Osama bin Laden – he asked the wrong question!

Osama asked the wrong question!

Moses stood before one of the most powerful men in the known world at the time and said as a representative of Yaweh, “Let My people go.”  Pharaoh replied, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey Him and let Israel go?  I do not know the Lord and I will not let Israel go” (Exodus 5.1-2).   Arrogance clothed Pharaoh as did his royal garments.  Neither would suffice in the end.  His arrogance, hard heart, unbelief and pride would eventually lead him, not follow him, to his watery grave.   Although the incident occurred nearly 6000 years ago –  the question has been repeated far too many times

With the announcement of the killing of Osama bin Laden most of the world that hates evil celebrated in the streets.  Osama bin Laden was an evil man, with evil intentions and an evil history.  I wondered to myself how many times this man asked this question, “Who is the Lord?”   He hated Christ, he hated Christianity, he hated Christians, he hated Jews and he hated Israel.  In bin Laden’s mind the world would be a better place without America and Israel.  He spent his life and his wealth attempting to annihilate both.  He died a hero to a handful of extreme Muslim’s but died as a means to the end of American justice to multiplied millions of others.  Make no mistake about it, we are not fighting a war on terrorism – we are fighting a war against Islamic extremists.  Terror is only a tactic or strategy of war but not war itself.  We are fighting a religious war and political leaders around the world live in fear to recognize it.  Isn’t it amazing that those who have pledged themselves to our demise can speak so freely of “their” war against us be we refuse to recognize the real battle going on here is with religious freaks who have sold their soul to Allah?  Shear stupidity!

I digress.  I wonder how many times Osama bin Laden asked about the Christ or God of Christianity?  I wonder how many times he cursed the name of Jehovah?  I wonder how many times he asked the question is one way or another, “Who is the Lord?”  I just wonder!  Osama bin Laden will be replaced.  Evil has not died with the death of one of its representatives.  Evil will be eventually thrown into the lake of fire by one…just one, angel.  Not a host of angels.  Just one!  Evil doesn’t stand a chance against the King of all Kings and Lord of all Lord’s!   I wonder how many times God has laughed out loud (Psalm 59.8) in the heavens at the arrogance of men who question His deity or existence?  I wonder how many times God has smirked at the revelation given to men from another “god”?  Why is it that we have to deify men to compete with God?  Why is that we have to make saints out of mere mortals when scripture declares we are all saints?  Why is it that men gain followers by receiving an extra revelation that supersedes Holy Writ?  Why is it that humanity still refuses to believe the simplicity of scripture and accept Christ for Who He is?  With every attempt at a fraudulent religion, a counterfeit revelation – the question still rises with the sun – “Who is the Lord?”   Amazing.  We have had a revelation of who Jesus is for nearly 2000 years.  We still bow down to the power of the question mark and seek our own path of faith and religion.  We still refuse to accept Him for Who He is.

That leads me to my closing remark tonight.

We need to stop making such a big deal out of those who arrogantly and deceitfully ask the question, “Who is the Lord?” and focus more on the question asked by our Savior Jesus Christ – “Who do you say that I am?” (Matthew 16.15).   Better yet, we need to focus on finding the answer to that question and their can only be one.  Just one.  Just one simple answer.  It can be found in the only revelation ever given to humanity of Who God is – the Scriptures.  The question is not, “Who is the Lord?” but rather “Who do you say that I am?”  When Jesus asked the question He was asking from the point of knowing who He was – His point was to qualify the question in the heart of those He was addressing. He is still asking the question today.   Well….what is your answer?