Monday Morning Guns & Roses Devotional‏ -

OK, now that I have your attention J…

Here is a timely devotional for our nation. If you’ve read my book (In Defense Of A Nation), or my brother’s book (America In The Bible) you will understand the context…and thus understand my conclusions below. Consider Psalms 149 with some of my thought interspersed…

1 - Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.

First of all, let’s define this “congregation of saints”. David gives us the definition in the next verse…

2 - Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

The “congregation of saints” is Israel. It is the national people groups consisting of the House of Israel (Isaac’s sons, or ‘saac’s sons, or the saxons) and the House of Judah (the Jewish people). David says that they are to be joyful in their King…because they have no king but King Jesus!

3 - Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

4 - For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

Here David refers to these national people groups as “His (God’s) people”, and in the following verse they’re referred to as “the saints” …

5 - Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.

So far, the instruction has been to rejoice, be joyful, and praise the King of our people groups. There is no other! So far everything is coming up roses!

But now there’s a shift in David’s emphasis…a shift towards guns…

6 - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand;

Not only are these national people groups instructed to live out the praises of God, but also to keep and bear arms. In David’s day, the two-edged sword was the most dangerous of all swords…it is an assault sword J. Yep, David instructs us to keep and bear the most dangerous of all weapons in our hands. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and an AR-15 in their hand. I like that.

The reason is found in the following few verses, which I think speak for themselves…

7 - To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;

8 - To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

9 - To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord.

In short, the people groups of Israel (the Saxons) and Judah (the Jews) are a weapon of war in the hands of God. Its citizens are instructed to keep and bear arms, for the purposes found in verses 8-9. This honour have all his saints…the people groups of Israel and Judah. Is it any wonder the global community wants us disarmed? To that I say Molon Labe...which they will try to do. Possibly soon.

So praise ye the Lord and pass the ammunition! Literally. The two actions are in complete harmony with each other.

Stan Grant