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It Will Be Impossible to Draw a Line in the Sand If the Sand Disappears

12/6/2021

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Everyone is familiar with the phrase "to draw a line in the sand", which is figuratively meant to denote a boundary one will not a cross; a point at which further compromise becomes unacceptable and unthinkable; the limit of what one will do, tolerate, or accept.

Besides being familiar with the expression, I imagine everyone has employed it at some point in his or her life - perhaps as an ultimatum against an overbearing boss; maybe to communicate one's dissatisfaction with the unscrupulous behavior of a friend or loved one; or to state the extent one was willing to go in the pursuit of a questionable undertaking.

Line in the sand. A common phrase - perhaps even a universal phrase. Moreover an inherently powerful phrase if declared sincerely. So, why haven't we seen this common, universal, powerful phrase materialize with greater force among a greater number of people in this time and place? 

Would it be fair to say that the common man has not reached his limit of what he considers tolerable? Does it indicate that the common man has plenty of water left in his seemingly bottomless well of compromise? Has the common man categorized everything he has been forced to endure since 2020 as acceptable? If that is the case, then the common man has not yet reached that figurative boundary at which he feels motivated to refuse, to resist, to reject. 

This raises a question: At which point will the common man feel motivated to draw a line in the sand, so to speak?

Will it be when he sees his friends, neighbors, loved ones, and fellow citizens permanently locked in or locked out or rounded up or carted off?

Will it be after he and his children receive their ninth pecks to combat the tenth and eleventh waves?

Will it be when he realizes that he has essentially handed over all of his freedom to a Satanic global technocracy?

Or will it be after he is completely assimilated into the totalitarian beast system from which he will find it impossible to escape? 

I don't know. As I argued the other day, the common man seems intent on blandly accepting anything and everything the totalitarians throw at him. 

When he is finally ready to draw his line in the sand, he may - to his chagrin - discover that all the sand has disappeared from under his feet. Regardless of how much he may want to finally draw that line, he may be left with nothing in which he can draw it. 

Are we there yet? 

No, not quite. But in some parts of the world, we're getting awfully close. 

To break this suicidal inertia, to banish this bland acceptance, to begin to draw that line in the sand, the common man must begin saying no to the beast. He must begin to think about where freedom originates and what it means to be free. He must realize that these are epic times that demand he commit to taking heroic action against the forces of evil. 

What might this entail? 

Well, I recently came across this little item in a Hungarian newspaper (code added):


The minister leading the Prime Minister’s Office said it was imperative for everyone to get their third (booster) pecks when needed. The ‘immunity’ of 3.7 million Hungarians will ‘expire’ on 10 December, he said, adding that six months since their second peck will have passed by then.

In four days time, nearly four million Hungarians will be officially demoted to unpecked status despite the two pecks they had taken earlier. Nearly four million!

What if every single one of those nearly four million people simply said "no"? What if they simply refused to show up for peck number three? Moreover, what if they were willing to face whatever consequences the Satanic totalitarians threatened to aim at them?

What if what if what if . . . 

Do I think that's probable? Sadly, no. 

At the same time, I think it's highly probable that a percentage of that four million will say no, will refuse peck number three, and will be willing to face whatever consequences the Satanic totalitarians throw at them. Furthermore, it's highly probable that a percentage of people in other countries will do the same.  

And if enough people in the world begin to say no, then the line in the sand may become as prominent and meaningful as the line separating good from evil. 

But lines must be drawn now before the sand disappears from under our feet.

Note added: It is impossible for us to know what may occur at the collective level, but we all exercise power over our choices at the individual level; and if we haven't already done so, we must draw our lines in the sand individually and be prepared to face whatever comes afterward.

​Full disclosure - I am terribly pessimistic about what may happen at the collective level (perhaps overly so), but I am joyfully optimistic at what will happen at the level of the individual provided the individual understands the spiritual implications of these times. 

11 Comments
Whitney
12/7/2021 01:11:35

You have to be happy about the chancellor of Austria resigning? They're on to their third in one year. They're starting the competition with Rome now. Whoever gets appointed is almost irrelevant. Also I think the lids about to blow on the number of people being injured and killed by the vaccines. When that gets out to the point that the somnambulant wake up I would not want to be in the path of the explosion

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Francis Berger
12/7/2021 15:58:55

@ Whitney - Third chancellor in two months! Total farce at this point. The newest is taking on the tough cop role, which is fitting because he has a military background. Oh, and the two former chancellors and this new clown are all conservatives to boot.

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Zork
12/7/2021 04:26:30

Great thoughts here, I have been wondering the same thing. How many pecks will be enough before the people involved hit their limit? Both for those scrambling to get in line, and for those globalist snake oil salesmen and their ilk.

Only time will tell, but I do share your pessimistic view on the global population at large.

However, on an individual level for those who have been awakened to the tomfoolery, and individuals called for His purpose, who are quickened in the holy spirit seeing these prophesied times approaching:

There really is no better time to be alive:)

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Francis Berger
12/7/2021 16:00:03

@ Zork - "However, on an individual level for those who have been awakened to the tomfoolery, and individuals called for His purpose, who are quickened in the holy spirit seeing these prophesied times approaching:

There really is no better time to be alive:)"


Well put - and I agree.

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bruce charlton
12/7/2021 07:59:01

Riffing on your post...

Line in the sand is quite an interesting phrase - oxymoronic, in terms of the difference between the literal and intended meanings. After all, a line in sand - even the deepest and clearest - just gets washed away by the sea every high tide (or, if it is a line in desert sand - blown away by wind).

Yet the phrase is intended to convey an immoveable conviction or threshold.

Maybe for this reason, the people that talk most about having lines in the sand beyond which they will not yield (but things have not Yet reached that point) are (like those who talk about 'hills to die on') nearly always the ones who have no lines (or hills) but will retreat again and again, until they reach a wall behind their backs - when they will surrender and beg for mercy at any cost.

The only coherent attitude to evil is something close to 'zero tolerance' - in the sense that all evil needs to be recognized and resisted; all failures to resist need to be repented.

And this is what most matters. The huge 'problem' we have now is not lack of resistance, but failure to discern what is happening and then failure to recognize and reject evil.

The West is not failing to fight evil, failing to draw and defend lines in the sand - matters are far worse than that. The West (where it matters most) regard evil as good and support it; and fight good instead of evil.

This is why those who urge people to 'fight' etc are in error. The problems are that we don't have anything to fight for, and so are cowards; but insofar as Western Man does have convictions they are wrong, incoherent and evil - so if he did have courage to fight, he would fight for the wrong things...

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Francis Berger
12/7/2021 09:55:24

@ Bruce - Riff away. I'm not suggesting "line in the sand" is an adequate or coherent response to evil. Quite the contrary. Most of the time it's merely a delay tactic or an expression of veiled cowardice. "Ooh, that makes me mad! Just wait until next time!"

In all honesty, I detest the phrase for the exact reasons you mention and rarely, if ever, use it myself - in much the same way I don't use "hill to die on".

My intention with this post was call the phrase out and reveal its inherent emptiness. If the events of the past 20 months have shown us anything its that most people have no lines to draw for exactly the reasons you mention. The ones that have drawn lines have conveniently covered them over and have drawn new ones farther back from their original point of intolerance. The ones who remain convinced they will indeed draw lines one day will one day find the sand is gone (which they would probably consider as a good thing because it helps them save face - "What no sand? Shame! I was just about to draw my line. Oh well."

But if people take discernment seriously, understand that the real line is the line between good and evil, understand that God and Creation are on one side and those who oppose God and Creation are on the other, then the line in the sand could represent a starting point that brings people closer the "concrete" line that matters.

That's what I was referring to in the note added. The line in the sand can only be considered good if it is backed by the proper motivations, and this motivation has to be spiritual.

This is why I am terribly pessimistic about developments at the collective level. The ones that continue to comply are doomed, but the ones who resist for the wrong reasons are also . . . well, doomed.

But at the individual level, a line in the sand could lead to recognition of "the point" and, perhaps, a spiritual decision to turn that impermanent line in the sand into a permanent commitment to the side of God and Creation.

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Francis Berger
12/7/2021 10:19:51

@ Bruce - One more thought concerning "The only coherent attitude to evil is something close to 'zero tolerance' - in the sense that all evil needs to be recognized and resisted; all failures to resist need to be repented."

That's spot on!

That's why I believe people who have made wrong choices in the past, who have allowed past lines in the sand to be crossed, still have a chance if they are able to discern evil and resist it. They can repent their previous choices and demonstrate their intolerance by not continuing with the peck agenda. But for this to be truly meaningful, it must be based in the proper spiritual framework of comprehension.

But that's only one example.

Anthony Probst
12/7/2021 21:22:59

A few weeks ago I had to smile at a news item over the car radio to the effect that some local health department muck-a-muck could not understand why vaccinated people were not lining up for the booster.

Simple:
Once pecked, twice shy. (Or twice pecked, thrice shy depending on the formula.)

Fool me once...

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David Llewellyn Dodds
12/9/2021 02:26:29

I see that, to your Hungarian update, may sadly be added a Polish one. Raymond Wolfe in an article at Lifesite News (of Tuesday Dec. 7, 2021 - 9:57 pm EST) reports that "Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said at a news conference Tuesday that all teachers, medical professionals, and first responders, including police officers and firefighters, must be 'fully [peck]ed' by March 1 to maintain their jobs. The mandate will also apply to the military" - whatever 'fully' will mean by then. And "Anyone who shares a house with someone who tests positive [...] will face mandatory testing starting next week, regardless of their [...] status." Other cracking down, starting December 15, includes churches being "required to reduce their capacity from the current 50 percent to 30 percent".

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Francis Berger
12/9/2021 16:26:24

@ David - Many conservatives, right-wingers, and Christians believe the so-called Visegrad countries are resisting the birdemic and the birdemic peck agenda. This is a totally wrong belief. Poland, Hungary, Czechia, and Slovakia are all on board - totally on board. Hungary has been one of the most oppressive countries in the world when it comes to restrictions. It wouldn't surprise me one bit to see all four countries quickly jump on the mandatory peck bandwagon in the coming days/weeks.

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David Llewellyn Dodds
12/9/2021 22:06:30

Thank you for this saddening 'update' - it's better to know than not to know!

Having just read memoirs by Jenö Halmaji Bor and Endre Bela Gastony and started on a 1995 book by László Marácz about the history and possible future of Hungary (then 5 years after the 'fall of the Wall') I was wondering just what the whole 'Visegrad' situation was. Alas! But, "Put not your trust in princes: In the children of men, in whom there is no salvation [...] Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in the Lord his God" (Challoner Douay-Rheims Psalm 145:2-3,5).


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