We Saw Justice In Iraq
Last week, I wrote on Turning Justice into Poison, where I ended with…
I believe President Bush intended to glorify God in the wars he waged. I know I did, and such belief was vilified as evil, oppressive, and imperialistic. In the meantime, we freed Iraq from a ruthless dictator, planted a democracy in the Middle East by our brother Israel, and showed through the Surge a strategy that could win in Afghanistan. And in private, President Bush prayed, and let Himself be a vessel for God’s purposes… or at least I think he did so in the beginning and in the end. For the tween years, he did too much to placate contrarian views, and not enough… his inconsistencies cost us lives, and his party the White House.
As a Christian I support wars that accomplish God’s justice… assuming I think I know what that is… A truly great nation goes to war to accomplish God’s justice… and when I no longer see God’s justice accomplished, then I will stop supporting it.
Well, this morning I was looking for some context in my next “righteousness” verse (Malachi 3:3:), and went back to chapter 1, where I read the following exhortation to Israel:
 2 “I have loved you,” says the LORD.
      ”But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’
      ”Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” the LORD says. “Yet I have loved Jacob, 3 but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his mountains into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.” 4 Edom may say, “Though we have been crushed, we will rebuild the ruins.”
      But this is what the LORD Almighty says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Wicked Land, a people always under the wrath of the LORD. 5 You will see it with your own eyes and say, ‘Great is the LORD -even beyond the borders of Israel!’
These days, Edom has expanded to include all of the Middle East, except for the main part of Israel. In WWI, Edom was still a wasteland, with little nothing rebuilt. Today, we have organized governments such as Iraq, and Iran… prophesied to be called the “Wicked Land, a people always under the wrath of the LORD.” Do you remember President Bush naming the Iraq and Iran as part of an “Axis of Evil”? Sounds like the same thing to me. Then, the United States demolished what Saddam Hussein had built in Iraq. “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called…” the Axis of Evil? And as scripture says above, “You will see it with your own eyes and say, ‘Great is the LORD -even beyond the borders of Israel!’ ” And indeed, Israel saw it.
And so, I believe our war in Iraq accomplished God’s will… but there is still another part of Edom that was referred to in the Axis of Evil… Iran. “They may build, but I will demolish.” What are they building today? Nuclear capability! One day, whether it be now or at the close of the Tribulation, I believe God will destroy it, and Iran (as it currently exists) with it. I am not campaigning for this, merely telling you what the scripture above may be prophesying (in part).
Interestingly, we have moved on to Afghanistan militarily, and are handling Iran diplomatically. And Iran’s “building” has had to grow, to include ways for leadership to remain in power. I know God’s will will be done, as it was in Iraq, though not necessarily in the same manner. However, whatever God does (whenever He chooses to do it) will demolish it.Â
Man is hard to support, because I cannot know his heart, but I support God. I suppose we’ll see. According to verse 5, Israel will be around to see it.