Thanks to the 4 people who voted and the 3 who left comments (I'm sure those 3 also voted) on whether or not you think God is still judging the nations. I know I have more readers than that so maybe I should have included a "I do not know" option so you could have added to the conversation.
Even with the small response here at MP, the conversation has continued offline on this whole God still judging the nations discussion. As a result, this interesting question has raised it's ugly head.
In Romans, we are commanded to obey our government. As such, were our forefathers very, very wrong to engage in the Revolution? Afterall, it was an uprising against the government resulting in war? Which resulted in a complete over turn of said government.
So, was the Revolution wrong in God's eyes?
Is God still judging America for those actions?
Leave some comments, vote in the poll and let's see what we all think about this.
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That's a tough one...
Yes, that is a tough one. However, I think it's one that deserves at least an attempt at an answer.
I would argue that the revolution was not wrong for a number of reasons. First, the colonies were geographically separated from Britain and had gone years with little to no governmental control, taxation, or oversight prior to the middle of the 18th century. Just because a government claims the stake to a plot of land doesn't mean that government inherently presides over and owns that land.
However, it's true that it was widely held that Britain had control over the colonies. Given that, why is revolution okay? Because there's nothing in the Bible that prohibits Christians from becoming a part of that government or, in some circumstances, starting a new government.
Those are my initial thoughts. In the interest of keeping this comment shorter than it could be, I'll leave it at that.
This was the exact very first counter-point I gave during the discussion.
But Romans clearly states "...he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted..."
Britain may have let the colonies be their own personal ATM machine but they were the authority and very clearly we rebelled against them.
This was the counter-counterpoint given back to me.
This is why it is such a conundrum.
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