The United States was founded on the principal that all men were created by God with the unalienable right of freedom. The prosperity of the industrial revolution was the direct result of the Protestant work ethic, which embodied the moral virtue of hard work and thrift. A borrower was considered the servant to the lender. Those who did not work hard should not enjoy the fruits of their own poor performance. A righteous man provided an inheritance to his children's children and helped the needy. The purpose of law was to protect from plunder. Property was the result of ceaseless labor applied to natural resources. Demand came from supply. The creation of money caused inflation and not demand.

Today, the purpose of law is being used to plunder the labor of others and redistribute wealth. Karl Marx opposed the ownership of private property and believed workers would eventually revolt and take property by force. Fabian socialists are named after Roman general Fabius Maximus, who defeated Hannibal with delay tactics. Fabian socialists believe in gradual attrition rather than head-on revolution against capitalism.

Today, leaders of both political parties follow the teachings of John Keynes, a homosexual Fabian socialist. Keynes rejected the Christian virtue of savings and providing for one's heirs. Keynes focused primarily on present gratification and promoted debt and consumption. He favored taxing the rich, borrowing from the rich and printing money. Central bankers should be central planers who could prevent unemployment through creation of demand by creation of debt.

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As a result of Keynesian economics, the total U.S. public and private debt is approximately $117 trillion dollars. This debt includes $52 trillion dollars of unfunded entitlements from Social Security and Medicare. The U.S. has become a debtor nation. Our manufacturing base has been reduced through taxation, regulation and currency debasement. We have moved from a manufacturing economy based upon capital and savings to a consumer nation managed by central planning and driven by debt. Today, approximately 50 percent of U.S. citizens support Barack Hussein Obama II, who believes Jesus was a black community organizer. Sen. Bernie Sanders, as a democratic socialist, represents Vermont in the U.S. Senate. Barney Frank, an open homosexual, is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.

Where will we be in 2030? The official estimate of the combined deficit of Social Security and Medicare will be $1.7 trillion annually. The interest on public national debt is projected to exceed government revenues. Interest will be paid by currency debasement. World population is expected to peak around 8 billion in 2030. At that time, growing shortages of fossil fuels will cause resource wars and famine, which will reduce the world population by half.

In 2030, for the first time the majority of Jews will be back in the Promised Land. Students educated in U.S. schools, with prayer banned and evolution promoted, will be in power. The church age as previewed in Revelation chapters 2 and 3 will be complete. A large number of Jews in New York, Los Angels and Miami, not returning to Israel, will be fatalities in a world war when Russia, Iran, Germany, France, Turkey, Libya and Sudan invade the Middle East and are opposed by the United States, Israel and their allies (Ezekiel 38). There will be 2 billion causalities (Revelation 6:8). Within three and a half years, China will lead an Asian invasion into the Middle East. The result will be another 2 billion causalities (Revelation 9:18).

The ultimate conclusion will be a gathering of the world armies in the Valley of Megiddo, for the purpose of gaining control of the last remaining Middle East oil recourses and the elimination of Israel. This final apocalyptic battle is refereed to as Armageddon.

Some Christians are so preoccupied with the Rapture and Armageddon they seem unconcerned about budget deficits, peak oil, or the moral decline of America. Some well-meaning people are so occupied with compassion they do not distinguish between those needy people unable to work and those who are able to work – 2 Thessalonians 3:10, "If a man will not work, he shall not eat." Some in the "name it and claim it" camp believe "God wants everyone to have a big houses and an SUV." Jesus warned that many in the last day would say they were rich, but were actually spiritually poor and naked (Revelation 3:17). We need to refocus on the Judeo-Christian work ethic, family values and vote accordingly.

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Stephen B. Johnston, B.S., J.D., is the author of "When Is Judgment Day?" and is a chaplain at Pelican Bay, Calif., maximum-security prison.