America’s dealing with three issues now: the pandemic, the black lives matter global movement, and police inequality which has led to utter lawlessness in some major cities.
For good or evil, the next generation has played a pivotal role in each issue. The one common theme, however, that holds these issues together is the role that politics play in each.
Being that this is an election year, politicians on both sides have unleashed a no holds barred attitude toward each other in order to push their political agendas forward. It plays out more like a WWE Rage in the Cage match rather than a simple fence that separates neighbors. Believe it or not, there was a day where politicians from different parties could disagree with one another on the House and the Senate floor during the day and then go out and enjoy dinner together with one another that very same night . . . this is no longer the case. Politicians have become so polarized in their views that their seems to be no middle ground left.
Thankfully, it has been said that for Christ-followers, our salvation does not come from an elephant or a donkey, but rather a lamb. It should not surprise us that the animosity between Republicans and Democrats have reached a fever pitch. And we should not be blind to all that is happening around us. However, we also know that life’s ultimate answers do not come from government. We know the lamb is also a lion and will one day rule and reign over all governments past and present. Not only will this lion rule over all governments, he will rule over all peoples.
We find this scene in Revelation 7:9-10:
9 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throneand before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in a loud voice:
“Salvation belongs to our God,
who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb.”
As you can see, black lives do matter in this account. But so do all other lives! The Lamb of God was sacrificed for all. Though we often distinguish humanity by the color of one’s skin and call this phenomena “race,” there actually is no such thing. In the beginning, God created Adam and Eve and from these two, we all come. We are one, the human race, and we all share the same blood. But, we all also have a sin problem … just look at what’s happening in the world. And for this reason, the Lamb of God was slain. Now, with his blood, our sin is covered and one day, his justice will roll like a river.