Did you know that the American people have been cursed by the sin of “Hubris”?
“Hubris” is defined as excessive pride. Also the understanding of the ancient Greeks was that hubris was defiance of the gods leading to nemesis. Obviously we do not accept the pagan pantheon of ancient Greece. But the definition of hubris as “defiance of YHWH leading to destruction” is totally apt for our purposes.
In this week’s message “Hubris” we explore how this sin particularly affects a country’s leaders. King Uzziah wanted to offer incense in the Tabernacle, Nebbuchadnezzer’s pride got the better of him and he was made to live as a beast in the field for seven years. His son, Belshazzar defiled the cups of YHWH’s temple and received the “writing on the wall” prophecy and punishment. Even King David fell foul to “hubris” and 70,000 men of Israel died in YHWH punishment.
Once infected by hubris our leaders see themselves as above the law. The government is no longer by the people for the people but rather over the people. This is the doctrine of the Nicolaitens, which YHWH hates.We have seen this manifest with Bill Clinton and the Monica Lewisnky affair, the Bush 1 and 2 illegal wars on Iraq and now Obama’s total disregard to the Constitution. When a leader is smitten with hubris, if a law is inconvenient for them, they either ignore it or rewrite it.
Israel has always been a stiff necked nation and prone to national hubris and rebellion against YHWH. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Hosea and Amos all prophesied YHWH’s judgement on our people if we turn away from Him. In Leviticus chapter 26, YHWH explicitly states the curses He will bring on this people if we turn away from Him and fail to keep His Commandments.
It has always irked my when our political elite will be the first to scream about the separation of church and state if any Christian tried to appeal to the authority of Scripture. But at the same time they have no compunction about invoking the Bible when then need to rally the people in time of crisis. This is a very dangerous game to play. The Scripture is a “sharp two edged sword” meaning used correctly it will provide enormous protection to those who know how to “rightly divide the word of YHWH” but it will cause self inflicted injury in the hands of those who have not studied it.
Tom Daschle addressed congress with these words on the day after the 9-11 heist, “The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.” (Isaiah 9:10 KJV). It is a pity he didn’t bother to read verses 9 and 11 (is that a coincidence?) before he committed this national act of hubris against YHWH and invoked the curse on the American people.
Please watch the whole message “Hubris” to understand how this curse on America is being fulfilled. I also need to make a correction, in the message I stated that Daschle made this pronouncement at ground Zero, that is incorrect. Daschle spoke this in Congress, Senator John Edwards repeated this pronouncement on 9/11/2014 and very shortly afterwards his political career went into serious decline ending with the revelation of his long time affair with a campaign worker, Rielle Hunter. .
If you have any questions about this message or would like to suggest other subjects for future messages, please feel free to contact me because I am always pleased to explore new study areas for these messages.
In next week’s message we’ll study the topic if “Humility”.