"What comes around, goes around." "You will reap what you sow."
I've been pondering both the history and future of our country, and I cannot help but wonder if we are reaping what we've sown. I'm not talking about how our Declaration and Constitution were created by God-fearing men who believed that the Bible should be the moral compass of our country's framework.
Before that, how did our country get started? Foreigners traveled across the sea to discover a new world and ended up here. They liked it so well that eventually, the "white man" overtook the American Indians who already inhabited this land. The Indians were relegated to their reservations and small parts of land. One could say we "invaded" their lands. The Trail of Tears comes to mind. In our ("white man") effort to create a God-fearing nation, we conquered and overtook those who already lived here.
Now, we have illegal immigrants flooding over our borders, eating our food and using our healthcare system for free, apparently overtaking our lands. They want to establish their cultures and holidays as a norm here. They want others around them to validate their existence in our land by making their language a national language. There seems to be no end to what they want.
This to me looks surprisingly similar to what we did to the Indians hundreds of years ago.
We claim we have a right to this country because we founded it on God's word and His principles. But did we really have that right to begin with? Could there have been a better way to live with the Indians instead of basically destroying them?
Who's the culprit?
Consistent with a government education, there are a few crucial steps missing in this history. When Christian "white men" came to settle here (in what would become the 13 colonies), they bought their land from the natives, fair and above-board. No persecution or use of force. It wasn't until much later that white men began conquering--and most of that conquering was done at the behest or order of government (e.g., Trail of Tears). Such behavior was certainly not Christian.
It's true that history repeats itself. This present invasion, though, is not quite the same as the persecution against Indians. Then, the European conquerors represented a much greater force with the backing of governments. Now, the legal, American citizens are the greater force by far but are losing because the government is holding us back, refusing to let us defend our homeland. In truth, our government is aiding the foreign invasion, all but overtly surrendering!
One common element is this: government is the problem.