On May 24, 2024 Townhall.com posted an article by Victor Davis Hanson entitled Loose Talk about the End of Everything. He provides fascinating historical examples of city states that believed they were totally secure in the face of violent enemies. As he points out, those illustrations are remarkable parallels to where we are as a nation right now.
Hanson concludes,
“When killers issue wild, even lunatic, threats, we should nonetheless take them seriously. We should not count on friends or neutrals to save our civilization. Instead, Americans should build defense systems over the skies of our homeland, secure our borders, ensure our military operates on meritocracy, cease wild deficit spending and borrowing, and rebuild both our conventional and nuclear forces. Otherwise, we will naively — and fatally — believe that we are magically exempt when the inconceivable becomes all too real.”
In an article on the American Spectator site entitled “Our Borders and the Gotaways” Jed Babbin emphasized the dangers presented by terrorists entering our open borders. He wrote, “The mystery is why none of the “gotaway” jihadis have yet made attacks on this country. What are they waiting for? As the 9-11 attacks, which took months or years to prepare, proved these terrorist networks can be enormously patient.”
These are realistic views of our present situation. But the problem is that we need to go deeper. In a previous post entitled, “Weapons, Walls and Water” I demonstrated what I mean by the expression “go deeper.” As Christian believers, we must look for Biblical parallels to current events in order to guide our leaders and fellow citizens with wisdom. Isaiah 22 provides just such a parallel: Jerusalem was besieged, but the people believed that they could not be defeated.
The Lord scolded His people for devising all sorts of defenses but failing to turn to their Maker. Yes, we ought to count the cost like the wise king that Jesus described in Luke 14:31. But without the national repentance and earnest pursuit of the Lord who made us, all is lost (Isaiah 22:7-14). For a more careful examination of this issue, see chapter 26 in my book, 12 Ways You Can Make a Difference in This Crazy, Mixed-up World.
— Gordon A. Dickson
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