Hi, Pastor John.
In reading the Iron Kingdom, during Part 1 where you write about the apostasy of Rome, Jerry mentioned that the republic of the United States was going the way of Rome and you said that President Obama was the closest to being an emperor and if he had been assassinated like Julius Caesar was, the rise of a kingdom would have ensued just as it did in Rome.
I feel all of that is true and I wonder if the reasons why we agree on this truth are the same. I feel it’s true because President Obama offered hope to a groundswell of people who all wanted his presidency to move the country away from a world they saw as not representing them. With that hope, his assassination would have caused civil unrest for sure.
Would you agree with my reasoning?
Allison
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Yes, Allison, I am sure that is close to the hope that many poorer Romans felt concerning Caesar, including the Jews. Caesar was very good to them. And we should also remember that, just like Caesar (and Abraham Lincoln for that matter), President Obama did some things that even he himself knew (and President Obama plainly said in public), he had no legal authority to do. Such clearly unlawful actions provoked in many conservatives as much feeling against him as many liberals felt for him. For me personally, I was grieved when he celebrated at the White House the abomination of queerdom, but then, that is immoral direction that this entire culture is taking, conservative and liberal. God is watching, and men will certainly reap what they sow.
Let us stay together in peace, Allison, under the wing of Jesus, and stay out of politics. Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats provide the children of God with any hope whatsoever; only Jesus does that.
Pastor John
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Amen, brother John. It’s a miracle that we have been called out of the synthesis of Rome and the fallen body of Christ. It is just as big a miracle that we have been called out of the union of our mother and father – our flesh.
If we are walking in the spirit of Christ, the flesh is nothing but a dead wrapper, and politics is itself imposed government.
Jerry
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And, it feels like looking to a political figure to a political figure for anything other than upholding civil law might lead us down a road where we are looking to political leaders to fulfill a role that should only be filled by Christ and those He has anointed.
Putting a worldly leader in such a position feels like it’s one part of the “synthesis” equation.
Allison
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Agreed.
Pastor John