Daily Lesson for November 2, 2017

Today’s Daily Lesson comes from Revelation chapter 6 verses 3 and 4:

3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature call out, ‘Come!’ 4And out came another horse, bright red; its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another; and he was given a great sword.

This morning I read about all that the Russians did to effect the 2016 elections specifically and sow discord in America more generally. 

I was knowledgeable about the hacking of various private emails — including those of various Democratic and Republican leaders and a long list of government contractors — especially defense contractors. Scary stuff. 

What I didn’t know about was the apparent Russian-operative-organized rally and Russian-operative-organized counter rally which took place at the exact same time in the streets of Houston. 

According to U.S. Senator Richard Burr, the now-infamous Facebook ads Russians purchased last year in the run up to the elections included promotion of a May 21, 2016 noon rally called “Save Islamic Knowledge”.  At the exact same time and place another rally called “Stop Islamification of Texas” was also sponsored on Facebook by —that’s right — the Russians. 

Same time. Same place. Same Russians. 

Probably not a coincidence. 

There’s an old game called, “Let’s you and him fight”.  These Russian agents are great at it. And it’s right out of today’s Lesson from Revelation: A bright Red horse, whose rider is given a sword and whose intent is to bring the people to war with one another.

It’s working. 

And if we don’t wake up to see it we will allow it to destroy us. Or, more accurately, we will allow it to get us to destroy ourselves. 

A terrible act of violence and terrorism took place this week in Manhattan. This is to be grieved and mourned and the perpetrator and any collaborators must be punished.  

We must be careful, however, that in times like these we do not permit the sword of the red-horsed rider to take peace from us all. 

For he is surely trying.