President Bush, Scripture and The Village Voice
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Last month The Village Voice of New York emailed and asked me about
President Bush and Scripture. On May 3rd they published an
article called, "The Divine Call of George W. Bush." In this article,
my thoughts of Scripture and President Bush were referred to. Following
is a detailed explanation of the connection.
In the Old Testament, Isaiah 53 clearly prophesied about Jesus,
Isaiah 54 is about expanding to the Gentiles (all non-Jews). In Isaiah
55, when speaking of David, Isaiah prophesied to Israel:
"Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and
commander to the people. Behold, you shall call a nation that you know
not, and nations that knew you not shall run to you because of the
LORD your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for He has glorified
you." (Isaiah 55:4-5)
What nation did Israel call that was unknown to Isaiah in his time?
The United States. Which nations that did not know Israel ran to her
because of the Lord our God? The U.S. , England and others.
The Hebrew word nation in that verse means Gentile
nation. The Hebrew word leader means civil, military or
religious leader and is only used two other times in the whole
Bible. I wanted to know how God was using that word, so I looked
up who He called "leader" in the other verses. It is also used
to describe Jehoiada (1 Chron 12:27) who is very similar to President
Bush, using " spear and shield" along with the leaders with him. (1
Chron 13:1) Of them it is written:
"All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect
heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest
also of Israel were of one heart to make David king." (1 Ch 12:38)
There is a parallel there. An illustration. David, Jehoiada and the
leaders fought for their nation under the hand of God. I believe
Isaiah, who began talking about the past but shifted toward the
future, is prophesying about President Bush, who is also a leader
doing everything he can for
Hebron under the hand of God as Isaiah
described. America is the Gentile nation that Israel has called and
was not known by Israel at the time of Isaiah, and we have run to her
aid just as prophesied in Isaiah 55:5.
The next verses in Isaiah are a message from God to us today,
"Seek you the LORD while He may be found, call you upon Him while
He is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man
his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and He will have mercy
upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon."
My personal opinion is that President Bush is a man of God, but if
America does not turn around and repent, God will turn His back on us.
Moses followed God, but the people did what they wanted, and there
were heavy consequences.
God said, "If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble
themselves and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked
ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and
will heal their land." (2 Ch 7:14)
I believe that this time of grace has about run out.
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