USA & Bible Prophecy (Part VI)

What in the World is Going On? (Part VI)

"America’s Role in Bible Prophecy"

Dr. Barry D. Lovett

“What if Columbus’ discovering of America had not been accidental at all? What if it were merely the opening curtain of an extraordinary drama? Did God have a special plan for America?... What if He dealt with whole nations like He dealt with individuals? What if, in particular, He had a plan for those He would bring to America, a plan which saw this continent as a stage for a new era in the drama of mankind’s redemption?” [Peter Marshall and David Manuel, The Light and the Glory (Old Tappan, NJ: Revell, 1977) pp. 17-18.]

“No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of man more than those of the United States.” George Washington

Why has God allowed this nation to be blessed above all others?

America’s Role in World Missions

75 percent of the world’s missionaries have come from a country boasting only six percent of the world’s population.

America’s Friendship to the Jewish People

“I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you. And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” Genesis 12:3

America, The Land of Liberty

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:32

34 percent of the world’s population is not free, and only 20 percent is partly free.

America was Founded on God and His Word

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people He has chosen as His own inheritance. Psalm 33:12; Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a reproach to any people. Proverbs 14:34

“It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.” George Washington. “I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from the Savior of the world is communicated from this Book.” Abraham Lincoln. “The Bible is the anchor of our liberties.” President Grant

The Silence of the Bible on the Future of America

“One of the hardest things for American Bible prophecy students to accept is that the United States is not clearly mentioned in Bible prophecy, yet our nation is the only superpower in the world today.” Dr. Tim LaHaye

How do you explain the silence in the Bible about America?

Possible explanations...

America will be Included in the European Coalition

America will be Crippled through some Cataclysmic Event

"...Some maintain that the total absence of any Scriptural reference to America in the end-time is evidence that the United States will have been crippled by a nuclear attack, weapons of mass destruction, or some other major catastrophe...In the post 9/11 world, the detonation of a dirty bomb, nuclear device or biological weapon on U.S. soil is a dreaded yet distinct possibility. Such an attack could kill millions of people and reduce the United States to a second-rate power overnight." John Walvoord

“A nuclear attack on America within the next ten years is more likely than not.” Dr. Graham Allison, Harvard professor, Author, Nuclear Terrorism

"Forty percent of Americans worry often about the chances of a nuclear attack by terrorists."

America could be Infected with Moral Decay

World History reveals that in 200 years of existence, nations a progress through the following sequence:

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 dependence;
From dependence back into bondage.

The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God. Psalm 9:17

“If God does not judge America He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah.” Billy Graham

America will be Paralyzed Because of the Rapture

If the Rapture were to happen today, the United States would lose 25-65 million citizens.

We can approach the future with confidence because we know the events that loom in the future were put into play by the Creator of the universe, our Heavenly Father. He knows the end from the beginning, and we belong to Him.

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