[TheRealThing]

I have been in my lifetime, impressed by what I believe to have been a growing contempt as expressed by the media against the conservative right. Further, I believe the adage, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" best describes the unholy political alliance between the media and the Democrat Party. In saying that, I do not mean to infer that any one individual from among either entity is in any way irretrievable from the perspective of our Lord. I believe they are just as reachable as any. Their activities taken together however, even by way of the most cursory of honest review of same, reveals a stand against Christianity that is undeniable.

I have characterized the growing of collective contempt as being symptomatic of the struggle of good versus evil, but stopping at that point is to miss the forest for the sake of looking at the trees. It is important therefore to consider what the end game of said contempt could mean for our country and the world, because as mentioned in the thread starter, liberalism (which denies God's hands-on involvement in the affairs of men) is a world wide concern. Most notably by way of example in my mind, may be seen in the views of our two closest allies, England and Israel. These views are as expressed in our news broadcasts, in which English born ideologues employed by US news outlets fit right in with their American brothers-in-arms. The same is applicable to lesser degree in the case of the Jewish media, though they are no less driven.

Said media groups regularly deny or don't report the foment and upheaval which plague societies around the world, while they celebrate what is perceived to be man's evolution. Obama called such 21st Century thinking, which I believe requires the cafeteria approach in being selective about the things one is willing to consider. All of these things taken together amount to a kind of welcomed propaganda, or in other words, men's preference to believe a lie.

But as mentioned, it is important to discern where the contempt, the stand against authority, will take us.
Revelation 19:19-21 (KJV)
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

The scene above is the real account of man's last stand against the authority of God Himself. The armies of men are led by no less than Antichrist and his false prophet, who are the first to be cast into the lake of fire.

I confess it is difficult to consider that men will actually meet on the battlefield in an effort to defeat God, and though the defiance of men legalizing homosexuality may today seem a far cry from all out war, that is where all this is taking us. And after all, does not God say that in the last days men will be despisers of those that are good? 2 Timothy 3:2-3 (KJV)
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

There is a reason that men despise those that are good, and that is because they insist on measuring themselves against other men, when the only standard of measurement recognized by God is that of the Lord Jesus.

At one time relative to the verse in Timothy above, I did not recognize the significance of the word 'fierce,' and of it's placement in the text. Men will be fierce, otherwise how could they presume to face off against the forces of God? No, what we are witnessing in this day is far greater in scope than mere rhetoric or politics as usual. It is the culmination of man's rebellion. And if we would be honest, we would see the acceptance of every religion except one. Christianity. Not that Christ can be defeated, He will rule, and we with Him, forever.