The Robe, The Shield and Sword. Which One?

On March 23, 1775, when Patrick Henry spoke the now famous phrase, "Give me liberty or give me death!" to arouse the Second Virginia Convention to arms against the tyranny of Great Britain, was he diminishing his faith, was he going against God?

The world is spiraling out of control each and everyday. We witness a young lady protesting against a tyrannical government shot in the middle of the street, fighting for freedom and liberty (both of which we are loosing daily) while we watched her die on live television, like a horrible movie. As a nation founded on freedom and liberty we have politically removed ourselves from supporting her cause and the cause of millions within the country of Iran.

We are witnessing a tyrannical dictator in North Korea threaten the world, showering them with nuclear weapons and we sit idly by and do nothing. We are witnessing cultures across the globe fight against tyrannical governments, as we sit idly by and watch as a tyrannical government grabs a foothold on our freedoms and liberties.

1. We are witnessing the "rule of law" means nothing each and everyday.
2. We are witnessing our taxes escalate and our representation diminish.
3. We are witnessing sexual immorality within our political leadership each and everyday.
4. We are witnessing anti-liberty and anti-freedom laws being forced upon us daily.
5. We are witnessing new legislation ("CAP & TRADE") agenda's being forced upon us.

The fact is America does not function on "right or wrong", it's functioning on selfish elitists adamant on changing our political landscape converting it into a socialistic Marxist landscape.

The second part of Patrick Henry's famous phrase was; "We have done everything that could be done to avert the storm on which is now coming upon us". Folks, once again there is a storm on the horizon, a storm of "tyrannical government". What do we do as Christians, where does the "robe" of Christ end and the "shield and sword"(metaphorically) of Freedom and Liberty begin.

The scripture is clear; Matthew 22:21 "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's." So, what do we do against a tyrannical government, a government who is stealing our Liberty and Freedoms each and everyday?

Here is a thought; In 1775, the Lutheran pastor John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg preached a sermon on Ecclesiastes 3:1. "To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven." Concluding the message, he declared, "In the language of the Holy Writ, there is a time for all things. There is a time to preach and a time to fight. And now is the time to fight." He then threw off his clerical robes to reveal the uniform of a Revolutionary Army Officer. He then led 300 men to battle and became a Colonel of the 8th Virginia regiment.

The revolutionary war was filled with Ministers, they served in all areas of the military, from chaplains, to legislatures to leading troops into battle. These men knew the season they were in, and took up arms against the tyrannical assertions of Great Britain.

Here is Patrick Henry's end of Battle quote; "Three millions of people, armed with the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us."

God also declares in Proverbs 13:22 "A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just." We are called to leave our inheritance of Liberty and Freedom to our children's children, both of which we are on the verge of loosing, we need to avert the storm of tyranny on the horizon, it might be the season of the "Shield and Sword".

God Bless the Repenter!!
The Watcher.
Forefather quotes taken from the "American Patriot Bible"