Deuteronomy 16:20 English Standard Version (ESV) Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
This is a spiritual document and it is so hard in these present times to keep on track and avoid entering into the political arena. In order to achieve that, I can only address those portions of Scripture that lead us to understanding what is just, not political.
We can compare America to Israel spiritually. God was at the forefront of both adventures in history. American came about because people sought religious freedom and displaced the people who had possessed these lands for thousands of years. That is not political, that is historical.
The bible is full of history and we can learn from that history as it relates to God’s spiritual commands and man’s inability to keep His commands. There are consequences for both obedience and disobedience. One results in a blessing the other a curse.
If we look at what is just then we must accept that our consequences are tied to what God has said and if we can be obedient to keep God’s commands. The only difference between Israel and America is Christ, the Old Covenant vs the New Covenant. Consequences remain the same.
As long as we seek justice according to God’s standards of what is just, we will be blessed. Waiver from it and we will suffer the consequences. That is as much historical as it is spiritual.
Israel as a nation suffered the consequences for disobedience and the bible shows us that. It was not the fault of the remnant that remained faithful to God but it was nationalistic. Daniel was faithful to God but was carried away to Babylon with all the others.
Being faithful to God has us in that same precarious situation, those of us that are faithful to God are being dragged along into history because of the disobedience of the nation.
Answering how that came about carries us into the politics which I must avoid.
So what are we to do? Remain faithful to our Lord and obey, just like Daniel did.