America - The Sands In God’s Hourglass Are Running Out
America’s first president, George Washington, said: “It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God; to obey His will; to be grateful for His benefits; and humbly implore His protection and favor.” In the past 226 years since his inauguration in 1789, most Americans happily heeded President Washington’s advice. He echoed the words in Psalm 33:12: “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.”
Fast forward to last month's National Prayer Breakfast. Obama said: “Lest we get on our high horse and think this (terrorism) is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ. In our home country, slavery and Jim Crow all too often was justified in the name of Christ.”
Really? There isn’t a ladder high enough to get Mr. Selfie himself down off his high horse!
Ever the apologist, Obama, of course, had to go back 1,000 years to condemn ‘’something” evil Christians did in order to try to justify the radical Islamic Terrorist ISIS burning people alive, crucifying young children and beheading 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians.
Their only crime according to ISIS murderers? Following Christ and the cross. These brave Christian men traded in their orange jumpsuits for the white robes of Christian martyrdom.
When I see this in the news these days, I can’t help but think of an end times prophecy found in the Bible’s Book of Revelation, 6:9-11: “When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice, ‘O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before You will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?’ Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.”
What can we do? What can anyone do? I believe there is something we all can do, even the current president. The answer is found in 2 Chronicles 7:14: “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
The sands in God’s hourglass are running out, America.
It is time we all heed these words and those of a great American president, Ronald Reagan who said, “If we ever forget we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.”
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Norm Beznoska Jr., aka Navyman Norm, Strongsville, OH resident . He is a contributor to the ARRA News Service via articles and Letters to the Editor.
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