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And Moses stretched out his rod toward heaven; and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire darted to the ground. And the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt. So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, so very heavy that there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
….as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. |
It is claimed that the Roman emperor, Nero, fiddled while Rome burned – why is it that we find it impossible to believe that this kind of history can easily be repeated, though it may not be in the very literal sense as in the Nero episode – oh yes, it is also noted that the Christians were blamed for the conflagration! Are you aware that the Washington DC fiddler is in concert? His name is B. Hussein Obama!
- promised support of a woman’s "right to choose" as guaranteed under Roe v. Wade and assurance that future appointees to the Supreme Court will be pro-abortion in their philosophy!
- the recent reversal of the "Mexico City policy" which now provides for U.S. tax dollars supporting family planning groups in foreign nations who do abortions as part of that "planning" and the practice of abortion "counseling" as an approach to dealing with problem pregnancies.
- the reversal of bans on embryonic stem cell research, which in the view of Almighty God amounts to nothing less than terminating and destroying the lives of human beings in their very early stages of development – you don’t believe it? Just ask God about it – He’ll explain it to you, if you let Him, but then that’s the problem, isn’t it? Who wants to listen to God when the response will be that we have to quit all this sinning and rebellion and begin to do things His way rather than ours!
- First, a majority will say that it is not really so, and we have weathered "crises" before – it will be no different this time, and B. O. with his leadership abilities will get us through this one.
- Second, there are large numbers who do not believe that God has anything even remotely to do with the situation – if He exists, He is more like a very senile grandpa sitting up there somewhere on a cloud watching more out of curiosity as to what is happening in this nation and in this world, but never interfering in any way with the affairs of humans on the planet.
- Third, even in professing Christian ranks far too many dismiss the reality that God is not only a God of great love, but He is also a God of justice and judgment – and when His offer of love and mercy are rejected repeatedly, the time comes when a culture experiences God’s undiluted wrath in judgment. History, for those willing to face it, bears unmistakable witness to that fact!
- Fourth, over time the majority has bought into the deadly doctrine that we humans can chart out our course of direction, define our destiny and reach our utopian destination solely employing a blending of our abilities and resources. This approach rejects any real dependence upon our life-giving Creator and absolutely guarantees only one result – a disaster of inestimable proportions! For any who doubt this, consult the foremost Authority on the subject, concentrating on one portion of the Scriptures known as 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings and 1 & 2 Chronicle of the Old Testament – it’s all there – what the standards are for success and blessing for a nation as well as what to do by way of defiance in human behavior in order to insure failure, which is the path we in the U. S. are taking with a fiddling leader paving the way at the present time! And for a challenging follow up, read through the prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel who lived in times identical to ours in terms of morality and interest in seeking to know and serve God. The main difference is that those folks of long ago didn't have the gadgets that we do and it took them a bit longer to get submerged in sin than we in these modern times!
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He also did evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the LORD. And he also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear an oath by God; but he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD God of Israel. Moreover all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed more and more, according to all the abominations of the nations, and defiled the house of the LORD which He had consecrated in Jerusalem. And the LORD God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, till there was no remedy. Therefore He brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, on the aged or the weak; He gave them all into his hand. (2 Chronicles 36:11-17).Anybody out there want to speculate a bit as to how long the fiddler will play before Almighty God steps in and suddenly ends the concert -- He will be paying the fiddler but in wages not anticipated by the fiddler and those who blindly followed and supported him, as so well described in the statement about God not being mocked which is quoted just below. It is a statement that leaves nothing to the imagination, does it not?
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.
Galatians 6:7, 8 NKJV
A Significant Selah Moment!
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and You will not hear? even cry out to You, "Violence!" And You will not save. Why do You show me iniquity, and cause me to see trouble? For plundering and violence are before me; there is strife, and contention arises. Therefore the law is powerless, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; therefore perverse judgment proceeds.
Habakkuk 1:2-2 (NKJV)
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