WHERE IS GOD IN LIBYA?

Last week Friday, I received an article from my friend Mohammed Ismail titled “The new message from God.” The article was written by one religious leader, Marshall Vian Summers from United States of America. According to summers, God has delivered a revelation about the fate of the Libyan people to him.  He claims that on February 22 a remarkable thing happened.  He said “that day an angelic presence descended powerfully and delivered through him a message to humanity on Rebellion, Revolution and War”.  He further claims that the war in Libya is but the preamble to greater wars that are yet to be witnessed by mankind.

He further alluded that, the book of Revelation goes on to say that God does not like unethical regimes such as Colonel Muammar Al-Gaddafi’s government and God will crush the regime.  One could allude to his revelation based on the reality check on Libya at the moment.  Gaddafi’s regime has been crushed by the National Transitional Council (NTC). Many innocent blood has been spilled at the expense of peace.

Map of Libya

Summers’ revelation goes further, saying that in the middle of all the peril in Libya, God still loves the people. “God is here to save humanity and to provide humanity what it cannot provide itself.”  He loves brother leader Gaddafi and the people of Libya. I can assume that He loves the NTC members as well as their sponsors.

What baffles me after reading the article is that where exactly was God in this situation? On whose side was He?  If Summers’  revelation is correct then one could say that God was not neutral in this war, He was on the side of the people that carryout the revolution through killings, but if one look at the latter part of his article when he says that God also loves Gaddafi. One would like to ask a simple question: He loves Gaddafi and therefore allowed his regime to be toppled; He loves brother leader so much that he allowed his grandchildren who knew nothing about crime against humanity to die through the bombs released by NATO; He loves Colonel Muammar so much that he lost all his households and turn the lives of his family upside down. By the way, his children are still on the run and one is captured and awaiting trial in Libya.

Late President Muammar Gaddafi

What about the ordinary people of Libya: God loves them all by allowing them to die innocent deaths in the hands of the rebels and the loyalists to the deposed leader, Muammar Gaddafi.  He loves them so much for their own good that the majority of women and children have become refugees in neighbouring countries.  He loves them so much that kids are so terrified on their mother’s bosom at the sound of gun shots from the indiscipline freedom fighters and heavy bombing from NATO war planes. What kind of God is this? He is a loving God.

What do you think? Feel free to send your comments. Ciao!