By Jim Mettenbrink
For nearly a year, we have been considering the “Radical Entrance to Jesus’ Kingdom,” and the Standard (God’s Bible) by which one can have eternal life, as part of restoring the foundation of the USA, once a great nation, so that it can truly be great again. Becoming a Christian and diligently living for Christ might seem farfetched as far as our national well-being is concerned, but only that is so only to the ignorant.
Even a cursory reading of the Old Testament reveals that God absolutely controls the existence of every nation– “The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it. And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it” (Jeremiah 1:10; 18:7-10).
His standard must be obeyed in order for it to exist, let alone be prosperous. Consider the ultimate blessing we Americans have enjoyed – No war on our soil for nearly 150 years! And the material prosperity has been unmatched, until recently. We are in decline in almost every sphere of life. Why? Simply stated, spitting in the face of God is not acceptable in the realm of Divine polity! Rebellion prevails.
Note what God told ancient Israel, the nation which He established with laws establishing a stable and prosperous society… nation –“…if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth” (Deuteronomy 28:1). Although Israel was faithful at times, it was usually unfaithful and suffered famine, pestilence and the sword (war). In the end, miserably failed. What happened? Next.