It is very naive and shortsighted to think that you will escape the type of troubles that have been common to all that lived in the history of the world just because your a Christian living in America. Americans tend to think that the future in America will continue much the same as they have experienced it over their short lives. They tend to think that no great troubles will impact their own generation. Nothing could be further from the truth.<\/p>\n
There is nothing new under the sun, events on earth run in cycles. There is a time for everything. Americans just went through a time of relative peace and prosperity at home and now, very likely, we will go through a time of war, civil strife and economic hard times. There has not been widespread great distress for quite some time for most people in the United States so we in America tend to have this false notion that hard times, conflicts and strife only impacts those that live in other nations.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, all world powers rise and fall. When kingdoms fall they fall by wars, civil and economic strife, pestilences and such. Christians in this nation have bought into the falsehood that their own security can be guaranteed by just changing the make up of their government. Many Christians now even think that they can change our secular nation to be more Christian by supporting professional politicians who are often themselves deceived by cults and heretics.<\/p>\n
After uniting with Catholics and a New Age Mormon the latest move of too many Evangelicals is to hitch there wagon to hand picked politicians and Dominion Theology heretics. When the American Family Association (AFA) joins with New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) Dominion Theology heretics to promote a globalist politician’s call to prayer we see serious discernment issues. When Evangelicals think lip service to God by a politician and the claims of presumptuous and heretical NAR leaders provides answers for our nations ills, they are deceived.<\/p>\n
The Christian commission is to give the gospel to the lost of the world. We are not commissioned to take the world for Christ and to force Christianity on those that reject it. Christians are not going to restore the world to some kind of presumptions redemption and thus prevent the downward spiral into self destruction that God has already told us will happen. Yet, many Evangelicals have joined with nominal Christian politicians, heretics, false prophets and cult leaders to try to engineer a Christian social agenda in America and the world.<\/p>\n
There will be no American restoration coming through these means. Even if the Americans do elect such people they will not solve our problems. In fact, doing so after first allowing this permissive society free reign will bring riots and martial law. The Liberal ruling and dependent class make it abundantly clear what they think of Conservatives. Anyone thinking that the Liberals will not resort to violence to get their way is out of touch with world history. The enemies of America are already in America and they like to call themselves “progressive” Americans. Some of these “progressive” people are so radical that they have no problem calling American conservatives, terrorists or racists because name calling and lies are just a means to an end with those that embrace the lies of Marxism.<\/p>\n
These rebels in America are Spock kids or they are the offspring of Spock kids that were brought up without parental discipline. Many have done little that is constructive in their lives. Take away the social programs that they depend on for their support and you can be sure that they will burn the American cities just to get their own way. Once the riots start, we will be under martial law and the government will forbid any speech that might upset the riotous and often demonically controlled mob Left. Therefore, restrictions on giving the gospel is just as likely, or even more likely, to come from the Right as a reaction to try to appease the Left.<\/p>\n
American Christians not only have their priorities mixed up, they do not even understand why they dwell on this fallen planet. This country and the world is not our home and we are not going to fix the world. Our job is to give people with ears to hear the gospel message so they can be saved out of it. Christians in this country are so naive. They think that things will go on as they have, just because they live in America. Or else they think that they will just fly away in the Rapture and escape it all before any persecution or material or physical harm comes their way. Where is that in the Bible?<\/p>\n
I have news for those counting on a quick escape, just because they are Americans. Things are going to get much much worse in this country in this decade and that is very likely going to take place before any end of the age Rapture. We do not know when the Rapture will happen but I do know that the timing of the Rapture is not dependent on America. The Rapture will not come until the restrainer is taken out of the way. This is not contingent on the prosperity or even the survival of America. Many pre-trib Christians seem to think the Rapture revolves around the Church in America.<\/p>\n
The Rapture did not happen before the black death in Europe, it did not happen before the great civil war in the United States, it did not happen before the world wars, and it is not likely to happen just because America goes into decline. The truth is that life in America is going to get much more difficult. If we are not destroyed as a nation, it will only be because of God’s long-suffering and mercy. This nation has no reason to continue to be specially blessed by God. The people here in general have rejected God. Don’t think that God is not aware that Christians in America would become more mature and useable if they lived under conditions that where not so physically comfortable and secure.<\/p>\n
The bottom line is that I think many bad things are going to happen in the next decade in America. If your measurement of success as a Christian is preserving your wealth and luxuries you may find that they will be taken out of the equation for you.<\/p>\n
So knowing that all the striving of man is vanity how should Christians live?<\/p>\n
Mic 6:8\u00a0 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?<\/p>\n
Lu 10:27\u00a0 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.<\/p>\n
Ec 2:24\u00a0 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.<\/p>\n
Mr 16:15\u00a0 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In other words, enjoy the good things that you worked for on earth, love God and thank God for your life and salvation, help others with their needs, and tell people about the free gift of salvation offered by Jesus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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