Jeremiah was told by God to stand in the gate and proclaim to the people not to oppress...."the stranger....(the sojourner or the alien)....the fatherless and the widow." Well that is pretty much exactly what we Republicans are doing.....oppressing the alien and the fatherless and the widow. We are taking money from as many people as we can all over the world....to fill our coffers. Right at the same time that Jeremiah said this to the people....he also told them...."Do not trust in these lying words saying, 'The temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD'." (Seventh chapter of Jeremiah) This admonition and command is pretty much the same as in every single rally Trump would end it with...."And we are one glorious nation under God." Folks....I'm just passing this on. Reject it if you want. The following post is from July of 2019....just before the punishments began in earnest on America and the world:
Would You Rather We Had No Warnings At All?
The Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade came down on the same day that former President Lyndon Johnson died....January 22, 1973. Watergate would consume the rest of the year. In November Billy Graham held a crusade in St. Louis, Missouri. In one of his nightly messages he thundered about the Babylonian king Belshazzar. Nebuchadnezzar was dead and his grandson took the vessels previously taken from the temple in Jerusalem.....and all present in that great feast of his drank from the holy vessels. That's when the hand appeared....writing on the wall....as the book of Daniel describes to us. Billy Graham pointed out to the people in the packed arena....once again this back in 1973....that America was becoming as Babylon had been under Belshazzar.
Folks....that crusade was over forty-five years ago. (almost fifty-two years now) I was partying on the Pitt campus at the time. Did I somehow catch that particular night's message? Possibly....as I did spend some time at home....and I did surf the 13 or so channels....but at the time I would not have known the Old Testament book of Daniel from a bottle of Jack Daniels....but here's the thing....what Billy Graham saw in the America of 1973....was absolutely nothing in terms of rebellion to God as we have today! (folks I wrote this six years ago....and we are much worse today!) Reverend Graham would continue to preach this message....with increasing fervor....until he went to be with his Lord more than forty-four years later.
Was Billy Graham incorrect or premature with his message of judgment forty-five years ago. Was he about a half century too early to give such a message? No....Jeremiah prophesied God's warnings for forty years. Most of God's prophets in the Old Testament did not live to see their prophesies come true....and Billy Graham would never see his beloved nation undergo the full judgment of God.
I've had it said to me....eyes rolling....many times....(the most recent two days ago)....'Oh Special Dog....you've been saying for a long time that God is going to judge America." My usual response has been....'What would you rather have....God judging us without a warning.....without giving us an opportunity to turn to Him....or would you rather have what He has been doing for at least a half century....sending faithful preachers to show exactly how we have turned away from Him....what God's Word tells us will happen....and what we must therefore do?
We don't have the Billy Graham Crusades for the unbeliever to stumble upon....and we don't have Christian bookstores anymore....and we are losing these faithful preachers who one by one warned us. (John MacArthur just two days ago) In short....our supply lines have been cut. May God open our eyes once again....in the pulpit and in the pew....in time to turn to Him.....to look to Him....and to rely only upon Him in the turmoil that surely lies ahead.
