Some people proclaim God Bless America. Why? Why not proclaim God Bless All Nations! Nowhere in God's Word (
The Bible) does God proclaim that He will bless America. God does promise to bless the nation of Israel ( Romans chapter 11 ) when she finally turns back to God, and accepts Jesus Christ as their Saviour, but, until the nation of Israel repents and accepts Jesus Christ as their Saviour, "the Church" ( all true believers and followers of Jesus Christ ) are God's Chosen People, not the Jews. Read 1 Peter ,chapter 2 verses 9-10:
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
The founding fathers were Christians, or so it has been said. They fled England, in part, to have religious freedom.
If our founding fathers truly wanted us to be "One Nation Under God", they would have written our Lord and Saviour: Jesus Christ, into the Constitution, and leave no doubt as to which God they were referring to.
The fact is, that most of our founding fathers were Freemasons, who denounce Jesus Christ as God.
One of them,
Thomas Jefferson, physically removed any reference to Jesus Christ being God in his Bible.
Jesus Christ created all people and all things,( read: John, chapter one,
New Testament ). Jesus loves all of us, more than we can ever comprehend, and all that he asks of us, is to love Him more than anyone or anything, (that includes the nation we are born in, live in, or move into), and to love your neighbor as you love yourself. These two commandments, that come directly from Jesus in the
New Testament, completely override the ten commandments from the
Old Testament.( read : Matthew Chapter : 22 verses 36-40 ) Jesus teaches us to be humble in all things, but we in America teach our children to be "Proud to be an American".
We cannot be both humble and proud at the same time, and still please our Lord and
Saviour; Jesus Christ. Jesus said " Satan is the god of this world, but fear not, I have overcome this world" (at the cross).
The Bible tells us that the world would turn away from God in the end-times, right before Jesus returns to set up His Kingdom,( read : Matthew: Chapter 24 ). Jesus did not tell us to try to "fix" the world, but instead, try to save people from the world, by inviting them to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour, and accepting the free gift of Salvation ( God's Grace & your faith ), believing that Jesus payed the price for all of of our sins. That is all that Jesus commands us to do, along with living our lives for Jesus, and obeying His command to love Him and ALL people.
To read His Words daily, ( the
New Testament ). To take care of His Sheep: feed, house,clothe, care for, etc... , ( read : Matthew Chapter 25, verse 31 thru 46).
Jesus never commanded his followers to defend Him or themselves with violence. All of the 12 Apostles died agonizing deaths, without putting up any resistance, (except for John, who spent his last days imprisoned on an island, for God's purpose of writing the Book of Revelation), and God's Word somehow managed to reach the whole world anyway.
Throughout history, man has tried to spread God's Word through violence, force, and war, but, the only way to receive God's free gift of Salvation, is through free-will, not force. Therefore, all wars fought in the name of God, were not fought for Jesus, but instead, they were fought for Satan, becauseSatan is the god of THIS world.
If you choose to follow Jesus, you must live by his words and teachings, ( that is the rule for all followers, to follow their leader, and do what the leader commands ).Anyone who claims to be a Christian (a follower of Jesus Christ), must do what Jesus commands. How should we know what Jesus commands of those who would follow Him? Only by reading His Words in the
New Testament.
The first book in the
New Testament is the book of Matthew ( one of the four Gospels), anyone can pick up this book and read for themselves the Words of Jesus in chapters 5,6, and 7, and then decide for themselves how to be a follower of Jesus Christ, and how to tell if someone else is following Jesus or Satan by their words or actions.
Tony Soldo is a Christian Pacifist Anarchist
P.O. Box 216 ,
Hobe Sound , FL, 33475