Their deeds are evil deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands. 7 Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. They pursue evil schemes; acts of violence mark their ways. 8 The way of peace they do not know; there is no justice in their paths. They have turned them into crooked roads; no one who walks along them will know peace.
Biden called for unity, healing and peace. At the same time he did this other leaders in the Democratic party were calling for “accountability lists” so that anyone who supported Trump could be punished. This message was further pushed by leaders in the media. There was a clear threat to have people removed from their jobs, to black ball them, and in any way possible to excommunicate anyone who publicly supported Trump.
9 So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows. 10 Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead.
This has taught us how few people actually understand our laws. There are “well educated people” who actually thought that the Media gets to call an election. There are people who we might otherwise consider to be knowledgeable who did not realize that States certify the election in each State or that the Constitution has taken into account a period of 40 days to contest the election in the courts.
11 We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away. 12 For our offenses are many in your sight, and our sins testify against us. Our offenses are ever with us, and we acknowledge our iniquities: 13 rebellion and treachery against the Lord, turning our backs on our God, inciting revolt and oppression, uttering lies our hearts have conceived.
This is the heart of the matter. The poor state of the public education has been decried for many years, but the heart of that is our rebellion and treachery against the Lord. People have been outraged at the vile rhetoric in this country, but the heart of the matter is that we turned our backs on the Lord. In just the last few years the lies uttered by the media are too numerous to mention. The NY Times resorted to fabricating a “high level anonymous source in Trump’s administration” out of a low level staffer that no one had ever heard of. The FBI colluded with political leaders to fabricate charges against President Trump based on the “Logan Act”. Flynn was charged because he talked to foreign leaders during the transition as Trump’s administration got ready to take the helm. The hypocrisy of this is overwhelming as Biden is currently talking to foreign leaders and is therefore guilty of exactly the same thing they charged Flynn with. They have incited revolt with their rhetoric even justifying the occupation of Portland. They based the Mueller investigation on lies that were conceived in the mind of Hillary Clinton.
14 So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter. 15 Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.
You cannot even “shun evil”. The cancel culture will pounce if you don’t repeat their claims. The Lord looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
16 He saw that there was no one, he was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so his own arm achieved salvation for him, and his own righteousness sustained him.
This is a very important point that many Christians, myself included, have missed. Daniel says that the antichrist brings down the mighty, but not by his own power. It will be the Lord that brings down the mighty while the antichrist takes credit for what the Lord does. In Jesus ministry He exposed the unrighteousness and corruption of the leaders of His day. He was accused of casting out demons by the Prince of demons. He made it clear at the time that a house divided cannot stand and that if they condemned Him what do they say when their children cast out demons at the end of this age. When the Lord returns at the end of the age He is not simply the only begotten Son of God but “the firstborn among many brethren”. It will be the Lord’s arm that will get the victory, yes, it will be the strongest members of the Body of Christ that achieve salvation.
17 He put on righteousness as his breastplate,
these protests cannot be done like the BLM protests, those were not covered in righteousness. and the helmet of salvation on his head; We need our thoughts covered with the Lord’s salvation. We are not protesting for one candidate or another, Jesus is the only savior and He has already won the victory. No, we are standing for righteousness, truth and justice.
he put on the garments of vengeance and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.
We need to care. The enemy does evil because he can count on people not caring. This means we must have the attitude not of a victim but of a victor.
