A Few Words in Defense of Our Country

As you can tell from last Thursday’s post, a Randy Newman song called Political Science, I am on a Randy Newman kick. This song, A Few Words in Defense of our Country, has many uncomfortable truths in it. 

It is always dicey to live in a period when an empire ends. That is the period we are living in. I may not see its end as I am 58, but I can see the cracks in the dam that are pouring out water. Soon, the dam will fail and the water will wash us away. 

Jesus said this in reference to the fall of Jerusalem, which happened about 40 years after his death. (Interesting how certain numbers repeat in the Bible, 40 is one of those interesting numbers.) Luke 19:

^41-44 When the city came into view, he wept over it. “If you had only recognized this day, and everything that was good for you! But now it’s too late. In the days ahead your enemies are going to bring up their heavy artillery and surround you, pressing in from every side. They’ll smash you and your babies on the pavement. Not one stone will be left intact. All this because you didn’t recognize and welcome God’s personal visit.”

Yes, we in America should expect God’s personal visit, but, like first century Judea, we are blind to the coming visit of God. 

The irony is that we have to rely on contemporary musical composers to have any sort of warning at all.