Since I had, from my initial article, emphasized the element of divine
judgment over the nation, quoting the great lines from Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address as my central text, I could not but find such an interpretation abhorrent.
Not exact matches
Since, even now, when debates about the fact of global warming is largely
over, no
nation is considering taking the really drastic actions that might significantly reduce the catastrophes that lie ahead, it seems that we are all too likely to experience
judgment for our collective sins.
But we hope in God, our Saviour; For the might of our God is forever with mercy, And the Kingdom of our God is forever
over the
nations in
judgment.
Used to justify all manner of errant nonsense, it is nevertheless «essentially prophetic, which is to say that its ideals and aspirations stand in constant
judgment over the passing shenanigans of the people, reminding them of the standards by which their current practices and those of their
nation are ever being judged and found wanting.
One man, or one group, or one
nation, or one race assumes arrogant power
over the life of another; and God, also violated, must act in
judgment.
«Nowhere does the United
Nations» charter abrogate the right to some [countries in the West] to sit in
judgment over others!
In response to this partial view that overlooks the complexities of daily life across a vast continent of
over fifty
nations, Snap
Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography forces a recognition of the contradictory and varied forms of photographic practice that are now arising across Africa.