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I have the book and have seen the DVD. It is just more conformation to me that we are indeed under God's Judgement. The politicians quoted the verses that showed Israel was indeed was in rebellion to God. To use that verse to rebuild the towers in NYC just shows how far the population has gone from God's knowledge. What they meant for an "uplifting" speech after a terrible defeat just boggles the mind that they had no idea what it meant. You would think a speech writer would have caught it or the pol himself, but they surround themselves with people that use Google to find Bible verses they want. Our commander in chief didn't even go to church for Christmas, so you have some idea how lukewarm he might be.

There are so many verses I have been reading that I just left out of the piece I wrote. Just go to Isaiah 1 and start to read there. God is pleading with Israel to change. He said "The ox knows it's owner and the donkey it's Master's crib. Even animals know who owns them and feeds them. Verse 5 says "Why would you be stricken again?" God doesn't want to teach the lesson again, but he will if he must. If you see no connection to God's protection and 9-11 and the economic downturn, how will we see the next catastrophe coming? God requires His children to discern and obey. If we don't read our Bibles and skip over the tough parts, you will miss the message that was paid for with Jewish blood and misery only to suffer it ourselves.

There is always hope. God will rescind His judgement if we repent. Jonah is a good story for that. God makes sure He is patient and fair in His punishment. Many people can't connect 9-11 to some past sin because it may take 5-10-even 50 years to take place. I just picked Clinton's infidelity and perjury as an example of the NATION sinning. People don't seem to think much about a whole country committing sin, ergo my reference to 26 states approving gay marriage. The sin goes beyond the sinner and defiles the land. We have had sodomy since Sodom and Gomorrah, but no one approves of such behavior until recently. As a nation, the choices we make collectively may doom even the saved to suffer.

When a Christian explores who they are in Christ, they should find that the Holy Spirit lives in them and He is God just as much as Jesus and Jehovah. That means we have power. We are God's soldiers involved in an eternal war against evil. As we all hunker down in our foxholes with our helmets pulled down over our eyes and our sword in it's sheath, we wonder why we are losing. Recognizing evil and casting it out is among our weapons and we just allow evil to run over into our country, into our churches, and finally into our family. Knowing the Bible and prayer are VERY powerful in battle. As we read Scripture, we see the devil use Scripture verses against Jesus and He defeated evil with the proper Scripture. Eve was defeated by listening to Satan twist what God had said.

It is time to call Christians to read their Bibles and pray to be able to defeat evil and save our country and families. God is a good God and gives good gifts to His children. We have not because we ask not. It is that simple.

To use that verse to rebuild the towers in NYC just shows how far the population has gone from God's knowledge.

In my Bible (it's at home, so I can't quote it exactly,) right before that verse there's a little header saying something like, "Israel shows arrogance and defiance." You don't even have to be a theologian to see that that verse was not appropriate for those politicians to use! I think you're right, the speechwriters probably just googled for a verse.

As beautiful and well-thought out that was, you are preaching to another dispensation. God is not forming a nation of believers right now, He is forming a BODY of believers, located in the heavenlies, and based purely on the finished work of Christ. The dispensation of the grace of God. It began with the saving and raising up of Paul, and will continue until the final believer is brought into the Body, at which time Christ will return to the air to resurrect our bodies and change those who are alive and remain, to conform to His glorious Body. Thus shall we ever be with the Lord. As far as praying that God would bless us on this present evil world, we are told to keep our eyes focused upward, that is where all our blessings are. We are blessed with ALL spiritual blessings in heavenly places IN CHRIST.

There will be no revival during this time of the dispensation of the grace of God. There will be apostacy. People with itching ears. Romans through Philemon would give you all the information you need to understand this time we are in.

Thank you for all of this.