See the above article. Christians are being persecuted by Muslims at an unprecedented rate in the middle east. Sounds like this “Arab Spring” that the media liars claimed was toppling dictators and bringing positive “democratic” change to the Muslim world is just an excuse to make war against Christianity. The only “change” so far is that nations that were once friendly with Israel are no longer friendly and that nations that once protected their Christian minorities are now persecuting them like crazy.
Of course the current administration is still lavishing BILLIONS in “foreign aid” and tons and tons of free military equipment on these nations without interruption.
Here’s a question: how can we as Christians be patriotic and send our children into the US military to follow the orders of this commander-in-chief who absolutely works against and opposes everything we believe and stand for? How can we continue to root for the US on the world stage when the US has been hijacked from the inside by people committed to its destruction? Am I wrong? Some of my sons best friends are graduating from West Point this year. I shudder at the thought that these wonderful young men are going to take their orders from this Administration.
I think this ties in nicely with the previous post. This is a clear example of what happens when a state (egypt) establishes a religion (islam). When this power is combined, it allows people to persecute non-state-church members without regard to consequences.
Your question is much more difficult to answer. Should we as Christians be patriotic anyway? We are certainly called by Jesus to pay taxes. Many have questioned the call to obey the draft for an war of questionable value. Volunteering our lives by joining would assume a yes answer, and then add to it submitting to the day-to-day authority of a pagan government. I personally would find it difficult to support a decision of my children to join the military, unless perhaps it would be as a chaplin or a MD.