Have you seen this? Some radical Christian groups has decided to make these bumper stickers that say "Prayer for Obama Psalm 109:8". Of course I could not rattle off Psalm 109:8, so I looked it up. "May his days be few; may another take his office." verse 9, "May his children be orphans, and his wife a widow" Taken literally, this is terrible way to use the bible to describe ones hate. I wanted to shout at the top of my lungs in anger. It actually swing my mood for the evening.
First things first, lets clear up this bible verse for what it actually means. You have to look at in the context of Deuteronomy 28 and God's covenant. In this Psalm, David is pouring out his heart to God that God stay to true to who God is. David is crying out from oppression believing he has done right. I feel like this text is an example that God is bigger than Caesar or any ruler for that matter. I think many people will be let down if they put their faith in leaders. The Bible can be a really scary when tweaked for ones own motives. This script-texting is deplorable and and anti-kingdom. We have to be bigger than the left and the right and this action is not showing it. All I can do is hope and pray that grace and love enters the peoples hearts that are harboring hate and using the bible to justify it.
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