Real Christianity in a Fallen World

No government will stand and we are starting to see the end of time of worldly governments. The great empires of the past: Grecian, Roman, Egyptian, Persian, and the Babylonian have fallen along with many others. All great world systems must come to an end and it is exciting to those who believe in Christ Jesus, for His kingdom shall never end.

Oh America, the lady statue is swaying. Her foundation has crumbled. The Chief Cornerstone was there, but He has been removed and replaced with sand. Sand washes in the hourglass of time and there will no foundation for her. She will fall and so will her children in due time.

The parallels of America and the biblical Israel are almost unbelievable. Both nations escaped persecution and were built on biblical principals. They completely left where they were to escape religious persecution and came to a new land filled with natural resources. Once they both stopped honoring God, problems began from both inside the country and outside the country. Both became very prosperous, which was the beginning of the fall. Yes, America and capitalism will fall and we are beginning to see the end of it unless we turn to God as a nation.

We have completely taken God out of our country, out of our economic system, and out of our lives. Few starve for God’s word today even though many go through the rituals of church on Sunday. Unless we worship Him in Spirit and truth and our heart is for God, we are doing nothing but rituals. Listen to the few choice words God had for Israel in Isaiah 1: (NLT)

2 Listen, O heavens! Pay attention, earth! This is what the LORD says:
“The children I raised and cared for, have rebelled against me.
3 Even an ox knows its owner, and a donkey recognizes its master’s care—
but Israel (America) doesn’t know its master. My people don’t recognize my care for them.”
4 Oh, what a sinful nation they are—loaded down with a burden of guilt.
They are evil people, corrupt children who have rejected the LORD.
They have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him.
5 Why do you continue to invite punishment? Must you rebel forever?
Your head is injured, and your heart is sick. (economically, natural disasters, spiritually)
6 You are battered from head to foot—covered with bruises, welts, and infected wounds without any soothing ointments or bandages. (we are like homeowners that keep borrowing more to get ourselves out of trouble, but it is catching up to us)
7 Your country lies in ruins, and your towns are burned. Foreigners plunder your fields before your eyes and destroy everything they see.(Foreign governments are purchasing our land from the money that we are borrowing from them)
10 Listen to the LORD, you leaders of “Sodom.” Listen to the law of our God, people of “Gomorrah.”
11 “What makes you think I want all your sacrifices?” says the LORD. (don’t appease God)
“I am sick of your burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fattened cattle.
I get no pleasure from the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
12 When you come to worship me, who asked you to parade through my courts with all your ceremony?
13 Stop bringing me your meaningless gifts; the incense of your offerings disgusts me!
As for your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath and your special days for fasting—they are all sinful and false.
I want no more of your pious meetings.
14 I hate your new moon celebrations and your annual festivals.
They are a burden to me. I cannot stand them!
15 When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look. Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.
16 Wash yourselves and be clean! Get your sins out of my sight. Give up your evil ways.
17 Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans.
Fight for the rights of widows.
18 “Come now, let’s settle this,” says the LORD.
“Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow.
Though they are red like crimson. I will make them as white as wool.
19 If you will only obey me, you will have plenty to eat.
20 But if you turn away and refuse to listen, you will be devoured by the sword of your enemies.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”
21 See how Jerusalem, once so faithful, has become a prostitute.
Once the home of justice and righteousness, she is now filled with murderers.
22 Once like pure silver, you have become like worthless slag.
Once so pure, you are now like watered-down wine.
23 Your leaders are rebels, the companions of thieves. All of them love bribes and demand payoffs, but they refuse to defend the cause of orphans or fight for the rights of widows. (Would this be political PACs (Political Actions Committees) where our
leaders give away the peoples power via campaign contributions?)
24 Therefore, the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says,
“I will take revenge on my enemies and pay back my foes!
25 I will raise my fist against you.
I will melt you down and skim off your slag.
I will remove all your impurities.
26 Then I will give you good judges again and wise counselors like you used to have.
Then Jerusalem will again be called the Home of Justice and the Faithful City.”
27 Zion will be restored by justice; those who repent will be revived by righteousness.
28 But rebels and sinners will be completely destroyed, and those who desert the LORD will be consumed.
29 You will be ashamed of your idol worship…
31 The strongest among you will disappear like straw; their evil deeds will be the spark
that sets it on fire. They and their evil works will burn up together, and no one will be able to put out the fire.

Consider your ways, of those who were once the land of the free. The enemy is at the gate, the walls are breached and our God is waiting for us to turn our ways toward Him. Shall we take up His cause, or shall we be consumed in His wrath? It is not God that has done this to us, it is us, the people of America, that have abandoned Him and His protection. Let us turn to Him and he will heal our land!

“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land” 2 Chronicles 7:14.

One government will stand the test of time. It will be set up by God, a perfect government. If you want to be a part of that perfect government, ask Jesus to come into your heart. Contact me and I will call you and pray the prayer of salvation with you.

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