Posted on 09/14/2011 10:16:47 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
"If my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and turn from thier wicked ways then will I hear from heaven, forgive thier sins, and heal thier land" (KJV) It's in Chronicles where evades me!
It’s a Jewish thing, out of respect for the Jewish People and their customs(without which there would be NO Christianity) I write G*D as G*D. OK, GOT IT!
Proclamation Appointing a National Fast Day
Washington, D.C.
March 30, 1863
Excerpt:
(snip)
Now, therefore, in compliance with the request, and fully concurring in the views of the Senate, I do, by this my proclamation, designate and set apart Thursday, the 30th. day of April, 1863, as a day of national humiliation, fasting and prayer. And I do hereby request all the People to abstain, on that day, from their ordinary secular pursuits, and to unite, at their several places of public worship and their respective homes, in keeping the day holy to the Lord, and devoted to the humble discharge of the religious duties proper to that solemn occasion. All this being done, in sincerity and truth, let us then rest humbly in the hope authorized by the Divine teachings, that the united cry of the Nation will be heard on high, and answered with blessings, no less than the pardon of our national sins, and the restoration of our now divided and suffering Country, to its former happy condition of unity and peace.
Done at the city of Washington the 30th day of March, in the year of our Lord
1863.
Signed by Abraham Lincoln, President of the U.S.A
http://www.pb.org/secdocs/lincoln1.html
Really show me where we can find that??
Yes, considering who this country actually is.
2Ch 7:14 if my people, who 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.
A companion to that verse is:
1Pe 2:1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
1Pe 2:2 as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;
Yes it is. Learn how to think.
"The Lord will not allow His people to go thru the Tribulation. I plan to be alive in the Rapture."
Yeah right, His people are better than He is and won't have to suffer. You can plan all you want, you'll be long gone before the Tribulation ever starts.
I think so.
God tends to bring things back to His natural plan. Progressives have tried to take us away from His plan and, naturally, it doesn’t work.
We are looking forward to a great pruning.
This passage is about Israel, not the US. It does not apply to us.
Let's just say, I am God's people because I have been "adopted" in or grafted into the Root. The Jews are my family now.
Second, the Temple today is my body and God lives in me. He has sanctified this house and will hear the prayers made in "this house".
The Old Testament is the physical reality of history that told the story of things to come. The New Testament changed NOTHING, except the fulfillment of the promises made in the OT. Remember Jesus said He didn't come to change the Law, but to fulfill it. The Grace of Jesus was that He agreed to pay our sin price, but the price still had to be paid. If Psalms speaks of Christ on the cross through David, then Genesis speaks of things to come that are today, reality. In the NT, Sodom and Gomorrah are mentioned and the "time of Noah, and many other references are made to the OT.
Verse 19-22 speaks of the house(my body or temple), and the land given to them.
The Bible speaks of God's character. What was true then is true today because He is unchanging. America is just a chunk of land, but it was given by God to us. The Bible doesn't have to call it by name. If you lived in Mexico and they had revival, would they not be blessed? As we turn from God, we all suffer. That is an ageless principle.
Are we still killing babies?
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