Cruelty in the 20th and 21st centuries

Date: May 14, 2025 (R).

References:

Proverbs 3:27-35; Galatians 6:9,10; John 11:35; Jonah 1:1-3,7-12; Luke 11:2.

What is cruelty?

Is it just beating someone senseless till they pass out or they are nearly dead? Is it crucifixion on a cross, just as JESUS was crucified? Is it scourging someone (whipping a person with hooks to pull flesh out of the body) to inflict immense, intense, physical pain? Is only physical torture cruelty?

These are all über forms of cruelty.

Is it cruelty when someone is found to be starving, and is near to death, because of extreme emaciation, that the victim looks like they’ve been in a Nazi concentration camp, or someone who came out of a warzone, or from a famine-stricken region?

Is waterboarding and other forms of government “approved” torture techniques in prisons, against innocent victims of evil regimes, cruelty?

Is it cruelty to keep wild animals in a zoo or in malls, for decades, for the entertainment of mankind, without giving them the freedom to roam the wild, as G-D created them to do so? Is it cruelty to cage birds and clip certain parts of their wings (feathers), so that they can never fly away?

What indeed is cruelty?

Are you cruel to others? Have you ever been cruel to others, knowingly? Unknowingly?

Repent to G-D if you have ever done so, now.

Seek forgiveness from G-D MOST HIGH now.

Pray to G-D to forgive you for your cruelty(s) to your neighbor(s). Otherwise, in the next life, you will pay dearly for your wickedness done against fellow man. G-D will not let it go, even if you have forgotten about it. Repent to G-D now, before it’s too late for you.

Is cruelty knowingly bullying, mocking someone to the point, that they hate their life and think about killing themselves? Or the victim starts cutting themselves? Or they start pulling their hair out?

When the abuse goes too far, the victims really do kill themselves many times. Some victims jump in front of a moving train; some hang themselves in their bedroom. Some victims take a gun and point it to their head and end their life with a gunshot wound. Some take overdoses of medications and kill themselves. Some jump off tall buildings or bridges and terminate their lives.

Whatever the method of suicide, the fact remains, the victims were abused. The victims were abused beyond what they could tolerate. And many times, no one around them knew of their abuse or cared to know of it. No one loved them enough to see it, intervene and stop the abuse.

What a tragedy.

What devastation.

Worse than the devastations of Gaza (in 2025).

In extreme cases, suicidal tendencies of one person have caused the deaths of many other unintentional victims. This is true in the airline industry. There have been airline pilots who were suicidal and crashed into the side of a mountain or into the sea, knowingly, killing hundreds of passengers along with them:

Example A:
Example B:
- Source 1: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanwings_Flight_9525];
- Source 2: [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32072220].

This is cruelty at the public (international) level.

There are also routine cases of murder-suicides in the US and other parts of the world, where a parent kills their child(ren) and sometimes, their pet(s) and spouse too. And once the killing spree is over, the perpetrator finally kills themself as well. Thus, one spouse ends up killing all/many members of an entire family, and/or, only one remaining member of a family survives. This is cruelty.

A famous example of such a murder-suicide took place in the small country of Nepal decades ago (2001), in the royal family, wiping out a majority of the people in line of succession to the royal Nepalese throne – Source: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepalese_royal_massacre]. Truly, insanity was showcased at its highest levels. This is cruelty.

In the 21^st century, man thinks of themselves as civilized people. Corporal punishment is banned and capital punishment (death penalty) abolished in many countries. So, has man truly abolished cruelty in the 21^st century?

Slavery is no longer accepted worldwide, in any nation that is part of the United Nations. Yet, there is still human trafficking, the sex trade, pedophilia rings, prostitution rings, animal cruelty, on every nation on earth, every day, year after year. There is no nation on earth where there is no prostitution, no sex trade, human trafficking or animal cruelty not taking place. It is fabricated lies if any government entity in the world says so. They are in complete denial of the facts seen within their own nation. They can’t face the realities of their residents’ lives within their own state/country; to admit there is great wickedness being done among their people, within their borders.

But what about the cruelty that’s facing people at home? Many cruelties are large scale that the small-scale cruelties often go unnoticed, neglected, sidelined, because there the people in authority have “bigger fish to fry.”

As Christians, that should never be allowed. No Christian should turn a blind eye to the cruelty(s) taking place within their own home, their church, their neighborhood, in their town/city. The Christian should speak up, so that people notice and the cruelty is stopped immediately. The injustice should not be allowed to continue, ever. The person committing the crime should be stopped and the victim saved from further pain, sorrow, sufferings, hardships, neglect, trauma and heartbreak.

The Bible teaches, as a Christian, do good to others always, as far it is possible with you – SEE Proverbs 3:27-35. Do not harm others. Sometimes, it is not easy for a Christian to do good to others, especially when the other person is being cruel to you, knowingly. This is the “small-scale” cruelty going on in the homes of many people, to many Christians, that people don’t often notice it or turn a blind eye toward it. But these small-scale cruelties have a way of manifesting themselves into larger problems when they go unaddressed for many months, many years. And eventually, one day, it will explode in the face of the victim, and the victim is left broken. Sometimes, broken permanently. Some victims get so broken, they are suicidal or worse, full of hatred, that they want to kill their enemy (the abuser, the traumatizer).

Things can take a turn for the worse, real fast, if we are not careful with the way we treat others.

That’s why the Bible teaches, let us not grow weary (tired) in doing good to others, even when it seems pointless or extremely hard – SEE Galatians 6:9,10; Matthew 5:44-48. Because, if we give up hope, if we lose our strength to keep going and doing good to the enemy, then the enemy will win and the consequences are far, far, worse. The consequences are far, far, more devastating than the devastation of Gaza (in 2025). And if the enemy wins, the situation is as though: Hiroshima x1000!

Do you think a victim can’t/wouldn’t ever turn against the abuser and become worse off than the abuser? Do you think this is impossible?

Do you think a victim will never seek revenge toward their abuser(s)?

Why do you think there are so many movies being made worldwide whose main theme is revenge? The main character in the movie seeks revenge, retribution, upon his/her enemies for killing/destroying his/her family members or loved ones/possessions. That’s the most common, basic plot in vengeance movies, worldwide. This is a universal theme, not just a Hollywood, Bollywood or South Korean movie theme.

And such movies go on to gross massive amounts of money for the film producers. They are huge successes worldwide.

Here are a few famous Hollywood movie examples:

Gladiator (2000)
John Wick series (2014 onwards)
Kill Bill – Volume 1 & 2 (2003, 2004)
The Count of Monte Cristo (originally a book, and later made into many movie versions)
Mean girls (2004)
Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
Gone girl (2014)

There are many, many, more vengeance movies as such, in other languages, worldwide.

This is how most hate groups, who were once marginalized individual victims, turn into fringe groups initially. And later, these victims and their ideology become mainstream, when their ideas spread and are adopted by the general public – e.g. Neo-Nazism, Fascism, Communism, BLM, ISIS, ISIL,…. But it all started with the victim(s) wanting revenge upon their abuser(s). The victim was full of hatred for the abuser, that the victim goes on to become a psychopath. Their hate never subsided within them. Their hate only grew and grew till it manifested into an evil monstrous alien which went out from within them into the world, to destroy all that is in its path; like a Category 5 hurricane. They became demon possessed – sometimes having multiple demons within them – SEE Luke 8:26-30.

Oh, the irony!

This is how one person’s hatred for someone grows into a small collective. And this obtuse community attracts more and more like-minded people who’ve suffered similar experiences (abuse) at the hands of someone they trusted, loved, or looked highly upon. The hate group then starts building and brainwashing (indoctrinating, radicalizing) new recruits of their hatred of/for others [whatever the reason for their hate: xenophobia, racism, classism (class discrimination), religious intolerance, sexism,….].

And such hate groups create massive problems in societies worldwide. This is how terrorists are born, through the indoctrination of hate – toward a certain class of people, toward a certain religious group of people, toward a certain race of people,…. Many times, it is self-taught hate. Sometimes, the hate is influenced by other evil people (terrorist organizations, hate groups).

And once a victim is radicalized, indoctrinated, there remains in them, little to no love for anyone, anymore. They don’t have the love of G-D in them anymore. They don’t know JESUS and His love. They don’t know forgiveness anymore. G-Ds SPIRIT no longer abides in them anymore. They only have bitterness and anger within them.

This bitterness and anger fuel their hatred. It grows within them, incubating a great desire to harm others, because they don’t want to forgive their abuser(s) and love them, as CHRIST loved us. Once this hatred has matured, their evil is released and the terrorist’s strikes.

The devastation(s) has begun.

And with devastation comes (mass) death(s), more pain, more suffering, more anger, more bitterness, more hatred, more insecurities, more addictions, more violence – all a downward spiral of society that’s in chaos.

Chaos has multiplied consequences for those it affects; it hurts everyone around them in some way or another. Once the downward spiral of a society starts, it will only end in its collapse and extinction, within a short time – unless immediate actions are taken to prevent its collapse.

That’s why it’s so hard to rebuild from Hiroshima x1000. It can take a lot of time. Sometimes years. And for some people, there is no recovery, ever, sadly. That victim is lost forever. The victim spirals out of control into drug addiction, alcohol abuse, depression, sexual immorality, losing (abandoning) their faith in JESUS, sometimes suicide, which all leads to their spiritual death, and eventually, their physical death. And once they are physically dead, their soul will spend all of eternity in hell.

What a terrible loss for the Christian Church – a true loss of a beautiful soul of the Body of CHRIST. All because, either: no one stepped up to stop the cruelty when it should have been stopped, or the victim gave up their hope, their strength, of doing good to the abuser, and the abuser went too far against the victim and the victim couldn’t take it anymore and lost his/her way from The Way of JESUS CHRIST, the Bible, and its teachings.

What a loss that is to the Christian community. What a loss it is to the Body of CHRIST.

What a loss it is of a what should have been a testimony of strong Christian endurance, perseverance, and strength, in times of despair and tribulation – SEE Romans 5:3,4.

SEE song 1: “Give me faith, to trust what You say” – by Elevation Worship – [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjFIhTNDyz0].

Think about the neglected wife in a marriage, and the evil being done against her, knowingly, by the selfish, abusive, wicked husband.

Think about the neglected husband in a marriage, and the evil being done against him, knowingly, by the selfish, abusive, wicked wife.

Think about the neglected child in a family, who is abandoned, rejected or abused, and the child is denied the true love that is due him/her by the wicked parent(s).

Think about the neglected child among siblings, where wicked parents knowingly show favoritism toward one child and the other child(ren) are sidelined [or vice versa] and treated as though they don’t exist/matter.

Think about the neglected, elderly grandparent(s) in a nuclear family, who are abandoned in his/her old age, and left to fend for themselves with very little money and are living in poverty, or they are left to die at an old age home – out of sight of the younger generation, forgotten by them.

Think about the neglected orphan child(ren), who has no parents to love him/her. No one to say a kind word to him/her. No one to hug him/her or kiss them goodnight.

Think about the old widow, who is struggling, after the passing of his/her spouse of many years, and no relatives or children are to be found to help her. Think about the widow with young children. She has many mouths to feed, with little to no money to cover their basic needs.

Think about the neglected pet(s) in a home, animals at a farm, at a zoo. The animal(s) can’t speak up for themselves. They show their pain through their eyes and their poor health, in their caged environment. You can see how badly they’ve been ill-treated, traumatized and hurt, from the abuse they endured at the hands of their selfish, abusive, wicked handler(s)/owner(s).

Think about the neglected homeless person on the street, who is truly homeless because of poverty and not because of drug abuse or alcohol abuse. They sleep on the streets, feeling hungry, having no safety, having no privacy, all by themselves. Sometimes, all they have is a pet to keep them company. A life of true misery, loneliness – because of abandonment, betrayal and rejection.

Think about the sex trade worker on the streets of the inner city, working the streets to earn money, just to hand it over to their pimp, night after night. That young woman, that single mother, selling their soul to any man who will pay them a few dollars, so that they are not beaten up by their pimp, who they are indebted to – into a lifetime of monetary bondage (servitude); forced, bonded labor (sexual slavery).

Think about the young children, teenagers, lured, abducted and trafficked into the sex trade. Some are groomed by older adults into being their sex slaves from a young age. This has happened in the catholic church with priests abusing young boys in parishes around the world. This has happened with coaches (usually men) of sports teams abusing a (female) team member(s). This also happens at youth camping trips where young boys and girls were abused by chaperones or youth leaders. The young children were molested, abused, raped, and their little minds threatened and scarred emotionally, if they ever spoke up about it to anyone, by the ones that were supposed to take care of them and their well-being.

“JESUS wept.” – SEE John 11:35.

G-D grieves – SEE Genesis 6:5,6.

SEE song 2: “Joy (‘there is beauty in my brokenness’)” – by Vashawn Mitchell – [Vashawn Mitchell – Joy (You give me joy, deep down in my heart,….)].

Cruelty is unusual.

Not in the rare sense, but that it varies from person to person, society to society. But cruelty is not rare. In fact, it’s the opposite.

It is everywhere, all around you. Although, it is not often seen many times, as the human eye, the human mind, cannot perceive the ongoing abuse without supernatural intuition.

It is as though, hidden in plain sight, even though it might be happening right in front of you.

Abuse is always around you, in every city, every state, every nation, worldwide. It goes on and on, non-stop, 24/7/365, year after year, decade after decade.

Cruelty can happen to you. But many times, you choose not to believe it. Or you choose to ignore it, because you trust and love someone so much, you think, they can never do such a vile, wicked thing to you, or to someone else. But the reality is, this person you love (loved) and trust (trusted) so much is the (your) abuser, the (your) enemy. He/she is your greatest enemy after the devil himself.

Such a person is a deceptive, hypocritical, proud, arrogant, extremely selfish, narcissistic human being – SEE Matthew 26:47-50; John 12:3-6. You wish they never existed – Matthew 26:24.

The abusers very rarely take responsibility for their wrong doings/actions, very rarely apologize, very rarely show genuine love to others, very rarely learn from their mistakes. Unless, they truly are transformed by the power of the H-LY SPIRIT, to become true followers of CHRIST, for the rest of their lives. But this takes immense power of G-D in their lives, to transform such a horrible, wicked, person to give up all their old sinful ways, to become a new creation. One who is humble, gentle, and a genuine disciple of JESUS CHRIST.

The abusers often appear soft-spoken and gentle in public, to others around them, to have public sympathy toward them. But down in the depths of their darkened hearts, they only have love for themselves and have no love for G-D, the things of G-D or for anyone else in their life. Such a person is the silent abuser and the enemy within the camp – in a family, at a church, within a youth group, within a community center, at the workplace.

If any such a passive cruel person exists at the national, government level; such a person is called a traitor – the “Enemy of the State.” A very famous American traitor was Robert Hanssen – SEE Source: [Robert Hanssen | Wikipedia].

Most abusers always feign piety to G-D and the things of G-D. They act as though they are innocent as doves, but in reality, they are crueler than wolves. Their hypocrisy and treachery is far greater and deeper than you can ever imagine or fathom.

But G-D is not fooled by them. They cannot fool G-D.

G-D sees through them.

If only man could’ve seen through them and stopped them, before they wreaked havoc on their lives of those that once loved and trusted them.

You wish you had never met your abuser in your life. But it’s too late for that.

You wish you could have done something to save the victim(s) from such abuse.

You wish you could have stopped the abuse.

But it was too late.

The enemy entered the camp.

The abuser struck.

The victim fell.

The victim fell to the ground, bleeding his/her heart out and no one came.

No one cared.

No one loved him/her as they were supposed to.

The blood flowed.

The blood flowed and drained the soul of that man/woman/child of all their innocence. Now, they are in agony.

Deep agony.

Deep sorrow.

Deep pain.

Bitterness of the soul.

Inconsolable sorrow.

Sorrows of hurt.

Sorrows of pain.

Sorrows of regret.

Sorrows of shame and humiliation.

The tragedy of life struck them.

Their mental anguish began.

The victim is in shock and agony of great trauma, great pain, great, searing loss. There is no turning back. The treachery of the enemy is unbelievable. The ones they trusted and loved so much have become their enemy. Their betrayal is piercing into the marrow of their bones, deeper than the depths of their heart.

“Eloi, Eloi, Sabachthani!” – SEE Mark 15:33,34.

Oh, the anguish.

Oh, the pain.

The FATHER “turns His face away.”

Source 1: [How deep the FATHER’s love lyrics | Stuart Townend]
Source 2: [The servant King lyrics | Graham Kendrick]
Source 3: [And can it be? lyrics | Charles Wesley]

“My grace is sufficient for you.”

“My grace is sufficient for you” is G-Ds reply – SEE 2 Corinthians 12:8-10.

Yet not my will, but G-Ds will be done, on earth and in my life, just as it is in Heaven, now and always, Amen – SEE Matthew 26:39,42,44,46; Luke 11:2.

Seek help before it’s too late for you. Cry out to G-D the FATHER for your deliverance, today. G-D will send His angels to save you, now.

G-D will save you. G-D will do a miracle for you.

Call out to JESUS now.

Pray.

Pray now.

Pray to Your Savior (JESUS) to come save you.

He will rescue you. Don’t be silent.

Cry out to G-D!! – SEE Lamentations 3:46-66; 1 Samuel 1:10,15-17.

Let your tears flow, like a river.

Let it flow, let it flow like a river.

Let it flow into the ocean of G-Ds grace, comfort and mercy.

Step up and stop the abuse, before it’s too late.

You will regret it if you don’t do anything. Now is the time to act. Don’t delay. Because once the enemy destroys the victim, only G-D MOST HIGH, His Son JESUS and the H-LY SPIRIT can stop the blood flowing into the dirt.

Once the vein is cut, and the blood spilt, the victim’s life is turned upside down, inside out.

“JESUS wept.” – SEE John 11:35.

G-D grieves – SEE Genesis 6:5,6.

A living hell, a nightmare beyond control – for the victim. The reality of mental torture begins. And no one can suture the vein and stop the nightmare, the mental anguish, and bring healing to the victim’s heart, mind, body, soul and spirit, except for G-D MOST HIGH and His Son JESUS, through the power of the H-LY SPIRIT.

The victim(s) was robbed of their innocence, and nothing can ever be the same for them, ever again. They were betrayed by the ones they trusted with their whole heart. They loved and trusted them (the enemy) with their whole life. And in return for their love, their trust, the abuser ripped out their innocence from their tiny, soft, pure heart(s), killed their joy and burnt down their castles in the sky. Their life as they had once known, cherished, vanished before their very eyes. Everything they had built their life upon became smoke and dissipated as vapor, in an instant!

Their dreams, their ambitions, their desires, their hopes, their pure love – beaten, broken, torn apart, crushed, shredded, powdered, pulverized, scattered and blown into the four winds of the earth.

Oh, the horrors of humanity!

The cruelties of life.

Is there a god?

Yes, indeed; there is. His Name is JESUS.

JESUS is G-D and He reigns, now and forever, Amen. And one day soon, He’s coming back to Rapture you to be in Heaven. And after your Rapture from your life in this world, into the next, you will never feel the sorrows of earth, ever again. You will finally be free from all the problems in your life! Free from the plights of the dreadful, wicked generation you’ve had to deal with in your life.

G-D have mercy!

Come soon JESUS! I’m ready for my Rapture, to be with You in Heaven, forever and ever, Amen!

Don’t let it be too late for you. Speak up, if you are hurting. Let others know that you are being abused. Stop the abuse. Stop the torture. Stop being the victim, today.

Don’t let this happen to someone you know; someone you love.

Don’t live in your own bubble and be a selfish, self-centered, workaholic human being. Don’t turn a blind eye to the injustice(s) taking place around you. Extend your hand to the plant and animal kingdoms too – SEE Jonah 4:9-11.

Don’t have superficial relationships with those around you. This is how people end up living in their own bubbles. And when problems come their way, there is no one to help them. You will reap what you sow, evil for evil; good for good – SEE Galatians 6:7,8.

Don’t be selfish like that. Don’t live in your bubble, ever – SEE Galatians 6:2. Stop it, immediately!

You are called to live in community (fellowship) with others. The Bible teaches, love others deeply, sincerely – SEE 1 Peter 4:8; Romans 12:9; 1 John 4:7-11.

Loving others is fulfilling G-Ds commandment in your life.

Do this every day, for the rest of your life, through the power of the H-LY SPIRIT who lives in you, Amen.

When you see someone hurting or has a sad, sullen countenance, don’t just stand by and do nothing. Don’t just say, you are sorry to hear of their sufferings, hardships and walk away.

Spend time with them. Talk to them. Invite them for lunch, for dinner, for tea/coffee and pray for them. Counsel them with godly, biblical wisdom if you can. Sometimes, this takes many days, weeks or months even. But the victim will come out of their pain, sorrows, hardships, torment, misery, by the power of the divine G-D.

Be selfless and help the victim(s) and be a good Samaritan, instead of being a selfish Levite or a self-righteous priest (or pharisee) – SEE Luke 10:30-37. Don’t live in your own bubble and ignore the painful world around you. Don’t think it’s not your concern. You live in a perverse world – SEE Acts 2:37,40; Luke 9:41a.

G-D will reward you for your good works, when you help the helpless – SEE Luke 14:14. Help someone. Help others around you, all for the glory, honor, praise and thanks of G-D the FATHER, His Son JESUS and the H-LY SPIRIT alone – SEE 1 Corinthians 10:24,33,31b.

G-D will help you help others. G-D is the strength of my (your) heart, now and always, Amen – SEE Psalms 73:26b.

SEE song 3: “When I think about the L-RD” – by CHRIST for the Nations Worship – [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovFOoBMs_4g].

Stand up for the truth – G-Ds truth, now and always.

Stand up for true and righteous justice – G-Ds justice, now and always.

Do justice. It is a command from G-D MOST HIGH, for everyone on earth, now and always – SEE Micah 6:8.

Don’t run away – SEE Jonah 1:1-3,7-12.

Don’t turn away and ignore the problem. Face it. Rush at it. Extinguish it.

Be bold. Be strong, for the L-RD your G-D is with you. Do not be afraid – SEE Joshua 1:9.

I’m not afraid. For the L-RD Thy G-D is with me (you), now and always, Amen.

SEE song 4: “Be bold, be strong” – by Word Music – [Be bold, be strong, for the L-RD your G-D is with you,….].

Help the fallen one(s).

Lift up the fallen one(s) – Ecclesiastes 4:9-12.

Help the helpless.

Help the downtrodden one(s).

Call on JESUS to help you. Don’t deny them justice, for the injustice(s) they are suffering; don’t – SEE Psalms 37:27-31.

G-D will question you for your apathy, your ignorance, your negligence, if your turn your face away or turned a blind eye to the injustice’s taking place around you – SEE Luke 6:31.

G-D will require you to pay for it, if you didn’t do justice to/for them, when you can/could have – SEE Ezekiel 3:16-21.

Be an obedient child of G-D today and serve G-D, wherever (to whomever) He is leading you to go help. Do it every day, for the rest of your life. Don’t say no to G-Ds leading. Don’t say no to G-Ds service.

As a Christian, you are in the L-RDs army.

Serve the L-RD with all your heart, soul, strength and mind, now and always, so help you G-D MOST HIGH, through the power of the H-LY SPIRIT, in JESUS’s great and mighty Name I pray, Amen.

Go be a blessing to those around you.