During the Nuremberg trials, as Allied Forces placed officers of the Nazi Regime on trial for Crimes Against Humanity, a pattern of involuntary testing with nuclear radiation that would come to involve tens of thousands of unwitting victims was being conducted in the United States. This would include poor pregnant white women given radioactive cocktails under the guise of free prenatal care, orphaned children fed radioactive material in their breakfast cereal while housed in government institutions, and numerous hospital patients covertly injected with toxic doses of radiative material and left to die. The famed Tuskegee Experiment where hundreds of poor black sharecroppers were denied treatment for syphilis for years to provide corpses for medical research was conducted with the approval of the Surgeon General. This is just a sample of the abuses that can be directly attributed to human governments. This does not surprise students of the scriptures, wherein the inevitable result of human self-government is made clear: “Man has dominated man to his injury,” -Ecclesiastes 8:9
Typically it has been our poor, defenseless and minorities that have suffered the greatest abuse at the hands of government. Well, bolstered by the confidence that they can seemingly get away with anything, we are now witnessing Crimes Against Humanity that touch those who have typically felt privileged and secure.
Truthfully, I appreciate being able to see this unvarnished truth about human leadership with my own eyes. Granted, it is tragic and at times incomprehensible. But this is what it is. As we become more secular and materialistic in our viewpoint, it will only get worse. The restraint that even a flawed reliance on Bible principles exerted on government and morality (our so-called Judeo-Christain heritage) has dissipated. The selfish and cruel precepts of Evolutionary Psychology have given license to many of the modern atrocities against of human dignity and value.
To have “faith” literally means to believe that someone will keep his promises. It is an expression of confidence in someone’s will and capacity to fulfill his (or her) promises. Sadly. human leadership has repeatedly demonstrated that it often lacks the will and ability to keep the noble and soaring promises it so often makes. Therefore, putting “faith” in human leadership will always lead to disappointment. For good reason, then, the inspired Scriptures advise us: “Do not put your trust in nobles (human leaders), nor in the son of earthling man, to whom no salvation belongs.” - Psalm 146:3
What is the solution? Jesus Christ, as King of God’s Kingdom, has been granted the ability and the right to exercise power universally. “And Jesus approached and spoke to them, saying: “All authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth.” -Matthew 28:18 The powerful works Jesus performed on earth were foregleams of even grander blessings to come under his rule as a perfect and trustworthy King. The depth of compassion and genuine justice he exercised toward the oppressed, the poor and despised are the qualities of a real leader. He has both the will and capacity to provide a permanent solution to the suffering caused by human rulership, and will soon do so.
“And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom (government) that will never be brought to ruin. And the kingdom itself will not be passed on to any other people. It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms (all human rulership), and it itself will stand to times indefinite.” -Daniel 2:44
Jehovah’s Witnesses have consistently taught these comforting truths from God’s Word the Bible, while avoiding any involvement in the politics of any government. They have also, as a worldwide organization, demonstrated genuine love that transcends national, racial, and social boundaries. I am deeply grateful for the consistent Bible education they have provided and the certain, Bible-based hope for the future they have courageously shared. They can help you to find great comfort and strength in the Bible’s appealing solutions as well.