What would God say if He wrote America a letter? Based on His written Word contained in ancient Scripture- in many ways- His mind and His heart on our world and on our nation today have already been revealed. In "A Letter from God to America", we take the events of this national moment of trial and testing, apply the character and actions of God in history, and imagine what it might sound like if He penned us a letter.

Satan Against the USA

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What is Satan's 5-part plan to disrupt and destroy the USA? Find out with guest Allen Parr and Nathan Jones of the Lamb & Lion Ministries evangelism team as they provide their Prophetic Perspectives.

Satan has a five-part plan to disrupt and destroy the United States of America. Our country is under attack:

Sexual identity and confusion
Breaking down families
Abortion
Division - Divide & conquer - Race, politics, religion
Emotional disorders

Why do great nations or empires fall? A Lesson From Rome

https://www.thetrumpet.com/5360-a-lesson-from-rome

The Roman Empire thrived when its citizens valued marriage and family. It fell when the family stopped being cherished.

Why do great nations or empires fall? Why do superpowers fall? It is a fact of history that all world-ruling empires have collapsed. But why did they collapse?

There is a cause for every effect. The great historian Edward Gibbons wrote about the fall of the Roman Empire, the greatest empire of all the world-ruling empires. If you study Gibbons’s work, it’s obvious that America and Britain are headed in the same direction!

In his historic masterpiece, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Gibbons identifies five major causes that contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire: First, the breakdown of the family. Second, increased taxation. Third, an insatiable craving for pleasure. Fourth, an unsustainable buildup of armaments. Fifth, the decay of religion.

5 major causes that contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire:

1. The breakdown of the family

2. Increased taxation to deal with the societal problems from the breakdown of the family

3. An insatiable craving for pleasure

4. An unsustainable buildup of armaments to defend against countries that are watching the collapse

5. The decay of religion.

One of the greatest historians of all time is telling us how and why ancient Rome fell. Don’t the conditions surrounding Rome’s fall sound eerily similar to the conditions prevalent in the United States and British Commonwealth today?

History shows that the strength of any nation depends upon the strength of its families. Family is the rock-solid foundation on which a country’s superstructure is erected. That was the case for both America and Britain.

Rome in its heyday was affluent and had the mightiest army on Earth, just like America today. Back then, when people talked about Rome falling, they were scorned and scoffed at. When Seneca, the famous Roman, warned that Rome would fall—even telling people why it would fall—the people scoffed and ignored his warnings. In the words of Seneca, one of the foundational reasons Rome would fall was the fact that “they divorce in order to remarry. They marry in order to divorce.”

Seneca warned that family breakdown would destroy the Roman Empire!

But couldn’t Seneca’s warning just as easily apply to America and Britain today? Divorce and family disintegration are rampant in these nations.

The Modern Romans, a booklet produced in 1975 by Ambassador College, stated the following (emphasis mine throughout):

Largely forgotten today is the fact that the home is the basic foundation of any society. It is the most influential element in national character. It lays the first groundwork for learning individual character, values, goals, morality, self-control and loyalty. The early Romans basically understood this, and it was a force that helped Rome grow in power and stature. In the book Rome, Its Rise and Fall, the author Philip Van Ness Meyers notes: “First at the bottom, as it were, of Roman society in forming its ultimate unit, was the family. … The most important feature or element of this family group was the authority of the father.”

Rome, like the United States, was built on a foundation of strong, stable families in which the father was embraced as the chief authority!

It would be difficult to overestimate the influence of the group [family] upon the history and destiny of Rome. It was the cradle of at least some of those splendid virtues of the early Romans that contributed so much to the strength and greatness of Rome, and that helped to give her dominion of the world.

Strong nations are underpinned by strong families.

E.B. Castle wrote about the Roman Empire in his 1961 book Ancient Education and Today: “The [early Roman] boy’s upbringing was founded on a profound conviction of the power of example, first of the father himself as a representative of virtues peculiarly Roman, but also of the great prototypes of Roman valor in the boy’s family and national history who were presented to him as men worthy of admiration.”

The father was the nucleus of the early Roman family. He led his sons and daughters and was an example of the virtues they were to develop.

Taxidus, a Roman historian of the early empire, wrote, “In the good old days [that is, of the Republic] every man’s son born in wedlock, was brought up not in the chamber of some hireling nurse, but in his mother’s lap and at her knee. And that mother could have no higher praise than that she managed the house and gave herself to her children.” Society valued the women for rearing, educating, loving, and giving the children the time and tender care they needed. “Religiously and with utmost delicacy, she regulated not only the serious task of her youthful charges, but their recreations also and their games. … The idea of entrusting the training of a future Roman citizen to the incompetent guidance of a slave was repellant to the Roman mind at this time.”

God says that’s the way it ought to be: that families need to stick together (Matthew 19:4-5). Husbands and wives must work to bind their marriages together. God said that in marriage you ought to cleave to one another and become one flesh.

But the Romans, as in America today, began to turn to a new morality that no longer valued marriage and the family. This new morality caused them to lose respect for marriage and family.

Today, no-fault divorces are about as easy to get as going to the supermarket to buy your groceries. That’s exactly what happened to Rome. As E.B. Castle wrote (op. cit.),

Added to this initial cause of family disruption was the consequent easy attitude to the marriage tie, the increasing frequency of divorce and growing freedom and laxity in women’s morals, all of which ended in loosening of the old family unit in which the best in Roman character had its roots.

History shows clearly the foundational reason for the fall of the awesome and mighty Roman Empire. We ignore this history at our peril.

Today, most people have rejected the law of cause and effect. We think we can discard marriage and family and suffer no consequences—but the history of Rome ought to teach us what the fruits of family breakdown are—and will be!

Jerome Carcopino wrote in Daily Life in Ancient Rome that by the beginning of the second century a.d., in general, Roman fathers had

yielded to the impulse to become far too complacent, having given up the habit of controlling their children, they let the children govern them, and took pleasure in bleeding themselves white to gratify the expensive whims of their offspring. The result was that they were succeeded by a generation of idlers and wastrels.

Take an honest look at Western societies today: Our parenting is exactly the same!

Carcopino continued: “From this time on [in Rome] we witness an epidemic of divorces—at least among the aristocracy whose matrimonial adventures are documented ….”

In Isaiah 3, the ancient prophet warns that family breakdown would be a defining feature in America and Britain before the return of Christ. He also explains how this would come about: “For, behold, the Lord, the [Eternal] of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor …” (Isaiah 3:1-5).

God says strong leaders, including strong fathers, would be a rarity, and that children and teenagers would rule the family and dominate the culture. Does that sound like society in America and Britain today?

“[T]he child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honorable” (verse 5). Look around! Is there any doubt children and teenagers rule over the adults and dominate society and culture?

“As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths” (verse 12). It’s a lesson of history: A nation’s success or failure hinges on the strength or weakness of its families. That’s what Edward Gibbons told us, and that’s what God is telling us in Isaiah 3.

In Isaiah’s prophecy the family is so upside down, and the father so anemic, that he’s not even mentioned. Where are the fathers that God says should be leading their families—the type of fathers that helped make Rome great? In this prophecy the women are ruling, although even they are being oppressed by the children. In reality, the children are leading, just as Gibbons said they were in ancient Rome when it was on its way toward monstrous collapse!

The history of Rome confirms what the Bible teaches about marriage and family!

In a May 16, 1999, Washington Post editorial, David Blankenhorn, founder of the Institute for American Values, was quoted as saying: “The most important predictor of criminal behavior is the father’s absence.” The author then agreed with Blankenhorn by saying “the two-parent household has been universal across both time and geography.” Do you get that? The two-parent household has been universal across both time and geography, all over the world, for all of man’s history.

But what has happened in this end time? “Men,” this article said, “have been linked through marriage to their children and their mothers. Not only has the primacy of motherhood NEVER been questioned, we also have NEVER doubted the children need fathers UNTIL NOW.” We live in a culture that constantly undermines the role of the father. You can learn more about the attack on fatherhood by reading Conspiracy Against Fatherhood.

Throughout history, mankind understood that children needed fathers, but now psychologists are trying to tell us that the father is not necessary to rearing healthy children. In actuality, what these studies and the pervasive anti-father movement are telling you is how to DESTROY families and destroy nations. The history of Rome teaches that these people have no idea what they’re talking about!

Here’s another scripture about the critical role of the father: “And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?” (Hebrews 12:5-9).

That scripture, among many others, tells us that God is a Father! In fact, one of the greatest truths taught in the Bible is that God is a Family! The Bible teaches that human marriage and family are God-ordained institutions, created for a divine and spectacular purpose. You can learn about the spiritual dimension of marriage and family by reading The Missing Dimension in Sex and God Is a Family. Some people understand the importance of family, but even they (in most all cases) don’t really understand the incredible human potential of a person to be born into the very Family of God!

This is such an awesome relationship that we have, and family and marriage has such awesome meaning. We must understand it if we’re ever going to have strong families and strong nations!

Is the United States in Bible Prophecy?

The Inbox #3: Is the United States in Bible Prophecy?

https://christinprophecy.org/sermons/the-inbox-3-is-the-united-states-in-bible-prophecy/

My fellow Americans, we fearfully worry and debate, especially during an election year, whether the actions or inactions of a particular candidate or party are going to destroy the United States. The answer to the debate is, “Yes! Yes, they are.” After all, as a nation we’ve kicked God out of just about every institution in our society. Our leaders, no matter what party, just do not seek the counsel and wisdom of God.

The greatest ruler of Israel — King David — warned his citizens that when, “they rebelled against the words of God, and despised the counsel of the Most High, He brought down their heart and there was none to help” (Psalm 107:11–12). As long as we as a nation ignore the eternal wisdom of God and try to go it alone based on one, our own very limited understanding of the universe, and two, because we’re working off a broken moral compass, we most definitely as a nation are doomed to failure.

Bleak? Yes, but not hopeless, if only we as a nation repent and turn back to God (2 Chronicles 7:14; Psalm 107:13).

Does the Bible contain any prophecies concerning the United States that will help Americans make an informed decision during an election? Here are four biblical references where it is believed the United States can be found in end time Bible prophecy.

1. “A nation tall and smooth of skin” (Isaiah 18)

Verse seven prophesies how, “a present will be brought to the Lord of hosts from a people tall and smooth of skin, and from a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation powerful and treading down, whose land the rivers divide.”

When it comes to describing the United States, the reference to a powerful nation divided by great rivers, such as the Mississippi River, fits the bill. But, the smooth skin part? Context is vital to interpretation, and verses 1–2 address the country of Ethiopia, which in Isaiah’s time included the Sudan, so therefore the dividing river is the Nile River. These people are Ethiopians/Sudanese, and clearly not Americans.

2. “The merchants of Tarshish and all their young lions” (Ezekiel 38–39)

In this future prophecy, the people of Tarshish sit back and do nothing but watch Russia and the Islamic nations of the Middle East attempt to invade Israel. In Ezekiel’s time, roughly 600 BC, Tarshish was considered the nation at the Western end of the earth. So, it’s assumed, her “young lions” must be the New World colonies of the West. But, was Tarshish Britain or Spain? Historians aren’t sure. So this may be a reference to the Spanish–speaking colonies, and not the English–speaking ones, which would have included the United States.

3. “A great eagle” (Revelation 12)

Revelation 12 tells a story of a Dragon who is cast down to the earth, and he persecutes the Woman who gave birth to the Male Child. But the Woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is protected.

Some have interpreted this passage to mean that in the future the Dragon (Satan) will persecute the Woman (Israel) who gave birth to the Male Child (Jesus), and a great eagle (the symbol of America) will rescue the Jews from the Antichrist with something like a massive airlift. Well, everything up to the Eagle is interpreted correctly, but God in Deuteronomy 32 describes Israel’s deliverance from Egyptian slavery as, “how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.” The eagle’s wings, God explains, is Himself and not the United States.

4. Babylon the Great (Revelation 18)

This passage foretells of a coming one–world ruler who will reign from “Babylon”. The ruler’s empire is described as having made the nations drunk on her fornications and the merchants of the earth rich through her luxuries. God then destroys this evil empire in “one hour.”

Some conclude that since the United States is powerful, wealthy, and the moral polluters of the world that Babylon must be the United States, or at least New York City or Hollywood. The context, though, is a new global government where all the nations of the world are members. America, if it still exists during that future time, would only be a member state, never having reached the status of a global empire.

Summary

So, where can the United States be found in Bible prophecy? Not in any of those four passages. But, God does say, “the indignation of the Lord is against all nations, and His fury against all their armies” (Isaiah 34), and that He will utterly destroy the nations of the world when Jesus returns to set up His Kingdom (Jeremiah 30:11; 46:28; Daniel 2). So, in these general prophecies which address all the nations of the world, the United States, like the rest, can be found.

But, remember, Christians, the Apostle Paul reminds us that our true citizenship is not of this world, but in Heaven (Philippians 3:20). So, while we wait for Christ’s coming kingdom, do as Jesus commanded, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven (Matthew 5:13–16).

Why do great nations or empires fall? A Lesson From Rome

The United States in Bible Prophecy - America the Beautiful? By Dr. David R. Reagan

https://christinprophecy.org/articles/the-united-states-in-bible-prophecy/

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Where is the United States in Bible prophecy? It is a question I am asked wherever I go. It is only natural that we should wonder. Since the United States is not mentioned specifically by name in Bible prophecy, people have resorted to their imaginations to find our nation in the Scriptures.

A “tall and smooth people”?

Some have pointed to Isaiah 18 which speaks of a people “tall and smooth” who are “feared far and wide.” The passage further states that this is a “powerful nation whose land the rivers divide.” The chapter ends by stating that the people of this nation will bring “a gift of homage” to the Lord when He returns to reign from Mt. Zion.

Because these verses speak of a powerful nation whose land is divided by a great river, some have jumped to the conclusion that the nation is the United States since it is divided by the Mississippi River.

But the opening verses of this chapter indicate it is speaking of “Cush,” the ancient name of Ethiopia. At the time Isaiah wrote this passage, Ethiopia was a part of the Egyptian empire and the river referred to is undoubtedly the Nile.

A “village” of Tarshish?

Probably one of the most popular passages where people claim to have found the U.S. is in Ezekiel 38 where the prophet describes an invasion of Israel that will be launched in the end times by a nation “from the remote parts of the north.” The descriptive verses about the northern power make it clear that this nation is Russia. What is not so clear is where the U.S. fits into this invasion.

Those who find us in the passage point to Ezekiel 38:13 which says that “the merchants of Tarshish and all its villages” (or “young lions” depending on translation) will speak out against the invasion. The argument is that Tarshish is Britain and the “villages” or “young lions” are the English speaking nations like the U.S. and Australia that were founded by British immigrants.

To say the least, this is a highly imaginative interpretation. Its validity is seriously questioned by the fact that no one knows for certain the true identity of “Tarshish.” Furthermore, recent archaeological developments indicate that Tarshish was most likely Spain, not Britain.

A “great eagle”?

Another favorite passage for applied imagination is Revelation 12:13-17. These verses state that in the middle of the Tribulation God will provide a means of escape for the Jewish remnant in Israel. They will be carried into the wilderness to a hiding place on the “wings of a great eagle.”

Some people have seized on this imagery to teach that the U.S., whose national symbol is the eagle, will supply the end time air lift that will save the Jewish remnant.

But the Bible is its own best interpreter. And when you look up the phrase, “wings of an eagle,” you will find that it is the same one that God used in Exodus 19:4 to describe how He brought the Israelites out of Egypt. God is the eagle, not the United States (see Deuteronomy 32:11).

“Babylon the great?”

This brings us to the final and most widely used passage for identifying the U.S. in Bible prophecy. It is Revelation 18 where the destruction of “Babylon the great” is described.

There is no doubt that the United States shares many similarities with the corrupt commercial empire described in this chapter. But the U.S. is not a fulfillment of Revelation 18. That chapter is describing the last Gentile world empire that will dominate the earth at the time of the Lord’s Second Coming. It is the empire of the Antichrist.

A Conclusion

So, where is the United States in Bible prophecy? The answer is that we are not mentioned directly and specifically. We are covered by general prophecies that relate to all nations, but beyond that, our end time destiny must be a matter of speculation.

General prophecies that apply to the U.S. include those that say all nations will be judged (Isaiah 34:2-3) and all nations will cease to exist except the nation of Israel (Jeremiah 30:11 and 46:28).

A Speculation

I personally believe that the reason the U.S. is not mentioned in end time prophecy is because we will suddenly cease to be a world power and will therefore play no significant role in end time events.

The destruction of American power is most likely to occur in two stages. The first could be an economic catastrophe that will result from our out of control debt situation. Our god is the dollar, and the Lord is going to destroy that god when the weight of our debt collapses our economy.

The second stage could occur when Russia launches its invasion of Israel (prophesied in Ezekiel 38 and 39). I believe it is very likely that they will launch a preemptive nuclear attack against our nation, since we are the only country in the world that might possibly come to Israel’s defense. This attack may be hinted at in Ezekiel 39:6 where it says that fire will fall on “those who inhabit the coastlands in safety.”

The Russian attack will probably come from submarines deployed off our East and West coasts. Each Russian sub carries more fire power than all the bombs dropped in World War II. Such an attack would give us only seven minutes warning, not even enough time to launch a counter attack.

With the U.S. immobilized, the Russians will then attack Israel and, according to Ezekiel, their army will be wiped out supernaturally by God on the hills of Israel (Ezekiel 39:1-4). The greatest power vacuum in the history of mankind will be created almost overnight. The world will be gripped by panic.

Into that vacuum will step a dynamic, charismatic European political personality who will be energized by Satan. He will begin to rally the world to his support through his brilliant proposals for world peace. The world will be mesmerized by him (Revelation 13:8).

An Objection

Some argue that since the collapse of the Soviet government, Russia is now too weak to launch any attack against Israel or the United States. But the economy of Russia has rebounded due to the nation’s vast oil reserves, and its military power is intact, including thousands of nuclear warheads!

In fact, Russia is far more dangerous to the world today than before the Soviet collapse. The increased danger is rooted in the instability of the government.

There is no hope for democracy in Russia because the societal values that are essential for the working of a democratic system do not exist. Nor is there any historical experience with democracy. Before the Commissars were the Czars.

As I predicted from the outset, the experiment with democracy did not last long. Vladimir Putin has created a new tyranny that is obsessed with territorial expansion. Putin will most likely resort to one of the oldest techniques of government — namely, stirring up trouble abroad to divert people’s attention away from their domestic problems. That foreign trouble will ultimately be the invasion of Israel.

The Parallel of Habakkuk

I admit that I do not like this speculative scenario. But it seems the most likely chain of events to me. When it first occurred to me, I was particularly repelled by the idea of God using Russia to judge our nation. I asked, “How can a holy God punish those who are evil with those who are more evil?”

My quest for an answer to that question led me to the book of Habakkuk. I discovered that Habakkuk asked God the same question when God revealed to him that Judah would be judged by an invasion of the Chaldeans.

God never answered Habakkuk’s question. He just called on Habakkuk to proceed in faith, believing that God knew best (Habakkuk 2:4). After a difficult spiritual struggle, Habakkuk stepped out in faith and said, “Lord, even if the Chaldeans completely destroy us, I will continue to exalt Your name” (Habakkuk 3:17-19).

The Chaldeans came. They destroyed the nation of Judah and the Temple of God. But where are the Chaldeans today? In the dust bin of history. Where are the Jews? Regathered to their land.

The point is that God has the wisdom and power to orchestrate the evil of Man to the triumph of His holy will in history. It is not for us to question His ways. Rather, it is for us to trust Him.

A Sobering Conclusion

But there is another point to consider. Are we really more righteous than the Russians? I think not.

In fact, I believe we are far more dangerous to the world spiritually than the Russians have ever been, for we are the world’s moral polluter through the export of our sleazy television programs, our filthy movies, our satanic music, and our degrading pornography.

We are a people who have turned our back on God. The day of judgment for us will be far more severe than for the Russians, for “to those to whom much is given, much is expected” (Luke 12:48).

Another Possibility

There is another possible fate for the United States. If the Rapture were to occur today, we would be devastated because our nation contains more born again Christians than any other nation in the world — more than all of Western Europe combined. Further, we have many born again Christians in high positions of commerce and government. The Rapture would reduce our nation to chaos, removing us from the international scene as the world’s dominant power.

We can hope and pray that this will be the destiny of our nation, because if it is not, we are headed toward outright destruction due to our rebellion against a gracious God who has blessed us more than any other nation that has ever existed.

The United States in Bible Prophecy - America the Beautiful?

JUDGMENT

Matthew 12:25 – A House Divided Cannot Stand

Mt 12:25 But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

Psalm 9:4-17 – Prayer and Thanksgiving for the Lord’s Righteous Judgments

Ps 9:4 You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.
5 You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

6 O enemy, destructions are finished forever! And you have destroyed cities; Even their memory has perished.

…

15 The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.
16 The Lord is known by the judgment He executes;

The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah

17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God.

Ezekiel 14:12-20 – Judgment on Persistent Unfaithfulness

Ez 14:12 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying: 13 “Son of man, when a land sins against Me by persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand against it; I will cut off its supply of bread, send famine on it, and cut off man and beast from it. 14 Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness,” says the Lord God.

15 “If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they empty it, and make it so desolate that no man may pass through because of the beasts, 16 even though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters; only they would be delivered, and the land would be desolate.

17 “Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, ‘Sword, go through the land,’ and I cut off man and beast from it, 18 even though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but only they themselves would be delivered.

19 “Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out My fury on it in blood, and cut off from it man and beast, 20 even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.”

Jeremiah 5:26-31 – The Justice of God’s Judgment

Jer 5:26 ‘For among My people are found wicked men; They lie in wait as one who sets snares; They set a trap; They catch men.
27 As a cage is full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become great and grown rich.
28 They have grown fat, they are sleek; Yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked;
They do not plead the cause, The cause of the fatherless; Yet they prosper, And the right of the needy they do not defend.
29 Shall I not punish them for these things?’ says the Lord. ‘Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?’

30 “An astonishing and horrible thing Has been committed in the land:
31 The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule by their own power; And My people love to have it so.
But what will you do in the end?

HOPE

Ezekiel 33:7-11 – The Watchman and His Message

Ez 33:7 “So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me. 8 When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you shall surely die!’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. 9 Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.

10 “Therefore you, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: ‘Thus you say, “If our transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and we pine away in them, how can we then live?” ’ 11 Say to them: ‘As I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’

2 Chronicles 7:13-15 – God’s Second Appearance to Solomon

2Ch 7:13 When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, 14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 15 Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place.

What is America’s Destiny? Repentance or Judgment? By Dr. David R. Reagan

https://christinprophecy.org/articles/what-is-americas-destiny/

Let’s put this topic in perspective with two foundational Scripture passages:

The first is Psalm 33:12 which says: “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD.” Or, as it reads in Hebrew, “…whose God is Yahweh.”

The second is Proverbs 14:34 which reads: “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.”

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The Nations in Prophecy

Ever since I began holding Bible prophecy conferences 38 years ago, the number one question asked during Question and Answer sessions has been, “Where is the United States in Bible prophecy?” The horrific events of September 11, 2001 intensified the importance and frequency of this question — and that is certainly understandable.

The Bible is full of prophecies about nations:

Isaiah prophesied in detail about the destinies of Assyria, Babylon, Moab, Syria, Ethiopia, Edom, Arabia, Tyre and Egypt.

Jeremiah covered the same nations, adding Philistia, Kedar, Hazor, Elam and Ammon.

Nearly all the Hebrew prophets spoke about Israel or Judah or both, and many of their prophecies concerned the fate of Jerusalem.

Daniel focused on world empires, and in the process he wrote history better in advance than most historians after the fact.

Daniel and many of the other prophets also spoke about the configuration of nations that would exist in the end times, right before the return of the Messiah. They foretold:

The resurrection of the Roman Empire in Europe.
The re-establishment of the state of Israel.
Israel besieged by surrounding Arab nations.
Israel menaced by Russia and its allies.
And nations in the Far East capable of sending an army of 200 million against the Middle East.

The United States in Bible Prophecy

So, where is the United States in Bible prophecy? How could the prophets overlook our nation?

What makes this question even more perplexing is that the signs of the times indicate we are on the threshold of the Tribulation, and we are the world’s dominant superpower! So how could the Bible fail to mention us?

The search for the United States in Bible prophecy has been extensive and intensive. It has also been very imaginative.

Isaiah 18

In the 19th Century, one of the favorite locations of the US in prophecy espoused by Bible prophecy experts was Isaiah 18. It speaks of a nation of “tall, smooth-skinned people who are feared far and wide…A powerful nation whose land is divided by waters.”

The problem with applying Isaiah 18 to the United States is that the chapter begins by specifically identifying the nation it is talking about, and that is Cush, which is the modern day nation of Sudan.

The river it is referring to is obviously the Nile. And furthermore, the whole setting of the chapter is during the Millennial reign of the Messiah.

Ezekiel 38 & 39

During the 20th Century, the most popular place to find our nation in prophecy shifted to Ezekiel 38 and 39 where the end time battle of God & Magog is described. This is a massive invasion of Israel by Russia and its allies, all of which are modern day Muslim countries.

Ezekiel 38:13 states that when the Russian invasion of Israel occurs in the end times, “the merchants of Tarshish, with all its villages,” will speak out against the invasion.

Tarshish was identified as Britain and the “villages” were identified as Britain’s English speaking colonies, including, of course, the United States.

Later in the century, the identification of Tarshish shifted to Spain. To compensate for this, the advocates of this theory simply pointed out that Columbus sailed from Spain and thus his discovery of America would make our nation one of Spain’s “villages.”

I think you should be beginning to see how desperate people have been over the years to find the United States in Bible prophecy.

Actually, the latest anthropological and metallurgical scientific evidence points rather conclusively to the island of Sardinia as the site of Tarshish. Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean, second only to Sicily. And I don’t think anyone will be so bold as to claim that our nation is one of the villages of Sardinia!

The Great Eagle

This brings us to what I consider to be the most imaginative and the silliest identification of our nation in Bible prophecy. It is found in Revelation 12:14 which states that when the Antichrist attempts to annihilate the Jews in the second half of the Tribulation, the Jews in Israel will flee “on the wings of a great eagle.”

Believe it or not, some people have seized on this imagery to teach that the United States, whose national symbol is the eagle, will supply the end time air lift that will save the Jewish remnant!

But the Bible is its own best interpreter. And when you look up the phrase, “wings of an eagle,” you will find that it is the same one that God used in Exodus 19:4 to describe how He brought the Israelites out of Egypt: “You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to Myself.”

The same imagery is used in Deuteronomy 32:11 where it speaks of God’s protection of Israel in the wilderness:

“Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that hovers over its young, He [the Lord] spread His wings and caught them, He carried them on His pinions.”

In Revelation 12, God is the “eagle,” not the United States. What the passage in Revelation 12 is saying is that God is going to supernaturally protect the Jewish people when they flee from the Antichrist into Jordan in the middle of the Tribulation.

Babylon the Great

This brings us to what is today’s most popular passage for identifying our nation in Bible prophecy.

It is found in Revelation 18 which speaks of a great empire dominating the world in the end times called “Babylon the Great” that will be destroyed by God in one hour of one day.

There is no doubt that the United States shares many similarities with the corrupt commercial empire described in this chapter. The empire is described as one that is in rebellion against God, to the point that it has become “a dwelling place of demons” (verse 2). It further states that the immorality of this empire has corrupted all the nations of the world (verse 3).

It is also made clear that this “Babylon the Great” will completely dominate the world economy, and its destruction will result in the collapse of the economies of all nations. This causes the kings, merchants and shipmasters to “weep and lament” and cry out, “Woe, woe!” (verses 9,11,17).

In the present international context, it certainly sounds like the United States. But, again, the Bible is its own best interpreter, and chapter 17 of Revelation makes it clear that “Babylon the Great” is the end time world empire of the Antichrist that will be centered in Rome, not Washington, D.C.

Many Bible prophecies have a prefillment in symbolic type before they are ultimately fulfilled in reality. The destruction of the United States (whether by external or internal forces), and the impact of that destruction upon the world, could certainly constitute a symbolic prefillment of Revelation 18, but the true fulfillment will have to await the annihilation of the world empire of the Antichrist.

So, my conclusion is that the United States is not specifically mentioned in Bible prophecy. We are covered by general prophecies that relate to all nations, but beyond those, our end time destiny is not specifically mentioned.

But this conclusion raises more questions than it answers. Why aren’t we mentioned? How could the Bible be silent about us?

Possible Scenarios for a Missing America

There are several possible scenarios to explain our absence from end time Bible prophecy:

1) Terrorist Devastation

Because of our freedoms and open borders, we are a sitting duck for terrorist attacks that could fatally disrupt our society. Such attacks could take various forms — biological, chemical and electronic. They could even take the form of suitcase nuclear dirty bombs.

It is almost impossible to protect a society from suicide terrorists who are willing to sacrifice themselves for their cause.

2) External Nuclear Attack

A second possibility is either direct atomic hits or indirect ones in the form of electromagnetic pulse explosions in the atmosphere above our nation.

3) Internal Moral Rot

A third possible scenario would be an internal collapse due to moral rot which could lead to the breakdown of law and order, resulting in widespread violence.

4) An Economic Collapse

A fourth possibility is an economic collapse due to the astronomical national debt we have so recklessly built up over the past few decades.

In the first edition of my book about the United States in Bible prophecy, published in 2003, I wrote:

“The first thing that comes to mind is an economic catastrophe that will result from our out of control debt situation…There is no way to escape the conclusion that America has become a debt junkie.”

I concluded with this observation:

“I believe an unprecedented economic collapse is highly likely because money is the real god of America, and the true God of this universe is a jealous One who does not tolerate idolatry. God, by His very nature, is going to be compelled to destroy our false god.”

5) The Rapture

There is a fifth scenario that could explain our nation’s absence in end time prophecy, and it is the one I prefer and pray for. I’m thinking, of course, of the Rapture of the Church. Even though we have become a secular nation, we still have many true Christians, many of which are in powerful positions of government, industry and the military.

The Rapture would produce mass chaos in our nation on an unprecedented scale. It would undoubtedly result in martial law. Probably the only way we could survive is to reach out to Europe and ask to be included in the European Union.

So, once again, my conclusion is that the United States is not specifically mentioned in end time Bible Prophecy.

But, we are there!

We are there in prophetic type — in prophetic symbolism.

Prophetic Types

But before I reveal our prophetic type, let me take a moment to explain the meaning of a prophetic type.

A prophetic type is a symbol of a prophecy yet to be fulfilled. It prefigures a coming reality. It can be a person, an event, a ceremony, or an inanimate object.

Thus, the Greek tyrant, Antiochus Epiphanes (c. 215 BC – 164 BC) was a prophetic type of the Antichrist who will appear on the world scene in the end times.

The Old Testament sacrificial system pointed forward to the finality of the Cross.

Every aspect of the Ark of the Covenant pointed to the Messiah:

It was made of wood — pointing to the Messiah’s humanity.
It was overlaid with gold — pointing to the Messiah’s divinity.
It contained three objects:
- A pot of Manna — pointing to the fact that the Messiah would be our bread of life
- The tablets of Moses — pointing to the fact that the Messiah would keep the Law perfectly
- Aaron’s Rod that budded — pointing to the fact that the Messiah would rise from the dead.
Once a year the High Priest would enter the Holy of Holies and sprinkle blood on the lid of the Ark, signifying that the Messiah would have to die in order for the grace of God to cover the Law of God.

America’s Prophetic Type

Now, I believe America’s prophetic type is the ancient nation of Judah.

If you will remember, after the death of Solomon, the kingdom of David split into two nations — Israel and Judah.

The northern nation of Israel was apostate from the beginning. It was founded in rebellion against God and continued in that condition for 208 years until it was conquered by the Assyrians in 722 BC. During its lifetime, the nation had 19 kings, and not a single one was considered righteous in the eyes of God.

The southern nation of Judah lasted 136 years longer for a total of 344 years. Eight of its 20 kings were considered righteous by the Lord.

Consider the parallels between our nation and Judah:

They were given great leaders like Hezekiah, Jehoshaphat and Josiah, just as we have been blessed in our history with leaders like Washington, Lincoln, the Roosevelts and Reagan.
They enjoyed a degree of freedom that was unparalleled for that day and time, just as we have been blessed.
They were granted great prosperity just as we have been.
And they were favored with abundant spiritual blessings just as we have been. The Shekinah Glory of God resided in their Temple in Jerusalem. We have been blessed to be used by God to proclaim the Gospel all over the world.

I wish I could stop there with this list of positive parallels, but I cannot. That’s because we share some negative characteristics with Judah.

One is pride. Judah became proud of its blessings and the people deceived themselves into thinking they were the ones responsible for their blessings. They forgot the One who was truly responsible, just as we have.

Another negative parallel is rebellion. As Judah distanced itself from God, it began to rebel against His Word, just as we are now in the process of doing the same thing.

The result for Judah was the destruction of their nation by the Babylonians in 586 BC.

But before God poured out His wrath on the nation, he patiently called them to repentance and warned them of His impending judgment.

He did this in two ways — through prophetic voices and remedial judgments. Let’s consider the prophetic voices first.

The Sins of Judah

In about 740 BC, God anointed a sophisticated and erudite man named Isaiah to be a prophet to Judah, and the first thing He asked him to do was to search out the land and compile a spiritual inventory of the sins of the people.

God knew the sins. This was His way of acquainting Isaiah with them first hand.

Isaiah’s subsequent report was startling and heartbreaking. It clearly revealed that the people whom God had so richly blessed had turned their back on Him and His Word.

And since these are the sins that motivated God to destroy the nation, the city and the temple He loved so much, we should pay close attention to what they were. A people entrenched in sin.

Isaiah’s Report

Isaiah’s report is found in chapter 5 of his writings, and he begins in verse 7 with the sin of injustice:

“He [God] expected a crop of justice, but instead he found oppression. He expected to find righteousness, but instead he heard cries of violence.”

Next, he mentioned greed: (5:8)

“You buy up property so others have no place to live. Your homes are built on great estates so you can be alone in the midst of the earth!”

The next sin he discovered was pleasure-seeking: (5:12)

“They furnish wine and lovely music at their grand parties — lyre and harp, tambourine and flute — but they never think about the LORD or notice what He is doing.”

The fourth sin he reported was blasphemy: (5:19)

“They even mock the Holy One of Israel and dare the Lord to punish them. ‘Hurry up and punish us, O Lord,’ they say. ‘We want to see what you can do!'”

Next, Isaiah pointed to the shocking sin of moral perversion: (5:20)

“They say that what is right is wrong and what is wrong is right; that black is white and white is black; bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter.”

Isaiah lamented the sin of intellectual pride: (5:21)

“Woe to those who are wise and shrewd in their own eyes!”

Next, Isaiah identified the sin of intemperance: (5:22)

“Woe to those who are “heroes” when it comes to drinking and boast about the liquor they can hold.”

The final sin identified by Isaiah was political corruption: (5:23)

“They take bribes to pervert justice, letting the wicked go free and putting innocent men in jail.”

Isaiah concluded his list with a summary statement that identified the fundamental reason for all the sins: (5:24)

“…they have thrown away the laws of God and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.”

So, the eight sins of Judah that Isaiah reported were: Injustice, Greed, Pleasure-Seeking, Blasphemy, Moral Perversion, Intellectual Pride, Intemperance and Political Corruption. All of which he asserted were produced by contempt for the Word of God.

Isaiah also reported that all his calls to repentance were met with scoffing and frivolity (22:12-13):

“The Lord God called you to repent, to weep and mourn, to shave your heads in sorrow for your sins, and to wear clothes made of sackcloth to show your remorse. But instead, you sing and dance and play, and feast and drink. ‘Let us eat, drink, and be merry,’ you say: ‘What’s the difference, for tomorrow we die.'”

Isaiah responded to this crass indifference with a strong warning: (5:26-30)

“God will send a signal to the nations far away, whistling to those at the ends of the earth, and they will come racing toward Jerusalem…Their arrows are sharp; their bows are bent; sparks fly from their horses’ hoofs, and the wheels of their chariots spin like the wind. They roar like lions and pounce upon the prey. They seize my people and carry them off into captivity with none to rescue them.”

Jeremiah’s Report

Sixty years later, God called a young priest named Jeremiah to do the same thing he had requested of Isaiah. He asked him to go forth and make an inventory of the sins of Judah.

When he reported back to God, he listed the same sins as Isaiah, but he added three new ones.

The first was immorality. This, of course, had been hinted at in Isaiah’s accusation of moral perversion. But Jeremiah got specific: (5:7-8)

He declared that God had fed His people until they were full, but they thanked Him by “committing adultery and lining up at the brothels.” He added, “They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing for his neighbor’s wife.”

The second sin Jeremiah detected was religious corruption: (5:30-31)

“A horrible and shocking thing has happened in this land — the prophets give false prophecies, and the priests rule with an iron hand. Worse yet, my people like it that way!”

The third sin he added to the growing list was closed minds: (6:10-11)

He declared the people do not listen when God speaks: “Their ears are closed, and they cannot hear. They scorn the word of the Lord. They don’t want to listen at all.”

Jeremiah then concluded with three powerful summary statements:

“Their faces are harder than rock” (5:3).
“They have a stubborn and rebellious heart” (5:23).
“They do not know how to blush” (6:15).

Jeremiah issued a called to repentance, coupled with a stern warning (6:26):

“Oh, my people, dress yourselves in burlap and sit among the ashes. Mourn and weep bitterly, as for the loss of an only son. For suddenly the destroying armies will be upon you!”

But the people of Judah were so caught up in rebellion that they refused to repent, and they scoffed at the warning, responding by shouting, “The Temple, the Temple, the Temple!” (Jeremiah 7:4).

What they meant by this taunt was that they did not believe God would ever destroy their nation and their capital city because the Shekinah Glory of God rested in their Temple.

Remedial Judgments

Meanwhile, while God was speaking through prophetic voices, calling the people to repentance and warning them of an ultimate judgment, He was simultaneously inflicting the nation with remedial judgments.

These are judgments designed to humble people and motivate them to think with an eternal perspective.

Before they entered the Promised Land, God had warned them through Moses that if they were not faithful to His commandments, they would suffer remedial judgments to call them to repentance. These judgments are listed in detail in Deuteronomy 28, and they include such things as crop failures, rebellion of teenagers, an epidemic of divorce, rampant disease, confusing government policies, defeats by enemies, foreign domination and the ultimate judgment — exile from the land.

But the people of Judah were set in their sins, and Jeremiah therefore declared that their “wound was incurable” (Jeremiah 10:19).

The result was the Babylonian conquest of the nation and its capital in 586 BC, resulting in most of the people being carried away into captivity.

God in His mercy allowed them to return 70 years later, but during the next 400 years, they persisted in their sins, and so, in 70 AD, God allowed them to be conquered by the Romans and dispersed worldwide, just as He had warned.

This sordid history of a richly blessed people rebelling against their God who had blessed them so overwhelmingly is summed up in two very sad verses in which you can almost hear the Lord weeping (2 Chronicles 36:15-16):

15) And the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place;

16) but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose against His people, until there was no remedy.

How God Deals With A Rebellious Nation

From this history of Judah, we can draw some conclusions about how God deals with a rebellious nation which He has so richly blessed.

1) He raises up prophetic voices to call the nation to repentance. And, if there is no repentance,

2) He places remedial judgments upon the nation.

3) If the nation repents, He forgives and blesses. But if there is no repentance,

4) God destroys the nation when its rebellion becomes entrenched, reaching a point of no return.

This point of no return occurs when “the wound becomes incurable.” Nahum declared that Nineveh had “an incurable wound” (Nahum 3:19). Jeremiah used the same terminology with reference to Judah (Jeremiah 30:12).

Jeremiah was even told to stop praying for Judah (Jeremiah 7:16). Ezekiel was told the same thing, but in even stronger terms. Ezekiel was told that if the most righteous men who have ever lived — Noah, Daniel and Job — were to intervene for Judah, it would be of no avail, except for themselves and their families, because the nation had reached the point of no return and was going to be destroyed (Ezekiel 14:12-21).

All of which reminds me of the words of the prophet Nahum (Nahum 1:2-3):

A jealous and avenging God is the Lord;
The Lord is avenging and wrathful.
The Lord takes vengeance on His adversaries,
And He reserves wrath for His enemies.
The Lord is slow to anger and great in power,
And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.

Application to the United States

Now, let’s apply these principles to the United States.

As I pointed out before, I believe God raised up this nation with the purpose of using our great natural resources and technical ingenuity to spread the Gospel all over the world.

As we fulfilled His purpose, He poured out blessings upon us — blessings like unparalleled freedom and prosperity and immense power, worldwide influence and — the greatest blessing of all — sharing the Gospel with the world. He even gave us the blessing of serving as the key nation in the re-birthing and nurturing of the nation of Israel.

But we became enamored with our wealth and power, and we began turning our back on God.

The Almighty Dollar became our god.
Greed became our motivator.
Gambling became a national pastime.
Sex became our obsession.
We became the world’s largest consumer of illegal drugs.
We kicked God out of our schools.
We legalized abortion.
We endorsed moral perversion.
And we became the moral polluter of planet earth through our violent, immoral and blasphemous movies and television programs.

God’s Response

As we wallowed in the sexual revolution of the 1960’s, God began raising up prophetic voices like Dave Wilkerson, calling this nation to repentance.

And in the years since that time, he has raised up many more prophetic voices, 13 of which I identify in my book, God’s Prophetic Voices to America.

When we refused to repent, the remedial judgments began to fall. (And let me just pause to say that I do not believe that all calamities are remedial judgments. Most are simply products of natural forces. A true remedial judgment can be determined by its magnitude or its timing or both.) Considering those factors, I believe that some of the remedial judgments we have experienced in recent years are:

The Vietnam War

This war occurred on the heels of the sexual revolution of the 1960s.

The 9/11 Attacks (2001)

God allowed the terrorists to be successful in attacking the two symbols of our pride: The Twin Towers in New York which represented our wealth, and the Pentagon in Washington, DC which represented our power.

Hurricane Katrina (2005)

Undoubtedly God’s response to our immorality and our forcing Israel to abandon the Gaza Strip. The storm formed suddenly in the Gulf on the last day of the Gaza Strip withdrawal and hit New Orleans just as it was getting ready to host its annual homosexual festival.

The Sept 2008 Stock Market Crash

Again, a response to our attempts to strong arm Israel into surrendering its heartland. It occurred on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and the market fell by 777 points — indicating the signature of God.

The Type of Leaders We Deserve

It is no accident that President Obama was the most pro-abortion, pro-homosexual, anti-Capitalist, anti-Israel leader in the entire history of our nation. The man who promised us hope proceeded to destroy that hope with his myriad of ungodly programs and actions.

The Parallels

Let’s consider the parallels once again between Judah and the United States: Ancient Judah was blessed with great leaders, freedom, prosperity and spiritual blessings — all of which we have enjoyed.

But, like Judah, we have drifted into pride and rebellion. And as with ancient Judah, God has responded with prophetic warnings and remedial judgments. We are now courting His Destruction.

A Crucial Question

This brings us to a very important question: Why should the United States be treated any differently? The answer, of course, is that God is not treating us any differently. He has raised up prophetic voices to call us to repentance, and He has sent remedial judgments. And our response has been one of patriotism, when the needed response is repentance.

The 9/11 Attacks

After 9/11 my wife noticed an explosion of bumper stickers saying, “God Bless America!” One day she turned to me and said, “Those bumper stickers are wrong, because God has already blessed America.”

So, she designed what she considered to be a more appropriate sticker: “America Bless God!”

The 9/11 attacks were a wake-up call for our nation. But instead of awakening to the need for repentance, we reacted like a sleepy man who hits the snooze button on his alarm clock, rolls over, and goes back to sleep.

And so, our society has continued to slouch toward Gomorrah.

The Decay of Society

Let me take a moment to emphasize to you how serious the decay of our society has become. Only a person my age can appreciate how radically and how quickly our society has disintegrated.

I was born in 1938 when autos still had running boards and gasoline was 20 cents a gallon.

When I was born…

Abortionists were sent to prison.
Pregnancy out of wedlock was thought of as scandalous.
Homosexuality was considered unnatural and immoral.
Pornography was despised as a perversion.
Drugs were something you bought at a drug store.
Marriage was sacred.
Living together was taboo.
Divorce was a disgrace.
Same-sex marriage was beyond even the wildest and most depraved imagination.
Homemaking was honored, and day care was provided by mothers in their homes. Child abuse was almost unheard of.
Ladies did not curse or smoke.
The word, ”Damn,” was considered flagrant language in a movie.

The first major motion picture to use a curse word was Gone with the Wind in 1939. The movie ended with the phrase, “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” In 2013 a film called The Wolf of Wall Street, starring Leonardo de Caprio, had the “f-word” in it 544 times in 180 minutes!

In 1997, the veteran television star, Steve Allen, denounced the growing filth contained in movies and television programs by saying, “We have become a society where vulgarians entertain barbarians.” And that was 20 years ago!

A Temporary Respite

It is true that in His grace and mercy, God has given us a temporary respite — a window of grace through the miraculous election of Donald Trump in 2016.

Incidentally, I believe the crucial factor in producing that miracle was Franklin Graham’s prayer crusade that he took to every state capital in our nation. At each stop, he began his presentation with the same words:

“I have no hope in the Democratic Party, and I have no hope in the Republican Party. Zero hope. Our only hope is God.” And he proceeded to call our nation to prayer and repentance.

I think it is very interesting that back in 1980 when Ronald Reagan was elected, Francis Shaeffer, one of God’s prophetic voices to America, also referred to Reagan’s election as a “window of grace” from God, and it was. But as soon as his term ended in 1989, our society took up where it had left off in its rejection of Judeo-Christian values and proceeded with its downward spiral into the secular, pagan pit of Humanism.

President Trump is doing a lot of things right while he continues to proclaim that he is going to “Make America Great Again.”

But don’t count on it. No one can make our nation great again as long as we continue in our outright rebellion against God and His Word.

Our nation, like Judah, has gone too far in its rejection of God. I believe we have reached the point where our wound has become incurable. The election of Trump is not a portent of our future. And I can prove that with three brutal facts.

After eight years of the most ungodly administration in American history:

1) President Obama left office with a 60% approval rating.

2) His designated heir, Hillary Clinton, received 3 million more votes than Trump.

3) And our nation’s future — the Millennials (18 to 29 year olds) — supported an out-and-out Socialist, and when he failed to get the nomination, they voted overwhelmingly for Clinton.

The Most Brutal Reality

But more important than these three facts is the ignorance of God’s Word that has come to characterize both our nation and professing Christians. This ignorance is reflected in the latest polls conducted by the Barna Association which show that only 9% of Americans are Bible-believing Christians! And even more shocking, only 17% of professing Christians are truly Bible-believing Christians!

And what determines a Bible-believing Christian? Answers to the following six questions:

1) Does absolute moral truth exist?

2) Is the Bible totally accurate in all of the principles it teaches?

3) Is Satan a real being and not simply a symbolic force?

4) Can people earn their way into Heaven by doing good works?

5) Did Jesus live a sinless life?

6) Is God the all-knowing, all-powerful creator of the world who still rules the universe today?

Again, only 9% of Americans can answer these questions biblically, and only 17% of professing Christians can do so. Is it any wonder that a recent national poll by the George Barna’s American Culture and Faith Institute revealed that:

77% of Americans believe divorce is acceptable.
71% believe sexual intercourse between unmarried adults is acceptable.
69% believe having a baby out of marriage is acceptable.
58% believe viewing pornography is acceptable.

Or, consider what public opinion polls are showing regarding same-sex marriage: acceptance of the abomination of same-sex marriage has increased rapidly from 37% in 2007 to 62% in 2018. The acceptance among white Evangelicals has increased from 14% in 2007 to 35% in 2018.

The latest poll in 2018 shows that Alabama is the only state in the Union where a majority of people oppose same-sex marriage!

Our nation needs to wake-up to the fact that legalizing an abomination does not make it moral. Here’s how one organization has put it:

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The Triumph of Humanism

My friends, we need to face up to the fact that we have lost the culture war. Humanism has triumphed. We are now a nation begging God to deliver us from judgment to destruction.

If President Trump is succeeded by another liberal ideological person like Obama or Bernie Sanders, supported by a liberal Congress, the turn around will be swift and breathtaking.

All of Trump’s executive orders will be reversed overnight.
The 2nd Amendment will come under concerted attack.
Abortion will be promoted.
Hate speech legislation will be broadened to prevent people speaking out against the Sexual Perversion Movement.
Israel will be abandoned.
Expressions of Christianity will be confined to church buildings.

People say, “But the Supreme Court will stand as a wall of protection against the tide of paganism and secularism.” My response is, “Don’t count on it.”

Our constitution does not specify the number of judges on the Supreme Court. This is determined by Congress. A radical President with a supporting Congress can undercut the Court by passing legislation to increase the members from 9 to 11 and to allow for additional appointments for each judge who stays on the court beyond the age of 70.

Yes, FDR tried this in 1937 when he was at the height of his popularity and failed. But what most people forget or don’t know is that after originally determining in 1789 that the Supreme Court would have six justices, the Congress has changed the size of the Court five times by either increasing or decreasing the number of justices — each time for political reasons.

The Warning of Romans Chapter 1

Romans chapter 1 makes it crystal clear that the fate of our nation is sealed. It says that the wrath of God is called down from Heaven by: ungodliness, unrighteousness, suppression of the truth, and worship of the creation rather than the Creator.

Well, that’s exactly where we are in our nation’s history.

We are practicing ungodliness as we kick God out of our schools and all aspects of our public life.
We are practicing unrighteousness in our daily murder of babies.
We are suppressing the truth of the origin of the universe and of life.
We are worshiping the Creation rather than the Creator.

Romans 1 says that God responds to this kind of rebellion against Him and His Word by stepping back and lowering the nation’s hedge of protection, allowing evil to multiply. And the results are:

1) A sexual revolution — which occurred in our nation in the 1960s (verses 24-25).

2) A plague of homosexuality — which followed in the 1980s and 90s (verses 26-27).

3) The society being delivered over to a depraved mind — which is where we are today (verses 28-32).

What else but depravity of mind could explain our nation’s celebration over the Supreme Court’s decision to legalized same-sex marriage? As we celebrated, God must have wept. Especially so when our President had the audacity to lite up the White House in the colors of the Sexual Perversion Movement. What a depraved and sordid spectacle that was!

I have no doubt that we signed our nation’s death warrant on June 26, 2015 when our Supreme Court rendered its despicable, ungodly decision.

Nor are we alone. Europe has rejected Christianity, and Christians are being persecuted and slaughtered worldwide. Our world is a ticking time bomb. And one of the tragedies is that the average person is just going about his normal business as if nothing is wrong, oblivious to the fact that the wrath of God is about to be poured out.

Our Hope

Is there any hope for our nation? I do not believe so. But we should not despair for several reasons.

First, what we are experiencing is a fulfillment of end time prophecy. The biblical prophets, including Jesus Himself, all prophesied that in the end times society would disintegrate into violence and immorality — that it would become as evil as in the days of Noah, and that people would go about their business as if everything was normal.

That is exactly where we are today. And thus, we are witnesses to the very signs that are heralding the soon return of Jesus.

This is why the great pastor, Adrian Rogers, once said, “The world is growing gloriously dark.” Or, as Jan Markell likes to put it: “The world is not falling to pieces; rather, the pieces are all falling into place.”

The second reason we should not despair is because there is individual hope. For those of us who are believers. God has promised that He will never forsake us.

A third reason we should not despair is because of what God is doing in Heaven right now. The Bible says in Psalm 2 that while all the political leaders of the world conspire against Him, His Word and His Son, our Creator sits on His throne and laughs. He is not laughing because He does not care. Oh no! He is laughing because He has the wisdom and power to orchestrate all the evil of mankind and Satan to the triumph of His will in history.

And don’t forget, we have a fourth reason for hope. We have the incredible hope of the Rapture.

There is also hope for unbelievers. As Robert Jeffress likes to point out:

When the darkness deepens, the light of Jesus will shine more brightly, like a diamond on a black cloth, and more and more people will be drawn to Jesus and be saved.

Meanwhile, as the darkness deepens, those of us who are believers must serve as salt and light, standing for God and His Word and refusing to give in to the demands of a pagan society, regardless of the cost.

We must be beacons of hope, pointing people to the God of hope while urging them to put their hope in their only Hope — Jesus, the Son of God and the soon returning King of kings and Lord of lords.

Find many many articles and videos at Lamb and Lion about this: https://christinprophecy.org/?s=america

Jeff Kinley on the Fate of America

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Billy Crone on the Spiritual Condition of America

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Does the election of Donald Trump signify that God has given America a window of mercy?

Tom Hughes on the Future of America

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Is there any hope from God for a rebellious America?

Jonathan Cahn on America

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Is America experiencing the harbingers of doom?

Jonathan Cahn on America’s Spiritual Condition

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Can America truly be great again?

God’s Prophetic Voices to America

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Is God warning the United States through prophetic voices?

America’s Destiny

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What’s a Christian to do seeing our country becoming more paganized?

America’s Suicide

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Is America committing suicide?

America's Destiny

What Is Satan's Five-Part Plan to Destroy America? :: By Nathan Jones

https://www.raptureready.com/2022/11/12/what-is-satans-five-part-plan-to-destroy-america-by-nathan-jones/

Our nation is under attack! Jarring social changes and frightening geopolitical events pummel our sensibilities like waves endlessly breaking upon the shore. Life’s been getting a whole lot crazier with each passing year. And now, an election season fraught with epic consequences is bearing down upon us all.

What exactly is going on behind the scenes that’s causing so much confusion?

Satan has a five-part plan to disrupt and destroy the United States of America and other Western societies. Allen Parr of Allen Parr Ministries and host of the hit YouTube channel The BEAT joined me on Prophetic Perspectives to reveal Satan’s insidious plan.

#1 – Breaking Down Families

The breaking down of families isn’t something necessarily new, but currently, there are a whole lot of woke organizations out there that have been fighting for evil under the banners of feminist rights and many other anti-family positions. Clearly, a war on the traditional nuclear family is being waged. As a result, divorce rates climb ever higher, even among Christians. We have more and more people giving up on their marriages. The Enemy knows that people are stronger together than apart, so Satan has made a concerted effort to tear apart the foundational structure of our society — the nuclear family.

Jesus in Matthew 19:1-10 reiterates what was written in Malachi 2:16, “For the Lord God of Israel says that He hates divorce, for it covers one’s garment with violence.” Satan absolutely hates the nuclear family because the family establishes the very foundation for a just and godly society.

As the family goes, so society goes. The Enemy knows this truth, and so he creates conflict and discord within the home for the purpose of causing families to break up. Divorce creates a significantly negative effect on children of broken homes, often causing young adults to prefer to just live together in sin or wait to get married much later in life, sometimes well past their child-rearing years.

If Satan can split children off from a nurturing family structure, then they become far more vulnerable to temptation. That’s the number one tactic in Satan’s strategy to destroy the foundations of a nation.

#2 – Abortion

If you cannot break a family, then eliminate it before it ever begins. Americans have aborted 63 million babies since 1973 when the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion. China has aborted 300 million babies in that time! Even with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the death toll due to abortion in the US and across the globe is both shocking and genocidal.

God abhors abortion! Let’s call abortion what it truly is — murder. God in Exodus 20:13 commands, “you shalt not murder,” which is the Sixth Commandment.

The Enemy has been trying to normalize murder through abortion. Same as the homosexual agenda, Satan has been working to minimize this sin as not being a big deal. He’ll cloak murder under the auspices of a women’s right to choose or that an unborn baby isn’t really life yet, so abortion isn’t really murder. Satan works to place doubts in people’s minds to desensitize them to what is really happening, which when it comes to abortion, is most definitely murder in God’s eyes.

#3 – Confusion Over Sexual Identity

The third tactic Satan has been using to attack our nation, especially targeting the newest generation, is by causing great confusion over one’s gender and sexual identity. It seems like now, more than ever, our youth have become terribly confused about something as simple as their own gender.

In interviews on college campuses, when students are asked how many genders there are, some amazingly respond with “infinite,” and some just make up numbers because they simply have no idea. Job applications are offering the choices of “Male,” “Female,” and “Other.” Gender is also being removed from birth certificates. The Enemy is doing a job on our youth by getting them confused over the biological identity to which they were born.

And yet, the Bible declares there are only two genders. Genesis 1:27 states, “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” This verse clearly does not say “male, female, fluid, and so on” It states that God created two genders and only two genders.

Not only has confusion over gender and sexual identity been running rampant, but gargantuan efforts have been made to create sexual preference confusion as well. The LGBTQ+ agenda is being pushed on almost every television program that is available to watch. It’s blatantly obvious that the Media is strenuously attempting to normalize the homosexual agenda with regular characters that are same-sex couples or by extolling characters who are inclined to be same-sex attracted. “Family friendly” entertainment companies such as Disney and, shockingly, even some of our public school teachers work hard to normalize sexuality, even as young as the tender elementary ages.

We are watching in horror as the Enemy weaves into the fabric of our country the normalization of extra-marital sexuality, which is something God has clearly defined as sin (Lev. 18:22; 20:13; Rom. 1:24-27; 1 Cor. 6:9-10; 1 Tim. 1:9-10). In his insidious effort, Satan has particularly been targeting the minds of our newest generation to lead them into bondage to lust and confusion and so separate them from their Creator’s good and perfect will.

#4 – Emotional Disorders

We are living in a time when many kids suffer from low self-esteem, depression, and anxiety. Children are being prescribed massive amounts of medication to deal with these emotional conditions.

And yet, our Lord Jesus says in John 10:10, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” Our Creator cherishes each and every one of His creations made in His image, but Satan steals their identity away from them with Evolution and other Humanist philosophies. This tragically has resulted in a generation that sees life as pointless and concludes that its existence is meaningless.

#5 – Division

The last component of Satan’s five-part plan to destroy America involves tribalism. The Enemy attacks our nation by fomenting division. Americans are so divided right now! You cannot go on social media and have a discussion without endless arguing and strife. Social media has become one of the main tools in Satan’s insidious work toward sowing discord and division throughout our society.

Three different ways Satan causes division: race, politics, and denominationalism. Obviously, there has been a whole lot of racial tension in our country, especially since the Floyd police incident and the subsequent riots of 2020. The Enemy has been using Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality to sow discord and divide people along ethnic lines.

Politics, especially in an election year, are always divisive. Christians are called to vote for biblical values, which often puts them at odds with family and friends. Each side of the political aisle acts as if their vote determines the eternal existence of the nation, and whose hype creates even greater discord and division.

Denominations are also well known for arguing and fussing over various doctrines and other ecclesiastical subjects instead of keeping the focus on Jesus Christ and the primary doctrines. Sadly, Christians don’t often get along very well with each other. It’s rather a sad blight on the Church. Christians should all be on the same team, and yet we’ve long been letting denominationalism break us apart. Christians don’t even realize that denominationalism is being used as a tool of the Devil to create discord within the Church.

These five key tactics are employed by Satan to wreak havoc for the purpose of eventually destroying our society. Now that we know what Satan’s five-part plan is, we can counter it. Christians remain called to continue to be “salt and light” in this fallen world. We stand for righteousness in an increasingly dark era. And, as we wait for the return of Jesus Christ, we continue to share the Gospel, all the way up until the King of Kings’ glorious return to conquer Satan and his minions of evil.

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What Is Satan's Five-Part Plan to Destroy America?

Evils in America

—Evils In America—

http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/evils_in_america.htm

“The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.” —Isaiah 2:11

I apologize to you God on behalf of our nation. We know that Your holy Word says, “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil (Isaiah 5:20),” but that is exactly what we have done. We have corrupted our spiritual character and reversed our moral values . . .

Americans have killed our unborn and called it choice.
Americans have tolerated drunkenness and called it a disease instead of a sin.
Americans have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
Americans have embraced homosexuality and called is an alternative lifestyle.
Americans have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
Americans have taught children fraudulent evolution and called it solid education.
Americans have murdered over one million innocent Iraqis and called it the peace effort.
Americans have taught our daughters to dress like prostitutes and called it fashion.
Americans have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self-esteem.
Americans have abused power and called it politics.
Americans have committed idolatry and called it entertainment.
Americans have bowed in idolatrous worship of graven images (The Blessed Virgin Mary), calling it truth.
Americans have ignored criminal insider trading by Congress, calling it soft corruption.
Americans have stolen from each other and called it business.
Americans have coveted their neighbor's possessions and called it ambition.
Americans have polluted the air with profanity and called it free speech.
Americans have produced and indulged in pornography and called it freedom of expression.
Americans have denied the inspiration of the Bible and called it scholarship.

Why should God bless America in View of the way we mistreat Him?

Evil in America: Betrayal of Its People and Israel :: By Robert Campbell

https://www.raptureready.com/2021/09/19/evil-in-america-betrayal-of-its-people-and-israel-by-robert-campbell/

Hello, folks; I must say extraordinary events have taken place in the last few years – events that make pages jump right out of the Bible.

It is sometimes hard to believe that we Americans have killed over 61 million babies in the womb since Roe v. Wade, all because one or two people think it is alright to do so. They believe that they can kill a life that they needed another person to help produce just because it’s in their body. We just go on with life and justify the murder of innocent children whose souls are important to God. It’s easier to have an abortion than go to a car wash to have your car cleaned. And in our minds, we think it is ok with God. We Christians go to church to praise Jesus, while across the street, babies are being aborted. Our minds have been conditioned to look the other way. It’s like taking the garbage out. Folks, God is not looking the other way. And the irony of this is it’s just as many Christians killing babies as non-Christians.

The churches today are so ineffective that it’s a waste of time even going to church. The preachers are as clueless as our politicians are at running the country. We have allowed so much evil to take over that we cannot keep count. Our administration is the evilest ever in America; no holds barred. They are doing whatever they want to folks all over the land just for power and glory. We now have an administration that doesn’t care for innocent lives any more than Hitler did.

Our president and his cohorts are turning America into an embarrassment to the world. He has shown that he loves our enemies and will appease them, even giving our enemies the tools to kill us. He has sacrificed our service men and women and folks who were helping the country to protect the world from our enemies. Should you be surprised? He cares nothing for the unborn; why should he care for the living?

Folks, I hear the media, both good and bad, saying that the administration was incompetent in allowing the Taliban to take over Afghanistan and enabling them to have our weapons. It was not an accident; it was done with a purpose in mind to weaken America. The administration hates America just as much as our enemies hate this country.

This past election was contrived to ensure that the most wicked people would take over. They used a sick man like Biden to get it done; this man does not know what he is doing, just what he is told to say and do. It is sickening to watch him speak to the people when you know it is not him; the folks behind him are directing his moves. Yes, he may agree with all this, but he is not the one in charge. So, folks, don’t think this was done by incompetence; it was done by people wanting to destroy this country. They know precisely what they are doing – from the schools to the media to the government – any way that they can control you.

A preacher’s job is to alert Christians of Satan’s tricks and to assure us that God is in control. But all many do is let you know that Satan is in control of their church or ministry. They go along with the evil; after all, they want power and glory themselves. Satan will promise you money, fame, and comforts, anything to get you to fall for the bait.

As I wrote in my last article, just look at the everyday folks walking the streets and take note of their actions. They are consumed in their private world, and they must look at their most important tool, their smartphones. It is like a drug. I ought to know; I’m also distracted with my cell phone.

Satan will grant you anything you want as long as you give your soul to him. You will be his without any effort to fight him because he uses the comforts of life to get you in his fold.

It’s hard to believe that we as a people have bought into the biggest lie in history, or have we? We look back on history and see the evil that has gone on. Would you have thought that we are doing to America just as Hitler did to Germany, as Stalin did to Russia, and Kim Jong-un is doing to North Korea? Is this possible that now in America, we are on the brink of total Socialism? America, the light of freedom, is now fallen to evil people. We allowed the election of Donald Trump to be stolen, and we just sat there and took it. They used all kinds of lies to convince you that it was the right thing to do. Remember, folks; this did not happen overnight; it took years for the Left to enact their evil deeds.

If they could convince you that abortion is good, as well as taking God out of the schools and the public arena, then all else would be simple. All they had to do was take over your personal life with things to get you to look the other way. They had to condition your mind and weaken you, and they started with the children in the schools. Those same children who were in our schools and universities decades ago are the same ones running our country with their twisted ideas of life. They were slowly but articulately taught to hate God and moral values. They were led to hate the unborn.

Christians in the church were duped in the same manner. They were duped by longwinded pastors saying nothing. They gave you feel-good sermons instead. I’m not talking about obviously phony pastors; I’m talking about the ones that know better. They are the ones that must answer to God for not telling the whole truth.

But let us be real; God has given each man and woman the word of God in their hearts. It’s Satan that takes it out of you through lies and deceit. He knows the Bible too, and without faith in God first, you won’t understand the Bible. There are folks in this world that don’t have a Bible, but they know more about God than many do. They may have never been to a church, but they know God because they have faith.

Going to church is good so that you can be around likewise folks to help you keep your strength, but many today can’t find a Bible-believing church to go to. God does not need a church building to get you to know him; he just needs a willing soul to have no fear and trust him.

Many churches today are deceiving; they will perform magic tricks to keep you coming for more. Their so-called preachers will act like rock stars on the stage, walk back and forth with their fancy clothing, and talk as if they know more about the Bible than you do. And many people are mesmerized because these charlatans live like the rich and famous. They have fancy cars, planes, and diamond rings, and they tell you this is what God wants for all of you. That’s the bait that Satan will give you for your soul. God did not say that everyone would be rich and prosperous, but you can be rich in peace and love in whatever you have.

Unfortunately, we have a group of folks that want to destroy anything that is good. They want to remove anything that has morals and anyone that believes in God. America was a nation that was built on God’s morals and values, and it will not be America without putting God first. God created this nation to show you his goodness and to show you what freedom really looks like. That is why folks flock to this country to know freedom, to achieve whatever they want to do. But now, the liberals flood the nation with folks and give them stuff to get their vote; they do this to keep themselves in power. They bait people for their cooperation. They also want them to take away American jobs so that it can weaken the economy.

The liberals and even so-called conservatives are pushing this pandemic to limits never seen before in history. You must get the vaccine – not one shot, but two shots and even a booster. You must wear a mask and stand 6 feet from your neighbor, and we have been convinced of the ridiculous as logical. All other diseases are not even mentioned anymore, just Covid and the vaccine, as if you don’t die from anything other than Covid.

I will paraphrase a quote that has been misattributed to Hitler or other evil leaders, but it rings of truth: “If you tell a lie long enough and strong enough, folks will start to believe in the lie.” America has bought the lie. I see Christians, conservatives, and just plain old folks believing the lie. People will boast that they have gotten the shot as if it is safe and a surefire protection for them; they believe whatever they are told by those in power, including the liberal-left media. Conservative media sites don’t show up on online searches unless you type in the name of the site. Only the liberal-left sites show up.

And men are not standing up. We now look to the women to fight our battles; righteous women are doing the fight for us. God will have to use them, but in the end, it will fail because he is showing the men that they must stand up. I support women to fight the good fight, but they can only go so far without the men to stand up. Men will say, let us follow the women and allow them to lead us. And God will allow that to happen, all because we forgot the order: God over Christ, Christ over men, men over women, and women over children. It is clearly not in that order any longer. And while mothers are in the workplace, the children are left in the care of whomever.

With all the madness going on, we forgot to look at one tiny country: Israel. While we are looking the other way, Satan is getting closer to destroying Israel. Folks, that is Satan’s number one focus. His plan has long been to destroy the people that brought our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Satan hates the Jews as much as all the surrounding countries hate them. And now America has abandoned them.

We are so focused on America, Afghanistan, Russia, China, Pakistan, and all the other countries. But the Jews, through God, brought us Jesus. The Jews, through God, brought us the Bible. The Jews brought us so much technology and are some of the most intelligent and innovative people on the planet. They took a desert country and turned it into a flurrying oasis despite their most hated enemies. People hate them because they are Jews and for no other reason. The country is so tiny, yet it can hold back its enemies and still function as a great power in the world. And it has some of the greatest weapons to keep it safe. This is a country where Jesus walked and preached to the people.

All eyes are looking elsewhere, but I assure you that the enemies (the Taliban, China, Russia, etc.) are looking to destroy Israel. And your president, Joe Biden, along with his administration, gave them carte blanch to do so.

All that is going on is smoke and mirrors to take our attention away from their real agenda. And with America weakened, Israel has no more friends to assist with defending it; Israel now stands alone. Donald Trump was the only president to fully support Israel; no other person or president has even come close, and this is why both parties hate him. He was sent by God to put to light the evil going on. One other man of strength has been ousted: Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel, another strong leader removed to weaken Israel further. And now, with its new weak leaders, who knows what will happen in this tiny country.

We gave the enemies Afghanistan; what will Israel give away?

Folks, we need to keep our eyes on Israel. God said not to mess with the land of Israel, and that includes America. By supplying the enemies with our modern weapons, we will be responsible if any harm comes to the land of Israel and its people.

Biden deciding to leave Afghanistan in the dark of night without making sure his people were safe should tell you everything you need to know about him and his administration. How do we as a country justify leaving Americans behind in the hands of terrorists? How does a general in charge just get on a plane as the last soldier and leave the American people he is sworn to protect? Why did he not stay until every last person was safe and out of the country? This is not a soldier but a coward. Would General George Patton or General Douglas MacArthur do such a thing? Better still, if their sons or daughters were behind enemy lines, would they not make sure they made it out safely?

The evil from the Left is beyond imagination, but they hate both God and this country. Satan is controlling them in all their actions. Folks, it’s all spiritual; we are either influenced by God or influenced by Satan; there is no in-between.

People are making blatantly sinful choices. They know that abortion is killing a child. There is no justification for this act. Texas passed a law saying that if there is a heartbeat, you cannot have an abortion. Any person that loves God or is a person of logic knows that is a good law. But if the Biden administration can leave Americans in harm’s way in the Middle East, do you think an unborn baby is essential to them?

Evil has shown its ugly head, and it is not stopping unless we stand up to it. We Christians have said nothing for so long that now we do not know how even to put up a fight. We just complain and go back to our comforts.

Americans, we have a decision to make; we either put up a fight against this administration and evil or succumb to it. God will protect those who trust him, even in our pain. In the end, evil will not prevail. It will be defeated, but how many folks will go down with the evil?

God will not blindside you as Biden did. He will give you plenty of warnings, and there will be no excuse on your part. You may even be warned through your husband, wife, friend, daughter, son, or pastor. You must have faith in God and his Son Jesus; no one else can save you.

Very soon, we are going to see God in action to defend the righteous. He did not send his Son Jesus for anything. He sent him for everything.

Folks, please keep your eyes on Israel; that is where it all began, and that is where it will all end.

God is in control, and I will keep my comfort in believing that.

Im a Christian American Republican that happens to be black.

God Bless.

Evil in America: Betrayal of Its People and Israel

Brace yourself for Impact: Luciferian elite launch ‘Great Collapse’ of Western civilization

https://leohohmann.com/2022/01/15/brace-yourself-for-impact-luciferian-elite-launch-great-collapse-of-western-civilization/?blogsub=confirming#subscribe-blog

You know time is running out on the false reality in which most Americans live when the corporate-owned mainstream media starts to report some of the things that we in the alternative media have been reporting for years.

I’ve been warning since 2018: America is heading toward civil war. For the last six months or so many of us have been warning about the creaky supply chain.

That chain is getting ready to buckle and break like a water pipe in the dead of winter, when frigid air sneaks in from the north.

It usually happens in the middle of the night, while everyone is sleeping in their warm beds. Under the stress of steadily dropping temperatures, the pipe starts to expand. Now compromised, the pipe starts to drip, then suddenly it pops. Water gushes out and into the house.

At that point, you have a big mess on your hands. If only you’d seen the cold weather coming, you would have wrapped your pipes and protected them from the damage.

That’s how I see the U.S. supply chain right now. The pressure is building while the façade of normalcy reigns in the lives of 90 percent of American families. As they sleepwalk through life, they have no idea what kind of pressure is building on those pipes that keep money flowing throughout the global economy.

But when the dishonest mainstream media starts to take notice and give gentle, half-hearted warnings, you know the breaking point is near.

Take, for example, the article that appeared in the Jan. 15 issue of the Detroit News. In a story headlined Michigan faces acute impact from Canada’s refusal to let in unvaccinated U.S. truckers, we are given a small glimpse of the truth – the engine that drives the American economy, truckers, are about to be dealt a devastating blow by the socialist government in charge of Canada.

One key word in that headline jumped out at me – “impact.”

I reported last week on the many dreams and visions being reported from spiritually discerning Christians in diverse areas. They don’t know each other, they’re from all different backgrounds, but they all talk of having similar dreams warning believers to “brace yourself for impact.”

Since hearing of these dreams, I’ve been noticing that word, impact, showing up all over the place. And in this Detroit News article we’re told of a looming “acute impact.”

If you just go by the headline, you might get the impression that it’s just Michigan that will suffer the impact of this vaccine mandate on truckers.

Don’t be fooled. Statistics show otherwise. More than 50 percent of truckers are unvaxxed and 37 percent in a survey by the American Trucking Associations said they will never get the injection and will quit their jobs if forced to do so by their employers.

You have to read more than halfway into the article before you get to this bombshell quote from Brian Hitchcock, chairman of the Michigan Trucking Association.

“It’s definitely going to have an impact [there’s that word again]. And it’s going to start as early as tomorrow, and it’s going to create a supply shortage of everything back and forth.”

Soon, “shipping will be disrupted in both directions,” the article explains.

If this were the only challenge to the U.S. supply chain, we might be able to deal with it.

But it’s not.

The other big force driving a wedge into the U.S. supply chain is China.

The Chinese are deliberately closing ports that send goods to the U.S., Canada and Europe.

As part of its “Covid-zero” policy, China is locking down its ports, meaning the many products that America has come to depend on China to supply will not be found on store shelves in the weeks and months ahead.

Thanks to globalization, the U.S. is no longer a self-sustaining country. Many critically important products, such as life-saving antibiotics, are shipped into the U.S. from China. It would take months, perhaps years for the U.S. to gear up industries capable of churning out these items in bulk.

According to Bloomberg, another mainstream publisher, the effects of restrictions in China “are starting to hit supply chains in the region.” As a result of the slow movement of goods through some of the China’s busiest and most important ports, shippers are now diverting to Shanghai, causing the types of delays at the world’s biggest container port that led to massive congestion bottlenecks last summer. That eventually translated into a record number of container ships waiting off the coast of California, a glut that hasn’t been cleared to this day.

With sailing schedules already facing delays of about a week, freight forwarders warn of the impact on already backlogged gateways in Europe and the U.S. and that is also why economists are warning that the world economy could be headed for the “mother of all supply chain shocks” if China continues to lock down its ports.

Brace for impact. Acute impact.

We are about to experience severe deprivation like never before. And it won’t be just food stores. Auto parts from Canada will make car fixes more difficult. Pharmaceuticals, electronics, apparel and just about everything we buy at Walmart comes from China. Imagine the impact if China makes its long awaited military move on Taiwan, where the vast majority of the world’s computer chips are manufactured.

The mainstream corporate news outlets can’t see the bigger picture, or maybe they do but are afraid if they report it the sleeping American populous might get even more rattled and restless than they already are. But when you see articles like the one Saturday in the Detroit News and Friday in Bloomberg, you know even they are getting nervous. They have to be wondering if maybe those “conspiracy theorists” were right all along. But their controllers in the corporate boardrooms won’t let them get to the bottom of the conspiracy, to report the whole truth to their readers.

If they could, they would know that what we’re looking at with these vaccine mandates and port shutdowns, all blamed on a virus that is 99 percent survivable, is part of a plan for the controlled demolition of America and the West. It’s all designed to happen by very powerful entities that operate at a level above our elected political leaders. The decisions that are leading to the collapse are being made by those buying into Klaus Schwab’s vision as put forth by the World Economic Forum and allied entities such as the United Nations, the Gates, Rockefeller, Soros and Ford foundations, and the corporate power elites on the interlocking boards of directors at Blackrock, Vanguard, State Street and Fidelity. Those four financial investment houses own a controlling share of almost every one of the world’s largest corporations, including the largest banks. And they have decided it’s time to blow up the system and start over with something new. Something very different. They call it the Great Reset. I call it technocracy.

They want to reset the global economy and the global social structure — the way we live, work, eat and move about in society. They have a plan for all of this and it won’t resemble anything we are used to, anymore than the New Normal under Covid resembled what we were used to.

They want an economy based on a new digital, programmable currency and a social structure based on their Luciferian values.

That means the present capitalist economic system, based on the U.S. dollar, must be trashed before they can “build back better” with the new money system and a new technocracy based on social credit and a new “more equitable” form of “inclusive capitalism,” which has nothing in common with actual capitalism.

This system involves decoupling the middle class from their property. Almost all private property in the new system, if it is successfully implemented, will be owned by the 1 percent of elites and we will rent from them.

Those who dissent from the prevailing government-media narrative will wake up one morning to find that access to their digital money has been shut off. There will be no cash back-up, either, because cash will have been phased out of existence.

By the year 2030, the World Economic Forum envisions there will be no more private property in the hands of we little people. We will “own nothing,” we will have no privacy and yet, somehow, we will be happy, they say.

Schwab introduced these concepts in his book, COVID 19: The Great Reset, which was released within six months of Covid’s appearance in China.

The system involves every individual and every nation, whether they like it or not.

Take a look at the amusing 2-minute video from the Netherlands, where that country’s puppet prime minister was recently called on the carpet for his allegiance to the World Economic Forum plan for the world.

https://clouthub.com/v/z5Uu7SMZ

The planned new world order does not stop with economic restructuring.

Just as they must decouple middle-class people from their property, using punitive taxation and environmental regulations, they must also decouple families from the traditional values that were handed down to them and originated from the traditional Christian faith—things like the desire to marry and have a family, to put in an honest day’s work and to honor one’s parents and grandparents. They’ve been active on this front for decades, but the fig tree is getting ripe, to the point where little boys and girls in elementary school are being taught to question their God-given gender.

Those parents who balk and confront their school boards are labeled backwoods bigots and potential terrorists by their own government.

What these parents are learning is that in the world of the Great Reset, only one voice is allowed to share the stage—that controlled by the ruling elites—and everyone else must be willing to participate in their carefully constructed echo chamber or just shut up. Any dissenting voices are brutally and efficiently silenced.

The Great Reset isn’t even here yet but we can already see a foreshadowing of the way this new global beast system works. There’s no tolerance for free speech.

Dr. Robert Malone, who invented the technology upon which mRNA vaccines are based, gets interviewed by podcaster Joe Rogan and uses that platform to send a warning to the world about the dangers of these deadly shots. And what happens? Malone gets canceled from all social media and a group of nearly 300 doctors sends an open letter to Spotify, urging Spotify to pull the plug on Rogan’s podcasts, claiming Rogan is spreading “anti-vax misinformation.”

Joe Biden, with his 33 percent approval rating, gets on TV this week and makes a special appeal to the Big Tech social media companies to clamp down on “misinformation” about vaccines, and what happens? Within hours we read that Direct TV has canceled One America News [OAN] from its channel lineup.

MyPillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell has been using his wealth for the good of the people, creating an alternative to Fox News, which is nothing more than controlled opposition. Lindell’s new livestreaming network, Lindell TV, is accessed through Frankspeech.com and it has been doing some amazing work to expose the fraudulent government in Washington. What does Lindell get for his efforts to present the truth? His bank, Heartland Financial Minnesota Bank and Trust, proudly divulged this week it is canceling all of Lindell’s accounts.

What could be more Luciferian than a system where everyone is monitored and controlled, punished and rewarded, based on their obedience to the almighty one-world state and its lapdog media? Everyone must have the same opinions, or keep them to themselves. A world of faceless, heartless, one-size-fits-all cogs in the wheel.

Watch, in the video below, how a man was treated simply for entering a Costco store in Canada without a face covering. Is this the kind of world we want our kids and grandkids to live in?

Yet, this is exactly the type of world envisioned by Klaus Schwab, Bill Gates, Anthony Fauci and their buddies at the World Economic Forum.

Let’s be aware of those pipes. The pressure is building. Water is already dripping. It’s a matter of time before it breaks.

Some will be buried in water before they even know what hit them.

That’s how the Great Reset will arrive. Those with power and wealth, the 1 percent, have triggered their end game to collapse the current world order and replace it with a new one-world order of technocratic authoritarianism. There will be no stopping it, but we can make wise use of the time God gives us to prepare for it.

Brace yourself for impact. And start wrapping those pipes.

What’s coming is not going to be easy and no one can fully prepare for it. Use this time to find your people, collaborate and work together, because no man will survive this storm on an island.

We need God and we need each other.

Now is the time to start our own “reset” and learn how to live outside of a system that is increasingly ruled by evil sharks circling in the water.

Brace yourself for Impact: Luciferian elite launch ‘Great Collapse’ of Western civilization

100 Year Agenda

https://www.agendadocumentary.com/

World Geopolitics by the Bible: America’s Next Chapter? :: By Wilfred Hahn

https://www.raptureready.com/2021/12/22/world-geopolitics-by-the-bible-americas-next-chapter-by-wilfred-hahn/

We come to the end of our 7-part series. If readers have made it this far, they are to be congratulated. This topic was very complicated … not to mention the difficult task of keeping all the facts straight and condensing a massive amount of material on this topic into 7 columns.

The goal of this short series was to legitimize the Bible’s foreknowledge of more than 4,000 plus years (approximated) of mankind’s world geopolitical history, following the calling out of a new people on earth founded by Abram.

We believe it will have been worthwhile. Why? We have reached some penultimate conclusions.

All throughout this 7-part series, we have referred to the question of America’s geopolitical endtime roles according to the Bible. We will lay out our case.

But first, we must highlight the most urgent conclusion of all.

We are living in the very last of the pre-millennial end times.

This conclusion couldn’t be clearer. We note a convergence of many “ripening” trends, as well as accelerating developments that are prophetically enabling.

Crucially, we are very near the emergence of the final Roman, 10-king geopolitical coalition.

Think of the lateness of the times being experienced right now.

Let us suppose that it takes another 50 years before the full 10-king coalition takes form and the Antichrist erupts onto the world scene. (Please note that 50 years is not a forecast, but rather an illustration only. Indeed, we must also acknowledge that this timeline could, in fact, play out more quickly.)

A remaining period of 50 years would mean that 98.75% of the Bible’s revealed world geopolitical timeline has already played out (assuming a 3,500-year period).

Therefore, those who are alive today are privileged to live during a time when the “season” is so clear and imminent.

Another urgent marker that must not be missed is the rapidity of the final developments at the time of the 7th head … i.e., the 10 kings. As the Bible indicates, the 10 kings are said to reign for a short time only. “The seventh head (ruler) “[…] must remain for only a little while” (Revelation 17:10).

Corroborating this rapidity, says Luke, the trap will shut suddenly once it is triggered (see Luke 21:34). “While people are saying, ‘Peace and safety,’ destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape!” (1 Thessalonians 5:3). The OT prophet Daniel also backs this up, saying: “The end will come like a flood” (Daniel 9:26).

So here we have it: 1. We are in the very last of the last days pre-millennially; 2. The last of the prophetic developments speed up greatly; and 3. We can deduce that geopolitical volatility and changes of power will yet occur. This is the specter that is unfolding before our very eyes.

America in Prophecy?

But, what about the U.S.? Americans no doubt will have many questions about the prophetic role of their great nation.

Why is America not expressly mentioned in the Bible? One would think that its existence and actions would be worthy of mention. China is mentioned prophetically … why not the U.S.?

In previous parts of this series, we have shown why the USA will not be one of the final 10 kings. Put simply, the glass slipper does not fit the foot.

Given America’s status as a superpower and its huge economic influence upon the earth, it must be concluded that America today could not qualify as a member. It is just too large to be a big toe on either of the two feet that Nebuchadnezzar saw. A foot with such a large toe would not be functional.

Moreover, it must also be concluded that America will no longer be the most influential power in the world. While the specific reasons for this shrinking are not known, in one way or another, this country will diminish. If it is not to be a member of the 10-king coalition, it will then surely be subject to its rule.

Just what type of geopolitical maelstrom or internal deterioration will America yet go through? Quite a bit, it would seem. But can this be? Isn’t God on America’s side? Isn’t God blessing the United States?

America the Bountiful

The country of America is truly one of a kind—like no other. It is extraordinary in so many ways. From an earthly perspective, today it is still the most prosperous nation, the most powerful, and the most influential. We all know this. For example, for some time, its defense expenditures had been greater than the combined outlay of the entire rest of the world. (This is rapidly changing, however.)

Its economy, popularly measured, is still the largest of all nations. (China is now in close pursuit.)

We could outline a long list of superlatives.

But, how did it get to this position? Surely, the pivotal factors that have shaped America were not accidental. Why have so many benefits and geographic advantages been given to this country? The answers are thought-provoking.

Advantage America

No other nation has been given the natural advantages of America. Let us count the ways. We borrow heavily from Stratfor’s popular monograph, “The Geopolitics of the United States.”

No other nation in the world has as much arable land as the U.S. The American Midwest is the world’s largest contiguous piece of farmland. In addition, there are other major agricultural areas, namely in south-central Canada, the Atlantic Coastal Plain, California’s Central Valley, and others. These are significant compared to the agricultural capacity in the rest of the world.
The Atlantic Coast possesses more major ports than the rest of the Western Hemisphere combined.
The Greater Mississippi Basin, together with the Intercoastal Waterways, has more miles of navigable internal waterways than the rest of the world combined. In addition, the river systems of the Missouri, Arkansas, Red, Ohio, and Tennessee are significant. Why are rivers so important? Navigable rivers have two banks, coasts only one.
Adding to the power of America is the fact that it has a wealth of sheltered bays and extreme indentations allowing for ports—St. Lawrence Seaway, the Great Lakes, Chesapeake Bay, San Francisco Bay, and a number of others.
A most important feature of North America is the river network in the middle third of the continent. Unlike major rivers in the rest of the world, vast tracts of America’s rivers are navigable because few of their tributaries originate in high elevations. That has meant that America has had the cheapest and most efficient transportation system in the world for its products.
The vast bulk of America’s prime agricultural lands are within 200 kilometers of a stretch of navigable rivers.
America has two coasts—the Atlantic and the Pacific. Moreover, it allows America to trade with these two major regions of the world—both Asia and Europe.
From a national security perspective, America is naturally insulated from any invaders. The two major oceans of its coastline are a natural barrier to enemies. To the south, there is desert; to the north, timberland, mountains or lakes. Its geographic layout makes America very secure like no other its size.
The United States is the least densely populated of the major global economies in terms of population per unit of usable land. (Russia, Canada, and Australia may be less densely populated, but vast tracts of their land are economically useless … i.e., Siberia, the Canadian North, and the Outback, respectively.)

We could list many other factors. All the above translates into a low requirement for capital, cheap transportation, and low defense costs in its earlier days. These were major factors that enabled the rapid rise of America in world trade and influence.

Canada, on the other hand (to illustrate this contrast), needed to spend massively to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway and the required canals in the Great Lakes.

Just what other nation has been endowed with such wealth, resources, and geographical features?

Could it be that the rise of America over the last 200 to 250 years was not significant in the prophetic timeline of the world?

The correct answer, we think, would be “no.” Is it simply circumstantial that such a large geopolitical power took form late in the premillennial era?

From Blessing to Judgment

As we have shown, the North American continent could not have been created more providentially. Many benefits and advantages were given to the people that would live on that landmass.

There can be no doubt: God has blessed America. The rise of America on the world scene was not accidental. God has had His purposes for America. There can be no other candidate for the geopolitical influence and tasks that it may have fulfilled on the world stage.

However, much of this role may now be in the past.

What about the future?

Nations are free to make their choices. They are free to choose whom they will serve and will bear the corresponding judgments in the last days.

Choices are indeed being made.

Consider that at one time—from the early 1800s—America sponsored waves of evangelism around the world. That is no longer the case. As a recent poll from Gallup reveals, for the first time on record, church membership plunged to less than 50% in 2018. In 2020, this ratio sank further to 47%. Compare this with attendance levels of 70% in 1999 … only 22 years ago!

Foreign Affairs magazine recently published an article entitled, “Giving Up on God: The Global Decline of Religion.” We quote here one headline statement from this report: “The most dramatic shift away from religion has taken place among the American public.” As recently as 2007, the U.S. ranked as one of the most religious countries in the world. Since then, it has shown the largest move away from religion of any country that this survey covered.

All the above-mentioned trends do not invalidate that God has used America in the past to bring about His purposes in the world. Did not God have America in His eye (though not the “apple of His eye,” as in Zechariah 2:8) from the beginning of time?

Since Bible prophecy clearly outlines that there will be a 10-nation power coalition, not a foot with one big toe, we can conclude that this big toe (the U.S.) must then become comparatively smaller. While the British Empire has been removed from the pinnacle of power more than a century ago, its younger cousin, the U.S., now may also face a relative decline.

By whatever means—whether the Rapture, self-inflicted policy errors, deserved or divinely willed—this has to happen if the Bible is to be proven correct. In fact, viewed against the pace of past human history, it must be said that this downward shift of America, relative to the rest of the world, has likely begun.

Less than 25 years ago, though the seeds of America’s moral and economic decline had long been evident, the U.S. was still seen as an invincible, world-dominating power in every sense.

At the time, geopolitical analysts were still actively debating the question of whether the United States should really be considered an empire in the classical sense. Many analysts ridiculed any notion that America might be vulnerable, maintaining that the 21st century would belong to the U.S., as did the 20th.

What does the Bible say? For the last three centuries, there has only been one big toe … first Britain, then America. But this cannot continue if prophecy is to be fulfilled.

Prophecy, in this case, can be fulfilled in a number of ways. A coalition of 10 other kings (nations) could become powerful enough to supersede the geopolitical position of the U.S. Or, could the opposite extreme play out? Could America be downsized … deteriorate from the inside out …or become one of the 10 kings, or not at all? Which will it be?

According to Bible prophecy, every avenue and every possible scenario for the United States seems to lead to some form of diminution on the world stage.

Can you see this?

Indeed, the times are short, and history will speed up dramatically.

What choices will America and the nations make?

What should the Saints do?

We look up and await the Rapture and the return of Jesus Christ: “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near” (Luke 21:28).

World Geopolitics by the Bible: Whither America

Communist Takeover: Without Firing a Shot, China Seizes Control of America's Farmlands

https://rairfoundation.com/communist-takeover-without-firing-a-shot-china-seizes-control-of-americas-farmlands/

The Chinese Communists have their tendrils in nearly every American industry, from food production to farming, transportation, education, medicines, media, movies, etc.

U.S President Joe Biden told the media earlier in 2021 after a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping that China was “going to eat our lunch.” Heads up, they already are- literally eating our lunch as they buy up American farmland and invest in thousands of American companies.

“The current trend in the U.S. is leading us toward the creation of a Chinese-owned agricultural land monopoly,” Representative Dan Newhouse (R-WA) warned in a recent House Appropriations hearing.

According to American Military News, Newhouse raised his concerns about Chinese land ownership as he proposed an amendment in a new agricultural appropriations bill, H.R. 4356. The amendment would block any new agricultural purchases by companies wholly or partly controlled by the Chinese government. Furthermore, it would ban existing Chinese-owned farms in the U.S. from drawing from federal agricultural support programs.

Rep. Newhouse is an agricultural scientist and served as Director of Agriculture in Washington from 2009-2013. Democrats were fearful that the amendment might cause an anti-Asian backlash through the country, but the legislative package passed the House on a bipartisan vote. The issue now is the Senate.

Robby Starbuck, a candidate for U.S. Congress in the Middle Tennessee 5th district race, recently drew attention to the threat of Communist China buying America’s farmlands. The candidate stated on Twitter,

30 million acres of U.S. farmland were held by foreign investors as of 2015. Nearly the size of Ohio. China's ownership of U.S. farmland has grown 10x in a decade. This is a national security issue. Every state must ban or restrict foreign entities from owning our farmland.

Raise your hand if you think we should ban Chinese companies and Chinese nationals from buying farmland in the US AND apply a yearly special tax to existing farmland owned by Chinese nationals until they sell it and apply the proceeds to local infrastructure improvements.

Our farmland is critical to our survival. Giving control of it to a communist entity is beyond stupid. It’s dangerous. They‘ll never let us control their farmland. This practice must end. US farmland should be owned by US citizens. Protect our food supply and put Americans FIRST!”

The China Factor – it’s not all about “food security”

In December, China was accused of hoarding food such as grains, dairy, and other items, causing the price of food to climb. Of course, we understand that’s not the only reason for the price increase, but it is one. According to financial newsite, Nikkei Asia,

China’s production of wheat and other provisions, as well as the amount of land used for agriculture plateaued in 2015. “Agricultural productivity in China is low due to the dispersion of farmland and soil contamination,” said Goro Takahashi, a professor emeritus at Aichi University and expert on Chinese agriculture. “The amount of agricultural production will continue to stall as farmers migrate to urban areas.”

China currently holds the following,

65% of the World’s Maize (corn)
61% of the World’s Rice
51% of the World’s Wheat
37% of the World’s Soybeans

None of that counts meat. In 2013, WH Group, a Hong Kong company, acquired Smithfield meats, the largest pork producer. They have been a US Company since 1936 and provide about 40,000 jobs. Keep in mind that whether it’s Hong Kong or mainland China, all businesses owned by Chinese companies must be submitted to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party). And much of their push is tied to the Communist’s “Belt and Road Initiative.” China also acquired pork producer Clougherty Packing in California in 2017. With these acquisitions come acres and acres of land.

According to the agricultural news site, Agweb,

With 1.4 billion mainland citizens at the supper table, China is desperate for more farmland. Although Chinese President Xi Jinping rarely wastes a speech opportunity without mentioning food security, China is the No. 1 ag commodity importer worldwide.

Though Chinese President Xi Jinping often claims it’s all for food security, there is much more to it. According to a USDA report from 2018,

Chinese officials have ambitious strategic plans for agricultural investments to reshape patterns of agricultural trade and increase China’s influence in global markets.”

China’s Ambitions

Currently, Hawaii, Iowa, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Dakota, and Oklahoma have laws against foreign investors acquiring farmland. One of the main problems is that some foreign actors, particularly China, are well-versed in hiding their land ownership. However, other states like Missouri actively welcomed foreign investment in farmland acquisition. Idaho attempted to bring in Chinese investment in 2007, but when they wanted to start a 30,000-acre industrial enclave near the Boise airport, backlash ensued, and it was not built.

The Federal law requiring foreign entities to advise the Department of Agriculture of investments in land is only haphazardly enforced, and companies from China are listed under various names. In addition, the USDA has not enforced tracking of foreign entities under the law since 2014.

Chinese companies have various names, from “Brights Foods” to WH to COFCO Group, which operates under multiple names in multiple countries. Tracking who belongs to what is a challenging task. The Chinese Communists have their tendrils in nearly every American industry, from food production to farming, transportation, education, medicines, media, movies, etc. All of it is alarming. And decoupling from the Chinese hydra will be daunting…even if the government tries.

“We see the trend. We see the number of acres and companies that have been purchased by the communist government of China. And we should stop it now,” warns Rep. Dan Newhouse.

Communist Takeover: Without Firing a Shot, China Seizes Control of America's Farmlands

Transformation Happening :: By Daymond Duck

https://www.raptureready.com/2021/10/03/transformation-happening-by-daymond-duck/

On May 14, 2008, Barack Obama was running for Pres. of the U.S., and Michelle said, “We are going to have to change our conversation; we’re going to have to change our traditions, our history; we’re going to have to move into a different place as a nation.”

People are trying to change our conversation today. If a man calls himself a woman, people want everyone to call him a woman. Those that say same-sex marriage is wrong are homophobes, etc.

People are trying to change our traditions and history today. They hate America, destroy historical statues and monuments, say all white Americans are racists, refuse to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag, etc. They are changing our traditions and history.

People are moving America into a different place today. Instead of the U.S. being a sovereign nation under God with freedom of speech, freedom of religion, etc., they are moving the U.S. into a world government that will ignore the God of the Bible, individual rights, freedoms, etc.

What Michelle said in 2008 is being put into place in America today.

Just before Michelle’s husband Barack Obama was elected Pres. of the U.S. in 2008, he said, “We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.”

His Vice-Pres. was Joe Biden, who said on Apr. 5, 2013, “The affirmative task we have now is to actually create a new world order.”

Seven years (in 2015) after Obama said he would fundamentally transform America, the UN voted unanimously to approve a document called: “Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”

UN Sec. Gen. Ban Ki-moon called this transformation of the world the “start of a new era.”

The UN vote to transform the world went into effect on Jan. 1, 2016, and it boils down to a call for the development of a world government by 2030 (some in the Deep State want it sooner, if possible, but the new era has begun).

This is the point.

There is ample proof that two transformations are going on simultaneously in the world: a U.S. Deep State transformation of America and a globalist Deep State transformation of the world.

The Biden campaign committee and the UN even use the same slogan, “Build Back Better.” (Get rid of the old America and replace it with a different America; Get rid of the current UN structure and replace it with a godless all-powerful one-world government and religion.)

The prophet Amos said, “Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets” (Amos 3:7).

God used the Obama’s, Biden, Klaus Schwab, the World Economic Forum, and others to reveal these two Deep State plans (fundamentally transform America and transform the world) before they started doing it.

America’s Deep State and the globalist Deep State are working together to carry out the two transformation plans.

Some even believe the 2020 election was stolen and that Obama was given a third presidency to carry out the fundamental transformation of America because Biden is unable to lead.

Concerning America’s Deep State plan to fundamentally transform America: notice what some very important people have said recently.

On Feb. 4, 2021, Pres. Biden declared an “end to Trump’s America First agenda.” (America’s Deep State is replacing Trump’s “America First” agenda with the globalist Deep State’s “Globalism First” agenda.)
On July 27, 2021, former Sec. of State Mike Pompeo said, “Collapse (of the U.S) from within is possible.”
About that same time, Franklin Graham said, “The American Dream has ended.”
On Sept. 16, 2021, former Pres. Trump said, “We’re not going to have a country left in three years.”

The effort to fundamentally transform America and the world is now approaching the final stages.

Like Trump, this writer believes there may not be a U.S. presidential election 3 years from now (in 2024).

America’s Deep State and the globalist Deep State will use all the power they have to stop Trump from being elected again, and the corrupt media and global institutions will do everything they can to stop him.

Fundamentally transforming the U.S. before 2024 will speed up world government.

This is a spiritual war that will result in a satanic, godless world government that God will allow to pursue a 7-year effort to dominate and enslave the world.

Some ask why would so-called intelligent people pursue a godless world government and religion?

Many choose to believe the theory of evolution instead of the Bible’s teaching that God created and controls everything.

Know that it is impossible to make God irrelevant, impossible to legislate Jesus out of existence, impossible to ignore the Ten Commandments and get away with it forever.

This will lead to the Second Coming of Jesus and His 1,000-year reign on earth.

No human knows the day or the hour of the Rapture, but this writer believes the effort to transform the U.S. and the world indicates that the Rapture is close.

The Christian’s blessed hope (the Rapture of the Church) will fundamentally change the world, allow unrestrained evil (the Antichrist) to appear, and speed up the development of godless world government and religion.

Here are some events that appear to relate to Bible prophecy.

One, concerning the decline of the U.S.: on Sept. 22, 2021, Joel Rosenberg reported that Pres. Biden promised the UN General Assembly on Sept. 21, 2021, that he will strengthen America’s relationships with our allies, but a growing number of nations view him as weak and unable or unwilling to do that.

Rosenberg pointed out that Biden has already strained America’s relationship with the UK, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, and NATO.

Two, also concerning America’s Deep State effort to weaken the U.S. and establish a godless world government and religion: in 1983, Lee Greenwood wrote and started singing the hit song titled “God Bless The USA.”

One year later, Greenwood was asked to sing “God Bless the USA” at the Republican National Convention.

After that, Pres. George W. Bush appointed Greenwood to the National Council of Arts.

Greenwood was reappointed by Pres. Obama and Pres. Trump.

This week, the Biden administration notified Greenwood that he will not be reappointed to the National Council of Arts.

“God Bless the USA” was causing a twofold problem for America’s Deep State: 1) They don’t want to acknowledge the existence of God, and 2) They want the USA to be weakened, not blessed.

Three, concerning a U.S. economic collapse (which would probably trigger a global economic collapse): on Sept. 22, 2021, the Federal Reserve said it expects inflation and unemployment to rise before the end of this year.

They blamed Covid for a significant impact on the economy.

During a press conference at the White House on Sept. 24, 2021, Dept. of Homeland Security Sec. Raphael Mayorkas acknowledged that the U.S. has dispersed thousands of illegal immigrants from Haiti across the U.S. that were not tested for Covid.

Four, concerning peace in the Middle East: on Sept. 24, 2021: it was reported that 312 Iraqi leaders and activists gathered in the Kurdistan region of Iraq to publicly endorse face-to-face talks and full normalization ties with Israel.

One leader said, “We want our region to be a peaceful one, in which Israel is an inseparable part of the panoramic whole, and in which all peoples have the right to live in security.”

Peace and security are the same as peace and safety.

Update: On Sept. 26, 2021, it was reported that an Iraqi court has issued arrest warrants for 3 of the top Iraqi leaders that called for normalization ties with Israel, and the court said it would issue arrest warrants for all the others as soon as they are identified.

Five, concerning Covid: during a press conference at the White House on Sept. 24,2021, Dept. of Homeland Security Sec. Raphael Mayorkas acknowledged that the U.S. has dispersed thousands of illegal immigrants from Haiti across the U.S. that were not tested for Covid.

Six, concerning falling away in the Church: this week, the Evangelical Lutheran Church installed a transgender Bishop.

According to Franklin Graham, “The media says that this bishop is a biological female, has a wife and children, and wants to be referred to using the pronouns they or he.”

This is clear evidence that America’s conversation is changing, and America is moving into a different place (also, that false teachers have entered the Church and become part of it).

Seven, concerning an attack on Iran that could trigger the Battle of Gog and Magog: on Sept. 27, 2021, Israeli Prime Min. Bennett told the UN Gen. Assembly, “There are those in the world who seem to view Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons as an inevitable reality, or they’ve just become tired of hearing about it. Israel doesn’t have that privilege. We will not tire. We will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon.”

Update: Following his speech before the UN Gen. Assembly, Bennett told a group of reporters, “We mean what we say. The pace of progress towards a nuclear weapon is unacceptable – we are taking action.”

Eight, concerning citizen’s right to choose their healthcare: on Sept. 27, 2021, it was reported that more than 4,000 scientists and physicians worldwide have signed a “Physicians Declaration” accusing politicians and others of “crimes against humanity” by denying the use of life-saving medications (Ivermectin, Hydroxychloroquine, etc.), and silencing the debate on the value of these medications, etc.

As this writer understands it, thousands of scientists and physicians believe a patient’s healthcare should be decided by the patient, the patient’s family, and the patient’s doctor, not globalists, big pharma, or politically motivated bought-and-paid-for politicians.

As it is, people are deciding what medications and treatment citizens can and cannot have, and it is leading to adverse reactions and the death of some.

Writer’s comment: This was not in the article, but many globalists think a major population reduction would be a good thing (a few want it reduced from almost 8 billion to 500 million).

Finally, are you Rapture Ready?

If you want to be rapture ready and go to heaven, you must be born again (John 3:3). God loves you, and if you have not done so, sincerely admit that you are a sinner; believe that Jesus is the virgin-born, sinless Son of God who died for the sins of the world, was buried, and raised from the dead; ask Him to forgive your sins, cleanse you, come into your heart and be your Saviour; then tell someone that you have done this.

Transformation Happening

The Destruction of the U.S. From Within :: By Daymond Duck

https://www.raptureready.com/2022/02/13/the-destruction-of-the-u-s-from-within-by-daymond-duck/

In late Jan. 2022, the Pres. of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, read that a Rite Aid Store in New York City will soon close because of shoplifting.

Bukele responded with a tweet, “Is there a deliberate plan to destroy the United States from within?”

The answer to Pres. Bukele’s question is, “Yes, there is a deliberate plan to destroy the U.S. from within.”

Former Pres. Obama announced his intent to fundamentally transform the U.S.
Biden calls it Build Back Better.
The UN calls it “Transforming our World: The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals,” and Biden supports it.
Biden promised to end “Trump’s America First Agenda.”
The World Economic Forum is calling for a “Great Reset” (effort to change governments, societies, working conditions, incomes, etc., all over the world).

This writer would ask Pres. Bukele, “Do you really know the Pres. of the U.S.?”

He said he would crush the virus but hasn’t.
He said the rise in inflation is transitory, but it is still a problem.
He said he has solved the supply-chain crisis but hasn’t.
He said he wouldn’t leave any Americans in Afghanistan, but a new report says he left about 9,000 Americans there.
He said he wouldn’t demand that vaccinations be made mandatory, but he issued an executive order for companies with more than 100 employees to mandate them.
He said the vaccines are “safe and effective,” but multitudes have had adverse reactions, and many have died.
He swore in the name of God that to the best of his ability, he would “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,” but he has locked down churches (denying freedom of religion), called for the censorship of misinformation (denying freedom of speech to those that disagree with him), etc.
He calls himself a “good Catholic,” but supports abortion, same-sex marriage; the globalist effort to get rid of Christianity; has opened America’s borders to drug traffickers, sex-traffickers, human trafficking; he has announced plans to spend $30 million on crack pipes for drug addicts; there is a surge in the death of teenagers that overdose with fentanyl, etc.
Biden (the so-called “big guy”), his son Hunter (owner of the Laptop from Hell), and Pres. Biden’s brother James are accused of illegal activities, and they are covering it up by refusing to release documents to investigators.
He has been illegally flying citizens of other nations to various cities around the U.S. in the middle of the night to try to keep from getting caught.
He promised to unify the U.S., but he accuses the police of violence and calls them racists; his administration calls those that protest at school board meetings “domestic terrorists”; he supports the political prosecution of those that protested the election on Jan. 6; he blames the unvaccinated for spreading Covid, but vaccinated citizens are spreading Covid, and he refuses to mention it, etc.
The U.S. was exporting oil and natural gas when Biden took office, but Biden cut America’s production, and the U.S. is now importing oil and natural gas from Russia.
He sold oil from America’s strategic reserves to stop the rise in gas prices, but they are still rising.
He shut down coal and oil companies to protect the climate but picked a man, John Kerry, who has 6 houses, 12 cars, 2 yachts, and flies around in a private jet to be his Climate Czar.

Much more could be said, but the destruction of the U.S. from within is ongoing, and it is just a matter of time until the U.S. is brought under a one-world government.

Here are some recent prophecy-related events.

One, concerning the coming world government and world religion: on Jan. 27, 2022, Roman Catholic Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano sent a letter to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith (CDF).

In my words, here are some of the things Vigano letter said:

The response of the U.S. government and the Roman Catholic Church to Covid-19 is “part of a global conspiracy to control the people of the world.”
The USCCB and the CDF are wrongly advising faithful Catholics that it is their “moral duty” to be vaccinated for the “greater good” because the true beneficiaries of the global vaccination campaign are the globalists, not ordinary citizens.
The Catholic hierarchy’s full and repeated support of the globalist vaccination campaign without making any mention of the ineffectiveness or the danger of the vaccines is proof of their allegiance to the globalist agenda.
The Catholic hierarchy is betraying their mandate as ministers of Christ by serving as agents of the New World Order (world government).
These people who are usually as corrupt in doctrine as they are in morals are anxious to transform the Church into a servant on the New World Order, and they are apostate in the faith.
Another Roman Catholic group called The Pontifical Academy of Life (that supports population control by using contraceptives) is denying the facts (about the ineffectiveness and danger of the vaccinations), denying the existence of a globalist plan to reduce the population of the earth, and denying that there is a globalist plan to restrict the natural rights of citizens.
It is not surprising that the Roman Catholic Church has started serving the globalists that are working for a world government or that Bergoglio (Pope Francis) wants to head up the coming world religion that the globalists intend to establish. (Writer’s Note: If the 85-year-old Pope wants to head up the coming world religion, he must think it is close.)
There is a crisis of leadership in government and the Church; both are denying that God is our Creator, Lord and Redeemer; both have lost their legitimacy; and both have lost the right to expect citizens to obey them.

(Writer’s Comment: These Catholic agencies probably disagree with Vigano’s comments, but this writer believes he is probably right on these issues.)

Here is a link to the article:

https://thenewamerican.com/archbishop-vigano-calls-out-catholic-leaders-who-use-covid-vaccines-to-work-toward-great-reset-new-world-order/

Two, concerning a one-world religion: on Feb. 4, 2022, Pope Francis opened a diplomatic mission in Abu Dhabi (location of the first Abrahamic Family House) to advance his effort to bring all religions together and merge them into one body.

Three, concerning deceit, election fraud, violence, etc.: on Feb. 4, 2022, prophecy expert and former White House Correspondent William Koenig posted the opinion that liberals are getting very concerned about losing the U.S. midterm elections; the evidence of election fraud is piling up; lawsuits are coming; an army of Democrat lawyers will try to delay action in the courts; politicians and the media will twist the truth; and things will probably get very nasty before the next vote.

Four, at the Republican National Committee meeting this week, delegates made it clear that they will support former Pres. Trump as their candidate if he decides to run.

If Trump runs, the globalist effort to keep him from strengthening the U.S. and keeping America out of the one-world government will know no limits.

(Note: While playing a round of golf on Jan. 25, 2022, former Pres. Trump said he will be the 47th president of the U.S., meaning he intends to replace Biden.)

https://worldisraelnews.com/watch-trump-announces-hell-be-47th-us-president/?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_9_24_2018_20_33_COPY_01)&mc_cid=953cbf015a&mc_eid=db0e058bb1

Five, concerning lawlessness and the immigration of illegal aliens, sex traffickers, drug traffickers, terrorists, etc. into the U.S.: on Feb. 4, 2022, it was reported that the executive director of The Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV), Sister Norma Pimentel, has admitted that the Biden administration is using taxpayer money to reimburse the group for illegally bringing these people into the U.S.

Have you got that? A Catholic group is accepting money from the “good Catholic” in the White House, a friend of the globalist Pope, to break the law by helping sex traffickers, drug traffickers, terrorists, etc., get into the U.S.?

Six, concerning wickedness: on Feb. 2, 2022, it was reported that a co-chair of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) education committee, Adam Hott, also serves on a Chinese Communist influence committee (The United States Heartland Chinese Association; USHCA).

Seven, concerning the coming economic collapse during the Tribulation Period: on Feb. 2, 2022, Meta (formerly Facebook) stock lost about $200 billion, the largest one-day decline in one company in stock market history.

Company officials blamed TikTok, but others blamed Meta for censoring and keeping data on users.

Eight, concerning an increase in the frequency and intensity of natural disasters at the end of the age: on Feb. 3, 2022, a 6.8 earthquake struck Peru. There were no initial reports of injury or damage.

Nine, concerning a covenant of peace with many in the Middle East: on Jan. 30, 2022, an editorial in the Arab Times called for Kuwait to sign a normalization agreement with Israel and urged all of the Gulf States to do likewise.

The Kuwaiti editor said, “Peace with this most advanced country (Israel) is the right thing to do.”

He added, “Let the foolish (Palestinians) fend for themselves.”

Ten, also concerning a covenant of peace with many in the Middle East: on Feb. 3, 2022, Israel and Bahrain signed a joint security agreement.

The Israeli and Bahraini militaries will share military intelligence and work together on other issues.

There is speculation that the Abraham Accords will lead to other agreements with Israel’s new allies in the Gulf region.

Eleven, concerning the destruction of Damascus, Syria (Isa. 17) in one night, and the Battle of Gog and Magog (Russia, Iran and others attacking Israel on the Golan Heights; Ezek. 38-39): on Feb. 2, 2022, it was reported that Damascus (Syria) has complained to Russia about Israeli attacks on Syria, and Israel has made it clear that the attacks will continue as long as Syria allows Iran to have troops, weapons and bases in Syria for an attack on Israel.

Twelve, on Feb. 7, 2022, Archbishop Vigano released another important message.

Here is my summation of what he said:

The Canadian trucker protest opposes the establishment of the New World Order (world government) that the World Economic Forum (WEF) calls The Great Reset and the UN calls Agenda 2030.
Many heads of state have attended the WEF School for Young Leaders (Justin Trudeau, Emmanuel Macron, Boris Johnson, Angela Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy and Tony Blair to name just a few).
Canada has been infiltrated by globalists.
I support your protest, am praying that it will succeed, and that it will spread to other nations.
The hardships being imposed upon you are what The Great Reset and Build Back Better are promising to impose upon the world, and the situation will get worse.
Know that the NWO dictatorship intends to “totally erase every trace of Our Lord Jesus Christ from society, from history, and from the traditions of peoples.”
Stand up for your rights, Canadians, but know that true freedom can only come from Jesus Christ.
Pray that Jesus will return to reign over society, you, and your family.

Here is a link to Vigano’s message:

https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/abp-vigano-endorses-canadian-truck-drivers-may-your-efforts-be-crowned-with-success/

(More: On Feb.7, 2022, it was reported that American truckers are planning a “Convoy to D.C. 2022.” Those that want to keep Jesus in U.S. society need to stand up for their rights.)

(More: At the time of this writing, GoFundMe was blocking gifts to help the Truckers, so donors are using the Christian site called GiveSendGo. GoFundMe said donors have two weeks to submit a request for a refund, and some U.S. officials are threatening to investigate the company for telling donors the money will go to the truckers and then withholding it. Some say it is fraud.)

FYI: It is this writer’s opinion that globalists want to stop all preaching of the gospel and all mention of Bible morality; disarm and force everyone on earth to submit to global government and its morality; control the life, income, speech, etc., of everyone on earth: silence all opposition, and drastically decrease the population of the earth. The globalists will succeed because not enough people are standing up.

Finally, are you Rapture Ready?

duck_daymond@yahoo.com

America’s Suicide (Lamb & Lion Ministries)

Is America committing suicide?

The Destruction of the U.S. From Within

The Current Chaos: Incompetence or By Design?

A reflection on deliberate destruction.

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2021/11/current-chaos-incompetence-or-design-william-kilpatrick/

William Kilpatrick is a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. His books include Christianity, Islam, and Atheism: The Struggle for the Soul of the West (Ignatius Press), What Catholics Need to Know About Islam (Sophia Press), and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Jihad.

In a 2015 piece, I suggested that the chaos resulting from President Obama’s destructive policies was deliberate. I wrote that Obama and his advisors wanted to weaken America’s global position, wanted to encourage racial division, and wanted to overload the immigration system.

But how about Joe Biden? Biden not only revived many of Obama’s initiatives, he added dozens more. Biden has wreaked more destruction in eight months than Obama could manage in eight years.

Once again, however, we must ask if this destruction is deliberate. Perhaps, as many suggest, the recent rapid descent of America is the result of incompetence rather than careful deliberation. Because of his cognitive difficulties, it now appears that Biden is simply not up to the job. Moreover, many of his appointees also seem incompetent. Pete Buttigieg doesn’t seem to be up to the job of Transportation Secretary, Lloyd Austin doesn’t inspire much confidence as Secretary of Defense, and Merrick Garland seems better suited to the office of Chief Inquisitor than to the office of Attorney General. And so on down the line. Most of Biden’s appointments seem to have been selected for reasons of ideology rather than competence. To top it off, should Biden be removed for incompetence, he will be replaced by a woman who seems to be the most incompetent vice president of all time.

On the other hand, by the laws of probability, Biden’s advisors and appointees can’t all be incompetent. After all, many of them are retreads from the Obama administration. And Obama, according to some, was just about the smartest president to ever occupy the White House.

Besides, you don’t need a high IQ to recognize that some policies are just plain dumb. Currently, we are experiencing high inflation due in part to a disruption in the “supply chain.” But supply and demand is a fairly simple concept. You don’t need a Ph.D. in economics to understand the basics. If you cancel pipelines and cut back on coal and oil production—as Biden has done—the price of gas at the pump will go up. Either Biden and Buttigieg don’t understand that, or else they don’t care about the financial strain on average Americans. Perhaps their refined nostrils are offended by the smell of gasoline engines. In the 18th century, the elites said “Let them eat cake;” now they say, “Let them drive electric cars.”

There is, undoubtedly, a great deal of incompetence in the Biden administration, but not enough to account for the escalating damage to America. For one thing, it’s not just the administration that has imposed a totalitarian order on the American people; Our new set of rulers also includes the media, corporations, academics, medical professionals, school boards, and state and local governments. In addition, the new totalitarianism is not confined to America; it’s spreading to once-democratic nations all over the world.

Moreover, the destructive new woke order is simply too comprehensive and too interconnected to be considered the result of random chance or sheer incompetence. One is reminded of the “watchmaker” argument for the existence of God. When you examine a watch with all its intricate complexity, you understand immediately that it couldn’t have come into existence by accident. Someone must have designed it.

A similar argument can be made when the mechanisms of society suddenly stall and reverse in so many places simultaneously. It seems to have been consciously designed. The system is not running the way you would like, but from a certain point of view it’s working just fine.

It’s difficult to know where to start when describing the system we now live under because there are so many wheels within wheels, so many interlocking parts.

But the education system is certainly one of the most essential components of the overall system. It began its transition from serving the interests of parents to serving the interests of the left about 60 years ago. We’ve just recently learned about Critical Race Theory indoctrination in the schools, but the schools have been indoctrinating students in leftist causes for decades. The kids were being exposed to distorted views of sex, family, society, and history long before the Internet was invented. For years, two of the most widely used American history textbooks were ones written by a Marxist who described himself as “something of an anarchist, something of a socialist.”

Having gone through this K-to- graduate school indoctrination system, American citizens—many of them at least—see no problem with whatever left-wing argument or initiative is being pushed on them.

Increasing racial tensions? Must be caused by systemic racism.
Defund the police? They deserve it. They’re all racists anyways.
Tear down statues of Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln? They were slave owners, weren’t they?
Boys in the girl’s locker room? Boys have a right to be girls if they want.
Media’s election season cover-up of Hunter Biden’s laptop story? Who’s Hunter Biden?
January 6th incursion into the Capitol Building? It was worse than 9/11.

In the last few years, the American populace has been subject to the biggest gaslighting campaign since Hitler and Goebbels tried to convince the German people that they were the master race. The term “gaslighting,” by the way, comes from Gaslight, a 1944 film in which smooth-talking Charles Boyer almost convinces Ingrid Bergman that she is going crazy. He tells her that she is seeing things and hearing things that aren’t there (but they really are). You can understand how Bergman’s character must have felt if, back in last October, you tried to convince a liberal friend that Hunter Biden’s laptop was a real story, only to be soothingly reassured that you were seeing things, and that maybe you should see a doctor.

What may turn out to be the biggest gaslighting story of all, however, is the corona virus epidemic. Fear of COVID-19 is being used to scare the public into submission to unnecessary and even harmful government mandates and edicts. Thus, the propaganda surrounding the virus and the vaccines has become a useful tool in what seems to be a scheme to force people to yield up their civil liberties.

There is growing evidence, for example, that COVID death numbers have been greatly exaggerated both here and abroad.

In the Spring of 2020, Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator, admitted that the government was classifying all deaths of patients with the virus as COVID-19 deaths regardless of cause.

In July of 2020, both Admiral Brett Giroir, the Assistant Secretary for Health, and Dr. Robert Redfield, Director of the CDC, acknowledged that COVID death statistics were inflated.

In December 2020, the Brookings Institute published a study that showed that due to media distortion, “the average American dramatically overestimates the share of COVID-19 deaths from people aged 24 and under, putting it around 8% when in fact it was 0.1%.”

In June of 2021, a Lisbon court ruled that the number of verified deaths from COVID-19 in Portugal during a fifteen-month period was only 152 not the 17,000 claimed by government ministries.

A Recent article in Il Tempo, reports that the Higher Institute of Health has revised the number of deaths in Italy due to COVID since February, 2020 from 130,468 to 3,783.

In Grand County, Colorado on Thanksgiving Day, 2020, a man shot his wife in the head, then killed himself. The next day, the homicide-suicide showed up on the state website as Covid deaths.

When it comes to the pandemic, it’s difficult to separate the facts from the gaslighting. Definitions and explanations change on an almost weekly basis. It’s difficult to get reliable figures on vaccine efficacy, and even more difficult to get accurate information on adverse side effects. Meanwhile, alternative treatments such as Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine have been subject to a smear campaign by the media.

There are, of course, some who believe that the pandemic was deliberately created by sinister forces for the purpose of controlling the masses and making them more obedient to authorities.

That’s difficult to prove. After all, the sinister, wealthy people who are suspected of the crime would have ways of hiding their tracks. However, the claim does bring us back to the question of whether or not the current chaos is the result of incompetence or of planning.

Of the many crises that currently face us, one has almost certainly been planned. There may be a few naïve souls who believe that the southern border crisis just happened to have happened, but most realize that it happened because Biden and other top Democrats made it happen. They wanted to open the border because they calculated that today’s illegal migrants would become tomorrow’s Democratic voters.

What evidence is there of premeditation? Well, there’s the fact that during the campaign, Biden invited illegal migrants on several occasions to come to the U.S. And when the migrants came, many of them thanked the president for the invitation. One of Biden’s first actions as president was to halt construction of the border wall, and as thousands upon thousands of illegals crossed into the U.S., he did nothing to stop them. In fact, he did everything to facilitate their arrival. Waiting charter buses brought migrants to hotels and other accommodations in Southwest Texas. And secret nighttime charter flights flew them to cities across the U.S. To all appearances, the flooding of the border was quite purposeful. It presented the American people with a fait accompli that would be exceedingly difficult to undo.

In addition, the administration correctly assumed that many in the media would give the border story minimal coverage, together with a positive spin. The interlocking cooperation of government, media, corporations, non-profits, and so forth, is all the more reason to think that many of our problems are well-planned problems.

However, that doesn’t rule out incompetence as a factor. Whoever is pulling the strings probably doesn’t mind that Biden appoints incompetent people. The more incompetence, the more chaos. And chaos is what the powers-that-be seem to want.

The breakdown of the economy? Of law and order? Of education and health care? Why would anyone want that? Well, mainly because the breakdowns can be used as proof that the old system no longer works and needs to be replaced with a new one. Besides, the failures can all be blamed on capitalism or racism or Donald Trump (who, in the imaginations of leftists, is the new Emmanuel Goldstein—the all-purpose villain in 1984).

Any explanation will do. Thanks to America’s left-leaning educational system, a significant number of citizens aren’t capable of thinking logically.

Why else does the left want chaos? Because social and economic breakdowns eventually breed resistance and protests. And the resistance provides an excuse to crackdown on the protestors. The crackdown, in turn, further intimidates the general populace into submission. What’s more, any resistance will be used to reinforce the domestic terrorism/insurrectionist narrative that the left has so carefully cultivated. As the left has long understood, chaos creates opportunities.

The Current Chaos: Incompetence or By Design?

Biden’s Values :: By Daymond Duck

https://www.raptureready.com/2022/03/13/bidens-values-by-daymond-duck/

At a recent press conference, White House Press Secretary, Jan Psaki, was asked about the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on prices in America.

Psaki responded, “Standing up for our values is not without cost.”

U.S. citizens need to realize that Biden’s values are not traditional Bible-based Christian values.

Biden supports the UN Sustainable Development goals (abortion, the LGBTQ agenda, wealth redistribution, government control of production, UN control of schools, etc.).

His nomination of pro-abortion Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court reveals his position on abortion.
His State of the Union speech reveals his position on the LGBTQ agenda because he said, “As I said last year, especially to our younger transgender Americans, I will always have your back as your President, so you can be yourself and reach your God-given potential.”
His executive order to shut down large amounts of America’s oil production is government control of production.
His purchase of more than 600,000 barrels of oil per day from Russia is about wealth redistribution.
His Dept. of Justice investigation of parents that question school board decisions as domestic terrorists is part of the UN effort to control what is taught in America’s schools.

Concerning Biden’s values, we must understand that he supports the New World Order (NWO), and those who support that want a global ethic that ignores Jesus, the cross, the Bible, the Ten Commandments, and Christianity.

Biden’s values (the global ethic and the NWO) are playing a role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

One major issue is the STRUCTURE of the NWO (which regional group of nations will Ukraine be in: the EU regional group or the Russian regional group? For whatever it is worth, Ukraine has applied for EU membership, but Russia wants Ukraine in her group. The more nations a group controls, the more power and influence their leader will have).
Another major issue is CONTROL of the NWO (will the NWO be dominated by the values of the EU, Russia, China, or who?).

So, the world is witnessing a struggle over two things: One, global power, and two, Global Values (the rise and structure of the ten regional leaders known as the Ten Kings, and the Global Ethic known as the one-world religion).

If Russia gets away with expanding her regional group of nations before the Ten Kings arrive, China will quickly expand her regional group of nations.

Just know that following the Battle of Gog and Magog, the EU region will be in control, and don’t expect Biden’s prayers to carry much weight with God because he is trying to establish a global ethic that ignores God.

To be honest, I believe God has already started sending strong delusion upon some world leaders, and we see the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (wars and rumors of wars; hyperinflation, economic collapse, famine; pestilence) getting ready to charge out of the stall.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) tells us that by 2030 we will own nothing and be happy under their God-rejecting world government.

Many of the people in Ukraine now own nothing, but they are fearful, miserable, running for their lives, and wondering how they are going to take care of their children and themselves.

For more information on the WEF, some readers might want to watch this 15-minute video:

https://rumble.com/vwghvi-is-klaus-schwab-the-most-dangerous-man-in-the-world.html

Here are more stories that made the news this week.

One, on Mar. 2, 2022, it was reported that:

Ukraine has applied for EU membership.

Georgia has asked the EU to quickly review and grant its application for EU membership.

Moldova has asked the EU to approve its application for EU membership.

Putin knows that the larger, more populous, more prosperous a regional group is, the more influence their leader (one of the Ten Kings) will be, and he wants his kingdom to be like the old Soviet Union.

Two, enough wheat for one meal will cost the equivalent of a day’s wages during the Tribulation Period (Rev. 6:5-6).

Russia and Ukraine are two of the world’s largest wheat producers.

On Mar. 2, 2022, it was reported that Ukraine’s farmers are out of the fields, Ukraine’s ports are sealed off by Russian warships, and the price of wheat has soared to the highest level in 13 years.

(More: On Mar. 4, 2022, it was reported that Hungary has announced a ban on all grain exports effective immediately.)

(More: On Mar. 6, 2022, it was reported that the head of International Grains Council said the price of wheat has gone up 55% since one week before the Russian invasion of Ukraine started.)

Three, concerning famine: depending on the source, fertilizer prices have tripled, fuel has more than doubled, some equipment repair parts are unavailable for months, and more.

On Feb. 28, 2022, Michael Snyder, publisher of The Economic Collapse Blog, wrote that Russia is one of the world’s largest exporters of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (13% of America’s fertilizer comes from Russia).

A reduction in the export of fertilizer will cause crop production to decline and food prices to soar.

Here are some more reports.

On Mar. 4, 2022, the AAA reported that gasoline prices are rising at the fastest pace on record, and the UN reported that food prices are the highest ever.
On Mar. 7, 2022, it was reported that gasoline prices have broken the all-time record.
On Mar. 7, 2022, this writer saw a report that said gasoline has already reached $7 a gallon in California, and another report that said gasoline could reach $10 a gallon by summer.
On Mar 7, 2022, it was reported that the Biden administration is looking at buying oil from Iran instead of Russia. Iran is trying to develop nuclear warheads for missiles that will reach Israel, the EU, U.S., and our Arab allies. Why would Biden even consider financing the development of Iran’s nuclear warheads?
On Mar. 8, 2022, it was reported that Shell and BP will immediately stop buying oil and gas from Russia.
On Mar. 8, 2022, it was reported that Biden is blaming high energy prices on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the problem started on day one of the Biden administration when he deliberately destroyed America’s energy independence.
On Mar. 8, 2022, following pressure from members of Congress, Biden announced a ban on oil imports from Russia.

Four, concerning Russian shipping, on Mar. 1, 2022, Britain and Canada banned all ships that are owned or flagged by Russia from using British and Canadian ports.

On Mar. 2, 2022, it was reported that 3 of the largest shipping container companies in the world have temporarily suspended all non-essential deliveries (everything except food, medical and humanitarian supplies) to Russia.

Five, it is common knowledge that world leaders are trying to punish Russia for invading Ukraine by applying severe economic sanctions (restrictions on Russia’s economy, banks, oligarchs, etc.).

On Mar. 4, 2022, an article by Rev. Michael Bresciani, editor of new.americanprophet.org, was posted by canadafreepress.com that says, “There is coming a day when economic sanctions will become personal.”

Bresciani rightly points out that Scripture teaches that everyone on earth will either participate in the global economic system by taking the Mark of the Beast or be sanctioned by it (denied the right to buy and sell).

Economic sanctions are the tool that the Antichrist will use to try to subjugate everyone on earth, and they are being used to try to subjugate Putin and Russia right now.

Six, concerning deceit and corruption in government: on Mar. 4, 2022, it was reported that U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker has ruled that 2 FBI agents accused of faking the kidnapping of Michigan Governor Whitmer and trying to pin it on 4 Michigan Militia members (the Wolverine Watchmen) must use their real names when the Watchmen’s trial begins.

Deceit and corruption are characteristics of the coming world government.

Seven, concerning the decline of America: on Mar. 8, 2022, it was reported that Biden tried to call the leaders of Saudi Arabia and the UAE to urge them to help contain surging oil prices, but they declined to take his call.

Eight, on Feb. 25, 2022, Rev. Franklin Graham wrote these words of encouragement, “The chaos and destruction that mark the end times is actually an occasion to celebrate the soon return of our Lord and King…. So as you hear of the continuing chaos and turmoil that now marks our days, don’t yield for a moment to pessimism or hysteria. Straighten your back, lift up your head and look up, for your full redemption is about to take place. What a day that will be!”

Finally, are you Rapture Ready?

duck_daymond@yahoo.com

Biden’s Values

The Four Horsemen of the Biden Apocalypse By Jeff Crouere

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/the_four_horsemen_of_the_biden_apocalypse.html

In the waning days of the Trump administration, the country was showing signs of economic improvement, people were feeling more confident about battling COVID, and the border was relatively secure as the wall was finally being constructed.

What a difference seven months can make. It has been a horrific 207 days since President Joe Biden and his radical administration were unleashed on the country.

In effect, a political apocalypse is approaching. In the New Testament Book of Revelation, the four horsemen of the apocalypse are revealed to be "Conquest, War, Famine, and Death." In the Old Testament Book of Ezekiel, the four horsemen are referred to as "sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague."

In the era of Joe Biden, the four horsemen of our political apocalypse are the border invasion, the economic catastrophe, the assault on our families, and the use of the COVID plague to eliminate our constitutional rights.

1. Invasion

Biden inherited a secure border and immediately decided to destroy the progress of President Donald Trump and create an unmitigated disaster for Americans. The border wall was foolishly stopped, the policy of "catch and release" was reinstituted, the "Remain in Mexico" policy was ended, and illegal aliens were given an invitation to enter the United States.

As a result, the flood of illegal aliens has been unprecedented. The number of new apprehensions is increasing each month at the border, reaching the highest level in 25 years in July. Over 210,000 illegal aliens were apprehended on the southern border last month. Simultaneously, an untold number of people have been entering the country without detection. Coupled with ongoing legal immigration efforts, the United States of America is being radically and quickly transformed.

These illegal aliens are not being tested for COVID, are not being vaccinated, and are being sent all over the country. This is spreading the virus across the country while cynically changing the demographics of many "red" states. Although most citizens living in these areas are opposed to this resettlement, they have been powerless to stop it.

2. Catastrophe

Upon entering office, Biden should have continued Trump-era economic policies that were working. Instead, he stopped the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and displacing thousands of workers from their jobs. Biden also placed a moratorium on the issuance of new oil and gas drilling leases on federal territory, both onshore and offshore.

As a result, America is transitioning from being energy independent for the first time in decades, under President Trump, to being energy-dependent once again. Ironically, Biden is now asking OPEC members to increase their oil production.

Biden has also happily supported radical legislation in Congress that will add to the national debt while spending trillions of dollars that will create severe inflationary woes in our county. During the Biden administration, prices on a wide range of items such as gasoline, lumber, and groceries are rapidly escalating. This has created the sharpest rise in inflation in 20 years.

If it passes in the U.S. House of Representatives, the new $1.2-trillion "infrastructure" bill that just was approved in the U.S. Senate will be an economic disaster. It includes very little real infrastructure, but it does include tax increases, at least $256 billion in additional federal debt that will exacerbate inflationary pressures, and a grab bag of liberal proposals. The bill advocates zero-emission vehicles, combats "racist" highways, and for good measure uses the word "equity" 64 times.

It sets the stage for an even bigger monstrosity, the "human infrastructure" bill that will cost over $3.5 trillion. It is being advertised as a de facto "Green New Deal" that will include a staggering number of climate change initiatives. The economic chaos that such a bill will institute is mind-boggling to contemplate.

3. Assault

Across America, our cities are on fire as crime is exploding. An increasing number of innocent Americans are being victimized each day. Incredibly, liberal politicians have used the opportunity to demand the defunding of police departments. This has only increased the number of police officers resigning and retiring. As a result, police departments are understaffed, and recruitment is becoming extremely difficult in urban areas that are viewed as being anti-police.

The answer, according to Biden and the Democrats, is always more gun control and never more criminal control.

Citizens are unsafe on the streets of our cities, and our children are unsafe in our public-school classrooms. Families are facing hostile environments in schools as teachers are using Critical Race Theory to educate students about American history. Instead of celebrating the greatness of our founding documents and the uniqueness of our system of government, teachers are demonizing our Founding Fathers and casting blame on white Americans for racism and unfair treatment of minorities. In many schools, students are being separated by race, and white students are being made to feel guilty for the color of their skin. While parents are expressing their anger, too many school boards remain committed to the divisive curriculum.

4. Plague

Schools are also one of the focal points of the insane battle over how to deal with the COVID pandemic. Teacher unions and Biden officials are touting masks in classrooms, while a growing number of parents are fighting this nonsense at school board meetings across the country.

The Biden administration is not stopping at mask mandates but is considering COVID vaccine requirements for all Americans. The Defense Department will be requiring vaccines for all the members of the respective branches. This obligation will be enforced starting in mid-September.

The president has also mandated vaccinations for members of the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs. Surely other government agencies will face similar mandates in the foreseeable future.

Whenever he addresses the media, Biden pushes vaccinations on the public. He implies that unvaccinated Americans are not only unpatriotic but also contributing to the deaths of their fellow citizens. In addition, the president is actively encouraging businesses to implement vaccine mandates at their workplaces.

All these initiatives are quite disturbing, as Americans should have medical privacy and the right to make their own health decisions. In a "free" country, a citizen should not be forced to inject any sort of experimental vaccine into his body. Americans should have the freedom to say "no," without any negative repercussions.

Individually, each of the four horsemen of the Biden apocalypse is extremely worrisome. Unfortunately, Americans are facing all four of them simultaneously.

In addition, we must deal with a mentally incompetent president; a biased press; social media sites that censor conservatives; and a "woke" corporate, entertainment, and Big Technology culture that are promoting these dangerous trends in our country.

It is crunch time for America, and "We the People" must stand up to protect our rights, our families, and our futures. This Biden agenda must be stopped immediately. Otherwise, we can say goodbye to America and say hello to Venezuela.

The Four Horsemen of the Biden Apocalypse

Biden admin considering shutting down Michigan pipeline, drawing criticism and dire warnings as winter nears

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-considering-shutting-down-michigan-pipeline

The Biden administration's energy policies have drawn criticism as gas prices surge heading into the winter months

The Biden administration is reportedly weighing the potential market consequences of shutting down an oil pipeline in Michigan, drawing criticism from opponents. Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Biden's energy secretary, predicted Sunday that heating prices will rise this winter regardless of the Biden administration's decision on the pipeline. "Yeah, this is going to happen. It will be more expensive this year than last year," Granholm told CNN.

BIDEN ENERGY SEC. GRANHOLM LAUGHS AT QUESTION ABOUT BOOSTING OIL PRODUCTION

The administration has yet to decide on what to do with Line 5 and officials were gathering information only to present a clear picture of the situation, according to sources who spoke to Politico.

Line 5 is part of a network that moves crude oil and other petroleum products from western Canada, transporting about 540,000 barrels per day. Petroleum is taken from the pipeline in Escanaba, Michigan.

Jason Hayes, the director of environmental policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, blasted the Biden administration for its energy policies, telling Fox News that their work on Line 5 is "just one more example of being divorced from reality."

MICHIGAN GOV. GRETCHEN WHITMER LOOKING TO SHUT DOWN ENBRIDGE PIPELINE DURING NATIONAL GAS SHORTAGE

"They're planning to power an industrial nation like the United States on solar panels and wind turbines," Hayes said, while noting that even the solar panels and wind turbines require "oil, natural gas, nuclear and even coal" to be produced.

Hayes presented a dire picture of what shutting Line 5 could mean if people are unable to get natural gas or the electricity it provides as the nation heads into winter.

"I hope it doesn't end like this, but where I see it going is unfortunately the same thing that happened in February in Texas: People freezing in their homes," he said, adding, "Most of the time when it's extremely cold or there's a real bad polar vortex situation, typically it's pretty cloudy and there's not a lot of wind."

Explaining he has trouble understanding why some Western leaders seem unable to grasp the importance of reliable, affordable energy and electricity for everyday citizens, Hayes said, "It seems like the only nations that understand that we require reliable, affordable dispatchable energy is China and Russia. And they're the only ones that are producing energy and they're more than happy to hold that energy hostage for the rest of the world."

BIDEN FAILS TO ACHIEVE UNITY ON CLIMATE AS CHINA, RUSSIA AVOID COP26 SUMMIT

The Biden administration's move on Line 5 has drawn criticism from Republican lawmakers in Congress, more than a dozen of whom sent a letter to Biden on Nov. 4 warning against such a move as gas prices surge 50%.

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Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, wrote, "As we enter the winter months and temperatures drop across the Midwest, the termination of Line 5 will undoubtedly further exacerbate shortages and price increases in home heating fuels like natural gas and propane at a time when Americans are already facing rapidly rising energy prices, steep home heating costs, global supply shortages, and skyrocketing gas prices."

The Biden administration canceled the Keystone XL pipeline in January, but has since waived sanctions against a pipeline for Russia to ship energy to Germany, effectively approving that pipeline.

Biden admin considering shutting down Michigan pipeline, drawing criticism and dire warnings as winter nears

The End of Freedom :: By Daymond Duck

https://www.raptureready.com/2022/01/16/the-end-of-freedom-by-daymond-duck/

Rev. 13:7 reads, “And it was given unto him (the Antichrist) to make war with the saints [the people that get saved after the Rapture], and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.”

The Antichrist will rule over all kindreds, tongues, and nations (rule over a world government including the U.S.).

The government of Antichrist must be more powerful than the government of America.

America must give or lose its sovereignty, and that is what globalism and the New World Order are about.

It is important for us to know that the UN has agreed to establish a world government by 2030 or sooner.

If God allows globalists to establish a world government by 2030, the Rapture will happen before that.

A reader sent the following link to a video that some may want to watch.

According to the video:

Today, Americans are free to do what they want to do except where they are prohibited by law.
Covid vaccine passports are being used to change the way things are done today so that Americans will soon be under a new and different system that will not allow them to do anything except that which the government has given them permission to do.
Getting fully vaccinated will not prevent Americans from being subject to the rules of this coming new system.
Permission to travel, eat at a restaurant, work, buy, etc., will be dependent upon one’s obeying the government’s new rules, and the new rules will be changed as often as the government wants to change them.
If something happens and a citizen is a day or two late getting their next vaccination or booster shot, they will already be out of the system and blocked from traveling, eating out, etc.
Even worse, this system is being designed to be expanded, it is already being used in China, and it is coming to America and the whole world soon.
What Americans are experiencing today is just a taste of what is coming.
Big tech companies are already monitoring, collecting, and saving vast amounts of information on everyone.
Surveillance cameras are everywhere, but something worse is coming: punishment for those seen breaking the new government requirements.
Once vaccine passports become the law, punishment will come, and there will be no going back.
Freedom will be extinguished.
Will Americans allow this generation to be the end of freedom?

Below are some events that made the news this week.

One, concerning the decline of America: on Jan. 6, 2022, it was reported that a new poll found that 76.8% of respondents (more than three out of four) now believe that “American society and culture are in a state of decay.”

It was Pres. Obama (not this writer) that said, “We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.”

It was Joe Biden (not this writer) that said, “The affirmative task we have now is to actually create a new world order” (world government).

Two, concerning the coming godless world government, world religion, and persecution of Christians: on Jan. 8, 2022, it was reported that a coalition of prominent evangelical pastors in Canada has come out against a new Canadian law (Bill C-4) that will allow the criminal prosecution of Christians that speak out against homosexuality and transgenderism in Canada.

The group voiced their opposition to the bill by posting a letter criticizing the Canadian Members of Parliament for rushing through a bill without debate or public comment that defines Bible teaching on sexuality and gender as a “myth.”

According to the law, those that believe the “myth” that there are only 2 genders (male and female) and say they believe it can be threatened with 5 years in jail.

Three, for those that think the Bible is a book of myths, on Dec. 19, 2021, it was reported that new research on an ancient aqueduct in Jerusalem suggests that the aqueduct was built by Pontius Pilate (the Roman leader that governed Israel from about 26-27 AD to about 36-37 AD).

According to the Bible, Pontius Pilate condemned Jesus to death.

The fact that archaeology continues to confirm Bible dates, places, names, teachings, etc., is very important.

Four, concerning perilous times and world government (a borderless world): on Jan. 7, 2022, the 2-year anniversary of America’s assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, his replacement vowed to retaliate against Americans inside their homes in the U.S.

Despite this threat to send terrorists to attack American citizens inside the U.S., America’s border with Mexico remains wide open for the terrorists to enter.

Five, Jan. 1, 2022, was the sabbath in Israel, and the Jewish Scripture for that day was about the seventh plague in Egypt (Hail and fire; Ex. 9:18-26).

While Jews were in the Synagogues reading the Scriptures, “quail-size” hailstones and lightning (flashing fire) were falling in an Egyptian town on the Red Sea.

Whether this was a coincidence or a message from God is debatable, but it is a fact that Jews believe God will send plagues at the end of the age, and this happened.

Six, concerning a peace treaty in the Middle East that will begin the Tribulation Period: on Jan. 10, 2022, a bipartisan group of House and Senate members launched a Caucus to strengthen the normalization agreements that several Arab nations have signed with Israel and to “widen the circle of peace” between Israel and other nations.

Seven, concerning famine: on Jan. 8, 2022, it was reported that several U.S. supermarkets are reporting incidents of empty shelves and a growing concern over a possible shortage of meat, eggs, and potatoes.

(More: It was reported that McDonald’s in Japan has stopped selling large and medium orders of French Fries (it is small or nothing), Kentucky Fried Chicken in Kenya has removed French Fries from their menu, and potato chip producers in South Africa are having trouble getting enough potatoes to produce their chips.)

(More: on Jan.10, 2022, it was reported that it might be months, perhaps 6 months, before some store shelves are restocked to normal levels.)

(More: on Jan. 12, 2022, it was reported that inflation has caused a 7% rise in prices compared to one year ago. This is the largest increase in 40 years.)

Eight, concerning deceit and wickedness: on Jan. 12, 2022, it was reported that leaked military documents from the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) appear to show that Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine were identified as curatives for Covid (as medicines that will cure Covid) in April 2020.

If this is true, someone needs to be held accountable for denying access to a cure for Covid from citizens.

Medical personnel that have lost their jobs for providing their patients with access to Ivermectin and/Hydroxychloroquine should be compensated and restored.

Here is a link to the article.

https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1480782119425089536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1480790099994431489%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcovid-19%2Fhi

Nine, on Jan. 12, 2022, it was reported that Washington State will hold a Zoom meeting today to discuss an amendment to a state law that will allow officials to arrest and hold unvaccinated citizens against their will in internment camps.

Internment camps are already being used in China and Australia, and this could be the beginning of their use in the U.S.

(Note: My article will be sent to the Rapture Ready editor before I know the result of the Washington State meeting.)

Ten, this may not relate to Bible prophecy, but on Jan. 11, 2022, it was reported that Covid caused a 34% decline in new blood donors last year, prompting the Red Cross to declare a national blood crisis for the first time.

Finally, are you Rapture Ready?

duck_daymond@yahoo.com

The End of Freedom

Gone :: By Daymond Duck

https://www.raptureready.com/2021/09/26/gone-by-daymond-duck/

After Moses died, Joshua became the leader of the Jewish people. Joshua led them across the Jordan River, took them to a place called Shiloh, and gave Shiloh to the largest and most powerful tribe called Ephraim. The Jews erected a Tabernacle there, priests served there, offered sacrifices there, felt God’s presence there, and it was a special place to God for more than 300 years. But the Jews eventually abandoned God, started worshipping a false God, angered God, stirred His wrath, and He destroyed Shiloh (Psa. 78:56-67).

Those that think that God won’t destroy a nation should go and look at Shiloh (Jer. 7:12).
Those that think that God won’t destroy a city should go and look at Sodom and Gomorrah.

On Sept. 16, 2021, several members of the media reported on an interview that former White House Press Sec. Sean Spicer had with former Pres. Trump.

Trump said, “Our country has gone really downhill in the last eight months like nobody’s ever seen before. And we’re not going to have a country left in three years; I’ll tell you that.”

Is Biden really the end of America?

Will America’s Deep State and the global Deep State succeed in bringing about the demise of America before 2024 and the establishment of a godless world government and religion by 2030 or sooner?

Perhaps, it is time for the Lukewarm Laodicean churches and those that think that God won’t destroy a godless world government and religion to go and look at the tower of Babel.

Without God, America is gone.

Consider the following:

Vice Pres. Harris was part of a group that raised funds to bail rioters, looters, and arsonists out of jail, and one has now committed murder.
The Biden administration knows that human traffickers, drug dealers, terrorists, and people infected with Covid are crossing the U.S. border with Mexico, but they are ignoring it or, in some cases, assisting it.
Biden said he would not leave American citizens in Afghanistan, but he has left hundreds there.
Biden let Taliban terrorists have up to 80 billion dollars of U.S. weapons.
The FBI destroyed Hillary’s cell phones for her.
Biden lied about his knowledge of Hunter Biden’s alleged crimes (he boasted about threatening the Pres. of Ukraine if he didn’t fire the man investigating Hunter; e-mails on Hunter’s laptop have been confirmed to be legitimate), but that is okay with the Democrat Party, and the FBI and DOJ have done nothing.
Pelosi, Schumer, and the Democrats impeached Trump over something he didn’t say in a phone call to Russia, but they are ignoring Gen. Milley’s treasonous calls to China, even though he could have endangered the security of the U.S.
Biden has been warned that too much spending can collapse the U.S. economy, but he continues to propose multi-trillion-dollar stimulus packages.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that mandated vaccinations are unconstitutional, but Biden is trying to force people to get one.
The Biden administration is trying to force average citizens to get vaccinated, but he has exempted Congress, their aides, the DOJ, the U.S. Supreme Court, and postal workers.
Fauci lied to Congress about funding Covid research in Wuhan, China, but the Biden administration supports him.

The above list shows that the America most of us grew up in is already gone, but there is no need to worry because the Church will soon be gone (Raptured) too.

FYI: Trump’s slogan was “Make America Great Again” (Strengthen America don’t weaken it). Biden’s slogan was “Build Back Better” (Get rid of the old America and build it back with a different America. That is what he is doing). Obama called it “The Fundamental Transformation of America”).

This writer believes the length of the above list could easily be doubled, but readers will get the point, and there are other things that need to be mentioned.

One, concerning the decline of the U.S. and the establishment of the Ten Kings: on Sept. 20, 2021, it was reported that the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) met to discuss weakened ties to the U.S. and the restructuring of CELAC into a block of nations patterned after the E.U.

Ten groups of nations patterned after the E.U. with a leader over each group (Ten leaders or Ten Kings) that would eventually cede their power to one leader has been a globalist goal for many years.

Also concerning the decline of the U.S.: Biden’s surrender to the Taliban in Afghanistan has triggered calls for the E.U. to establish a military that does not have ties to NATO.
Also concerning the decline of the U.S.: France has recalled its ambassador to the U.S. for the first time in history over a deal the U.S. and U.K. made to provide Australia with the technology to build submarines.

Two, concerning world government: the globalists have weakened America, and now China wants to replace America, take over the New World Order (NWO) and dominate it, not submit to it.

The globalists are just as much against China dominating their New World Order as they were against America dominating it.

George Soros and some of his globalist buddies are now getting worried about the growing power of China. They are even trying to cut off investments in China to weaken China like they weakened the U.S.

According to the Bible, the E.U. will be the main power in the coming world government, not China.

Expect China to resist and invade the Middle East as one of the Kings of the East, but don’t expect China to defeat the Antichrist and head up the coming world government.

Three, concerning the Mark of the Beast: it will be a global mandate to identify and track everyone on earth, and it will go into effect at the middle of the Tribulation Period.

There is good reason to believe that Covid-19 vaccine certificates are on the way to becoming a global mandate to identify and track people.

On Sept. 15, 2021, it was reported that 35-40 nations (Israel, the E.U., and other nations that want to join) will have a digital system in place by early October to identify and track those that have been vaccinated and those that have had Covid-19 and recovered. Those that get an approved certificate will be allowed to travel, enter restaurants and other venues, but those that don’t get one will not be allowed to do these things.

Four, concerning Israel and Jerusalem: America’s Deep State has manipulated Pres. Biden into many mistakes since putting him into office.

It seems that God is willing to let America’s Deep State and Biden weaken America because He said He will allow them to establish a godless world government and religion for seven years.

But now, these godless people appear to be preparing to weaken Israel by reopening America’s special consulate for the P.A. in Jerusalem and canceling America’s recognition of Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel.

God will allow them to do this for three reasons:

He is letting Israel learn to trust Him and not the nations.
He is letting the nations choose their own judgment (what they try to do to Israel will come back on them; Zech. 12:3).
He is letting the world know that He is God, He restored Israel, and Israel cannot be destroyed (Amos 9:11-15).

FYI: America’s Deep State apparently does not know, believe, or understand the story about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace (a type of Israel in the Tribulation Period). One like the Son of God delivered them out of it (Dan. 3:25), and all Israel, all that believe in Yeshua, will be saved in the wilderness (Matt. 25:16-22) by a Deliverer out of Zion (Rom. 11:26).

Five, in May of this year, terrorists in Gaza fired more than 4,000 rockets into Israel, but many were shot down by Israel’s anti-missile Iron Dome System.

Israel needs to replace and boost her stock of Iron Dome missiles.

In June of this year, U.S. Sec. of State Lloyd Austin told Israel’s Defense Min. Benny Gantz that the U.S. plans to replace Israel’s Iron Dome missiles. On Aug. 27, Pres. Biden met with Israeli Prime Min. Bennett and said the U.S. will replace Israel’s Iron Dome missiles. Nancy Pelosi recently put $1 billion to replace Israel’s Iron Dome missiles in a bill to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, but the Squad and other leftist Democrats strongly objected to spending money on the defense of Israel. Pelosi removed the money but promised to put it in a later bill

The Biden administration has made many mistakes (Afghanistan, border with Mexico, etc.), but nothing could be as bad as abandoning its promises to defend Israel.

Six, concerning the division of Israel and the Battle of Armageddon: on Sept. 21, 2021, Pres. Biden repeated his support for the Two-State solution in a speech at the U.N. (but he did say it will be a long time before it happens).

Seven, concerning wickedness and corruption at the end of the age: on Sept. 16, 2021, Special Counsel John Durham got an indictment against a Democrat lawyer for creating and giving false information (lying) to the FBI to smear Pres. Trump during the 2016 Pres. Campaign. According to the indictment, the lawyer’s lies were used to suggest that Trump was colluding with the Russians.

In 2016, the FBI questioned him about it, and he gave the FBI false information while claiming to be an ordinary citizen and denied that he was being paid by anyone to give the FBI a false story.

It is now 5 years later, and the FBI says it has proof that the Democrat lawyer was billing the Clinton campaign, and Clinton’s group was paying him for his work. There are now rumors that Durham plans to go after Mrs. Clinton, but this writer is skeptical. It would not be surprising if Durham goes after some of Clinton’s aides, but Clinton is a prominent member of America’s Deep State.

Some say George Soros is destroying America, and Obama is in his third presidency, but nothing is ever done about what they are doing. Why?

The DOJ and FBI appear to be treating America’s Deep State as a protected class of people. If this is not true, why haven’t they been prosecuted for some of the things they have done? If it is true, it means the DOJ and FBI are protecting the wickedness, corruption, and treason of America’s Deep State (like in the days of Noah when the wickedness of man was great).

FYI: Here is some good news.

If (a big “IF”) God allows the Antichrist to confirm a 7-year covenant with many for peace in the Middle East by 2030, Jesus will be sitting on the throne of David in Jerusalem, and the Kingdom of God will exist on earth by 2037. Christians will be here in new bodies with their loved ones; Christians won’t get sick or die; there will be peace, justice, and righteousness on earth; no Covid, etc.

The bad things mentioned above are signs that a new world is coming soon.

Eight, concerning a falling away in the Church: on Sept. 21, 2021, LifeSiteNews reported that Pope Francis has a history of praising pro-abortion politicians, he supports serving communion to pro-abortion politicians, and he has endorsed gay civil unions.

Pope Francis has the spiritual qualifications of the False Prophet (supports world government, world religion, etc.), but he is getting old. If he is the False Prophet, the Rapture could be very soon.

Before closing, here is a personal message.

I get a little uncomfortable when other ministries ask me to publicize what they are doing because if they or some of their people go astray, I don’t want it to have a negative impact on Rapture Ready or my ministry. Having said this, a Christian group called Tactical Civics is seeking God-fearing patriots that want to restore America. I am thankful for (and support) anyone that wants to restore America. A member of the group has asked me to encourage people that Love Jesus and America to watch the 11-minute video at this link: www.tacticalcivics.com/video

The group wants more people to know what they are doing and perhaps get involved.

Finally, are you Rapture Ready?

Gone

8 Signs That USA Is On The Brink Of Collapse

https://www.askaprepper.com/8-signs-that-usa-is-on-the-brink-of-collapse/

As we all know, 2020 was a rocky year, with the onset of COVID-19 causing a wide range of problems. This has continued into 2021 and shows no signs of stopping.

While we may be actually crawling our way out from under the COVID pandemic, we’re just starting to see the impact that it has had on our nation; specifically, the impact that it has had on our economy.

There’s no question that the pandemic took a severe hit on our economy. On top of that, Congress has gone on a spending spree, with their “COVID stimulus packages” which have been filled with spending for pork projects. But that’s only a portion of what COVID is ultimately going to cost the country.

Economic Presumptions

As we claw our way out of this pandemic, we’re just beginning to see the overall cost. One pair of Harvard economists has estimated that the total price tag for the pandemic will be over 16 trillion dollars for the United States alone; and that’s if we’re back to normal by the fall of 2021, just a few short months away.

There has already been too much finger pointing that has happened about this crisis and I don’t want to add to it. But there’s plenty of room to question whether decisions which were made solely to protect us from the disease were the best possible decisions.

Of course, like everyone else, I’m looking from the advantage of hindsight, unlike our government officials, who had to make their decisions in real time, based upon incomplete data, as the medical community was still trying to understand the disease.

Our Liberty

I have been reminded over and over again about a famous quote of Benjamin Franklin. He said, “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty or Safety.” Yet throughout the pandemic, it seems to me that we have been collectively forced to give up our liberty throughout the pandemic, in a somewhat vain search for security.

I’m not talking about wearing masks, social distancing or not shaking hands; I’m talking about the millions of people whose finances have been destroyed, especially the small business owners whose doors were shuttered by government fiat, many of them permanently.

Those people lost their life’s work and savings, all for the purpose of trying to make others feel safe and the government “help” for small businesses did nothing to help those business owners, just to help their employees. Yet I don’t see where Wal-Mart was forced to suffer by government edict.

So just where does this leave us? Simply put, it leaves our nation in severe financial danger.

Financial gurus have been saying that a collapse is coming for several years now, and it seems like we are on the brink of it happening. It’s like that famous house of cards, where the key card has been removed and we’re all waiting for a puff of wind to knock it down.

Government Spending Out of Control

Probably the biggest thing that’s leading us into financial collapse is government spending.

As the government mandates lockdowns spread across the country and around the world, over 40 million American workers were sent home to wait out the pandemic.

Many of those were temporary furloughs, so they aren’t counted amongst the unemployed; yet they still weren’t gainfully employed.

In response to that, Congress passed several “Coronavirus relief bills” totaling somewhere north of 4 trillion dollars. That money was supposed to help people make it through the hard times, with some going out in stimulus checks and even more going out in small business loans and unemployment bonuses.

Yet for some of those who were out of work, it wasn’t enough to make ends meet. On the other hand, there were those who made more sitting home on unemployment, than they did working.

So where did all this money come from? We may as well say that it came out of thin air. The Federal Reserve bank loaned it to the federal government, creating it by buying the debt. If anyone else but the Fed had done that, they would have gone to jail for fraud.

They Don’t See the Problem

This has taught Congress that they can spend money with impunity. President Biden’s six trillion dollar budget proposal and Congress’ two trillion dollar plus infrastructure bill show this clearly. Once they broke that trillion dollar ceiling during the pandemic, they realized they could just keep spending, without repercussions.

Somehow, a group of economists have come up with the idea that our nation can sustain a much higher level of debt than previously realized. This idea has clearly been bought into by those currently in power and they are planning on spending every dollar of the new “credit limit” they can.

At the same time, the economic recovery that we were seeing towards the end of 2020 has stagnated, as investors have lost confidence in the economy. People are spending the money they saved during the lockdown, and the president is pointing to that as a sign of economic recovery.

But it’s clear that what’s happening is a temporary surge, and nothing more. Long-term economic indicators are not looking as good as the short-term ones that they’re touting do.

Rising Inflation

One of the more dangerous economic indicators we’re seeing right now is rising inflation.

For over a decade now, inflation has hovered around one percent or less. Yet in the first few months of 2021, we are looking at an “official” annualized rate of over 4.2% (as of April 2021), with that number jumping up by more than 1.5% from March to April alone. Chances are pretty good that it will climb much higher than that before the year is out.

Leading the way are increased costs in housing, fuel, food and lumber. New house prices are up over $30,000 from last year, due to lumber shortages. As that is probably a temporary spike, those who buy houses at that inflated rate will probably lose money, just as those who lost their homes in the 2008/2009 crash.

At least part of the rise in gasoline costs can be attributed directly to policy decisions being made by the president. In the last four years, we’ve gone from being a net importer of petroleum to a net exporter.

That has come to an end, as the new president has reversed many of the policies put forth by the previous one; and he has done so without any apparent concern about what those decisions will do to the economy.

The Loss of Main Street

I’ve already mentioned the devastating impact that COVID has had on small businesses. Figures are sketchy and aren’t by any means finalized, as can be seen by the fact that nobody can agree on just how many businesses have failed.

I can find figures which range all the way from 100,000 to 9 million, making it basically impossible to find the truth in those numbers. The small business relief the government offered went largely to larger, well established businesses, rather than the mom and pop shops that you and I think of, when we hear the term “small business.”

Even then, the only way of receiving loan forgiveness on those loans was to use at least 75% of it to pay the wages of people who weren’t working. It didn’t help those mom and pop shops pay the rent, keep the lights on or even pay themselves.

With little to no reserves, many were forced to shut down permanently; but they don’t get added to the statistics, because there are no bankruptcy proceedings for government statisticians to count.

Those mom and pop shops weren’t the only ones to suffer though. One list (which was written in the fall of 2020) shows 53 major retail corporations which have filed for bankruptcy due to COVID-19.

Granted, some of these companies were in bad financial straits before the pandemic hit; but that doesn’t take away from the fact that the loss of business during 2020 was enough to put them under.

Unemployment Remains too High

The two prime indicators of financial collapse are high inflation and high unemployment. Yet, after historically low unemployment before COVID hit, we are not seeing people go back to work as quickly as they should, now that businesses are reopening after the lockdown restrictions have been lifted.

Part of this is because the businesses that those people worked for just plain don’t exist anymore. It’s hard to go back to work at a company which has been forced to shut the doors. But much of it is because government policy is encouraging people to stay home.

With the Coronavirus bonus attached to unemployment, there are many retail and food service workers who are making more money watching daytime television, than they made working at their jobs.

“Official” unemployment stands at 9.7 million as of this writing. But that number is a bit misleading. In reality, there are over 16 million people out of work. But the official number is somewhere over 16 million. The discrepancy is that the official figure covers only those who are on unemployment.

On top of that, we face a national skills crisis that is only getting worse. Before COVID hit, there were six million jobs remaining unfilled for skilled workers. But there weren’t the skilled workers available to fill those jobs. That’s because by and large people weren’t learning those skills.

The current philosophy that everyone should go to college and get a degree is producing a lot of people with unmarketable degrees in fields where there are minimal jobs and steering people away from learning skills which will land them a stolid, well paying, blue collar career.

Anti-Business Government Policies are in Effect

The two major political parties have very different philosophies about business and job creation. Republicans are largely supportive of business, while Democrats have the idea that jobs come from the government. They aren’t as concerned about business, other than to see it as a source of tax revenue.

A number of Democrat politicians have publically stated that businesses making a profit are “greedy” and that they should give those profits to the government, as the government can better spend that money.

With that underlying attitude, it’s no wonder that the current administration and Congress are taking a number of moves which are not good for private business.

The shutdown of the Keystone Pipeline project was only the tip of the iceberg in this, as they are doing a number of other things which are taking away business profits, causing people to lose their jobs and sending jobs overseas.

Our National Debt

I’ve been hearing that our national debt is unsustainable at least since 2009. Yet it continues to climb and as I already mentioned, talking about government spending being out of control, it is climbing faster than ever.

I can remember when it was said that a national debt higher than our GNP was unsustainable. Well, we’re well past that, with the national debt over 28 trillion right now and the GNP at about 22 trillion. So why haven’t we crashed already? Because the US dollar is the world’s reserve currency.

We literally export our debt overseas, because other countries need American dollars to do business.

With the current budget and infrastructure bills in Congress, there’s no saying just how bad our national debt will become. But with other major world players trying to take over the dollar’s place as the world’s reserve currency, things are on very shaky ground.

Media Hiding the Truth

Finally, the mainstream media isn’t telling us the truth about what is happening. The term “fake news” gained a lot of popularity over the last few years, first as a smear campaign aimed at right-wing news sources and then as a description of what comes out of the legacy media.

With everything being seen as being political, every story is “spun” to make Democrats look good and Republicans look bad.

The big problem with this is that the American people are put in the place of trying to make decisions based on flawed information. When we don’t know what’s really happening, we can’t prepare. Yet the media, rather than just presenting the facts, is painting everything with a political brush.

Ultimately, this means that instead of making the kinds of decisions which will help forestall any financial disaster and will best protect our families, we are making decisions based upon emotion. All those people who are buying houses right now, driving the prices up, wouldn’t be buying them if they realized we’re on the brink of a financial cliff.

Yet because they are being kept in the dark, they’re literally helping to build that cliff higher. They will be the ones to suffer, rather than anyone sitting in a plush office in Washington DC or a plush office on Wall Street.

This is BIG News... Saudi Arabia & China Ink Historic Deal

(ETBP with Britt Gillette)

On Friday, Saudi Arabia and China signed a historic deal - the kind historians look back on and point to as a pivotal moment in world events. Last week, and for months now, we talked about the death of the petro-dollar and the resulting diminishing influence of the United States in global economic and military affairs.

What happened on Friday is one more nail in the coffin of the petro-dollar system, and it means America is an empire in decline. Could this be one of the reasons the United States is not mentioned as a major player in end times bible prophecy?

8 Signs That USA Is On The Brink Of Collapse

Are all Biden's actions explained by the Cloward-Piven Strategy?

Exclusive: Joseph Farah says Joe's handlers know what they're doing, and it's from the 'pit of hell'

https://www.wnd.com/2021/10/bidens-actions-explained-cloward-piven-strategy/

We haven't been hearing possible explanations for Joe Biden's actions over the last nine months other than stupidity, a cognitive disorder, misguided thinking, even insanity.

But is it possible that he's being guided by some close to him who are following a scheme much more malign – the Cloward-Piven Strategy?

What is it?

To refresh your memories, the Cloward-Piven Strategy was a political tactic devised in 1966 by progressive academics Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven that called for overloading the U.S. public welfare system to precipitate a crisis that would lead to a replacement of the welfare system with a national system of "a guaranteed annual income and thus an end to poverty." In other words, it was an attack on the free-enterprise system to destroy the system, replacing it with a socialist utopia.

What does it have to do with what Biden is up to? I'm not under illusions Biden is calling the shots – but his handlers are allowing all this chaos including the open border, which even Barack Obama concedes is "unsustainable," Afghanistan, the supply-chain disaster, the mandate craze with its firings, inflation and more.

The Cloward-Piven Strategy has been adopted as part of mainstream leftist ideology. It's the Rosetta stone for understanding what progressives do and why they do it. It seems to make no sense on the surface to non-leftist ideologues. It seems like irrationality, stupidity or even insanity. But it's not. It's pure evil from the pit of hell.

It's the kind of thinking that led to the gas chambers. It's the kind of thinking that led to the gulags. It's the kind of thinking that led to the guillotines.

I fear it comes from the evil nature of those who plan to finish the job of fundamentally transforming America.

Let's recall that the Obama administration, which included Joe Biden, first set out to kill the flawed but greatest health care system the world had ever known. Obama lied repeatedly about what he was doing. He misrepresented his intentions and his goals. Once he got what he wanted and people could see it didn't work the way they thought it would work, he told them they just didn't understand. He told them it was their imaginations that they were losing their health insurance, paying more for medical services and being denied treatment.

You see, in this example, if you followed the Cloward-Piven Strategy, your goal was never to provide better and more affordable health care. It was to destroy the system and replace it with complete government control.

But the American health care system, like most institutions in America, was resilient in the face of even this frontal assault.

This was also the administration that lived by the credo: "Never let a crisis go to waste."

Is it unimaginable to consider the possibility that this scheme is at heart of the times we're living in?

It was unimaginable to Americans when New York City went bankrupt in the 1970s because of the Cloward-Piven Strategy specifically designed to precipitate a crisis in the welfare system. No one made the direct connection back then. It took years to figure it out.

Understand that the "progressives" never say what they really mean. They lie about what they're doing and why.

Do you understand what's going on here now – possibly?

Does this help?

Are things beginning to make more sense?

The moral of the story is simple: Never underestimate the evil motives of the satanic death cult euphemistically called "progressivism." It's not about progress. It's about regression: It's about making the state (read: "them") the ultimate arbiter of right and wrong. We all know where that leads, though it's awfully hard to believe it's happening again – here!

The No. 1 job of the federal government is, after all, protecting the safety and security of Americans. It should also be the No. 2 job, the No. 3 job – pretty much the only job of the federal government. But that's a story for another time.

If it's not error, bad judgment, misguided thinking, irrationality, ideological and multicultural blindness or insanity that explains what Biden and the cabal of pseudo-scientists, ideologues and population-control activists are doing on the China virus front, what does?

I fear it's something much worse – Cloward-Piven.

Will it bring America to its knees as it brought down New York City in the '70s? Only if we recognize it's intentional – rather than the work of just a goofball, senile president.

Vaccine mandate is Part 2 of Cloward-Piven plan

Wayne Allyn Root asserts, 'Democrats are purposely destroying and collapsing the economy'

https://www.wnd.com/2021/11/vaccine-mandate-part-2-cloward-piven-plan/

Back in the 1980s, I was a Columbia University student learning about a plan to destroy America and end capitalism. It was called Cloward-Piven – named after a Columbia University husband-and-wife professor team. Their insane goal was to turn America into a socialist, communist hellhole.

They planned to do it by overwhelming and collapsing the U.S. economy with massive debt, created by getting as many Americans as possible to depend on welfare, food stamps and unemployment benefits. In the ensuing economic catastrophe and collapse of our country, every business owner would get on their knees to beg government to save them.

At that moment of crisis and chaos, we would become a socialist, communist country.

Don't look now, but it's happening. The communists of Columbia (and every other elitist Ivy League school) have tried for decades to force a majority of Americans to rely on welfare benefits. They failed. But they won't give up. They've modified the plan. It's now a powerful one-two punch.

First, they've opened the borders to let millions of migrants and refugees into this country – almost all of whom want cradle-to-grave welfare. Also, don't forget they all need free health care for themselves and their kids, and their new babies, and their extended families. That alone could overwhelm the system and collapse the economy. That's before welfare and food stamps. And then there's free public school for all their children and expensive English-as-a-second-language programs that cost billions of dollars but make teachers unions filthy rich.

Open borders is Cloward-Piven strategy updated for 2021. And as the greatest bonus ever, Democrats know these millions of foreigners will loyally vote for the party who lets them in and then promises to give them the biggest welfare checks. These are lifetime Democrat voters.

But there is now a powerful Part Deux to Cloward-Piven. Democrats aren't content to just welcome tens of millions of foreign welfare

So, Part Deux of Cloward-Piven is the vaccine mandates.

These COVID-19 vaccine mandates are destroying the country, creating chaos, crisis and division. They are wiping out the ranks of the police, fire, paramedics, nurses, prison guards, border patrol and military. Our middle class is being ripped to shreds. These front-line heroes and defenders don't want this dangerous, experimental, for-emergency-use-only jab. There will soon be no one to answer your 911 call. The police will be defunded – without voters ever getting a vote.

The military will be left weak and crippled. Wanna bet China is directing this plan? We all know China owns Biden and his family. Biden is serving up the country on a platter to China.

The vaccine mandates also make the supply chain problems much worse. Truck drivers don't want the jab. They're quitting in droves. Jet pilots don't want the jab. They're basically on strike now – ask Southwest and American Airlines why thousands of flights were grounded recently. If these pilots are fired, the tourism industry will be devastated. Shipping cargo by air will be devastated. Without pilots and truckers, food and supplies won't make it to stores. Shelves will be empty – just like the old communist Soviet Union.

Coincidence?

Like I said, this is a communist takeover of the USA. Empty shelves are the hallmark of communism.

And then there's the economy. If vaccine passports are mandated, restaurants, bars, nightclubs and retail stores will be crushed. Doubt me? Scotland's Hotel Association just announced a 40% drop in business from the vaccine passport. New York City's restaurants have announced the same size drop in business.

Without the spending of tens of millions of my fellow Americans who choose to be unvaccinated, businesses will close by the millions. The economy will collapse.

This is Cloward-Piven. It's real. It's happening. Democrats are purposely destroying and collapsing the economy. They're defunding the American middle class.

It's time to fight back HARD. It's time to stop turning the other cheek. My new bestselling book, "The Great Patriot Protest and Boycott Book," lays out the only possible strategy for conservative patriots – CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, the strategy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We have to hit these socialist, communist traitors and madmen squarely where it hurts – in the pocketbook – with national protests, strikes, boycotts and acts of civil disobedience. We must bankrupt them and bring them to their knees begging for forgiveness. Two can play at this game.

The choice is clear: We either resist, or we lose America, our jobs, our careers, our middle-class quality of life, our health and everything that made America great. It's time to fight like animals, fight like it's the end of America, fight like our lives and the lives of our children are at stake …

Because they are.

Are all Biden's actions explained by the Cloward-Piven Strategy?

Vaccine mandate is Part 2 of Cloward-Piven plan

US AND THE GREAT RESET

Biden Admin & The Media are Working Together to Destroy America (Charlie Kirk)

Charlie joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures to discuss the sinister partnership between the activist media and the Biden Administration to make America a radically more "progressive" nation.

This is BIG News... Saudi Arabia & China Ink Historic Deal

(ETBP with Britt Gillette)

US & Great Reset

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE (ESG) SCORES - How WOKE are you???

The US Version of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Social Credit System - In America NOW

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE SCORE (ESG SCORES)

https://www.refinitiv.com/en/sustainable-finance/esg-scores

Our ESG scores are designed to transparently and objectively measure a company's relative ESG performance, commitment and effectiveness across 10 main themes, based on publicly available and auditable data.

The Reengineering of People

(Rock Harbor Church Prophecy Update)

Start at 20:16 - ESG Scores

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE (ESG) SCORES

https://www.refinitiv.com/en/sustainable-finance/esg-scores

ESG scores from Refinitiv are designed to transparently and objectively measure a company's relative ESG performance, commitment and effectiveness across 10 main themes (emissions, environmental product innovation, human rights, shareholders, etc.) based on publicly-reported data.

Refinitiv ESG scores reflect the underlying ESG data framework and are a transparent, data-driven assessment of companies’ relative ESG performance and capacity, integrating and accounting for industry materiality and company size biases.

The Refinitiv ESG score measures the company’s ESG performance based on verifiable reported data in the public domain. It captures and calculates over 450 company-level ESG measures, of which a subset of 186 of the most comparable and material per industry power the overall company assessment and scoring process.

The underlying measures are based on considerations around comparability, impact, data availability and industry relevance that varies across each industry group.

These are grouped into 10 categories that form the three pillar scores and the final ESG score, which is a reflection of the company’s ESG performance, commitment and effectiveness based on publicly reported information.

The category scores are rolled up into three pillar scores – environmental, social and corporate governance. ESG pillar score is a relative sum of the category weights which vary per industry for the 'Environmental' and 'Social' categories. For 'Governance', the weights remain the same across all industries.

ESG Reports and Ratings: What They Are, Why They Matter

https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2017/07/27/esg-reports-and-ratings-what-they-are-why-they-matter/

Most international and domestic public (and many private) companies are being evaluated and rated on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance by various third party providers of reports and ratings. Institutional investors, asset managers, financial institutions and other stakeholders are increasingly relying on these reports and ratings to assess and measure company ESG performance over time and as compared to peers. This assessment and measurement often forms the basis of informal and shareholder proposal-related investor engagement with companies on ESG matters. Report and ratings methodology, scope and coverage, however, vary greatly among providers. Many providers encourage input and engagement with their subject companies to improve or sometimes correct data. There are currently numerous ESG data providers, a summary of each of which is beyond the scope of this post, but some well-known third party ESG report and ratings providers include: (i) Bloomberg ESG Data Service; (ii) Corporate Knights Global 100; (iii) DowJones Sustainability Index (DJSI); (iv) Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS); (v) MSCI ESG Research; (vi) RepRisk; (vii) Sustainalytics Company ESG Reports; and (viii) Thomson Reuters ESG Research Data. This post provides an overview and analysis of these providers.

ESG

America and Armageddon (Greg Laurie)

God doesn’t take delight in judging people, but we can be sure that when His judgment comes, it is always just and right. In his new message, “America & Armageddon” Pastor Greg tells us that judgment comes only when God understands there is nothing left to say. We will walk through all the events of Armageddon and how America fits into the end times.

Futures: All Eyes Off America (Real Life with Jack Hibbs )

In just a short time, we have seen America’s leadership and strength rapidly decline. As Israel’s closest ally weakens, the stage is being set for the End Times. Join Pastor Jack in this discussion of how America’s drift from the limelight fits into Bible prophecy.

Naomi Wolf on Tucker Carlson Tonight (The Daily Caller)

Is This The End of America? (Prophecy Update with Tom Hughes)

These are interviews with Bill Salus, providing 4 main reasons, which evidence that America is spiritually bankrupt and is a nation in decline. The USA has said goodbye to God over the last 6 decades and as a result, the nation is experiencing the abandonment wrath detailed in Romans 1:18-25

Videos

Hasten The Day!

Future Prophesies - the Stage is Set (Can Happen Any Day) DESTRUCTION OF THE UNITED STATES

I don't care how you spin it, the United States is not a major player in Bible Prophecy. And with everything else that is happening indicating that we're extremely close to the end, something that has to happen is the fall of the United States as a superpower.

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Last year at this time, I would have said that that was not possible. Now, not only is it possible, but we are watching it happen.

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Proverb 29:2 – Happy Is He Who Keeps the Law

The Current Chaos: Incompetence or By Design?

The United States in Bible Prophecy - America the Beautiful? By Dr. David R. Reagan

https://christinprophecy.org/articles/the-united-states-in-bible-prophecy/

A “tall and smooth people”?

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A “village” of Tarshish?

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A “great eagle”?

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“Babylon the great?”

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A Conclusion

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A Speculation

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An Objection

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The Parallel of Habakkuk

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A Sobering Conclusion

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Another Possibility

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JUDGMENT

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Matthew 12:25 – A House Divided Cannot Stand

Psalm 9:4-17 – Prayer and Thanksgiving for the Lord’s Righteous Judgments

Ezekiel 14:12-20 – Judgment on Persistent Unfaithfulness

Jeremiah 5:26-31 – The Justice of God’s Judgment

HOPE

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Ezekiel 33:7-11 – The Watchman and His Message

2 Chronicles 7:13-15 – God’s Second Appearance to Solomon

What is America’s Destiny? Repentance or Judgment? By Dr. David R. Reagan

https://christinprophecy.org/articles/what-is-americas-destiny/

The Nations in Prophecy

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The United States in Bible Prophecy

Isaiah 18

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Ezekiel 38 & 39

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The Great Eagle

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Babylon the Great

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Possible Scenarios for a Missing America

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Prophetic Types

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America’s Prophetic Type

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The Sins of Judah

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Isaiah’s Report

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Jeremiah’s Report

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Remedial Judgments

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How God Deals With A Rebellious Nation

Application to the United States

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God’s Response

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The Parallels

A Crucial Question

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The 9/11 Attacks

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The Decay of Society

A Temporary Respite

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Future Prophesies - the Stage is Set (Can Happen Any Day)
DESTRUCTION OF THE UNITED STATES