Witnessing on Bold Street on Thursday gave me opportunity to reflect a bit as I watched the people passing by. There is always an interesting range of fashions, hair colouring, tattoos and original styles that are obviously the result of quite a lot of effort and thought. Human beings are very varied physically and culturally, all of which makes life more interesting and reflects the creativity of God, the natural creation is vastly varied with all sorts of means of survival, breeding and a sheer extravagance of life and colour. Of all creatures human kind has more choice and opportunity for invention, shortly we have to choose about our membership of the European Union (leaving Europe is not a choice unless we can get towed away somewhere). The debate currently focuses on economics, jobs, borders and other important but secondary issues. Surely the key issue is sovereignty? Do we want our democratically elected parliament to make decisions that are then over ruled by the 'Colleagues' in Brussels? Lord Steele expressed it clearly, if a little indelicately, by saying:"Can we vote the b*****s out?"
As Christians we need to look to the Bible for guidance, Paul, when addressing the philosophical and politically aware Athenians, gave a clear picture of;
a) the unity of mankind as created by God (" has made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth"),
b) the times and borders of the nations ("and has determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;"), and,
c) His purpose in arranging things this way ("That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him and find him,")
Reference: Acts 17:25-27.
The move towards amalgamation leading to a one world globalism is a dangerous delusion that echoes the events of Babel: "And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them which they have imagined to do."
Reference: Genesis 11:6.
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