OPSEC

I am a military chaplain. As a military chaplain I am required to abide by the law of the land (UCMJ) and also the LAW of the LORD, the One and Only True God.

I am obviously indebted to the United States of America. I am indebted because for most of our history, it was not only easy to be a Christian, but in fact being a Christian was the norm. President after President, whether Democrat or Republican, have always been Christian. Whether it is a Southern Baptist genius scholar like Bill Clinton, or an Evangelical Methodist "blue-blood" from Yale such as George W. Bush, Presidents have been Christian.

This may change. Islam is the fastest growing religion in America. Mormonism, an off-shoot of classic orthodox Christianity is also one of the fastest growing religions in America. Scientology is prevalent among the movie stars (Tom Cruise and John Travolta!), and even cults such as satanism and Wicca (a form of witchcraft) are officially recognized religions by the United States military (whether or not they should be is an entirely different story altogether . . .).

Here is where our Nation State is in peril. Whereas in previous times, America could at least gather around the central figures of Abraham, Moses and the rest of the Judeo-Christian tradition (thereby infusing the Republic with Judeo-Christian moral ideals), now with unmitigated religious pluralism (satanism?) the chances of any type of true morality holding together our republic seem slim indeed.

That was the old America. Not the "historic America" of Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Abe Lincoln, et al. No, the old America of post 1960's religious pluralism, infanticide (abortion), gay rights, etc. The old America that may in fact be in steep decline.

Here is why. Turns out "traditional religion" is on the rise!

From rosaries dawning the dashboards of nearly every Hispanic automobile to Pentecostal dove insignias on the back of SUV's, America seems to be increasingly saying, "Give me that old time religion." Not only, give me that old time religion, but give us our Christianity back. We WANT JESUS!

Here is where a true hope now lies in the political arena. Whether Democrats such as Barak Obama (a true man of Christian belief apparently) or Republicans like myself ;-) being a "Jesus-freak" turns out is not only respected, but desired in the political arena.

Now, that I am a declared "Jesus-freak," the rest is up to the LORD Jesus and God the Father and God the Holy Spirit to do. Move me Jesus, Move me Holy Spirit, Move me Father God. In the words of Jesus, "not my will, but thine be done" Father, on earth as it is in heaven . . .

This is the truest form of "Operational Security" that we as a Nation State can have. Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit says the LORD of hosts. If we are threatened by Islamic fundamentalist radicals, we will not win this War on Terror by means of military finesse. Any computer program can be hacked. Any secret security clearance broken. Any country betrayed from within. Lenin apparently was able to initiate the Bolshevik uprising in the old Russia with a relatively small handful of fellow conspirators. Whether it is satanists or communists or Islamic fundamentalist radicals, the same could have happened here. Unlike pre-Soviet Russia, however, a Nation that fell to the communist regime because of its theological apostasy, that is, it's collective turning away from Christian belief and practice, America, the great U.S.A. still hankers after that "old timey religion." Whether it is a Billy Graham Crusade, Benny Hinn, or praying the rosary in parish after parish, people are hungry for Jesus.

Put your trust in Jesus. Only through Jesus can we as a people called America have a true and lasting "OPSEC" (Operational Security).

Love in Jesus, KING of kings, and LORD of lords,
Rob J King, political candidate for Jesus