Election Eve 1

Living outside of the USA is an interesting experience.  On the one hand, we love our country and are concerned about the 99.9999999999999999999999% negative coverage of Bush and McCain.  On the other hand, we are here not primarily as Americans but as citizens and ambassadors of a greater, eternal kingdom.

I prepared some information last week for a Chilean couple, who are friends of ours, about my position on Obama.  As an American and--more importantly--as a Christian, I wanted them to understand my reasonings.  Here (translated into English) is the document I wrote for them:

McCain

1. More than a vote for McCain, my vote is against Obama.  In fact, some months back I had decided not to vote this year.
2. McCain is a man with an established character--we know who he is and what he represents (whether we always like it or not).  When he was a prisoner of war in Vietnam, he refused to be released before other prisoners who had been in the prisons of North Vietnam for a longer time.

Obama

1. Obama defends abortion to such an extreme that he fought against legislation to protect babies that survive abortions (infanticide).  He supports partial birth abortion.  Among African American women, the ratio between abortions and live births is 472 to 1,000.  Abortion has as its victim the weakest and most defenseless of society.  It is believed that up to 90% of Downs Syndrome babies are now aborted.  Proverbs 6:16-19: "These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: a proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, an heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, a false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren."
2. Obama believes the United States Constitution has fundamental flaws.
3. Obama believes the government should practice the redistribution of wealth (socialism).  Even so, he does not concern himself with his own poor relatives: his aunt Zeituni (about whom he writes in his book Dreams from My Father) lives in a Boston slum and his half brother (George Hussein Onyango Obama) lives in Kenya and claims to live on less than 1 dollar monthly.  Obama's campaign has raised over 600 million dollars.
4. Obama would fill up the Supreme and federal courts with leftists that, instead of guiding themselves by the Constitution, would dedicated themselves to redesigning society.
5. Obama has had very close dies to people of doubtful reputation.  He was a member for 20 years of the church of Jeremiah Wright, the racist and radical pastor.  He is a friend of William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, Weatherman Underground terrorists of the 60's (In fact, his political career began in the living room of this couple.).  He is a friend of and has received money from Antoin "Tony" Rezko, a corrupt businessman.
6. Obama is the most liberal (leftist) senator.
7. Obama is a young man who is not prepared for such a large task.  He has zero executive experience (aside from his own political campaign).  He has never directed a company, has never been a mayor, has never been a governor.  We know almost nothing about him and what we do know is troublesome.
8. His presidential campaign has accepted fraudulent donations.

The Media

1. In general, the media have declared war on McCain and have offered their unconditional worship to Obama.
2. The media literally are attempting to steal the election.  They want to impose their candidate on us.  It has been suggested that, had the media not been so unconditionally dedicated to Obama, McCain would be 20 points up in the polls.

The Sovereignty of God

Daniel 4: 28-37: "All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.  At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.  The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?  While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.  And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.  The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.  And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:  And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?  At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.  Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase."

Comments

[John Rush]

Good posts.

[Your Mother]

Good morning, Son. Just wanted to send my condolences. I could not help feeling this was going to be the way things would go, however. The apathy, unconcern and any other redundant adjectives which describe most of us American Christians call for a "drawing back" to a closer walk with the LORD. Why should other Christian in other countries with less light suffer persecution and we go free? You may remember my favorite hymn is "AM I A SOLDIER OF THE CROSS?" The verse which has always stood out to me...."Must I be carried to the skies on flowery beds of ease while others FOUGHT to win the prize, and sailed through BLOODY seas?" has always been something I have pondered. Don't get discouraged. Look up! LOVE YOU SO MUCH, and am very "proud" of you! Mother