Mercenary Leaders
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us. Micah 3:10-11As of late, I've not read a more fitting description of the leadership of so-called "Christian America." Micah indicted heads (judges), priests, and prophets that work for reward, for hire, and for money. All leaders, whether political, judicial, or religious, do what they do for the reward it brings, and the reward is not that which proceeds from God. It is the monetary and positional reward that only comes from a fallen people.
Far too many in this nation have cast aside all judgment and discernment. The Devil himself has robbed these people of their sense of righteous judgment by persuading them to trade it for indulgences. This was easily done because of their sheer rebellion to the law of God. The shared hatred of both Christian and non for theonomy has paved a runway for these lascivious leaders that only proclaim a message the people want to hear:
That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord: Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits. Isaiah 30:9-10If this isn't bad enough, a leader can now commit the most heinous of sins, and the people will welcome him back into power. If he be a drunkard, adulterer, sodomite, or bear rebellious children, he or she may retain the position of power because the people are intoxicated by their fair sayings:
If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people. Micah 2:11The reward of God is no treasure to these leaders, because the reward of God follows sacrifice, suffering, and the despising of the people. This was also the history of Israel's prophets. I cannot name a prophet in the Old Testament that was not despised by both king and people alike, or that prospered monetarily for their great honorariums. The opposite was the reality, because the people will only reward them that tickle the ear with messages of safety and prosperity. As Micah said, "yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us." In other words, they will declare themselves a country under God, a people filled with goodness and benevolence; but they do not recognize that they are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked (Rev. 3:17).
