Nuclear is not magic; there are worse things. In fact America is currently being devastated by something far worse:
3 Reasons provided by Laurie: At that time, America is:
1. Destroyed
2. Declined
3. Departed
I would add another one: it is mentioned and we don’t recognize it.
Why should we be? Most of the world is not mentioned or included (except in very general terms) in prophecy.
Never make the mistake of believing you are more important than you are.
No the Bible doesn’t mention America..
But the important country has always been Israel..
Jerusalem is in Israel..
the Jews are “the apple of God’s eye”
the end time prophecies are centered around Israel..
we don’t need America..
The populace of the United States is drawn from every people, but some believe prophetic references to the tribe of Manasseh refers to it. Also to an extent Ephraim, but that is thought to speak more to the English aspect of the nation.
The great city of prophecy that is destroyed and mourned from afar by the merchants of the world has been assumed by many to reference the US.
It didn’t exist at the time, it’s people are varied and many, and the land itself was little known, so any reference would of necessity have to be more symbolic and abstract.
If Laurie spent a great deal more of his time contemplating Christology rather than Eschatology, he might be worth listening to. As it is, he isn’t. The center of his theology is not where it ought to be.
The pride and arrogance of the American Evangelical is truly something to behold. Ah yes Amerika is sooo great that there must be some reason why we are not plastered all over scripture!
Face it, no matter what condition Amerika is in during that last little bit of history the focus is not on the world but on Israel and those nations that directly interact with her in those last days. We are insignificant in comparison and really are not all that important to Gods plan. It really is that simple.
If America is not the great city Babylon described in Revelation 18, I would be very surprised.
I would say that it’s a good thing the US is not mentioned...
It means that the US is not one of the nations which rise up against Israel and gets it’s lights knocked out for it.
Because USA is not Israel.
Because USA is not Israel.
Nuclear is not magic; there are worse things. In fact America is currently being devastated by something far worse:
It's interesting to me that modern prophecy seems to be an American Evangelical/Fundamentalist thing...
Some people point to the beasts in Daniel 7 and liken the leopard to the U.S...The reason being the leopard is made up of black spots, a white belly, and brown hair on it's back...Far fetched??? Maybe...
There are a lot of things in the scripture that 'could' point to the U.S.
Than why have SDA’s been correct on where America is going?
I believe I’ve read that St. Paul, the apostle, declared “I am determined to know among you nothing save Christ, and Him crucified,” although I am unable to cite chapter and verse.
On my list of 1,000 questions I want answered before I die, this question comes in at 1,001.
If you ask the Muslims they would probably say that America was the beast of rev, in fact i have heard of them saying that very thing.
But i have to disagree because i have the American dream.
Besides i don,t like muslims.
Many people say the whore of Babylon is the churches, i have to disagree because if that were so why would the Churches not teach it to be true.
Woodrow Wilson who was president from 1912 to 1920 said that America at that time was the most regulated nation on earth.
and
“The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.”
The US is mentioned in Jacob’s death bed prophecy in Genesis.
It is the “Great Nation” of Manasseh.
But so what? - It doesn’t reveal anything about what that nation would do.
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Maybe we’re just spectators, along with all the other nations not clearly referenced.
I am aware of one nation mentioned in the Bible at the end.
And pretty much the rest suck.
I’ve lined up one the side that doesn’t suck.
And I’m Catholic.