America in Peril

GOD calls for the leaders of America to repent from all sin, in government, in business, and especially in the ruling Christian churches. For together, their decisions have fostered sin's dominion over the land. This in turn has brought every affliction American citizens are facing today. This lecture will focus on the Bible's passages proving that any country who truly follows GOD (not in word only but in deed) will not suffer ANY disease, natural disaster, or war. GOD would have the legal right to come and dwell among His faithful people. So if our leaders were to abandon the many sinful practices, (sins even a little child can see) then and only then can "GOD bless America." But He can never give His blessing to sin, for sin is destroying the very fabric of life, and GOD'S work is to remove all sin, period. For the day is coming when this Earth will be sin-free, but not because of man's voluntary effort, oh no. The tyrants running this world will never voluntarily step down. They must be forcibly removed. This is where Christ the "King of kings and LORD of lords" comes to crush the regime masquerading as righteous. History verifies that in Christ's day the civil and religious leaders were called to step down, to humble themselves before the Son of GOD Who alone can deliver us from the jurisdiction of Satan's power. But they would not. And so it is today. The devil is deceiving our leaders with his "great signs and wonders" fostering a betrayal encompassing every member of the human family, leading all to stand condemned before the same Law that condemns him.

Environmentally, economically, and morally "the Land of the Free" has been for many years in steady decline. GOD has ordained this slow progress to ruin, providing sufficient evidence of our clear and present danger, to give His children the opportunity to repent, that His Spirit may dwell in their souls.

Only through GOD'S gentle hand has our land slowly weakened. In both national security and human virtue America lies vulnerable to attack from a host of threats. For a hundred years our nation has been ravaged by every conceivable threat: from the economic stranglehold imposed by the world's bankers, four major wars with the fifth in progress and a sixth on its way, multiple epidemics of crime and disease, the never-ending droughts, fires, floods, tornados, hurricanes, industrial pollution, and general greed of the populous, all fostered by a system of government and business ethics that allows for lying, theft and even murder, for the so-called greater good. The most fundamental teaching of Scripture is the moral ethic to never, under any circumstances shed innocent blood. The patriarchs, prophets, and good kings always lived by this maxim. The United States does not obey this pinnacle law of heaven. As a result, the innocent blood this land has on its hands must be and will be met with an equivalent retribution. This has always been GOD'S method to confront the hardness of men's hearts. In forcing them to go through what they've caused others to go through, GOD'S purpose is to lead men to repent. But rarely does GOD'S appointed method succeed in freewill beings. But there are some with sufficient humility of conscience to acknowledge their wrongs and repent before a GOD who is eager to forgive. Nevertheless, the law of science and Scripture's doctrine agree: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." Galatians 6:7.

       Decade after decade, the continuing trend of America's meddling in every structure of life has produced harmful results, in nearly every case. You'd think that with all the history of mismanagement in national and international affairs causing such levels of animosity in other countries that our leaders would revise their offensive value system to disarm this animosity. But their continued employment of the sins of deception, theft and betrayal simply for profit, Bible prophecy forecasts will never end, even to the utter destruction of our world. "For the love of money is the root of all evil." I Tim.6;10. And this country fertilizes the very root of evil!
       As a result of America's war against heaven's definition of decency, GOD will, in the end, have no legal right to foil the plans of America's enemies (from within and without), enemies our very sins have fostered. And worst of all, America's reputation as a "Christian" nation brings shame to the LORD Jesus Christ. Every sin, even those evangelized by the church slanders GOD, "seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame." Heb.6:6.
       Ultimately, our actions are as foolish as providing a weapon to the one whose sole purpose is to use it against us. And although our nation's fall may be slow, (by the grace of GOD'S longsuffering), the finality of our nation's demise is sure.

There is a simple reason why this land keeps facing hardship. The historical parallel may found in the story of ancient Israel. The principles of GOD'S relationship with Israel are the same in how He relates to all nations, as the Apostle Peter so clearly stated, "God is no respecter of persons." This is one more area where the Bible shines its light in the darkness of our world, that none be left blind to the issues of the great controversy over sin's authority to afflict every living thing.

       As the threats increase, destabilizing our nation, there will come a corresponding response from the people: always reflecting, to one degree or another, the fundamental desire of all life: to survive. Today, these are times of relative security. And to see the extent of crime and callous indifference in this general time of peace and prosperity one can just imagine what men will do when the essentials of life are denied: especially in those densely populated areas where natural resources are grossly limited to people's access.
       In Florida, the threat of a hurricane over a given area causes gas stations to run out of gas in a single day; grocery store shelves get stripped of life's provisions in a single day. Our very system providing life's sustenance is a very fragile system, where one threat of nature can cripple a large area of population. Now just imagine multiple threats coming simultaneously over the entire country, a multi-pronged assault of war, natural disasters, pandemic and famine. What do you think the citizens of America will do? Will they be rational or irrational in their response? Will they demand of our leaders the sacrifice of innocent life simply to continue living a life of selfish indifference? The lesson of history gives us the answer: Yes. The innocent have always paid (dearly) for the selfish indifference of others. The desperate people will gather, and those who lust for power will come forward to lead. This will begin a chain reaction whose consequence to innocent life cannot be measured. Mob mentality will bring a wave of insanity this nation has never seen before. It is despicable what men will do in numbers what they would never do alone.
       To illustrate the weakness of character, a university study showed that the average American when denied only three meals, and no food is available in the foreseeable future, he, or she will become homicidal. So, basically, in a little over a day the average American will consider murder as a means of survival. Will the recommended remedies of our civil leaders be sufficient to preserve the security of our citizens under such a panoply of threats? Bible prophecy says No. Scripture declares that our leaders, in order to keep their paychecks, will make decisions that only increase the severity of the judgments of GOD on this land. And the decisions made by our religious leaders, who have made sin a tradition, will escalate ten-fold the afflictions of our land when they come forward and demand the lawmakers enforce the worship of God, under the pretense of insuring GOD'S protection for America and calming people's fears. But this so-called remedy is in denial of Christ's explicit command to all who claim obedience to Him (Lu.22:25,26). When church and state unite, America will utterly collapse, in fulfillment of the words of David, "It is time for thee, LORD to work: for they have made void thy law." This "work" of GOD is not one of blessing, but one of His removal. And when GOD leaves, look out! The devil comes; and he's been looking forward to this moment for a long time; and the things he will do through nature, war, and disease, we have no concept of his power over the elements. The Bible describes them all, but men are willfully blind.

The Bible warns that this scenario is a non-fiction prediction. In preparation for this real future, let us ask, What can be done to turn this around? Can anything be done to reverse the direction of the American system of values? "Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him." Acts 10:34,35. In this declaration proclaimed under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, there seen a universal doctrine: one that extends to every nation of Earth.
Among the most solemn times of Earth's history, GOD gave the children of Israel the Ten Commandments. In this act He gave the whole world the Ten Commandments: the tangible evidence of what we have known all along to be true in our hearts-knowing right from wrong. When GOD gave the children of Israel the Moral Law, as well as the laws of government and of diet, did He not give them to bless every nation who would believe His counsel guarantying a nation's security, personal prosperity of its citizens and a stable health for all? For any to declare GOD'S counsel to apply only to the Jews is a statement of the most primitive ignorance. But this is what we hear, over and over again, concerning the laws of health, government, and even the Ten Commandments, especially the Fourth Commandment, the one Christians and atheists alike have turned their backs on. People are clueless to the fact that the devil doesn't care which sacred Law he leads men to violate. Anyone will do.

But the fact remains that the way GOD dealt with ancient Israel He deals with every nation: the blessings promised and the warnings of destruction for a nation's infidelity to moral decency. Let us review the words of the GOD of Creation and see their application to where we are today.

Exodus 15:26 If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

Deut.7:11-15 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers: And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.

These words are GOD'S promise to overrule the affliction of disease on any people who uphold their allegiance to GOD'S Commandments, because GOD is no respecter of persons. What He gives to one He gives to all. The following are more extensive passages expounding in greater detail the same principles where a people who truly live under GOD'S jurisdiction are spared the onslaught of Satan's swarm of afflictions.