America, wake up before it is too late!
2 Peter 3:9
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
“However, the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him. And the LORD said, “I will remove Judah also from My sight, as I have removed Israel. And I will cast off Jerusalem, this city which I have chosen, and the temple (house) of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’”
“Surely at the command (mouth) of the LORD it came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; AND THE LORD WOULD NOT FORGIVE.” (All caps mine) 2 Kings 23: 26 & 27 and 24: 3 & 4
On a national level. He did forgive those who repented, and the judgment came 2 generations later. I wonder if our nation accepted abortion before? Also consider the worldwide implications.
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President, Drafter and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
“God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the Gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever; That a revolution of the wheel of fortune, a change of situation, is among possible events; that it may become probable by Supernatural influence! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in that event.”
—Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XVIII, p. 237.
Good Morning! I have your threads bookmarked, but right now am helping an elderly woman because of snow outside, bugs inside (everyone wants to be warm, I guess) so I was thinking of the plagues. Rev says God uses the Beast’s hatred for humanity to carry out His wrath, and then I remembered the scorpion locusts that come out of the bottomless pit with Satan. God allows Satan to do what he is good at, no holds barred thus the GREAT tribulation.
There are other tribulations, to be sure, but the Great tribulation begins on a Sabbath in the winter (in Israel) when Satan proclaims himself to be god. Then “all hell breaks loose” quite literally. I bet he loves when we say that. Gets him all worked up. Anyway, for 5000 years, give or take, God has loved us by not allowing Satan to have his way. No one could ask for a more loving Abba.