7 year cycles of judgment.
Follows right along with old testament judgment of Israel when they refused to repent.
Sept 2001 - initial attack on our country, responded to with defiance - EVEN TO THE POINT OF QUOTING THE DEFIANT RESPONSE TO THE INITIAL JUDGMENT IN THE O.T.!
Sept 2008 - financial crash, second judgment, no repentance, followed by the judgment of being ruled by a tyrant
Sept 2015 - final, crushing judgment
Since O's re-election, I've had the gut feeling that we would not make it to 2016.
Not just the current economics and the Biblical precedence - but a type of "discernment" feel (Holy Spirit?).
I know Who I belong to, and I know that the pain will only be for a "moment", but I still grieve for my Country (remembering Jesus grieving over the soon-to-come fate of Jerusalem in Luke).