God’s Coming Judgment
| By: Dr. Ted Baehr; ©2003 |
| Will God’s judgment fall upon America? Is there anything we can do to avoid it? Dr. Baehr explains. |
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God’s Coming Judgment
Headlines read, “Dow down again,” “Little Girl Kidnapped,” “1,000 Flee California wildfire,” “Executives Arrested.” After mentioning a few of these, Jay Leno noted that this is what happens when the nation no longer wants to be under God’s protection. For a comedian to recognize this timeless truth is quite extraordinary.
Three years ago, I was preaching the biblical message that prosperity precedes judgment. Why? Because throughout the Old Testament, God tried to prosper His people, but as soon as they prospered, they turned away from Him… and, turned away from the poor, homeless and needy.
Chapter One of the Book of Romans is a theological synopsis of this Old Testament condition. If prosperity is the first stage of judgment, then The United States of America may have just passed out of that stage into the second stage. Furthermore, if the Bible is to be our guide, things will get much, much worse until we repent of our sins and turn back to Him.
Of course, we could avoid the coming judgment by humbling ourselves and praying to Him immediately, and because He is merciful and forgiving, He would quickly restore our land. As one seminary professor said, the Old Testament is basically telling us that we stew in the juice of our own sins, but God stands ready to forgive and forget.
The question is: How long, O Lord, will we reject Your love and mercy?
