Country Leaders and God
Koot van
Wyk (DLitt et Phil; ThD), Visiting Professor, Department of Liberal Education,
Kyungpook National University, Sangju Campus, South Korea, Conjoint lecturer of
Avondale College, Australia
The Remnant of all generations was not
interested in politics because politics and religion should never be conflated
or mixed. Who is the Remnant? It was to be all those who have a serious
relationship with God, anyone, no blood-priority, no nation-election, no
super-race on earth, at least after the Fall of Adam. History started and was
written with blood because the Remnant forsakes their destiny. Does it help to
Christianize as humans, the regime of each country and by trick and treat
control all political doors and windows to improve things for the Remnant? That
is not how God works. Isaiah, one of the greatest literature writers and poet
of the Hebrew nation, wrote about this in Isaiah 40:23-27. One should pay
attention to what he said: “He
[God] Who reduces rulers to nothing. Who makes the judges of the earth
meaningless. Scarcely have they been planted, scarcely have they been sown,
scarcely has their stock take root on the earth, but He blows on them and they
wither. And the storm carries them away like stubble. To whom then will you
[Remnant of all ages] liken Me that I should be equal says the Holy One. Lift
up your eyes on high and see Who has created these. The One Who leads forth
their host by number, He calls them all by name. Because of the greatness of
His might and the strength of power, not one is missing. Why do you [Remnant of
all ages], O Jacob and assert, O Israel [Spiritual Israel of all ages]: ‘My way
is hidden from the Lord and the justice due me escapes the notice of my God?’” Isaiah 43 is cardinal for the Remnant of
our time. It is the John 3:16 in the Old Testament because God said to all Who
want to worship Him: “I love you” (Isaiah 43:4b). Open invitation. He made us,
He formed us, He wants to protect us and He will, He can do with this sinful
world’s powers and forces (economic [no matter how many Samsung batteries catch
fire], political [no matter how many Hillary e-mails there are], social [no
matter how strong networks of control are], military [no matter how strong a
nations power is (see the military disaster of Assyria in Isaiah 37:36),
religious (no matter how many religious networks tries to embezzle the
operation of God through the Remnant)], God views nations as a “drop in a
bucket” (Isaiah 40:15). They are as dust on the scales. And violated [Egyptian
word thw] they are considered to Him” (Isaiah 40:17b). Notice in the citation
above in verse 27 that it is the Remnant and their actions (right or wrong,
favoring anti-biblical ‘woman ordination’, letting culture be above biblical
principles, embracing the gay-ministry world standards since 2006/7 in the USA
and Europe and elsewhere, also an anti-Word of God stance) that influence God’s
dealings with rulers and leaders of the country where the Remnant are living.
How faithful are we in our sanctity of Sabbath concept? How devoted are we to
Him? Are we handing our lives over to money, honor, wealth, prestige, nice
cars, nice homes, nice clothes, nice phones and digital devices? Leaders in our
country are treated because of our faith or no faith, our broken relationship
with God which causes scandals to flock to the leader of the country. Did
protestants go with their leader to the Buddhist temples with the Buddhist
president for visits? Did they stay away or also bowed? It is because of them,
and the sins of the rest of His Remnant that one gets Hillary Clintons, Donald
Trump and Hillary Park in our own environment. I begin to think, the IMF came to
South Korea in 1997 because of me. I am also sorry.