Musing – Which of Your Two Citizenships is Most Important?

Hebraic Musing – Which of Your Two Citizenships is Most Important?

I remember working in Hong Kong and meeting many folks with dual citizenships. When asked why, the answer boiled down to “I need a passport from a safe country to fall back on if/when the Hong Kong government fails.  Does that sound like our situation today?  We are living on this earth but (hopefully) we also have citizenship in the Kingdom of God as our eventual eternal residence. 

Americans have been blessed with life in the greatest nation on earth, founded on God’s principles of freedom, morality, law and order.  America was founded based on God as our King, and the laws written on our hearts.

So does our nation need a fix?  Do we need restoration of God’s constitution for His people?  How well is our nation abiding by the Ten Commandments (or Words) God gave us in Exodus 20’s verses?

1.      Vs.2-3  “I am the LORD your God,… You shall have no other gods before me.”  Pledge allegiance to God; but some Churches are only preaching sermonettes to Christian-ettes, avoiding God’s full counsel (in order not to offend).  What’s the most important thing in your life?  That’s your god!  Jesus is LORD of ALL.

2.      4-5  “You shall not make for yourself an idol You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I am a jealous God, punishing the children …”  People today worship idols – Physical objects, Sci-fi, earth, Self or Earth, games, pets, celebs,…   These are not to be worshipped.  Uh Oh, remember, we serve a Jealous God!

3.      7   “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, …”  Entertainment media went from no profanity when I was growing up, to steady stream of profanity in all programs & advertisements.  When do political leaders stand up to it?  We have made heroes of our actors/actresses who portray filthy morality and disdain marital and family fidelity.  We’ve developed a vocabulary of profanity.

4.      8-11 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.”  Back in WWII days everything closed on Sunday.  Now, every store is open except Chick-fil-A and Hobby Lobby.  Can’t we give God at least one day?!

5.      12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long…”  Daddies do not stick around to be real fathers; not raising the child and marrying the girl!  So now we have multiple generations of broken homes raising more broken homes.  I don’t know of a wholesome family program on TV anymore.
Are the younger generations still taught to honor their elders?

6.      13 “You shall not murder.”  A current murder has become the excuse for mayhem.  Is Abortion a right?!?

7.      14 “You shall not commit adultery.”  Means do not commit adultery.  Stay married.  Fight for it.

8.      15 “You shall not steal.” Don’t break the store window, don’t steal TVs.  (They weighed 200+lbs years ago!)

9.      16 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. i.e. Don’t lie!  The media and half of Congress leaders lied to get their way; and when proven they lied, they tell another to cover.  No accountability, consequences or prison time?!?!   Let yea be yea, and nay be nay.  Founders of our country would not have tolerated the current lack of integrity.  Billionaires are hiring the media “liars”, with no consequences. Who is their lord?  (Maybe W.H.O. is their boss!  Or a billionaire!?!?)

10.  17 “You shall not covet your neighbor's house….Wife…Donkey…anything that belongs to your neighbor.”  Not “entitled”!  Breaking & stealing using excuse of protests; who’s raising those thugs? (See #5&#7) 

When will God say to America “enough is enough”?  Ezek.12:28  ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: None of my words will be delayed any longer; whatever I say will be fulfilled, declares the Sovereign LORD.'”

ACTION - We need to pray, take a stand, witness and evangelize to bring in the Third Great Awakening? 

Points to ponder   or   RSVP

Are you “Saved” if your citizenship in the kingdom of the earth
is the most important than citizenship in the Kingdom of Heaven?

Take a stand!   If we shrug our shoulders, assuming we are in “the Last Days”,
how will we feel talking to the LORD on Judgement Day? 

Is this a good time to use our freedom to spread the Gospel to a needy world?

♫ God bless America, land that I love.  Stand beside her and guide her, Through the night with the light from above. ♫

Yosef   a.k.a.  Joe Brusherd                          June 9, 2020

Author: “Hebraic Insights – Messages exploring the Hebrew roots of our faith” 
“Biblical Marriage (by Yosef)”   Weekly “Hebraic Musings”

Note – Inspired and excerpted from Dr. Tom Hatley’s Sunday message, June 7, 2020.