I am a Christian as well. As a Christian do you believe in staying where you are not wanted? Here's what Jesus said about overstaying your welcome.
Luke 9:5
If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”
The Iraqi's have made it clear. They do not want us to stay and "fix" their country. At least the majority Shia do not. The Christians might want us to stay. The Christians also would have preferred that we left Saddam in power since he was protecting their community. But the Shia want us out. The Iraqi president Al Malaki negotiated with Bush that we be out by December 11, 2011. Obama deserves neither credit nor blame by getting us out when he did. But stupid republicans will give him credit and stupid democrats will give us blame.
If you think that God wants us to occupy another sovereign nation against it's will then I suggest you go back and read your Bible. Turn off the television and the radio and just read it. Also read some books on non-violence. If you want to help Iraq volunteer to be a missionary. Work under whatever government evolves. Realize that you'll be risking your life, but no more than the soldiers would have to risk their life for some U.S. "territory" that the people of that nation (Iraq) do not want.My idea of making Iraq a U.S. Territory is just that, and idea. I am open to better idea if you have one. But I don't believe a "leave well enough alone," approach will satisfy God. God has never allowed for that.
Repentance means changing your ways. Trying to make Iraq a U.S. territory is not repentance. It's committing the same sin all over again. It would be like a Christian who went to strip clubs before accepting Christ, but then continued to go later using the rationalization that he was there to "witness" to the strippers and "share God's love" through $10s and $20s with Bible verses written on them.He has always insisted upon national repentance, especially with His chosen people, Israel.
The Roman empire was destroyed because it kept fighting expansionist wars and eventually went broke. Guess what's happening to the U.S.?Finally, God had his fill of Israel's sinfulness that he sent the Roman armies to totally destroy Israel in 70AD. Will God allow the United States to be destroyed as well? That is what we have in store if we do not repent as a nation.
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