The King, and war against a Scoundrel
A fictional story of sin, and punishment
The anger of God again blazed out against the land for their sin, and he incited the King of the land against them; to start a war against a scoundrel, and on terrorism. The King said to the Senior Army Officers who were with him, go throughout the land and select a Fighting Force from coast to coast and make ready for war with the scoundrel, and against those that are terrorising us. But the Senior Army Officers said to the King, God will restore the land and again make us strong. He will remove terrorism if only we repent from our evil, and seek His will, so why start a war with with a scoundrel? Why are you so set to do this thing? But the King enforced his order on the Senior Officers, and they went out to make ready for war against the scoundrel, and terrorism. They went to the East and made compacts with the neighboring countries of the scoundrel so they could encamp their Army and their military equipment. They prepared all their mighty forces for war.
Shortly thereafter, when all his forces were ready, the King declared war against the scoundrel, his land, and against terrorism. But, very soon the King's heart misgave him for having started the war (for never before had his land initiated an attack on another country, a sovereign nation). He came to his senses and said to himself, I have committed a grave error! The King said to God, But now, God, I beg you to forgive your servant for this fault. I have been very foolish. But when the King got up the next morning, the following message had come from God to the King's Spiritual Adviser. Go and say to the King, God says this: I offer you three things, choose one of them for me to do to you. So the Spiritual Adviser went to the King and told him, God says this: Are three years of famine to come on you and your land, or will you flee for three months before a pursuing enemy, or would you rather have three days of pestilence in your land? Now think about this and decide how I am to answer him who sends me! The King said to his spiritual adviser, this is a hard choice, but let us rather fall into the power of God since his mercy is great, and not into the power of men. So the King chose the pestilence on his land.
It was the time of the wheat harvest in the land. God sent a pestilence on the land from the morning till the appointed three days time and plague ravaged the people, and from coast to coast thousands of people died. The angel of God then stretched out his hand toward the Capital City of the land to destroy it, but God thought better of this evil, and he said to the angel who was destroying the people, enough! Now withdraw your hand.
When the King saw the angel who was ravaging the people, he spoke to God and said. "It was I who sinned by declaring war against a scoundrel, and terrorism," he said, "I who did this wicked thing without your expressed permission. But these, the people of this land, what have they done?"
The Moral of this story?
The people did nothing! But they should have! Their leader, the King should have warned them about the consequences of continuous evil and sin. They should have repented for their sin, and the sin of their fathers against God, and again become obedient to His Covenant and His Scriptural Law (Leviticus 26) Then, and only then will they again become a blessed land. (Leviticus 26:40-46).
The above story is pure fiction. Can it be used as a modern day allegory based on past historical events? You decide!
Please read the Historical event recorded in the Bible in II Samuel 24, also in I Chronicles 21.
The historical setting of II Samuel 24:
Ancient Historical Israel as a Nation was deep in sin; they were violating the covenants of Yahweh (Leviticus 26) which had severe consequences. Yahweh had enough of this sinfulness and He incites King David to take a census of the people (which was a violation of the law). Yahweh intends to punish Israel 'through' this act of disobedience committed by King David. In this instance, Yahweh was satan (the adversary) against King David (read I Chronicles 21:1). David had a choice, he could have listened to his Advisors, but even though David's Advisers warned him not to commit this act, David did it anyway.
Shortly after David received the census he felt remorse for what he had done and he asked Yahweh for forgiveness (Samuel 24:10). But it was too late, the sinful act was done, now the penalty (on Israel) was to come. David was given three choices, 1. Three years of famine on the Nation, 2. three months of fleeing before his enemy, or 3. three days of pestilence throughout the country. David chooses the pestilence. David's act of disobedience (instigated by Yahweh) causes the death of 70,000 Israelites. Yahweh's will was done and Israel was punished for their sin. And so, Yahweh punished Israel for their sin through the disobedience of Israel's ruler King David.
The connection
North America is now the homeland of True Israel. America contains the Nation among the Nations, the Caucasian Christian Anglo-Saxon Ancestors of True Israel of the Diaspora. America is in violation of the Covenant, their President is their De-Facto King. Will the actions of their King by attacking Iraq result in the punishment of pestilence on America? Will Yahweh use the actions of the King to bring about this punishment as he did with King David? Will history repeat? Or, will 'True Israel' in America repent?
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