America's End (part 2 of 4)

This is the second in a series of four articles about America's end.



Signs of America’s Judgment

God doesn’t pull surprises. He’s just not that way. Nor does anything ever catch Him by surprise. Nothing. He has a plan, a sovereign plan, a plan for the ages.  He is in control, fully. Not fate, not circumstance, not Satan or evil, not evolutionary progression, not technology or education, not even moral law or the demise thereof.

When big events are ready to occur He gives signs to men, men who would believe. He is not renegade, He is not cavalier, He is not haphazard.  God is very purposeful in the unfolding of world events, and very revealing of his plan. That has always been true, and it is still true today. “God does nothing without first revealing it to the prophets”  (Amos 3:7)

What would it take to get you to believe that God is in control, that He is doing something momentous in this very time -- by His plan, by His design?  What would it take to get you to believe that signs and wonders, in our day, are not mere circumstance, but God’s harbingers? What would it take for “Mr. Churchman” to break free from the normalcy bias, to come out of his stupor and quit believing that America is so great it cannot fall, and that if it stumbles it can recover, or go to war to reclaim its supremacy?  What would it take?  Can anything alert us to the fact that God is about to do something momentous? 

Here are some signs to consider. The stock market crashes of 2001 and 2008 both occurred on Elul 29, the very last day of the Jewish Shemitah year. In my opinion these were not mere market corrections but rather God’s hand, and a sign of judgment to come. The current Shemitah year ends on Elul 29, as always, which is Sep 13 this year, 2015. Financial experts are predicting America’s financial collapse, some even saying the stock market will soon fall 70%. The four blood moons may be another God-sign, the last of which occurs this coming Sep 28 (look at Acts 2:20, quoting the prophecy of Joel). The Jubilee years may be another sign, not of America’s end, though, but of Christ’s return. But, as we shall consider more fully, later, America’s end will occur “one hour” prior to the Lord’s second coming. It was Jubilee year when the land of Israel was given back to the Jews in 1917 (Balfour Declaration), and again when the city of Jerusalem was given back to the Jews in 1967 (seven day war). And it may well be this next Jubilee year when God will give the temple site back to the Jews (2016). That may be when the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords returns to Jerusalem.  But to me the greatest sign of America’s end is in the prophetic visions of Revelation. More on that later.