"If my people..."

July 28, 2016
Peter Nelson
This election season, let’s ponder the oft-cited Bible passage, 2 Chronicles 7:14: If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. My people… their land…  How should this word to ancient Israel be applied by Christians in today’s world? In Old Testament times God’s people lived under “theocracy”:  devotion to the Lord and allegiance to government were inseparable; there was no divide between ...