The Real Issue of This Election: Nationalism vs. Globalism - Why Does It Matter?

We are now less than two weeks from one of the most crucial elections of my lifetime.  This is one of those elections where many people are saying, "How can we vote for none-of-the-above?"  Yet, vote we must.  The future of our nation is dependent upon it.  Really this election is not so much about personalities as it is upon ideologies.  We know what America has become over the past years.  Since 1973 we have witnessed the legalized slaughter of millions of unborn children, many of whom have been killed because they were an inconvenience to a mom and a dad and their plans.  We have witnessed the escalation of the racial divide to a height we have not seen in many years.  We have also witnessed the continued attacks upon our law-enforcement officials and upon others who are in authority.  Our morals have deteriorated to the place where amorality has even surpassed immorality.  We have redefined marriage.  We have redefined gender.  We have multiplied the confusion among people as to who they really are.  And, above all, God has been totally abandoned within the marketplace.  Those few businesses that seek to continue to stand for principles and for God are maligned and often forced out of business. 


Let me share a couple of articles with you that illustrate that this election is about ideology, not personality.  This past weekend Todd Starnes wrote a piece titled, "ACLU: School's Salute to Cops Sends 'Ominous, Frightening Message.'"  It can be found at: www.toddstarnes.com/column/aclu-schools-salute-to-cops-sends-ominous-frightening-message.  Let me quote briefly from this article.
"A patriotic, pre-game celebration honoring law enforcement and first responders at a high school football game has drawn the ire of the New Jersey chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.  New Jersey's Middletown High School South saluted more than 100 police officers and military personnel on Oct. 21st.  The celebration culminated with teenaged football players and police officers unfurling a massive American flag  before singing the national anthem.  'A star-spangled celebration,' is how the Asbury Park Press described the festivities.  But the ACLU of New Jersey exploded with fury - accusing organizers of sending an 'ominous, frightening message.'


"In a letter to school leaders, the ACLU-NJ and the local chapter of the NAACP said the school was using the salute to 'intimidate and ostracize people who express their views about systemic racism and social justice.'  The controversy stems in part from some comments Middletown Police Deputy Chief Stephen Dollinger made to the Asbury Park Press.  He reportedly told the newspaper that the salute was prompted by the behavior of San Francisco 49ers' quarterback Colin Kaepernick.  'It's okay to stand up for social justice, inequality and reform,' he told the newspaper in advance of the football game.  'It's another thing to not stand up for the national anthem.'  Dollinger later said his remarks had been 'twisted' and the event had nothing to do with the disgraced NFL quarterback or Black Lives Matter.  'I said we respect the rights of everybody to stand up for social justice and equality and reform, but we also respect our country and want to celebrate the first responders, the national anthem,' he told the newspaper.


"Regardless, the idea of honoring those who protect and serve rankled the ACLU and their minions.  'The criticism the deputy police chief expressed for people who decline to stand for the national anthem in protest serves to erect walls between police and the communities they serve,' said ACLU-NJ policy counsel Dianna Houenou.  'The people police are sworn to protect and serve should not have to fear that the value officers assign to them is determined by the beliefs they hold,' she added.  ...  Jasmine Crenshaw, another ACLU lackey, raged over the deputy chief's behavior.  'The statements made by the deputy police chief and the event's ostentatious show of power send an ominous, frightening message: that, as an official stance, law enforcement will not tolerate expressions acknowledging our nation's history of unequal treatment and systemic oppression,' Crenshaw said.  'The magnitude of this event chills the belief that police should be held accountable when they abuse their power or discriminate against people of color, and pressures student athletes to act as props of the police,' she added."  Starnes concludes, "I've grown extremely tired of these anti-American agitators who have hijacked our sporting events and turned them into platforms to spew their hatred for the red, white and blue."


Friends, the clash between racial injustice and law enforcement is an ideological problem.  I have been listening to what the candidates have said about how they will begin that healing.  One candidate wants to revisit the past attempts which have failed to bring solutions; the other wants to move forward and try something new.  I am looking past personalities to ideologies.


Allow me to share portions of another, longer article that was posted on October 21 by World News Daily.  It can be found at www.wnd.com/2016/10/warning-issued-over-new-tower-of-babel.  The article begins with a key sentence that should grab each of us: "It's the key choice of the 2016 election: nationalism versus globalism."  Friends, that sentence alone should cause you to click on the link and continue reading.  One candidate has said from the very beginning that he wants to "make America great again."  The other candidate has gone on record in a speech given to a group of business people in Brazil that she favors open borders and globalism.  Now I do not know who will win in two weeks, but I am hoping that many of us will begin to look beyond those personality issues - which, by the way, the main stream media has continually focused upon - at least for one candidate - and look at the vision those candidates have for our nation.  One candidate desires that we continue to become just like all the other nations in the world.  Our armed forces will continue to become less strong.  Our economy will become lessen as the focus will be upon all of us being equals, thus eliminating any incentive to get ahead.  Justices to the United States Supreme Court will be chosen that will make any laws that Congress fails to make, or at least interpret laws so that the desired impact will be felt.  The other candidate envisions a strengthening of what made America great in the first place.


Let me return to this article just briefly as it explains why this choice between nationalism and globalism should impact us as believers.  "'Globalism is not a biblical concept,' says pastor Carl Gallups, an expert in eschatology.  He argues there is deep spiritual significance in the contemporary push for one world government.  'The only attempts at achieving "globalism" presented in the Bible were destroyed or dispersed by the Lord,' he said.  'We are also informed through warnings of biblical end times prophecies that a globalist spirit and leader will be the defining characteristic of the days of great tribulation that are to come upon the whole Earth.  And this "Antichrist" system, which includes globalism, is presented to us as the epitome of evil which is ultimately destroyed by the second coming.'"


Friends, these are critical days for us.  If you are contemplating NOT voting because you strongly dislike the personalities of the two people at the top of the tickets, I would encourage you to look beyond those personalities - which I agree are very dislikeable - and examine the ideologies that are representative.  In doing so, look beyond those 10-15 second sound-bytes of the main stream media and do some research on your own.  Carefully and prayerfully make your decision and then go and vote for the candidate of your choice.  The future of our country is depending upon your vote!