Monday, January 19, 2009
Is Obama the new Messiah??
I am very troubled as our new president gets sworn in tomorrow. In many ways I see very Communistic propagandha involved in the idolizing of his image, his phrases, his message, his celebrity status, etc. I am not a nutjob in other ways. I didn't vote for him and I don't support A LOT of his policies, but he was elected fair and square in this great democracy that we call The United States of America, and I honor that. I also think it's great to have the first African-American president so minority children everywhere can finally have someone to look towards to and say, "I can do that too." The problem I do have is taken from Romans 1:25 and 1 John 5:21. Everyone, esp. Christians need to watch their idols. God is sovereign over this presidency and everything we do. We need to worship the Creator, not the Creature.
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obviously almost no one REALLY thinks he's the next messiah, people barely believe in the First, Real, messiah. But it is interesting how people think tomorrow's inauguration is going to be the start of a new world somehow.
ReplyDeleteJust read these quotes I've found:
"I feel like I am better because of his being elected. And I think that the country is going to be better and we all start to see ourselves differently, the possibility."
-Oprah
"This is bigger than President Kennedy. . . . This is the New Testament." | "I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don't have that too often.
- Chris Matthews
"I'll do whatever he says to do. I'll collect paper cups off the ground to make his pathway clear."
- Halle Berry
"A quantum leap in American consciousness"
- Deepak Chopra
"Barack Obama is our collective representation of our purest hopes, our highest visions and our deepest knowings . . . He's our product out of the all-knowing quantum field of intelligence."
- Eve Konstantine, famous D.C life coach
"it will change everything. ... You'll have to measure time
by `Before Obama' and `After Obama,' Everything's going to be affected by this seismic change in the universe."
-Spike Lee
Fidel Castro called obama "the most advanced candidate" earlier, I assume he thinks he's the most advanced toward his viewing of government, so that's scary.
"Mission Accomplished," read the headline on a souvenir magazine that bore the picture of Obama and his wife.
It was a mistake for Bush to say "mission accomplished" after the first phase of the Iraq conflict, and it's a mistake to say it about Obama, 'cause HE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING YET. I'm hopeful he is great, the U.S could use GREAT right about now. But let's not put the cart before the horse here. He may be a Stallion, or he may be a just another Donkey. Only time will tell, not the propaganda.Let's just hope God isn't using Barack in His Wrath and Judgment, but in the land's redemption back to God. All I can say is, please, God bless Barack Obama.
I was really disturbed by the Spike Lee comment, but that's not really surprising. I also am going to be praying for Obama, his family, and this presidency as much as I can. I want this country to regain it's greatness. But I'm still going to continue worshipping Christ, not the President.
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ReplyDeleteI just watched the inauguration. 2 thoughts. First, even though I disagree with him on MANY issues, Obama's a ridiculously good speaker, Lincoln-esque. Secondly, if anyone wants to pretend we were NOT built on Christian ethics and beliefs, I say, just look at the ABUNDANCE of Christian prayers that peppered the Entire inuagural Day. How we can have that and still have a predominance of separation of church and state on most other days is crazy. If it were Bush with all these prayers there'd be an outcry, but with it being the great Obama, I doubt the left will say a peep. and in that sad sense, obama may be good for us, making prayer fashionable again. what a concept
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on that one, Sir Christian-A-Lot. And damn, he sure can speak good. It was nice to see Rick Warren sharing the gospel with the nation. I'm ready for the backlash against him, but that's not super surprising. As Christians, esp. in the culture war we should expect this. Let's just hope and pray that Christianity can become cool for the right reasons, that being Christ, and not for some agenda or lip service.
ReplyDeleteYeah. I don't really know what to think. I am disappointed and fearful. But I just don't know if yesterday will go down as a great day, a mediocre day, or possibly the day that marks the end of the United States. I see any of those things as realistic possible outcomes.
ReplyDeleteI guess another troubling thing was how Hollywood the entire thing was. It's like JFK all over again. I feel that Obama coopted a lot of various presidents (Lincoln's bible and train ride), JFK, FDR. I'm still not sure who HE really is. That is the part that scares me the most. His speeches are great, but also very vague. I was listening to some analysis by Glenn Beck, Jonah Goldberg, and this man that wrote this book, the 1920's and it was pretty alarming how populist and collectivist it was. And they weren't saying this to be mean or nitpicky either, they were just comparing it to speeches from the past and deciphering what it really means. Also, now people suddenly want to GIVE MORE. Esp. to my Christian friends, I feel that the Lord commands that from you each and everyday. For one man to come along and wake you up, that should be Christ doing that each and everyday. That is what bothers me. Should people finally CARE now?? This is what I pray on. I'm torn. I don't know how I feel. I pray to the Almighty for this one, that's all I really can do.
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