It has been commonly reported by several sources that SIX soldiers and LEOs of the United States died this week.
The backlash and ripple effects from the Capitol Riots (see related blog on this historical event) continue to be felt with five confirmed deaths arrests on-going: https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2021/01/08/us-capitol-riot-dead-injured-arrested-dc-police-maryland-latest/
Also, POTUS turned on Pence in the midst of it all: https://news.sky.com/story/us-election-donald-trump-turns-on-mike-pence-as-he-refuses-to-intervene-in-election-result-12180953
What got a LOT of attention was how tolerant the LEOs were towards these primarily WHITE MEN who were committing atrocious, treasonous acts of violence: https://www.npr.org/2021/01/07/954568499/protests-in-white-and-black-and-the-different-response-of-law-enforcement?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews
Juxtaposed to Black Lives Matter protests this past year in response to police brutality. You can refer to pretty much every Week In Review during the summer months for more information on that.
Then there was the “Foreign Reaction” to this hot mess on our soil: https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/us-capitol-riot-donald-trump-protests-foreign-reaction/?__twitter_impression=true
GodSmack!
The Pope’s personal doctor has died of COVID-19 complications: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/01/10/popes-doctor-dies-covid-complications/ let that sink in for a second, as you recall that ONLY JESUS CHRIST or a true servant of Him has ever brought a human back from the dead!
Japan’s Prime Minister has declared an emergency and to stop the spread of COVID-19 in a month: https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Japan-PM-declares-emergency-vows-to-control-COVID-in-month
While USA has registered the highest number of deaths yet from the virus: https://apnews.com/article/us-news-pandemics-california-coronavirus-pandemic-5d120f6273dc8ec89e3f60df98b9f5f7
An Indonesian passenger air plane crashed this week: https://globalnews.ca/news/7565674/indonesia-passenger-jet-missing/amp/?__twitter_impression=true there were at least 62 souls on that plane!
As we bid farewell to 2020, for real, consider this information on the BILLIONS OF DOLLARS lost via the numerous GodSmacks from last year: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/01/08/billion-dollar-disasters-2020/#click=https://t.co/yCgXHXwvNP
Malachi 2:2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay [it] to heart.