Thursday, 7 July 2011

A Word for Australia (Part 10): The Great Divide

Part Ten of previous articles:
Part 1 + Part 2 Part 3 + Part 4 Part 5 + Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 + Part 9

by Glenice Mills

A prophet is to know the seasons and times we live in. Australia is in a new season, a new time, a time of great unsettling. Things changed when our government changed with the balance of power in the senate falling into the hands of the greens.
We have known this would happen, however the full ramifications of this have not really been recognized by a large part of the Australian population. More concerning is the fact that the church has not seriously considered how this will affect them.
We are coming into a time of great instability with many areas of our lives being severely impacted. We have lived in peace, there has been nothing that has threatened our comfort, our sense of contentment. However, there is a rumbling, a stirring, an unease coming that will rock the core of the complacency in this nation.

The other night the Lord kept saying to me the word ‘schism.’ I could see a split not unlike the split when an earthquake occurs. It is a jagged, dividing line, a line of separation where the ground has been split in two. It was like a big chasm was formed, swallowing up all in its path. There was no way out from the depths of the gap created by the split.
The word schism means a splitting of a group or organisation into opposing parties on grounds of doctrinal disagreement. This split, division, separation speaks of division within parties, be that political or church.
There is an undercurrent deep in the belly of this nation of increasing discontent. It is about many aspects of Australian society that is quietly revolting against all areas of government. Disillusionment breeds discontent and when people have quietly succumbed to poor governance, that undercurrent of a sense of betrayal by government leaders will begin to manifest with people starting to rise up into action.
If there is one quality that defines an Australian it is about what is ‘fair for all’.
The problem arises when ‘what is fair’ is hard to define. That is why there is an arising of different factions all pushing for their opinions to be heard. Unfortunately this is causing and will in coming times cause increasing unrest, discontent, and disillusionment. There will be increase of competition: which voices will be heard, with ensuing power struggles as to who’s opinions are more valid than another.

So what will this look like? A great divide in many sectors of society will manifest more: racial divide, religious divide, sexual rights divide, economic divide, conservation/climate change divide, political party divide, and social class divide each competing for their voice to be heard. Animosity will increase as to who think what they believe in has more rights than another, and this will bring greater unrest. This  will manifest in confrontations not seen before in this nation. This can be healthy as it appears as democracy in action, however the problem arises when the general populace opinion is shouted down, mocked and derided. The belief that if we keep everyone quiet, (often the silent majority,) and allow those with the most militant voice, to be heard, then the silent majority will soon bow to the militant’s populist opinion.
We have to look at the agendas and motives behind those with a particular viewpoint, those trying to thrust their opinions on us until we give up.
Numbers can be twisted. If one poll says 80% of Australians believe in gay marriage then those that don’t believe feel that maybe they are the underdog and might as well not voice an opinion. The issue has then already been decided by what appears as consensus agreement. What say the poll is not a balanced sample of people and the numbers are twisted to make everyone think that this is what everybody else is thinking? Maybe a large percentage of that 80% already hold to that viewpoint and it is not a true, fair and accurate sample of what the general Australian population thinks. This is deceptive practices operating to bring a loud minorities agenda to fruition. This is how unrighteous laws get passed in government without the knowledge of the vast majority of people, until it is too late.

These factions will push unrighteous laws through government using dubious means  because we, the general population have been duped into believing the government is for the overwhelming viewpoint of the people. However this is not so.
Take the issue of the carbon tax. We have to ask the question: Are we going to be bought? Is $10 a week actually going to ‘settle us down?’ Are we that naïve and so easily succumb to our lusts for more that we will sell ourselves to a doctrine - the doctrine of climate change? Are we that fickle that by being ‘told a good story’ believing everything we are told, in order to appease our sense of greed? Can we not recognise a scam when we see one? Do we honestly believe our best interests are being considered? Is it not a loud minority lauding it over a silent majority? That is the great divide happening in this nation and if we the silent majority don’t start to make our opinions known then we will see things happening that we did not ask for.
Do we truly believe that money will resolve everything? Does the government think that if we give them, the ordinary working family $10 extra a week to shut them up and yet hit the people in other ways that they won’t see or know? Are we that stupid?  Can we be duped that easily?
DISILLUSIONMENT+DISCONTENT=A CATALYST FOR CHANGE

If the dreams and visions of the people are crushed enough, the people will rise up to demand change in their circumstances.
We are seeing this in Greece at the moment. The people don’t like what is happening to them and are fighting for what they think is fair and right. People power does bring governments down. We are seeing this in many suppressed nations around the world.
If you squash people’s expectations that something good will happen if a decision goes a certain way and this does not happen, the people will rise up against the leadership of the nation.
There is an interesting statement being spoken regularly that says ‘the devil is in the detail.’ If we stop and think what this is saying there is some cause for alarm.
The truth is: the devil is in the detail. In this crucial hour in the history of Australia we need to pray that what is hidden in the detail will be exposed. One tiny statement in the small print can undermine all the big promise statements made.

Dishonest government must be exposed. That which is hidden must come to the light.
There are dishonest, corrupt power hungry ones who are out for promotion of their own views to the cost to the nation and it’s people. It is interesting to note the unlawful, dishonest practices of the media in England has been exposed. We would be naïve to think it does not happen here. We are seeing the downfall of one of the largest media moguls in the world. God is moving to expose corrupt practices. It is in fact an answer to prayer, and prophecy coming to pass. If our media can be bought we lose the truth coming to light. We need good balanced media that openly informs us as to what is the truth. It is about less ‘spin’, and more balanced facts informing us so we can make educated choices as to what we want to see happening in this nation.
This is not a time for the Australian people to sit down and just take what is happening to them as a ‘so be it’, ‘what will be will be.’
The saying ‘bad things happen because good people do nothing’ is apt for this time.
We should not be suspicious however we must question the decisions that are being made on our behalf so that we know the decisions are made for our best interests and not the interests of a loud minority.

We have a voice and now is the time to speak out. It is also time for the church of this nation to rise up and speak out. I know many are doing this and the Lord wants to encourage you to stand firm, and hold fast to Him. There is power in prayer. This is the time to declare that the unrighteous plans of man, out to do and bring harm, be exposed. Lord what is hidden, the corrupt practices, the lies and twisting of words to sway opinions for their own ends, that they be shown for what they really are, man’s selfish agenda to bring ultimate harm to this nation, in order to bring in unrighteous laws.

Psalm 5:1,2
Give ear to my words, O Lord,
Consider my meditation.
Give heed to the voice of my cry,
My King and my God,
For to You I will pray.

Hear the cry of Your people Lord, that which is hidden will be exposed!

(Prophetic word given on the 11 July 2011)