Restoration
People in the Streets
by Darris McNeely
Recent scenes of citizens taking to the streets to express themselves have stirred the imagination of many. A few weeks ago the citizens of Ukraine marched in an "Orange Revolution" to protest the heavy hand of a government that did not want to abide by recent elections. They forced another election that had to be respected, and the result is a change in government and a hope for better times.
On Jan. 30 Iraqis went to the polls, under great threat from terrorists, to cast ballots for a new government. It was a historic event for that country to take part in elections with this much freedom.
Recent days have seen Lebanese in the streets protesting Syrian interference in their country's affairs. On Feb. 14 former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri was assassinated by a bomb blast as he drove through the streets of Beirut. It is widely suspected that Syria was responsible since Hariri had called for Syria to cease its influence in his country. Syria has had a presence in Lebanon since 1989.
One Lebanese leader had to compare scenes of Lebanese protest with the fall of the Berlin Wall more than 15 years ago.
There have even been reports of Egyptians marching in Cairo protesting the long autocratic rule of President Hosni Mubarak.
It is the scene of people, common people, rising against tyranny and unjust government. It is a picture of people yearning for freedom to live and to love in peace and dignity, without another human depriving them that privilege.
Regardless of nationality, ethnicity, race, religion or sex, the great human need is freedom. It has been and will always be at the core of events that shape the experience of man on this planet.
Freedom is the great gift God gave to humanity when He placed two ways of life, symbolized by the two trees of Genesis 2, before Adam and Eve at the beginning. They had freedom to choose.
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- _Best Government in Existence?
- _The power of the Chad
- _We Hold These Truths...
- _Restoration: Will We Heed the Warning?
- _Democracy Is More Than a Word
- _Ghana's Election Signifies Progress for Africa
- _Leadership Under Siege Around the World
- _Cartoon Controversy: Is a Clash of Civilizations Inevitable?
- _Who Will Bring Freedom to the Middle East?
- _Behind the Headlines - A World Without the United States
- _Behind the Headlines ... America vs. Iraq or America vs. the World?
- _Dictatorships: Why Are They So Common?
- _World News and Trends - May/June 2003
- _Will Democracy Work in the Middle East?
- _Best Government in Existence?
- _A 40-Year-Old Dream With Shades of Eternity
- _"When in the Course of Human Events..."
- _Current Confusion Over Christian Freedom
- _Liberty Through God's Law
- _Can We Explain All Suffering?
- _God's Grace and Forgiveness
- _The Eternal Quest for Freedom
- _Mankind's Choice: Freedom or Slavery
- _Freedom: The Unfinished Struggle
- _Profiles of Faith: James: Half Brother of Jesus
- _The Spread of Freedom: Foretaste for the Entire World?
- _Some of the Freedoms God Offers Us
- _Liberte! Egalite! Fraternite!
- _What Freedom Means
- _True Freedom
- _You Are Free!
- _"When in the Course of Human Events ..."
- _World News & Trends March/April 2010
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