I latterly ran across an obscure verse of Scripture in what is regarded as the oldest writing of the Bible, the book of Job, concerning The trails of all who forget God.
I’ve been thinking along these lines for 1 or 2 months now, and have done a lot of research and have recently written several articles for one of my web sites concerning the issues we are facing in the America and in the world today. I believe we’re on the path we’re on because as a country we have forgotten God, but of course whether you suspect that or not does not alter the facts relating to the grim reality of our present predicaments.
America is following the same trail as Europe who by their own definition is post Christian.
What is the biggest issue facing America?
Best Answer according to Yahoo answers – Selected by Voters:
Folk who have turned away from Morale values, and have taken their eyes away from GOD.
In the book of Job, we find these words, So are the paths of all that forget God Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web. He shall lean upon his place, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast , but it shall not endure. Job 8:13-15
My paraphrase of these verses:
A country who forgets God is trusting in a spider’s web. Everything it trusts in will collapse.
Now I regard myself as a positive person, and I believe that may be a Christian virtue nevertheless , we ca not shut our eyes to what has happened around us. It is not so much the economy that’s the difficulty, but the exit from God and Biblical morals. Of course as usual the economy will show progress and greater excess in time. Exponential technology definitely has some exciting things lined up and some in the very near future. But that does not cure our spiritual needs.
On the dollar bill still remains the statement In God we trust but I am afraid that we as a country would be more truthful if it read In the dollar we trust.
President Barack Obama said that the U. S. was no longer a Christian country, but now many faiths. He’s right, but the undeniable fact still remains that America was not founded on other faiths; it was founded on the Christian religion of the Bible. Why then do some think it is politically correct to embrace all the different beliefs which are in contrast to what we believe as Christians?
Old Colonial Williamsburg was the capitol of Virginia. “For the majority of the 18th century, Williamsburg was the centre of govt., education and culture in the Colony of Virginia. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, James Monroe, James Madison, George Wythe, Peyton Randolph, and others moulded democracy in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the U. S. here. “ *
Located in Old Colonial Williamsburg is a church building where they hold services. It was built in the 17 hundreds and was used by the forefathers of this county, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and others to worship God. If you visit there today, you will see the name tags of these famous forefathers on the family cubical where they sat.
The pilgrims risked their lives to come to America so they might have spiritual liberty to worship God. Our forefathers, the 55 guys that signed the Declaration of Independence, were Christians overwhelmingly: 51 were Christians 3 were Deists and one is unknown.
However somewhere on the way our nation has turned from God…actually continuously on the way. The drift away from God had its roots in Europe long before the discovery of America. When the early travellers sowed the seeds of Christianity, which they brought over from Europe, in the new world, there were also people who were scattering the tares of Deism, also originating in Europe. Deism is a philosophy that teaches that God made the universe but isn’t directly involved in it, and left it to run itself. Deism became the bridge between Christianity and the new age philosophy of today called secular humanism. The philosophy of Deism which did teach the existence of God continuously developed into secular humanism which is primarily atheistic or agnostic.
The drift away from God was speeded up with. The Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution essentially had its start in England in 1773. It started with the 1st cotton spinning mill. Following this were more inventions and eventually factories were built.
Britain didn’t wish to share their success with the rest of the planet so they forbid any person working in factories to go abroad.
Meanwhile America was trying hard to get their own Business Revolution started, so they offered a major reward for anybody coming up with the technology to build a cotton spinning mill.
It so occurred that an Englishman called Samuel Slater disguised himself and came to America and made public from memory the way to build cotton spinning mill, and the ball was rolling and the Industrial Revelation was on its way in America.
Eli Whitney would later invent the Cotton Gin, Robert Fulton, the Steam Engine and Francis Cabot Lowell, the American Textile Industry and lots of other inventers would add to this lineup over a period.
The American Dream originally was the desire to worship God readily in the new world but with the industrial revolution it turned its focus away from God and on the material gain which now characterizes the American Dream.
The Industrial Revolution expanded the dream to monetary independence and owning a home. However as automation came to industry and the necessity for skilled labor lessoned, folks begin to search for other strategies with which to gain their dream and to grow extremely rich fast.
That came with the availability of credit and the Mastercard. Houses may be purchased for little down and funded for 30 years and other goods could be bought without any collateral, and folks also begin to pursue get loaded schemes.
A variety of seductive but slippery systems have evolved, and today the 3 leading paths to instant wealth are large-prize TV game shows, big-jackpot state lotteries and compensation court actions. The big-jackpot Lotteries, which states have adopted to increase academic revenues, hypes the chance of being an immediate millionaire, but nothing is asserted about the chances which are in the millions to one. I don’t buy lottery tickets and still have about the same likelihood of winning as those who waste their money on them.
Presently however the American Dream is now a dream about the past with the present downturn of the economy and the burst of the housing bubble.
So what lies ahead now? It is going to be different to say the least.
There are 3 things, not original with me, but frequently assumed that will occur in this decade that may set it apart from any other decade we have ever seen, and will contribute to the collapse spoken of in Job.
1. There will be a giant change in how we live our lives.
2. There’ll be no way to change the unavoidable.
3. It’ll last for a long time.
The focus today is on the economy that doesn’t appear to need to recover and the ever increasing cost of energy and the declining naturally occuring resources. These are revolutionizing the way we live. As I mentioned earlier, there is hope in days to come. Exponential technology will in time produce alternate systems of energy with solar energy being one of the most promising sources. There is 5 times more solar energy available every day than the entire world wants but a workable solution to tap directly into it still has to be uncovered. More synthetic materials will replace those reliant upon natural resources as plastics have replaced many metal parts on automobiles and other stuff, and ultimately the economy will yet again flourish as a consequence, but meanwhile there will be some big changes that are likely to be around for a while.
I am afraid that all the thrill of what technology can open up for the future only leads us further away from any dependence on God. While I?m for the profusion that technology guarantees, I am more worried about America’s need to turn around to God.
Every prophesy of the Bible has been fulfilled right on schedule with the sole exception of those concerning the end time events which still lay in times to come. You can rest assured the verses in Job have recently been fulfilled numerous times related to the country Israel and others. It’ll happen to America also if there is not a spiritual awaking. So Are the Trails of All That Forget God.
Our hope as a nation and as individuals is only in God. The Biblical times in Israel’s history when they turned away from God were the times that they dropped and were enslaved by other countries. If that happened to God’s own chosen folk of the Bible, why would any person doubt that it may also happen to America, if America continues its drift away from God? Learn today how you can know God personally.
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