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Osama bin Laden

Should I love Osama bin Laden?

May 25, 2004 By Trumpeter Leave a Comment

I have to admit that I have trouble reconciling “love your enemies” with the need to stop those who murder in the name of God…I’m specifically thinking of Osama bin Laden. Its hard for me to not want men like him dead. I’d be less than honest if I said otherwise. Last Sunday I had a daydream of Old Testament Israelite warriors obediently slaying their enemies, but rather than blood lust, these dutiful men had tears streaming down their faces as they put their enemies to the sword. God doesn’t take pleasure in punishing evil doers, but His justice is righteous and perfect. Christians are instructed to hate the sin but love the sinner. When it comes to notorius murderers like Osama bin Laden I find myself in need of some other point of reference to bring my heart and mind anywhere near feeing love for him. Its much easier to hate those who hate. What helps is thinking of what he was like when he was a little boy, laughing and playing, crying when he skinned his knees. I imagine God must see all His creation this way. How much does it grieve God to punish those who have chosen Satan as their father? The father of lies.

Proverbs 24:17-20

Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when he stumbles, do not let your heart rejoice, or the Lord will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from him.

Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of the wicked, for the evil man has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.

In the days ahead I’ll most likely have something to say about these current events:

The beheading of Nick Berg. Curious Al-Qaeda connection. Questions loom.

The mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers. Humiliation. Degradation, but torture? Post quotes of liberals.

The State of Massachusetts legalized ‘gay marriage’ on May 17th.

NBC decides to NOT air President Bush’s televised address to the American people on the Iraq War on May 24th.

Filed Under: End Times Tagged With: beheading, Christians, enemies, enemy, evil doers, father of lies, gay marriage, God, Iraq, justice, liberals, Nick Berg, Osama bin Laden, Satan, sinner

Letter from the Editor

October 10, 2001 By Trumpeter Leave a Comment

The arabic word for martyr is shahada. Many of you may not yet know that the Palestinians teach children as young as 8 years old the art of guerilla warfare and indoctrinate them with the idea that they must kill Israeli civilians to liberate Jerusalem and Palestine. Will the world condemn Israel for defending themselves against children with rockets and automatic weapons? I expect the photos that the world will see will be of dead Palestinian children after their Kalishnikov rifles have been pried from their hands.

A question that I keep asking myself in light of this developing war on terrorism is, “What is the worst-case scenario?”
The answer that keeps ringing in my ears is that despite the best efforts of our government, this is going to turn into a religious war against all of Islam. There would most likely be many Muslims who distance themselves from the violence, but many who ally themselves with their terrorist Muslim brothers against a perceived assault on their religion. Who could you trust? All muslims would be suspect. Of course, there has already been plenty of talk about internment camps. Sacrificing the rights of the few for the safety of the many. 6 million muslims in America is a lot of people. How many people have to die before the world acknowledges that there is only one true God who is ‘knowable’, and that the Devil is behind all of the other religions of the world? There is hope…Jesus Christ is coming back very soon to put everything in order. But not until after the world goes through a time of trouble like it has never seen before.

President Putin of Russia has agreed to allow the United States to use nuclear weapons against Osama bin Laden. Of course there was a price for his agreement, which was allowing Russia to use nuclear weapons against the Chechens without interference if Russia decides to do so. One news source today stated that Osama bin Laden is the most popular man in all of Islam today. Naturally, our only course of action as a nation is to seek and destroy this man and as many of his followers as possible. There would be no peace otherwise, for their objective is to destroy Western civilization. This looks like a no win situation, because there will be thousands of other terrorists throughout the world who must be dealt with after Osama is confirmed dead. Its hard to imagine anything getting better before it gets worse. If you don’t yet know Jesus Christ, call on his name, ask him to reveal himself to you through his word in the Holy Bible, and begin reading the Gospel of John today.

Filed Under: SonServer Tagged With: arabic, Bible, Gospel, Islam, Jesus Christ, martyr, Muslims, nuclear weapons, Osama bin Laden, Palestinians, Putin, Russia, shahada, terrorism

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