God Uses Evil Nations
Jeremiah 51:7-8 (ESV)
7 Babylon was a golden cup in the LORD'S hand,
making all the earth drunken;
the nations drank of her wine;
therefore the nations went mad.
8 Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken;
wail for her!
Take balm for her pain;
perhaps she may be healed.
One of the hardest things for us to think about in the context of government is the power and prevalence of evil leaders. It just does not sit with us. When we think of the Hitlers of this world, we have to wonder what God is thinking by allowing their devastation to continue. Yet, in the above verse we find something quite enlightening. Although God abhors evil and is perfect in His Holiness, He does use evil nations (and their evilness) to accomplish His purposes. For that to happen all God has to do is remove the power and prominence of His grace. God’s mercy and grace holds back sin. If it were not for God’s common grace and mercy the entire world would consume itself. Remember in Job 1 when Satan wanted to destroy Job, God allowed Satan to do somethings to Job, but he could not take His life. That is when both the weather and the evilness of mankind came crashing down on Job. God simply removed His grace from Job’s life, which is what gave Job protection. God used Babylon as a “golden cup” to cause the nations to become drunk with madness. The allowed their evilness to come fourth and demonstrate their need for judgment and destruction. God uses the evilness in man’s heart to bring glory to Himself. He will, however, “suddenly” bring those same nations to judgment. God does not permit evil men to lead for long. Just long enough to accomplish His purpose.
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