Paisleyism Puts Protestantism unto a New Cart

Paisleyism Puts Protestantism unto a New Cart 5

The Catastrophe of the Cart

‘And when they came to Nachon’s threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.’ (2Sam6:6-7)

We have been comparing the new cart that David used to carry forward the ark of God, with the new cart on which Paisleyism is proposing to carry Protestantism into a shared future. Catastrophe overtook the procession of David’s new cart at the threshingfloor of Nachon; interestingly the name ‘Nachon’ means stroke, which brings into prominence the Word of God which says, ‘Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee’ (Job36:18) This great procession which exalted the world, the flesh and the devil was brought to an abrupt and solemn end when the stroke of Almighty God fell; all the cohesion, sharing and integration were to no avail when God’s judgment fell that day and the parade was over.

The new cart of Paisleyism, led forth by the two sons of Ulster, Ahio Johnstone and Uzzah Robinson, will be stopped when divine vengeance will fall. The stumbling of the oxen, typifies the uncertainty of the electorate as they are expected to bear the burden of Paisleyism’s new initiatives; for years the Protestants of Ulster were guided by the principles and precepts of the Reformed Faith, now they are being subjected to the humiliating load of Secularism, that Paisleyism demands that they haul forward to a shared future; just as the oxen stumbled, so too will the Ulster electorate.

When Uzzah saw the problem with the oxen, he took hold of the ark; this was a fatal error; Uzzah exposed himself to the righteous judgment of Almighty God by presuming to touch the symbol of the Divine presence with an unrighteous hand. The steadying hand of man’s unrighteousness is always visited by God’s wrath and judgment; ‘All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags;’ Uzzah’s hands were unclean and so it was inappropriate of him to presume to touch the ark of God. The hand’s of Paisleyism are far from clean, all be it, they are using the laver of Secularism, as did Pilate, to establish their self righteousness; even now the dark clouds of God’s judgment are quickly gathering.

The slaying of Uzzah stopped the parade; the march was instantly rerouted to the house of Obededom and the new cart was neither seen nor heard of again. This was something that David’s administration had not prepared for; this was to bring them to their senses. Similarly, Paisleyism, has not anticipated ‘Nachon’s threshingfloor’ where judgment is waiting; in a moment, their new cart could be stopped by divine providence and the two sons of Ulster exposed to God’s chastisement. ‘Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption;’ (Gal6:7)

Rev Mervyn Cotton (Heb13:6)