Psalm 125: 3
The wicked will not rule the land of the godly, for then the godly might be tempted to do wrong.
Our land elects our leaders. So when our people were godly, we elected godly rulers. But in the process of time, we have slid down slippery slopes, like the frog in the pot over a simmering heat, we hardly notice how far we have fallen morally.
Ungodly people will support wicked rulers, but godly people will support righteous rulers. This is the principle set forth here. And we have seen it work out in politics in our Nations.
Revelation 2: 10
Don't be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The devil will throw some of you into prison to test you. You will suffer for ten days. But if you remain faithful even when facing death, I will give you the crown of life.
We see today that evil people are imprisoning and torturing God's faithful ones in some areas of the World today. This persecution is growing and spreading into more areas of Nations.
As Christians, we all need to face the fact that we could suffer persecution for our faith, as non-Christian religions spread all over the World. So we need to be prepared for this eventuality, by growing strong in our faith in the knowledge of our Lord and His ways. We are to be praying for our brothers and sisters who are now facing these trials, as in prison with them.
But God has told us that this will not last long--ten days is a short time. Even then, many of us will be martyred and/or lose our families and other loved ones in this process.
Even in America, the "land of the free," if we return this Nation to God's righteousness, our enemy the devil, in great wrath, will have His minions destroy what they can, to remove God's ways from us, and that's when persecution will come here, too.
We are not to be afraid of it, but continue to stand on the Promises, for they are trustworthy, and run from the temptation to do evil to "get along." God has proven Himself to be faithful and will never subject His children to His wrath, because He already satisfied that on His Son in our place. We only need to face the wrath of Man, from our enemy, and He Who is in us is greater than he who is in the World (I John 4:4).
God has graciously told us what is ahead, so we can be prepared to face it. "To be forewarned is to be forearmed," if we are wise to prepare ourselves.
My desire is that we all will apply ourselves to seeking God's face to know Him better, love Him more, and understand His ways more extensively every day. He has given us His Word, so we can know everything we need to know and apply to our thinking and our talking and our doing every moment every day. Then we will face the enemy in strength and confidence in our Lord.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
