"Heaven Rules"

  I stay out of the political arena. There are too many opinions that are thrown around as facts and it affects the minds of so many. I wish those who were so stuck on the political would do a little more reading of their bibles.

  All through Scripture we have God speaking through prophets that God is in control of this world. The Scriptures weren't written from a democracy viewpoint! They are written from God's viewpoint. For instance, we find Daniel, taken captive by the Babylonians in 606 BC. It was the first wave of attacks on Jerusalem but they didn't completely destroy Jerusalem. Jerusalem was utterly destroyed in 586 BC. Daniel, in interpreting King Nebuchadnezzar's dream tells him: "This sentence is by decree of the angelic watchers and the decision is a command of the holy ones, in order that the living may know that the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind, and bestows it on whom He wishes and sets over it the lowest of men." (Dan. 4:17) God was sending a message to the greatest King that ruled the world in their day and time: HEAVEN RULES!

  In 597 BC, Babylon laid siege on Jerusalem again taking the leaders of the Judah and the craftsmen leaving a small remnant in Jerusalem. Jeremiah has been preaching for 41 yrs. trying to get the people of God to listen. They come to Jeremiah asking for a word from the Lord. Jeremiah prays and the Lord responds telling the people not to leave Jerusalem with the remainder of those left and stay put. God would defend them against the mightiest on earth. God warned the people not to flee to Egypt for safety and help but stay put. You can find this in Jeremiah 42-43. After Jeremiah gives them the word of the Lord, they turn on Jeremiah calling him a liar and accusing him that he and his friend Baruch were doing this together to destroy them. What army was left, the remnant of people were carried away by force to Egypt. The result? The Lord told Jeremiah to put large stones hiding them in the mortar in the bricks at the entrance of Pharaoh's palace in the sight of the Jews. Then God spoke through Jeremiah that the king of Babylon would come into Egypt and set up his throne right over these stones that are hidden. It happened just as the Lord said!

  The same God who functioned in the Old Testament is the same God who functions in our world today and if we would only listen more to our God, we would find help in the midst of chaos. There is something happening in our nation at the present and only God knows what it is but it is working after the counsel of His will, even in an election year! Keep the Lord first in your life. He will take care of the rest. It's HEAVEN WHO RULES!