legalizing abominatons, Part Deux

2 Peter 2:6 KJV
    And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

I still have much of the video of a conference being led by Perry Stone that is still very vivid in my heart and mind.  Believe it or not, I seemed to be more irritated at the church more than anything.  Throughout America's history, there has been bumps but up until around 1960, there wasn't much to argue about.  Much of what was changing was being done under the radar - education, stock market, gangsters of the '20s and '30's.  America even began correcting wrongs, namely woman suffrage and civil rights for blacks.  But the slow change, via the way of the doctrine of Balaam, began to deteriorate the foundation and fabric of America.
Quick synopsis of Balaam.  He was a prophet of God who had one problem, the love of gold.  King Balak paid Balaam three times to curse Israel, he could only bless them.  Balaam would not give up to get that treasure who so desired.  He told the King to send the best of his young woman to entice the men into fornication, which in turn would lead to idol worship.  (Super)naturally, the anger of God was aroused, killing 24k. 

There have been small changes in parts of America, outside of the Civil War, which mainly was fought over slavery, while the Constitution held EVERYONE had unalienable rights.  That was enough to bring God's attention, which more than a half a million more lives were lost.  If you get the chance, check out many major wars in the last 200 years and see the damage and how long it took to repair those countries, especially the South.

Any good Christian would know the major changes began in the Supreme Court slowly in the 1950's until the "separation" argument came to the forefront in 1962, after over 150 years of Thomas Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists came to the courts.  Prayer and the Bible started beng tossed out of schools and government, and we have watched depravity, crime, and immorality become the norm. 

In 1973, we became the first supernation to legalize abortion through the guise of "woman's rights."  Interesting to note is the person who stood on the side to get abortion legal, is now a Christian and has spent years admitting she was wrong.  Through this, we also broke our covenant with God, no sacrifice unborn babies to Malech, and now a majority accept this a right.  God calls it murder, but this nation no longer cares of any moral value, just the worship of materialism and humanism.  The ironic part is nonbelievers believe God isn't watching...but He is biding His time, for His judgments are good.

Hollywood started adhering to the sexual revolution and disobedience to authority, MTV went from some "innocent" videos (I say it lightly) to promoting Teen Mom reality shows.  Music videos became more sexist, the gay lifestyle became more brazen, atheists have threatened ANYTHING that resembles Christianity, with strong note of the Freedom From Religion group out of Madison, Wisconsin.  I can only imagine their lawsuits must waste a lot of paper, which would not appease PETA, either. 
Go figure.

In Jude 11, I noticed three things he warns the church about, but I believe this part of the message refers to countries as well.  Note these three, which one I have already talked about:

Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. 

Cain became jealous not of his brother able, but because God approved of Abel's sacrifice, and not his work.  Abel was a shepherd, and his sacrifice was what he watched over.  Cain was a farmer, and his sacrifice was based off work.  Cain took the easy way out, enticing and killed his brother.  Rid the competition, maybe the judge will recognize your own. 

Now, some of you may be saying, who is Core?  Looking through the Greek translation, we find the person "Korah."  In Numbers 16, Korah challenged the authority of Moses while raising up people to side with him, notably 250 princes.  Then the competition before the LORD began, and the next day, asked Moses and the Israelites to remove themselves from Korah and his congregation.  It might be possible here that pride swelled up with this group, since they may have figured that Jehovah was separating Moses away from the tabernacle, elevating him to lead Israel.  God proceeded to open the earth and swallowed the "competition."  Simply, God does not like anyone coming against his appointed authority, especially those who claim they can replace and do better.

Mankind now has an increase of murder-suicides in the last five years.  This attitude has brought numerous reasons - "if I can't have it, no one can," which takes more Innocent lives every day.  News from Connecticut where a robbery went wrong eventually led to rape of two daughters, setting the place ablaze, with the father barely escaping, but losing his family forever.  Columbine school in Colorado targeted Christian kids, then the two boys took their own lives.  Recently, Aurora, Colorado faced death with a serial killer believing him as the "joker," then committing suicide.  Hopefully, no one will forget 9/11/2001, either.  The list goes on, and it doesn't seem to stop.

America has left morality out the window.  Humanism and materialism are hidden idols in the church, disguised as worship through God's blessings.  We have preachers who are now so fearful of both the government and their congregation, the hard truth is very infrequently spoken from the pulpit.  Prophets are only allowed to say "encouraging words," while true spiritual warnings are ignored.  Prosperity is being promoted over obedience, blessings over repentance.  Western churches are now running the gamut, throwing the Jeremiahs under the bus.  We are now infatuated with smartphones, text, instant everything, seeking manifestations to appease our desire to avoid change needed to better holiness.   If you read this, you may now understand why I place Jeremiah 6:16 at the end.

This is now very short time to right this ship called America.  If it isn't, there are some variations that can play through.  Nuclear war will lay waste to this earth is one scenario, and we have the capability today.  Remember, mankind has never invented a weapon that was never used in battle. 

Second, our economy will collapse, which we actually present jihadists to attack.  recall that the United Nations and our current President would like to rid American citizens of the right to bear arms.  If this happens, we will be easy targets for their sword. 

Third, is when God places His wrath of judgment and demands repayment for the innocent blood we shed since abortion was legalized.  Consider some people believe the number of babies lost is around 60-75 million (just in America alone), God is a just judge, and level that needs to be equaled.   We have around 335 million in America, so the number may be close to 1 out of every 6 persons living here.  If we want to go farther, today, America uses taxpayer money to pay for other nations abortions, so when a President signed this into law, this number will be much higher, and our leader's pen will be included into God's judgment.

When is the church going to say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH?  We can't until we have had enough, and greed has no ceiling.  Until we come to the end of ourselves by deny our old man, carry our cross and follow Jesus, it can't come soon enough.  Stop seeking worship of self, wake up those who are sleeping, we need fire on the lukewarm.  Somebody needs to get more firewood in the church, because the world likes to watch a good fire. 

If the Supreme Court sides with the lesbian, this will open a can of worms to legalize same sex marriage.  If this come to fruition, I hope this does not arouse Him to wrath.  As Billy Graham said years, ago, If God doesn't judge America, He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah.  Jesus said it will be worse in their day then what happened to Sodom and Gomorrah.  Do you want to face that? 

WAKE UP!

Blessings,

Michael
Jeremiah 6:16
    Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.