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God’s plan is Precise, Perfect, and Inevitable!

In the Book of Romans, chapter 13, verse 1, it is stated, emphatically;

“13 Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God.”

(It is important to keep in mind the Roman Emperor, Nero, was leading the Roman Empire at that time. The Apostle Paul was not writing this from a position of safety, but a position of potential danger!)

When the Bible makes a statement like that, I take it at face value, it is the truth and I accept it as the truth! Governments are established by God to do his will even if those governments operate in direct opposition to Biblical standards.

This principle is expanded upon in Daniel 4:17 where it is written:

“¹⁷ For this has been decreed by the messengers;
    it is commanded by the holy ones,
so that everyone may know
    that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world.
He gives them to anyone he chooses—
    even to the lowliest of people.”

Looking back over history, we can see how God has used the “lowliest of people” in the accomplishment of his will.

The Election of 2024, a Battle for Control of the United States!

The citizens of the United States are scheduled to vote on November 5, 2024 for one of two candidates to be the next President of the United States and to select their representatives to the House and Senate. The outcome of this election has been known by God from eternity past and is, in fact, a part of his precise and perfect plan for this country.

I have never seen the USA so divided before, the gap between the moral, spiritual and philosophical positions of the two opposing parties is immense! The Democrat Party is so intensely anti-Biblical as to stagger the imagination; there is little, if anything, about their beliefs that reflects a Biblical perspective!

I am convinced that we, as Christians, have an obligation to vote for the candidate who most closely follows the teachings of the Holy Bible! Although the outcome of this election is in the hands of God, we, as Christian citizens of this nation, have a moral obligation to promote the principles taught in the Bible!

While neither candidate is perfect, there is no living person on the face of the earth that is perfect; the truth of the matter is, there has only been one human that was perfect and that was the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God!

Life Versus Death

I have written recently on the dilemma facing mankind; we have all been born spiritually dead and need outside help to become spiritually alive. This help was provided, by God, when the Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross as payment in full, for the sin of Adam, which killed the human race, spiritually.

Anyone who receives Jesus Christ as Savior is born again by the power of God, the Holy Spirit, and becomes spiritually alive and an eternal member of the family of God. This is the only way spiritual life can be achieved by anyone.

By embracing principles of spiritual death, the Democrat Party has clearly identified itself as the party of death while the Republican Party has identified itself as the party of life. Any casual examination of the principles of either party will clearly reveal where it stands.

God’s Fourth Intervention

Last year, I wrote on the subject of God’s overt intervention into the affairs of mankind. I noted that God, on seven occasions, has and will take dramatic action that greatly impacts the life of men on this earth. Today, we are living in a time when the “Fourth Intervention” can be expected at any time.

The fourth intervention is the removal of the Church at the Rapture; an event that will remove all born again Christians from the face of the earth instantaneously.

Should this event take place today, I doubt the Democrat Party would experience any significant impact at all; its leadership would likely remain intact, left behind when this happens. I believe it likely the Republican Party will essentially disappear from the face of the earth.

If God chooses to place the Democrat Party in control of the United States, I believe this will be a signal that the “Fourth Intervention” will follow soon. I, for one, certainly hope this will be the case!

I have already voted, by mail, for Donald Trump and the other Republican candidates for office and hope God’s hand of grace will be extended to this country one more time. If God has decided to place the Democrat Party in power; then there may likely be some intensely dramatic times ahead as the Lord intervenes in the affairs of men.

I’m reminded of, and rejoice in Ephesians 1:10-12 where it is written:

“¹⁰ That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:

¹¹ In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

¹² That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.”

God’s Will Shall Be Done!