There is an old adage that politics and religion should never be discussed if individuals want to have friends—or at the very least remain friendly towards one another. The reason for this counsel is a belief that politics and religion are emotionally charged and divisive subjects. Be that as it may, all of life is ultimately rooted in spirituality and that includes how rulers think and act and the impact they have on others. Understanding this truth will help to answer a question that thousands have asked one another, “How can millions vote into office a man who will protect the murdering of babies through late term abortions, destroy national industries based on an unusual and unscientific ideology of environmentalism, diminish the military capacity of the nation, raise excessive taxes, squander the countries resources leaving an impossible debt to repay for decades to come and personally live lavishly while calling upon others to sacrifice?” “How is all of this possible?”
The answer is rooted in an understanding of a biblical passage found in 1 Corinthians 1:19. “For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent”.
With these words the apostle Paul quoted Isaiah the prophet. Isaiah 29:14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. According to Scripture, God Himself will perform a work of astonishment and wonder by causing a nation to suspend rational thoughts and remain without moral discernment thereby allowing the most self destructive and other destructive personalities to surface.
Sometimes these individuals are intrinsically cruel by nature reflected in the rise to national prominence of men such as Adolph Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Saddam Hussein, or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the current president of Iran. Sometimes these individuals are simply ideological zealots willing to implement their vision despite imperical evidence against their theoretical concepts. The end result for both types of personalities remains the same and that is physical, economical and emotional hardships for the citizens of the nation.
There is a spiritual answer for inquiring minds as to how such individuals surface to lead a nation. From a divine perspective God takes ultimate responsibilty and plainly declares, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent”. It is self evident that God is judging America and rightly so for the blood of millions of unborn aborted babies cries out for justice. The screams of multitudes butchered by criminals cry out for vengeance and yet their murderers lavish in the comforts of our prisons at the expense of taxpayers dollars. The moral bankruptcy manifested in child pornography, of which America is the leading exporter, and the corruption found in alternative lifestyles testifies to a nation that has been given over to divine condemnation according to Romans 1. There is an answer to the mental, political and socially moral madness manifested in America. All we need to do is to listen as God says, ““I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent”.
