We hear folks in these forums that appear to prefer to believe that almost anything of real import that OUR government says, is false. Then,when speaking of
the mass murder of 9/11, come up with a statement that says; " Iran doesn't even believe they are responsible, so why should I ?" That statement my friends, says
a great deal in few words !
Then another wonders just how a Christian can believe that a person must accept Christ to be saved and still believe that the Jews are a chosen people, with a chosen
land and destiny. He wonders just how we Christians can accommodate such a diverse view. Such is the kind of queries I often hear from some who have perhaps
attended a church for a time and left without a working knowledge of the basic tenets of Christianity ! Sometimes the person is at fault, very often the "church" is
either poorly led or a "social gospel' entity that does not disciple their people in the real Gospel.
Some have even declared our government to be a dictatorship..only a person who turns a blind eye to much of the world ( N. Korea, China, Cuba, Venezuela, Sudan,
Tanzania and a hundred other countries, would call the US a "dictatorship".
We have all opined as to how we got into such a fix as we are in at the moment, and each has offered their wisdom...
The following is an opinion piece..and each can either take it or trash it..doesn't matter..
Our destiny as a nation and as a world is being played out at this moment in time, and I believe that perhaps the die is already cast ! Little difference will be made
whichever political party presides. It would have mattered little whether the Titanic after hitting the ice berg, was being guided by the first mate or it's proper captain;
the end result would be the same ! The proper Captain may delay the sinking for a time, but the outcome was inevitable..
Our ship of state, our great nation, was founded upon Christian principles..by Christian men. Our nation has been blessed by Almighty God, for about it's first 200
years, simply because we had a mission to fulfill; and we have failed in that mission.
We have been so blessed, both spiritually and materially, that over those first 200 years we became quite complacent . Many enjoyed the material blessings and ignored the
spiritual blessings...and responsibilities..
" Having undertaken for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith..." (first sentence of the Mayflower Compact, our nation's "birth certificate" 1620)
" It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible"..(G. Washington)
" What student would learn in school above all, is the religion of Jesus Christ." G. Washington ( to Deleware Chiefs..May 12, 1779)
"We have been assured in the sacred writings.. 'Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it' ". (Benj Franklin, addressing Constitutional convention 1787)
" Our Constitution was made for a moral and religious people, it is wholly inadequate to the government of any other". (John Adams 10/11/1798
" It cannot be emphasized too clearly and too often, that this nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religion, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ !"
( Patrick Henry, addressing the Virginia House of Burgesses, May 1765)
As pointed out in the well researched book, THE LIGHT AND THE GLORY by the one-time Senate Chaplin Peter Marshall, the very origins and founding of this nation were
all a part of God's plan, just as the nation if Israel was in times past. We can see how time and again, the Jews had their times of closeness to God and the nation prospered.
Then there were the times when in their affluence and smugness, they forgot their God...and he allowed their enemies to bring them down.
Do we see a pattern ?
Sometimes, with a good and faithful leader such as Josiah, God offered them a reprieve...but if they still did not repent and return..the die was cast..a humbling and either
actual or economic slavery..
Too many today have turned away from God in their "education sophistication" to be able to preserve the blessings we once enjoyed, for about 200 years..
The last 30 years or so, many Americans have been much engrossed in digging our own pit ! We now take for "normal", disgusting sins and perversions that not only our founding
fathers condemned, but our God considered as "abominations". In some cases we have fallen so far that we have made laws to protect such disgraceful conduct !
Well, the Congress can make all kinds of laws protecting such practices from men who find such sin repugnant, but their laws cannot protect them from an angry God !
God directly addresses both the educationally sophisticated and the depraved in (Romans chapter 1) a good read !
Unbelievers may point out all the phony cult leaders and "preachers" (such as Rev Wright) they they care to, we are well aware of them, having been warned 2,000 years ago
in ( Matt 7:15).
Yes, we are in for some bleak future..and I don't know if a sudden revival can save the situation now ! In any case, there will still be those that still "don't get it", and that
may well be enough to seal the nations fate !
Some unbelievers like to call it "Karma'..nationally, just another word for God's justice..we have seen it work with the Jews (God's chosen) and it can work as well with
America (God's blessed).
Still doubting God's special relationship with the Jews ? Notice: After national destruction and a 2,000 year diaspora, the Jews retained their language, customs and faith ...
and now have a homeland,something no other nation has ever done...SELAH (means, pause:think about that)....
Again, just my $.02..take it or trash it ! ..but don't say I never told you !