When Nations Die

Arkanjel

Arkanjel

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I read this excerpt this morning and thought it should be shared.

When Nations Die

The book of Nahum comes some one hundred years after the prophecy of Jonah. This book tells the conclusion of the saga of Nineveh, which God spared from destruction for an entire century.

Nations and empires actually do have "life cycles." This has been studied by many historians throughout the years and they all have come to about the same conclusion: a lifetime of about two centuries. And they all seem to go through the same life cycle: "from bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependency; from dependence back again into bondage (Alexander Tyler, 1750)."

Where are we in this cycle? We, too, have gone from bondage to spiritual faith; from faith to great courage which established our precious liberty, which, in turn, has given us unprecedented abundance that has made us the envy of the world. That abundance, however, has led to complacency and apathy. (If you ask the average person, What is the biggest problem in America? Is it ignorance or is it apathy? They will probably respond, "I don't know; and I don't care!")

This apathy will ultimately lead to dependency and then return us to the very bondage that this nation was founded to deliver us from. Robert Bork was right when he said that, "The only hope for America is a grass roots revival." Is America ripe for judgment? Billy Graham quipped many years ago, "If God doesn't judge America He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah!" Thomas Jefferson summed it up well: "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; and that His justice cannot sleep forever."
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This comes from my weekly K-House eNews letter. Which you can get from the www.khouse.org website. Take from it what you will, but it is pretty much on target in my opinion.
 
tjguitarz said:
That was a very interesting read!

And I agree we are on the apathy part. But, what would dependency be?
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I think it would be dependency on the government to take care of us. i.e. universal health care sort of thing, welfare, social programs that claim to "level" the playing field, or the take from the rich and give to the poor. Basically socialism. Also I would lump in that category laws to protect us from ourselves. i.e. motorcycle helmet laws, lots of the new "so-called" patriot act laws fall into this category as well.
 
Whether she wins or not is not the point. Its congress who makes the laws, the president just signs off on them. The people in congress are the ones who would be pushing forth those agendas. Those are the elected officials who remain in office upon your voting for them. If the country wants to be on welfare congress will be sure to make the laws available. The president doesn't just show up and start laying down rules.....yet.
 
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