One of the high points in the nation of Israel's history (in the Bible, that is) is the faithfulness of the people under the leadership of Joshua. They took Jericho, by faith, and entered the promised land, faithfully obeying God in stark contrast to their ancestors who were a constant headache to Moses.
Just two generations later, however, we see that the situation has deteriorated rapidly. In Judges, we see a man named Micah making an idol, setting it up in his house, and thinking that God would look upon him with favor as long as he had a Levite as priest. We then see a man traveling to a town, being taken in for the night, and being threatened by a mob of angry men who want to have sex with him. He sends out his concubine instead, and they rape and abuse her through the night until she dies. This results in a civil war where tens of thousands of Israelites kill each other.
Two generations? That's all it took for a faithful people to turn into this kind of cesspool of idolatry and immorality?
Yep. Two generations.
That means that at least some of the people who saw God conquer Jericho and the faithfulness of the people were still alive when the nation changed.
The same is true in America.
I read a news article where a 25-year-old woman filmed herself having an abortion so that she could show that abortion could have a "positive outcome." She even had the gall to say, "I don't feel like I'm a bad person." Sorry, lady- you kill your own kid, you're a bad person. I wonder if the outcome was "positive" for her unborn, vulnerable child who was counting on her mother to sustain and love, not to dismember and kill.
The man named Micah, before he made the idol, consecrated his silver to God and asked Him to bless it before he made the idol. He had forgotten that just two generations ago, God had said, "You shall make no idols." He had forgotten that idolatry was what had destroyed many of his ancestors in the episode with the Golden Calf. He could seriously rationalize his actions as "good." He would probably, with his hand on his household idol, say, "I don't feel like I'm a bad person."
Here in America, we are repeating history.
We are now the definition of a society that calls evil good and good evil. Not only do we have abortion, which is bad enough; we now have women celebrating it, filming it, posting it proudly for all to see. We have mothers celebrating the killing of their children, labeling it "positive" and referring to themselves as "good people" for committing murder.
This is the mark of a society that has come completely off its hinges, completely off its foundation, completely off its rocker.
This is the mark of a society without morals, without a knowledge of good and evil, without a clue as to what it is doing.
This is the mark of a society that thinks it is above accountability and above judgement.
History has shown us that societies that believe these things don't last very long. When a society reaches this point, the decay from the inside has metastasized and has spread to all parts, weakening and destroying it like rotten wood. When a society cannot see that mothers killing their children, and celebrating it, is evil, there is no hope for the society.
The only hope for the society that reaches this point is repentance. I am calling America to repent, to change, to turn its heart back to God. How evil can we get before we realize this is the only option? God's word calls us to "humble ourselves and pray and seek His face and turn from our wicked ways" and He in turn will "hear from heaven and forgive our sin and heal our land." (2 Chronicles 7:14)
Pray for our nation.
Pray for this young woman.
Pray for the ones celebrating the murder of the most vulnerable and most innocent members of our society.
Pray for the doctors that make money off of killing these children.
Pray for a revival in America where we begin to value God's greatest gift to us- life.
Pray for our nation.
Just two generations later, however, we see that the situation has deteriorated rapidly. In Judges, we see a man named Micah making an idol, setting it up in his house, and thinking that God would look upon him with favor as long as he had a Levite as priest. We then see a man traveling to a town, being taken in for the night, and being threatened by a mob of angry men who want to have sex with him. He sends out his concubine instead, and they rape and abuse her through the night until she dies. This results in a civil war where tens of thousands of Israelites kill each other.
Two generations? That's all it took for a faithful people to turn into this kind of cesspool of idolatry and immorality?
Yep. Two generations.
That means that at least some of the people who saw God conquer Jericho and the faithfulness of the people were still alive when the nation changed.
The same is true in America.
I read a news article where a 25-year-old woman filmed herself having an abortion so that she could show that abortion could have a "positive outcome." She even had the gall to say, "I don't feel like I'm a bad person." Sorry, lady- you kill your own kid, you're a bad person. I wonder if the outcome was "positive" for her unborn, vulnerable child who was counting on her mother to sustain and love, not to dismember and kill.
The man named Micah, before he made the idol, consecrated his silver to God and asked Him to bless it before he made the idol. He had forgotten that just two generations ago, God had said, "You shall make no idols." He had forgotten that idolatry was what had destroyed many of his ancestors in the episode with the Golden Calf. He could seriously rationalize his actions as "good." He would probably, with his hand on his household idol, say, "I don't feel like I'm a bad person."
Here in America, we are repeating history.
We are now the definition of a society that calls evil good and good evil. Not only do we have abortion, which is bad enough; we now have women celebrating it, filming it, posting it proudly for all to see. We have mothers celebrating the killing of their children, labeling it "positive" and referring to themselves as "good people" for committing murder.
This is the mark of a society that has come completely off its hinges, completely off its foundation, completely off its rocker.
This is the mark of a society without morals, without a knowledge of good and evil, without a clue as to what it is doing.
This is the mark of a society that thinks it is above accountability and above judgement.
History has shown us that societies that believe these things don't last very long. When a society reaches this point, the decay from the inside has metastasized and has spread to all parts, weakening and destroying it like rotten wood. When a society cannot see that mothers killing their children, and celebrating it, is evil, there is no hope for the society.
The only hope for the society that reaches this point is repentance. I am calling America to repent, to change, to turn its heart back to God. How evil can we get before we realize this is the only option? God's word calls us to "humble ourselves and pray and seek His face and turn from our wicked ways" and He in turn will "hear from heaven and forgive our sin and heal our land." (2 Chronicles 7:14)
Pray for our nation.
Pray for this young woman.
Pray for the ones celebrating the murder of the most vulnerable and most innocent members of our society.
Pray for the doctors that make money off of killing these children.
Pray for a revival in America where we begin to value God's greatest gift to us- life.
Pray for our nation.
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