Before anything further in this blog, let me state this overriding axiom above all else, "If you take YHWH (GOD) out of the equation, the formula fails." This is not a laboratory tested theorem, but a life tested fact borne out by 7000 years of human civilization. Every empire heretofore who neglects YHWH and his precepts has failed; Babylon, Medo-Persia, Assyria, Egypt, Greco-Macedonia, Han, Rome, Ottoman, et al. "Where there is no vision (YHWH given, driven) the people perish, but happy are they who keep YHWH's Word." Prov. 29:18 para. (circa 1000 BC). America is next in line.
In 1948*, the United States of America embarked on this very same downhill slide of history. In 2008, the avalanche began in earnest. Most likely, it is irreversible. What began in the courtrooms & classrooms has now permeated all aspects of American existence; from the family room to the boardroom. We are being told & reminded constantly that our issues are financial and/or economic, but this is a flat out lie. As I have reiterated over & over, we are dying from spiritual cancer. What began in the heart has spread to every member of the body, and is eating us up from the inside out. I wish I didn't have to be so emphatic about this, but you, the patient, everyone you know, our children, our grandchildren are showing the signs and effects of this terminal disease.
Our government and all its experts think throwing our money at it will fix it. Many US citizens hope beyond reason a new president will fix it. Our Congress keeps proposing new ways to put fingers in the dike, hoping to delay the inevitable, while driving our nation faster into bankruptcy. Every day they commit more & more of our resources to their failing endeavors only brings us more quickly to our collapse.
For sixty (60) years, nearly four generations of Americans, have been inundated with vain & false philosophies, brainwashed by errant science & theories, victimized by societal deterioration, and choked by governmental & fiscal irresponsibility. All because we didn't believe YHWH. We deemed His Word nothing more than myths, fables, helpful hints at best, but a great collection spot for family records. We decided His redemptive work in Yeshua ha' Mashiach is irrelevant, unhistorical, and inapplicable. Yet, we see and dare not deny the results of these decisions.
So, given the conclusion of our terminal condition, do we go for the quick, sharp sting of death, or do we keep prolonging the painful, suffering agony with haphazard life support? It already appears we have opted for the latter, so prepare for excruciating spasms of distress in the days ahead. We, as a people and a nation, would rather partake of the disease, than seek the Healer who can heal all ills.
All it would require on our part is a choice. Albeit, not a lightly made choice, because this choice would change our hearts, our entire nation, and our standing in the world. Our forefathers made it, and it set the tone for America for nearly 200 years. Their choice made us the envy of every other nation on earth, but yet we turned our backs and discarded it as outdated, misinterpreted, discriminatory, hate speech.
We are a nation at the crossroad of decision. Do we continue this broad road to destruction, or choose the narrow path which leads to life? If you truly, deeply care about yourself, your spouse, your children, your neighbor, your country, then bow your head & your heart in this prayer:
Our Father of Heaven and earth, in whom we live and breathe and have our being, God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob, our King, our Savior, in Christ, we have sinned against you and you alone. We have forsaken your Word and your precepts, and gone our own way. Oh, Lord Jesus (Yashua), we repent of our wickedness, our adultery against you. You who bore our iniquities upon the cross, died, and rose from the dead to give us life eternal. Forgive us our sinfulness, come in and make new our hearts & minds by your Spirit. We commit our way, our lives, our land unto you. Let us make your Word the lamp unto our feet & the light unto our path once again. Heal us this day, our Strength & our Redeemer. Amen
YHWH, Yashua says, "If my people, on whom My name is called, shall be humbled, and shall pray, and shall seek My face, and shall turn back from their wicked ways, then I will hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." II Chron 7:14
It doesn't matter your political persuasion, your sexual preference, your religious denomination, your economic condition, your stubbornness of heart, or your mind of unbelief, God (YHWH, YASHUA) will keep His Word. He cannot lie. He cannot fail. He cannot deny Himself.
"Keep remembering Yashua ha' Mashiach (Jesus the Christ) has been raised from the dead. And if we died with him, then we shall also live with him. The Lord knows them that are his. The Word of God is not bound (restricted by human effort). Even if we don't believe, yet he remains ever faithful: for he cannot deny himself." II Tim 2 para.
The time of wasting away is past. The day of reckoning is soon upon us. Do we want to be healed? Do we want GOD to be God over us? Do we imagine that judgment has not come upon us, or that we shall escape the effects of our actions?
"The Lord of the promise is not slow, as some deem (count) slowness, but is long-suffering (infinitely patient) toward us, not having purposed any of us to perish, but for all of us to come to repentance (turn back to Him)." II Peter 3:9
"Thus says the LORD, In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in this day of salvation have I helped you: and I will preserve you." Is 49:8 "Know you the God of your father, and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off for ever." II Chron 28:9
To heck with political correctness, all other imaginations of religion & righteousness be condemned. Either we choose according to God's Word or fail miserably. It couldn't be simpler or more dire. Only after we choose thusly, can we, "Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, you who are made righteous; and shout for joy, all you who are made upright in heart!" Ps 32:11
*U.S. Supreme Court ruling, McCollum v. Board of Education: The court found faith in Christ instruction in public schools to be a violation of the establishment clause and therefore unconstitutional.
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