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Is It Time for a Tenth Crusade?

By Dr. Rich Swier

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” – John Adams from a letter to the Massachusetts Militia, dated 11 October 1798

“Man is not a creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of men.” – Benjamin Disraeli, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

“No weapon that is formed against you will prosper; and every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their vindication is from Me, declares the Lord.” – Isaiah 54:17


A 2021 nationwide poll found a growing number of citizens support having their state succeed from the United States. There is a growing discontent amongst the people today.

However, these seeds of discontent were sown decades before the 2020 election.

There have been rising calls for the Red States to succeed from the Blue States, potentially leading to a new civil war. Some have said that we are in WW III, with patriots verses the Marxists. Clearly the nation is deeply divided and has become more so since the election of the current administration.

QUESTION: Are we in a political war or in a war for the very soul of our nation?

I believe we we are in a war for our souls as we battle the forces of evil that have been spreading across the globe since the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, His death and His rising from the dead. Just as Jesus fought the forces of evil, Rome and those who controlled Israel, so to must every Christian continue His fight!

We are in a battle that began in the Garden of Eden, when Adam turned his back on God, the creator, and was cast out of paradise. Like Adam, more and more Americans are turning their collectivist backs on God. This has led to a “moral vacuum” where government is replacing God.

Donald J. Trump said at his inaugural address:

Today’s ceremony, however, has very special meaning. Because today we are not merely transferring power from one Administration to another, or from one party to another – but we are transferring power from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to you, the American People.

Since January 20th, 2021 power has been slowly but surely transferred from the people back to Washington, D.C.

So now what?

We must now all become Church Militants

The Holy Catholic Church, the Universal Church, is divided into three supernatural missions:

  • The Church Militant
  • The Church Suffering
  • The Church Triumphant

The Church Suffering comprises the souls of the righteous suffering in purgatory as they are purified for Heaven.

The Church Triumphant comprises the souls of the Saints who have been glorified in Heaven.

The Church Militant comprises the souls on Earth engaged in battle against the forces of evil.

It is the moral duty for all Church Militants to stand together and fight that greatest force of evil, big government.

There are some “christians (with a small c)” who believe the faithful should only look vertically, upward toward God, and not horizontally, at the world we live in. I believe we as Christians, and especially Church Militants, must look both horizontally and vertically. We must see the evil surrounding us and fight against it, as we continue to pray to the Lord as our savior and redeemer.

Not to stop evil is evil itself.

It is time for a Tenth Crusade?

History Crunch reported:

The Crusades are one of the most significant events in the history of Europe and the Middle East.  They were a series of religious wars carried out by Christian crusaders from Europe during the timeframe of the Middle Ages.  Beginning in 1096 CE, the Crusades saw European knights and noblemen travel to the Middle East in an attempt to capture the Holy Land away from Muslim people that had controlled the region for the previous centuries.  The term crusade means ‘cross’.  Therefore, the Europeans that became crusaders viewed themselves as ‘taking up the cross’.  In fact, many of the crusaders wore crosses on their clothing and armor as they made their pilgrimage to the Holy Land. [Emphasis added]

Is it time to “take up the cross” once again to free our people from the bondage of government slavery? Is it time for every Christian and Jew to join together to shed the shackles of government dependence and embrace, once again, the founding principles of this nation which guarantee each and every one of us life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?

It is time to make America Strong Again, make America Wealthy Again, make America Proud Again and make America Safe Again?

Ronald Reagan said,

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”

Today more than ever we must fight for, and protect the futures of our children and grandchildren. We must be a free nation or cease being a Constitutional Republic.

Ephesians 6:11-17:

“Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”

Choose. Do you want to truly save America? Then take up the cross and become a Church Militant, a Christian crusader for freedom.

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