Kaka D Iralu
The patriotic words “For God and Country” for which many people have laid down their lives in the defense of their countries is known to one and all. But many Naga Christians think that Naga patriotism or Naga politics has nothing to do with their Christian faith. Some even think that God’s kingdom has nothing to do with Naga politics or Naga future as a nation on earth. However, from Acts 17:26 it is clear that no nation on earth (including Nagas) can ever run away from the fact that God had created all the nations of the earth through Adam. No nation on earth had therefore, fallen from the heavens or has crept out from under the earth. And because we as a nation also have not created ourselves, we have to listen to what our creator is saying to us from his word.
Coming to the Bible, we learn that before God created man, God already had a plan in His mind. This plan stands revealed in Genesis 1:26:
(Quote) “And God said, let us make man in our own image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowls of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creeping things that creeps upon the earth.” (Unquote)
Now there are 4 things that must be noted in this plan of God for man: 1. God created man to have dominion (ruler ship) over all of his creation. Here, the words “let them have dominion” must be clearly noted and understood. God did not say “let us create man and have joint dominion over the earth with him. The words are clearly “let us create man and let THEM have dominion…over all the earth”. Man therefore, was created to rule over the earth as God’s Regent or Ambassador.
2. We are not creatures of heaven because unlike the Angels, we were not created from heaven. We were instead created from the dust of this earth and only became living souls after God breathed his “life” into our earth formed bodies. (Gen.2:7) In other words, we are not heavenly beings but earthly beings with flesh and blood. We are therefore, dwellers of earth and not dwellers of heaven.
3. Man was created to have dominion over the whole earth and every thing that creeps on it as already shown. But man was not created to have dominion OVER OTHER MAN. In other words, no nation of man was ever created to have dominion over any other nation, however small or big they may be.
4. Lastly, Heaven is not our territory but earth is very much our territory. As such we have a divine duty to defend our God apportioned territory here on earth. This is so because as dwellers of this earth, we must have our own dwelling place.
Now the application of these truths with reference to Nagas and Nagaland is as follows: The Naga nation or Nagaland was not created by God for India or Burma to rule over it. It was also never created by God so that Manipur or Assam or Arunachal Pradesh can have a share of joint domination with the protection and authority of India. Such stupid notions harbored by Manipur, Assam or Arunachal Pradesh will be resisted with all Naga might and valor- if necessary, even in battle. Nagas want to have the best neighborly relations with all these neighbor states (including India and Burma) who are also nations in themselves. But Nagas have never been scared of these neighbors yesterday and neither will they ever be scared of them today. Also if Nagas are pushed beyond a certain degree of endurance, they can ally themselves with some other giant neighbors who are related to them and face any challenge or threat from India or any of her puppet states.
Naga resistance to any such foreign rule is therefore, Biblically right and legally justified and valid. On their part, Nagas owe it to God, their obligation to defend their God given national and geographical identities. Any Naga who acts contrary to this divine duty commits treason against both God and his nation. Our Naga Yehzabo spells out this duty in the following words:
“And the authority of the people to be exercised on the territory is a sacred trust from God…” As bearers of God’s image and created to rule this earth as his representatives, we are not here on earth for a long holiday where we can yawn away our days doing nothing except to be fed by others. We are here to build ourselves a kingdom patterned after God’s own heavenly kingdom. This was clearly spelled out to us when Jesus taught us to pray –“Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Let us therefore not waste our times worrying about heaven and its problems but worry and tackle our worldly problems where others have invaded our land and have been ruling over us with all their heinous laws for all these years. As a nation, our duty on earth is to build a vibrant and independent Nagaland where there will be security and prosperity for all Nagas. Remember, we were born to rule (have dominion). It is never “Born to be ruled by others.”
As for the present Indian puppet state of Nagaland, this state was never what God had purposed Nagas to live under. This state is but an Indian puppet state, created by some Naga collaborators who collaborated with Indians to make Nagaland a state under India. Today, this state of Nagaland is but a corruption ridden decaying jungle way beyond any redemption. Presently, even Indian assistance funds sanctioned from Delhi for running this state seems be have been hidden away by some Ministers to use the money later, for the coming elections. But the coming elections will only in turn, produce another equally corrupted state. After all, this puppet Indian state was purchased by a few Nagas with the blood and tears of the whole Naga nation. Such a puppet state will never bring prosperity to the whole nation except for a few individual collaborators. In fact, these collaborators have divided the Naga nation and have even resorted to using uniformed Naga personnel to kill innocent Naga civilians when they agitate to live under their own Naga customary laws.
Finally, God forbid that we glorify this state by praying for its Ministers from even inside the Churches.
.JPG)
