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****** ADVERTISEMENT ****** Share your thoughts about this issue community.kcm.org **************************************** ****** article resumes below ****** I saw it during the previous presidential administration, and I’m seeing it again in the current administration. Some people are so angry with the president, they practically go berserk at the very mention of his name. They think their fury is politically driven, but it’s not. It’s spiritual. The door of government in America has been opened to the spirit of division, and the whole nation has suffered because of it. Such suffering was never part of God’s plan for this country. He never intended for Americans to divide up every chance they get and fight each other. His dream was always for this land to be a place where all cultures and people of all backgrounds could worship Him freely, together. He wanted a place where people weren’t divided into all kinds of different, so-called “races.” As far as God is concerned, there are only two races on earth, anyway—those who have chosen to be a part of His family and those who haven’t. From His perspective, the division between those two groups is the only division there is. He has never divided up mankind on the basis of money, clothing, culture, geography or skin color. People began listening to the devil and came up with those divisions. He got in there and started creating havoc. That’s what has happened in America. God’s dream is for people of all colors—black, red, white, brown and yellow—to live and glorify Him together. If you doubt that, just look at heaven. Revelation 7:9-10 says what it will look like: “After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.” God never intended for there to be enmity between people and races. He never meant for the black man to get to America in the belly of a slave ship! That’s not God’s way. He didn’t intend for the red man to hang on to witchcraft and keep warring against each other’s tribes. Nor did He want the white man to dominate and kill those who were here when he arrived. His plan has always been BLESSING—people coming together through faith in Him and prospering together. This nation was built on the foundation of faith in the living God. He wanted to pour out His presence on His people who had dedicated this land to Him. And He did His part to make it happen. He protected the first handful of settlers in remarkable ways, and has been protecting this nation ever since. We’re the ones who have fouled things up. But in spite of all these things, this nation was dedicated to Him and, just as He has done with His people Israel, He will never give up on it. That’s how He is. He’ll stay with it…and stay with it, until His dream ultimately comes to pass. Before Jesus comes and catches away the Church, I believe we’ll come together and do what needs to be done. We’ll pray and vote righteous people into authority who will deal with the spirit of division. We’ll rise up in unity and elect leaders who will stand for what’s right but do it in kindness and love, instead of in ways that stir up more strife. Then this country will once again be truly one nation under God. V 8 : BVOV