In the Book of Samuel God Warned People About Government and Rulers Podcast

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In the Book of Samuel…

Over 4000 years ago, God warned us about government. Yet, man still hasn’t learned about the dangers of having a government or a person that hasn’t been appointed by God to lead a nation. God explained to Israel exactly what would happen if they chose to go this route.

So far, as you can see, man has not learned his lesson. What exactly are the benefits of having a government, a king, a dictator, or some type of ruler to run a nation, rather then have God lead us? For God to anoint one that will be His representative here on earth? I, myself can not see why we need to elect someone or some form of government to tell us what to do. I would much rather have God rule over us.

Read this that is taken from 1 Samuel 8: 1 – 20.

When Samuel grew old, he appointed his two sons as judges over Israel. The name of the firstborn was Joel, that of the younger Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba. But his sons did not follow his ways; they wanted money, taking bribes and perverting justice.

Then all the Elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. Look, they said to him,’you are old, and your sons do not follow your ways. So give us a king to rule over us, like the other nations’.

It displeased Samuel that they should say,’let us have a king to rule us’ , so he prayed to God. But god said to Samuel, ‘Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for it is not you they have rejected; they have rejected me from ruling over them.

All they have done to me from the day I brought them out of Egypt until now, they deserted me and served other gods, they are doing now to you. Well then, obey their voice; only, you must warn them solemnly and instruct them in the rights of the king who is to reign over them.

The Disadvantages of the Monarchy

All that God had said Samuel repeated to the people who were asking him for a king. He said,’these will be of rights of the king who is to reign over you. He will take your sons and assign them to his chariotry and calvary, and they will run in front of his chariot. He will use them as leaders of a thousand and leaders of fifty; he will make them plough his ploughland and harvest his harvest and make his weapons of war and the gear for his chariots.

You will also take your daughters as perfumers, cooks and bakers. He will then take the best of your fields, of your vineyards and olive groves and give them to his officials. He will take the best of your man servants and maid servants, of your cattle and your donkeys and make them work for him. He will tithe your flocks and you yourselves will become his slaves. When that day comes, you will cry out on account of the king you have chosen for yourselves, but on that day god will not answer you.

The people refused to listen to the words of Samuel. They said,’No! We want a king’, so that we in our turn can be like the other nations; our king shall rule us and be our leader and fight our battles.’

After all these years of having some form of government rule over nation’s like the United States, England and Israel that just can’t seem to get it right, do the people put up with it? These nations have seen so many troubled times, whether it would be with war, economic troubles, corruption, or just out right bad decisions.

It seems like people just don’t want to be bothered with making decisions, it’s like they would rather put it on someone else. Is this some type of fear? Would most of the people rather be followers, so that they can feel more secure by putting all the burden on someone else? Do the people actually have a right to place the blame on the ones that they elected for any trouble that follows?

From what we’ve seen with man’s plan, we have a never ending battle for peace, fighting crime, corruption, diseases, famine, poverty, injustice and so on. As you can see, man’s plan has never worked. So, I have to ask, what is so wrong with the plan that God has laid out for us?

With God’s plan, there would be peace, prosperity, security, no unemployment, nobody homeless, protection, no diseases, no abortions, no immorality, no neighbor fighting with neighbor, no famine, no poverty, no corruption, no birth defects, no hate, very little crime that would be dealt with harshly and many other things.

Would it really be that bad to have God as our supreme leader over our nation? God gave us the right to choose, unfortunately man hasn’t been making very good choices, have they?

Read the Book of Samuel and other areas in the Bible for instructions on how to live, after all, God created us and we should listen to Him if we want to live healthy and prosperous lives. He will also give us protection from our enemies.

Rebellion Against God Podcast

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What Has Become of The United States, England and Israel?

Why is there a rebellion against God? Man seems to be so blind as to the obvious. The signs are right before our eyes and yet generation after generation fails to see them and /or yield to them. Man wants to live in peace and harmony, yet wants to be able to keep his pride as well, strange isn’t it? After all it is man’s pride that is causing all all of this.

Let’s look at a repeat of history. Go back into the Old Testament to the time of the Exodus. God frees the Hebrews from the bondage of slavery by the Egyptians. Do you think they would’ve been grateful to God for this freedom? No, they weren’t, all they did was whine and complain, never being truely grateful to God for taking care of them. So, God caused them to wander the desert for forty years, until that rebellious generation was weeded out.

God was leading and governing these people all the way. Until one day came when they didn’t want God to govern them anymore. These people wanted a king just like the other nations had. God warned them, He was totally against the people being ruled by a king, but they insisted and God gave them a king. This was just the beginning of their many woes. So, why was there such a rebellion against God?

Why would anyone choose man over God? Doesn’t make any sense to me, does it for you? Well, it happens all the time. Since they didn’t heed to God’s warning, the people were either blessed with prosperity or cursed with tragedies, plagues, famine, wars, seizure by the enemy and so on. They had to deal with corrupt kings as well as righteous kings. God warned everyone as it is written in Deuteronomy 28.

In the end around 70 AD, the Jewish people were left to scatter throughout the world. The Romans destroyed the Temple. It wasn’t until 1948 that they would become a nation again. So, here we go again, they are losing their nation again, piece by piece. If only they would return to God, they would be able to destroy their enemy once again like they did during the six day war. When are people ever going to learn? How much longer does Israel have before they are conquered again? I should say that they do not have much time left.

The nation of Israel is almost surronded by their enemies. There is only one border left that isn’t occupied by the enemy, and that is the border into Egypt. The Jews are becoming more and more nervous as terrorists cells are growing in Egypt. It won’t be long before Egypt falls into the hands of Iranian sponsored terrorists.

The Jews made the mistake of constantly giving land away to the Arabs in exchange for peace, a fatal mistake on their part. The Arabs want nothing more than to wipe the Jews off of the face of the earth. I think I said this before, history does repeat itself. The Jews put their trust in man and not in God. If only they had kept their faith in God, they wouldn’t be in the situation that they are in now. They can’t rely on the United States anymore. The United States closed the doors on Israel and seem to be siding with the Arabs.

The United States, which once was a great nation is destined to fall along with England. This nation had it all, until it pushed God out of the way. This nation started it’s decline as far back as I can remember, starting in the sixties. Just look at each decade how the morals of this nation deteriorated. Ever since prayer was removed from the schools in 1963, people increased their hatred towards religion.

Since then we’ve had riots, protests, assassinations, abortions, women’s lib (which helped cause the deterioration of family structure and jobs loss for the head of the household), homosexuals protesting and becoming a part of the mainstream, a rapid increase in sexually explicit material, child molesters, divorce rates, teenage pregnancy, drug abuse, major corruption in our Government, kids killing kids and adults, it just keeps going on and on.

The United States hasn’t won a war since World War II and it is not going to win the next one. Sounds like history is repeating itself. What had happened to the Jews will also happen to us. England is also in the same boat. So, what’s going to happen?

I see it like this: The United States has been tested over and over again. Iran, No. Korea and Russia has tested us and what have we done about this challenge? Nothing. Do you know how happy that makes these countries? In case you didn’t know, China backs No. Korea. The Fourth Reich is on the rise. Russia, along with China (which they have been practicing war games with for years) are on the rise. Iran is rising and they are preparing to take out Israel (now that they have long range missles).

Once Iran takes out Israel, the EU led by Germany and the Vatican will come down from the north and take out Iran. The Germans are already positioning themselves for a war with Iran, they know that they can’t rely on the United States either. The United States abandoned Poland, so now they are fair game for Russia and Germany. All because we backed down from installing a missle defense system in Europe. So it looks like Poland is going to be forced to join the EU.

The bloody Vatican wants Jerusalem and a new world order. We all know that the Vatican has had ties with Germany for hundreds of years. The Vatican is persecuting Jews all over Europe, right now as you read this article. The way things look in the world, the United States has lost it’s will. The nations that used to listen to us, now laugh at us. The nations that used to rely on us, are living in fear.

One of The Dangers of a Rebellion Against God

The United States used to be feared by many nations, but not since it decided to push God aside. Now that God has been removing His blessings, our enemies no longer fear us.

Are you living in fear? Are you worried? If you are, now would be a good time to call on Jesus. Jesus will help you lose all that fear and all those worries. He’ll teach you and show you the way back to God. Without Him, you have no life. You can’t go it alone. If you want security, then put your trust and life into the hands of Jesus Christ and find real peace and freedom from the bondage of this world. The return of Jesus Christ will bring a new world order the way it should be. There will be only one king, Jesus Christ. Don’t be fooled by imitators and false promises.

May God Bless You Always