The world is in turmoil. Society is at a crossroad. The older generation is giving way to the newer generation with swift changes. Finance, politics, religion, culture, diseases, the climate, are seeing rapid changes. Here, we provide thought-provoking insights into the current and impending crises facing the world.
WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS, ‘TIS FOLLY TO BE WISE
Revolutions, tyrants, and wars: do they bring true and real change? The recent youth uprisings in Madagascar, Tanzania, Cameroon, Nepal, and Bangladesh reminds me of recent past events in the Middle East during the Jasmine Revolutions. Looking back to all those years, I ask: what did they really change?
Almost 10 years ago, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi of Libya was overthrown by Western-backed Libyan rebels during the heat of the Arab Spring. Prior to his overthrow, Libyans were among the happiest people on Earth. Libya had no sovereign debt; houses were in abundance for all. There was universal healthcare, constant and affordable electricity, and water. A teacher who earned $700 a month then, now earns $200 a month with no government-provided social amenities.
Libya 🇱🇾 is now technically in a Civil War, with virtually no infrastructure, constant electricity and water, and good healthcare. It all began during the so-called Arab Spring, which began in the spring of 2011. It was ignited by the self-immolation of Bouazizi (a vegetable seller) in Tunisia: this was the Jasmine revolution that toppled the government of Tunisia and restored democracy.
Through social media such as Facebook, but especially Twitter, the Arab Spring quickly spread throughout the whole Arab world, leading to the toppling of governments in Egypt (Hosni Mubarak was overthrown by the Tahir Square uprising) and Libya (through a Civil War). Besides Lybia, it led to Civil Wars in Yemen and Syria, which are now literally mass refugee camps, flooding Europe with refugees and destabilizing their social order and polity.
Whilst uprisings in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 caused some changes in social laws, little or nothing has changed in the lives of these nations after the devastating Arab Spring, a decade on. This isn’t new.
On November 6 and 7, 1917 (or October 24 and 25 on the Julian calendar, which is why the event is often referred to as the October Revolution), leftist revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d’état against the Duma’s provisional government.
The Russian (Bolshevik) and French revolutions that overthrew their respective monarchies drenched these countries in protracted wars, oppression, reigns of terror, and ceaseless bloodshed.
An Egyptian anti-government protester holds a defaced poster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, with the words “Mubarak, get out” written above, during a demonstration in Cairo in January.
Everyone wants change, but mass protests for change are usually hijacked by power-hungry tyrants who ride on the back of such protests to power and kill the leaders of such protests. An example is the killing of other revolutionaries by Robespierre and his own killing, the annihilation of opposition by Adolf Hitler and his Gestapo, and the mass murders of Vladimir Lenin…
Current economic hardships resulting from COVID-19 has generated a lot of Twitter-based protests in Ghana 🇬🇭, for instance, with many youths and celebrities joining in #Fixthecountry and #Fixit campaigns, making several requests of the government. As a student of history, I only sit back and smile, but with caution. I still remember the Biafran Civil War and numerous Coup d’Etats of Nigeria🇳🇬. The bloody June 4 uprising and “let the blood flow” jeers in Ghana 🇬🇭 that killed thousands and pushed thousands more into exile. The wars for change in Liberia and Sierra Leone, the erratic seizure of white farms in Zimbabwe. What changed? Are those countries better off today?
Jerry John Rawlings of Ghana and Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso. The 1960s to 1990s were a period of erratic Coup d’Etats, the rule of oppression, and autocracy in Sub-Saharan Africa.
After a decade, the Arab Spring only brought destruction!! Social-media-initiated protests and hashtags do not bring about genuine change. It only changes leaders but restores the problems in higher degrees. The world is just broken and will continue to spiral downwards. What did the death of George Floyd and the #BlackLivesMatter protests change? Has it stopped the killing of black people in America? No!
For where ignorance is bliss, it’s folly to be wise.
Protests demonstrated against the rule of Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak at Tahir Square.
Let’s appreciate our lot and make the best out of it. As 2 Peter 3:13 puts it, “We wait for a new Heaven and a new Earth, wherein dwells righteousness”. No revolutions and protests can change our lot, give us maximum security, or ensure perpetual economic insurance. Only God can help and save us, and we must yearn for the New Jerusalem He has promised His Saints.
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The commercialization of disease and the business of making money from our illness is making the fight against disease almost impossible! How could this be?
Of all the greatest sins in the world, the Christian Church is the worst culprit. More so when she has silently abetted the worst crimes in history by her silence. The actions of the churches and her leaders betrays her profession as a holy institution. Alas, the glory of God has left the dead churches!She was founded to be the light and salt of the world: but behold the intense darkness around us! Read more below 👇🏼the-torch-bearer.com/ichabod-the-glory-is-departed/We are blessed to have survived another week. May we survive another more. In remembrance of Our Creator: Happy Sabbath!! 🥰🕊🎉🌹 ... See MoreSee Less
Of all the greatest sins in the world, the Church is the worst culprit. More so when she has silently abetted the worst crimes in history by her silence. The actions of the church and her leaders betr...
A nation blackened by the blood of her sons... a country soiled with merciless atrocities and inhumanity: Cry, my beloved country!Read more below:the-torch-bearer.com/population-control-apartheid-ii/As violence rises again globally, how safe is mankind with mankind? Has the spirit of God deserted the earth? In remembrance of God's creation, we keep Holy His Sabbath day. Happy Sabbath dear reader: be safe in rest! 🌹🎉🕊♥️ ... See MoreSee Less
What influenced apartheid in South Africa? Racism, Eugenics, or Christianity? Where was the global church and what did they do to stop or promote apartheid during all those years of brutal suppression? Desmond Tutu was among the few clerics known for their stance against apartheid. Where were the rest?Read more below:the-torch-bearer.com/population-control-apartheid-i/Think about it: what did the enactors of apartheid hear from church or read in the Bible? What was their motivation? Happy Sabbath dear reader🙌🏽🌹🎉🎉 ... See MoreSee Less
The world seems to be entering the age of warfare again...In this sequel to the articles and videos on "Islam in Prophecy," the Biblical prediction and description of the rise and spread of Islam are deeply explained using the symbols employed in the Bible. In Revelation 8-9, the Bible uses imagery and symbols to explain the future role of Islam in world history subsequent to the barbarian invasions and disintegration of the Roman Empire. These predictions were all accurately and perfectly fulfilled. In this treatise, we show how the fall of the Roman empire and the rise and spread of Islam were perfectly prophesied and historically fulfilled.Read more below👇🏼the-torch-bearer.com/the-seven-trumpets-of-revelation-the-fall-of-rome-and-the-rise-of-islam/Shall there ever be peace on earth again? Happy Sabbath dear friend!🙌🏽🎉🕊🌹 ... See MoreSee Less
In this sequel to the articles and videos on "Islam in Prophecy," the Biblical prediction and description of the rise and spread of Islam are deeply explained using the symbols employed in the Bible.
An Egyptian anti-government protester holds a defaced poster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, with the words “Mubarak, get out” written above, during a demonstration in Cairo in January.
