EGYPT HAS FALLEN, HAS FALLEN! EZEKIEL 32

 

EGYPT HAS FALLEN, HAS FALLEN!

EZEKIEL 32

Today we stand at the grand finale of God’s judgments that began in Ezekiel 25, against godless pagan nations surrounding Israel.

Chapter 32 is a funeral dirge for the empire of Egypt. Right after this chapter, the book of Ezekiel pivots from a message of destruction to a message of restoration, the duty of the Watchman, and the future hope of Israel. Chapter 32 is the gateway between judgement and hope.

The date of this prophecy is recorded as March 5, 585 B.C. That means this word came from Almighty God roughly two months after Jerusalem had been burned to the ground by Babylon.

To the natural eye, it looked like the godless systems of the world were winning. 

Sound familiar?

Egypt stood proud, wealthy, prospered by the Nile, protected by oceans of wilderness to the east and west. Pharaoh Hophra could look out over his kingdom and think he was invincible, untouchable.

But God always sets a deadline for the demise of pride. About 15 years from the date of this prophecy Babylon marched into Egypt  killed Pharaoh and knocked Egypt to her to her knees, a blow to this day she never fully recovered from. 

Once again verifying the absolute certainty of God's Word and the sovereignty of the Almighty has never nor will ever, be deterred by a royal throne, an enormous army; or even by, especially by... the outcome of an election.

Today, we’ll look at the history of this text; what happened.

Then, we’ll look at the HIStory—(HIS story); the prophetic types and shadows that reveal what is happening and will happen in our not-so-distant future.

We will break this into three sections:

I. THE GRIDIRON (earthly pride, 1-16). The battleground of this life.

II. THE GRAVEYARD (eternal penalty, 17-32). God takes us from Gridiron of this life to Graveyard of the afterlife.

III. EGYPT AND BABYLON: PROPHETIC TYPES AND SHADOWS

 

I. THE GRIDIRON (EZEKIEL 32:1–16)

This first half of the chapter details the physical, earthly destruction of this proud superpower.

LET'S READ Ezekiel 32:1-16

Pharaoh viewed himself as a majestic lion or a powerful river dragon, a master of his own destiny.

But God looked at him as an arrogant beast whose days were numbered. Look at the language God uses in verses 4 through 6:

“I will cast you out on the open fields, and cause to settle on you all the birds of the heavens, and with you I will fill the beasts of the whole earth. I will lay your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your carcass. I will also water the land with the flow of your blood...”

When a nation relies on its own wealth, its own power, and treats the Almighty like an afterthought, with lukewarm apathy, God causes that nation to atrophy.

He uses Nebuchadnezzar’s sword to pierce Egyptian pride. He darkens their skies. He muddies their waters. He leaves them desolate.

Giving them the unmistakable message:

God indeed governs in the affairs of men.

The Lord puts it like this in verse 15: Then they shall know that I AM the Lord.

This is not just, pathetic history, it’s prophetic HIStory. Notice the prophetic message woven in the words of Ezekiel:

Birds and beasts eating human flesh; water flowing with blood; this is a foreshadow of the final judgment of this world’s system.

Revelation 14:20
And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the horses’ bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs.

Note: 1,600 furlongs is 200 miles. That is the length of the Promised Land, top to bottom.

Church, this is not a little limited localized judgment. When God’s final Divine judgement falls against the godless one world system (Babylon), blood will saturate the entire planet.

Revelation 19:17–18
Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, ‘Come and gather together for the supper of the great God, that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great.

Egypt on the gridiron of God's judgment is a shadow of what happens to every system, every government, every empire, every person, that stands against the King of kings.

 

II. THE GRAVEYARD (EZEKIEL 32:17–32)

Now as we move from the gridiron to the graveyard, let’s read Ezekiel 32:17-32.

Two weeks after the first prophecy, God commands Ezekiel to wail, not just for Pharaoh, but for the multitude of Egypt, the entire empire.

This section is a tour through the graveyard of nations; the pit (Sheol; Hades).

The once proud and powerful empires are there. Assyria, Elam, Meshech, Tubal, and Edom. These caused terror in the land of the living. They had the biggest and best chariots and horses, and the most secure borders.

But the grave balances the scales. You can’t take it with you.

Jesus sheds more light on the subject. In Luke 16:19-31, He told of a rich man who lived in luxury, wrapped in fine linen, secure in worldly riches. But when he died, he found himself in the torments of Hades (Sheol).

The rich man looked across a great gulf and realized his earthly riches, his social status, couldn't buy him a drop of water to cool his tongue in that torment.

The world promises everything and delivers nothing. If a man gains the whole world but loses his soul, he has gained nothing and lost everything.

Jesus says it like this:

Matthew 16:24-26
²⁴ Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. ²⁵ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. ²⁶ For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

III. EGYPT AND BABYLON: PROPHETIC TYPES AND SHADOWS

Now we move from history to HIStory.

Dear Church, our text today comes alive in the here and now when we understand the prophetic types and shadows playing out here.

To set the stage please remember how God originally delivered Israel from physical bondage in Egypt with a mighty hand. Yet, when they were in the Wilderness of Freedom, they shrank from the weight and responsibility of the liberty of Godliness.

They looked back at the meat-pots of Egypt. They preferred slavery with cruel taskmasters over the accountability of freedom and holiness.

They weren't the only ones, they did it in Jesus’ day, they do it today

John 1:11–12
He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. but as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God...

And why did they not receive Him?

John 3:19
And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil."

Humanity consistently chooses anonymity over accountability. Darkness instead of Light. They’d rather sit on the side and hide in the darkness of a worldly system, rather than stand in the light and liberty of Christ.

Now, I pray we see how each thread of God’s Word is woven together into a Powerful Prophetic tapestry.

Egypt represents Worldliness—the proud, self-sufficient, materialistic security that says, “you don't need God, the treasures of Egypt, the pleasures of this world, meet and satisfy your every need.”

Babylon represents the New World Order—the aggressive, devouring global system that moves in to conquer and convert everything under a single godless banner.

As Revelation 13:15-17 declares: 

he (the false prophet) was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast (antichrist), that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. ¹⁶ he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, ¹⁷ and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”

Church, look at the demonic imitation. The Holy Spirit points people to worship Jesus Christ. The false pushes people to worship the antichrist.

Notice, the Holy Spirit prompts and leads. The demonicratic system forces and pushes.

This antichrist deception that devolves into the new world order has already begun. We are allowing it to happen right before our very eyes, through lukewarm apathy.

Look at the data from our recent midterm elections: Approximately 62% to 65% of the total registered voter population in America identify as Christian, however only 17% of voter turnout in midterms were “Christians.”

That means a large percentage of so-called Christians never even bothered to cross the street to vote. 

Additionally, 67% of Jewish voters cast their ballots for a Jew hating, antisemite, anti-Constitution, anti-Christian, antichrist like, marxist muslim Abdul Al Sayed.

(Not to mention 8 men who identify as women, won seats in congress. Not to mention 20 million new voters seemingly materialized out of thin air. Isn't that about the same amount of illegals welcomed in during Biden regime?)

But we’re not mentioning any of that stuff.

When God's people sit it out, when we refuse our responsibility to be salt and light, then, we the people of God, willingly hand the reigns of our nation, our lives, our children's lives, to the demonicratic one world government of Babylon.

THE CHURCH LOST THE ELECTION

THE CHURCH HANDED THE NATION TO DEMONICRATS

 

CONCLUSION: THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURES FOREVER

Hear what the Spirit of the Lord says to the Church.

Egypt has fallen.

Babylon has fallen.

But make no mistake the proud, self-sufficient, materialistic worldly spirit of Egypt is on the rise.

The aggressive, devouring, conquering, Babylonian banner of a Godless one world governance, is metastasizing rapidly right before our very eyes.

Just as God’s Word forewarns.

Don’t be deceived, the demonic spirit of Babylon will rise to world dominance.

But don’t be dismayed. It’s just a shooting star, it will quickly fall as foretold in Revelation 14:8, 18:2: “Babylon is fallen, is fallen...”

Isaiah 40:8, Matthew 24:35, 1 Peter 1:24.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but the Word of God endures forever.

The darkness may seem to be winning, but 1 John 3:8 reassures us:

For this is why the Son of God was manifest, to destroy the works of the devil.

Jesus came to pick a fight with the devil, death, hell and the grave...

He did.

And won!

And is coming again for the knockout punch to shatter the works of darkness, dissolve the demonicratic system of this world, and establish His Eternal throne just as Daniel 2:44 guarantees:

And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.

Psalm 20:7
Some trust in chariots and some trust in horses but we trust in the Name of the Lord our God.

Let’s pray.

Lord Jesus, thank You for showing us the gridiron and the graveyard, the Truth of this life and the afterlife. Now please help us to believe it and do something about it. Dear Lord we pray You wake us from the atrophy of lukewarm apathy. We pray for a passion to obey You, to be salt and light, preserving and illuminating the atmosphere around us, so that of all You’ve given us, none are lost.

Thank You, Lord.

We love You, forever.

Amen.

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The Practical, Powerful, Providential Ministry of the Almighty, Mark 3:7-12

 

The Practical, Powerful, Providential Ministry of the Almighty, Mark 3:7-12

Mark 3:7-8
But Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea. And a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea ⁸ and Jerusalem and Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and those from Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they heard how many things He was doing, came to Him.

In the verse right before our text opens, the stuffy, high-nosed religious elite crossed the point of no return. After Jesus healed a man with a withered hand on the Sabbath, the Pharisees immediately went out and conspired with their enemies, the Herodians, on how they might destroy Him.

Jesus had been showing them and telling them repeatedly who He is:

• He healed the leper—and everybody knows, only God can heal lepers.
• He forgave sins—and everybody knows, only God can forgive sins.
• He called Himself the Son of Man and Lord of the Sabbath—and everybody knows that refers to the Messiah.

But after His repeated invitations met their repeated rejections... He withdrew.

Church, we pray that is never true of me or you. When a heart hardens itself against Truth, it withers and grows numb until no amount of conviction by the Holy Spirit will get through. It is from that dark place in the Pharisees' hearts that Jesus withdrew.

But the Son always finds another place to shine.

Without missing a beat, Jesus headed for the shore. He left the stained glass and steeples for sunshine and beaches. He didn’t go to some fancy cathedral, He stood on the shore, by the sea, like a voice crying in the wilderness.

And the people came.

These weren’t the elite. They weren’t the self-righteous religious insiders. These were common folks, from common places, the needy, the sick, the lame, the outcasts, the despised, and the rejected. This sounds like the parable Jesus told about the Great Banquet in Luke 14. When the preferred, prominent, elite guests rejected the Master's invitation, the Master didn't cancel the feast. He sent to the streets, the lanes, the highways, and the byways to compel the outcasts to come in.

Notice a Divine national object lesson. 

God blessed ancient Israel and promised to make her a blessing to all the nations. However, they largely rejected their Creator. Because of that rejection, they were judged and never fully occupied the full 300,000 square miles God promised to Abraham. Today, they live on a tiny fraction of that land—about 8,000 square miles.

America, on the other hand, invited Him. We built our foundation on Him, weaving Scriptural truths into our founding documents. Multitudes have flocked to our shores seeking blessing, just like those desperate crowds flocked to that Galilean beach. God has blessed America from sea to shining sea, in part, to show Israel, "This is how you were supposed to do it. Trust Me, call on Me, obey Me."

Likewise, Israel’s history is an object lesson to America: even the most blessed, prosperous, powerful nation will fall under Divine judgment when it turns from its Creator.

Mark lists seven distinct regions from which the crowds flocked: Galilee, Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, Transjordan, Tyre, and Sidon. Sidon was a grueling 50-mile journey through mountainous, hostile terrain. Idumea, in the south, was over 120 miles away.

While the religious elite wouldn't cross the road to receive the Truth, desperate souls would spend a week on the road just to catch a glimpse, or touch the hem, of His garment. Today, folks stay home if there’s a cloud in the sky. That lukewarm apathy causes spiritual atrophy and makes God want to puke. Revelation 3:15-16.

We look at the election results, our hearts grow heavy and we wonder if the church stayed home. But remember: the power, authority, and sovereignty of Almighty God has never been determined by a ballot box.

Earthly rulers come and go, but the Lord remains on His throne. When culture grows dark, that is not our cue to throw in the towel—that is our cue to trim our lamps and shine brighter! 

If you don't quit you win. Gal. 6:9.

God does not need a political majority to bring a revival.

Mark 3:9-10
So He told His disciples that a small boat should be kept ready for Him because of the multitude, lest they should crush Him. ¹⁰ For He healed many, so that as many as had afflictions pressed about Him to touch Him.

Here we see working simultaneously the Practical and Providential Ministry of the Almighty.

Jesus told His disciples to keep a small boat ready because of the multitude, “lest they should crush Him.”

Practical needs of ministry must be met for ministry to continue:

• The boat, a pulpit.
• The water, a sound system.
• The sandy shores, a sanctuary.
• All combined to provide crowd control, “lest they should crush Him.”

Don’t forget the practical needs of the people. A great multitude came when they heard how many things He was doing; not things He was saying.

They packed that beach for the same reason people pack an Emergency Room. They had physical needs, and they heard Jesus could heal them.

That is the Powerful, Providential part of the ministry of the Almighty.

He healed them.

He didn't make them pass a theological exam, or raise their hands and “repeat after Me.” 

Out of His goodness, He met their physical need with the ultimate goal of meeting their spiritual need. As Romans 2:4 tells us, the goodness of God leads to repentance.

To this very day, that is how the Kingdom operates. We do what we can; He does what we can't. We handle the practical; He handles the providential.

Just a couple of days ago during that monsoon, instead of sitting around doing "important ministry stuff," Vinny and I spent (correction: invested) the entire day wading through the downpour, sucking up water with shop vacs, stretching hoses, and setting sump pumps. Hour after hour, as fast as we could pump it out, the saturated soil pushed it back in.

We prayed and pumped, pumped and prayed. We called for the Church to pray, quoting James 5:17, that Elijah was a man with a nature like our, and he prayed that it would not rain, and it did not rain.

You prayed; we pumped. The practical and Providential worked together. In due time, a break appeared in the sky, the downpour slowed, and we finally got ahead of the inundation.

Through practical means, we prevented a neighbor's house from being flooded. Through Providential means, their hearts were flooded with gratitude.

That is the ministry of the Almighty at its finest.

Mark 3:11-12
 And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw Him, fell down before Him and cried out, saying, “You are the Son of God.” ¹² But He sternly warned them that they should not make Him known.

The religious elites who should've known Him, who should've been speaking about Him; instead, were blind leaders of the blind.

But the demons knew exactly who He was, and said so. They fell down before Him, cried out to Him, “You are the Son of God!” until Jesus silenced them.

The kingdom of darkness knows and believes, who Jesus is, so much so, they tremble.

James 2:19 warns us: “You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!”

That blows the doors plumb off modern, hyper-grace superficial faith. Merely acknowledging facts about Jesus does not save a soul.

The demons confessed His Divinity, but they didn’t surrender to His Lordship. They bowed in terror, not in worship.

There is a massive gulf between intellectual assent and a surrendered heart. 

Jesus warns that in that day many will say, “Lord, Lord... but I’ll say to them, depart from Me, I never knew you.” Matthew 7:21–23.

Knowing of God, is not knowing God.

Why did, He warn them that they should not make Him known?

They said, "You are the Son of God." That's true.

Truth in the mouth of a liar is still deceptive.

Jesus will not compromise, nor have fellowship with unfruitful works of darkness. Eph. 5:11.

Jesus is our example.

This is the ultimate litmus test to tell the Genuine Ministry of the Almighty from the counterfeit:

Truth stands without compromise.

On the other hand, the counterfeit will always compromise to spread their agenda. They compromise with ideologies they once opposed—like abortion, gay marriage, open borders, antisemitism, and gender mutilation. They will look you in the eye and tell you that men can get pregnant.

It is a total surrender of reality just to advance a demonic platform.

This tells us we're at the drawing near to the fullness of the gentiles, when the cup of iniquity overflows and Jesus pulls the plug, removes His Bride, and starts the clock on Israel's seventieth week.

The night is far spent, the day is at hand, it is high time to put off the works of darkness and put on His armor of Light. Romans 13:12.

Let's not settle for hollow religion.

Let's not treat God like an emergency room.

Let's never rely on intellectual belief like demons.

Let’s put feet to our faith, walking and talking Truth without compromise, let's roll up our sleeves, or put on our rain gear, and let the goodness of God lead us and everyone He’s given us, to repentance.

Let’s pray.

Lord Jesus, the establishment turned against You, the masses came to get from  You, yet, You stayed the course, continued to shine, Your love, Your light, Your goodness. Please help us do the same.

Thank You.

We trust and love You, forever.

Amen.  

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Christians Should Vote, Biblical Guide to Civic Duty at the Ballot Box

 

Christians Should Vote

Biblical Guide to Civic Duty at the Ballot Box

God specializes in turning a mess into a message. He can take what the enemy meant for harm and turn it around and use it for good.

He brings Life from death.

Two Tuesdays ago, I missed an opportunity to pray a blessing and plant a challenge regarding elections, at the close of our S.A.L.T. Expo. (They forgot to call me up to close in prayer, and I failed to jump up).

After a day of kicking myself, the Lord prompted me to stop wasting time and turn the mess into a message. So, the prayer that never got prayed was turned into a blog. The blog was turned into a Facebook post which we paid to have boosted—shown to more people.

It took off and quickly hit about 1,700 views, but then just that quick, it was shut down. Rejected “because it contained sensitive information that might change the outcome of an election.” (Isn’t that something? Simply telling Biblical Truth, can change the outcome of an election. That must mean, a lot of people are believing lies.)

Rather than wasting more time moaning, we took the post that was from the blog, that was from the prayer that never got prayed and turned it into a two-part series newspaper article.

Then, from the momentum of that, we turned it into a booklet published in paperback and e-book.

Whew. That week was a busy month!

God took a missed prayer mess and turned it into a message.

I thought we were done but evil is dumb and doesn’t know when to shut up.

Thursday night, everyone had gone home from Prayer Meeting and Roxy was tucked in bed, and all was quiet. I was ready for things to get back to our normal rhythm. So, I sat down and started working on Sunday’s sermon. I read through Ezekiel 32, more than once, then again in a different translation. The section focusing on the judgment of foreign nations spans chapters 25 through 32, concluding with Egypt in chapter 32. After this chapter, the book moves to the watchman's duty, the restoration of Israel, Ezekiel 38-39 war, and the amazing vision of the new temple.

As I sat there reading about the heavy realities of national judgment, I realized the sobering parallel to our own nation. Today find ourselves at the threshold of where a nation can fall under judgment, if we the people, don't do our duty to let God's voice be heard through our voice at the ballot box.

But then, somewhere in the midst of reading and praying and listening for leading, I noticed we had a comment on our Church Facebook page. We had posted a picture of a filled-out ballot, and we listed how we were voting. The comment read: “I didn’t know voting was church related!!”

I immediately knew the Lord wasn’t through talking about this topic.

So, He took the booklet, that was from the two-part newspaper article, that was from the Facebook post, that was from the blog, that was from the prayer that never got prayed, and turned it into this message:

Christians Should Vote, Biblical Guide to Civic Duty at the Ballot Box

The lady that left the comment, is not alone, multitudes say and think, “I didn’t know voting was church related.”

The heartbreaking part is that I know the lady and her husband. The comment was not meant as an admission of simply not knowing; it was an accusation, a rebuke, aimed at me for speaking about politics.

They used to live in our little village. They attended this Church before I was Pastor. Her husband was a gifted musician and singer. They were nice, friendly, church-going folks.

There are many just like them. Outwardly looking like God-fearing, Christ-following folks. But mention politics, and fangs flash, talons pop. That’s why it’s so heartbreaking. Decade after decade of church attendance, yet they still have no understanding of the foundational principle of Christianity: to be salt and light, preserving and illuminating.

Jesus puts it like this in Matthew 5:13-16:

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”

Overcoming soul winners and disciple makers—this is the character of the Church Jesus builds. It’s the very Church He spoke about when He declared, “I will build My Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18). Hell cannot stand against the overcoming, soul-winning, disciple-making, preserving, illuminating, salt and light shining Church!

The gates of hell erected by the not so Supreme Court banning prayer and Bible reading in schools; the gates of hell housing the slaughtering of babies, the mutilating of children, the perverting of marriage, cannot stand against the Supreme onslaught of His Church!

You won't find the phrase "separation of Church and state" anywhere in Scripture, nor is it found or implied in the U.S. Constitution. The Founders never intended to exile God from government; they intended to keep the government out of the Church. Quite the opposite of what we are told today. The original Divine design was for the state to be influenced by the moral voice of the Church.

The saying “Don’t mix politics and religion” is a doctrine of demons never taught in the Bible. Yet, it has become the default setting of the modern church.

There are two reasons (at least) for this widespread ignorance:

1.    Pastors have failed to teach with uncompromised clarity the Truth of God’s Word regarding politics and religion.

2.    People willingly refuse to listen and learn. Many hold to their man-made tradition and religion, no matter what the Bible says.

Hosea 4:6 warns: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.”

Knowledge of God isn’t lacking because of scarcity, but because of willful rejection.

Jesus dealt with the same deceiving spirit in His day and said: by your tradition you make of none effect the word of God (Matthew 15:6, Mark 7:13).

The Divine Mandate for Dominion and Prayer

So, what exactly does God's Word say about our civic responsibility?

Let’s start at the beginning.

Genesis 1:27–28a declares:

“God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion...’”

From the dawn of creation, God’s Divine Design was for mankind to rule and reign as His representatives and ambassadors, His steward of the earth.

Fast forward to the New Testament, where Jesus states that He will build His Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against the multiplying, subduing, dominating force of His Church.

The original Greek word translated as "Church" is Ekklésia. In the ancient world, an Ekklésia referred to a body of people called out to interpret, enforce, and implement the law and will of the governing authority.

By definition, the Church is built to have dominion over evil and interpret, enforce and implement righteousness; the law and will of God on the earth.

In other words, be salt and light, preserve and illuminate. Or you might say it like this: be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion.

How do we do that?

We start with 1 Timothy 2:1–2:

“Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority...”

God governs in the affairs of men, and He uses His Ekklésia to do it.

... that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.

We are commanded to pray for all those in authority, because the effectual, fervent prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective (James 5:16). We pray to effect change, ensuring an environment that we can live quiet, peaceable lives in all godliness.

But prayer is not a license for laziness.

The Word of God demands we put feet to our faith. James 2:17–26 repeatedly warns that faith without works is dead.

So, how do we apply this in a Constitutional Republic like America?

We effect change by prayerfully electing authorities who protect godliness. We the people of God, cause His voice to be heard through our voice at the ballot box.

It is our civic duty, our Christian responsibility, and it pleases our Creator. As our text in 1 Timothy 2 continues in verses 3–4 telling us: “For this (prayer, faith and action) is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the Truth.”

The Church in one accord voting Biblical values helps create a healthy, stable environment to reach communities with the saving truth of Jesus Christ, resulting in quiet peaceable lives in all godliness and reverence.

James 4:17 cuts right to the heart of it: “Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.”

The Three Pillars of Biblical Engagement

To destroy societal ignorance and apathy once and for all, we must stand firmly on the three undeniable, Biblical pillars that mandate our presence at the ballot box.

1. Stewardship 2. Defense 3. Occupy

Pillar 1: The Principle of Civic Stewardship
In ancient Israel, God directly chose kings and priests and prophets. But in modern America, by God's providential design, He has placed the governing authority directly into the hands of the citizens. That’s you, if you’re a US citizen.

Our Declaration of Independence clearly states:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.—That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”

The government gets its power from the consent of the governed.

We the people receive rights from our Creator, and we the people grant select and certain power to governing authorities.

That powerful, world-changing sentiment is codified in the first three precedent-setting words of our U.S. Constitution:

We the People.

Romans 13:1-7 establishes that all civil authority is instituted by God.

But catch the beauty of America, in a Constitutional Republic: the “governing authority” is not a king on a throne—it is the citizen holding a ballot.

Under God’s providential design, you are part of the ruling reigning authority over the greatest most powerful nation on earth.

That is extremely awesome, however, remember: To whom much is given much is required. Luke 12:48.

Since this authority belongs to we the people, if we refuse to exercise our authority, by not voting, we are burying our talent in the sand. Abstaining from voting isn't holiness; it is a rejection of God-given responsibility and stewardship.

Remember, Jesus said the steward who buried his talent was called wicked and lazy and what he had was taken from him and he was cast into outer darkness where there was wailing and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 25:14-30.

Pillar 2: Voting as an Act of Righteous Defense
Our vote is a shield to protect the innocent and a tool to push back the darkness.

Voting to keep baby slaughtering, child mutilators out of office is definitely a just and righteous defense for the innocent.

Proverbs 29:2 says, “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when a wicked man rules, the people groan.”

If we refuse to step into the voting booth to select the righteous, we are actively allowing the wicked to rule.

Pillar 3: The Command to Occupy Until He Comes

The demonic deception tells the Church to just sit down, shut up, be nice, fiddle around until the rapture, while the whole world burns.

Jesus commands the exact opposite in Luke 19:13: “Occupy till I come.”

To occupy means to hold the ground, engage, influence, warn, stand as a watchman. To be salt and light, preserve and illuminate.

We cannot occupy the nation if we surrender the ballot box.

Ronald Reagan said it like this:

“...this is a republic, and we don’t have a king with a sword, only we the people, and our sword has been fashioned into a ballot box.”

Platform Over Person

You might say, “Fine, we ought to pray and vote. But I don’t like politics, and I don't care for anyone on the ballot.”

That’s okay, you don’t need to like anyone that’s running.

God makes it simple. We vote for a platform, not a person. Personality is irrelevant. We vote exclusively for the policy platform that aligns closest with Biblical principles.

Platform. Policy. Period.

As Christians, we have the Bible. As a nation, we have the Constitution—a document firmly built upon Biblical principles. We must vote for the platform closest to the foundational baseline of our nation.

Even for non-believers, this remains the absolute best way to vote.

Why?

Because the U.S. Constitution has stood the test of time. As our nation celebrates its 250th anniversary, it remains the longest living written constitution in history, giving rise to the freest, most prosperous, and most generous nation the world has ever known.

So dear Church, fellow U.S. Citizen, do no surrender your God given unalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, granted by our U.S. Constitution, do not fall on your sword in surrender, but rise up and cast your ballot for the party that most closely promotes these time tested, Godly principles.

Let’s pray.
Lord Jesus, we beg for your mercy, please forgive our ignorance, our apathy, our egregious sins. For Your name’s sake, give us a great awakening so this nation does not perish before completing Your mission. From the Seed You planted in Columbus, the Pilgrims, the Founders, the Patriots, all the way to we Your people, here today. Lord, unless You build the house, we will be no more successful than the builders of Babel. Have mercy oh God and show the world what You can do to a people whose God is the Lord.

Thank You.

In You, we trust and love, forever.

Amen.

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