Why Biblical References About Current Political Issues
The question has been raised concerning my many biblical references in my blogs about hot, sizzling, current political issues. And, they are going to get a lot hotter. That is, how could any source as seemingly ancient and outdated as the Bible apply with certainty today to our nation's life and death struggles?
Atheists, humanists, political liberals such as Marxists claim that there are no absolutes; that "the only constant is change", that everything, including ethics (sometimes termed "situational ethics"), is determined by circumstances.
By direct contrast, the Bible makes it clear that issues change, events change, circumstances change, but God is absolute, and His laws of liberty (which include the Ten Commandments upon which western civilization has been built) never change. I am the Lord. I do not change (Malachi 3:6). Heaven and earth shall pass away, ...but the word [Law] of the Lord endureth to all generations (Mat. 24:35 and Psalm 100:5).
It is noteworthy that the Bible, from Genesis through Revelation, gives many accountings of the rise and fall of nations throughout history from the creation, inevitably in cycles that can be measured by their adherence to or rejection of the Word and Laws of God. All nations that forget God shall be turned into hell (Psalm 9:17).
That is what is happening to America today. The purpose of my blogs is to demonstrate that the Laws of liberty set forth in the scriptures are as relevant today as they were in times past.
Note that throughout the Old and New Testaments God references the same Laws and offers therein the same solutions and pathways to freedom. Only the settings and circumstances change. Be careful not to confuse spiritual freedom as being distinguished from political freedom. They are inseparable because inevitably a great surge and quest for political freedom follows in the wake of spiritual freedom. America's founding fathers recognized that fact, wrote volumes about it, and even engraved passages from the Bible into the cornerstones of the federal buildings. Songs of the nation such as "My country, tis of thee" (Christ), became standards for generations.
Atheists, humanists, political liberals such as Marxists claim that there are no absolutes; that "the only constant is change", that everything, including ethics (sometimes termed "situational ethics"), is determined by circumstances.
By direct contrast, the Bible makes it clear that issues change, events change, circumstances change, but God is absolute, and His laws of liberty (which include the Ten Commandments upon which western civilization has been built) never change. I am the Lord. I do not change (Malachi 3:6). Heaven and earth shall pass away, ...but the word [Law] of the Lord endureth to all generations (Mat. 24:35 and Psalm 100:5).
It is noteworthy that the Bible, from Genesis through Revelation, gives many accountings of the rise and fall of nations throughout history from the creation, inevitably in cycles that can be measured by their adherence to or rejection of the Word and Laws of God. All nations that forget God shall be turned into hell (Psalm 9:17).
That is what is happening to America today. The purpose of my blogs is to demonstrate that the Laws of liberty set forth in the scriptures are as relevant today as they were in times past.
Note that throughout the Old and New Testaments God references the same Laws and offers therein the same solutions and pathways to freedom. Only the settings and circumstances change. Be careful not to confuse spiritual freedom as being distinguished from political freedom. They are inseparable because inevitably a great surge and quest for political freedom follows in the wake of spiritual freedom. America's founding fathers recognized that fact, wrote volumes about it, and even engraved passages from the Bible into the cornerstones of the federal buildings. Songs of the nation such as "My country, tis of thee" (Christ), became standards for generations.
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