The words “drain the swamp” are a part of the current political discussion. We may not all agree on what this proverbial “swamp” is. According to my understanding, it means getting rid of politicians and bureaucrats who are doing more harm than good.
A Democrat may think that Republicans are the “swamp”. Republicans may think that Democrats are the “swamp”.
Are “swamps” exclusive to the American political situation?
It seems that there is something wrong with the political situation that exists south of the American borders where drug cartels, human traffickers,gang members, and corruption seems to have its way without any real system of checks and balances. So, many of us do not want the Mexican “swamp” to become integrated with the American swamp.
China has its form of oppression and human exploitation that is used to promote unfair international trade practices. China has a big time “swamp” that has been confronted by our current president.
Russia is ruled by an oligarchy with a bunch of cronies in their “swamp”.
There are numerous examples.
Are there cultural factors that accompany the creation of a swamp? Are there moral factors that accompany the creation of a swamp? Are there spiritual factors that accompany the creation of a swamp? Can the definition of "swamp" be expanded to include a variety of scenarios?
In the Bible, we find various cultures that were eliminated because of an entire society that had forgotten about God.
The world was flooded during the time of Noah because of rampant immorality. A “swamp” was wiped out by a flood.
The Tower of Babel was destroyed because the entire population of the earth was consumed with the desire to build a man made utopia that excluded God. Perhaps the “swamp” of secular humanism that existed at Babel did not get drained, but it did get scattered.
Sodom was destroyed due to sexual immorality and rampant homosexuality. The “swamp” of Sodom and Gamorrah had become intolerable to the Lord.
God told Joshua to exterminate the Canaanites; who were sacrificing their children to idols. The Lord did not want His chosen people to inhabit a swamp that was polluted with idols and the shedding of innocent blood that accompanied the worship of these idols.
Are there cultural, societal, and political equivalents to Babel, Sodom, and Canaan in the world (and in our country) today? Absolutely.
It seems evident to me that a number of “swamps” got drained in Old Testament times.
It is also apparent that every swamp (political, societal, and cultural) in this world will be drained when Jesus returns to rule and reign. This series of events will be cataclysmic. Many will not survive and even the topography of the earth will be altered.
In the meantime, what can we do now, in this day and age, to drain a bunch of political, cultural, and societal “swamps” that are an unfortunate part of our existence?
I don’t know the answers to this question. I suppose that we can all endeavor to be informed and to be a part of the solution as opposed to being a part of the problem.
Don’t be a creature of the “swamp”.
A Democrat may think that Republicans are the “swamp”. Republicans may think that Democrats are the “swamp”.
Are “swamps” exclusive to the American political situation?
It seems that there is something wrong with the political situation that exists south of the American borders where drug cartels, human traffickers,gang members, and corruption seems to have its way without any real system of checks and balances. So, many of us do not want the Mexican “swamp” to become integrated with the American swamp.
China has its form of oppression and human exploitation that is used to promote unfair international trade practices. China has a big time “swamp” that has been confronted by our current president.
Russia is ruled by an oligarchy with a bunch of cronies in their “swamp”.
There are numerous examples.
Are there cultural factors that accompany the creation of a swamp? Are there moral factors that accompany the creation of a swamp? Are there spiritual factors that accompany the creation of a swamp? Can the definition of "swamp" be expanded to include a variety of scenarios?
In the Bible, we find various cultures that were eliminated because of an entire society that had forgotten about God.
The world was flooded during the time of Noah because of rampant immorality. A “swamp” was wiped out by a flood.
The Tower of Babel was destroyed because the entire population of the earth was consumed with the desire to build a man made utopia that excluded God. Perhaps the “swamp” of secular humanism that existed at Babel did not get drained, but it did get scattered.
Sodom was destroyed due to sexual immorality and rampant homosexuality. The “swamp” of Sodom and Gamorrah had become intolerable to the Lord.
God told Joshua to exterminate the Canaanites; who were sacrificing their children to idols. The Lord did not want His chosen people to inhabit a swamp that was polluted with idols and the shedding of innocent blood that accompanied the worship of these idols.
Are there cultural, societal, and political equivalents to Babel, Sodom, and Canaan in the world (and in our country) today? Absolutely.
It seems evident to me that a number of “swamps” got drained in Old Testament times.
It is also apparent that every swamp (political, societal, and cultural) in this world will be drained when Jesus returns to rule and reign. This series of events will be cataclysmic. Many will not survive and even the topography of the earth will be altered.
In the meantime, what can we do now, in this day and age, to drain a bunch of political, cultural, and societal “swamps” that are an unfortunate part of our existence?
I don’t know the answers to this question. I suppose that we can all endeavor to be informed and to be a part of the solution as opposed to being a part of the problem.
Don’t be a creature of the “swamp”.
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