Matthew 12:25-29 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
There is another very interesting parallel -
Matthew 20:16So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
Joseph was the youngest (last). As was King David; as was Solomon. As was Jacob lesser than Esau.
I don't think you've thought this all the way through.
Perhaps. We shall see.
Has it not occurred to you that God uses those 'lesser of two evils' situations to manifest His Will and to assure that the best results are produced from what man's limited mind perceives as the worst potential?The fact is, this is absolutely true, throughout time. A great example of this is found in Daniel, who was taken captive and brought to a peoples and king hostile to God, so that God's greater purpose and glory would be revealed through unbelievers by causing man's heart to be softened toward those whom He would have them show mercy and kindness (memory refresher):I don't think you've thought this all the way through.
1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the temple of God. These he carried off to the temple of his god in Babylonia and put in the treasure house of his god.Because of Daniel and his faith, he had HUGE influence of many people, especially those with power and command. The same can happen within our country. The Republican party, with all its faults, can at least stand proud (at this time) in that it has not become an EVIL party. It embraces God, Judeo-Christian values, the Constitution, and the Rule of Law. Romney, for ALL his faults and liberal tendencies and even wrongdoing, is part of the Republican party. If he is elected, he will not be surrounding himself with advisers from a party that has thrice denied God, has, up until last week conveniently, denied Jerusalem is the Capital of Israel, contravenes the Rule of Law at every opportunity, embraces moral relativism, homosexuality, and trashes the United States Constitution, all the way up to the Supreme Court, both here and during travels abroad. Helping Obama be re-elected by voting third party (which always helps the incumbent) or not voting at all (low turnout also helps the incumbent) is helping the Democrats retain power, gives them more of a 'mandate' to continue shoving their godless agenda down our throats, and is, de facto, encouraging ever more evil be brought upon this country and our People. These are the known consequences for third party/abstention from voting. God cannot possibly support a persons intention to act in such a way when they already know the consequence is knowingly will help bring about an evil man to power.3 Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring into the king’s service some of the Israelites from the royal family and the nobility— 4 young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace. He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians. 5 The king assigned them a daily amount of food and wine from the king’s table. They were to be trained for three years, and after that they were to enter the king’s service.
6 Among those who were chosen were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 7 The chief official gave them new names: to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.
8 But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way. 9 Now God had caused the official to show favor and compassion to Daniel, 10 but the official told Daniel, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. Why should he see you looking worse than the other young men your age? The king would then have my head because of you.”
11 Daniel then said to the guard whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, 12 “Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink. 13 Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see.” 14 So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days.
15 At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food. 16 So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead.
17 To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.
18 At the end of the time set by the king to bring them into his service, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar. 19 The king talked with them, and he found none equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah; so they entered the king’s service. 20 In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom. 21 And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.
As an additional point, and what I previously stated regarding this:
Our nation has sinned against God for more than a generation. What we see as a result is that there are virtually no men of God now in position to be leader of this country. So what this country is left with is sub-par choices. God has allowed there to be only these two men to have risen to the position they currently hold. Only one of them, not a third party candidate, will become president.Do you believe that God would be pleased with the consequences of your actions in that you would be helping an man with an evil heart who belongs to an evil party be re-elected into the White House? You think that God could possibly say it is preferable to give these kinds of people continued power for another 4 years compared to voting for a Republican party member where there is at least a modicum of chance that God could influence him through REPUBLICAN advisers and administration, who we earnestly pray would be godly, upright men, who have the best interests of the County and people in mind? There is ZERO chance that Obama seeks out even one godly man to influence him or his decisions. We've already witnessed that Obama has been mentored by godless, racist, American-hating terrorists, liars, tax cheats, and frauds for his cabinet. I have more faith that the next Pope would be a Muslim than the current Muslim in the White House would ever stop being a tool of Satan.That being the case, there is nothing you can do, now, with getting elected a born again, conservative Christian to be president.
But there is something we can all do to help prevent a thoroughly evil, Muslim, Marxist from utterly destroying over the next four years what’s left of this country. Beyond this, Obama is a member of a party which is completely anti-God, anti-Jewish, and anti-Christian.
Romney is who will keep Obama out. He belongs to a party which at least has some semblance of pro Judeo-Christian morals and values, honors the Rule of Law, and desires to uphold the Constitution. That many people who call themselves a Republican but no longer personally hold these morals and values is beside the point: the Republican party does.