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Jeroboam’s Political Legacy

A government proposes alternate gods

  —Dennis J. Prutow | Columns, Learn & Live | November 02, 2015



There is a growing divide between the so-called political class and the people. The former pays lip service to biblical Christianity while exalting the god of government. Yes, there are sincere Christians among the political class. However, in the face of government support for same-sex marriage and support of the dismemberment of babies by Planned Parenthood, Bible-believing Christians are branded as extremists.

The political class, like King Jeroboam of old, has always had an agenda. First, they propose alternate gods. “The king took counsel and made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, ‘You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt’” (1 Kings 12:28). The political class seeks the abandonment of the true and living God in favor of the kindness and goodwill of government.

Second, to wean the populace away from houses of true worship, the political class often directs men and women ...