Divine Warnings?
By Monty Rainey (02/21/03)
The month of February has seen three major tragedies in America. The space shuttle disintegrated and the entire crew of the Columbia was lost. On the 17th, a Chicago night club fire left 21 people dead. Then last night, a night club fire in Rhode Island killed over 60 people.
I heard the question asked recently if all this could be a warning from God for America to start ‘living right.’ My answer to that is an emphatic and resounding “YES.” Only it goes back much further than the month of February. We, as a nation, have been receiving these warnings for quite sometime.
America has long been a client nation of God. Among the nations of the earth, client nations are used by Jesus Christ as a conduit for the blessing of mankind. A client nation is one whose government protects the freedom, privacy and property of its citizens. From within the client nation, non-governmental organizations, churches and mission boards, spread the gospel of Jesus Christ in foreign countries.
Adherence to God’s Laws of Establishment makes the client nation a haven for Jews and provides refuge from anti-Semitism (Gen. 12:3). The Jews suffer greatly as a prime satanic target of the angelic conflict because God created them as His special instrument of blessings for mankind (Gen. 12:1-3; 22:18) and because His unconditional covenants to Israel hinge on the survival of the Jews (Ps. 89: 28-37). Satan reasons, if all Jews could be destroyed, God could not keep His word to them. Divine integrity would be compromised and Satan would win the angelic conflict.
Because Israel is under Divine discipline during the Church Age, God currently blesses mankind through a succession of Gentile client nations (Luke 21:24). The Roman Empire under the Antonine Caesars was the first Gentile client nation. Since that time, many other client nations of God have risen and fallen such as the Frankish kingdom of Charlemagne in the eighth century. The United States of America is a client nation today.
As client nations go, the principle is; as go the believers, so goes the client nation (Ps. 33:10-19). Jesus Christ prospers His client nation when its believers advance in the Divine dynasphere. He disciplines the nation when believers live habitually in the cosmic system. Usually a nation will begin to decline under the weight of its own degeneracy. Such is the case we see ourselves in today.
All across America, we see school boards trying desperately to remove any mention of the name of God, while pressing the agenda of promoting homosexuality and safe sex rather than encouraging abstinence. We have a liberal government which advocates single parent households and promotes a welfare state. We have all but abolished the use of capital punishment, which is sanctioned by God in Romans 13:4. We have suffered eight years of military downsizing. Industry is attacked on every front. There is not a state congress today that does not have anti-gun legislation before it. Multiculturalism is the order of the day. We seek permission from the United Nations.
Today in America, there are literally millions of Americans who oppose our president. They scream “No War” and carry ridiculous protest signs. Yet, these same masses said nothing just 5 years ago when President Clinton fired more missiles at Iraq than were fired throughout the duration of the Gulf War. These same masses said nothing when President Clinton sent troops into Bosnia, without the blessings of the United Nations. Where were the protest marchers then?
Yes, God is sending us some very strong warnings. Do we, as a collective people, have enough sense to heed those warnings? Do we have the intestinal fortitude to return to the principles of which this nation was founded and once and for all, destroy political correctness and other systems of apostasy of which we are so enthralled? I cry for the nation I love.
God Bless America
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