Psalm 11  
Foundations destroyed
   This is Psalm 11 and I’m writing this on 12/11/2018. Yesterday was Remembrance Sunday on 11/11/2018. As usual the crowds gathered at the Cenotaph in Whitehall and the foundations were being visibly destroyed. Politicians and Royalty laid their wreaths and it was a sombre commemoration being exactly 100 years since the end of World War 1. Religious faiths were invited to attend and this year they included Humanist, spiritualist, Mormon and Zoroastrian representatives, the first female Bishop of London, the chief rabbi and a Catholic bishop as well as leaders from the Muslim, Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist faiths and from Christian denominations including Methodists and Baptists. This is far removed from the Christian land that was Britain 100 years ago and reflects the shaking of the world order not just in this land, but across the planet. The name of Jesus Christ, the supremacy of Almighty God, the uniqueness of the Gospel, the power of the Holy Spirit and the sanctity of the Bible have been trodden underfoot by false faiths, idol worship and the multi-cultural ambitions of the godless drivers of our society. They do not know this, but they are gullible tools in the hands of the Satan who has calculated that the best way to diminish the one, true God is to open the doors to many gods. This tactic has been repeated again and again throughout history and can be seen vividly in the falling away of Israel in the Promised Land when they embraced the gods of the surrounding nations. If the Church of Jesus Christ remains powerless and ineffective and indistinguishable from all the rest, it will inevitably lead most to draw the conclusion that all gods are the same and therefore there is no god. That is why there are some who say, "Let us flee like a bird to the mountain." Thank God that the Psalm shows us there is a better way.  

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