PIVOTAL POINT
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Romans [MKJV] 12:1-3 I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God to present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be
conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, in
order to prove by you what is that good
and pleasing and perfect will of God. For I say, through the grace given to me,
to every one who is among you, not to think of
himself more highly than he ought to think. But set your mind to be
right-minded, even as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith.
1Corinthians 2:5 … your faith should not stand in the
wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
As once upon a
time did ancient Egypt, we now very much like to think our USA is at the center.
Jehovah God said “I
AM THAT I AM”. (Ex.3:14)
Anybody that
knows me knows I have no real interest in the sports scene unless someone I
actually personally know is participating, and they do know I like to read a
variety of topics for a number of reasons: to make me think outside of myself
and provincial borders, ongoing education, perspective, problem solving, and
for fun. I suspect it’s genetic as once I learned to read I never stopped, plus
when “Go to your room!” was a punishment, it was for brother Jim but not at all
for me.
The fun part
especially includes well-written fact-filled historical novels about
geographical locales and populations. Leon Marcus Uris and James Albert Michener
being two of my favorite well-researched writers.
Presently I’m
reading a series by Joel C. Rosenberg. I’m now midway thru THE LAST DAYS. The
opening paragraphs in chapter 36 definitely educated, made me think, and wonder
when the final solution will come.
“NO OTHER PART of
the world cast the same spell.
The more Bennett
stared at the headlines on his computer, and the more he thought about the past
weeks, the more it seemed the world was hypnotized by the Middle East – obsessed
with its oil, intoxicated by its mysteries, seduced by its tales of the
supernatural. And so was he.
Even at the peak
of the bipolar world – the East-West cold-war clash between free people and the
Evil Empire – the Middle East was the main event. The central battleground. The
48’ war. The Suez Crisis of 56’. The Six Days’ War of 67’. The war of
attrition. The Yom Kippur War of 73’. The Arab oil embargo. The explosion of
OPEC and petrodollars. The civil war in Lebanon in 75’. The Israeli invasion of
82’. The atheists armed the Muslims. The Christians armed the Jews. Thousands
died. Millions more were maimed and orphaned. There were other skirmishes,
other hot zones. But again and again the world’s attention was drawn back to
the Middle East, as it as being drawn now. Why?
……….
Without question,
the region comprised the most fought-over real estate in the history of
mankind. And it wasn’t just over oil. That might partially explain recent
times, but not the long arc of history. The Romans hadn’t conquered the region
for oil. Nor had the Ottomans. The Assyrians, Babylonians, Egyptians, and
Persians slaughtered each other control of NAMESTAN (Author’s acronym for
region.) for thousands of years before anyone knew of the black gold buried
under its sands.”
Our juvenile USA
is not the center geographically, historically, or spiritually.
EBB4
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