America’s place in prophecy
I truly believe that while we cannot stop the march of prophecy, we can determine our place in it. Americans do not have to go the way of the world, however, it seems that we are destining ourselves to do so. To me, verses like Romans 12:21, “Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good” and the parable told by Jesus in Luke 19:13 where the nobleman told his servants to “Occupy till I come” are excellent instruction. Even Peter and the apostles in Acts 5:29, “We ought to obey God rather than men” and Jesus in Matthew 29:19-20, “Go ye therefore and teach all the nations…to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you…” should erase apathy in the hearts of disciples of Christ.
Our forefathers settled the United States seeking freedom of religion in the name of Christ Jesus. We are blessed today with freedom of speech and of religion and a representative form of government based on laws derived from God’s laws because of prayers, work, blood and toil of those who came before us. Very few seem to care. Self interest, instead of motivating good government, has reversed citizenship responsibilities of self government. We have allowed hirelings to sooth our souls with vain and deceptive words resulting in the very tyranny that our forefathers fought so hard against. A rebellion was sparked over a two-cent tax on tea, but today we accept government taking 40% of our labors in taxes.
A Rasmussen survey of 1,000 likely voters conducted on April 15-16 revealed that only 16% of voters believe the federal government today has the consent of the governed. Some 54% consider the federal government a threat to individual liberty rather than a protector. As recent as December 2012, 46% described the federal government a threat to liberty, meaning that people are increasingly seeing that government does not serve the interests of the people. This, according to Rasmussen, is consistent across majorities of Democrats, Republicans and unaffiliated voters–that the government itself “has become a special interest group that looks out primarily for its own interests.”
Americans are experiencing government tyranny as not since British rule. As a nation, we always have been that refuge for God’s people–both Jew and Gentile. We always have been the nation that reaches out to other nations with the message of Christ. Today, we have attracted the satanic and instead of rebuking it, those who are our leaders embrace it. Some say America is the Great Mystery Babylon, others say America is the safe haven. There is no mention of America in the Bible–as far as location, the Bible is a Middle Eastern, Jerusalem-centric document. As citizens, we have the power and authority to replace evil with good. Our place in prophecy awaits. Our choice collectively teeters between who we were and who we are.
