Though Evil and Corruption Seem Overwhelming, a New Dawn IS Coming

Theology and Politics from a Conservative, Biblical Perspective

I’m glad I’m a Christian! I don’t say that to brag. I say it in a deep sense of relief and joy for what I know Jesus did for me. He offered Himself as a propitiation for my sin, for your sin, and for the sins of the world. All who will come to Him in humility and submission believing are gifted with eternal life – salvation – by His grace and mercy (Romans 10:9-10).

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (KJV)

This is certainly something to cheer about and the fact that I could’ve done nothing (and still can’t), to save myself from eternal wrath tells me just how miraculous my salvation is for me and for you if you are also saved.

But if all we do is look at the problems in the world, my focus will shift from God, His rule in my heart, and His coming Kingdom of peace to the abject corruption within the unsaved human heart. All around us there are problems. We see the growing influence of unchecked Islam throughout Europe and especially the EU countries as Muslims seek to build what they believe will be their final caliphate, which will introduce the Final Mahdi to the world. It’s a huge problem in Africa as well that hardly merits any time on news programs.

Beyond this, daily we hear of new levels of corruption within the federal government. Wiretapping, illegalities, criminal cover-ups and more and we wonder what we might be able to do about it. In truth, while we, the people can push it to the fore, it will take someone with the actual authority to take the bull by the horns and grapple with it. Short of that, nothing much can be accomplished.

However, when you have two people in very high positions in government agencies – one at the FBI and one at the NSA (not to mention the CIA) – seemingly not being truthful and/or covering over things, it makes it difficult to believe that any headway will be made against the problems that these individuals and the agencies they head appear to be covering up. Does this mean we shouldn’t try? Not necessarily because in some way, to turn a blind eye to all of this makes us somewhat complicit doesn’t it?

If you saw someone breaking into someone’s home and carting off valuables and you did nothing to alert the homeowner or the authorities, you are part responsible for the crime that’s been committed. Oh, maybe not in a court of law, but morally speaking, you failed. I think this is one of Jesus’ points in His parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37). Certainly there are other points of the parable, but one of them is that those who pass someone by who is in dire need shares the guilt.

In verse 31 we read that a priest passed by the robbed and injured man and did nothing. Oh, he might have offered a “prayer” but even that is doubtful. A Levite in the next verse does the same thing. They didn’t want to be bothered so they pretended that the man wasn’t lying there near death. They were more concerned with their own comfort than in trying to help someone else.

The other danger of course is being so involved in trying to uncover the corruption that most assuredly exists throughout many areas of the government (local, state, and federal), that the pursuit of truth takes over your entire life and you can think of nothing else. That’s not good either.

If you consider what is now coming to light (that much of the mainstream news is dutifully ignoring), we’re learning that there has likely been massive wiretapping of Trump and his people before and even after the election. If true, this is worrisome because of the illegalities involved.

Paul Adams does a radio show and on this particular episode he had a high-ranking government official who was able to bring facts to bear on the situation regarding these alleged wiretaps. According to him, a huge supercomputer nicknamed “The Hammer” was used by CIA Director Brennan and NSA Director Clapper to “wiretap Trump a zillion times.”

The particular show is called “The Dam Must Burst” and it’s a good interview to listen to and I would encourage everyone to listen and then share. The information needs to get out there.

Theology and Politics from a Conservative, Biblical Perspective