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by Stephen Halbrook
“And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.” (Exodus 8:1)
Vaccines are constantly injuring and killing people, and we are quickly moving towards mandatory vaccinations for everyone in the nation. It is urgent that Christian leaders publicly oppose this evil. Vaxxocracy is coming.
Granted, Christian leaders are at different places regarding vaccines; some know that vaccines are dangerous and evil — while others are just starting to learn the truth. (Some, sadly, support vaccines; centuries of vaccine propaganda can be hard to shake.)
To be clear, I’m not calling Christian leaders wicked who are thus far silent. However, this is an urgent matter, and don’t think Christian leaders want to continue to see Christians — at their church and elsewhere — get injured and die from vaccines (or anyone for that matter). We need a good number of leaders to speak out.
I say the following not just to Christian leaders, but to myself, and to all Christians, for that matter: we are to be salt and light and thus lead the way in opposing wickedness; we are not to lose our savour, nor put our candle under a bushel. We are to be Good Samaritans who bind the wounds of the afflicted instead of turning the other way; we are to reprove the works of darkness – not to ignore them and let evil reign.
And,
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
(Proverbs 24:11, 12)
A good model for Christian leadership in opposition to tyranny is Moses. When the Israelites were suffering at the hands of Pharaoh, Moses persistently plead on their behalf. Despite Pharaoh’s stubbornness, God eventually blessed the Israelites with deliverance.
Moses, then, confronted the political leadership of his day head-on – and didn’t stop until God’s people were free.
So should Christian leaders today – whether ordained church officers, influential Christian speakers, heads of ministries, etc. They (at least many) should confront political rulers about injustice — including regarding the evils of vaccination in general, and the tyranny of mandatory vaccination in particular: “Let God’s people (the church) go; do not force them to poison their bodies for Molech.”
Of course, all Christians — not just leaders — should publicly oppose vaccines in some capacity. But Christian leaders may have more clout. As Kevin Barry of First Freedoms said,
[F]rom a legislator’s perspective, if we outraged parents come to legislators and say, “they’re taking away our religious freedom and we don’t like it and please vote against it, legislator,” they’ll listen to us on one level, but they’ll [really] listen to … any type of religious leader who would be considered an expert … [1]
Kevin adds the following regarding the defeat of a pro-vaccine bill in Washington state:
In addition to the scientists, the parents and the knowledgeable people, they had a pastor testify … and what happend in Washington State? They killed [pro-vaccine legislation] in the Senate [Committee]. .. So where are the pastors nationwide? They need to rise up.[2]
Christian leaders can influence lawmakers positively by:
- Informing them
- Appealing to their conscience
- Making them afraid to oppose them, as Christian leaders can have clout over a significant number of voters, who can vote lawmakers out of office
- Making them go along with them out of feeling inconvenienced (e.g, the parable of the unjust judge, Luke 18:1-5)
Christian leaders can influence lawmakers directly and indirectly: directly by confronting/appealing to them in public forums; indirectly via public statements (such as internet articles).
A notable exception to the lack of Christian leadership opposing vaccines is Michael Farris, President, CEO, and General Counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and Chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA). Farris publicly took a stand against vaccinations a few months ago in a piece on Facebook titled “The Vax Hysteria.”
Now, what we don’t want is for the church to have blood on its hands for failing to speak up on one of the most important moral issues of the day. As the saying goes,
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
(Granted, not all those pushing the pro-vaccine agenda are evil — some are just deceived; but the point should be well taken.)
Let’s keep in mind that failure to speak out pretty much guarantees the tyranny of mandatory vaccination. As vaccine exemption attorney Alan Phillips has said,
If you speak out, you risk attack, but if you remain silent, you guarantee it.
Some of the German church has a bad reputation for, to some degree, failing to publicly oppose the Nazis in Germany last century. This brings to mind the words attributed to Pastor Martin Niemoller, who lived in Nazi Germany (and would come to oppose Hitler):
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
We should learn from our mistakes and not repeat a failure that leads to genocide. Rather, let Christian leaders proclaim to the vaccinators, “Let God’s people go!” And really, all people, for that matter.
Notes
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[1] Kevin Barry, “Kevin Barry/High Wire with Del Bigtree re: religious freedom,” First Freedoms (YouTube, April 15, 2019). Retrieved June 4, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoScr2cGKlQ
[2] Ibid.
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