I am writing in response to the lady that was "shocked" and "troubled" (Reader Forum, Nov. 2) by my piece in the Reader Forum titled "A Stranger Over Thee." I rechecked my King James Bible and sure enough, Deuteronomy 17:14-15 is still there and it is written, "thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother."

It never ceases to amaze me how people can twist and distort things from what was in fact, written. The implication was that my article "bordered on white supremacy." I checked my Sixth Edition Black's Law Dictionary and could not find such a term anywhere, and it also was not in my 1828 Webster's, so I assume the lady must have her own self-proclaimed definition of such. If the Forum readers would check back and reread my article, they would find that "terrible" word "white" was not used by me, and neither was there any indication of "supremacy." The lady completely sidestepped and conveniently danced around the verse quoted in typical Obama style and went on to say "Most of us realize that there is nothing about Christianity, or the Christian God, that promotes one race over another." Again, my article did not state anything about "promoting one race over another." The "troubled" lady is only "troubling" herself by reading something into my article that I did not say. Besides that, the command was given by almighty God and not by me.

Now, I checked my Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and referenced the word "above" and found the Lord speaking to the Israel people in Deuteronomy 7:6; "For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth." Deuteronomy 10:15; "Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them even you, above all people, as it is this day." Deuteronomy 14:2; "For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations ..." Deuteronomy 26:19; "And to make thee high above all the nations ..." Friends, as I said in my original letter, I would much rather be "scripturally correct" than "politically correct" as the "troubled lady" would have us to be. As you can see, the Lord has set a people called Israel "above" other peoples and nations.

Now, lets get right to the crux of the Caucasian Israelite idea that I brought up. After having diligently studied the Bible for 26 years, I simply believe the Anglo-Saxon (Isaacs-sons), Scandinavian, Germanic, Celtic and related European Caucasian people are the descendants of the lost tribes of Israel and no, I am not "Jewish" nor have I ever been. The Bible makes a distinct difference between the house of Israel and the house of Judah. In fact, if the readers would again check their Bibles they would find in Jeremiah 31:31 and Hebrews 8:8; "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah ..."

Dear friends in Christ, where do you find more "born again Christians", than in this "great and mighty nation" of America that declares ourselves to be "one nation under God"? Remember in my original letter, I mentioned 2 Samuel 7:10, which I did not quote but now will: "Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more."

The Israelites were in the old promised land at the time, so it stands to reason to me, there must be an "appointed place" somewhere other than old Canaan land. Friends, the scriptures are loaded with identifying marks as to what Israel was to become and do including being "witnesses" and "servants." Isaiah 43:10; "Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he; before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me."

Friends, be honest, you can search the world over and find no people other than the Caucasian people that have published more Bibles and sent more missionaries to do God's servant work. There are many, many, more identifying marks that confirm my belief.

I invite anyone, and everyone, including the "troubled lady" to further Bible study. The precious blood of Jesus Christ "sealed" the New Covenant and perhaps that is a good place to end, for surely we all agree upon that fact.

Larry Lundgren

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