If you have been paying any attention to the news and headlines lately, you will notice that Iran and Israel have been mentioned a lot. Not sure where you stand on the Middle East and relative issues to foreign policy as they pertain to us, but I have to say that I am a stanch supporter of God's people.
In fact I have to sometimes wonder if America's sole purpose in history is to support Israel; We in fact are their sole allies. You know our heritage of a "city shining upon a hill" is very similar to God's call to Israel to the world. And without us as a superpower we would have lost World War II and Israel would never have become a nation-state. Just some food for thought.
If my instincts are solid, then perhaps we are heading down a dangerous road in our lack of support to Israel. I mean really we are putting Israel in a tough spot on the international stage with Iran, leaving them out to hang dry. And even if we did want to support them, we have no money to do so as we find ourselves deep in debt and our hands tied behind our back with China. Just saying.
Joel Rosenberg, a Christian author on current events in the Middle East and Biblical prophecy, posted a warning about the writing on the wall from the book of Daniel (Daniel 5). Remember the story of King Belshazzar in Babylon and the sudden appearance of a hand writing on the wall. Even though Babylon's fall was already on a downward spiral, the warning from the writing stands true for future generations of today. I just hope it is not too late to repent and turn from our wicked ways and seek God with all our hearts. Check out the full post at Handwriting on the Wall.
Our current events should be a reminder to us as individuals and as a country. We should repent now as we do not know what the future holds. We need to seek God's guidance and direction, trusting him as the author of world affairs. And we need to pray for our leaders and those leaders on the international stage as well as people from all countries who believe and who do not believe. And finally we need to be a salt and light to the world around us as a shining city upon a hill.
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