King James Version
14 The beginning of strife
is as when one letteth out water:
therefore leave off contention,
before it be meddled with.
Ideally, countries have to get along with each other.
ESPECIALLY neighboring nations.
To put things in perspective, we'll compare it with the following:
It's not as if it's a divorce.
Wherein you can step away, pack your bags, and leave your spouse.
Maybe you've got kids, or a mortgage.
It's not as if it's a family with five kids fighting.
Maybe the parents can't afford to give them five separate rooms.
You'll still live in the same house, for a time.
It's not as if rebellious California, Illinois, and New York can isolate themselves from the rest of the U.S,A.
You have a new president -- a Republican, too.
And you're just a state, subject to federal rule.
It's not as if presidents and prime ministers have perpetual tenure, and have forever treaties.
Elections come; elections go -- allies change.
Will you be dealing with the same leader, with the same promises?
Only a spoiled brat will always want to have their way.
When I look at all the nations bickering, putting one over the other, stealing borders, puffing their chests, threatening nuclear war, struggling for world domination, lusting for power, I can only smile.
They know not what they speak of.
They remind me of Lucifer's PRIDE.
Isaiah 14:12-17
King James Version
12 How art thou fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
how art thou cut down to the ground,
which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart,
I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God:
I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation,
in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will be like the most High.
(Wherein, of course, he was "ousted".)
They also remind me of the TOWER of Babel, that incurred GOD's wrath.
Genesis 11:3-4
King James Version
3 And they said one to another,
Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.
And they had brick for stone,
and slime had they for morter.
4 And they said,
Go to, let us build us a city and a tower,
whose top may reach unto heaven;
and let us make us a name,
lest we be scattered abroad
upon the face of the whole earth.
(Wherein, of course, they were "scattered".)
And they also remind me of the "spirit" behind wars.
James 4:1-3
King James Version
4 From whence come wars
and fightings among you?
come they not hence, even of your lusts
that war in your members?
2 Ye lust, and have not:
ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain:
ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss,
that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
(Precisely why we have "wars".)
What foolish leaders forget?
ALL the EARTH is the LORD's.
Including us.
Psalm 24:1
King James Version
24 The earth is the Lord's,
and the fulness thereof;
the world,
and they that dwell therein.
Another thing people forget?
Most countries share a border.
Many are landlocked.
You're "stuck" with your neighbor.
Sure, some are islands.
But you still need to cross the oceans.
For trade, or whatever.
Or maybe even just to have friends.
No one must lord over the other.
There is ONLY ONE LORD.
Everything belongs to GOD.
JESUS is the ONLY government.
As such, He must be our ONLY Authority.
Isaiah 9:6
King James Version
6 For unto us a child is born,
unto us a son is given:
and the government shall be upon his shoulder:
and his name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor,
The mighty God,
The everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace.
And here's the TRUTH most everyone ignores, because they don't know GOD's LAWS --
In GOD's eyes, all that matters is if you LOVE Him, His holy nation, Israel, and His holy city, Jerusalem.
Genesis 12:3
King James Version
3 And I will bless them that bless thee,
and curse him that curseth thee:
and in thee shall all families of the earth
be blessed.
No other nation is MORE important than Israel.
She is the apple of GOD's eye.
PRECISELY why other nations want her destroyed.
Worshipers of the world are governed by a different god.
Matthew 4:8-10
King James Version
8 Again, the devil taketh him up
into an exceeding high mountain,
and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world,
and the glory of them;
9 And saith unto him,
All these things will I give thee,
if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10 Then saith Jesus unto him,
Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written,
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God,
and him only shalt thou serve.
Know Satan's ways.
The world's ways.
And man's ways.
All are in error.
Romans 3:23
King James Version
23 For all have sinned,
and come short of the glory of God;
We are the BODY of CHRIST.
To get along, we all need to be born again.
We need to be "born of water and of the Spirit".
It's the only way we can love, and respect each other.
And understand GOD's will, ways, wisdom, truth, and power.
1 Corinthians 12:12-13
King James Version
12 For as the body is one, and hath many members,
and all the members of that one body,
being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
13 For by one Spirit
are we all baptized into one body,
whether we be Jews or Gentiles,
whether we be bond or free;
and have been all made to drink
into one Spirit.
By ourselves, we've always messed things up.
Only THROUGH JESUS can we know PEACE.
John 16:33
King James Version
33 These things I have spoken unto you,
that in me ye might have peace.
In the world ye shall have tribulation:
but be of good cheer;
I have overcome the world.
We do not have the power to do things on our own.
Only THROUGH JESUS can we accomplish anything.
John 15:5
King James Version
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches:
He that abideth in me, and I in him,
the same bringeth forth much fruit:
for without me ye can do nothing.
WAKE up, world!
You're fighting about the wrong things.
You're making CHRIST's enemy too happy.
It's time to put things in perspective.
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