First, I need to say that I didn’t realize that over two months have passed since I last wrote! Where did the time go? My sincere apologies to anyone who follows my ramblings and has been wondering where I went. No excuses, I just got too busy..
In Hosea 9:4 it reads:
“The days of punishment have come, the days of retribution are here, and Israel [read: America] knows it. Yet they cry, ‘The prophet is a fool, the man of the` spirit has gone crazy!'”
Elsewhere it says that Israel went about picking its leaders without consulting God.
As I read this, I couldn’t help but to realize the parallel to America.
America too, was founded as a nation originally dedicated to following and obeying God. Most today don’t believe this or don’t want to believe this, but that does not change the fact that it was. It is one of the things (the main thing) that sets the US apart from other nations.
Our fall (read: rebellion) began in earnest in the 1960s and we have quite literally been on the “highway to hell” since then.
As the Hosea passage above states, our punishment has (and continues to) come and those of us who try to warn about it are ignored, mocked, or ridiculed.
Many Christians believe we are living in the last days that Jesus spoke of in Matt 24. Whether we are or not, we are definitely in a period of God’s judgment.
Most of the “bad” thing that have happened here in the US are warnings – calls to return to God. Our problem is that we don’t. Heck, most of us don’t even consider the possibility.
For example, On 9/11 when the attacks occurred, did you ever consider that they were allowed by God to get us, as a nation, to return to Him? I didn’t. It never even crossed my mind. It should have.
So today would be a good day to do that. Turn from our wicked ways and seek him.
If we, individually, return to the God of our fathers, then God will “return” to the nation. But it takes each of us making an individual decision to “turn from our wicked ways” and turn to God and his Torah (his word).
So join with me in returning to the ways of the God of our Founders.
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