Nationalism and Patriotism

                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              

"Kingdoms of men”…by definition…are always opposed to The Kingdom of God.

If we "believe in God," God's view is always The Truth on any matter.  And that’s God’s view when the people of Israel ask Samuel to give them a king “…like all the nations…”

“The Lord said to Samuel, ‘Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being king over them.’ ” (I Samuel 8:5, 7, my emphasis)

When we compound our rejection of God with PRIDE (satan’s own sin) in our human kingdom, it’s hard to see that any affront could be more odious to God than nationalism and "patriotism.”