Good and bad kings. Major and minor prophets. The Old Testament of the Holy Bible is filled with them. Who were they and how were they assigned to one or the other?

Why should we even care in today’s world?

Let’s look at a couple of summaries that are generally accepted. First, a short summary of their kings.

Good Kings And Bad Kings In The Bible

Next, information about their major and minor prophets.

https://www.gotquestions.org/major-minor-prophets.html

It seems the classifying is different for prophets. The classifications are simply based on book subject length and the range of the content it covers. Many of these prophets lived during periods of multiple kings. Israel is known for its good and bad kings as well as for their prophets. As we read we learn the nation flourished with the good kings who heeded the wisdom of the prophets of their day, who were the mouthpieces of God. Things went straight downhill when they did not. We also learn that even the good kings mucked it up at times. When that happened the prophets brought the Lord’s word to them in rebuke and straighten them out with varying levels of success.

How does that concept work with America? How has it gone historically with us? Since we exist within the providence of God, it would be a good confirmation to see a similar pattern.

It all led me to think about periods in American history where great progress was made as a culture and society. Great leaders seemed to incubate the good until We the People ran with it and excellence abounded. Then I focused on the bad times. We have had our share of those as well. We do not have to go back any further than two years ago to see a miserable, deadly period of great destruction along with national abandonment of faith, morality and good sense in our history. I can only imagine young Americans looking at our generations as miserable losers for a time in our nation’s history. Yet, so has it gone many times in our now over 400 years of existence as a developing nation in this land.

The common denominators in our history appear to be good and bad leaders along with whose counsel they keep. Fortunately, our founding fathers chose We the People to be the guardrails for our collective fates. Our period of We the People patriots have learned that we should never abandon our posts as watch guards over our representative republic.

American Leadership

Because there is so much historical information to review we all can come up with our own scorecards relating to the performance of Presidents. Yours may be substantially different from mine and that is OK. We all have different parameters and areas of importance. However, who were the prophets, secular or people of God; the important counselors of our leaders? Who were willing to tell the POTUS and top officials of the day the hard stuff; that they were wrong, misguided, or even right over target despite the chaos and turmoil? Who were the advisors in matters of intellect, wisdom and faith in regards to living and thriving as a nation under God’s providence?

Where do we find ourselves today?

These thoughts about our national leadership past, present and future naturally led to thoughts about reviewing a recent X post that was reposted on a Daily Thread in May.

The observations below are from a native South African with dual citizenship in Canada who came to America in 1992 via Canada as a young man with dreams. He enrolled at Penn and later at Stanford before entering the tech sector and focusing on business activities. In 2002 he became an American citizen.

I agree with Dustin below, it turns out he understands America better than the vast majority of Congressional members and bureaucrats who pledged oaths to serve America ever have.

Elon Musk just defended America better than every politician in Washington combined.

Musk: “After World War 2, the US could have basically taken over the world and any country. Like we got nukes, nobody else got nukes. We don’t even have to lose soldiers. Which country do you… pic.twitter.com/gwoDSfBpFu

— Dustin (@r0ck3t23) May 13, 2026

Elon Musk just defended America better than every politician in Washington combined.

Musk: “After World War 2, the US could have basically taken over the world and any country. Like we got nukes, nobody else got nukes. We don’t even have to lose soldiers. Which country do you want?”

One nation on earth held a weapon nobody else had.

Total dominance.

Zero competition.

No risk of retaliation.

Every empire in history that held that kind of advantage used it.

Rome. The Mongols. The British. The Ottomans.

They conquered until they collapsed. America had a bigger advantage than all of them combined.

And it rebuilt the countries it just defeated.

Musk: “The United States actually helped rebuild countries. So it helped rebuild Europe, it helped rebuild Japan. This is very unusual behavior, almost unprecedented.”

Almost unprecedented?

It had never happened before. Not once in 5,000 years of recorded history.

The Marshall Plan wasn’t foreign aid.

It was the most radical act of restraint any superpower ever committed.

America turned its enemies into allies. Turned rubble into economies. Turned surrender into partnership.

Germany went from ashes to the economic engine of Europe in a generation.

Japan went from unconditional surrender to the third largest economy on earth.

Three years after the war, America was flying food into Berlin.

A city in the heart of the nation that just tried to destroy it.

That’s not policy.

That’s a civilization deciding what it is at the exact moment it has the power to be anything.

You’re being told a story right now.

That America is the villain of history.

You hear it everywhere. Media. Universities. Social platforms.

Musk: “There’s always like, well America’s done bad things. Well of course America’s done bad things, but one needs to look at the whole track record.”

Every nation on earth has dark chapters. Every single one.

The difference is what a country does when nobody can stop it.

And when nobody could stop America, it fed its enemies and rebuilt their cities.

Musk: “The history of China suggests that China is not acquisitive. Meaning they’re not going to go out and invade a whole bunch of countries.”

Probably right.

China has historically built walls, not fleets.

But the real question isn’t about borders anymore.

We’re approaching a moment that mirrors 1945 in ways nobody has fully processed yet.

AI is going to give a handful of people a power advantage that makes nuclear monopoly look quaint.

If someone is going to hold that kind of power, who do you want it to be?

The country that conquered when it could? Or the one that rebuilt when it didn’t have to?

Every alliance. Every trade route. Every economy.

Billions lifted out of poverty.

All of it traces back to one act of restraint that had never been done before.

And carries no guarantee of being repeated.

The most powerful thing America ever did wasn’t building the bomb.

It was what it didn’t do after.

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The discussion above led to me considering the new global war that is well underway that #45-47 is focused on our nation winning and how it folds under the umbrella of God’s providence. This war is not being fought on a traditional battlefield with weapons of violence. However, it can prove to be even more lethal to mankind.

Providential Restoration & The New Frontier Of AI

For the most part we can probably agree on and list the major counselors who #45-47 trusts for input in various areas of expertise. Today, we will just focus on the one above. He is not a prophet, however, he does see a future of where mankind could go. As a result he exists as a counselor to PDT and captain of industry who appears to be playing for the white hats.

In various pursuits Elon Musk possesses much intelligence and wisdom about the world in which we live. We can only imagine how behind the 8 ball we would be without his purchase and clean out of Twitter. Next, just imagine if he had the same devotion to Jesus Christ as he does for his other endeavors; the influence on our younger generations would be off the charts. Well, maybe even that subject has been evolving in a positive direction.

https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-15375315/atheist-Elon-Musk-faith-God.html

I pray that his seeking truth in matters of creation, God, Jesus, faith, and all of the interconnections of same continues with Elon. Regardless, I remain thankful for the good he is doing for We the People and the world. I am happy he chose to be on our side of things and an important resource and counselor to #45-47.

Being under the Providence of God means adherence to doing things the Lord’s way and trusting Him to provide. Since The Word tells us that He desires none to be lost, it would seem likely that a nation who decided at its founding to specifically live under God’s Providence would do exactly as Elon Musk stated above. That same regard for His created beings that God commanded did go on and be reflected by our nation’s actions even during grave conflicts.

Like the path #45-47 has charted with the evil Islamist, fascist leadership in Iran currently when many of his advisors and We the People want him to finish the evil doers off with great malice and intent.

But how does all of that relate to AI and patriot Elon?

For some who have not yet grasped the importance, plan to limit their personal AI involvement, or want it all to just go away magically; do you now understand why America has to be the leader in AI? We cannot allow an evil world around us that is disinterested in following God’s commands to dictate the rules of engagement. They would set those rules and conditions for their total benefit and control at the expense of mankind’s good.. To permit it would be disobedient to God’s will and provision for us as a nation. It is our self determined role per our founding to be the ark for the righteous of God, yet, still provide a path of reconciliation and restoration for those who would oppose us. If the opposition refuses to walk the righteous path they will be doomed by their own choices just as the evil in Noah’s day I discussed in last week’s daily thread.

Chyna and Russia are deeply connected with the fascists ruling Iran as well as other like nations. Chyna needs Iranian oil to continue their own manufacturing based activities as well as AI development in their attempts to become a communist (Godless) led military superpower. That cannot be allowed to happen anymore than allowing Iran to have nukes and the ICBM’s to deploy them. It will not matter how high gas prices hit if Chyna and Iran get their ways. As the threats are contained, gas prices are already dropping overnight and with them food and product prices in a relatively short period of time – while wage rates steadily increase (think about it).

Elon has high security clearances and many years of working with national defense as well as industrial, space exploration, tech and scientific projects. We the People need a design gatekeeper for AI and its applications. Anybody want to guess who will be the most comprehensive and reliable developer of the technology and applications when and where it matters most?

Just a hint if you do not yet grasp it – use Grok.

Should the physical tunnel between Russia and Alaska transpire as assigned leadership in both countries has discussed, who do we know that owns a dominant “Boring Company” that could handle our side of it at a much lower cost than anticipated? Yup – that guy. Below is a locally discussed, recent proposal in my neck of the woods.

https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/2026/03/11/gatlinburg-knoxville-boring-company-tunnel/89070172007

AI helps make those type projects and other endeavors feasible at a much lower cost. It is going to radically change how things are done in America as well as the world. AI simply shifts some people out of jobs that are becoming obsolete while forcing the job seekers to focus on jobs in industries and endeavors where people are still the best resource.

Mankind has seen this throughout history, like when blacksmiths were retrained into car mechanics. You don’t have to like it, but you do need to deal with its effects.

There will be far less paper shufflers and bean counters – the “analysts and “assistant” whatevers. You can somewhat track the scope and direction of the federal changes by following the U. S. DOGE Service website. The design and implementation of the federal government’s new operations platform is well underway and it will incorporate AI similar to nearly all of the larger businesses in the world. Expect states to complete similar initiatives that dovetail into federal reporting and operational requirements. Over time it will be important to all business employers.

https://www.usds.gov

In my opinion by the time #47 and the Elon established DOGE are done, the federal workforce at minimum will be cut by well over half from its former 2.7 million employees on the payroll beginning at the start of his term. This will be due to installing this modern operating system that utilizes AI instead of the current long since antiquated COBOL driven Model T version. Doing so eliminates make-work paper shuffling as well as fake analytical and clerical jobs that are given to political party operatives and their family members. That is well over a million people who will need to find work doing things that only humans can do. Perhaps they need to be taking a hard look at their futures and how they should prepare, which is the same way it works for the rest of us non-government employed type people. Those displaced by AI can have great opportunities and futures in roles where people cannot be replaced. Compensation and benefits will only increase for all folks once illegals, inefficiencies, criminality and so forth are squeezed out of our economy.

Which leads to DHS, ICE, VP Vance’s Fraud task force, DOJ and so on doing what needs to be done.

Conclusion

AI should be built the way the Lord would have it be built, to benefit His creation and people. For this point in history that includes using capitalistic principles that have developed in God’s America. Will we screw it up at times – probably. However, if we can keep our eyes on the prize of pleasing God by building guardrails, legitimate legal protections, and arrest/convict offenders it can be done right. We the People must insist and make sure it goes that way. If we disengage we can be assured the black hats will make mischief and win. We have seen up front and personal how that can go and destroy a nation that loses sight of its place under God’s providence.

Patriots should never again shirk from their duties and succumb to the psyops of those who would destroy our great nation. In fact, we should even incorporate trustworthy AI into making sure that never happens.

May God’s will be done.

Remember Wolf’s site rules. Note and label all AI. Please be kind to one another, we are all in this together. May God richly bless America and all of you.

Before all things – In God We Trust. Also, trust Trump and the plan as it includes God’s will.

As a Christian citizen of America, I am a devout supporter American capitalism. Below you will learn why I feel that way. Feel free to post your own opinions and thoughts.

American Capitalism

American exceptionalism prevails in most endeavors. One of the chief ways is through our adherence to capitalistic principles. The definition of capitalism per Wiki states:

Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and its use for the purpose of obtaining profit.

They go on to explain it is a socioeconomic system that developed historically in several stages.

Investopedia defines it as,

Capitalism is an economic system where private individuals or businesses own capital goods, and the free market controls the production of goods and services.

Merriam-Webster,

An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market.

I tend to agree with them. The definitions complement each other.

With #47 restoring our economic engine that is being driven primarily by energy, manufacturing, tech and agriculture; it took less than a year to become the “hottest country” after decades of languishing in the consumer driven service sector world of retail, restaurants and lodging facilities. Meanwhile Chyna had ascended on the worldwide stage while buying our uniparty politicians.

This gave enemies of capitalism the opening they needed. They love to point to the excesses and abuses while ignoring the far worse excesses and abuses of the other systems they support. Those detractors will never support America because there has never been a more powerful, successful economy in world history. It is interesting that we find many of the detractors in the halls of formerly trusted academia. Hence, PDT hammering their own misdeeds with the legal tools made available to him by the law.

When one considers our relatively short life as a nation, our economic performance during periods when we got serious about it is nothing short of astounding. In the current period, over $18 Trillion Dollars in capital investments invested into our nation is the tale of the tape.

That is a big deal.

The economic needs of mankind have historically been served best when participants are incentivized to perform at their highest levels. In no other economic system does that occur more successfully than in capitalism. The economic performance, innovation, and quality of life in our country are unmatched anywhere when we remain true to the principles of it and our founding documents. So it seems we only need to check and see what The Author of The Book has to say about it to defend against all other challenges.

Providential restoration of America is at stake.

What The Bible Says

Let’s start with this link to gain perspective,

https://www.gotquestions.org/capitalism-Bible.html

Next, we should focus on applicable scripture. Credit to biblehub.com as well for their take on the issue. NASB is used for scripture clarity.

Godly Direction

Genesis 1:28 – God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Genesis 2:15 – Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and tend it.

Proverbs 10:4 – Poor is one who works with a lazy hand, But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

The three verses above establish what God wants man to do with His creation. He first placed mankind in control of all of the earth. The assignment was huge and it would require mankind to do as commanded by God. For now, ignore the result that surfaced later in the Garden of Eden. The original assignment was to populate and subdue the planet. To do that man had to go to work. Man was then assigned to tend and cultivate the Garden. It was a direct assignment. Fast forward thousands of years later and we read another scripture in Proverbs that confirms diligent work produces riches while being lazy makes one poor. In that we also learn that some people are rich and some are poor along with everything in between. Everybody is not the same when it comes to earthly wealth.

All of which tells us it is a directive of God to work hard. Gaining wealth is an offshoot and the amount is determined by God’s will. We are to share the bounty in God’s way. There is nothing inherently wrong with gaining wealth by working hard and smart. It is a much more preferable result over being lazy or undisciplined, which are conditions opposed to God’s will.

Private Property

Note that private property exists in a temporal sense. Individuals and governments do not own everything; God does. He makes the rules.

Leviticus 25:23 – The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, because the land is Mine; for you are only strangers and residents with Me.

Exodus 20:15 – You shall not steal.

Matthew 25:14-30 – The Parable of the Talents. The reader is invited to review the linked scripture as it is too long to restate here.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2025:14-30&version=NASB

In Israel during the time of Christ, a talent was a unit of measurement used when weighing gold or silver for use as money. A talent weighed about 75 pounds. That’s a lot of gold and great wealth.

With these verses we learn we own nothing. God owns it all. While working we are instructed not to steal another person’s property, which first implies people own rights to property that has value. We also learn people work for others who have amassed wealth, who entrust their workers to increase their assets (profits) that aligns with responsibility toward God. So, wealth multiplication from what God has provided is an expectation. When we do so we are being accountable to Him and meeting our responsibility.

As stated previously while here in this world, we hold rights to property. For example, the promise of land was a covenant God had with ancient Israel. In ancient times, there were even provisions (ex. – the year of Jubilee) for families to receive property back that had been sold or mortgaged or otherwise lost in previous years. The lesson to buyers and investors was the property should be held loosely and for the purpose of providing necessities of life, that God has the ultimate ownership. In the business world in America today there is an old expression that is still true, never fall in love with real estate. Always be prepared to sell it or lose it. Times change, values change, conflicts happen. Bankruptcy courts, divorce courts and cemeteries are filled with people who ignored this principle.

Work

Deuteronomy 8:18 – But you are to remember the LORD your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, in order to confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

Proverbs 12:11 – One who works his land will have plenty of bread, But one who pursues worthless things lacks sense.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 – For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.

Again, gaining wealth is given as a worthy objective, just remember from whom it originates. To have, you must work. However, the degree of success you have while doing so is determined by the will of God. This is followed by the admonition that if you have the ability to work and are not willing to do so, you receive nothing. We need more pandering, power seeking politicians to take that last one to heart as they are circumventing direct orders from the Almighty. Giving away wealth to unworthy people or stealing the wealth God has permitted His people to accumulate is probably not what He wants to see done per scripture. There will repercussions for doing so.

Gaining, Sharing, Social Responsibility

Leviticus 23:22 – ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the needy and the stranger. I am the LORD your God.’”

Deuteronomy 24:19 – When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you are not to go back to get it; it shall belong to the stranger, the orphan, and to the widow, in order that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

Acts 2:44-45 – And all the believers were together and had all things in common; and they would sell their property and possessions and share them with all, to the extent that anyone had need.

I Timothy 6:10 – For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

We know from many scriptures that Abraham and Job among others were very wealthy. We know that both were faithful to God and did not become greedy and selfish. We know a number of followers of Jesus also had wealth that was used to support Him in His ministry. They shared their wealth and never turned away from Him even in bad times. We learn God expects those who have food, shelter and wealth to share it where there are needs. It is a condition to receiving His continued blessing of their work. We also see that when it comes to going into the world and sharing the Gospel, we should be willing to part with our worldly possessions if needed to support and make it happen. Add in that we must never love money, that it can become the cause of much grief and sorrow. Money is a tool to be used in accordance with the will of God.

Ethics

Proverbs 20:23 – Differing weights are an abomination to the LORD, And a false scale is not good.

James 5:1-4 – Come now, you rich people, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. Your gold and your silver have corroded, and their corrosion will serve as a testimony against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure! Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of armies.

This one is simple – don’t cheat others and don’t think your wealth will save you from judgment. You screw people over and it will backfire on you bigly. Deal with others fairly or face the wrath of God.

Capitalism Is Supported

This is just a sampling. There are many more scriptures that establish personal ownership of property and working to materially increase wealth ethically and to further God’s kingdom on earth. It seems the philosophy of win-win in economic dealings prevails in the Bible. All who are able to work, should work for the common good when it comes to the interconnection of capitalism and Christianity.

Without question capitalism as an economic system has been around going back into Old Testament Biblical times. Archaeological digs and historical documents reveal fair dealing matters. They used standardized weighting systems as an example. Wealth was easy to measure and observe through possessions and status in society. Ancient manuscripts describing work, wealth and stewardship are detailed and accurate.

There are no stated prohibitions in scripture concerning a capitalistic system, only against evil and sin committed while doing it. One potential conflict is relating to usury, which is charging exorbitant interest for loans. The Old Testament prohibits charging interest, the New Testament notes its use and prohibits excessive interest charges. The difference is simply related to the evolution of economic systems over many centuries. The intent was to prevent people from taking excessive advantage over one another.

Work and rewards for doing so well were expected. There are serious admonitions against greed, abuse of workers, cheating, laziness and putting wealth before God and others. The expectation is stated to do well with what you have and been charged to do while being compassionate with others, support the work of the Lord, and always be righteous and ethical in dealings.

As a result we can conclude that capitalism as a system in America and possibly in other nations around the world typically complies with Biblical principles. Forces that work against are not compatible with America or Christianity. Capitalism was the economic system of America at its founding when our nation was defined by the founders as being under the providence of God. It has become a growing force for good throughout the world. Americans are the most giving, charitable people on the planet and it is not even close. Our nation is not without faults and errors, but correcting them is The American Way.

This understanding tells us to challenge and remove anybody or anything that stands in the way of its fruitful exercise. Pocahontas, AOC, Mamdani and Bernie can kick rocks. For us to be providentially restored we must isolate and remove the forces aligned against us by remaining faithful to God and country. Other systems and beliefs are not compatible with The Way or The American Way, which has yielded the greatest nation in world history.

The will of God be done.

Just a reminder,

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