day no. 17,072: nations are normal

“Nationalism is a nobler thing even than patriotism; for nationalism appeals to a law of nations; it implies that a nation is a normal thing, and therefore one of a number of normal things. It is impossible to have a nation without Christendom; as it is impossible to have a citizen without a city. “ — G.K. Chesterton, Irish Impressions

God made men to be social and it is not good for man to be alone. And so, societies occur naturally in God's good world. In other words, nationalism is normal. 

Genesis 35:11

And God said unto him, "I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins."

One man and one woman united in marriage make more people and raise them together. Those people grow up to marry and make more people. All of those people have something in common and so households are established and nations are born.

Psalms 33:12

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

A nation is sons and daughters honoring their fathers and mothers simply because they are their fathers and mothers, but a nation that honors the Lord honors its fathers and mothers because the Lord is God and commands them to do so. The one is normal and natural, the latter is supernatural. Kingdoms come and go, but Christendom only increases.

Isaiah 60:12

For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

Any nation that will not honor the Lord will eventually lose its impulse to honor its own fathers and mothers. Bitterness, envy, father hunger, and resentment will reign and fathers and mothers will be deposed. Nations like that dissolve by becoming abominations.

Revelation 21:24

And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

Those that honor the Lord will live forever. Everything their fathers and mothers accomplished will be tested by fire and that which was built of gold, silver, and jewels will only be made better. It will endure in the new earth. The treasures of the nations will bless the other nations as they gather under one crown, the Lord Jesus.

Christ is King.

Christendom come.