One of the greatest acts of terror, since 9/11, occurred in Orlando, Florida over the weekend as a lone gunman walked into a gay bar filled with over 350 people killing 50 and wounding over 50 more.
This killer has been identified as a Muslim but his father and President Obama say that Islam had no role in the murders that took place. Yet, this 29 year old cried out a pledge to Islamic State and its leader, he is the one that declared ISIS the commander of his life.
The Islamic State is happy to claim the credit for this act of evil in Orlando because it means that for the first time they have terrorized the United States directly.
But there is a quandary for the godless progressives and the main stream media that we should observe play out here, namely that two protected classes of progressive peoples have collided.
I take no joy in this because the reality is that 50 were killed and most likely died without the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ and that makes this evil even more evil. We should not take pleasure in the death of the gunman either because he too died in vain.
How our nation will handle this horror is important however, will the focus be on greater gun control as the shooter bought 2 of his weapons legally just days before the murders. This could move the discussion past registration to removing the 2nd amendment altogether.
The discussion may return to immigration, even though he was a US citizen but his parents emigrated from Afghanistan, but that discussion is less likely.
The national conversation will involve how to deal with the Islamic State and how it is not at all Islamic but how do we stop an idea or a movement. The fact is that we, as a nation do not understand the battle we face because it is not ideological, it is spiritual.
The door has been opened by the acceptance of sin. President Barack Obama has aligned himself with the LGBTQ movement (am I forgetting any letters there?) in declaring June gay pride month. He did this just a day before the tragedy in Orlando.
When a nation actively promotes sin from the highest office in the land, it trades the lordship of God for the principalities of Satan. If you haven’t read 2 Thessalonians in a while go back and read it and pay attention to Chapter 2.
As He who restrains is removed, the people willfully chose sin and in so doing are given a strong delusion and submit themselves to the son of perdition.
History is made up of big moments that we don’t see as big at the time but the choices we make do matter. What happened in Orlando has changed things in ways we may not understand for some time to come but make no mistake, things have just changed.
