The document discusses how the present world resembles the vineyard described in Isaiah 5:1-7, 20-25. It summarizes an article about National Trust volunteers in the UK who objected to wearing badges supporting gay pride. The volunteers were initially barred from duties but then reinstated after objections. The document praises the courage of the volunteers for resisting having their principles dictated to them. It criticizes church leaders for failing to take a stand against secularizing trends promoting LGBT issues.

1. ULDAH MINISTRY
LETTER TO THE
BROTHERS AND
SISTERS IN CHRIST
【WHAT IS THE PRESENT WORLD,
THE AGE OF DECEIT LIKE?】
I will sing for the one I love a song about his
vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile
hillside. 2 He dug it up and cleared it of stones and
planted it with the choicest vines. He built a
watchtower in it and cut out a winepress as well. Then
he looked for a crop of good grapes, but it yielded only
bad fruit. 3 “Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and
people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.
4 What more could have been done for my vineyard
than I have done for it? When I looked for good
grapes, why did it yield only bad? 5 Now I will tell you
what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away
its hedge, and it will be destroyed; I will break down
its wall, and it will be trampled. 6 I will make it a
wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and briers
and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds
not to rain on it.”
7 The vineyard of the LORD Almighty is the nation
of Israel, and the people of Judah are the vines he
delighted in. And he looked for justice, but saw
bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard cries of
distress. …
20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,
who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who
put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. 21 Woe to
those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in
their own sight. 22 Woe to those who are heroes at
drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks, 23 who
acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the
innocent. 24 Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw
and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their
roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust;
for they have rejected the law of the LORD Almighty
and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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25 Therefore the LORD’s anger burns against his people; his hand is raised and he strikes
them down. The mountains shake, and the dead bodies are like refuse in the streets. Yet for all
this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised. ISAIAH 5:1-7, :20-25.
The song of the vineyard is one of the most passionate parables of the Lord, which Prophet
Isaiah puzzlingly and beguilingly introduced to a nation who had no ear to listen. Isaiah’s task
here is to expose the sins of his fellows and warn of judgment to come. It would be a very hard
task for him to confront his unsuspecting audience. What starts out as a love song soon turns into
a severe, unpleasant message. ‘My loved one’ is the Lord and ‘a vineyard’ is Judah (Israel). The
Lord lavishly cared for His vineyard only to find worthless wild grapes. In the following verses
from 8 to 19, Isaiah explains what bad fruits the vineyard has produced, beginning with six
repetitions of the term: ‘Woe to’.
After the introduction of the song, the Lord asks the audience, ‘dwellers in Jerusalem and
people of Judah’ for a verdict, and then He announces His decision to remove his protection over
them. Verse 7 is Isaiah’s interpretation of the Lord’s verdict. He loved the Lord so much that he
could identify very closely with His outrage and grief against the willful sinfulness of the nation.
He could literally share His heart, which is powerfully expressed in his use of language; ‘he
looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard cries of distress’ (Lines
added). The Hebrew sounds of the first pair of the lined words and also that of the second pair
were very similar, in which ‘justice’ is the righting of wrongs, while ‘bloodshed’ is the inflicting
of wrongs. ‘Righteous’ is right living and right relationships, while to ‘cry’ indicates wrong
relationships and the anguish of the oppressed, according to Motyer. J.A.’s comments. This is
exactly what we are seeing in today’s world, the age of deceit. The following article shows what
the present world is like.
The victory of National Trust volunteers who objected to wearing badges showing support for
gay pride was as welcome as it was unexpected – given the current politically correct climate. For
those outside the UK, the National Trust is charged with looking after many of the nation’s great estates,
particularly in cases where their upkeep is no longer economically viable for the original owners. Now,
following an outcry to a new directive barring volunteers from public-facing duties at a Norfolk stately home
if they refuse to wear the gay ‘rainbow’ symbol, over which dozens have quit, the Trust has backed down.
Unpaid staff at Felbrigg Hall had been offered behind-the-scenes roles after saying they were
“uncomfortable” with the idea – part of a six-week ‘Prejudice and Pride’ event marking 50 years since the
de-criminalisation of homosexuality. …The BBC and other media are milking the ‘golden’ anniversary for all
its worth, plaguing us with a veritable flood of gay propaganda - so much so that it seems hardly possible to
find alternative viewing. Their clear agenda is to heap this new morality on millions of people, forced to pay
for the ‘privilege’ with a hefty license fee. That is bad enough, but when the national body entrusted with the
immense privilege of looking after vast swathes of our magnificent cultural and historical heritage takes up
the same baton, for which they have absolutely no mandate (neither does the BBC, for that matter), things
have gone too far. The courage of the National Trust workers is to be applauded. It shows there is still a
remnant of decent folk – whether Christians or not - who have decided against having their hard-fought
freedoms, principles and consciences dictated to any longer. The shame is that our spineless church
leaders failed to lead the way in what could be the beginning of a fight-back for a recovery of Christian
standards. …(http://prophecytoday.uk/comment/society-politics/item/790-workers-revolt-against-gay-pride.html)
This article above by Charles Gardner introduces a case in which workers boldly revolted
against a trend of promoting the homosexual legacy linked with some of country houses. It also
includes another decent folk’s voice: ‘One of the biggest challenges hitting the church right now is the
storm of secularism and humanism with its LGBT and transgender movements … The word of God is clear,
concise and unambiguous: no sexually immoral person will have a place in the kingdom of heaven. Also
among those denied entry to God’s eternal dwelling … “all liars”... willfully pursue what is in opposition to
God’s will and practice it with pride. So it should be no surprise the LGBT movements hold what they call
“pride” festivals… And church leaders who advocate in favour of such iniquity will be judged more harshly’.