Musing – Would God dare to destroy America? (Part 2 of 3)

Hebraic Musing – Would God dare to destroy America? (Part 2 of 3)

Part 1 –  Has America upheld its founding Christian principles, thus deserving God’s blessings?
Part 2 –  What has happened to the all other nations and people groups?
Part 3 –  What can we do or should we do to save America?  And why?  (for God’s sake!)

Quote from General Douglas MacArthur – “History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline.  There has been either a spiritual awakening to overcome the moral lapse or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster.”  And Billy Graham said “God needs to apologize to Sodom & Gomorrah if America escapes judgment.”

Let us explore Biblical history.  What happened to God’s chosen people,  the Israelites?  When Solomon dedicated the temple, God sternly warned His People, the Israelites “But if you or your sons turn away from me and do not observe the commands … and go off to serve other gods …,  then I will cut off Israel from the land … and will reject this temple ….” Kings 9:6-7 NIV     And fulfillment of the consequences came later “He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians, who killed their young men … spared neither young man nor young woman, …. God handed all of them over to Nebuchadnezzar.  He carried to Babylon all the articles from the temple of God, … the treasures … set fire to God's temple and broke down the wall of Jerusalem; … destroyed everything … ” 2 Chron. 36:17-19   God’s own children suffered consequences!

Later on, the prophet Amos brings charges to the surrounding nations which justified each of their later destructions.  Mr. Amos was a small town rancher (like us!), not a priest.  God had to look past the trained officials to find a layman true to God.  Amos took on the religious and prosperous people and governments of the nations around him.  He diagnosed the spiritual well-being of each and confronted forces of wickedness by preaching what God wanted and that nations needed to be serving God, not man!  In Chapter 1 Amos took on Damascus, Gaza, Edom, Ashdod, Philistines, Tyre, Teman, Ammon, Rabbah and Moab.  Then he speaks to the idolatry in his home country, Judah.  "For three sins of Judah, … I will not turn back [my wrath].  Because they have rejected the law of the Lord and have not kept his decrees, because they have been led astray by false gods,  …  I will send fire upon Judah that will consume … Jerusalem."  Then Amos speaks to the decadent practices in the Northern kingdom – “For three sins of Israel, … I will not turn back [my wrath]. They sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.  They trample on the heads of the poor … and deny justice to the oppressed.  Father and son use the same girl …” Amos 2:4-8  

So the Northern Kingdom fell into decadence, idolatry and other blatant sin and was first to be conquered by Babylon and subjected to slavery.  The Southern Kingdom, Judah, was not far behind.  We just heard the prophetic warnings; here is the rejection.  Zedekiah reigned over Judah and Jerusalem, and when “… He did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God and did not humble himself ….  He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, …He became stiff-necked and hardened his heart and would not turn to the Lord, the God of Israel. … all the leaders of the priests and the people became … unfaithful, following all the detestable practices … and defiling the temple of the Lord, …” 2 Chron 36:11-14   This reminded me of Pharaoh when he said "Who is the Lord, that I should obey him and let Israel go?  I do not know the Lord and I will not let Israel go." Exod. 5:2   And what happened to Egypt?!?!   

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Amos, Jonah, etc. -- These great prophets of the Old Testament Bible had one thing in common. They all warned of God’s wrath and of a coming destruction; all their prophecies were fulfilled!!!

Points to ponder

Could recent “natural disasters” be warnings?  Acts of God? 

Do the messages and lessons in the book of Amos apply to America today?

Does America deserve to be destroyed?

“…but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming.”  Ps 37:13

Yosef   a.k.a.  Joe Brusherd                                      September 25, 2018
Author: “Hebraic Insights – Messages exploring the Hebrew roots of our faith” 
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Note – Inspired by and excerpted from “The Coming Destruction of America: A Biblical Examination of the Judgments of God Upon a Land” by Dr. Neal Jackson, Pastor - Beulah Baptist Church, Bennett, NC - 2018