Apologies, things written in haste tend to have mistakes, I was wrong about the War Powers Act. It was obviously the product of rushing as I was running out the door but - oops.
Anyway, I believe that God has raised up the USA specifically to support Israel.
Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Rev 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
Rev 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Rev 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Rev 12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
Rev 12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
These two wings of a great Eagle (USA) were plucked of the Lion (Great Briton Dan 7:4) to save the woman (the Jews) from satan as she gave birth to Israel.
The support of Israel is one of the main reasons The United States has enjoyed so much blessing in the past:
Gen 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
So from a biblical standpoint, it is wisdom to support Israel any way the USA can.
As far as our early government they seemed to feel war was sometimes needed as we were involved in more than a few-
From the About American History Web site:
1775-1783 American Revolution English Colonists vs. Great Britain
1798-1800 Franco-American Naval War United States vs. France
1801-1805; 1815 Barbary Wars United States vs. Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli
1812-1815 War of 1812 United States vs. Great Britain
1813-1814 Creek War United States vs. Creek Indians
It took only 16 years for the USA to find itself at war again (after the Revolutionary War).
One year after that we find ourselves at war with four other nations.
As far as war -
Pro 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Here is one example of God deliberately sending war as judgement :
Oba 1:1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
I am not a warmonger, but I do realize it's biblical and political validity.
Other than that, I am just barely smart enough to know a few things:
1. We will not know complete peace from war (except the false peace of the anti-christ) until Jesus returns.
2. You and I are never going to agree on this.
3. Wars are not going away in spite of both our desire for that to happen.
So, signing off of this thread, wishing you well,
much love in Christ,
your brother Larry.
The funny thing is, if we didn't have an Unconstitutional central bank, we wouldn't have the foreign policy that we do today. Imagine if the government actually had to raise your taxes to fund these wars and all the welfare... There would be a Revolution. No. Instead we have a bunch of money changers that print money to pay for the wars. The printing of money causes the value of the dollar to decline, which raises prices for everything. Since 1913 98% of the dollar's value has been victim to theft. Do you remember when you could purchase a hamburger for a nickel?.. If anything the cost of a hamburger should have gone down since everything has become more effecient... No. Now a Hamburger, of the same quality, costs 3 dollars.. That is theft.
"As far as our early government they seemed to feel war was sometimes needed as we were involved in more than a few-
From the
About American History Web site:
1775-1783 American Revolution English Colonists vs. Great Britain
1798-1800 Franco-American Naval War United States vs. France
1801-1805; 1815 Barbary Wars United States vs. Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli
1812-1815 War of 1812 United States vs. Great Britain
1813-1814 Creek War United States vs. Creek Indians"
Did we start any of those wars? All of those wars were in defence because we were attacked, blockaded, raided or our merchant ships were being destroyed... I have no problems with defensive wars. We are no longer fighting wars in defense, these are all offensive occupations. We probably are not even aware of what the CIA is doing in nations like Syria... Do you know that in the Libyan Conflict we aided Al Qeada? I have no doubt we are heavily engaged in acts of subversion right now to look out for our government's "interests".
We are not supporting Israel. They have lost their sovereignty and are in bondage to us, much like we will be in bondage to the people that loaned us money. They can't do anything without a nod from US politicians. They can't negociate for themselves, they can't make military decesions for themselves They are our slaves. We need to let them make their own decesions and they need to be accountable for them. Israel is full of adults, they are not a bunch of babies.
Our government is drugging Israel as a whole. The money that we give them makes them not work as hard. Look at what domestic welfare and foodstamp programs have done to people... It creates a dependency on the government. This is modern day slavery and the people who are living off the dole don't even realize it.It leaches productivity that would have occured under a free market. Why work when I can get the money from other people?
Imagine if, instead of paying 40% of your income to the State and Federal Government, which in turn blows it all on welfare and other worthless government projects, that you kept your hard earned money and could tithe even more. Imagine how much more wealth could be had if you invested those extra talents instead of burying them.
The Federal Government spends 6.5 trillion each year... 1.4 trillion of which it doesn't even have. Imagine if the government spent money on things that are only Constitutional. It would probably only need to spend 400 billion each year. What could taxpayers do with the extra 4.7 trillion dollars that the government didn't blow? 4,700 billion. I'm sure that there would be more than a few people who would be willing to help Israel with some of that Extra money.
But unfortunantley it seems most people would rather the government be charitable for the people. Honestly our politicians couldn't care less about Israel. They just want to have power over it and they want to make money from the defense contractors.
This nation was supposed to cherish Liberty. You have the Liberty to make the right choice or the liberty to make the wrong choice. We have a free will, and God rewards those who choose the path that they know is correct... His path. He will reward those that choose, for themselves, to put forth some of their own money to charities in Israel instead of having the government steal it from others and then claim to be "blessing Israel", while the Israelis chase our money on a string... China's money that is.
I'll tell you what; you keep advocating for defense spending, and I will continue advocating for the welfare state. We'll watch the country go broke together. It'll be fun. Then we can really see some bible prophecy when the Russians and Chinese become the power players. Actually we probably won't see it because we won't survive the collapse of America. Maybe in heaven though.
