THEME: THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD AND THE SHAKING OF GLOBAL EMPIRES

Welcome, President Obama, to Africa, the Middle East, and the world.  Peace be unto you!

Peace, Life, and Liberty have always been central in personal, national, and world affairs. All are engaged in a search for security for the human race and hope of progress for all peoples and nations.  Only Satan and wicked man have no true plan for life, liberty, peace, and progress in the world.

Since the Garden of Eden, Satan—via the serpent—has subverted the human race through subtle and crafty manipulation of human desire, and/or fear for life, liberty, and power. Adam and Eve lacked neither liberty, power, nor food; their lives were not threatened in any way.  However, their desire, covetousness, and/or aversion to Divine power landed the human race in death, loss of power, and spiritual glory—a ‘Fall in Glory.’

It is ironic in this connection to observe that the lessons of human history and the challenges, rising risks of security, peace, and liberty and the imminent and inevitable fall of empires and kingdoms have not been enough and sufficient guide to the nations. Thus, America, the land of liberty for a long while now, has proved blind to the lessons of history in her imperialist bid for global power and the command of nations and peoples, global political power, and wealth, and world order in general.

Over the years, America—otherwise a Christ-believing and confessing nation and people—has mortgaged and transferred her trust in God to economic power and military might, from faith and hope for Life and Liberty in Christ and the Truth of Scripture and Abiding Mercy, Providence, and Presence of God the Creator to faith and hope in Silver and Gold, Guns and Machines. As one American Republican politician once put it, America is not engaged in building the ‘City of God,’ but rather the ‘City of Man.’

Indeed, faith in science and technology, derivatives as they are from Divine endowed human innate power and treasures in nature is now being diverted into and treated as the standing light and hope for man to the exclusion of the knowledge, delight, honor, and glory of God the Creator who is Spirit, Life, and Light. Man, now considers himself a liberated, free, and enlightened being—autonomous and independent of God. He has no respect for God nor for that matter any higher authority and power as such. But that is a lie.

In the nations of the world today, there is total rejection of God and Christ His Son. Once there is no God, no creation and no creator—and since nature runs on a game of chance, namely ‘Evolution’—man then views himself as ‘god’ unto himself and creation. He believes he can intervene, divert, and manipulate nature’s assets, including the virtues, laws, and powers of nature to ‘evolve,’ yea create things to meet human needs however defined, however determined. Indeed, people, whatever persuasion, conviction, desires, powers, and process have right to denounce God.  Thus God-denouncing, evolution-minded America can assume and in fact has assumed position, standing, and status as ‘God’ to herself and to the nations and peoples of the world. Superpower America, considering herself a redeemer, having “overthrown” superpower Soviet-Union, deserves right, honor, and glory as God—as the Victorious One, Benefactor, Liberator, and Redeemer of peoples and nations, indeed the world.

But spiritual truth and history have taught us that God the Creator shares His glory with no man.  He brings to naught the works and counsel of men and nations; He humbles the proud and haughty and causes empires and kingdoms to fall. No empire nor kingdom has remained and can remain permanent and everlasting. Only the Kingdom of God abideth forever and ever.  Amen!

It is this reality that has caught up with the United States of America, demanding change in her foreign policy, practices, and conduct in the world. The truth is that the Mighty Hand of God is resting upon America—the self-appointed and self-acclaimed ‘God of the world’— to pull down her imperialist machine to deliver, liberate, and redeem peoples and nations from America’s imperialist stranglehold. God wants to end unrighteous, unjust, and wicked economic exploitation and oppression of peoples, and nations and the accumulation and concentration of global wealth, and human suffering connected therewith.

In this connection, it is spiritually correct to say that World Wars I and II delivered colonial and oppressed peoples and nations from European colonialist and imperialist exploitation and oppression. We are persuaded that, similarly the recent financial crisis and military failures and mounting debts connected thereof have set a stage for the deliverance and liberation of peoples and nations from American imperialism. Most important still, they are leading to the fall of America’s global superpower stance and pretense as God of the world. America is also facing a range of floods, tornadoes, fires—and other acts of God, at a time of domestic economic gloom.

The Spring Revolution in North Africa and the Middle East is yet another significant factor in the ‘Divine-Human Redemption Equation.’ We have had the privilege once to hear the Most High God describe and lament over the state of the peoples of Arab-Middle East.  According to the Lord, the Arab peoples are the most challenged peoples amongst the peoples and nations of the world. America’s ambition and design to hold and control Arab-Middle East is not only responsible for the lack of peace and stability in the Middle East. It is also responsible for the oppression, suffering, pain, and lack of progress for the peoples of Arab-Middle East.  Therefore, the people’s revolution is, in effect, a Divine Act of Mercy and Deliverance.

In this ‘jugular control system,’ America’s choice of Israel as ally and nerve center is a strategic for her imperialist control of the Middle East. Today, however, the deprived, oppressed, and challenged peoples of Arab-Middle East have been thrown a lifeline by God Almighty through the events in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya.  Already, America’s imperialist machinery has suffered and is suffering jolts, pains, and setbacks beginning with Iraq-Afghanistan wars. The real issue at stake in the Middle East is not so much nationhood for Israel and Palestine; it is a matter of the shaking of the control mechanism to liberate the challenged peoples of Arab-Middle East.

America is now faced with very deep and serious spiritual, political, economic, and cultural challenges. America can see through the eyes of President Obama and his counsellors that America’s interest and future lie with the people—not more with the kings and emirs, emperors, presidents, royal families, and kingpins in the political and economic arena, and to some extent the religious gurus of the Arab world.

It appears that, on the whole, the huge sums of money accruing to the Arab nations and peoples are not repeat not kept in the Arab countries. The revenue is not available for national and regional economic development and social advancement, employment, and well-being of the people involved. The monies available and circulating in Arab-Middle East is not commensurate with the volumes accruing to the respective nations.

Although we have no statistics to buttress this observation, there can be no doubt that the monies derivable from oil and gas are in banks in Europe and America. Is it London and New York, Zurich, Paris, and Frankfurt and to some extent Moscow? In other words, in all practicalities, there is but marginal transfer of monies from Europe and America to the Middle Eastern countries to pay for the oil and gas transactions. Like in the old colonial arrangements, the Middle East has but little and marginal evidence and benefits from the God-given regional treasure of oil and gas. The oil and gas are in effect being hauled away free and at little cost. Capitalism is indeed a tool of exploitation and oppression.

That is why, in the recent skirmishes and attempts to break the old bondages, the people are not only being branded as rebels, the USA-Europe support has been made contingent upon the identification of the emerging new leaders with whom Euro-America can enter into bargains and arrangements—non-written and hidden MOU’s that will perpetuate or, at best, modify the status quo but marginally.

In such cases, the new ‘People’s Leaders’ of the Spring Revolution will only replace the old guard of “sacrosanct” royals and political, military and religious elite. Until such arrangements are agreed upon, the old guards will continue to oppress, kill, and maraud the people with brigandry and impurity. It is not surprising some of the old guards are holding on fast to power and the old order.   For example, Ghaddafi started by singing the old American refrain, ‘Al- Qaeda terrorism,’ so to neutralize American support for the people.

The Euro-USA companies and governments, supported by the UN Security Council, are only bidding their time, waiting for the emergence and agreements with the new leaders, creditable in their sight and on their terms. Britain and France have begun to throw their drag nets into the waters. Meanwhile, all that is taking place and will take place is the freezing of accounts of royals and intransigent leaders; the large national assets held in Euro-American banks do not come at all in the equation.

Accordingly, one is tempted to wonder whether President Obama and the USA giants have had some understanding and MOUs with the emerging leaders of the Spring Revolution. Have the new leaders of the emerging new Arab -Middle East asked for pre-1967 territorial Israel as bargaining chip for peace and condition for agreement on the recognition and respect, security, and stability of Israel as sovereign nation and people.  By the way, Palestinian nationhood is only a ‘red herring.’

Finally, may we seize this opportunity to remind Christians worldwide that Jesus Christ came and preached peace, salvation, healing, deliverance, and redemption for all, all peoples and all nations—for Shem, Ham and Japheth; for Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan; for Hebrew Israel and the Arab people, as well as for all the Gentile nations and peoples as a whole. If there is neither Jew nor Gentile with Christ Jesus, even so there is neither Isaac nor Ishmael, Jacob nor Esau among the children of Abraham. The human race— across all peoples and all nations—has been reconciled, delivered, and redeemed at the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.  In Christ Jesus, therefore, the old spiritual and cultural boundaries have been pulled down and removed. All peoples and all nations are united in peace and goodwill for the praise and glory of the one and only true God—the Creator and the Father of Jesus Christ, the Saviour, Redeemer, Restorer, and Builder of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth, Hope of the New Man, New Heaven and New Earth.

May Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his people see, understand and honor Jehovah’s plan for the human race through Jesus Christ, Son and Messiah, God, King and Lord of the universe, Governor of the nations.  Amen!

“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.  I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (John 10: 10NKJV)

Christ’s mission was, is, and ever will be: Peace on earth and goodwill towards men! Hallelujah! Amen!

May 23, 2011