DEITY OF CHRIST

Monday, December 10, 2012

Principles of Political Theology - 1

Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen. Ezekial 16:49 , 50

I recently bought a book "From the ruins of Empire" by Pankaj Mishra , which depicts the rise and fall of the east and the west in Asia. The first observable thing as in all of history is the 'P' FACTOR or PRIDE FACTOR , which invites God's judgement and indignation.

As an empire , any empire grew in size and power , it's P factor also significantly heightened and within a period of time depending on it's level of P factor , it went down . The conquerors or destroyers were no different and sooner of later reached the critical level of P FACTOR which led to their destruction also. This can be seen getting repeated from time immemorial in human history .

God abhors pride and indifference. Even in Bible , Sodom , Judah , Babylon etc bring out the effect of P FACTOR in their history.

So history can be predicted to repeat this  rise and fall caused by P FACTOR in   different empires and nations and kingdoms .

Remember , the cause of destruction is internal decay , pride and abundance leading to indifference neglect of the poor and the abundance leading to   complacency and compromise with sin . Sin gets trivialized and glorified . The decay in sexual relations and conduct can be seen reflected in the art and it indicates the end is imminent. The Lord's words, "I did away with them will hold true ".

There is still hope . Read Ninevah ,repenting at the preaching of Jonah and God averting the disaster he had planned. So it all depends on their P factor. If they resist the message of God and do not humble themselves  , the Lord God almighty will do away with them.

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