What is behind the success of the Cedar Revolution?

 It is not easy to proclaim a Revolution to defeat the Tyrant when you have no weapons nor soldiers.
 It is not easy to proclaim a Revolution when your people are enslaved, oppressed, exiled, imprisoned, rendered poor, living under a totalitarian regime.
 You are enslaved, without weapons, isolated, fearful, abused day and night, not allowed to speak out. What would you do in order to find freedom? To whom will you turn to? If you turn to a powerful nation (like the USA), you will be called a traitor. If you ask for Freedom, you will be called a Zionist. If you say I feel pain, you will be accused of not being a loving brother but an enemy. What kind of Revolution will you follow? If you follow the Palestinian example of Revolution (Intifada), you will be destroyed. If you follow the French example of Revolution, you will be crushed.

All that you need in order to be liberated, is a Cedar Revolution.

 What is the Cedar Revolution?
 “To what shall we compare the [Cedar Revolution], or what parable can we use for it? [Mark 4:30].

 “The [Cedar Revolution] is like a mustard seed that [the Patriarch] took and sowed in [Lebanon].” [Mat 13:31].
It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the [Lebanese people from different denominations] come and dwell in its branches.'” [Mat 13:32].
“The [Cedar Revolution] is like yeast that [the Patriarch] took and mixed with [all Lebanese denominations] until the whole [Lebanon] was leavened.” [Mat 13:33].
“This is how it is with the Cedar Revolution; it is as if [the Patriarch] were to scatter [his words of Truth] on [Lebanon] and would sleep and rise night and day and [his words] would sprout and grow, he knows not how. Of its own accord [Lebanon] yields fruit, first the [Druze], then the [Sunnis], then the [Shiites]. And when [it is time], the [Patriarch] wields the sickle at once, for the [Independence] has come."[Mark 4:26-29]

This Cedar Revolution can never be reached and succeeded unless it is based on the culture of peace & love despite persecution & terror. In other words, the Cedar Revolution can succeed only if it is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ.
The teaching of Jesus is the secret behind the success of the Cedar Revolution.

 What is the Strategy?

 The Cedar Revolution consists in Truth, Trust & Love in order to win the hearts of all people, and consequently defeat the Tyrant. In order to win the hearts and minds of all your people, you need to follow the following strategy:

 1- No Despair: “Therefore do not be afraid of them. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known.” [Mat 10:26]. All that the secret intelligence is doing will be revealed.

 2- Expose evil: “What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.” [Mat 10:27]. Start to use media (Newspaper, radio, TV, Internet) to expose the evil deeds of the Tyrant but prudently. As a result, the Tyrant may hurt some of you (assassination, prison, exile, bearing false testimonies against you).

 3- No Fear of Terror: “And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.” [Mat 10:28]. Don’t allow fear to overcome you.

 4- Love your enemies: “But to you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.” [Luke 6:27].
  The Tyrant will try to divide you, to give you an impression that some of your people are real enemies against your freedom. Do good to these “enemies”. Tell them that you love their person but not evil. That’s what the Patriarch did. He expressed his love towards the pro-oppressors, but he spoke the Truth about the evil deeds that were happening. The Tyrant usually gets furious when he is loved, but he remains paralyzed and confused. If you practice this teaching, you will win the hearts of many people, even the hearts of your adversaries.

 5- “Bless those who curse you” [Luke 6:28]: It is very wise not to be drawn into an argument with those who curse you. That’s what the Patriarch did. He did not respond to the voices who called him names and to those who cursed him.
The Patriarch’s and the Opposition’s non-reaction in front of curses and hatred won thousands of people’s hearts.

 6- “Pray for those who mistreat you.” [Luke 6:28]:

 7- No violence: “To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic.” [Luke 6:29]. That reminds me of the pro-tyrant demonstration with knives and rifles and the opposition demonstration with candles in 2001.

 8- No Personal Interest: “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself”. [Luke 9:23]. “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.” [Luke 9:24]. Put your love for your people above your personal interest.

 9- Bear Persecution: “Take up [your] cross daily and follow me.” [Luke 9:23]. “What profit is there for one to gain the whole world yet lose or forfeit himself?” [Luke 9:25]. That reminds me of the thousands of young people who experienced imprisonment and physical & emotional abuse.

 10- Never Judge: “Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven.” [Luke 6:37]. The Patriarch never judged the persons of the pro-Tyrant, but he spoke out about the abuses. Their own deeds and words will judge them and destroy them.