This tells more than you think. igf you dont respect the anthem then shame on you.
I was pointing out a fact. I would stand with my hand over my heart.
I served 8 years in the military. I served as a tanker (19K) and then as a Combat Medical Specialist (91B10). My job was to risk my own neck to save our soldiers...also...to treat and protect enemy wounded.
Preservation of life and unit strength was my mission and sole reason for existance when wearing the uniform.
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"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for wholeness and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11 (English Standard Version)
If I hear a quote from the man's sermon (any sermon) I want to know how it ends. Sometimes when preaching we present the bad news first...and close with the good news.
Ok, I got ya.
"White man has beaten down the black man for centuries, and God is showing his wrath! Yes, my black brothers and sisters, the white man will pay for what he did to us!!!
And now we end the service in prayer. Dear Lord, protect my white neighbors and harbor them in safety until we meet again. Amen."
Yeah, that prayer just makes his sermon go away, doesn't it?
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I've gone and done it now! I'm on Facebook!!!
Understood, but you still didn't answer my question.
You said that the terrorist attacks on New York city were a result of God removing his hand and bringing our nation to its knees, i.e., God's wrath.
So, I'm led to believe that you somehow think the attacks were sovereign, and God's will. Thereby rendering the terrorists vessels of God's work.
However, when the US bombed Japan, you said God was displeased, and we "vaporized" thousands of people.
Now, please pick a side and stay on it - are the attacks on countries God's will, or are those attacks the manifestations of very mean nations who make God angry?
BUMP for CH.......keeps getting lost, lol.
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God ordered the 'vaporization' of entire families in the OT. Read it and blame God for being so heartless.
Different covenant. God was preserving his covenant nation, Israel. Today God's covenant people are a church. And we are called to a higher standard of separation than Israel. And we are spiritual kingdom...not an earthly nation.
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"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for wholeness and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11 (English Standard Version)