Obama: ‘neither cold nor hot ..’
by fish Thursday, Jan 21 2010, 9:48pm
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The title refers to a radical Christian text that almost didn’t make into the New Testament, I would add here that what is NEW and reformed makes redundant and OBSOLETE what is OLD, referring to Jewish teaching in the OLD Testament. In other words all direction and guidance for Christians is to be obtained from the New Testament, as is clearly indicated in Hebrews 8:13 -- but to the advice couched in REVELATION 3: 15-16.
“I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth.”
Biblical allegory or teachings heavy with metaphor are usually prefaced with either, ‘eye to see’ or ‘ear to hear,’ as are the passages in Revelation. Yet the message remains clear, if we are to overcome, PASSION and unwavering COMMITMENT are REQUIRED! The nature of the undertaking appears secondary to the manner in which it is pursued, as is indicated by the polarity ‘cold-hot!’
Therefore, whatever your chosen vocation be committed and excel; regardless of whether you are a thief or a hacker, a saint or sinner, a principal objective, according to the New Testament, is to SUBVERT and OVERTHROW the CORRUPT and CRIMINAL RULING ELITE! The reader would note that Christ favoured passionate sinners above the lame, reticent and insipid middle class of his day; he clearly detested the pretentious and ‘lukewarm!’ Terms which aptly describe the current vacillating, effeminate, (probably homosexual) black, show pony President of the USA, Barack Obaa’ma!
Instead of the promised ‘Change,’ Obama delivered uninterrupted continuity of the previous administration’s principal policy directions! Only after losing Ted Kennedy’s prized seat to the Republicans has Obama begun to appear as though he opposes ruling financial elites, however, the people are not so easily fooled, most are aware that Obama’s Wall St ‘attack’ is a politically contrived stunt designed to stem the flow of disillusioned supporters away from his support base!
In contrast to Obama, Bush excelled as a war mongering, mass murdering, incompetent, criminal buffoon. Few could say he failed in that regard! His tenure in Office was disastrous; but it could never be described as lame or timid! The result TODAY is clear, people respond to dynamic, committed leadership regardless of the direction it takes – secular history also bears this out.
The Bible is nothing if not a repository of cultural history and moral instruction.
Consider the protagonist of the Christian narrative, a man of high moral CHARACTER who detested money, corruption and elitism (as did his Asian counterpart, Buddha). A powerful theme in the Gospel of Luke begins with the rejection of all temporal power and wealth at the temptation and ends with an attack on the ‘money changers’ (Bankers) of the day that had the Politicians (corrupt Priest class) in their pocket!
Little seems to have changed since the time of Jesus, except of course the glaring LACK of a PASSIONATE social reformer and leader of INTEGRITY in the world today!
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/business/economy/22policy.html