by
Tom Wacaster
There
is an interesting verse in the 94th Psalm which adequately describes the way a
number of people think. The verse reads, "Shall the throne of wickedness
have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by statute?"
(verse 20). The context of the Psalm is a consideration of the wicked and
their foolish opposition to God. But these were not just your
run-of-the-mill participants in evil. The Psalmist was not writing to the
"heathen," but to those who should have known better. Those to
whom the Psalmist wrote were God's chosen people. They had, somewhere
along the way, cast off all restraint, reaching a point in their downward
plunge into apostasy that was characteristic of the "nations" about
them. Arrogant and proud, they actually boasted themselves in their
iniquity. There was little regard for life. They despised
their heritage. The widow and fatherless were a nuisance, so much so that
they thought it advantageous to slay and murder those less fortunate than
themselves. Injustice was the order of the day. The widow, sojourner, and
the fatherless were imperiled (verse 6). And just about the time one
would think they could go no lower, the writer informs us that "they say,
The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it" (verse
12). Could it be that Israel had arrived at this point in time where they
regarded the God of heaven as nothing more than the "God of
Jacob." Was He not their God as well? Oh, how the mighty
had fallen. According to verse 20, the "throne" itself had become
corrupt. The leadership was corrupt from its head to its toe. The
Psalmist seeks to remind the people that God does not have fellowship with such
a corrupt nation. But what is shocking about all of this is the fact that this
corrupt nation had actually passed certain statutes which "legalized"
their mischief. What a perverse way of thinking. It is the kind of
thinking that says human law overrides God's law; that man is in a better
position to determine right and wrong than is the Almighty; that a mere stroke
of the pen can turn that which is wicked into that which is right! Israel
needed to be reminded that such a "throne of wickedness" stands
squarely against God! They will NOT have His blessings! Oh how our
beloved nation needs to hear this lesson. In the last 100 years we have
seen the legalization of drinking, the sale of alcohol, para-mutual betting,
abortion on demand, homosexual rights, the lottery, casino halls, houses of ill
repute, etc. Now politicians clamor for legalization of drugs, homosexuals in
the military and homosexual marriages, and the "Freedom of Choice
Act" (making it completely legal to kill children still in the
womb). The philosophy seems to be, "If we can just get it on the
books, ratify it by the States, and get it signed by the President, it is right
and acceptable." Have we become so foolish as to think that God does
not see or hear? There is one more verse in this Psalm that gives a clear
indication of the fruits of this kind of thinking. The 21st verse reads,
"They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and
condemn the innocent blood." When enough laws are passed
"legalizing" the mischief in which men desire to participate, the
righteous element in society will actually become the enemy. I fear
that we may have already arrived at such a point in our nation's trek away from
God. Those who oppose immodesty are labeled
"prudish." Opposition to drinking and/or gambling
classifies one as being "judgmental." If you say anything about
the homosexual movement you are a "homophobe."
Anti-abortionists are "radicals." We could go on, but I think
you get the picture. Liberal lawmakers are doing their best to
"frame mischief by a law." Bills pending, waiting for
examination and approval, will move us further and further away from the God of
heaven. When the Psalmist asked the question, "Shall the
throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee...." he was asking a
rhetorical question, the answer to which is a resounding "No!"
I do not know how long God will wait before He renders judgment on this
nation. But there is a point in time when His patience will run out, and
"he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in
their own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off."
America, prepare to meet thy God!