New elections, same result

​The results of the midterm elections of November 2026 are in, and the ruling party has remained in power. "What?" you say. "What are you talking about? The Republican Party of President Trump lost, and the Democrats, who were the minority party for the last two years, have gained control of both the House and Senate. The ruling party has lost; President Trump has lost and will be restrained for his last two years in office."

​Is that so? It is astonishing that the people have not caught on to this game being played on them by the elite. Every two or four years we have an election. The people vote and "punish" the party currently in power because it has failed them; they vote in the next party hoping for a better result, and lo and behold, it is the same result. 

After the next party comes in, the life of the majority gets more expensive, while the politicians they voted into office get richer.
​Smedley Butler, a retired United States Marine Corps major general, wrote a small book in 1935 called War Is a Racket—a means by which the elites enrich themselves. I would argue that politics is another racket: a means by which the elites maintain power and wealth, and the politicians are their facilitators.

​In the United States, we have only two major parties. A political party is like a business with an owner, but the owner stays in the shadows and hires a board to run the company. The board hires a CEO, but both the board and the CEO are accountable to the silent owner. Managers apply and get the job, but an agenda is given to them, and if they want to keep their jobs—which is to increase the wealth of the owner—they must toe the line. The consumer is sold a product; wealth leaves the consumer and goes to the business. Likewise, true wealth leaves the people and goes to the elites who are behind the political parties. The elected members are like managers and workers hired to sell the products of democracy, participation, taking control of Washington, and draining the swamp to the masses in exchange for their compliance with the system.

​And so, every election cycle the people vote, but the results are the same: barely any improvements in the lives of the people. The reason being that the elected politicians are "serving the people" an illusionary product while bringing real wealth to their masters who control the establishment and the political parties. This is why we see politicians doing the opposite of what they promise—because they have to answer to their real bosses, the money men who control the system.

​And so, will this election change things for the better? Probably not. Probably what we will see is money being spent on countless investigations and taxpayer money being transferred to big law firms. Difficulties in passing meaningful bills, and both sides blaming each other for the gridlock. While your living conditions stay stagnant or worsen, the politicians who are faithful to the party, the system, and their bosses will get richer. 

When it comes to bills that will improve people's living conditions, they will face difficulties; but when it comes to the financing of wars (a racket) and other things that enrich the elites, they will easily find bipartisan support.

​And so, another election, but the result is the same. Another win for the ruling elites, and another loss for the people.

Don't Hate Marriage!

​Many people have come to hate marriage. Some who are married, or have been married before, hate marriage, and others who are not yet married come to hate the institution of marriage when they see or hear of the suffering of those who are married.

​Many people see marriage as a galling yoke that brings great suffering to those who choose to engage in it. And the truth is, the majority of marriages are not happy.

​"There is not one marriage in one hundred that results happily, that bears the sanction of God, and places the parties in a position better to glorify Him. The evil consequences of poor marriages are numberless. They are contracted from impulse." — Ellen White

​Most people are miserable in their marriages, resigned to their fates. They stay together out of fear of the Lord, since He hates divorce; others stay to maintain a good appearance in society, to raise their children, or to keep their finances intact—but not because they are happy. These people look at marriage as a curse.

​How is it that something promised to be so beautiful has become such a source of misery for many?

​Before we go further, let's look at what marriage is and how it's supposed to be:

​Genesis 2:24: "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."

​Marriage is the union of one man and one woman. They are supposed to leave behind their former ways and lives and become one with each other—one in purpose and life. Just as a sports team has players who play in different positions but share one purpose—to win together—as long as each person plays their role and fulfills their obligations, the marriage will be a success.

​What are some of the roles and obligations that make marriage a success?

1. ​Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
2. ​Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it.
3. ​Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
4. ​However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
5. ​1 Corinthians 7:5 (CEV): "So don't refuse sex to each other, unless you agree not to have sex for a little while, in order to spend time in prayer. Then Satan won't be able to tempt you because of your lack of self-control."

​The King James Version says, "do not defraud." Defraud stresses depriving someone of his or her rights and usually connotes a deliberate perversion of the truth (Online Dictionary).

​These are some of the roles and obligations that, if kept, would make marriages beautiful. But lo and behold, these are not what many people experience. Marriage, for many, is a living hell.

​Why is marriage a living hell for many? The answer is selfishness.

​Selfishness is the problem. People promise to love, to respect, and to give, but once the initial honeymoon period is over, their focus turns inward: How am I feeling? What am I not getting? It is no longer about becoming one, or about "you belong to me and I belong to you." Marriage exposes the selfishness deep within the human heart. A man may know what his wife wants and how to treat her, but he will not do it because he doesn't feel like it. A woman may know what pleases her husband, but she will not do it for whatever reason. As we refrain from living to please each other, misery increases. Some people may seek to communicate about it, and some may hear and make the effort to change; but many continue in their selfish ways, and the marriage soon becomes a living hell. At some point, an individual may stop talking about it altogether because they have checked out of the marriage, and their hatred for marriage grows.

​This is the stage when the temptation to commit adultery or get a divorce becomes strong. The person has been defrauded of love, respect, and affection, and Satan seeks to tempt them to hate marriage and search for fulfillment elsewhere.

​But friends, the problem was never marriage itself. Marriage itself is beautiful. Marriage is about living for one another and seeking to make life a blessing for each other. But the selfish heart will not allow it. The selfish heart is only concerned with its own needs, feelings, and desires; it will defraud the other spouse constantly and then express shock when a bill of divorce arrives. The Lord hates divorce, but He permitted it because of the hardness of human hearts.

​How is a hard heart demonstrated?

1. ​A man who refuses to love his wife
2. ​A wife who refuses to respect her husband
3. ​A man who is bitter toward his wife
4. ​Spouses who defraud each other of their marital rights

​Such behaviors demonstrate clearly that the Spirit of the Lord is not in their hearts. Self is still in charge, and where self reigns, misery surely follows. Marriage is supposed to be a graveyard for the self; if the couple involved refuses to allow self to die, then marriage is not the problem—selfishness is.

​Satan is wise. He seeks to bring contempt upon God's institutions. He influences couples to remain selfish and defraud each other, and then points to the institution of marriage as the source of the problem. People then begin to hate marriage, which makes options like adultery, divorce, cohabitation without marriage, or seeking out prostitutes appear appealing.

​Don't hate marriage! It is not the problem. If you must hate something, hate selfishness—the selfishness in your own heart and the selfishness in the heart of your spouse. If you have a good marriage with no area of suffering, praise the Lord. But if you are suffering, remember that you are suffering because of selfishness. Adultery and divorce are not the solutions. Pray for God to change your heart so that you may love your spouse despite his or her hardness of heart, and pray for your own heart so that the Lord may transform it into a heart of love.

​When you sacrifice for your spouse despite their hardness of heart, you become like God—giving to one who withholdeth, and loving one who is selfish. Marriage for your spouse will become a blessing, and as long as one person sees marriage as a blessing, you are fulfilling your mission to glorify God. You have convinced at least one soul that marriage is beautiful, and the testimony of this one soul can change the perspective of others.

​In this life, you will suffer tribulation—even in marriage—but be of good cheer: Christ has overcome the world. Be faithful to Him, persevere in doing right in your marriage, pray for your heart, and treat your spouse right, even if the same is not returned.

​Don't hate marriage; hate selfishness. Don't destroy your marriage; destroy the selfishness within.

Pentagon plans to livestream execution ( commentary )

 On October 8th, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hesketh confirmed reports that the U.S. military was planning to livestream the U.S. Army firing squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, which is currently set for December 3rd. Now, Hasan was sentenced to death by a military tribunal in 2013 for killing 13 people and injuring more than 30 others during a shooting at Fort Hood, Texas.

It's wild—a wild time that we're living in. To livestream death; to livestream an execution. I don't think I've ever heard of anything like this before. It's as if we in the United States are going back to a time of the Dark Ages, you know, when public execution was common, people were being burned at the stake, and executing someone served essentially as public entertainment. It seems like we are heading back there.

You know, there are many different aspects of our society that show us the times are changing, that the United States is transforming right before our eyes into a totalitarian system of government. A lot of people don't see it because we are being entertained to death as this transition happens. So, it's a very serious time. I hope this thing does not go forward. Let's see what happens; maybe Nidal's lawyers will appeal it, but it is a bad sign of the times we're living in.

We shouldn't be surprised, though, because the Bible talks about the United States in Revelation 13 as the second beast of Revelation. A beast represents an empire, a mighty nation, and beasts are usually used to depict violent, conquering nations. So, the Bible depicts the United States as a nation that looks like a lamb—a depiction of Christ, making the U.S. look like a Christian country—but speaks as a dragon. The dragon is a representation of Rome in the primary sense, and in a secondary sense, a representation of Satan.

The Bible highlights that the United States will speak like ancient Rome. Ancient Rome was a violent society; I mean, you had executions left and right. When the Romans put down rebellions, thousands of people were crucified on Roman roads. It was a pretty violent society. And so the United States, we can see, is a very violent society, too. We are always waging war around the world, and we have violent movies, violent video games, and a heavily armed population. So, it's no surprise to see the suggestion to livestream an execution because we are already so accustomed and acquainted with death anyway.

Still, it's a sign of this nation transitioning and transforming in front of our eyes into a society, a nation, of barbarism. Let's hope this livestreaming of the execution doesn't happen, but I wouldn't be surprised if it does, because the Bible predicts that the United States will become a persecuting power that will persecute the saints of the Most High. That's the same behavior we saw in the Dark Ages when the Catholic Church, united with governments, persecuted true believers, accusing them of being heretics and putting them to death.

Now, we're not saying that Hasan was a true believer; I think he was an Islamic fundamentalist. But this development shows the United States taking another step backward into the Dark Ages.

A fundamental shift

 A Fundamental Shift

​Man is fundamentally insane.

He spends billions to build implements of war.

He sends thousands of young men to fight and die in wars.

What are the wars about?

Land, resources, ego.

What?

Are these things worth a single life?

No.

​Man is insane.

He is more interested in destroying than building.

He has no money to help his own people while he wages war.

He thinks war brings him profits, material wealth, stature, and renown, while his people suffer.

​Man is insane.

He runs for office,

Claims to be a public servant,

Enriches himself at the public expense,

Then is shocked at bloody revolutions.

Is he not a fool?

​He treats his neighbor as an enemy—

Mistreats and abuses him.

Who will then help him in times of need?

​Man treats those closest to him the worst.

Those whom he claims to love, he mistreats,

But those who care less about him, he treats well.

He mistreats his spouse—

Talks to her as he wants, but treats his boss with utmost respect.

Is he sane?

​A wife withholds affection from her husband,

Yet she expects him to love her.

A wife is disrespectful to her husband and still expects his unconditional love and tender treatment.

Is she sane?

The same wife is obedient to her boss, her pastor, etc.

Where are her priorities?

​Couples have no time for each other—

Too busy for each other,

Yet expect love to grow.

Is this a mental asylum?

​People behave without restraint,

Yet expect a well-ordered life.

Are we on pills?

​A leader is tyrannical,

But then complains that others hate him.

Is paranoid—

What did he expect?

​Musicians make music that promotes violence—

Do they expect the youth to be peaceful?

Hollywood produces violent movies—

Do they expect crime to go down?

Are we sane?

​Religious people claim to represent God, who is love.

They claim to love their neighbors,

Then go and treat them the same way as the godless treat others.

Are they truthful?

Religions claim to be the way of peace and truth,

Yet schism and fights are what we see.

Isn't man insane?

​Business owners take advantage of their customers, charging them high prices and giving them products which are not good.

Is he sane?

Thinks he not of the future?

Thinks he not that his customers are also human?

They will, sooner or later, pick up on his scheme.

​Man is insane.

He lives for self and thinks he will succeed,

But don't all others live for self?

Man does evil and expects others to submit and accept,

But will not others use evil also to retaliate?

Man chooses evil ways and expects good results—

Is his mind functional?

​The entire human race is insane.

Priorities are wrong.

Means to achieve results are insane.

​Now I understand the way of the Lord:

It's not the way of restriction,

But the path of wisdom.

Do good to others.

Treat others as you would want them to treat you.

This is sanity.

​Treat others well and they may treat you well.

Treat others well even if they don't treat you back well;

Revenge will not be in their hearts.

Treat others wrong and they may not retaliate for lack of strength, but hatred is in their hearts.

​We need a shift from madness to sanity.

Why do I do what I do?

What result do I expect to see in 10, 15, 50 years?

Will killing people for profit lead to peace or future violence?

Do the lives of others matter or only mine?

Does the well-being of others matter or only mine?

​Put away madness and folly.

Choose the path of wisdom—

The way of the Lord.

Choose to fundamentally shift from madness to wisdom.

Under Heavy Weight

 Under Heavy Weight

​I. The Void of Living

​Life is full of deaths and suffering of all sorts.

Daily we hear of murders and terrible stories.

What is the meaning of life?

This life is a horror show.

​A man gets married to a wife;

the wife expects him to take care of her and carry her—

but who will carry him?

Speaking of marriage, it is a lot of conflict resolution,

dealing with problems more than pleasures.

What is the point of marriage?

​Daily you wake up and make plans,

but have no guarantee you will make it back home alive.

No guarantee you will keep your job.

No guarantee the things you work hard for will not be destroyed in a moment.

What is the point of all this?

​II. The Trap of Fleeting Relief

​A man messing with multiple women will bring himself countless troubles.

Women can be emotionally chaotic.

They will say one thing, but emotions will lead them to do something completely different.

What appears to be love in the beginning can easily become jealousy, hatred, and chaos.

​A man cheats with a woman for the sake of pleasure,

then he soon finds out he has to carry her:

her burdens, worries, and anxiety.

Only then does he realize she is not a pleasure toy,

but a real human being with needs and emotions,

seeking someone to carry her.

​The pleasure soon becomes pain—

another burden added to his shoulders.

And soon he needs another woman to relieve the stress he carries.

Unless he becomes wise and understands that each advance in life,

each acquisition, brings more burden,

he will ruin himself.

​What is the meaning of this?

The search for pleasure soon turns to anguish and bitterness.

​III. The Universal Weight

​Life is hard for everyone on this planet.

Even the criminal is seeking a future,

seeking something firm to hold onto.

He commits crime because he believes it will provide a way to sustain himself

and shield him from life's chaos.

​Compassion upon all;

this life is hard upon all.

All are either seeking an anchor,

a relief of pleasure,

or a way to sustain life.

All these things lead to more burdens, one way or another.

​This life is a life of burdens.

One might say the real purpose of this life is to carry burdens until they crush you.

What is the meaning of this?

Show me a path of life where no burden lies.

​For even the homeless person has a burden to carry:

he needs to stand in the sun and beg for his daily bread.

He is never safe in the streets;

harm is always near.

​The millionaire has a multitude of cares to carry:

the fear of loss.

He acquires riches to shield himself from life's lack,

yet fear now becomes his burden.

​What is the meaning of this?

The pleasures of life are simply temporary relief from a life of burdens.

​IV. The Bondage of Modern Existence

​The woman seeks to get married because she wants to be loved and her burdens carried.

Yet more chores are added, along with her husband's expectation for intimacy,

his desire for her to sacrifice for him,

and children needing to be taken care of—

all while her husband is not really available for her emotional needs.

Why did she get married?

​A job removes one's liberty:

you must be up at a certain time,

get there at a certain time,

and can only leave at a certain time.

The time spent on the job can easily destroy time for your own creativity.

You need the job, for with no job, there is no food.

Like the animals of the forest, most of our energies are spent chasing food,

leaving little time for creative development.

​Isn't life a chain of slavery?

Isn't this world one vast field of slavery for all?

Where can true, unfettered joy be found?

​V. Disillusionment and Despair

​Temporary joys are sometimes followed by deep existential despair.

This is why many who are married come to hate marriage.

Those working hate their jobs;

people in affluent countries hate work altogether.

The pleasure lover hates the woman he just slept with,

as all these things reveal themselves to be shallow and contribute to more stress.

​Drugs become widespread as we seek to numb our pain

from the totality of our disappointment and disillusionment.

It is why suicide increases as our riches increase.

When some realize the burden of life,

the emptiness of every achievement,

and the vanity of it all,

they find life not worth living.

​The question remains:

All this for what?

What is the meaning?

​VI. The Unshakable Anchor

​When all the layers are peeled back,

life only makes sense if there is a source of constant dependency, constant relief, constant joy.

What is this source?

Only God.

​Not God as the religionists preach Him—

the opiate of the masses, a mere source of comfort—

but God as in abiding in His love,

as in seeing Him as the only source of true and constant joy.

God as the One who lifts and carries burdens.

​We were not meant to carry burdens.

It is the burdens of life that have robbed us of life and joy,

added countless stress upon us,

and led to all manner of destructive behaviors as we seek relief.

​Let us enter into true fellowship with God.

Cast all our cares upon Him;

only then will we become free to live.

​Without this constant and abiding love in God,

everything we seek in life becomes the chain that holds us captive.

Marriage, jobs, and pleasure all become heavy burdens with minimal reward.

This life leaves us heavy laden, under crushing weight.

No wonder we are so stressed and crime is so rampant.

​Let us go to Jesus and cast our burdens upon Him.

The Measurement Trap: Why Men Master Goals but Struggle to Love People

​Relationship problems among men often trace back to childhood and upbringing. I fear that many men do not understand the true purpose of life, and this misunderstanding leads to serious issues down the line.

​Growing up, men are taught many things—good things, even—that inadvertently lead to problems later on. From a very young age, boys are conditioned to be protectors and providers. We are taught to build ourselves up so that we can take care of others later in life, whether providing for ourselves, our parents, a spouse, or children.

​In short, men are taught to form relationships with things, activities, and goals rather than people.

​1. The Scorecard Mindset

​We condition men to be strong and in control. As a result, men bond with each other primarily through shared activities: playing sports, hiking, or serving in ministry together. To us, this represents connection. But the activity—not the person—is the primary focus. This is why men rarely have deep, face-to-face conversations in the way women do.

​We are not taught to value relationships with people, but with things we can measure and keep score with:

​If I invest in a business, I can see its growth and progression.

​If I play a game, I can track my stats and performance.

​But a true relationship with a human being—how do you track that?

​2. Courtship as a Conquest

​This difficulty with unquantifiable connection is why marriage becomes a stumbling block for so many men.

​In the early stages, a relationship feels like an adventure or a conquest. The man puts in effort, sees a return, and measures his progress as the woman responds to his overtures. He has a goal he can track—whether that goal is honorable or not. In reality, he is not building a relationship with the woman; he is building a relationship with the goal of acquiring her.

​Once they marry, the goal is achieved. The dynamic switches, and the man suddenly faces a reality where progress can no longer be measured on a chart. Disillusionment sets in.

​Because he has not been trained in the art of human connection, he reverts to what he knows: providing.

​Work becomes the priority.

​The bank account becomes the benchmark.

​The relationship with his wife and children takes a back seat.

​Why? Because relationships are hard to quantify. Why spend an hour talking to my wife? What does it accomplish? How can I track the return on investment of her love?

​It is far easier to track financial security. So, the man concludes: "I will work hard and sacrifice my presence so my family knows I love them." Then, one day, his wife says, "You don't love me. You're never here, and you don't spend time with me."

​The man is shocked: "How can you say that when I exhaust myself every day to provide for this family?"

​3. The Real Currency of Life

​His astonishment comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of life's most important currency: relationship.

​Life is not about conquest, performance, or metrics. It is about connection—getting to know someone, spending time with them, and discovering who they are day after day. Men must realize that while providing for a family is important, nothing is more vital than knowing them. People only feel they truly belong when they are known and loved for who they are.

​To know someone, you must invest time in conversation—not conversations aimed at achieving a goal, but conversations simply to know and love the person.

​Having a wife does not mean you have a relationship with her if you do not invest in her personally. Working 16 hours a day to fill a bank account while remaining emotionally absent is not genuine care. In fact, sitting with your family, listening to them express themselves without measuring or judging them, is a far greater sacrifice than working overtime.

​4. Emotional Avoidance and the Path to Wholeness

​Men are skilled at tasks with clear targets, but we struggle with emotional connection. When emotional issues arise at home, our instinct is to retreat back into activity.

​Instead of having a heart-to-heart conversation with his wife to resolve an issue, a man will work late or head to the gym. He does not realize that the very conversation he is avoiding is the only thing that will strengthen the relationship. Men play a massive role in marital breakdown by being physically present but emotionally absent.

​We are meant to be whole. Men are emotional beings, and neglecting our emotional development nurtures a weakness that eventually manifests as relationship failure.

​5. A Call to Unconditional Love

​Men, let us learn to develop relationships with people purely for the sake of love—not to gain an advantage, reach a goal, or hit a milestone. In true relationship, there is no rush, no benchmark to accomplish, and no metric to track. It is simply to love and be loved.

​God is love, and God is fundamentally about relationship with us. He makes time for us and desires to hear our hearts. Marriage is meant to reflect that divine connection.

​It is a tragedy that many men know more about sports teams, the stock market, and politics than they do about their own spouses and children. Let us shift our focus away from objects, jobs, and hobbies, and invest our lives in the people right in front of us.

Why you feel cheated

 During the courtship process, a man presents himself to a woman as a lover — someone who will take care of her, listen to her, and carry her through life. The man takes her out, pays for her food, opens her door, and treats her with kindness.

In the mind of the woman, she thinks this is what the man will always provide. She believes the man will always protect, provide, and shield her.

The woman comes to the date looking her best, looking beautiful. What message does her outward beauty send to the man? She is saying, "I will bring beauty to your life, pleasantness, and peace." She laughs at his jokes, checks on him, shows concern for his well-being, and presents herself as someone who is here to help build him up in every way. She wants to be an addition to his life, to improve its quality. She respects him and he protects her.

The man loves the woman for the beauty she brings him. External beauty, in the mind of a man, appears to be a symbol of internal loveliness.

The woman loves the man for the love he represents. Paying for the date, opening doors, waiting until she gets home — all mean to her mind that he will put her well-being first.

The man is willing to spend his all on her and she is willing to give her all, herself. This is the promise both genders implicitly make during the courtship stage.

But during the relationship or marriage, the truth is revealed that these things were not true. The man stops doing these acts of love, and the woman reveals that external beauty does not necessarily translate to inward beauty. Conflict arises as both genders abandon their own promises and shift into a blame game. You start to feel, "This is not the person I initially met."

Both genders feel cheated, deceived, and disappointed, and if they do not understand the reality of what is happening, they will seek these highs from a new relationship.

But the truth is, for love to be properly maintained, both have to keep their promises. The man should continue to be the provider — providing love, tenderness, and wooing — the same process from the beginning, and improving upon it. The woman should continue to develop and provide the grace and beauty she presented in the beginning, while finding ways to make things better.

It is the failure to keep our initial promises that leads to the breakdown of our relationships. For love is longsuffering, and love never fails, as the Scripture teaches.

The way you gain is the way you keep. A relationship is constant work. Keep working.