The preface directly below is from September last year. The preface below that is from March of 2021....and the post itself....ICHABOD....The Glory Has Departed"....is from December of 2015! Evangelicalism has been sheared of its discernment and wisdom....with its hedge of protection brush hogged and replaced with artificial turf....which brings to mind Jeremiah's words...."The wind will sweep away all your shepherds." Jeremiah 22:22
Preface: Google up sometime President Trump's 2020 State of the Union address....and watch the video....and you will see a Republican Party totally lost in their own perceived glory....or just read the transcript....and keep in mind as we crowed like roosters....that God let us crow....and then brought us down....and we still cannot fathom why He has not been pleased with us.
Preface: We in evangelicalism have no idea the trouble that we are in. We think it has something to do with socialism or communism. If that were the biggest problem then that would be good news....for God would be with us.....but the real problem is that God is no longer with us....Ichabod....the glory has departed. We need pastors that warn us....but instead they comfort us. The church knew back in the 1970s and early 80s that God was going to judge us. It's attributed usually to Billy Graham but it was actually his wife Ruth who said....probably in the 70s...."If God doesn't punish America. Hell have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah." We are 100 times worse today....with 100 times less discernment.
What kind of name is Special Dog? Well that's not my real name of course for my real name is....Straggler.....Private Straggler. I'll be the last one to enter the Celestial City.....and the least of those in line....and the greatest testament to God's love of the unlovable and mercy upon the least deserving of it. And if there is someone behind me I'll wait for them....for by rights I should witness every glory filled face before mine shines in the presence of the King of Glory.Friends....examine this concept of God that has taken hold in American religion. I don't blame the people for their pabulum reverence....for they....most of America....have never beheld His glory in a sermon....and never adequately understood what one is 'saved' from! Little is demanded from anyone and less is offered by us in the form of humility. No...I can hardly blame anyone for giving God no more than one percent of their thoughts. I realize this because before He hogtied me with the cords of His love and mercy....and before He branded me with the imprint of His Word upon my soul....I would have been far more excited to meet Elvis Presley than seek His face...let alone stand on holy ground!
So it is no surprise that people do not recognize the extent of our pitiful state in this country today....nor are aware of the severity of judgments upon us which have only just begun. (This is 2015 folks) Politics is seen as the answer because few know what the real question was...."...who do you say that I am?" The answer of course is....."You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." If one truly understands that statement then one would have already beheld His glory, known very well what one was 'saved' from, and realized that we deserve His protective hand being lifted from us!
