1. General concept: it ought to be obvious, if one has a knowledge of history and a knowledge of various
nations, that all nations are not equivalent. When our President, Barrack Obama, was asked about
American exceptionalism, he indicated that this was not unlike British believing in British exceptionalism
or the Greeks extolling Greek exceptionalism. The president said this because he has not the slightest
clue as to what American exceptionalism is. To him, it was much like a person taking pride in one’s own
nation and one’s own people (the implication of all that is, he sees himself as a little above all that, taking
in the big world picture). However, American exceptionalism exists, it is objective in nature. For instance,
there is not a lot of difference in per capita income between the United States and, say, Qatar or the
U.A.E. or Kuwait (I specifically chose nations where the contrast would be dramatic); yet, if given the
choice, far more people would want to move to the United States than to any of the other countries. The
difference is, the United States is greatly blessed by God and these other countries are, at best, partially
blessed by Him (God is not anti-Arab, and when an Arabic state allows some freedom of religion within
its borders, God blesses that). The reason we are greatly blessed as a nation, is that we are a client
nation to God, which will be explained and defined below.
2. Definition of a client nation: A client nation is a national entity under the patronage of God, assigned the
responsibility for the formation, preservation, communication, and fulfillment of the canon of Scripture.
R. B. Thieme, Jr. originally called this a priest nation, which is nearly an equivalent term.
3. Scriptural confirmation for the concept of a client nation to God:
1) God speaking to Moses: “You have seen what I did to Egypt; and I bore you on wings of eagles and
brought you to Me. And now if listening you will listen to My voice, and will keep My covenant, you
will become a special treasure to Me above all the nations, for all the earth is Mine. And you shall
become a kingdom of priests for Me, a nation that is set-apart [from other nations]. These are the
words which you shall speak to the sons of Israel.” (Ex. 19:4–6).
2) Moses speaking to the people: “For you are a people set apart to Jehovah your God. Jehovah your
God has chosen you to be His own treasure out of all the people on the face of the earth. Jehovah
did not set His love on you or choose you because you were more in number than any people, for
you were the fewest of all peoples. But because Jehovah loved you, and because He kept the oath
which He swore to your fathers, Jehovah has caused you to go out with His power, and He
purchased you from the house of slaves, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Because of this,
know that Jehovah your God, He is God, the faithful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to those
who love Him, and to those who keep His commands, to a thousand generations; and repaying to
his face those that hate Him, to destroy him; He will not delay, He will repay him who hates Him,
to his face. And you will keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances which I
am commanding you today, to do them. And it will be, because you hear judgments, and keep and
do them, even Jehovah your God will keep with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore
to your fathers. And He will love you, and bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit
of your body, and the fruit of your land, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your
oxen and the wealth of your flock, in the land which He has sworn to your fathers, to give it to you.
You will be blessed above all people; there will not be a barren man or a barren woman among you,
nor among your livestock. And Jehovah will turn aside every sickness from you; and He will not put
on you any of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you have known, but He will put them on all who
hate you.” (Deut. 7:6–15).
3) In what appears to be a public prayer before the children of Israel, Moses said, “Look down from
Your holy habitation, from Heaven, and bless Your people Israel, and the land which You have
given to us, as You swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey. Today Jehovah your
God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances. You [Israel] will take heed to do them
with all your heart, and with all your soul. You [Israel] have today declared Jehovah to be your God,
and to walk in His ways, and to keep His statutes and His commands, and His judgments, and to
pay attention to His voice. And Jehovah has declared you today to be His people, a special
treasure as He has spoken to you, and to keep all His commands. And He will make you high
above all nations that He has made, in praise, and in name, and in glory; and that you may be a
holy people to Jehovah your God, as He has spoken.” (Deut. 26:15–19). This public prayer
essentially establishes a covenant between God and the newly-formed client nation Israel.
4) In Roman history, a client was someone dependent on another family. In the Church Age, believers
depend completely on God directly and do not need a specialized priest. So instead of calling a
Gentile nation a priest nation as such, the believers in the Church Age are a holy priesthood and
a royal family of God, 1Peter 2:4b–5 reads: [You, believers in Jesus Christ] having been rejected
by men, but chosen by God, [are] precious. Furthermore, you [believers], as living stones, are
being built a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through
Jesus Christ.
5) Rom. 9:25–26 As He says also in Hosea, "I will call those who were not My people, ‘My people,’
And her who was not beloved, ‘beloved.’ And it shall be, in the place where it was said to them,
‘You are not My people,’ there they will be called, ‘Sons of the Living God.’” (Hosea 2:23). The
context of this passage is Paul explaining to the Romans who and what Israel is.
4. During the Age of Israel, there were 5 Jewish client nations, and since the Church Age began, a couple
dozen Gentile client nations.
5. As goes the pivot (core group of mature believers in a client nation), so goes the nation. The book of
Judges is essentially a study of this phenomenon. The United States has come to be the greatest in the
world because of a large pivot of maturing believers. As a result, there are more people, believers and
unbelievers, whose thinking lines up with divine establishment. Therefore, these results in a greater army
and a better, more honest government (you may scoff, but you ought to compare our government to
others throughout the world).
6. God directs and controls historical activity on the basis of client nations. Obviously, God allows for
personal and corporate volition in His plan. A client nation is responsible to do five things...
1) It must evangelize its own population at home.
2) It must communicate Bible doctrine to the believers in the nation.
3) It is responsible for the custodianship of Bible doctrine.
4) It provides a haven for the Jews.
5) It is responsible to send out missionaries to evangelize other nations.
6) Because there is a difference between the priest nation Israel and Gentile client nation, there will
be some modification of this concept in the Church Age.
7. There were five Jewish client nations in the Old Testament:
1) The theocratic kingdom (when Israel had no king, and God ruled over Israel directly), from the
Exodus until the prophet Samuel (1441-1020 b.c.). 1Sam. 1–9
2) The United Kingdom from Saul to death of Solomon. 1020-926 b.c.. 1Sam. 9–1Kings 11
1Chron. 10–2Chron. 9
3) The Northern Kingdom from Jeroboam to Hoshea (926-721 b.c.). In 721 B.C. the fifth cycle of
discipline was administered by the Assyrians under Sargon II.
4) The Southern Kingdom from Rehoboam to Zedekiah (926-586 b.c.). The fifth cycle of discipline
was administered by the Chaldeans under Nebuchadnezzar.
5) Then Judah became a client nation again from b.c. 516 until 70 a.d.
8. The First Divine Institution—the Human Soul—and the client nation.
1) Each divine institution has a system of authority and volition.
2) Although there are a handful of people who received their marching orders directly from God, the
majority of people have a myriad of authorities:
(1) The authority of God is revealed in the Word of God, properly interpreted and relative to the
correct dispensation.
(2) Ideally speaking, we understand our proper place in this world through the authority of the
church (Heb. 13:13, 17). However, there is no authorization in the church, whether in a client
nation or not, for members of the church to enforce morality. The pastor or assistant pastor
or deacons are not to follow you around, telling you what to do. No cult leader is to gather
you together on a farm and tell you what you can and cannot do. If anything, this violates the
volition of a soul.
(3) Inside of our soul is a conscience, and on that conscience are to be written correct norms and
standards which help us to determine what is right and wrong. Even unbelievers and heathen
have a conscience, which is a system of inner authority. Rom. 1:18–20 For God's wrath is
revealed from Heaven on all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, holding the truth in
unrighteousness, because the thing known of God is clearly known within them, for God
revealed it to them. For the unseen things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly
seen, being understood by the things made, both His eternal power and Godhead, for them
to be without excuse.
(4) There is the authority of the governments under which we find ourselves. Rom. 13:1–2 Let
every soul be subject to higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, but the
existing authorities have been ordained by God. So that the one resisting authority has
opposed the ordinance of God, and the ones opposing will receive judgment to themselves.
(5) There are a number of institutions which we choose to participate in and some which we are
mandated to participate in. Martial arts classes, private and public schools, homeowner’s
associations, government agencies, branches of the armed forces, etc. Some of these, we
may choose to become a part of and others (a dance class or a private music teacher), we
may not want to be a part of them, but we end up under their authority simply through normal
day to day living (our job, the neighborhood homeowner’s association). Other institutions are
a part of every person’s life (the police). All of these institutions have a system of authority,
and we are under that system of authority, as long as it does not conflict with our obedience
to God (Acts 5:29).
3) Freedom and authority are always balanced and bound together.
4) Obviously, the most important choice a person can make is to believe in Jesus Christ. This must
always be a free will choice. No one can be born a Christian and no system of authority can make
a person into a Christian.
5) The second most important decision we can make is to daily take in doctrine, to learn about God,
the plan of God and our place in it.
9. The Second Divine Institution, Marriage, and the client nation.
1) Marriage, the second divine institution, mixes freedom, authority and responsibility.
2) Monogamy, a permanent relationship between one man and one woman, is ordained of God to
remind mankind that He has from the beginning a design called right man-right woman,
Gen. 1:26:27 5:1-2 2:18-25 1 Cor 7:2-4.
3) Marriage is the most basic and fundamental organization in the human race. Even the unbeliever,
whose life is a total failure, can have great temporary happiness by marrying the right woman,
Eccl. 9:9
4) Under the authority of the laws of divine establishment, the right man-right woman relationship
becomes the normal, legitimate expression of category two love, 1Cor 7:9 1Tim. 5:14 Eph. 5:22,
23, 28, 33 Heb. 13:4. Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be
undefiled; for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.
5) The husband has authority and responsibility for his wife, and the wife has volition, which, in
marriage, she has, at least at one point in time, given over to her husband. The husband has all
the authority; there are no exceptions or rationalizations. Violations of a principle do not change the
principle.
6) Marriage is the basis for stability in society and for the formation of civilization.
7) Marriage is a relationship analogous to our relationship with God. God has the authority and He
has taken upon Himself the responsibility for us. As believers, we accept or reject His authority,
which affects the nature of the relationship.
8) The married couple is a corporate witness before God. In a marriage, it is not to anyone’s benefit
for a couple to pretend that they have a Donna Reed/Father Knows Best kind of marriage; but,
through the doctrine in the souls, they should actually have a good marriage.
9) Nations in which marriages are crumbling are destroyed from within.
10) One of the keys to marriage is two growing believers making spiritual decisions in unison. In such
a marriage, the two believers function as a corporate unit, and stand as witnesses before God.
11) It is the stability of marriage—in believers and unbelievers—that allows for consistency in a client
nation. Security (or lack thereof) in the marriage has a ripple effect on society. Marriage also has
an effect on any nation, whether it is a client nation to God or not.
12) Satan, society and unbelievers attack marriage:
(1) Satan attacks marriages from within, to try to destroy them.
(2) Marriage is presented by society as a 50-50 proposition with no clear line of authority (as has
happened in the era of the woman’s movement).
(3) Satan and society attack the marriage unit with substitutes, usually attempting to exploit the
sexual drive: promiscuity, sexual perversions, homosexuality, lesbianism, distortions of
marriage (homosexual unions, polygamy, living together), sex education.
10. The Third Divine Institution, Family, and the client nation.
1) The family provides the framework for maintaining order in the society. Children are taught
establishment and biblical norms and standards, the clarity of absolute rights and wrongs, and
authority orientation. Because we are born into this world as completely helpless, God has
designed the family as the proper unit within which to raise a child. Ideally speaking, this requires
the child’s biological parents.
2) At birth, we are born with a sin nature, with Adam’s imputed sin, and, soon into our lives, we commit
personal sin. Condemnation from God occurs immediately at birth. Therefore, our personal sins
do not condemn us and are free to be imputed to our Lord on the cross.
3) With regards to family, the ideal is 1 male and 1 female believer, married, growing spiritually, and
raising up children. Part of our growing process is learning from both the male and female of the
species, whether we are male or female children. This provides protection for the souls and bodies
of the children as well as guidance. The idea is to take this helpless thing and raise them so that
they are able to make their own decisions as a grownup.
4) The ideal is to expose them to doctrine and to the gospel, and this is best done within the family.
Christian parents must also evangelize and provide pre-doctrinal training for their children,
Deut. 6:6-9 7:9.
5) Parental authority is the way of preparing children for a normal life. Permissiveness destroys this.
The highest expression of parental love is to teach through the forms of discipline. Parents must
teach poise, objectivity, respect for police, patriotism, and willingness to serve to protect freedom.
6) Failure to properly raise one’s children brings about internal decay in the client nation and in any
nation. When one generation fails to teach norms and standards, virtues and values, and authority
orientation to its children, they become dysfunctional adults and their children continue the process
of national decline.
7) Statistic are mistakenly used to show that there are a disproportionate number of African Americans
caught up on the wrong side of the law (as well as being more likely to use and/or sell drugs, to
engage in underage drinking; to become pregnant out of wedlock). Even though this is true, it is
not the color of a person’s skin which is the determining factor—it is the family unit, or the lack
thereof. That is, if we examine crime statistics of the children of both Black and White nuclear
families, there are no appreciable differences. The key for these negative factors in the lives of
children is single motherhood, not race. The United States is a client nation to God, but it still
makes a lot of stupid decisions. One corporate decision the United States has made is to
encourage single motherhood among Blacks (when you subsidize something, you get more of it;
when you tax it, you get less of it). We subsidize single black mothers in this nation, and the result
is criminality on the part of their children. This is a good example of a client nation making a lousy
corporate decision.
8) Satanic attacks upon the family unit:
(1) Just as before, Satan attacks the divine institution of the family with substitutes: single-mother
households, gay-parent households, pre-school, public education (which attempts to
undermine the authority of the home). As I write this, we have a school board in Montana
which wants to introduce homosexuality and homosexual positions to grade school children,
teaching it to be equivalent to heterosexual activity.
(2) Satan also attacks with broken families, setting children against the parents or parents
against their children.
(3) Abortion is a result of a lack of natural affection.
(4) Rom. 1:22–32 describes a number of areas where our negative volition and Satanic attacks
overlap: Professing to be wise, they became foolish and changed the glory of the
incorruptible God into a likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed
animals, and creeping things [any sort of idolatry]. Because of this, God gave them up to
impurity in the lusts of their hearts, their bodies to be dishonored among themselves, who
changed the truth of God into the lie, and worshiped and served the created thing [any sort
of creature worship, including that of Satan] more than the Creator, who is blessed forever.
Amen. Because of this, God gave them up to dishonorable passions, for even their females
changed the natural use to that contrary to nature [lesbianism]. And likewise, the males also
forsaking the natural use of the female burned in their lust toward one another
[homosexuality], males with males working out shamefulness, and receiving back within
themselves the reward which was fitting for their error. And even as they did not think fit to
have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do the things not
right, having been filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, iniquity, covetousness, malice,
being full of envy [this includes this idea that we deserve this or that], murder, quarrels,
deceit, evil habits, becoming whisperers, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, proud, braggarts,
devisers of evil things, disobedient to parents [attack on the family], without discernment,
covenant breakers [people who do not honor the contracts which they sign], without natural
affection [including a natural love toward one’s own children], unforgiving, unmerciful, who
knowing the righteous order of God, that those practicing such things are worthy of death, not
only do them, but also approve those practicing them. Such things are actually glorified.
Have you ever heard of gay pride week?
11. The Fourth Divine Institution—Human Government and Nationalism—and the client nation.
1) The divine institution of national governments helps to preserve the freedom of peoples of the earth.
It is God’s plan for there to be many nations. When a nation is negative toward the plan of God,
it is isolated from other national entities. When there is a lot of positive volition within a nation, that
nation protects the freedom of its citizens.
2) This is made clear when God judges the Tower of Babel, the first United Nations building, where
the descendants of Noah were divided by language in order to get them to spread out over the
earth. We also find this in Acts 17:26–27a “And God made from one man every nation of mankind
to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their
dwelling place, that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him
and find him.” Rom.13:1–7 tells us the importance of the authority of the national entity (and other
authorities within the entity): Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is
no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever
resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.
For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is
in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for
your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the
servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must
be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. For because
of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. Pay
to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed,
respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
3) As a minor point, early on after the flood, there were probably groups of people who established
some sort of human government, although calling them a nation may not have been accurate.
Whether these things began as customs and become more complex as the group got larger, we
do not know. In any case, larger numbers of people required some form of organization, some sort
of judicial system and some sort of enforcement, and thus, was government born. In any case, the
divine institution of government quickly evolved into the divine institution of nationalism. Gen. 10:5,
20, 32
4) Nationalism contains evil. Evil may grow and expand within a nation, but nationalism, for the most
part, constrains this evil geographically. Nationalism similarly protects other sovereign nations from
importing evil from another nation.
5) To perpetuate the human race and bring history to its logical conclusion, God has designed the
nation to protect the freedom and rights of the people within this nation and to protect the other
people on this planet. This does not mean that all nations are free. Under the concept, a people
get the government that they deserve, some governments are going to be oppressive, intrusive and
over-bearing. However, there will be freedom in some nations, which is often where the gospel and
Bible doctrine spring from. Furthermore, people from the outside will be drawn to a client nation
and to its customs and culture (although what they are expressing is positive volition toward the
gospel). This is why some foreigners move to the United States and become Christians and the
nations greatest patriots. They had positive volition to begin with and they have a point of reference
by which to judge the United States (using the U.S. as an example of a client nation). Good
government can be easily corrupted when people look to government rather than to God to solve
their problems.
6) Negative volition and scar tissue of the soul explains why some of those who live in a client nation
actually think poorly of their own nation and its history. Not only are their souls blinded, but they
have nothing which they can compare their life to (apart from, at best, some trips to foreign
countries).
7) Good decisions of national leadership result in greater options for greater decisions. Bad decisions
destroy freedom options and enslave the nation.
8) Satan is always on the attack against nationalism: Satan attacks with internationalism, which
includes, but not limited to, the United Nations, communist movements (true communism, in theory,
is a worldwide movement), Islamic terrorist groups, the so-called Green movement, and attempts
by members of our own Supreme Court to appeal to or apply international laws or standards.
12. The Interaction of the Divine Institutions and the client nation with the client nation on an upward Spiral:
1) Individual souls are making the decision to believe in Jesus Christ and many of choosing to learn
about Him through His Word.
2) As these people grow older, they marry, following the Biblical principles of marriage. The marriages
function as one unit moving forward spiritually.
3) These people have children, and the children learn Who Jesus is, in the home; and, after believing,
they learn Bible doctrine.
4) These children grow up, make a lot of good decisions which impacts the nation favorably.
5) The nation and its leadership reflect its people.
6) God blesses a nation. As an example, I am certain that we were protected here in the United
States from war around 1980 through a variety of circumstances, which God directed.
7) God promotes great leaders in a client nation with a good corporate witness.
13. The divine institution as related to a client nation is on a downward spiral:
1) Individuals choose against believing in Jesus Christ; and those who do believe, reject His Word.
2) As a result, these people make lousy decisions when it comes to getting married or having families.
Many have children out of wedlock, many engage in perverted behavior, and, as a result, many look
to government to bail them out of the mess they got themselves into.
3) Unstable marriages and broken families increase the number of bad decisions made by children
coming out of such a home, decreasing future options.
4) These bad decisions compound and work against a client nation.
5) Politicians arise proposing to solve these problems, all of which go back to the volition of the
individual souls and then percolate up in society in lousy marriages and families.
6) When a nation turns away from God, it must turn toward something or someone; in most cases,
they turn toward political leaders.
7) This explains that almost messianic qualities which were imputed to Barrack Obama by people
throughout the United States (he is our current president as I write this).
8) He was seen by many as a rock star, a god, a messianic figure—far more than the unbelievably
inexperienced politician which he turned out to be.
14. President George W. Bush provides us with an excellent illustration of a nation in flux, if not on a
downward spiral. :
1) Despite all of the lies about Bush’s intelligence, President Bush read a lot of history books, and
certainly understood, to some degree, the unique place in history of the United States. He was far
more well-read than President Obama, and with a much better perspective.
2) President Bush, when we were attacked on 9/11, knew that he could not simply sit back and treat
this as a law enforcement matter, but he went on the offensive.
3) President Bush recognized the importance of nation building which took place in the past—in South
Korea, in Japan and in Germany—and how our choice to build up these nations was a good thing
which had positive results for decades to come.
4) Therefore, the President invaded both Afghanistan and later Iraq, with the intention of freeing the
people and building up these nations into our allies. So far, so good.
5) At this point, our president went off the rails. There was a spiritual component which was a the
most important ingredient of building up South Korea, Germany and Japan.
6) When ruling over Japan in an interim government, MacArthur, a devout Episcopalian, said to a
visiting group of evangelicals that "Japan is a spiritual vacuum. If you do not fill it with Christianity,
it will be filled with Communism. Send me 1,000 missionaries." He also asked U.S. missionary
societies to send "Bibles, Bibles and more Bibles." MacArthur knew who to go to. He did not tell
Eisenhower, “Send us a whole bunch of missionaries and Bibles.” He spoke to the proper spiritual
organizations, and this changed the lives of millions of Japanese.
7) Today, South Korea is known for its Christian missionaries.
8) In order for us to succeed in the Middle East (meaning that we work hand-in-hand with a nation as
an ally for the next several decades), there has to be a spiritual component. If the Middle East is
not evangelized—if freedom of religion is not allowed—we are wasting our time there.
9) Essentially what President Bush did was a right thing in a wrong way, which approach President
Obama is continuing today (I write this in 2010).
15. Negative Volition to Bible doctrine destroys a client nation. Jer 6:13-14 "For from the least of them even
to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for profit, furthermore from the prophet even to the priest
everyone manufactures lies. In fact they allege to solve problems of My people, saying, `Peace, peace,'
when there is no peace." Ezek 13:10-16 "It is definitely because they have misled My people by saying,
`Peace!' when there is no peace. Now when anyone builds a wall [the political lies of politicians], behold,
they cover it with whitewash [the false solution to the problems of the client nation]; so tell those who
plaster it over with whitewash, that it will fall. A flooding rain will come, and you, O hailstones, will fall; and
a violent wind [fifth cycle of discipline] will break out. Listen, when the wall has fallen, will you not be
asked, `Where is the plaster with which you have plastered it?' Therefore, thus says the Lord God, `I will
cause a violent wind to break out in My wrath. There will also be in My anger a flooding rain and
hailstones to consume it in wrath. So I shall tear down the wall [the political lies] which you plastered over
with whitewash and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation is laid bare; furthermore when it
falls, you will be destroyed with it. Then you will know that I am the Lord. Therefore I will spend My wrath
against the wall and against those who have plastered it with whitewash; then I will say to you, `The wall
is gone along with its plasterers, along with the prophets of Israel who prophesy to Jerusalem, and saw
visions of peace for her where there is no peace,' declares the Lord God."
16. Political decisions and political solutions will not save a client nation:
1) Due to man’s sin nature and his total depravity plus the function of Satan’s cosmic system, freedom
will always be under attack. People in the client nation will periodically have to make great sacrifices
for freedom.
2) Political solutions are useless without spiritual solutions. What makes political solutions great is the
invisible heroship of a pivot of mature believers.
3) Spiritual solutions never include violence or coercion, but a change in the soul through Bible
doctrine.
4) Political solutions are related to the first birth of mankind and his spiritual death; spiritual solutions
are related to regeneration through faith in Christ-the second birth of mankind and his eternal
relationship with God.
5) Political solutions treat the symptom; spiritual solutions treat the problem.
17. Gentile client nations throughout history:
1) Peter, a Jewish Apostle, recognized that God had turned to the Gentiles, and wrote: For it stands
in Scripture: "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever
believes in him will not be put to shame." So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who
do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone," and "A stone
of stumbling, and a rock of offense." They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were
destined to do. But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His Own
possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into His
marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not
received mercy, but now you have received mercy (1Peter 2:6–10; Isa. 28:16 Psalm 118:22
Isa. 8:14 Ex. 19:5–6). Therefore, the first Gentile client nation was the Roman Empire, starting in
a.d. 70. When the Roman Empire reached its peak with a large pivot, there was the golden age
of the Antonine Caesars, a.d. 96 - 192. The historian Gibbon called this period the “golden age of
humanity.” The period of the Antonine Caesars was a time of dictatorship, and yet a time of the
most fantastic blessing. This proves that the issue is not the type of government, but the pivot of
believers.
2) When the Roman Empire fell in a.d. 476, God had already used the Goths as His client nation
during the fourth century.
3) Scotland and Ireland were client nations during the fifth and sixth centuries. This appears to have
been kicked off by the evangelist we call Saint Patrick.
4) The Franks were a client nation during the eighth and ninth centuries; the Vikings were during the
tenth century.
5) Germany under Luther, and Switzerland under Calvin were client nations during the sixteenth
century.
6) Sweden under Gustavus Adolphus, and the Huguenots during the seventeenth century were client
nations.
7) Brandenberg-Prussia under the Hohenzollerns were a client nation during the eighteenth century.
8) England was a client nation during the reign of Victoria in the nineteenth century.
9) The United States of America has been a client nation from 1776 until the present.
10) All we have to do is follow the positive volition or the blessings bestowed upon a nation by God, and
it will be clear in any generation which nation functions as a client nation to God.
11) Jesus Christ, who controls history, knows where positive volition will be in each generation. And
He makes sure that the current client nation goes to that area of the world with missionary activity.
This insures that Gentile nations will continue as client nations until the Rapture.
18. During the Tribulation, 144,000 Jews will function as evangelists (Rev. 7:4 14:1–3). There is no client
nation during the Tribulation, much like the seventy years of the Babylonian captivity,
19. The pivot and the client nation:
1) The pivot is the remnant of mature believers who have reached maximum adjustment to the justice
of God by their positive attitude toward Bible doctrine.
2) The size of the pivot in historical disaster determines the outcome of that disaster. If there is a large
pivot, the nation is delivered from historical disaster. It there is a small pivot, then only the pivot is
delivered, while the nation is destroyed.
3) The spin-off is the reversionistic believers. The larger the spin-off, the greater the disaster and
destruction of the nation.
4) When judgment falls on a nation, the pivot is still secure because of their adjustment to the justice
of God. If a mature believer dies during historical disaster, it was just his time to go home, not a
matter of discipline.
5) The principle of deliverance depending upon the size of the pivot is derived from the fact that
mature believers are a blessing by association and have historical impact.
6) While the pivot is secure, the spinoff is destroyed in the disaster.
7) Therefore historical disaster separates those adjusted to the justice of God from those who are
maladjusted. Since the spinoff is always composed of those who are maladjusted, they are
disciplined and destroyed by the historical disaster.
20. The “Times of the Gentiles” begins at the fall of Jerusalem in a.d. 70 and runs until the second advent of
Jesus Christ. Luke 21:20-24
21. The “Fullness of the Gentiles” runs from a.d. 70 until the rapture, which ends the Church Age.
Rom. 11:25
22. During the Tribulation only individual Jews will be evangelists, there will be no Jewish client nation. There
will be no Gentile client nation during the Tribulation since all Church Age believers—Jews and
Gentiles—have been taken to heaven before this period of great historical disaster. During the tribulation,
there will be a Jewish nation, but it will not be a client nation. There will be a great evangelistic thrust by
144,000 Jews, who are spread about throughout the earth; and the return of Moses and Elijah. But Israel
is not restored as a client nation until the Second Advent. When the Rapture occurs, the earth is left with
no pivot, no believers, and no client nation. That is why angels, Moses, and Elijah, in addition to the
144,000 Jews are used during the tribulation for the evangelization of the world. Rev. 11–18
23. The Jewish client nation versus the Gentile client nation: When Israel was a client nation, the canon of
Scripture was still being written. Therefore, there was direct contact from God to various people in the
client nation Israel (in any of the 5 client nations previously discussed). God spoke directly to kings and
sometimes He communicated to them through prophets. The same was true of the people themselves;
they heard the Word of God sometimes spoken directly by a prophet. Throughout most of the Church
Age, there is no canon of Scripture being written (outside of a couple of books written between
a.d. 70–100). God does not speak directly to kings, prime ministers or presidents. Prophets, with a fresh
message from God, are no longer dispatched to the capitol city to straighten out civil authority. However,
this does not preclude world leaders attending church, being involved in Bible study or meeting with
religious leaders.
24. It is very important to note that the Bible does not specify an ideal form of government for a Gentile client
nation. Through the list of historical client nations, it ought to be clear that nearly any form of
government—apart from communism or Islamic control—is legitimate for a client nation.
25. Distortions of a client nation:
1) Liberation Theology, which began in the 70's, quoted a few Biblical passages out of context and
taught that socialism and the welfare state was the correct model for a Christian nation.
2) They point to passages in the Law where farmers were to leave their fields partially un-harvested,
so that the poor could come in and harvest the remainder for themselves.
3) And they quote 2 passages in the book of Acts: And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders
and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all
things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the
proceeds to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking
bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and
having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were
being saved (Acts 2:43–47). And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered
together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word
of God with boldness. Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and
no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in
common. And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the
Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. There was not a needy person among them, for
as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold
and laid it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need. Thus Joseph, who
was also called by the apostles Barnabas (which means son of encouragement), a Levite, a native
of Cyprus, sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet
(Acts 4:31–35).
4) Our Lord has been crucified just 2 months previous, and the Jewish religious structure were on the
warpath to wipe out Christianity. The Roman government was not supportive of this new
movement, and they persecuted the Christians as well. The government and the religious hierarchy
were so antagonistic toward believers in Jesus Christ, that one risked his life and fortune to
publically proclaim Jesus Christ. Under extreme circumstances, such action is called for.
5) However, becoming a believer did not mean that you were required to relinquish private property
ownership. Acts 5:1–6 But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,
and with his wife's knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a
part of it and laid it at the apostles' feet. But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart
to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? While it
remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your
disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but
to God." When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last. And great fear
came upon all who heard of it. The young men rose and wrapped him up and carried him out and
buried him. . The key here is, this was all voluntary. The problem here with Ananas is not that he
held back from giving all that he owned, but that he acted as if that is what he did. He did this for
show and not with the proper motivation. Private ownership of land here and the ability to take your
profits and do with them what you want are clearly presented as legitimate.
6) These incidents in Acts reflect special circumstances, which are dramatic and oppressive
persecution for all believers.
7) The New Testament mandate is clear: we must work for our sustenance. For even when we were
with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. For we
hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, who do not work, but are busybodies.
Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they
work, and eat their own bread (2Thess. 3:10–12).
8) There is a balance and a national entity—particularly a client nation—has a responsibility toward
its helpless. In any national entity, somewhere between 1 and 5% of the population is helpless or
near to helpless. There are steps a government ought to take to feed its poor and helpless. But
there is a balance. 10% of the population is not unable to work; 10% of the population is not
helpless. Furthermore, in Israel, people still worked hard for the food that they received. It is not
a good thing that the biggest problem with our poor is, they are overweight, for the most part.
26. The Welfare State and client nation United States
1) As described in the previous point, a client nation is not to become too proactive in the realm of
welfare.
2) The intent by some is for welfare to provide a safety net for the helpless. This when taken to the
extreme (and we are way past extreme in the United States) is just as evil as neglecting the poor
and the helpless. At the present time, I have run into 4–5 people who live on social security. Now,
you may think, big deal; but these are people in their 30's and early 40's who are healthy and
reasonably intelligent living on the government dole—they have figured out a way to game the
system where the government pays for them to live. Again, let me repeat, this is social security,
those funds which are supposedly in a lockbox and designed to assist those in retirement age.
3) However, for the more devious, welfare is designed to make more and more people dependent
upon government, which is to turn them away from God and from hard work. One political party
in this nation does that in order to gain political power.
4) Anything which turns people away from God—including mass dependence upon the
government—is evil.
5) The line our government crossed was going too far into the realm of welfare. There is some welfare
prescribed in the Bible, but it is limited.
(1) In the Old Testament, the corners of fields were not to be harvested, so that the poor and the
widows could come through and harvest what remained. However, note that this involved
work.
(2) The New Testament has the mandate that we must work for our sustenance. For even when
we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are
busybodies. Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that
with quietness they work, and eat their own bread (2Thess. 3:10–12).
27. The Separation of Church and State, and client nation United States
1) Our founding fathers envisioned a separation of church and state, but not in the sense that, there
would be no positive interaction between church and state. The founding fathers were very specific:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof...
2) Most of the founders were believers in Jesus Christ, as their writings and public statements
demonstrated. However, they did not want this or that branch of Christianity favored over some
other branch of Christianity. Therefore, there is no federally-sponsored denomination.
3) However, the founding fathers saw no contradiction between the first amendment and the public
display of the Ten Commandments, of the citing of Bible verses on interior and exterior walls of
federal buildings.
4) The Ten Commandments are a part of Judaism, Catholicism and every stripe of Protestantism;
therefore, a monument of some sort with the Ten Commandments is not establishing any particular
religion. Even Islam recognizes some version of the Old Testament.
5) The Ten Commandments are a symbol of law; and specifically, of God’s law. God, as our Creator,
is fundamental to the establishment of the United States. Our reason for separating from England
was, we are endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights, among those, life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness. Displaying the Ten Commandments as a symbol of law, even though this
symbol comes form the Bible, is no different from our Declaration of Independence. We would
never strike the preamble of the Declaration of Independence because it references a Creator-God.
Removing the Ten Commandments from a court building because they violate the separation of
church and state is similarly bogus.
6) Therefore, apart from an amendment to the constitution, Christian symbols and Bible verses are
not in conflict with the first amendment. We know this simply because our forefathers both ratified
the constitution while simultaneously building federal structures displaying the Word of God on
them.
7) We know that faith in the Christian God was part and parcel of founding fathers, as we find God
referred to in the Declaration of Independence, as the basis for our split with England.
8) Nearly all of our founding fathers believed the Bible and Christian principles to be essential to the
maintenance of our government and our nation, although none of them would force Christianity
upon anyone or any form of Christianity on anyone (which is the essence of freedom).
9) Requiring the removal of the Ten Commandments from a courtroom or Bible verses from the wall
of a state or federal building is not the prerogative of the court. Congress can pass an amendment
to modify the first amendment, but it cannot pass a simple majority law to modify the first
amendment. An honest court, which historically holds to the principles of our founding fathers and
to the original documents, would find it outside their realm of authority to prohibit any such thing.
10) The function of Sharia law on any subset of our population, on the other hand, violates the 1st
Amendment, and in essence establishes a religion because it subjects citizens of the United States
to the laws of a particular religion.
11) On the other hand, government sponsored religious activities (e.g., faith-based initiatives) are not
in keeping with the separation between church and state. Government should not partner with any
religious group (or with any business group, for that matter). As long as these entities are
functioning within the law, government ought not support them or impede them.
(1) It should be clear that a government union with business is a bad idea. FNMA and FHLMC,
which are part government and part private entities, were the cause (or one of the main
causes) of the great recession of 2008 and forward.
(2) It is government ineptness which has managed to keep the depression going throughout
2009 and 2010 (and likely through 2011 and 2012).
(3) Similarly, government should not have seized GM and then made decisions as to how to run
that business—particularly since most people in government have not the slightest clue how
to run a business. I recall the newspaper headlines, that GM had paid back their
governmental obligations and early. It turns out that GM took from one federal program
(TARP), and paid off the original loans the government gave them. Only in the warped
thinking of a governmental bureaucrat is that paying back a loan.
12) The concept of our founders was a separation of powers; checks and balances upon powers; and
to allow businesses and churches to function as separate entities from the government.
28. The United States as a client nation and its related history.
1) The United States is one of the few nations to get this completely right. Governments are instituted
among men in order to preserve the freedom of the human soul.
2) This preservation of freedom by government is found at the very beginning of the Declaration of the
United States: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and
the pursuit of Happiness. - That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,
deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. So, we understood that government
was not our mother, father or nanny, but that government was designed to preserve and protect
these rights. From there, the Declaration of Independence proclaims that England no longer
guarantees any of our rights, but has compromised them in many ways, there are therein
enumerated.
3) The heritage of the United States is based upon freedom—particularly, religious freedom.
4) Even more important is the spiritual heritage of our forefathers, which spiritual heritage some
dishonest and agenda-driven historians have sought to hide and distort.
5) Religious freedom is not the same as freedom from religion nor is it equivalent to a wall between
church and state, which concept has been taken and distorted by those who are opposed to
religion.
6) Our First Amendment is quite specific (and the very first words in the constitution read): Congress
shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
Congress specifically can make no law with respect to the establishment of religion nor can it make
any law which would prohibit the free exercise of any religion. One may understand the concept
of the freedom of religion by examining the Virginia Declaration of rights, section 16: That religion,
or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by
reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free
exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all
to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each other. There is a listing of the
references to God in all 50 state constitutions (mostly in the preambles), which indicates no state
sponsored freedom from religion at any time in the history of the United States (notice the dates):
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/g/god-constitutions.htm.
7) In a review of nearly 15,000 items written by our founding fathers, the Bible was the most quoted
of any source material. George Washington and successive U.S. Presidents have been sworn into
office placing their hands on the very book that is now unwelcome in many public schools.
(1) “The Bible is worth more than all other books which have ever been printed” — Patrick Henry
(2) "It cannot be emphasized too clearly and too often that this nation was founded, not by
religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very
reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of
worship here." Patrick Henry on a [May 1765 Speech to the House of Burgesses.
(3) This is all the inheritance I can give my dear family. The religion of Christ can give them one
which will make them rich indeed." from the Last Will and Testament of Patrick Henry.
(4) At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, James Madison proposed the plan to divide the
central government into three branches. He discovered this model of government from the
Perfect Governor, as he read Isaiah 33:22: "For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our
lawgiver, the Lord is our king; He will save us."
(5) "It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and Bible." George Washington.
(6) "What students would learn in American schools above all is the religion of Jesus Christ."
George Washington in a speech to the Delaware Indian Chiefs May 12, 1779.
(7) "I have examined all religions, as well as my narrow sphere, my straightened means, and my
busy life, would allow; and the result is that the Bible is the best Book in the world. It contains
more philosophy than all the libraries I have seen." - John Adams in a December 25, 1813
letter to Thomas Jefferson.
(8) " Let divines and philosophers, statesmen and patriots, unite their endeavors to renovate the
age by impressing the minds of men with the importance of educating their little boys and
girls, inculcating in the minds of youth the fear and love of the Deity. and leading them in the
study and practice of the exalted virtues of the Christian system." Samuel Adams on October
4, 1790.
(9) "Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as
the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their
rulers." Source: October 12, 1816. The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay,
Henry P. Johnston, ed., (New York: Burt Franklin, 1970), Vol. IV, p. 393.
(10) Thomas Jefferson: "I am a real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus."
(11) "We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government,
far from it. We've staked the future of all our political institutions upon our capacity.to sustain
ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God." James Madison 1778 to the
General Assembly of the State of Virginia.
(12) "Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked
with the birthday of the Savior? That it forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel
dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact
on the foundation of the Redeemer's mission upon earth? That it laid the cornerstone of
human government upon the first precepts of Christianity?" John Quincey Adams in 1837, at
the age of 69, when he delivered a Fourth of July speech at Newburyport, Massachusetts.
8) Most presidents after the founding also understood the importance of the Bible:
(1) “I believe the Bible is the best gift God has given to man” - Abraham Lincoln.
(2) "A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education." - Theodore
Roosevelt.
(3) "The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the
Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be
practically universal in our country." - Calvin Coolidge, 1923
(4) “We cannot read the history of our rise and development as a nation, without reckoning with
the place the Bible has occupied in shaping the advances of the republic.” — Franklin
Roosevelt.
9) Various public institutions bear witness to our Christian heritage:
(1) Liberty Bell Inscription: "Proclaim liberty throughout the land and to all the inhabitants thereof"
(Leviticus 25:10).
(2) Proposals for the seal of the United States of America
i "Moses lifting his wand and dividing the Red Sea" -Ben Franklin.
ii "The children of Israel in the wilderness, led by a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by
night." --Thomas Jefferson.
iii On July 4, 1776, Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John
Adams "to bring in a device for a seal for the United States of America." Franklin's
proposal adapted the biblical story of the parting of the Red Sea. Jefferson first
recommended the "Children of Israel in the Wilderness, led by a Cloud by Day, and a
Pillar of Fire by night. . . ." He then embraced Franklin's proposal and rewrote it.
Jefferson's revision of Franklin's proposal was presented by the committee to Congress
on August 20, 1776.
iv Another popular proposal to the Great Seal of the United States was: " Rebellion to
Tyrants is Obedience to God"; with Pharoah's army drowning in the Red Sea
(3) The three branches of the U.S. Government: Judicial, Legislative, Executive. At the
Constitutional Convention of 1787, James Madison proposed the plan to divide the central
government into three branches. He discovered this model of government from the Perfect
Governor, as he read Isaiah 33:22: "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver,
the LORD is our king; He will save us."
(4) What we see in this
photograph is an entryway
into the Supreme Court
building (perhaps not the
entrance); it is a huge
structure, and Moses is
front and center, seated
(the others are not), and
yet he is higher above all
the others depicted. If
you examine the photo
above, it ought to be clear
that Moses is
(1) preeminent of all the
figures there and (2) he is
holding the Ten
Commandments on his
lap.
10) Ideally speaking (and this is certainly not often the case), even the leaders of the client nation
should recognize the part that God plays in the destiny of their nation, which recognition can be
stated in public proclamations and public prayers, which may include the name of Jesus Christ.
When this occurs, a nation is taking a corporate stand for the Word of God and for Jesus Christ.
FDR, for all of his faults, recognized the importance of the word of God. A 1941 speech includes
these quotations: “Yes, even our right of worship would be threatened. The Nazi world does not
recognize any God except Hitler; for the Nazis are as ruthless as the Communists in the denial of
God. What place has religion which preaches the dignity of the human being, the majesty of the
human soul, in a world where moral standards are measured by treachery and bribery and fifth
columnists? Will our children, too, wander off, goosestepping in search of new gods?” And “We
are placing our armed forces in strategic military position. We will not hesitate to use our armed
forces to repel attack. We reassert our abiding faith in the vitality of our constitutional Republic as
a perpetual home of freedom, of tolerance, and of devotion to the word of God.” One speech which
I saw Roosevelt make (on a historic DVD), he talked about the United States of America, where the
Word of God is taught. I may not have the quote exactly right, but I am certain of the sentiment.
Roosevelt is also quoted as saying: “"We cannot read the history of our rise and development as
a nation, without reckoning with the place the Bible has occupied in shaping the advances of the
Republic.”
29. Plots and movements against the United States as a client nation
1) It is not difficult to find a myriad of plots to destroy the United States, the greatest client nation to
God.
2) One of the greatest plans to destroy the United States came from Russia, which involved destroying
the United States from the inside by attacking its culture as well as having many specific political
and international goals. These 45 goals of the communists are found here:
http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Communism/Communism/45GoalsOf%20Communism.htm
These 45 points were read into the Congressional record by A. S. Herlong, Jr. of Florida in the
House of Representatives January 10, 1963.
3) The Russian plot involved many and varied attacks against the divine institutions, including these:
(1) Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free
speech and free press.
(2) Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books,
magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.
(3) Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy."
(4) Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible
and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a "religious crutch."
(5) Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the
culture--education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc.
(6) Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.
(7) Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute
prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.
4) The Communist plot against the United States has spawned, sponsored or inspired dozens of other
attacks against the United States, including the homosexual agenda, the Green Movement and
Healthcare legislation.
5) Just as the Jew and the nation Israel will be under attack throughout human history, so will any
client nation to God. This is why there appears to be a constant attack against the United States,
whether by radical Muslims, dedicated Communists, or far left Democrats within our nation (this
explains why the 2010 Democrats are making every attempt possible to spend the United States
into ruin).
6) We have foolishly taken the Bible out of the public schools (which is much more important than
prayer in the public schools):
(1) If the Bible is “just a book,” it should not be uniquely excluded.
(2) If the Bible is more than “just a book,” it is to our folly to exclude it.
30. Concluding Principles
1) Mankind does not have the power to maintain peace on earth so there must be wars and rumors
of wars (Matt. 24:6-7) and a client nation maintains freedom through military victory.
2) The supreme court of heaven can punish Israel without any help. Anti-Semitism is a guarantee for
destroying a national entity. God does not need any help in His discipline of Israel. Anti-Semitism
is Satanic (Rev 12). Anti-Semitism results in liability to personal and national discipline from the
supreme court of heaven. God promised Abraham: “I will bless those who bless you, and him who
dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” (Gen 12:3). God
does not need anyone’s help in disciplining Israel, therefore anti-Semitism is Satanic and will
destroy an individual and a nation.
3) All failure of client nations to God includes both the spiritual and establishment principles. Hear the
word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the
land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land; there is
swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed
follows bloodshed. Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts
of the field and the birds of the heavens, and even the fish of the sea are taken away. Yet let no
one contend, and let none accuse, for with you is my contention, O priest. You shall stumble by
day; the prophet also shall stumble with you by night; and I will destroy your mother. My people are
destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a
priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
(Hosea 4:1-6). The failure of believers to execute God's plan and purpose results in a shrinking
pivot of mature believers and the rejection of establishment principles.
4) The failure of believers to execute God’s plan results in a shrinking pivot which in turn results in the
rejection of divine establishment principles.
5) The Fantasy Notion. Politicians seeking power with utopian plans destroy a national entity. The
utopian concept came into history in 1516, when Sir Thomas Moore wrote a book called Utopia, a
state of political and social perfection. Utopianism involves the dreams and schemes of an
imaginary, divorced from reality status of political and social perfection. Hence, utopianism is the
Satanic concept of the millennium brought on by the work of mankind rather than by the work of
God. This is the warning of Ezek. 13:10-16: Precisely because they have misled my people, saying,
'Peace,' when there is no peace, and because, when the people build a wall, these prophets smear
it with whitewash, say to those who smear it with whitewash that it shall fall! There will be a deluge
of rain, and you, O great hailstones, will fall, and a stormy wind break out. And when the wall falls,
will it not be said to you, 'Where is the coating with which you smeared it?' Therefore thus says the
Lord GOD: I will make a stormy wind break out in my wrath, and there shall be a deluge of rain in
my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to make a full end. And I will break down the wall that you
have smeared with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be laid
bare. When it falls, you shall perish in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the LORD. Thus
will I spend my wrath upon the wall and upon those who have smeared it with whitewash, and I will
say to you, The wall is no more, nor those who smeared it, the prophets of Israel who prophesied
concerning Jerusalem and saw visions of peace for her, when there was no peace, declares the
Lord GOD. Utopianism not only rejects the biblical eschatology of the millennium but ignores the
total depravity of mankind and the need for regeneration and establishment principles delineated
in the Scripture.
6) Politicians seek power through false utopian plans that destroy a nation. Utopianism is a fantasy,
it is imaginary, it ignores the total depravity of man, and it is satanic. Utopian socialism is an
economic system based on the premise that if capital voluntarily surrendered its ownership of
means of production to the state and the workers, unemployment and poverty would be abolished.
This is tantamount to redistribution of wealth and is totally disastrous. The Bible does not teach any
such things. The word of God teaches that you must always have capitalism and free enterprize.
Capitalism is the only economic system that creates prosperity.
7) It is important to recognize that some people suffer from power lust. Therefore, many people over
the years have supported this or that political system, not because they necessarily believed in that
system, but because that system provided them power. No communist leader believes that he is
equal to those over whom he rules. He is a part of the elite, the ruling class, and, for that reason,
has much greater privileges and freedom than the hoi polloi.
8) It is this great lust for power which causes politicians to say one thing but believe something entirely
different. Similarly, politicians will say obscure things, which can be interpreted in many ways,
rather than clearly stating their own position.
9) God has ordained nationalism in the human race to protect it from self-destruction. Acts 17:24-27
reads: “The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does
not live in temples made by man, nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed
anything, since He Himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. And He made from
one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted
periods of time and the boundaries of their dwelling place, [with the result] that they should seek
God, in the hope that they might feel their way toward Him and find Him. Yet He is actually not far
from each one of us.”
10) The word of God teaches that ideally you must have capitalism and free enterprise. Capitalism is
the only economic system that creates prosperity. However, the key to capitalism and free
enterprise is not prosperity, but freedom. A nation where there is free enterprise is a nation where
man has the greatest freedom.
11) The self-determination of the soul is fundamental to the plan of God; therefore, a nation where there
is freedom to express faith in Jesus Christ is ideal. A nation where the ability to express faith in
Christ is impeded is against God.
12) Jesus Christ controls history through:
(1) His divine essence.
(2) The supreme court of heaven.
(3) The pivot of mature believers.
(4) The wrath of man that praises Him, Psalm 76:10.
(5) The preservation of Israel.
(6) God controls history through the preservation of planet earth during the course of human
history. He not only created the universe (Heb 1:10), but He holds the universe together by
the word of His power (Heb 1:3). By the control of history, Jesus Christ provides freedom for
the function of human volition.
(7) The second Advent of Jesus Christ terminates the last and greatest world war of history.
13) Our place in this nation is not being out there advocating political change (although some believers
will become politicians, writers, newscasters, etc.). Our function in this nation is first and foremost
to grow spiritually and then apply these spiritual principles to our lives.
14) There is no greater thing that we can do for our nation, as individual believers, than to grow
spiritually, to exploit our portfolio of spiritual assets, and to pray for the nation in which we find
ourselves.
15) The end result is, our nation will be stronger because of great blessing and protection from God,
and in part because of the daily influence which we have.
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