Space-Filling Thoughts

Image from Pixabay It would be indecent of me on this Sunday, the day after the 250th anniversary of the independence of our nation, to say nothing of it.  To fail to reflect on this with you and to go on with our exposition of Romans, far from being Biblically faithful, would almost seem to be the very opposite.  For it would imply that our religion has nothing to do with the affairs of nations.  It would imply that the sovereignty of God is limited to the church or, worse, that it is no longer operative or relevant for our day.  And I certainly would not want to give that impression because it’s not true or Biblical at all. At the same time, where do we go in the Scriptures to speak to this event?  God’s people in Old Testament lived in a theocracy that was very different from the government under which we live.  Their nation was identical with God’s kingdom on the earth, which has never been assumed of our own.  On the other hand, God’s people in th...