Is This God’s Final Warning To America?

Is This God’s Final Warning To America?
Published May 26, 2009 by Jan Markell
Bible Prophecy Today

America is at a crossroads. Many are asking if she can be saved, or has God abandoned America? What a pitiful conclusion, if so, for a nation that has been a beacon of hope for the oppressed of the world. How often has America banded to fight off aggression or traveled to the ends of the earth to aid the less fortunate? How many missionaries has she provided to the world saving an untold number of lost souls?

Some say America must be punished for her sins, but are they really that much more grave than other wealthy nation? Luke 12:48 reminds us that from those given a great deal will be required much more. Have we used our God-given assets properly?

My radio guest on May 16 was John McTernan, author of God’s Final Warning to America and As America Has Done to Israel. (As America Has Done to Israel will be on my Web site in the next few days.) Since 1987, John has tracked judgment on America when we abuse the unborn, look the other way at the radical gay agenda, and cause any kind of harm to God’s covenant land of Israel. Some have “issues” with this. I am not sure why since there is a biblical illustration for each category. Ever heard of Sodom and Gomorrah?

Right now America is torn in two, and the more Obama pushes the division of Israel, the more division there will be in our country. It has far surpassed the clever little red state-blue state illustration of a few years ago. Now it is hard-core secular humanist liberalism vs. traditional values and biblical values’ people butting heads. Just this rampant division in our country is judgment. We cannot all get along! The chasm of division grows more each day!

America is trillions of dollars in debt. More than 60% of the country is experiencing a drought. Two million houses are in foreclosure. Read Deuteronomy 28 to see how God dealt with a rebellious Israel. Why would He do less to a rebellious America?

Recently Homeland Security declared millions of good people “right-wing extremists.” Janet Napolitano has now pulled that position paper due to the outcry. Nonetheless, very good people were called evil with overtones of Isaiah 5:20 at play. Let’s be honest and say this kind of labeling was going on long before the Obama administration came to power but now it is on fast-forward.

Dr. James Dobson stated that “America is awash in evil.” He also stated in WorldNetDaily on May 14, 2009, “There is utter evil coming out of the U.S. Congress.” Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-TX) has been reporting on the “pedophile protection act” being promoted by Congress. He states, “If we don’t have another awakening, I’m not sure what’s left (of America).” Dobson concurs and says that the threat to religious rights “keeps me awake at night.”

Under certain circumstances, names for Jesus or symbols of Jesus must be covered up as ordered by the Obama administration. If any prayer is to be used in any service or ceremony, it must be approved and likely will be stricken out. There is almost unbelievable news that our Pentagon is burning Bibles. Do we even have a right to expect God’s favor on America?

Thankfully some Christian leaders and pastors are speaking up and risking all, but for the most part, the church is asleep. A nation is only as strong as her churches are strong. A passage was given to Israel that can be applied to our day, which reads,

“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, then turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and will heal their land” (II Chronicles 7:14).

The verse is not directed at the devil’s crowd! The responsibility for turning around the direction of a country falls heavily on people of faith.

Unfortunately many churches today don’t want to preach about judgment. They are spiritually anesthetized. They have not been taught to fear the Lord but rather, that God is all about love because that makes people come to church. Many pastors and ministry leaders would never put a big part of the blame on America’s demise onto the church! They’re into church growth and don’t make waves or people won’t return next week. Praise needs to be extended to pastors and church leaders who are holding to truth, who are telling the truth, and who are warning of serious judgment occurring now and in the future.

This past spring, “America’s pastor,” Rick Warren, reversed himself on California’s “Proposition 8.” He ultimately apologized to the gay community for his endorsement of it. And we expect God’s blessing when “America’s pastor” does this? I realize many reading this do not consider Rick their pastor, but let’s be honest, many do. America’s “other pastor” is Joel Osteen who said on Larry King that he’s just glad Obama “loves the Lord.” Why the sugar-coating? Why not tell the inconvenient truth?

We have reached a point where we can only pray that God would have mercy in His judgment on America, and that He would send an outpouring of His Spirit to help beat back the rampant evil of our times. Perhaps right now our only focus should be on evangelism before the Ark door shuts once again. Maybe it is too late for petitions and pleading with Congress to do things right. Maybe our focus should be eternal, not earthly. But once an individual or a nation gives up, the slide can be at rapid pace and no one wants to see that. The Bible doesn’t tell Christians to be “salt and light” just up to a certain point in history and then quit!

Thus I would exhort you to press on and speak up for righteousness, for “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people” (Proverbs 14:34).
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