Message from God?

Disclaimer:  Perhaps God does speak directly to each of us individually and the reason we don’t hear Him is that we either don’t listen or we don’t recognize His voice.  He has promised that His Spirit will guide those who are His people and He has preserved His messages delivered to His servants in times past in the Bible.  The following messages are not intended to be interpreted as His speaking directly to this unworthy servant of God but are the result of my interpretation of the messages presented to His servants in the Bible as they might be presented to certain people and certain groups today if God were to speak directly to them.  With those caveats, here is one those messages.

TO: Barack Obama

I have given you intelligence, a pleasing personality and the ability to convince people to follow you.  I know those who influence your actions and who are helping to set your political agenda.  I know that many of those people are attempting to change the government of the United States into a socialist nation and some of them wish to destroy established institutions in order to gain more power for themselves.

You should be aware that it was I who caused first Great Britain and then the United States to become the preeminent powers among the nations of the world and that power is based upon the market system that comes from individuals who have the freedom to reach their potential – both spiritually and materially.  These two nations have been primarily responsible for the establishment of the rule of law in a great many nations outside their borders and their great wealth and power have been used to improve the standard of living for millions of people throughout the world.

The British Empire was destroyed because its work was completed – establishing not only the United States but Canada, Australia and New Zealand as places where individuals could be free to pursue their own goals in life with a minimum of political oppression.  That work also helped establish democratic governments and the rule of law in several other nations including India and some Oriental nations.  When it became oppressive, it was removed from ruling those nations but left its influence.

Since I have granted you intelligence and the ability to understand the consequences of your actions, you should be able to observe the devastating effects that centralized and oppressive governments have had upon their people.  Germany, the Soviet Union and China have witnessed the slaughter of tens of millions of innocent people who stood in the way of despots gaining absolute power over those nations.

It should be clear to you and all of those who help you wield the power of your office that such oppressive governments are anathema to me.  Yet in less than a year in office, your administration has seized power over great portions of the economy of the United States and much of the rest of the world and you have it within your power to create just such an oppressive government in the United States.

You have basked in the adoration of your followers many of whom were and are completely ignorant of the agenda of those who helped you obtain office.  You have played upon the fears and ignorance of your followers and you have made promises that neither you nor the power of government can deliver without the suppression of the freedom I have granted to the people of your country.

Therefore: You must spend the rest of your time in office defending the integrity of your country and seek to remove as many of those who threaten the safety of the nation as possible, using my standards for dealing with “aliens” or “strangers”.  You must also continue your efforts to assist the descendents of Ishmael and Esau to overthrow the evil leaders in their governments and their religion.  You must also seek to further reduce the burdens the national government has placed on my people.  If you strive to achieve these goals, you will be rewarded for your service. If you fail, you will answer to me.

Your time in the office of the President of the United States can be one that demonstrates the beauty of individual freedom in that one from your lowly background can rise to the highest office in this world.

You are free to make the choices that will enhance that freedom of the individual or you may choose to attempt to establish an oppressive government that will remove that freedom by oppressing certain segments of the population in the name of “fairness” or providing government “services” to the people.

Should you choose the latter, I promise you that you will fail in that attempt.  Your name will become synonymous with failure and you will do great damage those who have believed in you.  You will become a joke and symbolic of all those who have used the shame of racism to further political goals rather than to remove that stigma from the American people.

The choice is yours.

September 7, 2009