The End of the Election and the State of the World
This is Tuesday, election day. The drama has been unending. The commercials and media coverage have not ceased. There have been debates and agendas and mud-slinging and controversies and quarrels like never before. And this has been going on for months and months. And now America is making a decision. So what will be the status of our country at the end of today? Well, there are a few possibilities and one absolute.
The possibilities:
1. A candidate wins who is really in the minority party demographically and politically. If he wins there may be riots in the streets. People are going to question his ethics and his lack of political experience. There will be major changes across the political stage. Because he is so polarizing in his personality, people are going to either love him or hate him. Because his platform is reform and restoration there will be a lot of controversial decisions and conflicts that come from such decisions. Whether or not America will be “great again” will remain to be seen.
2. A candidate wins who is in a sense the incumbent. Even though she is not president she has lived in the white house before. She has been involved in American politics for so long that it seems likely to say that the path upon which America has been trending will continue. A debate could be made if this means stability or liability, but in any event, it would be true that the larger population of America would agree with most of her policies. Whether or not this will make the Unites States “stronger together” also remains to be seen.
3. The race is so close it ends in a virtual tie. We’ve been down this road before. Oh the lawsuits that would come and the months of legal battles that would take place! Let’s hope there is a clear cut winner! Then we can deal with whatever the outcome and move on!
The one absolute:
At the end of this Tuesday, November 8, 2016, God will reign from his throne in heaven. Nothing will be different on this day for the one who is not bound by time or the material universe of his creation. Nations will rise and fall and kings will come and go. In the meantime, both now and forevermore God will be in control, and those who believe and trust in him will be delivered from this world of darkness having been translated into the kingdom of the Son if his love.
For Christian people, nothing will really be any different at the end of today. Nothing that matters will change, because the only things that truly matter lie with God, who is forever the same.
“It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.” – Psalm 118:8-9
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