We seminary students mentioned in our Sunday messages the coming dangers we foresaw in the early 1960’s. Otherwise, occupied with class room studies, full-time ministries, sermon preparation and pastoral work, we did little more.
While we chose not to get involved in the crisis, God enlisted others who did, sending into those anti-God movements workers who turned the leaders from political revolutionaries into warriors for Christ. The effort neutralized some of the worst effects of the violence otherwise unleashed. What glimmered in the 1960’s GLARES in the 21st century. What began then as freedom of expression has now become Declarations of PERMISSIVENESS to be whatever the unconverted desire without restraints from Biblical morality, Christian self-denial and...Christ’s Singular position as the Only Religious Leader worth following. Until...it has now become the demand that each person is his own deity, and decides for himself what’s right and wrong—and no one can correct or criticize him. The present tension in race relations also poses a question we must correctly resolve: what is going to be the RULE of society: a body of LAW that limits or individual FREEDOMS that defy restraint? It’s the old tension between the parts and the whole: the whole cannot remain intact if it lets the parts fragment it. The Bible leaves no doubt. Authority must be obeyed, even if authorities misuse or abuse their position. Jesus taught that in Matthew 23:1-3 and Paul in Romans 13:1-2. Society and anarchy—and the present anti-authority movement in young people proves it is nihilistic—exist at opposite poles. Meaning they cannot agree or be in the same nation at the same time. Examples galore prove it, of which I’ll mention but two. Law in 1850’s San Francisco couldn’t prevent growing violence and criminality. Just when it seemed NO LAW existed, Vigilantes appointed themselves the LAW, arrested criminals and summarily executed them. Under their pressure order was restored, but by an extra-legal authority as its own authority. The Maccabean revolt against Syria in 167 B.C. gave autonomy to the Jewish people. Which, in passing decades the Jews through internecine struggles brought anarchy. Which introduced a rising imperial Roman presence in 63 B.C. in the person of General Pompey. He put an end to the internal violence—but at the cost of Jewish independence. And in the most aggressive way possible, violating the Holy of Holies and executing priests as they performed their labors. Disorder went into hiding, but ROME dictated behavior. The moral is: any lawless society awaits only the STRONG Personality who puts an end to anarchy, but often by replacing it with his TYRANNY. The young people proudly demanding “defunding the police” are too ignorant of history to understand the stupidity of the slogan...but...the anarchists encouraging their protests know exactly what they want. In conclusion, when, as a nation, the only way we allow God’s name and Christ’s name to be spoken in public is AS A PROFANITY, we need national repentance. When, as a nation, we welcome all religious persuasions, especially those of Far-East Asia in classrooms, in the guise of yoga, while even the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag is debated, and prayer in Christ’s name is unwelcome, we need national repentance. When, as a nation, our universities refuse to even consider Intelligent Design as a viable alternative to CHANCE in creation, and any professor suggesting it is fired, we need national repentance. When a million babies are murdered by abortion every year in American—Americans must repent. And when 42 million babies—human babies—were murdered world-wide by abortion in 2019—unconverted humanity all over the world must repent. SINCE repentance isn’t in the short list of anyone’s TO DO list, there is every reason to expect that COVID-19 and racial tension are but the beginning of a great tribulation in the world, in the United State especially. Fini
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