God cares about the politics of economics.
God embeds this commitment into the national law and wisdom of ancient Israel, a political state.
Listen to Isaiah:
"Woe to those who make unjust laws,
to those who issue oppressive decrees,
to deprive the poor of their
rights
and withhold justice from the
oppressed of my people,
making widows their prey
and robbing the fatherless.
What will you do on the day of
reckoning,
when disaster comes from
afar?
To whom will you run for help?
Where will you leave your
riches?
Nothing will remain but to
cringe among the captives
or fall among the slain." (10:1-4a)
God cares for the poor.
God cares about justice.
God's values do not change.
God expects us to care as well.
Actully, c hand, Larry's point seems to be exactly the opposite of yours. dr dawggy has the history correct. I read Isaiah as God's assessment of any policy--domestic or foreign--that oppresses people. The distruction "coming from afar" that I fear is not controlled by the U. S., but by the Almighty.
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