[xzins]

When I was a young adult, a 2 or 3 year loan was the norm. So, cars are more expensive and wages are lower. 2 Household wages is now not as much as one was back then. And the kids had someone home watching them, there was a day of rest, and the nation was far wealthier.

Bad decisions certainly can be used to explain that, but it sounds more to me like the blessing of God slowly being removed from a people going astray.

[SkyPilot]

When I was a young adult, a 2 or 3 year loan was the norm. So, cars are more expensive and wages are lower. 2 Household wages is now not as much as one was back then. And the kids had someone home watching them, there was a day of rest, and the nation was far wealthier.

Agree, and I remember those days.

I think we are actually under God's judgment now, but it is going to be much worse. I also think that if we try to divide Israel, God's response may be to literally split our nation in half, and flood both coasts.