On March 23, 2010, on WJR radio Detroit, John Dingell, the senior Democrat in the House of Representatives made following statement:
DINGELL: Paul W. (Smith), we're not ready to be doing it, but let me remind you, this has been going on for years. We are bringing it to a halt. The harsh fact of the matter is when you're going to pass legislation that will cover 300 American people in different ways it takes a long time to do the necessary administrative steps that have to be taken to put the legislation together to control the people.
Did you get that last statement – “To control the people?” If you have not figured this out by now I hope you will soon. Universal healthcare is about controlling as much as the population as possible.
Although the healthcare was passed, most of it does not take affect until four years from now. However, what will take affect are higher taxes to pay for when it does take affect.
Here is how our government will work to begin controlling the people:
No 1: Beginning in 2014, the IRS will be the primary enforcement arm of universal health care, and it might need 16,000 new agents. If you don't buy health insurance, the IRS can fine you. Here is the projected way it may work out: The first year, consumers who did not have insurance would owe $95, or 1 percent of their income, whichever is greater. But the penalty would subsequently rise, reaching $695, or 2 percent of income.
That is, the IRS will take part of your tax refund or add to what you owe -- up to 2.5 percent come 2016. For some people, that's big.
No 2: The IRS will have control over who does and who does not purchase health insurance. You will have to tell the agency your insurance status on your tax returns.
No 3: The feds can punish you in other ways if you do not get a tax refund. If you are receiving any other federal benefits, they could take them away from you after checking first with the IRS.
So you can see that the Internal Revenue Service will greatly expand its power under Obamacare.
One such question that’s being asked is: Does the federal government have a right to demand that you buy anything that doesn't directly relate to public safety, like car insurance? Eventually that will be what the Supreme Court will have to decide.
In the meantime, the feds will require you to purchase some kind of health insurance, and if you don't have the money, they will subsidize you – of course, through tax payer’s expense. And everyone will be required to tell the government exactly what kind of insurance they have. But in the end, EVERYONE is required to have not just health insurance, but GOVERNMENTAL HEALTH INSURANCE.
Now according to the John Dingell, the senior democrat in the House of Representatives, all this is designed to “control the people.”
What does this make you think of? “He (the antichrist and his government) causes all small and great (rich, middle class and poor), freemen and the slaves (everyone), to be given a mark on their right hand or forehead; and he provides that no one should be able to buy or sell, except the one who has the mark. . .” (Rev. 13:16-17).
As of now, it would be hard, if not impossible to control a nation founded on freedom. But if slowly this freedom is taken away from its citizens for what appears to be something good and beneficial, then later on in the future when you need to enforce something really big like doing away with all monetary funds and enforce a numbering system, it would be a lot easier and appear less bullying if most of the population was already under some kind of governmental control.
Now get this – not until four years from now does all this take place and the enforcement is pushed on the American people. So that means, we got four years to -- now watch this – get our finances in order and make practical steps to live like “aliens” and “strangers” in this world.
Once the government seeks to get everyone in its system of control, then it can regulate how it wants to manage people's lives. A large portion of our privacy will be gone. A large benefit of our freedom will be stripped. Folks, when a government controls the healthcare, it can enforce who it takes care of and who it chooses not to. And it can also enforce how people ought to manage their own lives – what to eat and how much; what health regimen to live by, etc. Since the healthcare system will be fully under the government control, all who see their doctors for whatever reason, will be giving a little more private information about their personal lives to the government.
Furthermore, the government will be taken over the pharmaceutical industry, which means that the government will have control over the content of the kind of drugs that you will take. Who knows what sinister ingredients will be put inside in order to further the means of controlling the people?
We got four years! You know what this reminds me of? Remember reading a little about Enoch’s son, Methuselah? His name means, “Man of the Sending Out.” This man lived the longest on earth – 969 years (Gen. 5:27). Interestingly, when he died, that was the year of the flood (Gen. 7:6). God was saying to the world through Methuselah, “you got 969 years to get your act together before I ‘send out’ upon the earth a global catastrophic flood.” Did they take God seriously? No. When the time came, only eight people out of all the people living at that time went into the ark. The rest did not take God seriously.
You know what this reminds me of also? It reminds me of what Peter said: 3First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
4They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation." 5But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water. 6By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. 7By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
8But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 9The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.
11Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.13But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.
14So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. 15Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation – 2 Pet. 3:3-15 NIV
Just like it was in the days of Noah (Matt. 24:37-39), so it will be also in our last days. There will be plenty of people who will be skeptical and say, “Come on, give me a break. All this doom and gloom. We are going to be just fine. You’ll see.” Sadly scores of people will listen to such things and not prepare themselves spiritually for what God promised is to come.
We got four years to do the following:
1. Strengthen your faith in God because it will be tested and if you are not ready to make some really hard decisions, you will be captured and caught unaware.
2. Get your finances in order. You do not want to be in a tough position where you are in bondage to anyone, including the government. You do not want anyone or any institution to be used by the enemy as a means of using leverage against you. Be financially free and out of debt as much as possible.
3. Begin to create now godly habits such as prayer, devotions, bible study and times of personal fellowship with others. Two things you will count on when times are tough: First, your relationship on God, and Second, your friends and family.
4. Enjoy what freedom you have now and use it all for the Lord. You may think this is crazy and that there’s no worry. But if you read your bible, you will see otherwise. True, we are not to worry (Matt. 6:34), but we are to take God’s Word seriously and have a healthy concern for the future that will motivate us to submit more and more under the Lordship of Christ.
Our freedom and even the nation we call home are being changed right before our eyes. I guarantee it, one day, as the Lord tarries, we will wake up and see a different America. Make the most of your time now because the days are evil (Eph. 5:16).
Sure, the Rapture will occur before the events of the Tribulation takes place in Revelation 6-18. But that does not mean we will not experience to some degree the shadow of the events to occur during the Tribulation.
God knows that persecution and suffering helps to purify His people and get them ready for His coming (1 Pet. 4:17, 19).
Finally, here are a couple of passages from Proverbs 24 that I have been meditating on for that last few days.
“If you falter in times of trouble, your strength is limited” (v. 10).
The point is this: If in the present times of distress causes you to stumble, faint and fall, what will happen to you when greater pressures occur? Will you come through it? Will you still be standing?
Compare this with verse 16: For though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again, but the wicked are brought down by calamity.
You will make it through tough times, only if your are righteous. But if you think and live like the wicked, then expect to be brought down by calamity.
Again I say, we got four years to shore up our faith and get our lives in order and reach out to as many people as we can with the gospel of Christ before we will be forced to make some hard and difficult decisions.
God is most gracious to give us all a window of four years. How we use our time now will tell a lot of who we are and who we belong to.
