Will America Survive?
Will America Survive?
A Nation Ready To Fall?
For those of us who live in America and are reborn into new life through the power and grace of God and through the works of Jesus Christ, we understand that God’s kingdom and God’s good plans and purposes are most important. We understand that God’s wisdom is far above our understanding and not even comparable, for we are God’s creation and how can the created thing have any merit or insight over that of the Creator?
We who read scripture and especially the prophetic scripture of God’s plans and purposes for the world in these last days can see that there is no reference to a superpower nation within the Western Hemisphere that plays any role or purpose in the final moments of God’s prophetic plans.
We can also observe that there are numerous examples of how God’s prophecies have come to pass and are a clear indication that we are in the final moments of the world system that has been presided over with continuous evil intent by the prince of the power of the air.
Ephesians 2:2 NASB
[2] in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
We are now keenly aware in America that the country has been rushing headlong into a physical destruction that by any rational observation would seem completely absurd to continue. The increasing hardships being put upon the citizens of the nation and the accommodation for complete and utter lawlessness from coast to coast has never been experienced in this nation’s history.
The obvious destruction and intentional lawlessness are but two elements of the destruction of the nation. There is a far more important measure of the impending trouble against the nation that is embodied within the broad movement to enshrine and normalize the most abhorrent evil imaginable that has been enshrined and codified into “rights” and “privileges” within a national population. This is of course the topic of ending the life of the unborn child, commonly referred to as abortion.
The recent actions by the Supreme Court of the United States to correct the ruling put forward in 1973. The original 1973 ruling laid out a framework in which a woman could decide to have an abortion for any reason during the first trimester of pregnancy, states could regulate the procedure for “preservation and protection of maternal health” during the second and could outlaw abortions during the third, except in cases involving the health or life of the mother. Within the 1973 ruling, the majority disagreed with Roe’s contention that women had the absolute right to terminate their pregnancies at any time, saying there was a “compelling state interest” in balancing the competing interests between a mother’s health and the potential life of her fetus.
The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives.
The decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey is a truly historic victory in our decades-long fight to defend the dignity and worth of every human life.
The issue of abortion has rightfully been returned to the people. The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in an opinion that split along ideological lines, with the court’s conservative majority voting to overturn the legal precedents. Alito wrote in the decision that authority to regulate abortion rests with the legislative branch of government, not the courts.
The Right to Murder
Following the SCOTUS ruling there has been an almost continuous fervor rising up to claim that there is a “right” to “terminate” (right to murder) the unborn child. Any rational God fearing person would view this increasing hostility with confusion and disbelief. The people seeking abortions were not portrayed as hostile and angry and violent toward the unborn, but at this time, their true intentions are becoming more visible to those with eyes to see and ears to hear.
Luke 8:17
[17] For nothing is hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.
Abortion in America elevated to the most convenient form of “birth control” and has been a false god of convenience to mitigate bad sex decisions between consenting adults. Even in the statistically small cases of rape and incest, killing the pre-born baby would still not justify the taking of yet another innocent life. Now that some are being presented with the elimination of the “kill the baby” option, they are proclaiming that they will practice abstinence. And this is absurdly presented as a “bad thing to do.” The casual hook-up culture of recreational sex which has contended with pregnancy as a problem solved by abortion must now face the morality of pre-marital sex and its consequences.
The fact that life begins at conception and the responsibility between the male and female that conceived the life to be responsible for that life is now a topic of conversation. This conversation is becoming a debate where one side is becoming increasingly militant in their right to murder the innocent, while the other side is expressing their continuing concern for the innocent that are being sacrificed on the alter of personal gain.
This is no different than the massive sacrifices that were made to false gods by previous cultures dating back thousands of years. Those sacrifices were to appease their false gods and to bring prosperity to the people by this appeasement. Today the large corporations that are committing to funding both the travel and procedure to terminate an inconvenient pregnancy are those same false gods. They are promising money, a more stable and potentially lucrative career in their employ, if you only give up your living unborn child in return. This is human sacrifice and it is becoming increasingly clear to to many, and it is becoming a perceived right to fight for within the population that does not fear God.
One could ask if it would be possible for America to be forgiven as a nation that has enshrined the evil and continuous practice of Abortion for nearly 50 years? Well is there any precedent for the forgiveness of an entire nation for institutionalized evil?
There are two kings that we can observe in the Old Testament which were facing destruction at a national level. Each of those Kings reached out to God as the only possible rescue for their condition. As you read these passages, consider how the leaders in the United States are either reaching out to God to address the institutionalized evil, or how they are not. Consider how the church within the United States is reaching out to God and repenting of the institutionalized evil and seeking God’s wisdom and direction in their messages, their actions, and their priorities. After you read these passages of scripture, there are some concluding thoughts to consider at the end.
King Hezekiah Seeks God’s Rescue
2 Kings 18:13-37
[13] Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them. [14] Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, "I have done wrong. Withdraw from me; whatever you impose on me I will bear." So the king of Assyria required of Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. [15] Hezekiah gave him all the silver which was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house. [16] At that time Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the doorposts which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
[17] Then the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a large army to Jerusalem. So they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they went up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the fuller's field. [18] When they called to the king, Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, came out to them.
[19] Then Rabshakeh said to them, "Say now to Hezekiah, 'Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, "What is this confidence that you have? [20] You say (but they are only empty words), 'I have counsel and strength for the war.' Now on whom do you rely, that you have rebelled against me? [21] Now behold, you rely on the staff of this crushed reed, even on Egypt; on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him. [22] But if you say to me, 'We trust in the LORD our God,' is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem'? [23] Now therefore, come, make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them. [24] How then can you repulse one official of the least of my master's servants, and rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? [25] Have I now come up without the LORD'S approval against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, 'Go up against this land and destroy it.'"'"
[26] Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah and Joah, said to Rabshakeh, "Speak now to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak with us in Judean in the hearing of the people who are on the wall." [27] But Rabshakeh said to them, "Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?"
[28] Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in Judean, saying, "Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria. [29] Thus says the king, 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you from my hand; [30] nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, "The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria." [31] Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria, "Make your peace with me and come out to me, and eat each of his vine and each of his fig tree and drink each of the waters of his own cistern, [32] until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey, that you may live and not die." But do not listen to Hezekiah when he misleads you, saying, "The LORD will deliver us." [33] Has any one of the gods of the nations delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? [34] Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand? [35] Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their land from my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'"
[36] But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's commandment was, "Do not answer him." [37] Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
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2 Kings 19:1-13
[1] And when King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of the LORD. [2] Then he sent Eliakim who was over the household with Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. [3] They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day is a day of distress, rebuke, and rejection; for children have come to birth and there is no strength to deliver. [4] Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant that is left.'"
[5] So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
[6] Isaiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to your master, 'Thus says the LORD, "Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me. [7] Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land. And I will make him fall by the sword in his own land."'"
[8] Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left Lachish. [9] When he heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, "Behold, he has come out to fight against you," he sent messengers again to Hezekiah saying,
[10] "Thus you shall say to Hezekiah king of Judah, 'Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you saying, "Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria." [11] Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be spared? [12] Did the gods of those nations which my fathers destroyed deliver them, even Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar? [13] Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, and of Hena and Ivvah?'"
2 Kings 19:14-19
[14] Then Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD. [15] Hezekiah prayed before the LORD and said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, who are enthroned above the cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
[16] Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God. [17] Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands [18] and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.
[19] Now, O LORD our God, I pray, deliver us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O Lord, are God."
2 Kings 19:20-34
[20] Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah saying, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard you.' [21] This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: 'She has despised you and mocked you, The virgin daughter of Zion; She has shaken her head behind you, The daughter of Jerusalem! [22] 'Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice, And haughtily lifted up your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!
[23] 'Through your messengers you have reproached the Lord, And you have said, "With my many chariots I came up to the heights of the mountains, To the remotest parts of Lebanon; And I cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypresses. And I entered its farthest lodging place, its thickest forest. [24] "I dug wells and drank foreign waters, And with the sole of my feet I dried up All the rivers of Egypt." [25] 'Have you not heard? Long ago I did it; From ancient times I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, That you should turn fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
[26] 'Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength, They were dismayed and put to shame; They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb, As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up. [27] 'But I know your sitting down, And your going out and your coming in, And your raging against Me. [28] 'Because of your raging against Me, And because your arrogance has come up to My ears, Therefore I will put My hook in your nose, And My bridle in your lips, And I will turn you back by the way which you came.
[29] 'Then this shall be the sign for you: you will eat this year what grows of itself, in the second year what springs from the same, and in the third year sow, reap, plant vineyards, and eat their fruit. [30] The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward. [31] For out of Jerusalem will go forth a remnant, and out of Mount Zion survivors. The zeal of the LORD will perform this.
[32] 'Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, "He will not come to this city or shoot an arrow there; and he will not come before it with a shield or throw up a siege ramp against it. [33] By the way that he came, by the same he will return, and he shall not come to this city,"' declares the LORD. [34] 'For I will defend this city to save it for My own sake and for My servant David's sake.'"
2 Kings 19:35-37
[35] Then it happened that night that the angel of the LORD went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men rose early in the morning, behold, all of them were dead. [36] So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home, and lived at Nineveh.
[37] It came about as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son became king in his place.
King Jehoshaphat Seeks God’s Rescue
2 Chronicles 20:1-4
[1] Now it came about after this that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat. [2] Then some came and reported to Jehoshaphat, saying, "A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, out of Aram and behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (that is Engedi)." [3] Jehoshaphat was afraid and turned his attention to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. [4] So Judah gathered together to seek help from the LORD; they even came from all the cities of Judah to seek the LORD.
2 Chronicles 20:5-13
[5] Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD before the new court,
[6] and he said, "O LORD, the God of our fathers, are You not God in the heavens? And are You not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand so that no one can stand against You.
[7] Did You not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend forever? [8] They have lived in it, and have built You a sanctuary there for Your name, saying,
[9] 'Should evil come upon us, the sword, or judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You (for Your name is in this house) and cry to You in our distress, and You will hear and deliver us.'
[10] Now behold, the sons of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt (they turned aside from them and did not destroy them),
[11] see how they are rewarding us by coming to drive us out from Your possession which You have given us as an inheritance.
[12] O our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this great multitude who are coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are on You."
[13] All Judah was standing before the LORD, with their infants, their wives and their children.
2 Chronicles 20:14-17
[14] Then in the midst of the assembly the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite of the sons of Asaph;
[15] and he said, "Listen, all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: thus says the LORD to you, 'Do not fear or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours but God's.
[16] Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley in front of the wilderness of Jeruel.
[17] You need not fight in this battle; station yourselves, stand and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.' Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out to face them, for the LORD is with you."
2 Chronicles 20:18-19
[18] Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the LORD, worshiping the LORD. [19] The Levites, from the sons of the Kohathites and of the sons of the Korahites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel, with a very loud voice.
2 Chronicles 20:20-30
[20] They rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa; and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, put your trust in the LORD your God and you will be established. Put your trust in His prophets and succeed."
[21] When he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who sang to the LORD and those who praised Him in holy attire, as they went out before the army and said, "Give thanks to the LORD, for His lovingkindness is everlasting." [22] When they began singing and praising, the LORD set ambushes against the sons of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; so they were routed.
[23] For the sons of Ammon and Moab rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir destroying them completely; and when they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another. [24] When Judah came to the lookout of the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude, and behold, they were corpses lying on the ground, and no one had escaped.
[25] When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil, they found much among them, including goods, garments and valuable things which they took for themselves, more than they could carry. And they were three days taking the spoil because there was so much. [26] Then on the fourth day they assembled in the valley of Beracah, for there they blessed the LORD. Therefore they have named that place "The Valley of Beracah" until today.
[27] Every man of Judah and Jerusalem returned with Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with joy, for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. [28] They came to Jerusalem with harps, lyres and trumpets to the house of the LORD.
[29] And the dread of God was on all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that the LORD had fought against the enemies of Israel. [30] So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was at peace, for his God gave him rest on all sides.
2 Chronicles 20:31-37
[31] Now Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
[32] He walked in the way of his father Asa and did not depart from it, doing right in the sight of the LORD.
[33] The high places, however, were not removed; the people had not yet directed their hearts to the God of their fathers. [34] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first to last, behold, they are written in the annals of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel. [35] After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. He acted wickedly in so doing.
[36] So he allied himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.
[37] Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat saying, "Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works." So the ships were broken and could not go to Tarshish.
Final Notes…
In these passages you have seen how King Hezekiah and King Jehoshaphat have as leaders, the effective “government” of their regions or nations appealed to God to seek his rescue from their clear and obvious near immediate destruction. What is very different within America and it is always challenging to make comparisons between the covenant relationship that God made with the nation of Israel, extending back through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel) and the covenant that America’s founding fathers made toward God in their founding documents (The Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution). Yet we can see parallels in the prosperity that has come upon America since her founding in 1776 and we can now see the continuous and obvious destruction of this nation that is being orchestrated from its national leaders. We must acknowledge that God is allowing this to happen and however it resolves or does not resolve, the current destruction of America being experienced today will ultimately be used to serve His good plans and purposes and the prophecies that illustrate the “absence” of a strong superpower in the West.
May we continue to pray that God’s will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.
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