It’s MY opinion that God’s judgment has come to our nation. It will interesting to see if this judgment is heeded by the people of this country.
God’s judgment comes to everyone who indulges in evil however shallowly or deeply.
This is where our overarching view of God greatly influences how we are going to see this. Those who take the love/grace view (and significant personal victories over seemingly intractable sin make this view far easier to accept) recognize that judgment in the world is an opportunity to be purified and see the light. Indeed when believers or even believers-to-be have gone through it, they have the audacious promise that ALL THINGS work together for their good. We pussyfoot around God’s promises while giving the megaphone to God’s threats. Why? Like God had little better to do than send people to hell?
Anyhow, Art, to face this more squarely... judgment or no. Let’s push the gospel out there until God himself tells us to stop. It perfectly embodies God’s outreach. The Old Testament moved on iron chariot wheels, as a lesson teacher. Physical death in that lesson is a metaphor for a worse fate, going to hell. We now have a gospel rocket. Why not use it? Would a loving God want any less?