I was reading through Nahum
today; and when I came across this section, I could not help but make a
connection to what God must see as He looks at America in general.
Nahum 3:1–7 “Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and
robbery; the prey departeth not; The
noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the
pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots. The horseman lifteth up both the
bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases;
and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon
their corpses: Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured
harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her
whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of
hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the
nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. And I will cast abominable
filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock. And it
shall come to pass, that all
they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste:
who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?”
My paraphrase: Bad things are in store for America, the
bloody nation—a nation that has killed about 50 million innocent babies through
abortion. It is a nation full of lies as
evidenced by the actions of many of our governing leaders, through its business
principles, and through its marketing ploys.
The accepted mantra is that the ends justify the means. Wealth is abundant and is ever susceptible to
robbery—by wicked individuals and even by those in government leadership who
seek to forcibly spread that wealth through policies that will defraud the
wealth of others to garner support of the masses that hope to benefit from such
robbery. Wickedness and violence destroy
many throughout the land. Such evil
abounds because America has rejected God’s existence and authority as evidenced
through our morals, music, entertainment, education system and government. She is a nation easily led by demonic
deception. She eagerly promotes her wickedness
and morals among the other nations through example and the marketing of the
products of her decadent culture.
Ultimately, she promotes a culture that disregards the right to life; seeks
to destroy the family unit of father, mother and children; promotes gender
confusion; and is attempting to blur the lines of humanity through genetic
manipulation—and the list could go on.
Behold, God is against your wickedness America. The day is coming when you will be shamed
before the nations, and I judge you so thoroughly that the nations will be
astonished that a nation once so great could fall so quickly and with such
disgrace. The nations will look and say,
“America is laid waste: who will mourn
for her? Where can anyone be found that
is willing to help her?”
I know this paints a very
morbid picture of our future, but I believe it is an accurate picture of our
future unless by some miracle a great revival breaks out across our nation in
which we repent of our wickedness and turn back to God in faith and
obedience.
There is a precious promise
revealed in Nahum for those that have placed their faith in God and accepted
the gift of salvation made possible by the willing sacrifice of His precious
Son Jesus. He will be our strength,
defense and protection throughout whatever may come until He chooses to bring
us home.
(picture by my granddaughter - click for larger view)
