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Subject: Opinions of J. Falwell on WTC attack. |
Bible Note: "Has God removed His hedge around America to protect it as He did to His people of olden times?" is, I believe, the thrust of Jerry Falwell's message. The timing may have been less than ideal; the naming of names may have been inappropriate at such a time and on such a medium; the secular press may have been less than fair in their reporting of the incident.... But the question is a valid one nevertheless. Has God indeed removed His hedge from America in the wake of our wide-spead national apostasy that has resulted in our turning away from Him? We cannot really expect the secular world to understand the concept of God's protective hedge -- nor to care. They see and they understand nothing but human cause and effect. We who believe in our sovereign God allow for causes and effects that superintend the natural and the human. Thus I would never presume that, in any and all given events, the Sovereign Lord has no hand whatever. --Hank |