by Michael G. Mickey

(12-16-06)

According to a Crosswalk.com article, a group that advocates for religious neutrality in the military, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, is saying that Christian military officers who share their faith at work in the Pentagon pose a threat to national security. Can you believe it?

Here's their logic, as presented in the article: "Public displays of faith by high-ranking military officers project an image of a Christian nation waging war on non-Christians, both inside and outside the United States." Not only that, "The jihadists, the insurrectionists, everybody from the head of Hamas, Hizballah, the Islamic Jihad, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, they see us as invading American imperialists and crusaders."

So, let's see if I have this straight. The display of any sort of faith in Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world who never once told us to do anything over than to love one another to the very best of our ability, by our military officers is going to create a 'bad image' of us in the eyes of those who are already bent on our destruction - the terrorist elements who read and adhere to the teachings of the Koran, which instructs them to kill every last one of us who will not convert to their faith? Somebody clue me in on what we have to lose here if these radical Islamists perceive us to be Christians. Anyone these individuals encounter who doesn't bow to Allah, regardless of their religious or ethnic background, is an infidel in their eyes and, as such, worthy of being killed.

Not only does the Military Religious Freedom Foundation believe Christian military officers threaten the delicate feelings of those who wish to destroy us, these officers' compassion for fellow soldiers who are lost in their sin is unacceptable to the group as well. Why? Because "evangelistic efforts by Christian officers directed toward their colleagues or subordinates" amounts "to "coercion" and "fanatical unconstitutional religious persecution.""

What does it all boil down to in the end? The Military Religious Freedom Foundation is opposed to God and is, ironically, a threat to our national security. Who says that? I say that and so does the Word of God they so vehemently oppose.

Psalm 9:17: The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

The best national defense system we have, or any other nation for that matter, is God's Word. If we'd pay more attention to it and start living according to God's precepts instead of worrying whose feelings we're going to hurt, America would be safer by far than it is today! Sadly, we no longer honor God as a whole nor fear Him a great deal either which is why the greatest nation on the face of the earth is, in all likelihood, on its way out.

I am of the opinion that the only thing saving America from being judged by the Father right now, particularly at this hour in history when we're turning our backs on Israel more and more in agreement with the desires of the international community, is because the Body of Christ is still working to evangelize the world. Thus the need for those of us who love the Lord Jesus Christ to stay motivated to tell as many people as we can about Him that they might be saved before the Rapture of the Church takes place, which could occur at any moment. It could even happen TODAY.

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