When the people of God were returning home and rebuilding Jerusalem after their time in captivity, the enemies of the people of God turned to the king, the high court, and used it to the disadvantage of the people of God. They knew what to say and how to say it in order to get their way, how often in today’s day and age we see the wicked using the American judicial system to attack the Church, we must not be afraid to fight back, to educate and raise up our own judicial warrios to learn the law and how to defend it and our nation.
In Ezra we read how the coalition against Jerusalem, lead by Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, Rehum, Shimshai, and all their companions, had sent a letter to the new king in the first year of his reign, to the end that they may prevent this righteous act from being accomplished. They went on about the past of the city, and how powerful the jews were, and convinced the king that their work must be stopped.
This story should resonate with us and how the modern day court systems is being used to attack conservative values at all levels, especially those from a Christian background, this malicious assault on the church can only be prevented if we fight back, no longer the people who turn the other cheek when wronged, if we want to survive we must learn to fight back in the same way our enemies have been, not fighting dirty or illegally, but using the justice system, and the law to defend ourselves and our rights, that Godliness can abound.
Amen.