U.S. Gone Mad: Underwear Locked Up — Criminals Go Free

Editor’s Note: Holy Scripture tells us what the signs will look like in the end days. But … are you watching?

Lawlessness, Ungodliness, Wickedness, Injustice –

“This is Not America Anymore!”

“But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of godliness although they have denied its power; avoid such people as these.” -2 Tim 3:1-5 (NASB)

“16- Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness. 17- I said to myself, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked,” for a time for every matter and for every deed is there. 18- I said to myself regarding the sons of mankind, “God is testing them in order for them to see that they are as animals, they to themselves.” ” – Ecc 3:16-18 (NASB)

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The U.S. Is A Lawless Society Where The Criminals Get To Go Free But Underwear And Socks Are Locked Up (source)

By Michael Snyder – Jan 2024

We live in an environment of complete and utter lawlessness.  When predators boldly roam the streets without fear but good people are literally afraid to leave their own homes, that is clearly a sign that our societal collapse has reached a very advanced stage.  Even in the rare instances when they are actually caught and convicted, our system will still often allow violent criminals to go free.  For example, a woman in California that was convicted of stabbing her boyfriend more than 100 times was given a sentence that didn’t include even a single day in prison

The family of a man who was murdered by his date after she stabbed him more than 100 times has voiced their outrage after the California woman was sentenced to just 100 hours of community service with no jailtime.

Bryn Spejcher, 33, was given the lenient sentence after psychiatrists said the incident was ‘100 percent’ caused by cannabis-induced psychosis, which she suffered after taking two hits of the victim’s bong.

The judge ruled Ms Spejcher ‘experienced a psychotic break from reality’ and ‘had no control over her actions’ when she killed Chad O’Melia, who was 26 years old at the time of his death, on Memorial Day weekend 2018.

This is America now.

Our major cities have become places where literally anything goes, and that is particularly true for members of Generation Z.

In fact, one recent survey discovered that about one-third of that entire generations openly admits that “they shoplift while cashing out at self-check”

More than half of Gen Z shoppers prefer self-checkout lines — and would even switch their store of choice for the ease of self-serve kiosks, according to new data from Avery Dennison — but it’s not necessarily because they’re independent or introverted.

In fact, one-third of the young shoppers admitted that they shoplift while cashing out at self-check.

According to a recent LendingTree survey of 2,000 Americans, nearly half of Gen Z respondents said they steal the most expensive item from their cart, while only 37% said they would only lift necessities.

This is one of the reasons why self-checkout lanes are now being taken out at stores all over the nation.

I certainly won’t miss self-checkout lanes.

Honestly, I am not fond of them at all.

Of course taking away self-checkout options won’t do much to stop the tsunami of theft that we are witnessing from coast to coast.

In Oakland, the very first In-N-Out Burger location ever established is being closed down because the crime in that particular neighborhood never stops

The In-N-Out slated for closure is in a busy business corridor that attracts travelers headed to the airport and baseball fans who attend A’s games at the Coliseum. Since 2019, police have logged 1,335 incidents in the vicinity of the restaurant on Oakport Street — more than any other location in Oakland, the newspaper reported.

They were far more patient than I would have been.

Needless to say, I wouldn’t have waited for 1,335 crimes to be committed before shutting that restaurant down.

In San Francisco, KPMG is actually moving out of the KPMG building because conditions in the city have deteriorated so dramatically…

Accounting firm KPMG is set to move out of its $400 million namesake building, another high-profile exit from San Francisco’s beleaguered downtown.

The consulting and accounting giant first leased space in the 25-story office tower when the building opened in 2002. Its name hangs above the entry to the skyscraper where the company currently occupies more than 100,000 square feet.

It comes as shoe store Alto prepares to exit San Francisco Centre, the city’s biggest mall, next week.

Businesses and residents have fled downtown San Francisco since the pandemic with groups blaming crime, homelessness and work-from-home keeping people from downtown.

It is easy to point a finger at the west coast, but things have gotten really crazy on the east coast as well.

As I discussed earlier this week, a CVS store in Washington D.C. is being permanently closed because teens would loot it multiple times per day

A Washington D.C. CVS store is shutting its doors after being repeatedly ransacked by thieves, the chain has confirmed.

The pharmacy, located in the Columbia Heights neighborhood, went viral last October when videos emerged of it totally stripped of all its products after being targeted by a teen gang.

Staff claim more than 45 schoolkids would go into the store and steal chips and drinks in the morning, after their classes and late at night. It will close on February 29, according to WTTG-TV.

This is what a lawless society looks like.

At this point, things are so bad that Walmart and Target “have begun locking up underwear and socks”

Walmart and Target have begun locking up underwear and socks – the latest items to be protected against shoplifters.

As thefts have surged over the past year, stores have been increasingly keeping items behind lock and key.

But these have tended to be electronics and toiletries.

As you can see, my headline was not an exaggeration at all.

We really are locking up underwear and socks, and we really are allowing violent criminals to go free.

 

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About the Author:

Michael Snyder’s extremely controversial new book entitled “Chaos” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.  He has also written seven other books that are available on Amazon.com including “End Times”“7 Year Apocalypse”“Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”“The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”. (#CommissionsEarned)  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse BlogEnd Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  You can connect with Michael on YouTubeFacebook and Twitter, and sharing his articles on your own social media accounts is definitely a great help.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

 

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Western Christianity Has De-fanged Almighty God

“Our God is a Consuming Fire”

“For our God is a consuming fire.” -Heb 12:29 (KJV)

Western Christianity, especially in America, has downplayed the seriousness of Almighty God. This is an overwhelming statement and should be taken in the context of how you view God and His Son Yeshua – Jesus Christ. I think most will agree that we don’t know who God is in reality. I attended church for decades, engaged in [somewhat superficially] reading my Bible although not as regular as I wanted. And by this I missed knowing just exactly who He is. Only since immersing myself deeper in His word and deeper in prayer and deeper in knowing Bible Prophecy do I now get a real glimpse of the magnificence, mightiness, reality and seriousness of God. And yet I am only skimming the surface of who He is.

I think that western Christianity has missed the boat on teaching and realizing who the God of the Bible is. We go to church but really want to be entertained or lulled into Christian complacency more than engage is serious worship – the worship that God wants. We attend church so we feel good about ourselves with the preaching of the sermon; we want not to be offended and return home happy and without worry. Please step back and examine what you hear and learn about the Lord in your service. You see God is serious; He doesn’t joke or kid around about our sin nor is He about the glamour and glitter displayed in many of our houses of worship today. God doesn’t soften His word to make it tolerable. Instead He speaks truth, a truth that so many don’t hear in their church.

We Have Misplaced God

And as a result, I believe that we’ve de-fanged God and forgotten just how mighty and serious He is about His creation. About sin and repentance … well …, we seem to have swept them under the carpet. Look what the Lord did with Noah’s generation and why and also what He did with Sodom and Gomorrah and why. We have tossed many of the truth-solid doctrines of what the Bible says aside because it’s seems negative, alarming and scary. Oh and God forbid if a rock-solid, no compromising, not-afraid-to-offend pastor is (oh my … wait for it …) raises his voice in passionate pleas for his listeners to return to God in acknowledgment and repentance of their sin in his sermon. And the really sad situation is that I know people that have said this and take this view. Sorry to say that today many Christians are sleeping snowflakes and cannot stomach the fact that God will allow people to do as they wish and finally end up in a Godless eternity called HELL! Those type of “Christians” need to come face-to-face with the Bible … all of it, not just the happy and feel-good stuff. Reminds me of this prophetic verse of the last days –

“For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,” -2 Tim 4:3 (ESV)

What about Moses who was not allowed to enter the promised land…? Moses – the great man of God that proclaimed  ten horrible plagues that befell the land of Egypt. He was the man picked by God to lead the Hebrews out of Pharaohs’ grip in the land of Egypt. Read about the “why” here – Numbers 8:8-12. God is not about being our homey or someone just like us. He is God and there is no other – Isa 45:5. We need to recognize that He is God and deserves honor, praise, respect and fear with trembling.

God is Serious – He Ain’t Kidding People!!

He is serious about your sin and mine. He is deadly serious about repentance – amending of our ways and returning back to Him – to holy living. Turning away from worldly ways, thoughts, desires and attitudes. He is by all means against idolatry and folks this can be as simple as loving your cell phone or constantly giving more time to Facebook than to God. Yes, this is idolatry and can be described as anything that puts God second or further down your list. He wants to be first, the number one position in your life. He addresses it in the first church reprimand in Rev 2:4. When we lose our love for Him as we had when we first became saved, we are in danger of being entrapped and falling away to worldly ways. And yes we can fall away and lose our salvation. This is stated in many places in the Bible. Do not be deceived by those who claim that you can escape the fires of hell living the way you want without continual repentance of your sins and without living in holiness. 

Yes, there are some big-named Bible teachers that believe and preach that you cannot lose your salvation. They proclaim that if you were to fall away, you were never saved to begin with. Bunk! Their theology on this is in gross error. They must read all the Bible – OT and NT – and find out that God will allow you to fall back into the world if you don’t obey His word. We have free choice to believe and follow Him and turn away again after receiving the knowledge of the truth turning again to unrighteousness. For example, read 2 Th 2:3; there is coming (and I think here now) a great apostasy or falling away. Folks, if you fall away from the faith, you had to have the faith to begin with. The NT is replete with warnings of being careless in our Christian walk and end up forfeiting our eternal soul for that of casual Christianity and convenient carefree OSAS (once saved, always saved) living. You cannot compromise your faith with one foot in the world and the other foot in His word. This is lukewarmness and He will vomit you out of His mouth – Rev 3:16.

But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.” – Rev 2:4 (ESV)

God is Coming Again But This Time…

God is returning to earth again but this time not like as the [subtle] Lamb of God that took upon Him the penalty of our sins and provided a way for our salvation in His sacrifice on the cross and thereby a path to eternal life. This time friends He’s coming in flaming fire to destroy those that do not obey Him or know Him. This is absolutely no joke – this is the word of God – 2 Th 1:8-9. If you are engaged in fornication with other gods (spiritual whoredom) or idolatry (even with an idolatrous heart) or in sexual immorality or a host of other things listed in the NT –1 Cor 6:9-10; Gal 5:19-21; Rev 22:15, you will not make it to heaven. If you did not know these things it’s (1) because you don’t read the Bible, and/or (2) your church fails to teach them. Flee that church and seek God in a no-kidding Bible-preaching church.

This is Serious Stuff

God is serious, hugely serious and yes, He has has teeth! He means what He says, and says what He means and is not kidding around, does not endorse, condone, or approve of any sin. His word is sure and He requires us to read it. He without question, interpretation or negotiation is serious about repentance. Without it in our lives, we will not enter His rest – Luke 13:1-5. In other words, we will not make it into heaven if we do not repent! Friends, this is serious stuff and you will these days only find the real truth of God and what and who He is like in the Bible. For many Christian churches do not teach who God is and just how serious He is about sin.

If you are serious and sincere, you will find Him and He you – Jer 29:13.  Casual or cultural Christianity followers will not find their home in heaven. In fact, this concept and doctrine is absolutely destroying and killing the church. Many people are headed for hell thinking they are secure in their ‘easy-street’ form of worshiping God. Take a look at Matt 7:13-14. Now this is the reality of fake Christianity and what the Lord says about it. Wow, that’s powerful! Yes, but 100% true!

Conclusion

If you feel comfortable in church and at ease with your flavor of Christianity you are in the wrong place. If you go there and almost fall asleep, you’re in the wrong place.

If you go to church and are not impacted with the degree and severity of your sin before a Holy and Righteous God, you’re in the wrong place and your Christianity is fake, feel-good, false or ‘casual’.

GET OUT OF THAT CHURCH!! And find one that preaches the full council of God – Acts 20:27, and not the feel good Christianity that infects so many of our churches today.

Many men of the Bible when approached by God or saw visions of Him became weak – had no strength, fell down as dead men, collapsed, turned pale, etc. Should we be any different? God is God and Almighty is He. He’s not about soft and cushy. His word is not milquetoast or like Koolaide and neither should our church sermons and ministry be softened to be easily swallowed to taste good. He’s mighty, longsuffering and loving, yet just. We need to remember this and come boldly, as needed, before His throne with fear and trembling. We need to engage in daily asking forgiveness for our sins in repentance with sincerity. We need to practice mourning for our sins and the sins of our nation. These things God desires. It’s time to get really right with Almighty God.

“My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.” -Psa 51:17

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JESUS CHRIST IS RETURNING – ARE YOU READY?

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Why Do You Go To Church ?

“But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth .For in these I delight,” says the Lord..” -Jer 9:24 (KJV)

For those that do go to church these days … why do you go?

We have churches everywhere these days and a plethora of Christian denominations spanning the globe. You may be Catholic, Protestant, Lutheran, etc but the real question facing all of us is “Why Do We Go To Church?”. What drives us, what motivates our faith? What is our faith and who is it in? Jesus Christ or the Church and its figureheads? Do we play church or are we serious?

I see only three reasons people go: (1) to seriously worship God or (2) to pretend satisfying their egos or (3) to be seen as in a social only gathering. Personally, I believe that very few people go to church to seriously worship God. I’m not talking about engaging in the music or song or pastoral prayer or anything else. I’m talking about engaging in God – a personal time of worship where you and He come together. And BTW, this can happen anywhere not just in your church.

Today, people trust in their churches and pastoral staff to intercede and/or do things for them to make the faith “ride” convenient and easy. This is wrong and not a form of worship. Most churches today are nothing but social clubs with little thought of serving a Living God and obeying or for that matter in regular of His word. People’s (Christians) hearts have become waxed gross and their ears are dull (can’t hear). They no longer go to church to feed their souls and hear of their sin prompting repentance. They go to be seen and hear an entertaining message full of contemporary rhetoric and comedy. Some even go to see the show put on by “fake” Christians. Folks, this is a tragedy yet it is increasing and becoming more of the norm. So what do we do? Let’s turn to Scripture…

“For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.” -Matt 13:15 (KJV)

If we look over Isaiah 64:7 (ESV) we find Isaiah exclaiming that no one calls upon the name of the Lord and no one rouses (awakens) himself to take hold of the Lord. This is oh so prevalent in Christianity circles today – all over and in every denomination. Lethargy, complacency, compromise, callousness plague the church and its parishioners that it’s mind-numbing. It’s time to awaken from our sleep and take hold of the Lord in every aspect of our lives. Making Him the Lord and Master of everything we do, say, and think. (Is this you today?)

“There is no one who calls upon your name, who rouses himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have made us melt in the hand of our iniquities.”

Where are the people that truly want and desire to seek the Lord, read His Word, and follow His teaching with obedience? Where are the true and real worshipers that honor God and exalt His name both in and out of church? Where are the sincere and relentless prayer warriors that will take up spiritual armor to combat the enemy of our souls? Yes there are some but very few, a remnant if you will. Those that are serious about serving and following the Lord, He knows -2 Tim 2:19.

Friends, this is a serious matter for the church today. From the pulpits, there is little if no preaching on the convicting and awakening of sinful hearts that can only come from the working of the Holy Spirit. The churches are dull and “dead” – lacking power in God. Can I be so bold as to also suggest that the work of the Holy Spirit is suppressed in most churches today in favor of their own (I know better) agendas? It’s time to stop the pretending and get right and serious with a Holy and Righteous Almighty God. It’s time to stop playing church and going there for the wrong reasons. It’s time to begin again worshiping the Lord in spirit and truth -John 4:24.

Folks, this fake worship is destroying most Christian churches and instead of being a powerhouse of spiritual strength they have become a dim light, powerless to defend the faith. No conviction of sin, no repentance, and no sorrow (which, BTW, leads to repentance) for their sin. This is a recipe for a dead, weak, powerless, and sickly church. Take a moment and read about the Seven Churches that Jesus addressed in Rev 2 and 3. This is truth and this is for the here and now. Seek the Lord while He may be found.

Amen!

“Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:” -Heb 12:25-26 (KJV)

-BPWatcher, Internet Preacher and Bible Prophecy Watchman

SEEK GOD AND HIM ALONE.  WORSHIP GOD IN -SINCERE- SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH!

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