One Nation Under God

A nation cannot continue to disobey God and expect to remain under His protection. The Old Testament is filled with nations that were continuously disobedient to God only to be wiped off the face of the earth. God is not blind to our transgressions but is patiently waiting for us to come to Him in repentance. Much of the violence in scripture is from when God used Israel to punish the other nations or when He used the other nations to punish Israel. It is not God's desire to punish. It is His desire to embrace us in a loving, saving relationship. But if God's justice is not punishing as well as saving, then there would be nothing to hold back the forces of evil. It is not usually in the good times that we run to God but in times of trial and tribulation.