I don’t speak Ukrainian or Russian, but I’ve read several stories from mainstream publications and journalists that say that Ukrainian president, Zelenskyy, is trying to ban the Orthodox Church in Ukraine because of its ties to Russia.
According to the Ukrainian government website, Zelenskyy said that the new law will “[make] it impossible for religious organizations affiliated with centers of influence in the Russian Federation to operate in Ukraine.”
“The State Service for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience was commissioned to ensure the religious examination of the Management Statute of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church,” Zelenskyy said, “for the presence of a church-canonical connection with the Moscow Patriarchate and, if necessary, to take measures provided for by law.”
Take note. A government that wants to ban your religious allegiance on the claim that those who practice the religion answer to another authority should cause us all to recoil. Notice just how much the government of the United States is in bed with Zelenskyy—and notice just how much the leftist government of the United States hates our Christian faith.
This is not a defense of the Orthodox religion, but it does set a precedent. This is what leftists want, they want to ban religion, particularly the various Christian sects (they make no distinctions), because those who practice Christianity answer to a higher authority than the state.
I also do not intend to defend Russia, but our defense of Ukraine which is based on the notion that the country is a “freedom-loving democracy” as our government overlords continue to tell us actually paints us a picture of what these clowns believe “democracy” actually is.
Because we Christians believe that we answer to the highest authority, God, who sits in the heavens and does all that he pleases (Psalm 115:3) and who sets up kings and deposes them (Daniel 2:21), and who calls us to obey Him rather than men (Acts 5:29), our days of freedom are numbered.
Don’t believe kids should be subjected to men wearing dresses in public schools? You’re a threat to the state, we must ban your religion.
Don’t think killing babies by the millions per year is good for society? You’re a threat to the state, we must ban your religion.
Get the point? Buckle up, we got a rough ride ahead of us.
The times we live in are definitely going to worsen. I know there is a verse in the Bible that describes Believers starving for the Truth of God’s Word and persecution such as this will amplify it.
The struggle in Ukraine has always been about the Orthodox church. It's basically a ground game between the Theocracy of Russia versus the Globohomo WEF alphabet future. The media and the federal government have been (surprise!) lying this whole entire time.