Why the Republicans Lost Big
"The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes."
Proverbs 21:1
"And (God) changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise, And knowledge to those who have understanding."
(Daniel 2:21)
Crushed and humiliated, its dreams utterly shattered like an errant shell casing in the misguided war in Iraq, the Republican Party lost it's leadership of the House of Representatives last night and probably the US Senate if Jim Webb's lead holds up in Virgina. But why? Why did the national GOP experience such a devastating loss in last night's elections?
From a Biblical and theological perspective, the Republicans lost big, because this is the will of Almighty God, who the Scriptures says raises up kings and casts them down and works all things after the counsel of His sovereign will (Ephesians 1:11).
From a purely human perspective, the Republicans lost big because many Americans feel the Republican Party has spiraled out of control and is not listening to the American People, especially in the War in Iraq, which the Bush administration and the GOP have failed to give the American people a compelling argument on why we are still in Iraq, especially since it has been proved that there were no Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Evangelical Christians, while disappointed with the GOP's demise, should remember that the secular Republican Party and the Christian Church and the Kingdom of God are not one and the same thing with the same agendas and we should flourish in whatever political environment God chooses to put us in, whether it be under the Democrats or the Roman Empire.
"The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes."
Proverbs 21:1
"And (God) changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise, And knowledge to those who have understanding."
(Daniel 2:21)
Crushed and humiliated, its dreams utterly shattered like an errant shell casing in the misguided war in Iraq, the Republican Party lost it's leadership of the House of Representatives last night and probably the US Senate if Jim Webb's lead holds up in Virgina. But why? Why did the national GOP experience such a devastating loss in last night's elections?
From a Biblical and theological perspective, the Republicans lost big, because this is the will of Almighty God, who the Scriptures says raises up kings and casts them down and works all things after the counsel of His sovereign will (Ephesians 1:11).
From a purely human perspective, the Republicans lost big because many Americans feel the Republican Party has spiraled out of control and is not listening to the American People, especially in the War in Iraq, which the Bush administration and the GOP have failed to give the American people a compelling argument on why we are still in Iraq, especially since it has been proved that there were no Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Evangelical Christians, while disappointed with the GOP's demise, should remember that the secular Republican Party and the Christian Church and the Kingdom of God are not one and the same thing with the same agendas and we should flourish in whatever political environment God chooses to put us in, whether it be under the Democrats or the Roman Empire.
posted by Ed Enochs at 12:55 PM
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