One of my favorite Bible verses
is found in Job.
Job 13:15
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain
mine own ways before him.
Simply put, I have determined, by
His grace, to trust Him!
I don't pretend to understand the
circumstances that surround us. Sometimes it does appears that the wicked
shall ultimately prevail, but I have assurances to the contrary.
In Psalm 2 David asks some rather
pointed questions?
Psa 2:1-12
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
(2) The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take
counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, (3)
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. (4)
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in
derision. (5) Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex
them in his sore displeasure. (6) Yet have I set my king upon my
holy hill of Zion. (7) I will declare the decree: the LORD hath
said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. (8)
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and
the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. (9) Thou shalt
break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's
vessel. (10) Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye
judges of the earth. (11) Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice
with trembling. (12) Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish
from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that
put their trust in him.
Later the disciples apply this
passage to the Lord's crucifixion:
Act 4:25-28
Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage,
and the people imagine vain things? (26) The kings of the earth
stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against
his Christ. (27) For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom
thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the
people of Israel, were gathered together, (28) For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be
done.
My comfort is in that last verse: "For to do whatsoever thy
hand and thy counsel determined before to be done."
The most evil deed of all time
was accomplished in accordance with God's eternal decree.
On an earlier occasion Peter
remarked:
Act 2:22-24
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God
among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst
of you, as ye yourselves also know: (23) Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of
God, ye have taken, and by wicked
hands have crucified and slain: (24) Whom God hath raised up,
having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be
holden of it.
Christ was "delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of
God." And yet we see the accountability of the evil doers, as
we are told "ye have taken, and by
wicked hands have crucified and
slain:"
Some will say how then are they
accountable?
Rom 9:19-24
Thou wilt say then unto me, Why
doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? (20) Nay
but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say
to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? (21) Hath not
the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto
honour, and another unto dishonour? (22) What if God, willing to shew
his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the
vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: (23) And that he might make
known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore
prepared unto glory, (24) Even us, whom he hath called, not of the
Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
The truth is, but for God's
restraining hand, man would do even more wickedly than he already does.
Psa 76:10
Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the
remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
What shall I do? I shall trust
God and press on!
Rom 8:28-39
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to
them who are the called according to his purpose. (29) For whom he
did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son,
that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. (30) Moreover
whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also
justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. (31) What
shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
(32) He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us
all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? (33)
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that
justifieth. (34) Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died,
yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also
maketh intercession for us. (35) Who shall separate us from the
love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or
nakedness, or peril, or sword? (36) As it is written, For thy sake
we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
(37) Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through
him that loved us. (38) For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor
life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor
things to come, (39) Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our
Lord.
I know that He works all together
for the good of His chosen people.
Prayer is certainly important. It
is important in aligning our hearts, our minds and our desires with those of the
Father. Prayer does not change God's decree, though it may allow us to enter
and be a participant in it. It brings us the peace found in our Lord’s prayer
as he approached His death:
Mat 26:39
And he went a little further, and
fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this
cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I
will, but as thou wilt.
I know not what awaits . .
.
Heb 11:32-40
And what shall I more say? for the time
would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae;
of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: (33) Who through
faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the
mouths of lions, (34) Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the
edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight,
turned to flight the armies of the aliens. (35) Women received
their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting
deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: (36)
And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of
bonds and imprisonment: (37) They were stoned, they were sawn
asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in
sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (38)
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in
mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. (39) And these all, having
obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: (40)
God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should
not be made perfect.
I am assured that His grace shall
be sufficient for whatever is to come my way.
I don't see how the Amerikan
empire shall escape collapse and destruction.
I'm not certain that the
following verses are a prophecy concerning Amerika, but there are certainly
many parallels.
Rev 18:2-5
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is
fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of
every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. (3)
For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication,
and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the
merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. (4)
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my
people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her
plagues. (5) For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath
remembered her iniquities.
How to separate ourselves from the evil
Amerikan Empire?
It must begin with our individual separation.
Determine to withdraw your consent. Determine to secede in your own heart and
mind.
Stop flying the flag of the evil empire. Stop pledging to it. Stop
reverencing its military enforcers. Stop sending your children to perform its evil,
immoral and unconstitutional doings.
Realize that your true allegiance must be to God and to your
family and to your people.
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