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The Fall of the United States, Prologue

3/6/2014

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Prophecy News Update – March 6, 2014

The Fall of the United States, prologue

     Well . . . many of you who come here frequently may have noticed that I’ve not posted on this blog in a long time.  That is not without purpose.  Maybe a better way to express this is that it is more out of fear of what I would be writing than any purpose of God.  Let me explain.

     Ever since the late 1980’s I’ve known in my heart that it would only be a matter of time until our country would fall.  I am not sure that this was as much from some kind of prophetic foreknowledge as much as it was from being student of history.  (By the way, before I write anything else know that I do not desire nor delight in this.  I have always been a patriot, and love my country very much.  My heart aches when I think of what we were given and where we've taken it over my lifetime.  My hope is that very soon I can also say that my knees ache from prayer offered for the restoration of the church in this nation.)  The three things that I knew would bring our country to its knees – or to destruction – was first the rejection of God and absolute truth that was an integral part of the agenda of multiculturalism.  Second was the sexual revolution that took place in the 1960’s that had its foundation laid by the previous generation’s hypocrisy.  That revolution, that many thought was relegated to the 1960’s has actually never stopped.  It has had an ongoing incrementalism that has gained speed over the years to the point of overthrowing how we view sexuality, marriage, and family.  We’ve moved from revolution to a fundamental transformation of our society.  The third and final sphere of this fall is how our form of government has also been incrementally changing as well.  That too has sped up over the years.  We are now watching the government of our nation fundamentally changed as our founding documents are being openly ignored by our leaders.  We are quickly becoming a nation of decrees rather than a nation of laws.

     I need to admit that for the past year or so I’ve watched this happen with gathering intensity and speed.  My response has followed two directions – despair and disobedience.  The despair has been because I have been slowly coming to the conclusion that this may be irreversible.  It seems no matter what is done – the march toward destruction seems to be undeterred by both our people and our leaders.  That led to the disobedience.  I reached a point where I threw up my hands and said, “Oh well, what can I do?”  It has only been as I’ve watched where this led me spiritually over the course of a year that I’ve seen it as a foolish thing to have done.  The end of 2013 and the start of 2014 was a time of intense soul-searching.  During that time I saw that hopelessness and despair only lead to abandoning the fact that God is sovereign over all time.  That error – ignoring His ultimate sovereignty not just over history, but over MY history – led to a general carelessness spiritually.  I thank Him that He did not abandon me, but has convicted me greatly of my sin – and has called me to back to Himself.  That also means a call back to viewing history through the clear lens of His ultimate sovereignty as well as through His ultimate purpose.  That purpose is clearly delineated for us in Scripture.  With the Scriptures as my compass, therefore, it is my intent to once again begin looking at what is happening and possibly going to happen in the near future.

     Over the next several posts/articles it is my intent to share why I believe the fall of the United States is very near.  I am aware that such a statement is highly inflammatory to many but I neither make it lightly, nor do I do so without Scriptural precedent.  Please understand that these are not going to be politically motivated articles.  Politics has long been a Trojan horse to the Christian community.  We’ve been duped by political strategists who have promised change and action – but have delivered very little of either.  In being so duped, the church has spent very little of her precious capital on spiritual renewal and revival.  She has not turned to God in repentance and cries for His restoration.  Repentance and prayer have been the things God has used to return His people to Himself – and yet these have been jettisoned and considered outdated for our days.  The old paths are still there – abandoned – but still there.  God’s intent, saints, is not to save our nation, but to call a people to Himself through the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ. 

     Two passages of Scripture will probably dominate these posts, so you might want to familiarize yourself with them.  The first is Matthew 5:13 and the second is Romans 1:17-29.  If you want to do any other advance reading, you can take a trip through the major and minor prophets as well.  The passages in Matthew and Romans will explain our particular national predicament – or – how did we get here?  The perusal of the prophets will give you information as to what God says to a nation in spiritual, moral, and therefore national decline.

     Please understand that my intent in writing these articles is not to place myself anywhere except among all of us.  The “us” to which I refer is the church as Jesus and Scripture define and describe it.  My need of what I write about is just as intense as anyone who reads this.  Our ONLY HOPE is repentance and return to God.  A revival in God’s church would be awesome – but know that it might not be a guarantee that our nation will be restored.  God promises that if we repent and return we will get Him.  We are not guaranteed that the good ole’ United States we once knew will be restored.  But then again, if that is what we have in the forefront of our minds, could it be that a national idolatry might be part of the problem as well?  Is not God Himself the prize which we seek?  Is not a revived church, no matter what the eventual trajectory of our nation, what is in the best interests of all?  Is not a return to gospel saltiness in our culture what will glorify God more than anything else? 

     Nations have risen up and they have fallen since the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  Daniel might remind us that as he watched – a stone cut without hands hit a statue that represented the greatest nations and cultures that would arise in history.  They all crumbled, but that stone grew into a great mountain and dominated the scene for all eternity.  That stone is Jesus Christ, before Whom all nations shall one day bow.  Our place in history will NOT be ultimately related to the United States, but to Him.  It would be wise for us to remember that – now and into the future – which may seem uncertain now – but if I read Scripture right – should not be if we hold fast to the Living Stone.


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