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Waiting Upon the LORD for His Will

Reader comment on item: Kenneth N. Waltz – The Stupidest Strategist?
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Submitted by M. Tovey (United States), Oct 23, 2012 at 16:59

In this response, some points of clarity are called for, if for no other reason than to provide understanding for those who are not so sure. In the prior response, it is said:

"I would point out that God, and thus also Jesus as well, expects us as Christians to do for ourselves as well."

As much as that has a sounding of good Christian advice, it poses the question: if Jesus, Yeshua HaMashiach, expects us to do for ourselves, what are Christians expecting from Almighty God who indwells us by His Holy Spirit? Further, in the upper room, are we not admonished to wait upon the Holy Spirit? There is a good reason for that; we as Christians are not supposed to fight the fight alone, but with His power. If we attempt to advance the cause independent of His Spirit, we take upon ourselves an action and obtain a reaction such as it happened to the Israelites at Ai, do we not?

We do have free will as our 'birthright' of being born human; but it is manifested in free choices that are under a curse, that of our mortal constraints of sinfulness. Our free will can get us into troubles as fast as our thoughts can produce them, so should we be so quick to express them? We as Christians who follow in discipleship of Jesus Christ are given a means to express our free will through a power of the universe that exceeds the mere mortal thoughts of humanity: do we demean that by advancing beyond the expectation of our LORD for our obedience to His will?

Jonah did not run away for fear of his life as much as he had hatred for the Ninevites-he surmised that the LORD had revival in mind and Jonah was not so inclined to share that with his enemies. Eventually, he repented and formed his will under the LORD's will and accomplished a great thing for his time, amassing a great many believers in the LORD that would never have known mercy had Jonah not belatedly decided he should serve Him.

Every Christian today has a 'Jonah' decision to make. When Yeshua gathered His disciples in the upper room to give His last will and testament prior to His crucifixion, part of the bequeath was impartation of the Holy Spirit after His resurrection and ascension to give us access to His power: His power to do His will in our lives. Properly understood, our free will, if we have freely chosen in faith to become one of His disciples, is now surpassed by our obedience to His omniscient will, a better means to make choices since His will is perfect.

Why then, if it is His perfect will for us to respond to Him in His love, would we choose to replace that with actions that conform to our human will?

Ah, but now we come to the great question, not merely of our time, but of thousands of years; of the mention by the prior response of the circumstances that led to the holocaust. "The holocaust: How many Jews were murdered w8n[waiting] for God to save them because they were unwilling or unable of saving themselves? Haven't the Jews learned their lesson? I'd say so since every building in Israel now proclaims very loudly "NEVER AGAIN!"

This is a very touchy subject, especially from a Judaic perspective, since over the centuries Christians have been identified as the chief perpetrators of the persecution that the Jewish communities have endured. There is truth in this, to the extent many who claimed to be Christians did not have the LORD in their hearts and viewed Judaism through the lens of the anti-Semitic eyes of Israel's chief enemy, the Adversary, who sought and still seeks death to all of Judaism to prevent the will of Almighty God to be accomplished.

But what is the will of Almighty God towards Judaism, if, as so many like Islam and replacement theology claim, the time of the Jewish people is over when it is so obvious that this is not true? The Holy Scripture is replete with the answer. Starting with Moses song commencing in Deuteronomy 31:16 et sequiter, to the times we see being fulfilled in Daniel, Ezekiel, Zephaniah and all the other references; among them like 2 Chronicles 7:14, that if my people who are called by my Name… etc., we are given many examples of the fact that Almighty God is definitively not done with the Jewish people.

Now there are uncounted numbers of people, especially those of the Jewish belief that take extreme exception to the application of Scripture to attempt to place the hand of Almighty God in the middle of the Holocaust. In a general sense, the question posed is: how could a loving and merciful Almighty God even encounter let alone permit such a thing such as the holocaust? No humanly reasoned thing could have ever determined the justification of such an event that was so enveloped in the mind of evil. Yet, if we are to presume as Scripture says that all things in earth are under Divine provenance, then this has to have been considered. Still, in horror of such contemplation: why would this be so?

We might go back to the first century of Christianity and ask a similar question, that of the first Christians being Jewish and suffering persecution for having accepted Yeshua HaMashiach as Savior; why were they not protected from the Romans and the Jewish people like Saul of Tarsus who did not believe in Him then and put many Jewish believers to death?

Let us cut to the chase, so to speak; and try answering the point of the previous response; "Are we now as Christians destined to make the same holocaustic mistake? Will we also let ourselves be led to death without resistance hoping for God's intervention when clearly He has shown us that this is our decision, responsibility and duty to avert? .."; is this a valid inquiry? This cannot necessarily be answered by the typical overused quip; whatever be the will of God.

This must be answered as a two part observance. First; going back to the lesson that the Jewish people are supposed to have learned [?]; it is intimated here that NEVER AGAIN is their intention, yet have they returned to the LORD as 2 Chronicles 7:14 requires? And for the Christianity that has all the appearances of falling into the apostasy Jesus spoke of and the Apostle Paul wrote of? True believers have all the power of the Holy Spirit to discern if they are to be accounted as the true believers that are under grace, then the discernment is going to be that as Almighty God has directed, His protection while under His grace is as sure as the Risen Savior.

The Church in its human realm of existence is not indefinite-it does come to a close. Are teh current disciples of Jesus Chirst ready fro any inevitability of teh will of Almighty God? What say the Scriptures? The Church's destiny and those who have sought out the will of Almighty God in their lives have their answer: do not resist being obedient to the LORD.

Do we then avert the true will of Almighty God; or do we seek its fulfillment? As John punctuated the Revelation; even so, return LORD Jesus.

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3ad hominem [129 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
ChristopherMar 1, 2013 07:27203944
3Waltz was and remains ahead of his time [116 words]Waltz fanAug 7, 2012 09:48197724
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TIME [22 words]PROPHET AAASep 9, 2012 14:21197724
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2Stupidity, Iran, And Nukes [178 words]CliffordJul 16, 2012 02:59197257
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3Our dear Deb and the Stockholm syndrome [537 words]dhimmi no moreJul 20, 2012 06:42196741
Dear Mr. Tovey [341 words]Debanjan BanerjeeJul 23, 2012 23:18196741
2Islamic hypocrisy [606 words]dhimmi no moreJul 25, 2012 06:42196741
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peaceful muslims continued [172 words]trippsSep 30, 2012 20:18196741
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mr tovey [172 words]trippsOct 21, 2012 08:03196741
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2Kenneth N. Waltz - The Stupidist Strategist? [66 words]JudithJun 26, 2012 20:57196733
Academia??? [34 words]Jon C.Jul 15, 2012 16:55196733
3so much for intellectual observations of Islamic concepts [77 words]rodney allsworthJun 25, 2012 20:20196684
1Saudis desire tanks [63 words]mythJun 25, 2012 12:36196670
1The Inevitability of an Iranian Nuclear Situation [338 words]M. ToveyJun 25, 2012 11:07196669
Foreign Affairs Magazine [13 words]samsonJun 25, 2012 02:14196657
4This is the troubling trend [141 words]saraJun 25, 2012 18:08196657
1Incredibly theoretical [74 words]StasJun 25, 2012 01:01196656
1It's actually a reasonable article, once you understand the underlying logic [179 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
JohnboyJun 24, 2012 21:15196652
1Ignoring Iran's Real Intentions are Proximal to the Apoplexy Shown in the Middle East [439 words]M. ToveyJun 26, 2012 14:55196652
No doubt it does [90 words]JohnboyJun 28, 2012 01:19196652
That's a whole lotta words when only a single sentence is needed [132 words]JohnboyJun 29, 2012 19:55196652
And Yet Words Sometimes Fail to Explain the Insanity of the World Peace Process [1304 words]M. ToveyJul 2, 2012 12:13196652
4Kenneth N. Waltz's motives [180 words]PrashantJun 24, 2012 14:05196641
3Stupidity at its absolute best! [46 words]Nelson D'SilvaJun 24, 2012 08:08196628
1Regarding Mr. Waltz [24 words]Prof. Paul EidelbergJun 24, 2012 07:33196626
1Stylish Chapeau [39 words]J. MeschJun 28, 2012 11:06196626
2this might surprise you, too [168 words]Nora A.Jun 24, 2012 01:26196620
1This is what happens when we ignore [85 words]steveNJun 23, 2012 21:46196618
2Ridiculously naive [58 words]stanley bJun 23, 2012 21:35196613
8Waltz-ing Matil-Dupe ( Mearsheimer & Walt's endorsement is like a "Seal of Approval" from Hitler and Muhammed) [476 words]RonJun 23, 2012 17:20196601
2K Waltz! [13 words]Steven LJun 23, 2012 16:59196599
4The reason for publishing is clear [46 words]JP GolbertJun 23, 2012 16:20196595
2Brilliantly Stupid [125 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
Richard B.Jun 23, 2012 15:10196590
Waltz article [170 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
Gil BindelglasJun 23, 2012 14:51196587
3If you don't know what you are talking about, keep your mouth shut [96 words]alanJun 23, 2012 14:46196585
2Truth is a very difficult commodity to protect [260 words]PrashantJun 23, 2012 14:37196583
1Prashant, you are optimistic [61 words]steveNJun 23, 2012 21:39196583
In support of insanity [76 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
EthanPJun 23, 2012 14:01196578
kenneth Waltz in Foriegn Affairs [17 words]ronnie PleetJun 23, 2012 13:36196577
1Kenneth N. Waltz - The stupidest Strategist! [169 words]Nenette GrunbergJun 23, 2012 12:45196576
Why not? [58 words]stanley bJun 23, 2012 21:42196576
Bad Calls [60 words]jay1Jun 23, 2012 12:21196575
I can agree with the author on only one point [145 words]Abu NudnikJun 23, 2012 11:52196573
Islam is a political philosophy as well. [96 words]PrashantJun 24, 2012 14:15196573
2Threats to wipe Israel off the map. [162 words]David GoshenJun 23, 2012 11:22196572
Iran gets the bomb the world become a bum [as bad – poor] [214 words]NuritGJun 23, 2012 11:18196571
Earth to Waltz, please come in! [24 words]Arnold ServaisJun 23, 2012 10:44196570
1Foreign Affairs Magazine is the problem here [183 words]Richard H. ShulmanJun 23, 2012 10:12196568
2Waltz Doesn't Dance Alone! [30 words]Barry BlackJun 23, 2012 09:52196566
there a many dopes in the US [11 words]alanJun 23, 2012 20:24196566
Stupid [131 words]Dean WestridgeJun 23, 2012 08:13196565
1Stupid, perhaps , but [212 words]JudithJun 24, 2012 13:13196565
Kenneth Waltz [17 words]Lou VanDelmanJun 23, 2012 07:39196564
Kenneth N Waltz- The Stupidest Strategist? [80 words]AnneJun 23, 2012 07:37196563
2The article [46 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
NickJun 23, 2012 06:31196560
If Israel has nukes, they maintained peace in the middle east for as long as they may have had them [51 words]alanJun 23, 2012 20:22196560
1many factors are lacking-by choice? [107 words]Michael Hanni MorcosJun 23, 2012 05:08196558
1When Iran gets the bomb (nevermind Alabama, Tom Lehrer.) [64 words]JohnBJun 23, 2012 04:15196557
1Altering the balance of power in the Middle East [208 words]Ralph DavisJun 23, 2012 03:47196556
The key problem here [102 words]Dvar DeaJun 23, 2012 03:27196555
1Ill thought out and assinine comment [93 words]ChaimJun 23, 2012 02:24196553
1it is true then.Humanity is unable to learn anything from History [18 words]Constantinos KalotarisJun 23, 2012 01:26196549
1Mr. Waltz must be joking [135 words]JosephJun 23, 2012 01:17196548
1Iranian Nuclear Lobby Shows Its Face [223 words]CanaanJun 23, 2012 01:09196547
I expect more mainstream articles like this. [213 words]Pinchas BaramJun 23, 2012 00:47196545
2Kennedy was wrong to object Cuba's Nuclear aspirations. [72 words]IamJosephJun 23, 2012 00:18196543

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