Woe unto the Shepherds of Israel

By Madhavendra Puri

Woe unto you, shepherds of Israel; you feed yourselves and feed not the flock. Should not the shepherds feed the flock? You clothe yourselves with the wool, and kill them that are fed, but you feed not the flock. The diseased you have not strengthened, nor have you bound that which was broken, or gone after them that were lost, or sought those that were driven away; but with force and with cruelty you have ruled them. And my sheep were scattered, yes they were scattered upon every hill and mountain of Israel, where they became prey to the beasts of the field; and since my flock became prey to the beasts of the field I will require my flock at their hand. (Ezekiel 34 paraphrased)

The Shepherds of Israel are the same people as the bureaucrats in today’s society. They were intended to watch over the women and children, and the elderly like shepherds of a flock; and with their best interests in mind. Ezekiel was told by God to warn them of their impending demise, because they only cared for themselves and not for the people they were entrusted to feed, clothe, and shelter. Instead they fed themselves, and ruled over the rest of them with force and cruelty.

The flocks were the people supposedly under the care of the officials and representatives of the state or local government. Bureaucrats who are narrow minded and selfish. They can be very unreasonable and stubborn in their pursuit of perfection by closely following protocols, or those by the book standards that leave no room for imagination or reasoning. Today I experienced this attitude in the most profound way, at the Social Security Administration, and left by telling the hard headed, unreasonable woman that I will be going over her head, and the truth shall prevail.  Now I have a new goal in life: and that is to see her get fired for dereliction of duty. Why not, further in the 34^th chapter of Ezekiel God said that He would separate the lean from the fat and feed them fat with judgment!

When Ezekiel stated that the flock became prey to the beasts of the field, and the shepherds ruled over them with force and with cruelty; he was describing law enforcement personnel preying on the children of God, and devouring them. A pig is a beast, and we all know police officers are often called a pig or a bear; and the field is the term used for the streets the beasts’ prowl, and the prison industrial complex is where they are ruled with force and with cruelty. Woe unto you Shepherds and woe unto the beasts that prey on the flock. I will require my flock at your hand… This is the word of the Lord, according to the Book of Ezekiel, in the Holy Bible.

The number of homeless people in this country is astounding, and they are herded into corals and fed just to keep them off the streets, and under the control of government approved charities, and local law enforcement. I have been looking into our local shelter service here in Phoenix, and it is actually a decent system, but does not solve the problem. There are hundreds of people that seem to be lost in this system, and living a day to day existence, with very little to look forward to.

The shelter counselors’ work tirelessly to lead these sheep in a direction that would help them get on their feet again, but roadblocks and bureaucratic obstacles make the process more difficult than it should be. One of the roadblocks that are most common is the unemployed, homeless person with a drug possession conviction, often for just a small amount of marijuana. The beasts of the field captured their prey, and caused their lives to spiral downward into degradation, and hopelessness. This is simply the results of the War on Drugs!  

 We must end this civil war against our own population to heal this nation and once again be the land of the free, and home of the brave. It takes a brave man to stand up against the Corrupt Politicians, Attorney Generals, and Law Enforcement Branches that include State, Local, and Federal Bureaus such as the DEA, CIA, and the FBI, who work together with local Sheriff and Police Department Drug Task Forces to eradicate the drug problem. The Drug Warriors are an army of ready, willing, and able police agencies with all the sophisticated equipment, armament, and legal rights to go so far as to kill American Citizens in the name of Law Enforcement, to end the menace of substances that are abused such as marijuana, cocaine, and opiates.  It’s a lop sided battle, but after all these years they still have not succeeded in their desire to stop the process of growing, harvesting, and distribution of any of these so called dangerous narcotics, and mind altering substances. Furthermore, they never will. So, they might as well lay down their arms, and surrender to God’s will and let these plants be used in the appropriate manner,  for the medicines they were created for by God Himself.

If you are a soldier in the War on Drugs, and are so brainwashed that you cannot even see the beauty of the lush green aromatic budding marijuana plant, then you also will never recognize the truth when it stares you in the face. You cannot destroy a family, and incarcerate the parents, send the children to the Social Services so they can be raised by strangers that have no love for them; then stand by as all of their possessions are devoured by the system of criminal justice, and then expect no karmic reaction! You have put your own soul on the line in this battler to destroy some of God’s finest works; the seed bearing herbs He told us that were made for us to be as meat.

Read the Bible, and pray that God will forgive you for these awful deeds you have committed while enforcing a law that is repugnant to the Constitution, and therefore null and void. You are the ones that are committing crimes against humanity, and must stand before the Almighty Lord of Hosts, and try to explain that you were just doing your job.  Take it from me, the High Priest of the Order of Melchizedek, and Spiritual Master, this is fair warning that you have been deceived and must reevaluate your own life in order to please God, and your fellow man too. STOP THIS STUPID WAR ON DRUGS NOW!  This is the word and will of god.

Reverend Trey Haltom

First Church of God the Father

Phoenix, Arizona

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