The judgments on America started in this last progression with the assassination of a president in 1963....and may have been God's response to our taking prayer out of our schools....denying the knowledge of their Creator....to children He so dearly loves. American youth....of which I was one....were used....by the capitalist side to make money....and communists to eventually bring down the nation. The culture fell....never to fully recover. There was a meeting of communists just south of Saigon....this after the Tet disaster for the Viet Cong....and they were discussing suing for peace....in other words admitting failure....but someone stood up in that meeting and reminded them of what was happening on the streets of America....the protests....so they decided to have patience.....we eventually buckled at home....and they won.
The judgments continued....our President went beyond his authority....the nation held him accountable....(something we do not do anymore....a judgment in itself)....and he subsequently resigned. Terrorism was ramping up....at the Olympics....and in the Middle East....and home grown. The space shuttle Challenger had a multi-cultural crew....male and female...scientist, military and civilian...Caucasian, Asian, African-American....Christian, Jewish and Buddhist. Those iconic pictures of the explosion should have given us pause as to the confidence that we displayed of our powers. We had a serious stock market meltdown....then came Kuwait....and 9/11....and Abu Ghraib....and an even more serious economic meltdown....followed by a Marxist President.
We were like Pharaoh where one plague after another came....but after each judgment it seemed our hearts were hardened. How many judgments have there been...How many plagues? I'm not going to attempt to count them....but one was a worldwide pandemic. That even sounds like a Pharaoh plague....but God was completely out of the picture by now....for this was not judgment from Him....for it was from China. Another judgment was a genuine insurrection. Evangelicalism on the whole shed the armor of God behind a shield of faith....for casual attire behind an acrylic lectern. Conservatism died a slow death....and the Republican Party has the motor turned on....and garage door shut.
So that is where we are at.....a world about to explode....with horror in the news all the time....and no leadership. We gave our children up long before 'woke' came along....to television and entertainment and sports....and this is but the final nail. We are a people....from the Right and the Left....but as the Ninevites....not knowing their right hand from their left. Jonah's warning long ago expired. The message to us now is the same as that which Amos was given for Israel after they continuously ignored God's judgments...."Prepare to meet thy God."
