“G-d, Messiah Yeshua, the Church, and the Word of G-d are supposed to be separate from politics,” they say. What a reversal by Satan of the original idea behind ‘separation of Church and State!’. It lulls us into ignoring the national and international arena. 

But consider: when Moses and Aaron requested the release of the Hebrews, Pharao unilaterally refused. However, G-d “excerted pressure” through His envoys Moses and Aaron until Pharao - who proposed several options - bowed to the almighty hand of G-d. That was POLITICS ! Likewise pressure is being applied to Saddam, although the UN sanctions and threats of military action seem not to carry the same persuasive power as G-d’s ultimatums did. 

When king Saul sought to assassinate David, men with expertise in fighting sided with David in his cause. Again, that was politics! And so was the decision of the leaders of Israel to make David “head of state” over all the tribes, after he already had reigned over Judah for seven years from Hebron. Since PM Benjamin Netanyahu took power, his own countrymenhave tried to politically assassinate him (the American Administration and of course the PA have shamelessly sought to exploit this. In fact, Netanyahu’s adversaries go so far as to plot his downfall with Israel’s enemies). But today, Israel’s valiant men, who support keeping all of the Land of Israel, are slandered by Israel’s Left and the world media alike as “dangerous right-wing extremists.” Not even David, in his worst days, was as alone as PM Benjamin Netanyahu today. 

Even the arrest, trial and crucifixion of our Lord Yeshua was politics. Both parties, namely Israel’s religious leaders and Rome’s governmental authorities over Judea, weighed the pros and cons of condemning Yeshua. They schemed and plotted the Lord’s undoing as true politicians, and Pilate’s verdict was motivated by personal,  political  ambitions. 

Man cannot see spiritual principalities, nor angelic beings behind various leaders (although the words of the angel Gabriel should open our eyes to this factor¹⁴) and their plotting, scheming and decision makings. Nor can we see G-d. However, the Word declares that it is He who exalts one man to leadership while He brings down another¹⁵. 

What we see and hear on TV and radio, and what we read in the newspapers is about politics. Yet G-d Himself may have had a hand in this, as well as spiritual entities in plotting to create circumstances. Take the present Iraqi/UN case: it looks like pure politics, doesn’t it? Yet the Lord had said to me (with the war of Ezekiel 39 in view), “Watch this! It won’t go away.” For a while it looked like I might have heard wrong. Nevertheless, the Lord says to this specific enemy: “I am against  you... I will turn you around and drive you forward... and bring you up... and lead you against” (vs. 2). 

Indeed, the Iraqi political problem has not gone away. On the contrary - Iraq is mobilizing forces for war against America - by striking at Israel. We see on TV envoys, and UN inspectors, and foreign ministers and President Clinton and Saddam Hussein and Madeleine Albright and Yasser Arafat and Hanan Ashrawi  and... and...and 

But G-d said: “I have spoken... I will bring it to pass.”