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This is the voice of an old dying American in the wilderness who does not seek money or power.

1. The new President must attack Mexico militarily for being the conduit of unlawful migrants for years.

2. Deport 45 million illegal aliens already residing in America and use military to prevent invasion of hordes of illegal migrants from entering the United States and reject all asylum seekers. Build walls and militarize the borders for safety and security.

3. Withdraw support from Ukraine, END the war, and execute the Ukraine leader for war crime and corruption.

4. Enact the law to require citizenship to apply for welfare, and all welfare recipients must work.

5. Annihilate Iran, terrorists Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis; and force Palestinians to evacuate from the Jewish lands and go to lands of Arabs.

6. America has been playing the fool so long, of course America must be FIRST for America.

7. Former imperialists and colonialists must pay compensations to their former colonies. African nations are big talkers but small doers. Africa must be self-sufficient and receive no aid.

8. A nation has no reason to exist if it does not have water, food and fuel.

Is there any future or hope for the world where the terrorists Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis make demands and UN, WHO, EU, all Arab-Muslim-Black nations serve and support them willingly?

Christians all over the world who want to donate to Israel can do so directly with Israel Consulates or Israel Embassies anywhere.

Willie Wong says, “The conflict of Israel and Palestine can be solved if you are willing to return to the roots of the matter. Palestinians are originally Arabs who infiltrated stealthily into the Promised Land called Palestine under the British colonial rule. Arabs bred like rabbits and called themselves Palestinians. In fact, Palestinians have no part or portion of the Jewish eland. Palestinians have no resettlement right. All Palestinians have to do is to evacuate from Gaza, West Bank, Golan Heights, all Jewish lands and move to the lands of Arabs and build a Palestinian state of its own. Palestinians should denounce terrorists Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis. Then there will be peace like a river.

The world expands and goes astray with a big lie. Palestinians do not have territories, they illegally occupy the Jewish land in Gaza, West Bank, etc. Palestinians do not want to go to Arab lands to work for an independent state; they would rather occupy the Jewish land to classify as refugees in order to live on international aid for free.

Hamas terrorists are despicable people who hide in schools and hospitals, behind children to get sympathy and protection. Palestinians are despicable Arabs who like to be called refugees in order to live free on international charity, they do not want to go to Arab lands to make a living on their own. As IDF eliminates terrorists Hamas in Gaza and Rafah, so IDF must eliminate terrorists Hezbollah in Lebanon and terrorists Houthis in Yemen without delay. It is strange and illegal that UN, WHO, ICJ, EU and all Arab-Islamic-Black nations recognize and support the terrorists.

Palestinians do not want to go to Arab lands to work hard to build a Palestinian state, they would rather stay at Gaza in the Jewish land to classify as refugees so that they can get everything free through international aid.

The most deadly characteristics of the age and the greatest crime against humanity is the suppression of truth and glorification of lies. The West practiced by NATO and QUAD is the greatest threat to international security. American democracy as practiced by many undeveloped and unproductive nations is phony because once crooks and criminals are elected president, vice president, prime minister, they practice official corruption and live a luxurious life style, and voters have no constitutional right to remove them. In the last 500 years the former imperialists and colonialists have done nothing good to redeem themselves and pay compensations to their former colonies. Affirmative Action is unconstitutional and illegal, because when a racial group is treated specially, all the rights of other races are violated. A black political preacher was not a great spiritual leader because he was certified by FBI as an immoral man. Unlawful migrants are not refugees but economic opportunists who have no humanitarian rights, they who invade America must be expelled by the military. America must attack Mexico because it is the conduit of illegal aliens through land. America must promptly deport 45 million illegal aliens who are already residing in America. America must keep borders safe and secure by the military. Palestine is not a nation because it has no territory and sovereignty. Palestinians have no right to live in Jewish land; they may go to lands of Arabs to build an independent state. Israel has every right to destroy terrorists Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis.

Since terrorist Iran launched more than 200 missiles to attack Israel, Iran has justified itself to be annihilated and to take out its nuclear capabilities AND oil facilities.

The corrupt Ukraine warmonger should be executed in order to end the Ukraine war. The victory plan pitched by the Ukrainian nincompoop is actually the aftermath demise of Ukraine.

There is no hope or future for Africa, unless corrupt leaders and politicians are eliminated, stop singing and dancing, stop drinking beer and produce children they cannot afford, rise up and work hard, discipline and responsibility and productivity.

All undeveloped nations are the same. Crooks and criminals practice phony democracy in general elections. Once they are elected and become president, vice president, prime minister, they are able to commit official corruption, debts and deficits, live a luxurious life style, no integrity, no productivity, no accountability, no motivation -- the people sing and dance, get fat and drink beer, have sex and produce a bunch of children they cannot support. The nations remain useless as before.

Christians all over the world who want to donate to Israel can do so directly with Israel Consulates or Israel Embassies anywhere.

Hamas terrorists are despicable people who hide in schools refugee camps and hospitals, and behind children to get sympathy and protection. Palestinians are despicable Arabs who like to be called refugees in order to live free on international charity, they do not want to go to Arab lands to make a living on their own. As IDF eliminates terrorists Hamas in Gaza and Rafah, so IDF must eliminate terrorists Hezbollah in Lebanon and terrorists Houthis in Yemen without delay. It is strange and illegal that UN, WHO, ICJ, EU and all Arab-Islamic-Black nations recognize and support the terrorists.

Jesus Christ is coming again!

The world must finally wake up to the dark evil forces and face an aggressive, belligerent, irrational, hegemonic and bad-faith superpower who seeks its monopoly on global power and is the greatest source of instability, chaos, inflation, injustice, trouble and conflict in the world -- which is seeking to contain Russia and China, and strategically crush them at all costs. The West has wronged China since the infamous Opium Wars to the present. Not only there will be no peace, these hostile activities and militant mind-set will inevitably leads to a coming nuclear war to destroy the whole world.

- JEFFREY SACHS

America’s history of interference abroad is well-documented, but did other countries not have a motive too? Other likely suspects could feasibly include Ukraine, but also Russia itself — chaotic, irrational behaviour is not an uncommon characteristic of Putin’s Russia. Besides, was it not a slight stretch of the imagination to claim that the US would order the destruction of a piece of public infrastructure that partly belongs to a NATO ally?

Sachs dismissed these questions as as “absurd” and declared that those who didn’t believe America would act against allies in pursuit of its own interests “don’t really know the US.” He believes that decades of antagonistic relations with Russia culminated in the Nord Stream attack, which American foreign policymakers have long viewed as a threat.

According to Sachs, the America neoconservative view of Russia and the war has now become mainstream. Where Europe’s acquisition of cheap Russian gas was once viewed as ‘trade’, it is now seen as a dependency. That said, the small detail of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may have played a part in that.”

The only way to have WORLD PEACE is to abolish NATO, G-7 and EU; abandon American imperialism, capitalism, hegemony, warmongering and sanctions; and leave corrupt Ukraine desolate and unsupported economically, financially and militarily. The Ukraine war criminal eyes victory is an illusion and delusion; the reality is Ukraine destroyed and desolate.

The Philippines has taken the WRONG side of America, China must act accordingly.

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The fake claim and biggest black lie is black Jews. Abraham was not a Negro, the twelve tribes of Israel were not Negroes. David was not a Negro. Jesus was born a Jew, not a Negro. There are no black Jews. Merriam Webster defines Negro as a person of Black African ancestry. The Biblical Jews are neither black nor African.

The two-state proposal is not the two-state solution. For God gave the Promised Land to Abraham and his descendants some 4,000 years ago. The Chosen People rebelled against God and they were scattered all over the world. During the British colonial rule, the Holy Land was known as Palestine, illegal Arabs moved in to occupy the Holy Land without payment. The illegal Arabs were latter known as Palestinians. Palestinians, Arabs and Hamas have no claim to the Holy Land and no resettlement right in the Holy Land. They do not own one inch of the Jewish land, they now illegally occupied the Promised Land; Palestinians, Arabs and Hamas must at once leave the Jewish land for good. The leaders of the United Kingdom could tell them so. Palestinians could never establish a Palestinian state in the Holy Land. The United Nations or any agency has no authority to give the Jewish land to Palestinians, Arabs and Hamas. Jerusalem is forever the capital of the great King David. It is high time for Palestinians, Arabs and Hamas to get out of the Holy Land in peace; or they will be evicted by force. God will fight for Jerusalem, for God is the Protector of Israel. Palestine only existed in British colonial rule, so Palestinians are not free in Israel; they must be expelled from Jerusalem and the Jewish land, from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. They are free to go to Arab nations. Palestinians and Hamas must withdraw from the Jewish land that God gave to Abraham and his descendants without delay. Any strategy to bargain away the Jewish land is wrong.

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If you do not know, may I introduce you to Young’s Literal Translation, because the word "folly" occurs 49 times in 48 verses in the YLT. I usually use New American Standard Bible 2020. If the translation is awkward, I do some translations myself to make the sentence clear by consulting the original word through Strong’s Concordance.
Gen 34:7, “and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard, and the men grieve themselves, and it is very displeasing to them, for folly he has done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob -- and so it is not done.”

Here folly in Hebrew is nᵊḇālâ which means vile deed; senselessness; villainy; immorality; profane act; disgrace; shameful act of wickedness; foolishness; crime; sin of unchastity; depravity; lewd behavior;

- which occurs 13 times in the Old Testament.

To rape a Jewish girl is a folly done against Israel.

To rape a daughter of Jacob, and her brothers grieved and it was very displeasing to them.

Is there anyone more qualified to speak on the subject of history than Edward Gibbon who said,

“History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.”

According to

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“Edward Gibbon summary

By The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Edward Gibbon.

Edward Gibbon, (born May 8, 1737, Putney, Surrey, Eng.—died Jan. 16, 1794, London), British historian. Educated at the University of Oxford and in Switzerland, Gibbon wrote his early works in French. In London he became a member of Samuel Johnson’s brilliant intellectual circle. On a trip to Rome he was inspired to write the history of the city. His Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 vol. (1776–88), is a continuous narrative from the 2nd century AD to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Though Gibbon’s conclusions have been modified by later scholars, his acumen, historical perspective, and superb literary style have given his work its lasting reputation as one of the greatest historical works.”

Although I have not read the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, if Edward Gibbon were alive today, I am sure he would have written the Decline and Fall of the American Empire.

It is true there is much folly in human affairs. Animals may do folly without penalty. For no animals go down to Hell. God is always wise.

INTRODUCTION

This article is dedicated in writing about the follies of mankind which are infinite in quantity and illustrious in quality.

The wise Marcus Tullius Cicero said, “All places are filled with fools."

There are no nations and societies where you cannot find fools. There are only no fools in Heaven. I think there are more fools in those countries where people are uneducated, illiterate, and primitive. However, I think in developed nations fools are more facetious and vicious than in undeveloped nations. It is also wrong to believe poor people have more fools than rich people. In fact, Jesus makes parables of rich fools.

Luk 12:15-21, "But He said to them, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one is affluent does his life consist of his possessions.”

And He told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man was very productive. And he began thinking to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?’

And he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and I will store all my grain and my goods there. And I will say to myself, “You have many goods stored up for many

years to come; relax, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself!”’

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is demanded of you; and as for all that you have prepared, who will own it now?’ Such is the one who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich in relation to God.”

It is very bad that in a Western or capitalistic society, the poor are regularly and routinely considered as fools and the rich are respected as wise people. In America, people are judged and valued by his possessions. If you drive a luxurious car, even you are known as a crook, people would kowtow to you.

I do not recall that God ever calls a poor man a fool. God calls this rich man, You fool!

Daniel Defoe said rightly, “This grieved me heartily; and now I saw, though too late, the folly of beginning a work before we count the cost, and before we judge rightly of our own strength to go through with it.”

Jesus says, Luk 14:28, “For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it—"

A man was so wrong in saying, "Why was the human race created? Or at least why wasn't something creditable created in place of it? God had His opportunity. He could have made a reputation. But no, He must commit this grotesque folly - a lark which must have cost Him a regret or two when He came to think it over and observe effects."

The Word of God answers the fool as follows:

1Co 1:26-29, "For consider your calling, brothers and sisters, that there were not many wise according to

the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong, and the

insignificant things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are, so that no human may boast before God."

To be frank, although I have known many Christians and preachers in the world, not one wise according to the flesh, not one mighty, and not one noble.

You know Western leaders and politicians consider themselves wise, mighty and noble. That is why they can attack and sanction many nations and peoples. Watch as history is unfolding, how God will nullify their mighty alliance and how God will shame them.

A man was so wrong in saying, “Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.”

It is true that every man has his follies. It is not true that his follies are the most interesting thing he has got. It would be tantamount to say a man’s vices are the most interesting thing he has got. Follies, vices, wickedness, evil are not the most interesting things, in fact they are the most disgusting things.

Jonathan Swift was wise in saying, “Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.”

To be wise, you must not laugh at people for their folly unless you want to meet fury in response.

I agree with William Temple who said, “A man's wisdom is his best friend; folly, his worst enemy.”

Western leaders and politicians do not know or realize that they are foolish in their words and deeds in doing so much evils in this world all because they want to dominate and dictate the world. They do not know the fact they are their worst enemies.

Pro 26:11, “As a dog has returned to its vomit, a fool is repeating his folly.”

Western leaders and politicians are as a dog has returned to its vomit. They are repeating their folly in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Taiwan, Iraq, Libya, etc.

I presume William Shakespeare knew more than I do, but I do not know whether he had more true knowledge than I do; but he said, “Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly.”

The statement of Shakespeare put a big question mark on most friendship and most loving.

Thomas Jefferson said, “We abhor the follies of war, and are not untried in its distresses and calamities. Unmeddling with the affairs of other nations, we had hoped that our distance and our dispositions would have left us free, in the example and indulgence of peace with all the world.”

The current American leaders and politicians are just the opposite of Thomas Jefferson. The are warmongers and use wars to weaken and mean to destroy Russia, China. Except President Richard Nixon sought a just and lasting peace for the world, all his successors have sought world domination and dictatorship.

Euripides was ancient but wise in saying, “The brash unbridled tongue, the lawless folly of fools, will end in pain. But the life of wise content is blest with quietness, escapes the storm and keeps its house secure.”

Someone was outrageously wrong in saying, “In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.”

This man obviously did not have the knowledge of God, besides he also offended God. If man’s intelligence is unlimited, the evil in the world maybe many times more unlimited. In the first place, God is all-wise, there is no folly or stupidity in God. The Omniscient God of righteousness and justice never does anything stupid. Even with limited intelligence, the folly and stupidity of mankind is unlimited. The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics rule the world and do as they please until the Judgment Day. The man who strikes at God is like a foolish egg that strikes at the Rock.

The wicked want to make men like God, and God like men. This is the folly of follies. Mankind wants to create God in their own image.

I agree with George Bernard Shaw in saying,

“When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.”

This is exactly what happens to Western leaders and politicians. They send more money and heavy weapons to Ukraine so that Ukraine refuses to talk peace, and they want war to continue so that more Ukrainians die, become refugees or internally displaced persons. In this way they are helping the US, EU, UK, NATO to weaken and destroy Russia. These nincompoop leaders and politicians declare they are doing their duty for the sake of humanity.

Men are born ignorant, they are made stupid by sins. The more sins a man commit, the more stupid he becomes.

Oscar Wilde said something significant, “Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.”

Look at Western leaders and politicians, if you ask them why do they lie, kill, and rob -- they would say they aim to promote democracy, freedom, human rights and justice. If you ask them what happened to the democratically elected Afghan government? They would be angry because it collapsed so quickly and Taliban claimed victory even without a fight. If you continue to ask what happen to Iraq, Libya, etc. -- that would infuriate them.

Although I do not know who G. I. Gurdjieff was but I agree with what he said, “Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.”

Psa 36:7, “How precious is Your mercy, God!
And the sons of mankind take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.”

Military alliances, military bases, weapons of mass destruction, nuclear weapons, aircraft careers, bombers, military attack helicopters, attack aircraft, war ships and submarines, rockets, missiles, ICBM,

M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank, Amphibious Combat Vehicle, B-52, EU, NATO, and Japan are monuments of Western bloc and infinite follies.

There is one thing that all human beings do not learn well, that is they make the same stupid mistakes over and over, that is war. Since the end of WWII, how many wars and military conflicts America has engaged and incited, but American leaders and politicians do not learn, they keep making wars to this day. The Ukraine-Russia conflict apparently is one of their masterpieces. Pro 26:11, “As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly.”

According to

http://www.worldfuturefund.org/Report

“America has been in 19 wars since World War II, but we will list the death toll from three of the bloodiest conflicts: The Korean War, The Vietnam War and wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The total death toll of people killed by American troops in all these wars put together is over 12 million.

Each of these three conflicts have something in common: they were wars fought in the name of making the world "safe for democracy."

A particular horror was the largest use of chemical weapons against civilians since World War II, the massive use of Agent Orange against Indochina where it continues to poison people today. It may take Vietnam and Laos thousands of years to recover. In the case of Iraq, American spy satellites helped Saddam Hussein use use poison gas against the troops of Iran.”

It is no use to explain away all the evidence and denial of America being an Empire. The truth is naturally reached in the findings what America has actually done since the end of WWII to the present. I think the most disgusting thing is to enlist God’s legitimation of the empire and God’s blessing on the country as an approval. God does not appoint America as the ruler of the world nor the World Police. Bible prophesy never even gives the clue of the United States of America. There is two possible explanations that one of them may be right: one is the fact that the U.S. will not exist in the last days and so there is no mention of it; the other that U.S. may have become an insignificant nation that it is not worthy to be mentioned.

All men make mistakes, but American leaders and politicians do not seem to learn from their mistakes. In fact, they are more intense in pursuing their goals of world domination and dictatorship as never before.

It was George Bernard Shaw who said, “Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.”

American leaders and politicians not only making the same mistake a second time, they are making the same mistake over and over, the more the merrier. In the Opium Wars, America joined the British in lying, killing, and robbing China. The Chinese national treasures and relics which have been looted and robbed from China to this day amount to the market value of more than US$100,000 trillion dollars and not counting the interests of so many years. Since 1949 the US is taking Taiwan as a de factor colony, a military bastion to fight against China. US and its allies tried to capture Hong Kong, Tibet, and Xinjiang -- all failed miserably. Right now US used high tariff against China trade; ban, boycott, and sanctions on China’s goods and products so much so that it creates high inflation in America. But American leaders and politicians irrationally rush headlong in the path of destruction without looking back.

There are countless of useless persons and entities in the world. For example: useless parents and useless children, useless teachers and useless students, useless doctors and dentists, useless husbands and useless wives, useless governments, etc. By “useless” we mean they are not doing what they are supposed to do. In this article, we are not dealing with the uselessness of mankind; we are dealing with the follies of fools who are on purpose doing wickedness and evil in the world.

Pro 17:12, “Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly.”

If you call American leaders and politicians fools, they will not accept it. Whether fools will bent on folly or not, history will tell.

I. WHAT IS FOLLY

If someone is chasing the world, you would deem the man to be a fool. But there are more follies that mankind does which we will discuss some.

Isa 40:21-31, “Do you not know? Have you not heard?
Has it not been declared to you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
Who stretches out the Heavens like a curtain
And spreads them out like a tent to live in.

It is He who reduces rulers to nothing,
Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.

Scarcely have they been planted,
Scarcely have they been sown,
Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth,
But He merely blows on them, and they wither,
And the storm carries them away like stubble.

“To whom then will you compare Me
That I would be his equal?” says the Holy One.

Raise your eyes on high and see who has created these stars,
The One who brings out their multitude by number,
He calls them all by name;
Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power,
Not one of them is missing.

Why do you say, Jacob, and you assert, Israel,
“My way is hidden from the LORD,
And the justice due me escapes the notice of my God”?

Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth does not become weary or tired.
His understanding is unsearchable.

He gives strength to the weary,
And to the one who lacks might He increases power.

Though youths grow weary and tired,
And vigorous young men stumble badly,

Yet those who wait for the LORD
Will gain new strength;
They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.”

Do you notice that (740–700 B.C.) the Prophet Isaiah already knew it is God who sits above the circle of the earth. The earth was and is round, not like many ancients believed the earth was square.

According to

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folly

“Definition of folly provided by Merriam Webster’s Dictionary:

1: lack of good sense or normal prudence and foresight this folly in thinking he could not be caught

2: criminally or tragically foolish actions or conduct

obsolete : EVIL, WICKEDNESS especially : lewd behavior

3: a foolish act or idea The prank was a youthful folly.

4: an excessively costly or unprofitable undertaking Paying so much for that land was folly, since it was all rocks and scrub trees.

5: an often extravagant picturesque building erected to suit a fanciful taste.”

A beginning of folly is started when you listen to the evil advice of a bad friend or consultant.

A folly is committed when you force your desire, lust, or will on some one else.

A folly is committed when you do not listen to the established moral norm or standard.

A folly is committed when you insult the person after violation.

A folly is committed when you do not give credit to where credit is due.

A folly is committed when you inject the unholy motive to another.

A folly is committed when you violate another person.

A folly is committed when you order your subordinate to throw out your victim.

A folly is committed when you degrade the person of your victim.

A folly is committed when you make your victim a fool for life.

A folly is committed when you have done evil and do not express any regret.

A folly is committed when you talk with an ugly face and arrogant look.

A folly is committed when you deliberate to do the forbidden.

A folly is committed when you force your victim to commit a shameful act.

A folly is committed when you pretend to be what you are not.

In the face of the Almighty God and Sovereign King, mankind commits endless follies. Even committing suicide is forbidden, because no one has a right to kill himself. Only God has complete wisdom.

2Sa 13:12, “She answered him, No, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Isra'el. Don't you do this folly.”

When Amnon wanted to rape his sister Tamar, she said to him, “No, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Don’t you do this folly.”

For a brother to rape his sister, no such a thing ought to be done anywhere in the world. Folly in Hebrew is nᵊḇālâ which means villainy; immorality, senselessness; disgraceful folly; profane act; shameful act of wickedness; crime; meanness; - which occurs 13 times in the Old Testament. How much incest committed in this world only God knows. I think the most outrageous are the fathers who rape their daughters. If I have authority and power, I would execute the fathers in public. Then the children would become orphans. One American girl confided me that she had sex with her brother so they did not have to pay, How awful are human follies! To commit incest is certainly a folly; but there are out there infinite varieties of folly in this world.

We are not interested in follies committed by the fool himself to harm himself. We are concerned when a fool commits folly toward his younger sister and that the pleading voice is still ringing the ears of the righteous, “No, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Yisra'el. Don't you do this folly.”

When you try to rape your younger sister, I hope this ringing and distressful message is received clearly in your ears and in your heart, “No, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in the world. Don’t you do this folly!”

Someone was so wrong in saying, “The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.”

The fool who persists in his folly will become incredibly wicked. No one should persist in his folly. Folly is like heroin, one dose is too much.

I agree 433with politically wise Benjamin Disraeli who said, “Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.”

According to https://usadebtclock.com


United States National Debt	$35,754,396,400,348.85
United States National Debt Per Person	$103,951.28
United States National Debt Per Household $269,233.90

Marcus Tullius Cicero said, “To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbsial disgrace.”

A good man maybe sometimes wrong in saying, “While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in the short space of four years.”

I have recalled some administrations in the short space of four years had done extreme wickedness or folly the world had never seen.

This is the problem of so-called democracy and election is a defective and counterproductive feature. Once a president is elected, he is almost free to do any evil he pleases. There is no Constitutional power to remove him. Impeachment is a futile exercise of judicial procedure, all you need is his party would not vote for it. For that reason, the current chancellor of Germany was barely elected by a slim majority. There have been vigorous protests by German citizens when the chancellor sends weapons to Ukraine. A single nincompoop and wicked president of Ukraine can invite destruction of his country, causing thousands of death and millions of refugees.

If in a true democracy, the leaders of US, EU, NATO, and Germany who sent heavy weapons to Ukraine in order to prolong and perpetuate the war, under a National Referendum, those leaders and politicians would be dismissed immediately to fulfil the wishes of the majority of the people.

The reason Western leaders and politicians continue in their folly of the wars of aggression and military conflicts because they benefit and profit greatly in making and selling weapons of death. They lie and kill in order to rob many nations and peoples. Some boast of their power and perk that they are able to rob the assets of other nations and peoples.

I do not know who Hosea Ballou was but I agree with what he said, “Folly is like the growth of weeds, always luxurious and spontaneous; wisdom, like flowers, requires cultivation.”

You do not need to go to university to learn folly and to be wicked.

For Christians to behave properly is not to commit carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. I have never attended the so-called American party which is full of carousing (including drugs and MARIJUANA) and drunkenness, and sexual promiscuity and sensuality. Christians put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.

Folly is not defined by what you can or cannot do. Folly is a disastrous verbal or behavioral matter that has an unpleasant consequence. Folly is endless because mankind never learns. That may be called fathomless folly like the Pit.

There are many origins of folly, such as vanity, lust, greed, power, money, arrogance, laziness, negligence, irresponsibility, immorality, capricious desire, indulgence, false hope, wrong assumption, miscalculation, ignorance, wrong direction, immorality,

insanity of behavior, false nationalism, etc.

The follies of the West were conceived by madness with capricious desire, lust, greed, love of power and money, arrogance, wrong assumption, ignorance, wrong direction, immorality, false hope and miscalculation that they can continue world domination and dictation by proxy wars eventually to weaken and destroy Russia and China.

I say all the governments in the world must have the Constitutional provision of vesting sovereignty in the hands of its citizens. In a National Referendum, 51% of majority casting votes of no confidence is empowered to remove any president or head of state without committing any crime or abuse of power to be put on trial. The judicial process of any government is too slow to respond to the modern crisis of management. Citizens with 51% of majority should be able to stop any official from doing any harm to the country or evil to the world. Democracy is feeble to remove a tyrant, only people’s power can eliminate of fop.

Good Lord, who can account for the fathomless of Western leaders and politicians? They are like the Bottomless Pit.

Arthur Schopenhauer was condemning a false kind of nationalism or patriotism in saying, “Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority.”

William Wilberforce seemed to be very fair in making judgment, “How can we judge fairly of the characters and merits of men, of the wisdom or folly of actions, unless we have . . . an accurate knowledge of all particulars, so that we may live as it were in the times, and among the persons, of whom we read, see with their eyes, and reason and decide on their premises?”

For that reason, the Bible says, 1Co 4:5, “So that that do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have his praise from God.

1Sa 26:21, “Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will not harm you again since my life was precious in your sight this day. Behold, I have played the fool and have made a very great

mistake.”

Saul confessed that he had sinned in hunting down David. Saul also confessed, “I have played the fool

and have made a great mistake.”

Folly is expressed in behavior. Folly is a very great mistake, but this mistake is in the heart in the thought of man. To commit folly is to play the fool. Saul made a very great mistake in thinking David was a threat to his kingdom and so he wanted to kill David. American leaders and politicians also make a great mistake in thinking China is a threat.

How much folly there is in human affairs, only God knows. How much damages human follies have caused in the world, only God knows.

George Will said, “I've lived in Washington now for 44 years, and that's a lot of folly to witness up close. Whatever confidence and optimism I felt towards the central government when I got here on January 1, 1970 has pretty much dissipated at the hands of the government.”

In comparison, I had lived in Washington for a summer (3 months). The weather was so bad that we had joke that a capital punishment means to spend the summer at the Capital. Above all, it opened my eyes and ears about the real government and the residents of Washington, D.C. which I had never known before.

Someone was so wrong in saying, “Mingle some brief folly with wisdom now: To be foolish is sweet at times.”

To be foolish is never sweet at any time. To be foolish is always bitter because folly has dire consequences. It is not possible to mix wisdom with folly just as it is not possible to mix water with oil.

Western (US, EU, UK, NATO, France, Germany, Canada, Australia, etc.) and Japanese leaders and politicians have committed so many foolish and lawless acts in the world. The most absurd and atrocious is the fact they use U.S. Congress to make extraterritorial acts or laws or legislations to justify themselves in violating the sovereignties of many nations. They spoke, thought, and acted as if God does not exist, and there is coming of God’s judgment to fall upon them.

II. DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOLLY

Although folly is endless and unlimited, there are types of folly.

According to

https://iblp.org/questions/what-are-five-types-fools

“Five Types of Fools

simple, silly, sensual, scorning, and steadfast fools

The Simple Fool

The Hebrew word for “simple [fool]” is pethîy (peth-EE). The root word from which it is derived, pâthâh, implies extreme vulnerability, literally meaning “to be opened up.” The simple fool opens his mind to any passing thought and opens his arms to any passing stranger. In other words, he lacks discernment. He has an over-simplified view of life and fails to recognize the cause-and-effect sequences that affect every area of life. (See Proverbs 22:3.)

The Silly Fool

The Hebrew word that refers to a “silly fool” is ’eviyl (ev-EEL). Its definition is “to be perverse, silly.” The mouth of a silly fool often gets him in trouble. “Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [’eviyl] is near destruction” (Proverbs 10:14; see also Proverbs 20:3). When things go wrong for a silly fool, he becomes angry, resulting in more damage. “A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s [’eviyl] wrath is heavier than them both” (Proverbs 27:3).

The Sensual Fool

One who rejects the correction of parents or other authorities will become a sensual fool. This type of fool is identified in Scripture with the Hebrew word kecîyl (kess-EEL), which means “fat, i.e. stupid or silly.” The word denotes a person who seems determined to make wrong choices. He does not have a mental deficiency, but rather rejects the wisdom of God.

The Scorning Fool

The Hebrew word that denotes a “scorning fool” is lûwts (LOOTS). It means “to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff.” The scorning fool’s facial expressions communicate the disdain and contempt he has in his heart toward his authorities, including parents, civil authorities, and God.

The Steadfast Fool

The most dangerous type of fool is a steadfast fool. The Hebrew word nâbâl (naw-BAWL), which means “stupid, wicked,” identifies this type of person. Elsewhere in the Old Testament, nâbâl also is translated as vile person.”

N.B. The Five Types of Fools cited above only serve to stimulate your think along the line.

According to https://cn.bing.com/search?q=Types+of+folly&form=

“What is the meaning of youthful folly?

1: lack of good sense or normal prudence and foresight his folly in thinking he could not be caught 2 a : criminally or tragically foolish actions or conduct b obsolete : evil, wickedness especially : lewd behavior 3 : a foolish act or idea The prank was a youthful folly.”

According to

https://www.britannica.com/art/folly

“By The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica • Edit History

folly, (from French folie, “foolishness”), also called EYECATCHER, in architecture, a costly, generally nonfunctional building that was erected to enhance a natural landscape. Follies first gained popularity in England, and they were particularly in vogue during the 18th and early 19th centuries, when landscape design was dominated by the tenets of Romanticism (q.v.). Thus, depending on the designer’s or owner’s tastes, a folly might be constructed to resemble a medieval tower, a ruined castle overgrown with vines, or a crumbling Classical temple complete with fallen, eroded columns.”

Greek workers protest in Athens surging living costs. This is an evident behavioral folly. It is not the Greek government that causes world-wide inflation. It is America which practices high tariffs against China’s goods and products that causes high inflation in America. It is America, EU, UK, NATO, FRANCE AND GERMANY, Canada, Australia, Japan which support Ukraine conflict by multiple sanctions against Russia’s oil and gas which cause European and world-wide inflation. Greek workers are foolish to have the wrong target. There should be millions of people all over the world who protest the follies of the West that create and cause high inflation.

Those who realize their follies are not hopeless fools.

From the perspective of my article, Follies fall into two groups, verbal and behavioral; pardonable and unpardonable. Follies can also be divided into pardonable folly and unpardonable folly. We do not waste time on pardonable follies. We had better pay attention to unpardonable follies. Unpardonable follies usually have deadly consequences.

The unpardonable folly usually includes unpardonable verbal folly also. I selectively use the two historical and Biblical accounts of Amnon and Nabal to illustrate follies with unpardonable consequences.

If you say to the moon that the moon is made of green cheese. You made a foolish statement only you and moon know about it. The verbal folly has no consequence that you may worry about. If you made the verbal folly in front of your friends, they may laugh at you. That is still a pardonable verbal folly.

Not all verbal follies are safe and harmless. If you say you are going to overthrow the United States government, you are soon to be arrested by the FBI. If you say you are going to kill the US president, this is not a joke, you will be hunted down by the Secret Service or the FBI. So be wise, do not indulge in making foolish statements because you may suffer bad consequences.

Psa 89:41, “Everyone who comes along has robbed him, and he has become a joke to his neighbors.”

A man may become a joke to his neighbors, but to be robbed is no joking matter.

Someone was so wrong in saying, “What is life but a series of inspired follies.”

I have never witnessed anyone whose life is but a series of inspired follies. I have met millions whose lives are a series of delusional and illusionary follies.

Psa 109:25, “I am a joke to people everywhere;
when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.”

To be a joke to people everywhere is a bad thing, because when they see you they shake their heads in scorn.

Pro 10:23, “Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool,
but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding.”

Doing wrong is not a joke. Doing wrong has consequences. Only a fool would consider doing wrong is like a joke.

This is a Biblical warning to those countries and peoples who hate China because of jealousy:

Job 5:2, “For irritation kills the fool,
And jealousy brings death to the simple.”

Western leaders and politicians are irritated by the peaceful rise of China, and jealous because China has achieved spectacular successes in many fields in so short a time under the great leader Deng Xiaoping. So by ban, boycott, embargo, and sanctions on Chinese goods and products with high tariffs intended to weaken and destroy China. By doing so they inadvertently cause high inflation at home.

Pro 10:18, “One who conceals hatred has lying lips,
And one who spreads slander is a fool.”

Western mass media, Western and Japanese leaders and politicians have lying lips; they spread slander and fake news about Russia threat and China threat. The Bible calls those who spread slander are fools.

Pro 14:16, “A wise person is cautious and turns

away from evil, but a fool is arrogant and careless.”

Western leaders and politicians are playing with the biggest fire in Ukraine right now. The characteristic of fools is that they are arrogant and careless. The ban and sanctions on Russian oil and gas cause world-wide inflation, and especially Europe.

Luk 12:20-21, “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is demanded of you; and as for all that you have prepared, who will own it now?’ Such is the one who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich in relation to God.”

God calls the one who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich in relation to God, a fool!

The Lord Jesus warns us about the foolish virgins,

Mat 25:1-13, “Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the groom. Five of them were foolish, and five were prudent. For when the foolish took their lamps, they did not take extra oil with them;

but the prudent ones took oil in flasks with their lamps. Now while the groom was delaying, they all became drowsy and began to sleep. But at midnight there finally was a shout: ‘Behold, the groom! Come out to meet him.’ Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps. But the foolish virgins said to the prudent ones, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’ However, the prudent ones answered, ‘No, there most certainly would not be enough for us and you too; go instead to the merchants and buy some for yourselves.’ But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the groom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut.

“Yet later, the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open up for us.’ But he answered, ‘Truly I say to you, I do not know you.’ “Be on the alert then, because you do not know the day nor the hour.”

This is a wise parable which teaches us to learn:

1. Prepare for the inevitable. The lamp is useless without oil.

2. The prudent are different from the foolish.

3. Don’t be afraid to say “NO” to unreasonable request.

4. It is not charity to give away what you do not have enough.

5. Do not miss once in a life time opportunity.

6. Be on the alert because we do not know when Jesus Chris is coming back.

Psa 44:14, “You make us a joke among the nations,

a laughingstock among the peoples.”

I am afraid if American leaders and politicians keep doing the stupid thing without end, they will make America a joke among the nations and a laughingstock among the peoples.

Jas 4:9, “Be miserable, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into gloom.”

That is the consequence of an unpardonable folly: the violator will be miserable, and mourn, and weep; his laughter will be turned into mourning, and his joy into gloom. Because there is only death and doom waiting for him!

Job 2:7-10, “Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and struck Job with severe boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head. And Job took a piece of pottery to scrape himself while he was sitting in the ashes.

Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold firm your integrity? Curse God and die!”

But he said to her, “You are speaking as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we actually accept

good from God but not accept adversity?” Despite all this, Job did not sin with his lips.”

Job had a foolish wife who advised him, Curse God and die! Is there anything more foolish than to curse God and die? Job recognized his wife as foolish woman. There are many men who do not recognize their wives as foolish women. Job did not sin with his lips means Job did not commit verbal folly.

A little boy once said to President Abraham Lincoln, “You look very sad.” The world did not know Abraham Lincoln had a bad wife. The brow of Mr. Lincoln was full of lines. The sufferings caused by a bad wife only the poor husband knows at heart.

Folly is the result of people and government do not have discretion:

A. Cannot distinguish what is important and not important

B. Do not have the right priority

C. Mismanagement

What government should do, do not do:

1. Structural System of government problem:

The US Constitution is not vested the sovereignty on American citizen.

94% of Americans are concerned about inflation

2. Inflation

3. Covid-19

4. Imperialism

5. Infrastructure

6. Climate change

Alexander Hamilton was right in saying, “The inquiry constantly is what will please, not what will benefit the people. In such a government there can be nothing but temporary expedient, fickleness, and folly.”

Western acts of enormous folly are held as victory, triumphant, expediency, profit and achievement.

At least five historical facts and Western follies must be made clear and made known to the whole world.

(1). High inflation in America is caused by the US high tariffs against Chinese trade, ban, boycott, embargo, and sanctions on Chinese goods and products which greatly and financially benefit American people.

Western leaders and media shamelessly distort the facts by calling Putin Inflation. European and worldwide high inflation are caused by US, EU, UK, NATO, FRANCE, GERMANY, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, and Japan ban, boycott, embargo, and sanctions on Russian oil and gas, compounded by Ukraine-Russia conflict.

(2). US, UK, EU and NATO wanted to attack Iraq and rob their oil. They needed a good excuse. So in 2003 US and UK faked the evidence that Iraq had the weapons of mass destruction. So the American-led forces justified themselves in attacking and occupying and robbing Iraq. Western mainstream media never reported how the West looted and robbed tons of gold bullion, billions of cash in dollars, priceless antiques and treasures from Saddam Hussein’s many royal places. To shut the mouth of Saddam Hussein permanently they deliberately killed him. The same way they robbed the wealth of Libya and killed Muammar Gaddafi. The world does not know, but God knows all the secrets of the Western bloc. The Western bloc robbed Iraq, Libya, and others clean.

(3). Western bloc wanted to attack Syria and steal their oil, so they justified themselves by faking and staging chemical attacks by Syria on its people even though Syria did not have chemical weapons. And the so-called victims came out to testify the staging and fake chemical attacks.

(4). Western bloc in 2019 wanted to capture Hong Kong as a Western bastion in Asia by overthrowing Hong Kong government from inside through inciting and supporting Hong Kong young traitors to create riots and disturbances. Hong Kong government was too soft, tolerated a long time and did not execute those young traitors conspiring with foreign governments to commit sedition and treason. China stepped in to bolster Constitutional protection of security. The Western nations and media can only cry Hong Kong is losing democracy. The Western definition of democracy is willingness to be used as foreign agents to overthrow your legitimate government. Western bloc failed to capture Hong Kong, and so they spread fake news that China committed genocide and forced labor in Xinjiang. Xinjiang is a good place where there are oil, gas, cotton, fruit, wheat and many products which the West coveted. Western bloc made too outrageous and false accusations against China and failed in Xinjiang and Tibet. China was the only nation that won over terrorism in Xinjiang and Tibet while US failed after 20 year-war in Afghanistan and after spending US $8 trillion dollars. Western bloc clings on Taiwan since 1949 as a bastion to fight against China. The puppet regime of Taiwan and its Chinese traitors must be publicly executed when Taiwan is liberated by force.

(5). Russia by chance discovered American biological labs in Ukraine.

According to https://cn.bing.com/search?q=How+many+American+biological+labs+in+Ukraine&form=

“According to data released by the US it has 26 labs in Ukraine. The US has 336 labs in 30 countries under its control. The US has also conducted many biological military activities in Fort Detrick.”

Although Russia has all the evidence to charge America for violating international law and crime against humanity because of American biological labs in Ukraine, but US refuses to answer any questions. Mind you America never admits its war crimes and atrocities. Do you know biological labs are intended to manufacture biological weapons en mass to kill people? Instead coming clean and confessing the truth, Western bloc and Western media faked and staged the so-called Russian massacre in Ukraine to divert attention from American biological labs in Ukraine and 336 labs in 30 countries under its control. Imagine nuclear war combined with biological wars?

The end of the world is near, and the second coming of Jesus Christ is at hand.

We do not dwell on pardonable folly because it can be settled between two individuals involved.

The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.

Whether the British would pardon the Prime Minister of UK for having party during COVID-19 lockdown tells you the corruptness and wickedness of those in power. They are quick to pardon themselves which they might not pardon others for the same folly.

Someone was so wrong to say, “We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.”

According to https://www.earlychurchofjesus.org/jews_holocaust.htm

Eleven million Jews were killed during the Holocaust in Germany by Hitler.

Can anyone pardon the folly of Hitler for killing 11 million Jews?

According to ttps://cn.bing.com/search?q=How+many+millions+Chinese+were+killed+by+Japanese+

“The 14-year war claimed the lives of about 35 million Chinese civilians and soldiers. Here is a special report on Japanese soldiers' cruelty in China during WWII. A deep scar was left on the Chinese soil after the flames of war raged through the ancient nation, destroying cities and slaughtering people.”

Can anyone in his right mind pardon the folly of Japanese militarists in killing 35 million Chinese civilians and soldiers?

Sooner or later only God will settle account with Japan and Japanese because Japanese leaders and politicians deny them all and have not paid one penny in compensation and reparation.

In the final analysis, only God has authority and power to pardon any sinner.

Historically, on some occasions Moses intervened and pleaded with God to pardon the the children of Israel:

Exo 34:8-9, “And Moses hurried to bow low toward the ground and worship. Then he said, “If in any way I have found favor in Your sight, Lord, please may the Lord go along in our midst, even though the people are so obstinate, and pardon our wrongdoing and our sin, and take us as Your own possession.”

There are evident follies, examples are Bullfighting and Boxing. Because so much financial matters are involved, I think they will exist until the end of time.

In the case of Saul, Samuel did not plea for him:

1Sa 15:24-29, “Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have violated the command of the LORD and your words, because I feared the people and listened to their voice.

“Now then, please pardon my sin and return with me, so that I may worship the LORD.”

But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.”

Then Samuel turned to go, but Saul grasped the edge of his robe, and it tore off.

So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you.

“Also the Glory of Israel will not lie nor change His mind; for He is not a man, that He would change His mind.”

It is not a trifle matter to sin against God; for God cannot be mocked or joked.

A man was so wrong in saying, “The follies which a man regrets the most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.”

In my life I had made so many foolish prayers, thank God for not answering those prayers. A man may commit many follies in his life, no one ever regrets that he did not commit other follies that he could have done.

I agree with Daniel Defoe who said, “This grieved me heartily ; and now I saw, though too late, the folly of beginning a work before we count the cost, and before we judge rightly of our own strength to go through with it.”

So it is wise not to bear the burden you are unable to bear. This was not Daniel Defoe’s original idea, he was thinking the truth in Christ.

Luk 14:28-30, “For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it—lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, “saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’

How many life projects we were not able to finish. It is an achievement to finish what you have begun. When I was young, I was dreaming or planing to build a Tower of Language with three stories high, namely English, German, and Chinese. I soon discovered it would take a life time to master a language. I also find English is more than sufficient in all the world. Consequently, I could not say I have mastered the Chinese language. I am grateful that from my childhood I have learned the English language. IN my opinion, American English is the most beautiful and powerful language in the world. For Bible studies, I also engage in words studies in Greek and Hebrew. I find the Greek word “apokalypsis” - revelation is the most beautiful word in the world.

What Jesus is talking about is the truth there is a cost for every project or undertaking. There are the time cost, material or money cost, and also ability cost. In everything we do, we must do it well. Once a pastor asked me what would be good for his son to study, I answered by asking him what was his son good at. For example, if you are not good in mathematics, how can you become an engineer or scientist? I discovered most girls in my class were afraid of philosophy because they could not comprehend the subject matter. A president of a theological seminary who had attended Bob Jones University told me that Bob Jones, Sr. could really preach, but his son Bob Jones, Jr. could not preach.

Mat 7:3-5, “Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and look, the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye!”

The most absurd and ludicrous and outrageous are the false charges of Western leaders against China in Xinjiang for committing forced labor and genocide. America committed genocide from the beginning in killing natives of America and robbed the land of Red Indians. Australia, Canada, and New Zealand all committed genocide in killing their aborigines or indigenous natives without compensation. People of Xinjiang are grateful that China has solved terrorists problems and have a good job and improved living standard. How could there be any forced labor? The West has been habitually and fondly in creating all sorts of lies and falsehoods to target China. They are so busy attacking China without cause that they neglect to take a good look at the mirror of their dirty faces and dirty fingers that point to others.

To succeed in any project or undertaking, one needs a strategy. After years of strategy study, I invented

this a formula of strategy:

S=da²

S=Strategy

d= determination of objective

a= adoption of courses of action

a= allocation of resources for courses of action

Adoption and allocation are squared.

In any strategy, determination of objective or goal is the most important, because objective or goal determines the whole direction or purpose of a project. Objective also determines what courses of action to take. Only specific courses of action may contribute to achieving the objective. So adoption of specific courses of actions is vital in any strategy. Allocation of resources is important to carry out the courses of action.

I discovered one of the impossibles for man is possible with God. God is able to cause all things work together for good to those who love Him. It is impossible even for mankind to work a few things together. The universe of all things is too big for the brightest and most intelligent of mankind. Man does not control time and event, not to say to cause all things work together. Only God is able to cause all things to work together. So there is nothing impossible with God. It is a great comfort to have such Heavenly Father who takes care of His children.

This is the great pitfall of Western leaders and politicians who cannot even identify the things essential to strategy, not to say all things.

This formula of strategy can be used to manage an enterprise, it also can be used to engage in a war.

Let us analyze why the United States in spending 20 years at the cost of US$8 trillion dollars and the US still lost the war in Afghanistan?

In the first place, the American war objective was wrong. For the same reason America failed in Vietnam. Strategy is used to support an achievable objective, objective cannot be used to support a strategy. Afghanistan apparently had a democratic elected government. Election by itself does not support democracy. Afghanistan government was an American puppet government, it did not have the support of the majority of Afghan peoples. Although it had a larger military with better equipment and bigger budget. The puppet Afghan government

collapsed and soldiers ran away before Taliban without a fight. This is a tragic end of all puppet so-called democratic governments. American leaders and politicians did not seem to learn any lesson since 1949. Election does not by itself establishes democracy. You cannot force a Western style government on any people. Foreign forces will never conquer a people. The atrocities and iniquities committed by a foreign military in a occupied country only enforces the resistance and hatred by the people. Furthermore, it will take too long to explain the wrong way of fighting the terrorists and wrong course taken by the US government over 20 years. American democracy is no model for the world. Who in the world any country or people would want to adopt the American democracy where 1 percent of the population rules over the 99 percent, and the 1 percent of population owns most of the power and wealth of America?

Based on the principles of strategy, the efforts and resources America puts force in order to continuously maintain domination and dictatorship of the West will fail and fail miserably. The Axis of Evil will not not be able to hold together EU and NATO. UK, CANADA, GERMANY, FRANCE, G-7, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, India, South Korea, Japan each has its own motive and interest. Any relationship based on fear cannot last long. For example, South Korea does not need American protection. When the leaders of South Korea become wise, they can just use the high protection fees to help economic development of North Korea and the nation will eventually be unified. And South Korea does not have to put up with American troops in South Korea military bases, and the immoral conduct of American troops do not help a bit.

Above all, the objective of American empire is wrong from the beginning, and it is not sustainable or supportable. The best strategy America can adopt is to learn from President Richard Nixon in seeking a just and lasting peace for the world. America should embrace Russia and China as strategic partners, not competitors or rivals, in building a peaceful and prosperous world. That is the win-win situation, and the resultant benefits and dividends of peace and prosperity will command respect of all nations in the world. In a free and peaceful world, it is cheaper and more cost effective, to let hundreds of flower blossom. It is better to have peace and prosperity than to have conflict and war.

By savings from war and military conflict, many nations can build up their infrastructure, and improve the quality of life for their own peoples. As a world community, nations and peoples are stronger and have more resources to tackle many environmental problems including climate change, soil erosion, drought, flood, and famine. It is a bright and brave world for everyone, why won’t American leaders and politicians have such a charming vision and wonderful dream instead of destruction for the whole world?

Arthur Schopenhauer said, “The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.”

Granted what Schopenhauer said is a great folly, but not the greatest of follies.

There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to deny the existence of God.

Psa 14:1, “For the music director. A Psalm of David.
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they have committed detestable acts;
There is no one who does good.”

No matter scientists or philosophers, who has said in his heart, There is no God; the Bible says they are corrupt and have committed detestable acts.

It is ultimate folly that one sets himself up to arbitrate whether he/she accepts God or not. How can a man lay blame on God for his own stupidity; as a worm

or maggot wants to fight against the Creator. A little fish with wild ambition wanting to make a big wave in an ocean.

It is a folly second to none; to try to dominate and dictate the world. Out of this folly, Europe tried to rule the world in the last 500 years or more. America tries to rule the world since the end of World War II.

Now US, UK, EU, NATO, G-7, France, Germany, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan want to continue hegemony -- world domination and dictatorship at the costs of millions of innocent lives, even more millions of refugees around the world.

The world has never witnessed the decay and destruction of mankind -- the decline of the human race into unpardonable folly and weakness and rottenness as it is today. And it is done in the name of so-called democracy and justice. The truth is there is no justice anywhere in the present world. There is no country that really practices true democracy that benefits the people. There are countries where 1 percent of population rules over the 99 percent and owns most of the power and wealth and yet they claim to be democratic. Sanctions are willingly indulged because it always implies they have some superiority and more power so that they can attack and subdue other nations and peoples by their power of sanctions.

According to https://www.bustle.com/articles/70778-what-do-americans-worry-about-the-most-gallup-poll-reveals-the-nations-top-concerns
”The 6 Things Americans Worry Most About

YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Images

By Emma Cueto

March 20, 2015

1. Income and Wealth Distribution

2. Size and Power of the Federal Government

3. The Social Security System

4. Possible Terrorist Attacks

5. The Economy

6. The Availability and Affordability of Healthcare”

I believe the data above is obsolete, but “The 6 Things Americans Worry Most About” are perennial because the US government has not solved those problems for decades.

Pro 14:8, “The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.”

The folly of fools is deceit.

Leaders and politicians do not care about their own country, they are not concerned about the welfare of their citizens, they have no money to improve the nation, but they have billions and billions sent to Ukraine.

I suggest to update What Americans Are Most Concerned today are:

1. CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

2. The high inflation

3. The violence in society

4. The corruption in government

5. Climate change

6. The imperial policy of aggression

According to https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/04/covid-deaths-top-1-million-in-us-nbc-news-tally-shows.html

“The United States on Wednesday surpassed 1 million Covid-19 deaths, according to data compiled by NBC News — a once unthinkable scale of loss even for the country with the world's highest recorded toll from the virus.

The number — equivalent to the population of San Jose, California, the 10th largest city in the U.S. — was reached at stunning speed: 27 months after the country confirmed its first case of the virus. ”

*Wednesday was May 4, 2022. The DAY OF INFAMY.

Now the problem is the US government does not seem to care, has no money to test, treat, and prevent the CORONAVIRUS; but the government has billions of dollars freely to aid to Ukraine. COVID-19 has killed almost a million Americans.

The high domestic inflation is caused by US in ban, boycott, embargo, and sanctions on Chinese goods and products. The world-wide inflation is caused by ban, boycott, embargo, and sanctions on Russian oil and gas, compounded by Ukraine-Russian conflict.

The violence in society is caused by availability of guns and flawed criminal justice, and the government is kidnapped by the gun lobbies.

The corruption in government is caused by helpless and powerless American citizens to control its government. The citizens do not have Constitutional sovereignty over the government officials.

The climate change is caused by inaction of the government.

The imperial foreign policy of wars is caused because America is no longer a Republic, it is ruled by the military-industrial-security complex.

American desperate ills demand a speedy cure, but no American leaders and politicians are interested in doing anything constructive and good for the country.

Recently 10,000 Greek workers in Athens protest over surging living costs. Their protests had the wrong target, it was not the Greek government that costs high inflation. It is the US, UK, EU, NATO, and Ukraine that created the war and cause world-wide inflation by ban and sanctions against Russia.

It was Edward Gibbon who said, “All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.”

The retrogradation of the world is caused and created by US foreign policy of world domination and dictatorship and by US-led Western bloc of aggression and atrocities in the world. What you sow is what you reap. The West sow conflicts, the world reaps deaths, destruction, and high inflation of wars. The nincompoop and puppet president of Ukraine

causes thousands of Ukrainian deaths, millions of internal displaced persons and refugees.

III. UNPARDONABLE FOLLIES

Of endless follies, they can be categorized into pardonable and unpardonable follies. We do not want to waste time on pardonable follies, we want to take a good look of unpardonable follies. I select purposefully two unpardonable follies committed by Amnon and Nabal respectively. Each has summary of its follies.

I selectively use the historical and Biblical accounts of Amnon and Nabal as excellent examples to illustrate verbal and behavioral unpardonable follies. Each has a summary of follies. Each ended up in tragic death.

We do not need to dwell on pardonable follies, that would be a waste of time. Committing suicide is also an unpardonable folly. Some people might think do I not have a right to kill myself? No one has a right to kill himself. Not to say it is of utmost folly to kill oneself. There are historical precedents for us to learn about the unpardonable follies committed by mankind.

Amnon had committed the unpardonable follies both verbally and behaviorally; his end was death without mercy.

2Sa 13:1-21, “Now it was after this that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon the son of David was in love with her. But Amnon was so frustrated on account of his sister Tamar that he made himself ill, for she was a virgin, and it seemed too difficult to Amnon to do anything to her. But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very clever man.

And he said to him, “Why are you, the king's son, so depressed morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” So Amnon said to him, “I am in love with Tamar, the sister of my brother Absalom.”

Jonadab then said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill; when your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please have my sister Tamar come and give me food to eat, and have her prepare the food in my sight, so that I may see it and eat from her hand.'” So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill; when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please have my sister Tamar come and make me a couple of pastries in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.” Then David sent a messenger to the house for Tamar, saying, “Go now to your brother Amnon's house, and prepare food for him.” So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house, and he was lying in bed. And she took dough, kneaded it, made pastries

in his sight, and baked the pastries. Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, so that I may eat from your hand.” So Tamar took the pastries which she had made and brought them into the bedroom to her brother Amnon. When she brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, sleep with me, my sister.”

But she said to him, “No, my brother, do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this disgraceful sin!

As for me, where could I get rid of my shame? And as for you, you will be like one of the fools in Israel. Now then, please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.” However, he would not listen to her; since he was stronger than she, he violated her and slept with her. Then Amnon hated her with a very great hatred; indeed, the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, “Get up, go away!” But she said to him, “No, because this wrong in sending me away is greater than the other that you have done to me!” Yet he would not listen to her. Then he called his young

man who attended him and said, “Now throw this woman out of my presence, and lock the door behind her!” Now she had on a long-sleeved garment; for this is how the virgin daughters of the king

dressed themselves in robes. Then his attendant took her out and locked the door behind her.

Tamar took ashes and put them on her head, and tore her long-sleeved garment which was on her; and she put her hand on her head and went on her way, crying out as she went. Then Absalom her brother said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now keep silent, my sister, he is your brother; do not take this matter to heart.” So Tamar remained and was isolated in her brother Absalom’s house. Now when King David heard about all these matters, he became very angry.”

In this tragic historical incident there are some characters involved which needs to analyzed:

1. Amnon was a wicked man to begin with, even though he was the oldest son of David. So you cannot be sure, even a good man may produce an evil son. Amnon in Hebrew is 'amnôn, Amnon = "faithful"; - which occurs 28 times in the Old Testament. Having a good name and the elderst so of king David did not make one good. Amnon was not in love with his beautiful half sister Tamar, he was in lust with Tamar; he was infatuated.

Evildoers always pretend. Amnon pretended to be ill.

Brothers and sisters must be vigilant, not to commit incest or fornication. Sadly one white young woman confided me that she had sex with her brother because they didn’t have to pay. Amnon the unfaithful contrary to his name committed unpardonable behavioral folly and verbal folly. After Amnon raped and violated her half sister, he hated

her with a very great hatred; indeed, the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the lust with which he had lusted her. It is of great important to distinguish between love and lust. In America most people equate sex with love. Lust will get violent and lust produces hatred. Lust does not and will not consider its dire consequences. Compounded by his behavioral folly, Amnon added his virulent verbal folly. Amnon after fulfilling his lust said to Tamar,

“Get up, go away!” Amnon called his young

man who attended him and said, “Now throw this

woman out of my presence, and lock the door

behind her!” A moment ago, Tamar was a beautiful virgin daughter of the king; now a woman to be thrown out. All virgins in the world, beware not to be fooled and cast away by your so-called boy friends. Eventually, Amnon paid his crime and sin and he was killed without mercy.

2. Jonadab was a clever man but not wise or moral. People like Jonadab has ruined many of his friends. Jonadab in Hebrew is yᵊhônāḏāḇ; Jehonadab = "Jehovah is willing"; his name should be “the devil is willing”, and a nephew of David; - which occurs 8 times in the Old Testament. Watch out how your relatives may do harm to you. How many older relative raped their younger relatives. You do not want people like Jonadab as a friend or relative. How many Jonadabs provided strategy to Western leaders and politicians in committing evil deeds in the world.

For example, American strategists like RAND, etc. are greatly mistaken because this will be an all-out total nuclear war that America cannot win.

Edmund Burke who was politically wise and said, “But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.”

I also agree with George Orwell in saying, “In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.”

A mass of lies, follies, evasions, invasions, envy and jealousy, hatred and schizophrenia are displayed by the Western bloc.

3. David was the king. It is a lesson for a man to have many wives and children is not a good thing. It is hard for me to criticize David, a man after God’s own heart. David such a wise man fell for a ruse or trick of his son Amnon. After Amnon raped Tamar, David was very angry but did not do anything.

4. Absalom was a shrewd man with plan. It is not my intention here to explain whether it was justified for Absalom to murder his half brother Amnon in revenge for the rape of his younger sister Tamar or not. Absalom was heartless or brainless when he said to his sister who has just been raped by Amnon, “he is your brother; do not take this matter to heart.”

How can any sister do not take this matter of rape to heart just because the perpetrator was your brother?

But I want to say Absalom’s conspiracy and revolt against his father was too much. 2Sa 14:25, “Now in all Israel all Israel there was no one as handsome as Absalom, so highly praised; from the sole of his foot to the top of his head there was no impairment in him.” Absalom was also shrewd politically. 2Sa 16:22, “So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom had relations

with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.” This was one of great unpardonable follies committed by Absalom. When God wanted to kill a man, there are infinite means at His disposal. 2Sa 18:9, “During the battle, Absalom happened to come upon some of David's men. He tried to escape on his mule, but as he rode beneath the thick branches of a great tree, his hair got caught in the tree. His mule kept going and left him dangling in the air.”

Who ever thought one’s assets would become one’s liabilities? But the downfall of Absalom was curiously caused by his beautiful hair.

5. Tamar was a total victim, her only fault was that she was born with great beauty. Every girl wants to be beautiful, not knowing beauty can be a great liability and risk. Great beauty may invite rape. Tamar in Hebrew is tāmār, Tamar = "palm-tree"; sister of Absalom, and rape victim of Amnon her half brother, another son of David; - which occurs 25 times in the Old Testament. I do not know who gave her the name Tamar, she should not be named Tamar. Tamar not only was beautiful physically, she was also beautiful in character; the demeanor and dignity of a true princess. Her character, word and behavior was perfect as a royal princess. But she suffered a cruel fate not her own doing is a mystery to me. What is the use to say Tamar had my full sympathy? How many little girls in this world had been violated and raped by their own relatives only God knows. The most offensive are those fathers who raped their own daughters. If I had authority and power I would execute publicly all fathers who raped their own daughters. Then all daughters would become orphans! This is a very very bad world. Virgins, beware. But it gives me despair and dismay to learn in America many young girls want to get rid of their virginity like something undesirable. Once I heard a mother counseling her daughter about how to get rid of her virginity. It gave me an eerie feeling because she was supposed to be a Christian. It is a blasphemy that many young men and young women who sing in the church choir who are not married but routinely engage in sexual intercourse.

The following is another very interesting story about a man of folly but his wife saved the situation. In fact, Nabal was an example of unpardonable folly, the lives of his household males and servants were saved by the wisdom of the beautiful Abigal.

1Sa 25:2-38, “Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; and the man was very rich, and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And it came about while he was shearing his sheep in Carmel (now the man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. And the woman was intelligent and beautiful in appearance, but the man was harsh and evil in his dealings, and he was a Calebite), that David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel and visit Nabal, and greet him in my name;

and this is what you shall say: ‘Have a long life, peace to you, and peace to your house, and peace to all that you have! Now then, I have heard that you have shearers. Now, your shepherds have been with us; we have not harmed them, nor has anything of theirs gone missing all the days they were in Carmel. Ask your young men and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we have come on a festive day. Please give whatever

you find at hand to your servants and to your son David.’” When David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal in accordance with all these words in David’s name; then they waited. But Nabal answered

David’s servants and said, “Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants

today who are each breaking away from his master.

Shall I then take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men whose origin I do not know?”

Nabal reminds me of the Word of God, Ecc 10:12,

“Words from the mouth of a wise person are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him.”

Pro 13:16, “Every prudent man acts with knowledge,
but a fool flaunts his folly.”

A fool has great ability to flaunt his folly like a peacock displays its beauty.

So David’s young men made their way back and returned; and they came and informed him in accordance with all these words. Then David said to his men, “Each of you strap on his sword.” So each man strapped on his sword. And David also strapped on his sword, and about four hundred men went up behind David, while two hundred stayed with the baggage. Now one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master,

and he spoke to them in anger. Yet the men were very good to us, and we were not harmed, nor did anything go missing as long as we went with them, while we were in the fields. They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the time we were with them tending the sheep. Now then, be aware and consider what you should do, because harm is plotted against our master and against all his household; and he is such a worthless man that no one can speak to him.” Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread and two jugs of wine, and five sheep already prepared and five measures of roasted grain, and a hundred cakes

of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and she loaded them on donkeys. Then she said to her young men, “Go on ahead of me; behold, I am coming after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

And it happened as she was riding on her donkey and coming down by the hidden part of the mountain, that behold, David and his men were coming down toward her; so she met them. Now David had said, “It is certainly for nothing that I have guarded everything that this man has in the wilderness, so that nothing has gone missing of all that belonged to him! For he has returned me evil for good. May God do so to the enemies of David, and more so, if by morning I leave alive as much as one male of any who belong to him.” When Abigail saw David, she hurried and dismounted from her donkey, and fell on her face in front of David and bowed herself to the ground. She fell at his feet and said, “On me alone, my lord, be the blame. And please let your slave speak to you, and listen to the words of your slave. Please pay no attention, my lord, to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name—his name means Fool, and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent. Now then, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, since the LORD has restrained you from shedding blood, and from avenging yourself by your own hand, now then, may your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be like Nabal. And now let this gift which your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who accompany my lord. Please forgive the offense of your slave; for the LORD will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD, and evil will not be found in you all your days. Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, then the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the LORD your God; but the lives of your enemies He will sling out as from the hollow of a sling. And when the LORD does for my lord in accordance with all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and appoints you ruler over Israel, this will not become an obstacle to you, or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord’s having avenged himself. When the Lord deals well with my lord, then remember your slave.”

Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me,

and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand. Nevertheless, as the LORD God of Israel lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, there certainly would not have been left to Nabal until the morning light as much as one male.”

So David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and said to her, “Go up to your house in peace. See, I have listened to you and granted your request.” Then Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was having a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was cheerful within him, for he was very drunk; so she did not tell him anything at all until the morning light. But in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him so that he became like a stone.

About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal and he died.”

There are three characters in this story, namely, Nabal, David and Abigal. You need to know the cultural background of sheep shearing in order to appreciate and appraise the historical anecdote accurately. In those times the historical account gives us several important lessons of permanent value.

According to ttps://cn.bing.com/search?q=Explain+ancient+custom+of+sheep+shearing&form

In ancient times most of the clothing which the Israelites wore was made of wool. The large outer garment or mantle was usually woolen. The shearing months in Palestine are May and June. The sheep are washed before they are sheared.

We have seen that there are numerous kinds of wool. Every fleece comprises several kinds of wool. The wool is not uniform over the entire body of the sheep. Some parts are longer than others, some are finer, some cleaner. The fleece, then, must be duly divided into parts in order to get the uniform wool desired. The best wool comes from the sides of the sheep, the next best from the back and thighs, that from the belly and throat is inferior, and the poorest wool comes from the breech and lower part of the legs. In some cases the fleece is divided into more than these four classes of wool.

According to cn.bing.com/search?q=The+ancient+sheep+shearing+festivities&form

“One of the traditional rituals relatively sheep was

their shearing process. Time of sheep shearing was

accompanied by a festival. The ancient Israelites

considered the shearing process as a reward for the hard work of shepherds caring for the sheep within a year. The procedure of shearing took place in an open ring-fence which was called sheepfold yard.”

jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/11258-nabal

According to

https://jewishencyclopedia.com/artic

NABAL (lit. "fool"):

By: Emil G. Hirsch, M. Seligsohn

Calebite noble who appears in one of the incidents which marked David's wanderings (I Sam. xxv.). Nabal was a man of great wealth and possessed numerous flocks; but he was of a niggardly and churlish disposition and was referred to as "a man of Belial." His great possessions were in Carmel, though he lived in Maon, and his wife Abigail is styled a Carmelitess (ib. xxvii. 3; in the Septuagint [xxv. 5] Nabal himself is called a Carmelite). Josephus, however, calls him ("Ant." vi. 13, § 6) a Ziphite (comp. I Sam.xxvi. 1). David, having been informed that Nabal was shearing his sheep, sent ten of his men to Nabal with greetings, with the understood purpose of securing from the latter some payment in return for protecting his sheep while grazing. Nabal, however, not only refused to acknowledge the service, but returned an offensive answer, implying that David was a rebellious slave (ib. xxv. 5-11). David was on his way to punish Nabal for his conduct when he met Abigail, who pacified him and paid tribute to him. During that night Nabal drank and became intoxicated, and when on the following morning Abigail told him of the great danger he had escaped and of the gift she had given to David he was thrown into a fit and died ten days later (ib. xxv. 18-38).”

According to https://www.ancient-hebrew.org/manners/shepherd-life-the-care-of-sheep-and-goats.htm

“LARGE NUMBER OF SHEEP IN PALESTINE. From the days of Abraham down to modern times, sheep have abounded in the Holy Land. The Arabs of Bible lands have largely been dependent through the centuries upon sheep for their living. The Jews of Bible times were first shepherds and then farmers, but they never abandoned entirely their shepherd life. The large number of sheep in the land can be understood when it is realized that Job had fourteen thousand sheep (Job. 42:12), and that King Solomon at the Temple's dedication, sacrificed one hundred and twenty thousand sheep (1Kings 8:63).”

Sheep in Palestine and vicinity have always been valuable because of the important products that are derived from them.
Wool

Wool has been a valuable product in Bible lands. In ancient times most of the clothing which the Israelites wore was made of wool. The large outer garment or mantle was usually woolen. The shearing months in Palestine are May and June. The sheep are washed before they are sheared. Solomon's Song speaks of "a flock of ewes that are newly shorn, which are come up from the washing" (Cant. 4:2, A. R. V.). The color of the wool varies somewhat according to the color of the animal shorn, but white wool is considered to be most valuable. The prophet compares sins forgiven with the whiteness of wool (Isa. 1:18).
Sheepskins
From ancient times to modern days it has often been customary for pastoral people to make for themselves coats out of the skins of the sheep with wool still adhering to the skins. The Epistle to the Hebrews tells of the persecuted heroes of faith, saying of some of them that they "wandered about in sheepskins" (Heb. 11:37). The skin of sheep was at times tanned and then used as leather, but the skin of the goats was superior to that of sheep for this purpose.
Sheep for meat or sacrificial purposes
Sheep were often eaten when meat was desired. For the ordinary person, meat was not on the daily menu, but was only used on special occasions of rejoicing, as when a feast was prepared, a wedding supper, or when a guest of honor was being entertained. The animal was usually cooked as soon as it was killed, and then was often boiled, although sometimes it was roasted.

Milk
Milk from the sheep is especially rich, and in the Orient is considered to be of more value than that of the cattle. Milk is seldom drunk in its fresh condition, but rather is made into "leben," or into cheese. Buttermilk is also much used.
Rams' horns
The horns of the rams are considered to be of great value. In many Western lands, growers of sheep have endeavored to develop a hornless breed, but in the East the horns are thought of as an important part of the animal. The ram's horn has been used chiefly as a vessel in which liquids have been carried. For carrying purposes a wooden plug is driven into the large end of the horn so as to close it, and sometimes it is covered with raw hide to hold it in place. The small part of the pointed end of the horn is cut off, and the opening closed with a stopper. The ram's horn was used in Bible times to carry oil. Samuel was told to take his horn of oil and anoint David to be the future king (1Sam. 16:1). Solomon was anointed king by the oil in the horn of Zadok the priest (1Kings 1:39). Reference has already been made to the shepherd's use of oil with his sheep, and this was carried in a ram's horn.
The ram's horn was also made into a trumpet and has been called by the Jews, Shofar . The Mosaic Law called for the sounding of rams' horns at certain times. Each year of Jubilee was ushered in by the blowing of these horns. "Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land" (Lev. 25:9). In connection with the Feast of Trumpets there was to be "a day of blowing the trumpets" (Num. 29:1). The most famous use of the rams' horns was in connection with the encircling and destruction of the city of Jericho by Joshua's army. "And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns; and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets" (Josh. 6:4). The trumpets were also used as signals to gather the people (Jer. 4:5).
The ram's horn trumpet measures about eighteen inches long and is in one piece. It is made from the left horn of the fat-tailed sheep, which is "not spiral but flattish, curved backwards, and forming nearly a circle, the point passing under the ear. This structure, added to the large size of the horn, adapts it well for its purpose. In order to bring it to the proper shape, the horn is softened by heat (i.e. hot water) and then modeled into the very form which was used by the Jewish priests.

How goats differ from sheep
Most of the Palestinian and Syrian sheep are white, whereas most of the goats are black. The goats like the slopes of the rocky mountains, whereas the sheep prefer the plains or mountain valleys. The goats are especially fond of young leaves of trees, but the sheep would rather have grass. Goats will feed during all the day without the heat of summer affecting them; but when the sunshine is hot, the sheep will lie down under a tree, or in the shade of a rock, or in a rude shelter prepared by the shepherd for that purpose. Song of Solomon makes mention of this rest time for the sheep: "Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon" (Cant. 1:7). The goats are bolder, more venturesome, more playful, more apt to clamber to dangerous places, more apt to break into the grainfields, more headstrong, more vigorous, and more difficult to control than are the sheep.
Use of goat's milk
The milk derived from goats is especially excellent and rich. Most of the "leben" used today and in Bible times is made from goat's milk. Buttermilk and cheese are also utilized as milk products. The book of Proverbs speaks of the importance of goat's milk to the Hebrew people: "Thou shalt have goat's milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance of thy maidens" (Prov. 27:27).
Use of the meat of kids
The meat of an adult male goat is of course rather tough, and so not ordinarily used. The female goats are seldom killed because they are needed to increase the flock. Thus it is the meat of the young male kid that is largely used in Bible lands. In Old Testament times, when visitors were entertained, often a kid was made ready for the meal (cf. Judges 6:19). The prevalence of the flesh of kids in Christ's day is brought out by the reference of the Prodigal's brother. "And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends" (Luke 15:29). There is sarcasm in this reproval, for the kid was of less value at a banquet than would have been a lamb, and considerably inferior to the fatted calf , which was killed and served on only special occasions to do honor to a very special guest. The brother was objecting to the father serving the fatted calf at the banquet honoring the return of the Prodigal, whereas he as the elder brother had not been given even a kid to make merry with his friends.
Use of goats' hair and goats' skin
The hair of the goat was considered to be of great value to the Hebrew people. When the materials were brought for the construction of the Tabernacle in the Wilderness, only the finest and the costliest that could be obtained were accepted; and goats' hair was included in the list of materials the children of Israel offered unto the Lord. See (Exod. 35:23). Tabernacle curtains were made of goats' hair (Exod. 26:7). The tents of the Bedouin Arabs are made of goats' hair, just as were similar dwellings in Old and New Testament times. Goats' skins have been used widely in Bible lands for leather, and are considered to be better for this purpose than the skin of sheep. This leather is used in making the Oriental "bottle" for carrying or storing water or other liquids.
Use of goats for sacrifices
The Levitical Code often allowed the Hebrews a choice of a sheep or of a goat for the offering. "If his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice" (Lev. 1:10). On the Day of Atonement, it was required that a goat be sacrificed by the high priest, and that another goat should be "the scapegoat." "And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness" (Lev. 16:22). Moses had ordered that the scapegoat should be taken out into the wilderness and turned loose. But in order to prevent its return to Jerusalem, it became customary to lead the creature to the height of a mountain, where it was pushed over and would be certainly killed. This was the symbol of the forgiveness of sin through the sacrifice of Christ. Although John the Baptist spoke of Jesus as the Lamb of God, he may have had in mind also the picture of the scapegoat when he said: "Behold, that is God's Lamb, who takes and bears away the sin of the world" (John 1:29, Centenary, Montgomery).

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“Ancient Israelites are known for their distinctive relation to farming and herding. The most popular occupation of those times was sheep-breeding. In addition, sheep is the most mentioned animal in the Bible. It is historically known that sheep were domesticated and tamed about 5000 B.C. from wild species. The Biblical Encyclopedia gives the following explanation of sheep: “The sheep is the first animal mentioned by name in the Bible, and was among the Hebrews' most treasured possessions. The patriarchs counted their sheep by the thousands, and they moved from place to place as pasture for this was needed” (as qtd. in Hollis 1). Sheep were revered in the Early East, and the first referencing of these animals can be noticed in the earliest episodes in the book of Genesis: “And Abel was a keeper of sheep” (The Bible in Basic English, Genesis 4.2). The numerous herds of the ancient Jews were considered the main wealth of every family. Therefore, sheep breeding among the Hebrews was the most long-standing and respected occupation. Some examples from the Old Testament are the clear evidence of this. Thus, Rebecca, Rachel and all the seven daughters of the priest Jethro were engaged in sheep farming. “Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock”(New American Standard Bible, Exodus 2.16). Definition of wealth of the Jews in the Holy Scripture begins with sheep possessing as the main domain. For example, Nabal had “three thousand sheep and a thousand goats”(The Bible in Basic English, 1Samuel 25.2); Job was blessed by the Lord for having “14,000 sheep and 6,000 camels and 1,000 oxen”(NASB, Job 42.12). Therefore, it is obvious that the ancient Israelites cultured sheep excessively. It is worth to discover the reasons of such an interest. In the life of Hebrews, the flocks of goats and sheep had many uses. These animals were the source of milk, meat, fat and textile. Owing to the sheep wool, people could get good garments for keeping out the windy days and chilly nights. Horns of the rams were used as bottles for oil or wine and trumpets. A large number of mountain pasture in Canaan, the country west of the Jordan and the Dead Sea contributed to sheep breeding. The lasting need to find food for the animals featured the shepherds’ lifestyle as seminomadic, making them follow the same paths every year, down to the Dead Sea and then back home.”

If you know the value of wool, sheepskins, sheep for meat or sacrificial purposes, milk, ram’s horns, goat’s milk, goat for sacrifices, goat’s hair and goat’s skin, etc., you know why Nabal was very rich because Nabal had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats.

In the case of the folly of Nabal, we see three most important characters: Nabal himself, David and Abigal.

1. Nabal was a rich man with three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. It was a happy time while he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. The man was harsh and evil in his dealings, and he was a Calebite,

Nabal was rough and ill-mannered; being a Calebite was incidental. Harsh and evil were Nabal’s dealings with others. A harsh and evil person cannot be a normal and good person in business or life.

David’s young men spoke the most noble and humble words of David to Nabal on a festive day. But Nabal gave the most insulting and injurious answer:

“Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants today who are each breaking away from his master. Shall I then take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men whose origin I do not know?”

Nabal committed unpardonable verbal folly.

Now who did not know David?

Who did not know that David killed the more than 9 feet tall Philistines’ Giant Goliath?

1Sa 18:7, “The women sang as they played, and said,
“Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands.”

When a lion or bear came and took a sheep from the flock, David attacked it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it rose up against David, David grabbed it by its mane and struck and killed it. So the mighty men of David for all year long had protected the sheep and goats of Nabal from wild beasts and poachers. The shepherds of Nabal had been with the men of David who were very good to them. They were not harmed, nor had anything of theirs gone missing all those days. Nabal did not want to acknowledge the worthy service of David’s young men. Nabal should be grateful for the worthy service provided by David’s mighty men, instead Nabal spoke to them in anger. A worthless man does not appreciate a worthwhile service. Nabal was a selfish person that he called ‘my bread’, ‘my water’ and ‘my meat’ as if he was the owner of the earth; ‘give it to men whose origin I do not know?’ Nabal returned evil for good.

Do you know the origin of yourself? Nabal sounds like a white supremacist. He did not know how to give respect to where respect is due.

Nabal owned a business in Carmel but he did not know what business was about. Just like there are many CEOs who did not know what management was, they did not know their companies are staffed with many psychopathic supervisors who abuse their employees.

No one could speak to Nabal because he was so self-centered and unreasonable. You know you can know a lot about a person by just talking to him. When I was a manager, in fifteen minutes I could know enough about the candidate whether I should hire him/her or not. A woman was so outrageous that she implied had I hired her, she would repay with me with her nice service. One Savings and Loan executive was so absurd and unreasonable that he interviewed me 4 hours, what he really wanted was a free consulting and wrote down all my answers. So talking unknowingly reveals much of a person.

Nabal was fool and he talked like a fool. A fool did not know what terrible thing was going to happen to him as a consequence of his own saying and doing. It seems to me Western leaders and politicians are like Nabal also do not know the consequences of their words and deeds in Ukraine as well as other wars. So they proudly keep doing the same evil deeds over and over.

2. David, before he became king, was hunted by King Saul, stayed in the caves of Mount Carmel. His mighty men protected David, and also protected the shepherds working there from wild animals and poachers. The mighty men of David were a wall to the shepherds of Nabal both by night and by day, all the time they were with them tending the sheep.

David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel and visit Nabal, and greet him in my name;

David was culturally noble and yet humble and most reasonable, no wonder he was a man after God’s own heart. Next to Abraham, I think David was the most magnificent man ever lived.

Now David had said, “It is certainly for nothing that I have guarded everything that this man has in the wilderness, so that nothing has gone missing of all that belonged to him! For he has returned me evil for good. May God do so to the enemies of David, and more so, if by morning I leave alive as much as one male of any who belong to him.”

Abigail appealed to the Word of God that God will appoint David ruler over Israel and the Lord will deal well with David-- and David should not create an obstacle and a troubled heart. It was Abigail’s discernment that prevented David from shedding blood. David listened to Abigail and granted her request.

3. After Abigail learned about the real situation, then

Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread and two jugs of wine, and five sheep already

prepared and five measures of roasted grain, and a hundred cakes of raisins and two hundred cakes

of figs, and she loaded them on donkeys. Then she said to her young men, “Go on ahead of me; behold, I am coming after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal. When a wise wife must save the whole family, she cannot and must not consult her foolish husband.

Another thing kept me thinking was how in the world a man like Nabal had a wife who was intelligent and beautiful in appearance like Abigail? Fresh beautiful flower is often planted on cow dung.

If you judge what Abigail said and did, you will come to know such a woman is very rare in this world. It is not hard to find a beautiful woman, it is also not difficult to find a wise woman; it is certainly most difficult to find a beautiful and wise woman like Abigail.

Abigail knew the priority of timing, when what must be done first, and when what must be done later. Abigail did not tell her stupid husband how she was going to appeal and cool the anger of David with the wisest counsel and generous gift.

Abigail said to David, “Now then, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, since the LORD has restrained you from shedding blood, and from avenging yourself by your own hand, now then, may your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be like Nabal. And now let this gift which your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who accompany my lord. Please forgive

the offense of your slave; for the LORD will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD, and evil will not be found in you all your days. Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, then the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the LORD your God; but the lives of your enemies He will sling out as from the hollow of a sling. And when the LORD does for my lord in accordance with all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and appoints you ruler over Israel, this will not become an obstacle to you, or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord’s having avenged himself. When the Lord deals well with my lord, then remember your slave.”

The wise words of Abigail are worth more than a ton of gold. She used these powerful words, “since the LORD has restrained you from shedding blood,” -- they were as powerful as David’s ‘sling and stone’ to kill the rage of David.

1Sa 17:49, “And David put his hand into his bag and took from it a stone and slung it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead. And the stone penetrated his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.”

Nabal was really a man of vanity that he was having a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. Nabal was rich but he was no king. The fool’s heart was cheerful, for he was very drunk. I have never been drunk all my life; I do not know can anyone be cheerful within just because he was very drunk?

Abigail did another thing in a timely manner. But in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, Abigail told him all these things, and strangely his heart died within him and so that he become like a stone. I an not an M.D. so I do not know whether Nabal had a heart failure or heart attack or something else. Anyway his heart died within him so that he became like a stone.

I am not wise to know what all this means. Later the Lord struck Nabal and he died. This was how the foolish Nabal ended his life. The heart of Nabal proclaimed his folly and so mankind is warned.

Someone was so wrong in saying, “Wickedness is always wickedness, but folly is not always folly.

The wickedness and folly of Amnon and Nabal will remain in history as always wickedness and folly.

IV. THE ULTIMATE FOLLY

Psa 69:5, “O God, you know my folly;
the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.”

God knows my folly. God knows your folly. God knows the folly of everyone. If you know you have folly and know God knows your folly, there is hope. Those who are hopeless because they do not know they have folly, and they do not know God knows their folly. So they keep on doing their follies.

Rom 1:21, “Because, knowing God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but fell into folly in their thoughts, and their heart without understanding was darkened:”

Judging from hundreds of years of history, I believe the White Europeans have committed the ultimate folly. Because, knowing God, they glorified Him not as God; but fell into folly of their thoughts, and their heart without understanding was darkened. Under imperialism, colonialism, capitalism, and militarism the White Europeans have done so much evil in this world; not only they do not repent and recompense, as in the case of Ukraine, they blindly follow the U.S. into further lying, killing, and robbing many nations and peoples.

1Co 2:14, “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him; and he cannot know them because they are spiritually discerned.”

There is another group of people who are unbelievers, the natural men like scientists and philosophers who do not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to them. They are devoid of the Spirit of God.

Psa 53:1, “For the music director; according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David.
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and have committed abominable

injustice; there is no one who does good.”

The fool has committed the ultimate folly because he said in his heart, “There is no God.” Atheists are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice; none them does any good.

Jesus says, Mat 16:26, “And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?”

No one is able to gain the whole world, that is for sure. Now what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose you own soul? The soul is worth more valuable the whole world.

Western leaders and politicians commit the ultimate folly in attempting to dominate and dictate the world by lying, killing, and robbing many nations and peoples. As certain as God lives, they will lost their own souls.

Pro 26:12, “Do you see a person wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.”

Do you see what I see? American, European, and Japanese leaders and politicians are wise in their own eyes. They have done so much evil in this world historically, yet they are wise in their own eyes with no intention to repent and recompense their victims. They are the greatest threats to the world, but they are wise in their own eyes; for all intents and purposes they plan and plot to weaken and destroy Russia and China. They dislike peace and they love wars. The Bible says there is more hope for a fool than for those leaders and politicians.

Pro 27:3, “A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.”

Do not let revisionists to write a fake history, the Russia-Ukraine conflict was truly a direct provocation of a fool, a puppet, and a nincompoop Ukrainian president who lasciviously wanted to join EU and NATO to threaten and target Russia.

The Bible says the provocation of a fool is heavier than both stone and sand.

Pro 10:18, “One who conceals hatred has lying lips,
And one who spreads slander is a fool.”

It used to be that some Western media had honor and integrity. Today they all have lying lips and they spread slanders and fake news routinely and regularly. The Word of God calls one who spreads slander is a fool.

Pro 20:3, “Avoiding strife is an honor for a person,
but any fool will quarrel.”

They have no honor to avoid strife. In fact they cause and create conflicts and wars everywhere. They do not want peace. They not only quarrel, they cause division and spread the seed of disunity.

There is one more thing that Western leaders and politicians overlook, the world they want to gain is not worth it. For it is written, 1Jo 2:15-17, “Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.

The world is passing away and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God continues to live forever.”

The lust of the flesh is sex. The lust of the eyes is money. The boastful pride of life is power. Western leaders and politicians love money, power and sex.

The world is passing away. So to love money, power, and sex is to commit the ultimate folly.

A fool was so wrong in saying, “There are three things in life which are real: God, human folly and laughter.”

Anyone who puts God on par with human folly and laughter must be fool indeed.

IN CONCLUSION

The pessimism of Arthur Schopenhauer was so deep and dark in saying, “There is not much to be got anywhere in the world. It is filled with misery and pain; if a man escapes these, boredeom lies in wait for him at every corner. Nay more; it is evil which generally has the upper hand, and folly that makes the most noise. Fate is cruel and mankind pitiable.”

If you take a good look, the state of the world is not good. The Word of God is clear, if you do not have God, you are without hope in this world. There is no hope in this world. In fact, the scary things are coming upon the world. The Western bloc which intends to dominate and dictate the world will incite a nuclear war that will destroy the whole world.

Henry James had a very pessimistic tone about human life, “Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to be defiant; wickedness to carry the day; imbeciles to be in great places, people of sense in small, and mankind generally unhappy. But the world as it stands is no narrow illusion, no phantasm, no evil dream of the night; we wake up to it, forever and ever; and we can neither forget it nor deny it nor dispense with it.”

Henry James mentioned about defiant folly. I am not sure what he referred to. I think defiant folly has been committed by Western leaders and politicians, knowing it evil and wrong to lie, kill, and rob many nations and peoples in order to dominate and dictate the world and they do them on purpose.

Eph 2:11-12, “Therefore remember that previously you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “Uncircumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision” which is performed in the flesh by human hands—remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the people of Israel, and strangers to the Covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.”
Excluded from the Jewish, all races of all peoples are called Gentiles by the so-called “Circumcision”. Unbelievers are Gentiles in the flesh. Previously all Gentile Christians were the Gentiles in the flesh, at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the people of Israel, and strangers to the Covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world. I presume you are not Jewish, therefore you are also a Gentile. If you are an unbeliever, you are a Gentile in the flesh; having no hope and without God in the world. No matter who you are, you have no hope and without God in the world. Even despair is better than without hope. This is the sad situation of all the peoples in the world.

I agree with Henry Drummond in saying, “To become Christ-like is the only thing in the whole world worth caring for, the thing before which every ambition of man is folly and all lower achievement vain.”

Somebody was so wrong in saying, “Wickedness is always wickedness, but folly is not always folly.”

Absolutely not, folly is always folly; folly will never turn prudent or something good. The wickedness and folly of Amnon and Nabal will remain always.

I wholeheartedly agree with Charles Henry Mackintosh whom I greatly admire since my youth in saying, “No power of earth, or hell, men or devils, can possibly stand against the word of God; and hence it is the very height of folly and wild madness for any one to set up his thoughts or reasonings in opposition to the plain statements of Holy Scripture; and, on the other hand, it is the beginning and end of all true wisdom to submit in all things to the absolute authority of that Word which is settled forever in Heaven.”

It is my hope and desire that you would submit in all things to the absolute authority of that Word which is settled forever in Heaven. The Word of Truth testifies that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is the Savior of the world. It is my hope and desire that you would repent of your sins and believe in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Not only you will have the blessed hope, your sins will be forgiven and to inherit the eternal life in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer had a subtle warning to Western leaders and politicians and said, “If we look more closely, we see that any violent display of power, whether political or religious, produces an outburst of folly in a large part of mankind; indeed, this seems actually to be a psychological and sociological law: the power of some needs the folly of others. It is not that certain human capacities, intellectual capacities for instance, become stunted of destroyed, but rather that the upsurge of power makes such an overwhelming impression that men are deprived of their independent judgment, and...give up trying to assess the new state of affairs for themselves.”

Western leaders and politicians display themselves as men deprived of their independence judgment.

Ecc 2:13, “Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness.”

There is nothing to gain in folly. There is nothing to gain in unbelief. There is nothing to gain in darkness.

There is nothing to gain in lies. There is nothing to gain in wars except they benefit greatly financially the military-industrial-security complex. There is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness. There is more gain in faith than in unbelief. Jesus Christ says,

Mar 8:36, “For what does it benefit a person to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?”

No person has ever gained the whole world. It is impossible for a man to gain the whole world. What does it benefit a person to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? The soul is more valuable than the whole world. No one would give up a mansion for a shanty shack. It does not benefit a person to gain the whole world and lose his own soul. So if you repent of your sins and believe in Jesus Christ the Son of God as your Lord and Savior, you will not receive the forgiveness of your sins, gain eternal life and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. You have nothing to lose to have faith in God our Savior.

Ecc 7:25, “I turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness.”

To know you have to search out. To know the scheme of things you need to seek wisdom. Then you will know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness.

1Co 1:18, “For the Word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”

The cross means Jesus dies in our behalf, the righteous for the unrighteous. This is the power of God where sinners are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, the Just.

You have learned what is folly, different kinds of folly, unpardonable and deadly folly, and the ultimate folly. To gain the whole world and lose one’s own soul is the greatest and ultimate folly. Why should you perish in seeking the world that is passing?

Psa 68:2, “As smoke is driven away, so drive them

away; as wax melts before a fire, so the wicked will

perish before God.’

But God is not willing that you perish.

So this is what God says to you,

Isa 45:22,

“Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.”

You can turn to God and be saved now through faith in Jesus Christ. This is the accepted time. This is the day of salvation. You can come now. You can do it now.

WILLIE WONG THOUGHT
WILLIE WONG

JUNE 12, 2025

Today is my wife’s birthday (May 13, this article is dedicated to her love.)

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They were not “immigration raids” in Los Angeles, they were and they are ”unlawful migration raids.” You see there are evil forces conspiring to destroy America from within. California governor and Los Angeles mayor are on the wrong side of history. I have lived through two most horrible Los Angeles black riots. Unlawful migrants are not immigrants. Children born of illegal aliens although in America are not American citizens. Latino, Mexican, Black illegal aliens must be deported without further delay. Protestors and labor unions are not patriotic Americans. Unlawful migrants are criminals who do not have any right, do not deserve any humanitarian aid. The only right is to deport 45 million illegal aliens already in America right away. Most of them are on welfare; their names and addresses can be checked on the Welfare Department.

There is no hope for the world because what should be done is not done:

1.For all war crimes and terrorist acts, Putin failed to annihilate Ukraine and execute its nincompoop and left Ukraine desolate and never be rebuilt. NATO & EU be aslo abolished.

2.The chiefs of UN & WHO and all high-paid officials must be replaced, be reformed in a year.

3.Terrorists Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis must be destroyed FOR GOOD.

4.The nuclear facilities of Iran must be demolished for good.

5.Palestinians must be evacuated from Jewish lands and resettle in Arab lands to build a Palestinian state and make living on their own.

6. Undeveloped nations and peoples who do nothing to help themselves must be left to gut and rot.

7.The USA must give up its empire, world domination.

World media portrays Palestinians as victims in struggle. The world believes in a lie! The truth is the fact Palestinians were Arabs who surreptitiously moved into Palestine without pay during the British colonial rule. They bred like rabbits and occupied the Jewish lands. The Palestinian authority is not a state, and misleads the Palestinians to a path of destruction. Palestinians are irrational, bad, irresponsible, unmotivated and useless people. They would rather be classified as refugees so that they can get everthing free through international aid, they would not go to Arab lands to build its own Palestinian state and make a life of their own.

Any country who shares destiny with corrupt countries will certainly come to RUIN!!!

https://theexchange.africa/countries/most-corrupt-countries-africa/

https://historycollection.com/ten-corrupt-african-dictators-modern-history/

https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/corruption-rank?continent=africa

https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/corruption-index

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/07/10-most-corrupt-countries-in-africa-in-2024/

bscholarly.com/most-corrupt-countries-in-africa/

talkafricana.com/top-20-most-and-least-corrupt-countries-in-africa-2025/

If terrorists Hamas, Hezbollh and Houthis are destroyed, and Palestinians repartriated and resettled in Arab lands, the conflict of Palestine and Israel will be no more. If Iran nuclear facilities are destroyed, Iran will be no more threat to the world. If the Ukaranian nincompoop is executed for his war crime, corruption and abuse of power, the Ukraine and Russia conflict will be gone. If the traitorous leaders of People Progressive Party are executed, Taiwan will reunify with China at once.

What the heck, won’t it wonderful if all nations and peoples seek peace and justice? The Bible gives one reason why not, 1Jo 5:19, “We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies

in the power of the evil one.”

Evil is like fire will destroy the nation and peoples. When preferential treatment is given to a certain race, all races suffer discrimination. Rejection of unqualified and undisciplined black employees and discharge because poor performance are not racial discriminations. Affirmative Action is illegal and unconstitutional, it must be completely eliminated. Diversify has gone too far, it must be abundoned. Harvard is the richest university in the world; universities are not for education, they are for money and ideology. Student loans cannot default or be forgiven, they must get jobs to pay back. Universities can have academic freedom, and freedom of speech but no federal funding. There are too many parasites who live on government funds; no subsidy of any business or contracts. Illegal aliens are unlawful criminals, they have no civil right, human right and do not deserve humanitarian aid. They cannot be on welfare. They deserve only to be deported without payment. All races must compete on an equal footing. How is there any hope for the ugliest, darkest, laziest and useless people who only eat and drink and produce many children they cannot support? Why EU and NATO support the evil and corrupt Ukraine nincompoop and prolong the war? America aids support evil.

1Jo 2:17-18, “The world is passing away and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God continues to live forever. Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.”

I agree with Arnold J. Toynbee who said, “ Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.”

“As an American by nationality” I have to do my best to warn my fellow Americans:

1. America is committing suicide by failing to deport 45 million illegal aliens already residing in America, most of them are on welfare; failing to deter and prevent hordes of unlawful migrants to enter the United States. America needs to punish Mexico who is the conduit for illegal migrants to enter America. Unlawful migrants are criminals who do not have any right, civil or humanitarian.

2. America is committing suicide because wealth and power are in the hands of leaders and politicians, the two parties, courts, the military, bureaucrats, and vested interests. Watch out the global demostrators who oppose federal cuts, but endorce debt and deficits, waste and fraud in the government.

3. America is committing suicide by media promoting the wrong cultural values, lewdness, violence and unwholesome behavior; over representing and over employing blacks. Jobs must be earned, they cannot be given. If a journalist by accident received classified information, he should not and would not publish it because he/she is patriotic. If classified information is published, the journalist is a traitor.

4. America is committing suicide by not making the American English the only official language in America.

5. America is committing suicide by unnecessarily making Russia and China enemies and rivals.

6. America is committing suicide by failing to disregard pathetic EU (including Britain, Australia, Canada); dismiss NATO & QUAD; and discard Ukraine, Phillippines, Türkiye, Japan, South Korea, South Africa and Taiwan.

7. America is committing suicide by being an empire to dominate the world instead of seeking a just and lasting peace for the world as President Richard Nixon did.

8. America is committing suicide by letting the U.S. Health Care the most costly in the world, by letting doctors, dentists, hospital owners, drug and insurance companies, hospital and medical suppliers to defraud and overcharge patients with indemnity.

9. America is committing suicide by having a diet which produces an increasing large population of overweight people.

10. IRS can cut its employees 2/3 by simple change of policy and procedure. Henceforth, there will be no deductions, exemptions, expenses, number of dependents for individual taxpayers or business corporations. They will not have to pay for CPA or tax consultant.

$50,000 income and Under $50,000 is tax free.

$60,000 to $1 million pay 5%.

$1 million $100,000 to $10 million pay 10%.

$10 million $100,000 to $20 million pay 20%.

$20 million $100,000 to $40 million pay 40%.

$40 million $100,000 to $50 million pay 50%.

$50 million $100,000 to $1 billion pay 80%.

$1 billion $100,000 and above pay 90%.

11. America is committing suicide by using tariffs as weapons.

12. It is in the self-interest of America to help Israel to destroy terrorists Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis. All Palestinians must be evacuated from Gaza, etc. the Jewish land and relocate permanently in Arab lands to build their Palestinian state. The aim of Israel is not to defeat Hamas, but to destroy Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis. Hamas should never be allowed to return to Gaza; all Pelestinians must be instructed by Palestinian Authority, UN, WHO, ALL ARAB-ISLAMIC-BLACK nations to evacuate from Jewish land and settle in Arab lands to build their Palestinian state.

If China space program can create space vehicles loaded with nuclear weapons, on earth by a press of button, can target and annihilate any hostile nations and peoples in less than half an hour -- then China is free indeed -- no nation can threaten China anymore. Then China can deal with corruption, organized crime, abuse of power, fraud, fake news, and dirty toilets effectively. There are dark and evil forces inside China who want to destroy China. They are the organized criminals who must be executed. China must beware of all foreign countries who pay lip service to “one China” policy, actually the seek “fiancial support” from China on everything so that their leaders can practice “official corruption”; and their peoples can sing and dance, play games and golf, eat and drink beer, enjoy sex and produce many children they cannot support. Any nation who shares destiny with these useless countries will come to ruin!!!

“As a Chinese by race”, I am doing my best in sincerity to suggest strategy to the land of my ancestors:

1. China’s modernization can succeed by demanding manufacturers to produce only quality products; by protecting the environment and by increasing the standard of living for the people including people on wheel chair. China construction machinery is a good example of China’s modernization. The stupidity is to program robots to engage in fighting like boxing.

2. China’s modernization can succeed by stopping all foreign aid to help the China’s poor first, by reducing debt and deficits to do the following strategic projects:

3. China needs to use AI in all technologies including manufacturing, industry, transportation, navigation, logistics, agriculture, and modernizing toilet facilities.

4. China needs to train 5 million doctors, dentists, nurses, teachers, professors, scientists, and technicians in the next 5 years.

5. China needs to eliminate corruption, organized crime, harmful fake news, counterfeit money, fraud by execution of the culprits.

6. China needs to repair the Great Wall, conquer the deserts, dust storms, natural and man-made disasters.

7. Chinese TV and movies need to promote cultural values, morality, responsibility and integrity.

8. China's troops should never be sent under UN's peace-keeping force to countries habitually having conflicts and civil wars --to die for nothing.

9. Talking is useless: China needs to liberate Taiwan now by force, and execute traitorous leaders of People’s Progressive Party in public.

10. China needs to rebuild Yuan Ming Garden which was burned down and looted by the allied 8-nation troops. They must pay compensation through diplomacy now or by military force later.

11. Pay for all costs and reward financially women who give births.

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