Musing – Is America being Bedeviled by a Series of Disasters?

 Hebraic Musing – Is America being Bedeviled by a Series of Disasters?

In years gone by we have had presidents who seemed to get more than their share of unlucky problems.  An analyst has made the point that “Biden’s problems are disasters... but only a few (presidents) have problems of their own making.”*  And the analyst lists the myriad of current problems/decisions which are of the Executive Branch’s own making!  Are these problems the result of chance or deliberate actions?  Who is behind this, who is the ruling class driving these non-common sense issues?  Has this ever happened before?

Here's a quick recap of what’s in today’s news:

High inflations; Dwindling retirement portfolios; Energy crisis; Violent crime wave; Surge in Fentanyl deaths; Supply chain disruptions; Illegal migrants crashing our borders; Mentally ill people walking the streets; Embracing CRT; WOKE Military; Left-wing classroom indoctrination; High rates of anxiety, depression & suicide among youth; Distrust of the media; Parental rights under fire; Children encouraged to question sex; Emboldened & aggressive China & Russia; etc.  to name just a few current problems & crises.

In the Old Testament, in Isaiah 3:1-26 we read of a time somewhat like this when the LORD had to intervene.  Isaiah 3 describes how the corrupt leadership brought about the collapse of the social condition of Jerusalem.   God’s judgment on Judah, at this point, includes taking away their food (stock and the store) and water.  God also brought judgment on Jerusalem and Judah by depriving them of godly, competent leaders on every level: the mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, and the diviner and the elder; the captain of fifty and the honorable man, the counselor and the skillful artisan, and the expert enchanter. Instead of wise, competent leaders, God will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. (Summary of Isaiah 3:1-7)*   BTW – How old or mature are some of the advisers to the White House?

The conditions Isaiah is observing in Jerusalem & Judah, are suspiciously parallel to what America is experiencing right now; and the deliberateness and swiftness by which this is happening, indicates it is being driven by Satanic direction. 

Does Isaiah’s prophetic message in 760BC sound like today’s news?  “1 See now, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: all supplies of food and all supplies of water,  the hero and warrior, the judge and prophet, the soothsayer and elder, the captain of fifty and man of rank, the counselor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter.  I will make boys their officials; mere children will govern them.  People will oppress each other— man against man, neighbor against neighbor. The young will rise up against the old, the base against the honorable.”  Isaiah 3:1-5 NIV

And eventual fulfillment of this prophecy is found in 2 Kings 24:14.  “He carried into exile all Jerusalem: all the officers and fighting men, and all the craftsmen and artisans—a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest people of the land were left.”  Could this ever happen to the U.S.A.?

We are told to expect history to repeat itself.  “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” Eccl.1:9 NIV

Points to ponder

How might the LORD intervene this time?

Is this an American problem?  Or World-wide?

Has God taken away the wise men and given us children as princes?

Could Satan be using ungodly billionaires to influence White House decisions?

“Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Winston Churchill

“If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens,
     how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.”   George Bernard Shaw

♫  Let God arise and his enemies be scattered, Let God, Let God arise! ...  ♫

Yosef   a.k.a.  Joe Brusherd                        January 3, 2023
Author: “Hebraic Insights – Messages exploring the Hebrew roots of our faith” 
“Biblical Marriage”     Weekly “Hebraic Musings”      InsightsByYosef.blogspot.com

* Inspired by & excerpted from Newsweek Magazine, Dec. 2022, by Craig Shirley, a presidential historian.