POOR OLD BARACK...LET'S ALL GO DOWN TO THE RIVER!!!

I've gotta tell y'all that this is the best political cartoon that I have ever seen. I rarely ever see a political cartoon that "hits on all 8." But this one does for me on more than one level.

First off, I stole it off another blog, and want to give credit to Dadman at CosmicConservative for putting it up on the computer.

The sheer genius behind this one just amazes this old Redneck. "Baptism" is one of the two "ordinances" established by Jesus for His Church (the other being communion). All the other stuff...singing hymns, the choir special music, taking up an offering, greeting the visitors and forcing them fill out a card with all their personal info, the sermon, the "invitation" at the end of the whole deal...and on and on...are all (however edifying, and well intentioned) human attempts to please God.

Now y'all don't get mad at me. I ain't saying that those are bad things. I'm just saying that none of that stuff was really established by Jesus (there is an argument with some merit about singing a hymn before you break up, but I won't go there). But "baptism" is evidently a big deal. Jesus was baptized Himself by His cousin John. And on the day of Pentecost, St. Peter himself (whom you will have to get past at the gate to heaven by the way) told everybody wanting to follow Jesus that they had to get baptized. So, it's a pretty important step in your Christian life.

It is pretty well documented that when the apostles would go out and preach, they would always baptize anyone that accepted their message and wanted to follow Jesus...usually right on the spot. It has always been interesting to me that the apostles always baptized new believers in "running water." The term is really "living water"...water that was moving...like in a river. Anyone can understand that the idea that baptism is a symbol of "washing away sin" would be best done in water that is gonna move on away from you.

Also, baptism as a figure of the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ is best illustrated in a river. No stagnant pond could be a fitting place to illustrate "new life."

Another side note...in many parts of Asia new believers in Christ are normally baptized in rivers. But they don't do it like most of the US churches do. It's not done within the confines of the church building. It's done outside among the public, as a statement (I'm a Christian now, and I don't care who knows it!"). The new believer stands in front of their pastor, kneels in the river, and voluntarily sinks into the river in a symbol of submissive death to Jesus.

Back to the cartoon...this artist has captured the heart of all of this. Here you have Obama submitting himself to this Wright character. You have to trust the guy that baptizes you...that he'll bring you back up eventually. He's baptizing old Barack in stagnant water. He's got a dookie-eating smile on his face as he shows Barack his love for Jesus, and his great hopes for Barack's future.

I hate to admit it, because I don't take pleasure in the troubles of others...but this is real justice. You reap what you sow. Obama planted seeds along with this Wright character for a long time. Wright has been exposed as an angry, race-baiting, "caricature." Obama has been exposed as either an idiot that can't pay attention, or a bold-faced liar. BOTH OF THEM ARE LEARNING THAT EVENTUALLY...YOUR CHIKINS...COME HOME...TO ROOS!