August
of last year, my friend thought most FB readers deemed as “naïve” my insight I
laid out in my ATABAY blog “What Do I See? Looking at Things Differently with
Spiritual Eyeglasses” as excerpted below:
The
Future
Question: Why did God give PH, the “Light of Asia”
(Pope John Paul II prayer) a ruler who insulted Pope Francis and called God
stupid?
Answer: “[God] PUNISHED [His people] by delivering
them to their attackers…” (2 Kings 17:20, emphasis mine); “When God wants to
judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.” (John Calvin). Cardinal Sin
affirmed Calvin’s assertion with Marcos [Sr.] and his Martial Law as Exhibit A.
Thus, to punish, God has given PH such kind of ruler today.
Why? 1 in 4 Pinoys is below the poverty line. PH, for
being the “Light of Asia,” has angered God as He was with Sodom that “DID NOT
HELP THE POOR.” (Ezekiel 16:49, emphasis mine)
What will happen in the next election? If God is still
angry, He will give us another Punisher. Time Magazine’s cover of our [present]
ruler’s image labeled as “The Punisher” has captured the whole essence of this
insight.
Covid-19
as Catalyst
The Covid-19 pandemic has been purifying Pinoys as
God’s people. If God’s anger turns into mercy, on the day of the election, with
Pinoys blaming our [present] ruler for their pandemic suffering, PH will have a
new ruler, not another punisher, but a restorer.
Let’s figure this out based on the present situation.
Question 1: On May 9, will God be still angry, or will
his anger turn into mercy?
Scriptural Basis: “If my people, who are called by my
name will humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their
wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sins and I
will heal their land.” (2 Chronicle 7:14)
Question 2: On May 9, will Filipinos have humbled
themselves, prayed and sought His face, and turned from their wicked ways?
If so, on May 9, how will this happen? Filipino
voters, at least the majority, will have received the Holy Spirit Gift of
Discernment that graces them with the ability to recognize what comes from the
good or evil spirit (1 Corinthians 12:10).
What
comes from the evil spirit? The Most Reverend Antonio J. Ledesma, archbishop
emeritus of Cagayan de Oro enumerated the following major moral issues against
Marcos Jr.
1. PLUNDER AND CORRUPTION CHARGES. “$683 Million (or
P34 billion) worth of assets in various Swiss banks declared as ill-gotten
wealth, based on a July 2003 Supreme Court decision.” (Inquirer.net)
2. UNPAID ESTATE TAXES. “In 1991, the BIR assessed the
amount of P23.3 billion in estate taxes on the estate left by the dictator
Marcos. Marcos Jr. is the administrator of the estate of his father. He has
ignored the collection notices since then. The total now due of the estate
taxes and the interest and surcharges thereon is P203.8 billion.” (Ex-Chief
Justice Hilario Davide Jr.)
3. TAX EVASION AND MORAL TURPITUDE. “I find that the
Respondent’s repeated and persistent non-filing of income tax returns in 1982,
1983, 1984, and 1985, which resulted in his conviction, constitutes an offense
involving moral turpitude;… the fact that these omissions were repeated,
persistent and consistent, is reflective already of a conscious design and
intent to avoid a positive duty under the law and intent to evade the taxes
due.” (Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon)
4. NO REMORSE FOR MARTIAL LAW ATROCITIES. “Marcos Jr.
has shown no remorse for all the atrocities, evils, and iniquities Marcos Sr.
committed during Martial Law years. He repeatedly said that he will not
apologize for these because he was still very young then to know them. This is
not true. Upon the proclamation of Martial Law, he was already a bright man of
15 years.” (Ex-Chief Justice Davide Jr.)
5. DELIBERATE AND WIDESPREAD DISINFORMATION. “We are
appalled by the blatant and subtle distortion, manipulation, cover-up,
repression, and abuse of the truth, like historical revisionism, the
proliferation of fake news and false stories; disinformation.” (Catholic
Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines)
6. TROLL ARMY. “[Marcos Jr.] has engaged the services
of consultants and social media experts on the ‘brand rehabilitation’ of the
Marcos name. Aided by an army of paid trolls, he has conducted his electoral
campaign, in large part, on a strategy of misinformation that seeks to mislead
rather than clarify.” (Prof. E. Garcia)
Add to the above: the ineptitude of PRRD’s rule – the
father of Marcos Jr.’s running mate.
“Why did Covid-19 affect our country so much compared
to our neighbors? Because we were very late in imposing a travel ban on China…
We have no mass testing and effective contact tracing. We incurred the highest
foreign loans among Asian countries, but we have nothing much to show for it
except the record for having the longest lockdown in the world. Meanwhile, the
number of infected and dead continue to rise. And many people are out of work
as more businesses are closing. Many countrymen are struggling just to put food
on the table.” (Ed Dames, Letters to the Editor, Inquirer)
So,
on May 9, having received the Holy Spirit Gift of Discernment that graces with
the ability in recognizing what comes from the good or evil spirit,
subsequently recognizing the above Marcos Jr. moral issues as coming from the
evil spirit while blaming PRRD as the cause of their pandemic suffering, the
Filipino voters, at least the majority, will reject Marcos Jr. – another
punisher – and vote instead for his antithesis VP Leni – the new restorer – who
will restore good governance, decency, integrity, transparency, and
accountability, among others.
On
the contrary, surveys showing Marcos Jr. as a frontrunner and predicting his
win on May 9, imply that majority of Filipinos will not humble themselves, will
not pray and seek His face, and will not turn from their wicked ways.
Subsequently, God will not hear from heaven, He will not forgive their sins and
He will not heal their land. Having not received the Holy Spirit Gift of
Discernment, the majority of Filipino voters will not be graced with the
ability to recognize what comes from the good or evil spirit. Marcos Jr.’s
moral issues will not matter to them. They will vote for him.
Then,
the Philippines will come full circle bringing to fruition John Calvin’s forewarning
about God, in wanting to judge a nation, He will give them wicked rulers. Cardinal
Sin’s affirmation may hit two birds with one stone: “When God wants to punish a
people, He gives them unjust rulers. Like Marcos [Sr.].” This time, that may be
the dictator’s son.
Just
as FB readers, eight months ago, referred to my above insight as “naïve,” so
too the world has deemed God’s mysterious ways as foolish, as cited in this
Bible passage:
“God has chosen what the world considers foolish to
shame the wise; He has chosen what the world considers weak to shame the
strong. God has chosen common and unimportant people, making use of what is
nothing to nullify the things that are, so that no mortal may boast before
God.” (1 Corinthians 1:27-29)
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