Justifying a police state
To most Americans it seems to take a suspension of disbelief to see that the United States government is leading to, or even has become, a police state where individual freedom is subservient to the whims of legal interpretations and overreaching regulations. From red light cameras to automated speed cameras to police drones to the ability to assassinate American citizens if they are suspected terrorists, we live in an age of Constitutional deconstruction where the meanings of words are twisted to fit a population control agenda and laws are written that disregard the very freedoms that our government was established to protect. Where does it end?
Many Christians have difficulty conceiving of how a beast government could rise to power and require everyone to take it’s mark to be able to buy and sell. Yet, right here in America, we are giving up rights on a daily basis to a government that has sold us a bill of goods that this is necessary to protect us from Islamic terrorists–Oh, I’m sorry–check that–I should say “radical extremists” because we are not supposed to be in need of protection from the peaceful religion of Islam. While Islam is a dire threat to the freedom of everyone on earth, it also serves as a wonderful Trojan Horse to justify and establish government control over every aspect of our “free” lives.
The government can view our naked bodies before we can fly on a plane. The government has technology to drive by our houses and detect where we are holding weapons. The government, or any other entity that has Google, can view our activities on our very property. The government can freeze our assets if we do not agree with which brand of Islamist terrorists it is supporting in Syria, Iran or Yemen–its a national emergency you know. Islam has given the government justification to intrude into almost every aspect of our lives. And once that foundation is laid, it’s an easy step to crack down on your religion, your personal protection, your speech, even the products you buy (i.e. New York and soda).
Our Constitutionally guaranteed freedoms have made it possible for us to share the gospel and expand the kingdom of the one true God both at home and throughout the world. But when the government uses an entity such as Islam to dictate our very freedoms, it won’t be long until the words of Jesus in Matthew 24:9 take hold: “Ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.” Galatians 5:1 says, “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith the Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.” I believe this is both spiritual and physical. Question is: are we standing fast or losing our standing fast?
