Daily Devotional – January 17th: “The Dumbing Down of Society”
By admin On January 13th, 2021.
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Daily Devotional – January 17th
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“The Dumbing Down of Society”
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Have you heard about such neo-pagan celebrations as, “The Burning Man Festival”?
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For about a week, thousands congregate together in the desert of Nevada to hold a very energetic convocation dedicated to, well, uh, dedicated to reviving paganism.
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Burning Man – 2013 -wedding party – cropped and altered image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons License
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ANARCHY CELEBRATED
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Oh yes, a microcosmic communal mini-society is constructed out there, governed by supposed anarchy, but made possible by the voluntary self-imposed civility of the attendees
(if they continued longer than a week, their well-behaved and orderly conduct would probably begin to devolve into a total lawless mess!).
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But on the last day of this great fest, a giant statue of a man is set on fire, symbolizing the pagan human sacrifices once performed by the more primitive cultures of centuries past.
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Lightmatter-burningman-by-Aaron-Logan-for – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-alike-license
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THE DUMBING DOWN OF SOCIETY
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But why should this mock-pagan-celebration have any relevance and significance to our modern-day culture?
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Well, if you haven’t noticed, it seems as if our present-day society is being “dumbed down” in a number of areas of life.
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Question Marks – At a loss – svg – Wikimedia Commons – Share-Alike License
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GOD’S ORIGINAL PLAN
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It almost makes us wonder if this current-day phenomenon of devolution was why there were primitive cultures which once roamed the earth (and still are).
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After all, God originally created mankind to be noble and very mentally and morally elevated.
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And yet, history records that many cultures have been very primitive, tribal, and warlike.
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Gustave Dore – Adam And Eve Driven Out Of Eden – www.creationism.org-public-domain
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MANY SPOKES IN THAT WHEEL
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So, what happened?
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If mankind was created by God to be so intelligent, noble, and morally upright, why did some groups or individuals seemingly devolve?
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Well, just look at this current neo-pagan movement now occurring in our society.
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But The Burning Man Festival is just one spoke in the giant multi-spoke wheel of this modern-day devolutionary movement.
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Burning Man – 2013 -wedding party – cropped and altered image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons License
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DUMBING DOWN OF SCHOOLS
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For example, one major university has just announced that it is eliminating such classes as history, philosophy, and other courses dealing with higher thought.
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And there is even now a giant push, by socialists, to actually rewrite history altogether!
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Still other universities no longer tolerate freedom of speech.
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Some high-school districts are wanting to eliminate higher math courses!
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But this is just another spoke in that wheel of devolution.
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Berkeley protests – cropped image – Wikipedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
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CRUDE, PAGAN MUSIC AND CHANTS
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Another element in this paganistic downward spiral is the “music” industry.
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The great Renaissance (reawakening) movement in centuries-past brought higher learning and elevated music into society.
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But this has now been largely replaced by very crude and repetitious music and warlike chants, featuring lyrics dealing mostly with the baser human functions, body orifices, as well as drug-use and wanton whoredom.
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Tupacgraffiti – Rio de janeiro – cropped image – Wikipedia – Creative Commons 2.0 License
Kiss in New Haven – 1978 – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license
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TELEVISION/INTERNET
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And just look at television and Internet!
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The great literary works of yesteryear have greatly been replaced by TV dramas which often capitalize on pride, murder, revenge, lust, greed, hate, and other animal-like behaviors.
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And Internet is even worse, pushing the lowest, crudest, lewdest, and vilest and hateful videos, etc., steering young people away from anything elevating and ennobling!
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RULE OF LAW DEAD? 
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And lawmakers, and governments are now beginning to ignore the rule of law, replacing it with mob rule.
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Even today’s social media has become the breeding ground for angry mobs!
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Anti-Christian rally in Chicago – cropped image – Wikimedia
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ROGUE RELIGIONS
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Crude religions are moving in and taking over the great societies which once lovingly and enthusiastically embraced the Christian Reformation which promoted higher thought.
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Candle-lighting, chants, rituals, etc., have replaced the higher thought necessary for inspired Bible study and communion via the Holy Spirit.
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And even violent retaliation against rejecters of those false religions has replaced simple faith and belief.
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ISIL – Execution of man – September 2014 – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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IMMORALITY
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And what about the rapidly declining morality of society?
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In just a few decades, society has devolved into the low-level of ancient Sodom & Gomorrah!
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Father Knows Best – 1962 – Public Domain (2)
Posing with the gay drag queens – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license
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BACK TO THE STONE-AGE?
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Well, the list could go on and on.
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But it seems as if Satan, for his own purposes, is now causing a reversal in mankind’s development leading, us back into the so-called “stone-age”.
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Oh yes, there are still many highly civilized institutions such as the medical industry.
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But just look around! More and more we are witnessing a return to face and body piercings with rings, tattoos and other pagan markings.
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There has now become a perverted obsession with bodily orifices!
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It’s a sign of the times. A return to pagan behavior.
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kids – children – Mohawk haircut – cropped and altered image – Wikimedia – Share-alike License
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JUDGMENTS NOW FALLING
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God has been patient with the nations which once lovingly embraced the Christian Reformation.
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But the day has finally come when His patience has ended!
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And He has now allowed Satan to lay desolate these very Christ-rejecting societies!
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Satan presiding at the Infernal Council – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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“GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY”
Proverbs 25:25
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So, what’s the Good News in all this? 
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Is there any redeemable aspect to all this cultural destruction?
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Well, those who have some love for truth still in them, will stop, look around, and consider just how far mankind has devolved from things good, and wholesome, and upright, and noble.
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And perhaps they will return to the Lord in hopes of finding deliverance from this increasingly dangerous societal decay.
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And having that Salvation, they can begin to elevate their own thoughts with the higher thought and wisdom to be found only in God’s Word, the Bible!
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Marines at Prayer by Alex Raymond – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Please help me to understand how Satan is bringing humanity down into moral and spiritual declension…
…And take me out of this insanity, and fill me with the good things of Heaven…
Prayer – USMC – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read…February 13, (The Devil Made Me Do It! Part 21: “The Dumbing Down of Society About History”)
…or you can also read this article… January 11 (Keeping 1 Day Holy, Part 6: “The Dumbing Down of Christianity”),
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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7-STARS & 7-BOWLS OF WRATH
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“And I saw another sign in heaven,
great and marvellous,
seven angels having the seven last plagues;
for in them is filled up the wrath of God.”
Revelation 15:1,
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This above verse from Revelation is a direct reference to the Signs In Heaven, which God is just now graciously revealing.
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Notice that this above verse says… “And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous“.
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If ever there was a great and marvelous sign in Heaven, this 7 Star Constellation seems to be just that!
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And it is the easiest of all constellations to locate (excepting for those in the southernmost latitudes of the Earth who cannot see it).
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It seems to stand alone 
in the northern sky, outshining any other constellation in the night heavens!
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As for its significance, it is easy to see the message for which it was created to bring.
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It looks like a bowl. A giant bowl!
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And in the winter, it begins to slowly tip through the night, as if it is finally spilling out its contents upon the earth, as stated in Revelation… “And the first (angel) went, and poured out his vial upon the earth” Revelation 16:2.
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And so, it is not hard to see the message which this constellation presents.
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In the summer it begins to slowly tip.
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But in winter it does fully appear to pour out its contents upon the Earth.
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read…The 7 Stars & The 7 Bowls of Wrath
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TOMORROW:
January 18th . . . . As The Flower of the Field: “Black Holes In Inner-Space!”
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20 MINUTE+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY IN JEREMIAH
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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL.
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THIS IS STUDY #17 IS PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING, FORMER CEO OF FAMILY RADIO…
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Harold Camping Jeremiah Series #17
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above picture: Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.org – Public Domain