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South Africa's Land Confiscation
Commentary by Richard T. RitenbaughSouth Africa's parliament passed a motion for land expropriation from white farmers without compensation. This confiscation forms an integral part of the ruling African National Congress government's platform. The motion passed to begin the process of amending the country's constitution to allow confiscation of white-owned land without compensation. In one version of the proposal the government owns the land after confiscation and allocates it through bureaucrats to those deemed in need. A similar policy occurred in Zimbabwe where the president decided on fast-track land reform and declared that white settlers took the land without paying so it could be taken from them without paying. Farms were not given to black farm managers or workers. More than a million farm workers and dependents were displaced. Beneficiaries of the seizures were ruling-party officials and associates of the president. These elites lacked experience and equipment to operate the farms. Agricultural production declined sharply with maize yields falling from more than 1.5 million tons annually to 500,000 tons. Wheat production fell from 309,000 tons to 27,000 tons. Tobacco production dropped from 265,000 tons to 66,000 tons. Gross domestic product declined by half. Inflation rose 7600 percent. Unemployment reached 80 percent. Life expectancy fell to age 34 for women and 36 for men. The same pattern of land seizures has begun in South Africa.
The Obsolescing Right
CGG Weekly by Richard T. RitenbaughGod allows us to own things under Him to teach us lessons pertaining to stewardship so that we can learn to be more like Him and eventually exercise rulership.
God, Socialism, and Offerings
Sermonette by John W. RitenbaughSocialism is enforced slavery to government, founded on no religious principle, but on the poisonous fruits of 'progressive' humanism.
Mightier Than The Sword (Part Seventeen)
Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)Legions of 'progressive' humanist academics of American and European universities have proclaimed Marx the most influential voice of the last millennium.
The Eighth Commandment
'Personal' from John W. RitenbaughThe eighth commandment seems so simple: You shall not steal. Yet, it seems that just about everyone on earth has his hand in someone else's pocket!
In the Wake of an Unnatural Disaster (Part Twelve)
Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)One of the most egregious thefts conducted by the federal government was to buy up millions of acres of land, something disallowed by the Constitution.
Housing and Property Redistribution
Commentary by Martin G. CollinsThe United Nations Agenda 21 plan recommends the confiscation of private property for the sake of an equitable economic and social system.
The Eighth Commandment
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)Though God indicts Gentile nations for violent crimes, He indicts Israelitish nations for untrustworthiness and their tendency to defraud or misrepresent.
The Eighth Commandment (1997)
'Personal' from John W. RitenbaughWe can steal by burglary, larceny, embezzlement, robbery, shoplifting, or plagiarizing. We can defraud, hold up, lift, loot, pinch, pilfer, snatch and swindle.
The Year of Release
Sermonette by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)The land Sabbath is a type of the weekly Sabbath, wherein the land is given time to regenerate, and all debts (and grudges) are forgiven and slaves set free.
Is America Being Re-Colonized?
Commentary by Martin G. CollinsThe debt compiled by the United States government is beginning to be collected by the Chinese, who have been buying up massive parcels of real estate.
The Other Great Tribulation
'Prophecy Watch' by Charles WhitakerWe have anticipated the coming of the end-time Great Tribulation. However, there was a historical great tribulation, similar to what has happened in the U.S.
Deuteronomy and Holiness
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)God has provided the God-plane marriage relationship to teach us how to submit to one another, sacrificing our self-centeredness for the benefit of our spouse.
The Insatiable Seizing
Commentary by Martin G. CollinsThe American family farm has become an endangered institution as business interests purchase parcels of land as investments, driving up prices.
Leadership and Covenants (Part Eighteen)
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)God based the promises He gave to His friend Abraham on the patriarch's proclivity to believe Him even when he had only partial (and disturbing) information.