In my previous post, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli quoted a WSJ, In Coke We Trust. This article explains that a soda pop bottler now has better credit than our government. That should be enough to make us all heartsick.
Fortunately, the People have started to take notice of the fact scoundrels lead us. One blog reviewed the reviews our president’s State of the Union address (see THE STATE OF THE UNION: REVIEWING THE REVIEWS) and made an interesting discovery. Very few bloggers in our state had anything good to say about our president’s message. It seems that it has become more difficult for president to tells his lies and to divide us by pitting one interest group against another.
Is President Barack Obama on the ropes? Can Washington’s Big Spenders still buy us with our own money? Will we the People get our act together and choose decent men and women to lead us? That depends upon us.
When we look at the character of the people who lead us, what we see is a reflection of our own character. The moral character of our leaders is no better — and no worse – than our own. Our leaders honor what we honor.
When Christians think of a tottering, undisciplined society many will point to Isaiah 3. When Isaiah spoke of God’s judgement, he spoke to a People that had lost its moral underpinnings. The people of Jerusalem and Judah relied no longer upon God’s Word and Wisdom. Each had become self-indulgent, and each thought only of their own wants. Thus, they behaved in the way of grown children who have never studied and accepted the truth of the Bible.
Isaiah 3 (Today’s New International Version)
Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah
1 See now, the Lord,
the LORD Almighty,
is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah
both supply and support:
all supplies of food and all supplies of water,
2 the hero and the warrior,
the judge and the prophet,
the diviner and the elder,
3 the captain of fifty and the person of rank,
the counselor, skilled worker and clever enchanter.
4 I will make mere youths their officials;
children will govern them.
5 People will oppress each other—
one against another, neighbor against neighbor.
The young will rise up against the old,
the nobody against the honored.
6 A man will seize one of his brothers
in his father’s house, and say,
“You have a cloak, you be our leader;
take charge of this heap of ruins!”
7 But in that day he will cry out,
“I have no remedy.
I have no food or clothing in my house;
do not make me the leader of the people.”
8 Jerusalem staggers,
Judah is falling;
their words and deeds are against the LORD,
defying his glorious presence.
9 The look on their faces testifies against them;
they parade their sin like Sodom;
they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
They have brought disaster upon themselves.
10 Tell the righteous it will be well with them,
for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.
11 Woe to the wicked!
Disaster is upon them!
They will be paid back
for what their hands have done.
12 Youths oppress my people,
women rule over them.
My people, your guides lead you astray;
they turn you from the path.
13 The LORD takes his place in court;
he rises to judge the people.
14 The LORD enters into judgment
against the elders and leaders of his people:
“It is you who have ruined my vineyard;
the plunder from the poor is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by crushing my people
and grinding the faces of the poor?”
declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.
16 The LORD says,
“The women of Zion are haughty,
walking along with outstretched necks,
flirting with their eyes,
tripping along with mincing steps,
with ornaments jingling on their ankles.
17 Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion;
the LORD will make their scalps bald.”
18 In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces, 19 the earrings and bracelets and veils, 20 the headdresses and ankle chains and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms, 21 the signet rings and nose rings, 22 the fine robes and the capes and cloaks, the purses 23 and mirrors, and the linen garments and tiaras and shawls.
24 Instead of fragrance there will be a stench;
instead of a sash, a rope;
instead of well-dressed hair, baldness;
instead of fine clothing, sackcloth;
instead of beauty, branding.
25 Your men will fall by the sword,
your warriors in battle.
26 The gates of Zion will lament and mourn;
destitute, she will sit on the ground.
Even if you believe in the Bible, you can say Isaiah’s words do not apply to us. They were for another place, another time. If you do not believe, you can just laugh and ridicule.
Nonetheless, our government spends without discipline. Our leaders disregard long-standing principles of national economy. We elect people who swear oaths they have no intention of upholding. We elect people who buy our vote with our neighbor’s money. So we are on the decline, and we are paying the price for rampant greed and extravagant waste. In time others will see our weakness, and we will be at war.
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