The Victory of Christian Civilization 2

As I mentioned in another post, there are some things you can't compromise. For example, innocent human life, the definition of marriage, the identity of the true sovereign who judges nations, etc. But how does that translate into practical politics in the give-and-take, say, of the legislative process? When discussing the matters that cannot be compromised, there are two diametrically opposed positions.

First position: The standard politician asserts that he can work things out with the opposing side, reach across the aisle, reach a compromise. You can't compromise on a dead baby, unless you want the wrath of God. So, do we have to settle for God's wrath upon our nation, or is there another way?

Second position: There is another way. The representative in the government of a group of people, if he is a believer, is also a representative of the living God, the true sovereign. He can stand for the truth and not compromise. God sees that and will orchestrate heaven and earth to bless that believer's efforts. However, God cannot bless something that would contradict His word, i.e., the killing of some innocent babies to achieve a winning piece of legislation that a majority can agree to.

The believer who compromises denies that God can give victory over the enemies of God's law. He also gives up on the jurisdiction he represents, giving them over to the wrath of God's judgment upon a people giving up on His law. The believer who stands for the truth no matter what receives the following support in the invisible realm:

"And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war." Revelation 19:11. "And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh." Revelation 19:19-21.

The beasts of the Old Testament were the political rulers who trampled the earth and God's people. It doesn't identify just one person in history, although it might ideally represent one particular political personage or position of the first century - those persecuting the infant Church of Jesus Christ.

The Greek word translated as The Revelation in Revelation 1:1 is apocalypse.

"The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: . . . ."

The Greek word, apokalypsis, means:

1. laying bare, making naked

2. a disclosure of truth, instruction

1. concerning things before unknown

2. used of events by which things or states or persons hitherto withdrawn from view are made visible to all

3. manifestation, appearance

From Blue Letter Bible, Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, at http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G602&t=KJV, accessed on March 1, 2014.

So, when we read in Revelation about Jesus Christ riding on a white horse and destroying His enemies, it is a revealing, an unveiling of who He is, not a revealing of what will happen in the future. Do you really think He sits in the most powerful position in the universe, that of God Almighty, and does nothing to advance His kingdom? At least, you have to believe that God the Father cares enough about the sacrifice of His Son that He advances His cause.

To think otherwise is to be like the people Jesus spoke to about His Father working. They appeared to think that upon finishing the sixth day of creation, God just sat down to rest for all eternity. But that was a complete misconception, according to Jesus. "But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." John 5:17.

Therefore, your cause that you are called to work for His kingdom, He will work to uphold it, even if that means gathering the armies of heaven together as a conquering commander and going to war against your enemies.

The verb form of the word, apokalyptō, is translated "reveal" 26 times in the New Testament. The revelation of who Jesus Christ really is, the conquering King of this earth and the entire universe, is revealed in the New Testament, the hearts and minds of believers by the Holy Spirit, and in history before the watching eyes of unbelievers, who see the crucified one destroy the idols they have exalted and avenge His saints, whom they have persecuted. I think He can handle the American Congress or your state's legislature or governor or courts or whatever is acting as God's enemy.