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About Jesus - Steve (Stephen) Sweetman The
Death Of The Political Debate "I wish dad would
stop complaining about politics," I would think to myself back in
1972. I just wanted to watch
the latest news about Watergate on television and his constant comments
made that difficult. I wanted
to hear the news, not dad's critical commentary. "But dad, he is
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, not Prime Minister Brian Baloney," I
attempted to explain to dad with no success back in the 1980's. "Politics isn't
that corrupt dad. I
think you're being too negative," I suggested in 1988, the very year
that Pat Roberson of the Christian Broadcasting Network was running for
the American presidency. "It's
really that corrupt," dad exclaimed.
I know what formed dad's opinion on this issue, and I agree.
Jeremiah 17:9 tells us that at man's best, he is corrupt at his
core, but that includes us all, not just politicians. I'm a bit of a political
junky. It began with
Watergate. It intensified when
I lived in a Washington
D.C.
suburb in 1981. It was there I
visited the White House. I sat
in the U.S.
senate chambers listening to Senator Edward Kennedy expound on his views
concerning what was called the "Peace Movement," that is,
attempting to make peace with the Soviets. Then
once we moved south to I'll soon be seventy three
years old. Maybe old age has caught up to me.
Maybe it's because I am my father's son.
Maybe genetics is causing me to think like dad, or maybe I'm
finally exercising my God-given common sense.
Maybe dad's political pessimism had some merit.
Jesus told His disciples
to give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God
(Matthew 22:21).
I think I'm safe in suggesting what belongs to Caesar might include
casting an intelligent vote. That
assumes an intelligent candidate is anywhere to be found, and that's a
huge assumption today. There you go. I'm
sounding like dad.
One thing dad and I
agreed upon and that is seen in Revelation 11:15.
"The seventh angel
sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said:
'The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his
Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever.'"
Note the term
"kingdom of the world" that will become the Kingdom of our Lord.
The noun "kingdom" is singular, not plural. It's just one
kingdom, not many kingdoms. From
my prophetic perspective, that might be suggestive of the expected
one-world nation, that in my opinion, is presently in its infancy.
When this one-world nation evolves into adulthood, the heavenly
trumpet will blast forth across the heavens.
It will signal the death of man's attempts at nation building.
As the trumpet sounds, a myriad of voices echoing throughout
heaven, including my voice and dad's voice, will be heard celebrating the
inauguration of Jesus' one-world nation.
The inaugural ball that follows will make earthly inaugural balls
and political rallies look deathly dull. It
will be the death of the political debate.
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