Post by TomLine on Sept 2, 2016 4:15:37 GMT -5
LAMENTING OVER AMERICA
by Tom Lineaweaver
by Tom Lineaweaver
Jesus said in Matthew 23.37-39, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones them that are sent to her! How often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you refused! Behold, your house is left to you desolate. For I say to you, you shall not see me again, till you say, 'Blessed is he that come in the name of the Lord.'"
Jesus knew of the pending destruction of Jerusalem, and was extremely saddened by what he knew would soon happen to them.
Lamentations 1.1 says, "How does the city sit solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, that was great among the nations! She that was a princess among the provinces has become nothing but an enslaved taxpayer!"
Both Jesus and Jeremiah were lamenting over Jerusalem. In both cases Jerusalem was about to face destruction, or in Jeremiah's time, the destruction had already occurred. Both were very saddened about the fate of the people. But, the people didn't seem to care.
Jeremiah describes Jerusalem as once city of grandeur, now a city all alone, defeated, empty of people, utterly destroyed. Jesus knew the same thing would happen again, and he tried to warn them.
The people of Jerusalem were carried away to Babylon, put into forced labor camps, and their meager wages were given to the king.
I lament over America for much the same reasons. We are rather much enslaved to the king. And the name of the king is Government. They have devised a plan where Government can own everything. They do it through the Federal Reserve System and taxation.
It's not just the financial arrangement. In the time of Jesus and Jeremiah, Jerusalem had become a moral cesspool. America is no different.
So, yes, I cry for America as I stated here: line2016.freeforums.net/thread/476/cry-america
It really hurts for me to see what has happened to America in just my lifetime as I stated here: ourlifebook.freeforums.net/thread/174/oh-proud-again
I really do love America. line2016.freeforums.net/thread/496/love-america
That is why I tried to be the next President. Why I considered trying to become the the next Senator for Pennsylvania. It's why I am trying to establish Authoritarian Christian Church... kingdomofchrist.freeforums.net/board/13/authoritarian-christianity
The saddest thing of all is how complicit the churches of America are in the destruction of America.
It is really hurtful to those of us who care, of which there doesn't seem to be too many.
