Why should God Bless America?

Our community held a community - wide prayer service this evening. . . . .One of the featured passages of scripture was 2 Chronicles - Chapter 7. Usually everyone concentrates on verse 14 of this passage; however the pastor read the whole chapter.(See below.) After hearing the verses, my thoughts immediately turned to our nation's response to this tragedy. . .and then I remembered the US Congress singing "God Bless America." (I believe on the steps of the capitol.) This same Congress in which members vote to kill innocent little unborn babies. . . . singing God Bless America? Is there something wrong with this picture.

7:1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.

7:2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house.

7:3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

7:5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

7:6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

7:7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.

7:8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.

7:9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

7:10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

7:11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.

7:12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.

7:13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

7:15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

7:16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

7:17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;

7:18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.

7:19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

7:20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

7:21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?

7:22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them:therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.

This same Congress in which members vote to kill innocent little unborn babies

I believe that was a SCOTUS decision, not a Congressional act...
but thanks for reminding us of even more ugliness in the shadow of our worst day in history.
I'll be sure to get your Christmas card out early this year.

If you will study this passage carefully, you will discover that it does ot refer to the United States, but to Israel. That is the people who are called by His name. This often quoted out of context; the context is even a stronger argument for that position.

I realize the Lord was refering to the people of Israel. . . but just as we learn in modern times from history. . .so do we learn by the chronicled lessons of the Bible. The question still remains. . .why should God Bless America?

You know what? Because of the evil intrinsic in your motivation, your quotation of scripture in the support of evil is Blasphemy Against the Holy SPIRIT--

Your soul is dead meat--prepare to meet your master--Satan--for eternity--

God does not take lightly those who pervert His HOLY WORD for the perpetration of evil.

The one sin God will not forgive--look it up, Screwtape, you're so good at quoting scripture--

God is no respector of nations. He has seen them come and go. However, He does respond to the faith of citizens and leaders.

This morning on CSPAN I watched the chaplain of the US House of Representatives read a prayer. He might as well have been reading a recipe book. It was so fake. It was pathetic. A fine Pharisee.

I thought we are called the foremost Christian nation. Whose name is that, hmmmm? I agree with LoveMyRC, repentence couldn't hurt any of us.

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