When God made the contract with Abraham and promised to make him a Great Nation. His intention was for Abraham and his descendants to love, honor and follow Him all their days. Keeping true faith and allegiance to God, the Father following His statues, laws, commandments and testaments. God tested Abraham and found him lacking in faith but always willing to admit his lack of faith and return to God. Abraham trusted God even to the point of putting Isaac on the alter and lifting the knife in preparation of sacrifice. Father knew at that point his child, Abraham, would not hold anything back from him. Abraham may not be faithful 100% of the time but if he was willing to give up his own son then what greater gift could he offer to the Father. This story also correlates to the sacrifice that was made for our own sin through Jesus but that can be addressed later. God therefore made a commitment to be with Abraham and his descendants throughout their lives being their God and keeping them as His people if they would only hold true to the commitment that Abraham made with Father.
The problem is that the Israelites never stayed true to their word and broke faith with God. They continually disobeyed Him and in doing so earned a time of separation from God. A time where God allowed them to see that they needed Him. When their time of discipline was complete and they cried out continually for God to return, He faithfully returned to His chosen ones, delivering them from their trials and tribulations. This went on for many centuries until, Israel decided that they had grown to big for just God and now needed a king to rule them. This was a direct affront to our Father in heaven as He was their rightful King. Yet, God finally gave in to these spoiled children and allowed a king to be anointed as ruler over them. Even this did not change the attitude of the Israelites and they soon were in trouble again. They once again prostituted themselves to other gods and even their king was found wanting in God's eyes.
All this led to the coming of Christ, and a new contract between God and man. Only this time it was for all men. Father no longer favored the Israelite nation above all others. Now all men were given equal opportunity to come before the throne of God seeking forgiveness and acceptance as a true child of our Heavenly Father. I know that each of you are wondering where I am going with this...most of us were raised hearing this over and over here in the Southern States known as the Bible Belt. However, we all are on the same crazy cycle as Israel and now we wonder what is happening...
Let me explain, this Nation was a nation founded upon the Biblical principles of equalities and freedoms for all men, One Nation (of individual states) Under God, that would be Indivisible (as long as they followed Him), and pursued Liberty and Justice for all (men as found in the Bible). The Rights of all men to worship God as they saw fit, not that there would be no religious statements, testaments, statutes or laws within the government of this nation but that each man had a right to worship God the Father as he felt led by the Holy Spirit, this is the true meaning of what our founding fathers wrote. The division of religion and state was not meant to keep God out of our government but to ensure that our government did not force a state sponsored religion upon all the people. If this was not so, then why did they use the Bible as their guide as they worked to build a document that would found this nation and write it in such a way as to ensure that all men were free to pursue God in worship. Yes, we have changed our laws now so we are no longer free. And more freedoms are surrendered all the time. Yet, that was not the manner in which it was written. No longer are we free to pray in school or even put up quotes from the Bible. These might be offensive to others. Truly, and what about my being offended? Does that not count?
So we take God out of the schools and out of the government of this nation. We change things as Israel did so long ago. Does this not all sound familiar to what Israel did in the early years of this world? Yet, we are surprised when we have trials and tribulations that are meant to get our attention. We have devastating hurricanes and tornado's. We have massed shootings and corruption. Father disciplines His children and calls out to them not willing to lose any. Yet, we do not turn to God! Instead we do what Israel did, we seek out an individual who we think is awesome and say, 'make him our king.' We tell God, we no longer need you. We have outgrown you and don't need you any longer. You are not real anyway. The smart people in the world tell me that your book is nothing but a bunch of stories. Nothing based upon scientific (lesser god now) fact.
So here we have come to it. We, like Israel before us, are a nation of prostitutes chasing after lesser gods and demanding our own way as a spoiled child does. Yet, even God will not wait forever for a spoiled child to return to Him. When Israel refused to listen to God's call for repentance, they would find themselves in a time of separation from His presence and at the mercy of their enemies. When they cried out for a king, he gave them one. Saul was not a great king for Israel and our own President was not to be a king for us. Yet, some of us have cried out for one and others are greedily filling their pockets as they take advantage of these corrupt individuals. We sell our very freedoms that were bought with the blood of our forefathers. My ancestors fought in many of this nation's wars and battles and I have followed in their footsteps. Yet, I weep for the coming time of enslavement when we will no longer have the freedoms bought at so high a price and surrendered so cheaply.
Even now God has turned away from us and moved to another peoples who will love and follow Him. We as a nation told Father to leave us alone and now we will experience the true measure of war upon our own soil. Only this one will be from within. Soon the banners will begin moving and the trumpets will sound. A calling to arms and all will see the horrors of hell on earth arrive within our own borders as we battle each other for our own desires and wills. The battle lines have already started to be drawn. Will anyone hear my voice as I cry? Will anyone care as I weep for the torn flag? How many stars will remain when the fighting is done? What will happen to the remnants of this land once the fighting stops? Will any of those remaining remember their true Father? He who loved them and brought greatness to a few colonies when a world was determined to enforce their own will upon those peoples. Will we finally remember our ancestors and what they fought and died to protect? Will 'We The People' finally wake up and call out to God crying for forgiveness and that Father will run to our aid? I love my country and I weep for what is to come. May God not forget those of His children whom are still within this land and who still love and do His work.
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