Right now.
There are those who look at the
United States, bewail the great fall away from God and the great increase in
immorality, and then launch into a discussion of the impending judgement of God
on America.
And there are those who look at
recent events in the world – all the prophecies in the Bible fulfilled in
recent years – and they see the imminent return of Jesus and the coming of the
seven year Tribulation period.
And there is even a third group –
those that look at the surprising election of Donald Trump and expect a
resurgence of America.
We need some wisdom and
discernment here:
1 – Overall the great move of our
time is the move to the appointed Day of the Lord, the end of this age. The fulfillment of so many Biblical
prophecies in recent years after about 1900 years of none of these being
fulfilled dramatically makes the point.
We are living in the last of the last days, the time of the end of the
current age. That is just plain cold
fact. Now part of the coming Tribulation
period is the pouring out of God’s judgement on the nations. Certainly that is about to happen. Part of this end times scenario also is the
coming of Jesus to collect his true believers, those who will be with him in
the Kingdom. The number going by all
accounts in Scripture will be a small percentage even though the absolute
numbers may be large. Few is the word
Jesus himself uses.
2 – Absolutely the fall of
America away from God and the overwhelming fall in morality open the nation to
God’s judgement. But – considering point
1 above – is not all this just part of the prophesied falling away of the last
days? The judgement that is coming is
not just a judgement on America but indeed a judgement on all nations. The pouring out of God’s wrath will be
terrible indeed, but fortunately and thankfully the true believers in the Lord
will have been taken away by Jesus beforehand, for as Scripture tells us we
were not appointed to suffer wrath.
3 – The surprising election of
Donald Trump and some of the dramatic things that have ensued – the turnaround
in the economy, the appointment of a conservative Supreme Court judge, and more
– surely are encouraging to most believers and to conservatives. But please note – has there been any change
in the moral character of the society, of the culture? Has there been a rush to more and more true believers
in Jesus? Hardly. Nothing like this has happened thus far. This election seems more of a gift from God
of a sliver of time, a short period in which the increasing oppression of
Christians in the US has been halted for the moment and they are free to do
whatever they will to get the gospel and the return warning out to more and
more here and in the world. Without that
election would not America already be at least like Canada in which the free
speech of pastors has been greatly restricted? Probably far worse.
This seems to be a short period,
a moment here at the end of the age. And
then it will be gone. Make America Great
Again is a good political slogan, but America is not moving to be great again
in that popular sense. It has fallen so
terribly far. The immorality of the
country is disastrous, and it peddles that immorality to the world in its
movies and television programs, its pornography, and more.
SO IN CONCLUSION
With the surprise presidential
election of nearly 2 years ago, we believers have the opportunity to get out
there more and more with the message of the gospel and to do all we can here
and around the world as God guides us.
For a sliver of time. A moment.
But the end of the age is upon
us. It will all happen at the appointed
time. God has a plan, his plan. He has had it for a long time.
And yes judgement will fall on
America, as it will in fact fall on the world.
All as part of the increasingly hard times as we approach the Day of the
Lord and then specifically in the Tribulation period.
It all ties together. It works.
America is not going to be “great
again” in the sense many think and not at this time. Perhaps in the millennium that follows? Well, we don’t know much about that, do we.
Keep Your Eyes on Jesus!
(July
2018)
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