resigning my position at school I made the strongest statement I could to the kids and parents at the school that I disagreed with the vaccine mandate for teachers and even more for the kids. I did not "riot", I did not do anything that was not legal and constitutional. So I obeyed the authorities while also making my voice heard loud and clear and legal.

Here is where I am concerned with this video (not necessarily disagree). Will people see his video as a license to get the vaccine without going to the Lord themselves? He does tell them they need to do that but many are not willing to do that, they'll say "If pastor so and so says its OK then it must be OK". Listen carefully, it isn't what he says, he says clearly that it is one step closer to the mark of the beast, he says it is one step closer to globalism, however for the sake of his evangelical ministry he will get this vaccine because he has been called to suffer. He is willing to risk the possible adverse health effects to continue evangelizing.

Covid Vaccine is not the same as the Polio Vaccine

The biggest issue I have with this is his equating not being able to go to school without a polio vaccine to this. These are completely different issues and everyone needs to be clear on this because even a brother this strong in the Lord can be deceived by it.

The polio vaccine is very different from the Covid19 vaccine. The first two attempts at a vaccine were made in 1935 and both were failures. It wasn't until 1953 that Salk made his vaccine and 1956 that Sabine made his vaccine. Human trials of the Salk vaccine began in 1954, then the US adopted the vaccine in 1955. However, various serious adverse reactions occurred and the vaccine was improved in 1980. The improved version was tested and then licensed in the US in 1987. Yes, it was 53 years of testing and failures and adverse reactions until the US had a vaccine that they recommended giving to children. In 1962 the Federal vaccination Assistance act provided funds to make the vaccine for kids 5 years old and younger free, no mandate. During these seven years from 1955 to 1962 the US saw a dramatic drop in polio. Still in 1965 NY state required any child who attended school to get the polio vaccine. That was 12 years after it was developed and tested on kids. We had tremendous amount of data demonstrating the vaccine was safe (relatively speaking) and effective. Not only so but there were no other options for treating polio.

Let's compare that with Covid 19. The risk to children under 12 is less than 0.01%. That means polio had a risk to kids 100x greater. We currently have several very effective treatments if you get Covid19, Ivermectin and HCQ have both been used safely for about 50 years with great success. So, unlike Polio we do have effective treatments. The vaccine is not effective long term. The term is "leaky". The delta variant is an example, the vaccine doesn't protect you against these variants and as a result vaccinating everyone in the country doesn't protect you from Covid rather it creates an environment that favors the new variants. Not only so but there are quite a few adverse reactions and for many people the risk from adverse reactions is greater than the risk from Covid. Also, it is true that school children were required to get the polio vaccine, but that was not a mandate that included everyone in the country and most importantly didn't include those who had already recovered from Polio. To my understanding it is exceedingly deceitful to compare the Polio vaccine with the Covid19 vaccine.
 

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Tetanus vaccine is not a valid comparison with Covid19

1. The first vaccine was developed in 1890 and over the next 100 years it saw a number of improvements(unlike Covid vaccine).

2. The vaccine is safe (relatively speaking) and effective (unlike Covid vaccine).

3. The tetanus vaccine is not mandated, it is only recommended, (unlike Covid vaccine).

4. We have effective treatments that can prevent tetanus except for the spores. So there is a real need for a vaccine (unlike Covid vaccine).