Newsweek declares, "The End of Christian America"

"Now brothers, regarding the (Second) coming of our Lord Yashua the Messiah (Jesus the Christ) and our gathering together to him, do not to be so quickly upset or alarmed when someone claims that we said...that the Day of the Lord has already come. Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day cannot come unless the falling away takes place first (rebellion against the faith of the Gospel of Christ) and the man of sin, who is destined for destruction, is revealed. He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god and object of worship. As a result, he will seat himself in the sanctuary of God (the third Jewish Temple) and declare himself to be God." II Thess 2:1-4

Europe has already preceded us in falling away from the Faith in Christ, and according to the April 13th edition of Newsweek, America has now joyfully joined their ranks.
Do you think it was by accident the Apostle Paul knew this would occur? Looks like it's playing out just as Scripture states.

This is a long article. Click the headline to read the entire story. I've only included excerpts of certain highlights.
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The End of Christian America
The percentage of self-identified Christians has fallen 10 points in the past two decades.
How that statistic explains who we are now—and what, as a nation, we are about to become.

Jon Meacham, NEWSWEEK

From the magazine issue dated Apr 13, 2009

"the number of Americans who claim no religious affiliation has nearly doubled since 1990, rising from 8 to 15 percent...the Northeast emerged in 2008 as the new stronghold of the religiously unidentified."

According to the American Religious Identification Survey, the percentage of self-identified Christians has fallen 10 percentage points since 1990, from 86 to 76 percent. The Jewish population is 1.2 percent; the Muslim, 0.6 percent. A separate Pew Forum poll echoed the ARIS finding, reporting that the percentage of people who say they are unaffiliated with any particular faith has doubled in recent years, to 16 percent; in terms of voting, this group grew from 5 percent in 1988 to 12 percent in 2008—roughly the same percentage of the electorate as African-Americans. (Seventy-five percent of unaffiliated voters chose Barack Obama, a Christian.) Meanwhile, the number of people willing to describe themselves as atheist or agnostic has increased about fourfold from 1990 to 2009, from 1 million to about 3.6 million.
(That is about double the number of, say, Episcopalians in the United States.)

Still, in the new NEWSWEEK Poll, fewer people now think of the United States as a "Christian nation" than did so when George W. Bush was president (62 percent in 2009 versus 69 percent in 2008). Two thirds of the public (68 percent) now say religion is "losing influence" in American society...
And what comes next here, with the ranks of professing Christians in decline, is going to be different, too.

America Bows to Foreign Dominion

One could certainly find the double meaning here; As Obama bows to the Saudi king, America bows to foreign dominion. He may as well have bowed to the President of China, too. Through our debts of sin, America is enslaved to foreign powers.
Call it hypocrisy, ignorance, reprobative, faux pas, a host of descriptions will do, there is something definitely wrong with this man's thinking. For a person who says he's a "Christian", President Obama's spirit & mindset are OBVIOUSLY not in accordance with God's Word or Yashua (Jesus). This obeisance to a Saudi king is just one more of many such a contradiction of his words versus his actions.

"But you are not to be called Rabbi, for One is your Teacher, the Messiah (the Christ), and you are all brothers. And call no one your father (GOD) on earth, for One is your Father GOD, the One in Heaven. Nor be called leaders (rulers, kings), for One is your Leader (Ruler, King), the Messiah (the Christ). But the greater of you shall be your servant. And whoever will exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever will humble himself shall be exalted." Matt 23:8-12

All in all, this act by a sitting US President bespeaks mountains in regard to our nation's present state. Say or think what you will, there is no excuse for it. We have crossed the bridge of no return...


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Obama bows to Saudi king
'most unbecoming for president of the United States'

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Bob Unruh, WorldNetDaily
Posted: April 02, 2009, 4:12 pm Eastern

President Obama greeted the king of Saudi Arabia with a full bow from the waist yesterday, a move one commentator described as a violation of protocol and not worthy of the office he holds.

"I am quite certain that this is not the protocol, and is most unbecoming a president of the United States," writes Clarice Feldman in an American Thinker commentary.

The situation developed as leaders of the world attending the G20 summit in London assembled for a photograph to mark the event.

In this first image, after the king extended his hand while Obama approached, Obama bends from the waist until his head is nearly at the monarch's waist:

President Obama's bow to Saudi king

In a second image, Obama has straightened up and is exchanging remarks with the Saudi leader:

Obama speaks briefly with Saudi king after bowing

Video by a television crew was posted on YouTube. The bow comes at about 50 seconds into the video:

The action appeared especially awkward since among the dozens of world leaders and their spouses, handshakes abounded, but there appeared to be no other bowing in the room.

The U.S. State Department's office of protocol did not respond to a WND request for the proper etiquette for two heads of state meeting, but the online Travel Etiquette website for Saudi Arabia said handshakes are common greetings between members of the same sex.

"You should expect to undertake a considerable amount of small talk, and learning a few Arabic greetings would be well received. Saudis will stand closer to each other than many westerners are used to, and members of the same sex will often touch arms when postulating or emphasizing a point. You should not draw away from this as it would be considered rude and rejecting. Be aware that due to the conservative nature of Saudi Arabian society, it is not considered proper etiquette for men and women to greet each other in public," the site advises.

"It is proper etiquette to refer to a royal as Your Highness, and any members of the government ministries as Your Excellency," it said.

Many of the proper procedures for meeting royalty are set by the British monarchy, since its members carry probably the highest royal profile around the world today.

The website for the British queen advises men who are from the United Kingdom to provide a neck bow (from the head only) "whilst women do a small curtsy. Other people prefer simply to shake hands in the usual way."

"On presentation to The Queen, the correct formal address is 'Your Majesty' and subsequently 'Ma'am'," the site advises.

ABC reported Obama and his wife, Michelle, were less formal meeting Queen Elizabeth II earlier this week, when they exchanged handshakes. The queen briefly touched Michelle Obama on the back, and she returned the contact.

Pundits were surprised, since in 1992 Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating was criticized when he put his arm around the queen in violation of a general "no-touch" rule regarding royalty.

But the traditional Miss Manners book of etiquette advises: "One does not bow or curtsy to a foreign monarch because the gesture symbolizes recognition of her power over her subjects."

False Hopes, Empty Rhetoric, & Vague Promises

"You're dying of cancer, but this week you didn't deteriorate as fast as we thought. Things weren't as bad as we projected, so let's celebrate by continuing our reckless & irresponsible ways. Let's pump up the stock market so we can shortsell the next big drop and make a huge profit. Keep throwing the mainstream media those poisoned bones so we can keep fooling the public with false hopes, empty rhetoric, and vague promises."
This is the current inane thinking in Washington & Wall St. What's worse is they fool themselves into believing their own lies. As our major cities become wastelands of derelict homes and nearly 15Million affected jobless (Remember every lost job hurts an entire family), our government & mainstream media hype we may be near the bottom of our economic crisis.
Let God's Word be true, we can only be in the "beginning of sorrows" (Matt 24:8, Mk 13:8)
Politically, economically and constitutionally, we are & have been racing toward a cliff of historic & unprecedented proportion. Our government is taking wholly unparalleled power & control over private industry. Who knows how far they will go? "Never waste a good crisis in order to seize opportunity." These are the words of Obama, Geithner & Bernanke, and our Congress is taking their cue.
Yes, it would be much easier to believe & swallow their garbage, stick my head in the sand and ignore all the warning signs. But then, I would also have to deny the Word of God, all it teaches, and the Savior who redeemed me on Calvary....I don't think so.

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