I hate politics, they seem to bring out the very worse in everyone, and have divided our nation. We endured eight years of “Clinton bashing” about his morals; followed by eight years of “Bush bashing” about his intelligence. Now we begin “Obama bashing” about his nationality, religion, loyalty, intentions or whatever happens to be the topic of the day. I’m sick of it. We’re so divided that we are not even “Americans” anymore; now one has to indicate their nationality with a hyphenated name. There is a firm line drawn in the sand between Republicans and Democrats, with no crossing allowed. Unfortunately it’s not drawn accurately, and there is in reality a lot of crossing back and forth in both directions. Recently, some of the most often forwarded items in my Email are quotations of Thomas Jefferson sent by my republication friends describing how the democrats are destroying our form of government. They don’t mention that Thomas Jefferson was a democrat.
Jesus said, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand”. This is found in Matthew 12:25, and then for added emphasis or importance it’s repeated in Mark 3:24, and again in Luke 11:17. Jesus said that this division, if allowed to continue, will bring America to desolation.
Psalms 75:6&7; “For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south, But God is the judge: he putteth down one and setteth up another.” Romans 13:1, tells us to be subject unto the higher powers and that “there is no power but of God; the powers that be are ordained of God”. Solomon said’ “My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change”. (Proverbs 24:21) In Titus 3:1 we are told, to “be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work”. These scriptures tell me that after the election we need to stop throwing rocks at one another and get about the business of coming together as one people and one nation under God.
To bring the divided nation of Israel back together, God instructed Ezekiel (37:15-28) to take two sticks and write “For Judah” on one of them and “For Joseph” on the other, then hold them together and they would become one in his hand. He goes on to say, “I will make them one nation…..they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all. Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their dwelling places where they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so they shall be my people, and I will be their God”.
We need an Ezekiel to write “For Republicans” on a stick and “For Democrats” on another and hold them together. Remembering that God told Ezekiel to “hold them together”, He didn’t say to take one stick and beat the other one to death with it or break one stick and throw it into the fire, just “hold them together and they would become one”.
