Alliances Leagues and Treaties

Dear Brethren,

We have lived in a time of unprecedented peace and prosperity.  God has blessed us – not because of our own inherent greatness – but because of His covenant with Abraham.  “I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.”  (Genesis 12:2)  God kept his promise to Abraham, and made us a great people.  God said, “I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.”  (Leviticus 26:12)

God expected ancient Israel, and He expects us also, to depend on Him entirely for every need.  Israel was told not to make a military treaty, neither a defense alliance, nor to enter into a trading confederation with other nations.  God expressly forbade Israel from entering into leagues or covenants with their neighbors for the purpose of security, religion, or commerce.  The Bible cannot be any clearer as to how God regards an immigration policy when it comes to heathens.    “You shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.  They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.”  (Exodus 23:32-33)

Along with a the inordinate desire for a human king – like all the other nations around them – Israel also chose to enter into covenant-agreements with surrounding nations for the purpose of creating secure and prosperous treaties with its neighbors.  God had warned Israel not to enter into alliances and treaties – but rather to look to Him for protection and blessings.  Historically, alliances have not been instrumental in preserving peace.  It seems, in fact, that immediately prior to most major wars, there is a rapid realignment of treaties and alliances for the sake of strengthening strategic power.

As Creator, God knows the proclivities of all nations.  He gave us these instructions for our own good.  When we choose not to heed God’s words – we do so at our own peril.  God called and separated Israel from all other nations for His own very special purpose.  “You [Israel] shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.”  (Leviticus 20:26)

God is removing His protection and blessings because we have rejected Him and His Law.  The Israelitish growth rate has plummeted at the same time that the foreigner is greatly increasing.  We are deeply and hopelessly in debt to foreign nations.  To placate the masses, the U.S. Government has made America’s official stance – Multi-Culturalism – which states that all religions and strange gods may be mixed together.  It is a not so well disguised attempt to make God and religion pretty much meaningless.

Our United States Constitution is being jeopardized by the proponents of Islamic Sharia law.  God would stop Sharia law in its tracks if we would turn in obedience to Him and His Law.  We are witnessing “the end.”  God says, “The stranger that is within thee shall get up above you very high; and thou shalt come down very low.  He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him.”  (Deuteronomy 28:43)

God demands our absolute loyalty to Him alone.  He is not willing for us to share our national affection with another.  While we are bombarded with a philosophy of Political Correctness that demands duplicity – God insists that as our Creator, He alone has the right to our exclusive love and devotion.  “For you shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:  Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.”  (Exodus 34:14-16)

When our nation looks to other nations for security and prosperity – instead of looking directly to God, then God equates that disloyalty with infidelity.  God considers alliances with ungodly nations to be a betrayal of His love – unfaithfulness – spiritual harlotry, and He refers to those foreign nations as “lovers.”  God says that our lovers will turn on us – and as we have betrayed Him – they will betray us.  “…your lovers will despise you, they will seek thy life.”  (Jeremiah 4:30)  Those countries with which we have treaties are going to turn on us and destroy us.

God says that the soon coming national punishment is His retribution for our disdaining the tremendous blessings He has bestowed on us.  We will be utterly let down by our allies.  “All your lovers have forgotten you; they seek thee not; for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of your iniquity; because your sins were increased.”  (Jeremiah 30:14)  “…among all of her lovers she has none to comfort her.”  (Lamentations 1:2)

Not only will our allies not come to our defense – these “lovers” are the ones who are going to turn and rend us.  The United States was a founding member of NATO – the world's largest military alliance. Twenty-eight nations pledged to come to the aid of any of the others in time of war.  In Europe, Germany has the strongest economy and the most to lose.  The current economic crisis in Europe is causing the Germans to reconsider their fundamental ties.  Germany is courting Russia – as the saying goes – this makes for strange bedfellows.  When Germany is in bed with the USA and Russia at the same time – things get uncomfortably crowded.

A proposed Russian-European “cooperation on security,” alliance would be hard to reconcile with the stated purpose of the NATO treaty.  Consider this scenario for a prelude to hostilities. (WWIII will not begin with the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the archduke of Austria – but what will be the trigger?)  If the Russians found themselves seriously in opposition to a NATO action, Germany would be faced with a choice of lovers – Russia or NATO.  With the USA and Britain being essentially the backbone and financier of NATO, would Germany opt for a new paramour - Russia?  (Paramour:  A lover, especially one in an adulterous relationship).  Notice carefully what God says will happen.  “I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.”  (Ezekiel 23:9)/font>

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Sermon:  "Alliances Leagues and Treaties"

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