Recipe For The Death Of A Nation
Bondage To Spiritual Faith
Spiritual Faith To Courage
Courage To Liberty
Liberty To Abundance
Abundance To Selfishness
Selfishness To Complacency
Complacency To Apathy
Apathy To Moral Decay
Moral Decay To Dependency
Dependency To Bondage

INTRODUCTION

Two Nations have been blessed by God more than any others: Ancient Israel and Modern America. Ancient Israel went from bondage to bondage. America is on their way to the same fate.

 
Ancient ISRAEL: Imagine being told by God of the Universe that He was going to make you into a great nation. God called Abram (later called Abraham) out of Ur of the Chaldeans as he was instructed to leave his home and country and go where God would lead. Indeed, God did make a great nation from Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac’s son Jacob (later renamed Israel).

Abraham being called out was the beginning of God’s redemptive plan for mankind. He would do this through a people He called His own who would become known as Hebrews/Israelites).

Because of a famine in the land these Hebrews ventured to Egypt where they remained for 430 years. (Ex. 12:40). They lived in bondage of a cruel and vindictive Pharaoh for approximately the last 150 years of their stay there.

So, I have come down to deliver
them from the power of the
Egyptians and to bring them
up from that land to a good
and spacious land, to a land
flowing with milk and honey.
Exodus 3:8

            This is the story of Ancient ISRAEL from bondage back to bondage

Modern AMERICA: in the beginning of this United States of America a democracy was born. It was rooted in Biblical ideals and was religious tolerant, making it unique in world history. God extended His redemptive plan to all nations. Out of all the nations, America has prospered and prevailed, being blessed beyond imagination, by the Sovereign God of the Universe.

Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord –
The people He has chosen to be His own possession.
Psalms 33:12

God did choose America to be a beacon in a dark world as He had with Ancient Israel.
This is the story of Modern AMERICA from bondage on its way back to bondage.

BONDAGE TO SPIRITUAL FAITH

BONDAGE
A state of being a slave

Ancient ISRAEL

“And I have also heard groaning of the
children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep
in bondage, and I have remembered My
covenant. Therefore, say to the children of
 Israel: I am the Lord; I will bring you out from
under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will
 rescue you from their bondage, and I will
 redeem you with an outstretched arm
and great judgments.”
Exodus 6:5, 6

When God called His people out of Egypt, they had been living there 430 years. They were now under the harsh hand of a cruel Pharaoh. Moses was called by God to lead this band of Hebrews to a land of ‘milk and honey.’ Four hundred and thirty years to the day of their arrival into Egypt, approximately two million people left their state of bondage to exercise their spiritual faith, and thus use their freedom to worship their God.  

Modern AMERICA

Ask, and it will be given to you.
Seek, and you will find.
Knock, and the door will be opened to you.
Matthew 7:7

England’s Parliament Passage of the Act of Supremacy in 1534 solidified the break from the Roman Catholic Church and made the king of that country the supreme head of the Church of England.

In the Autumn of 1620, a group seeking religious freedom fled persecution for their faith by the English Crown. They left England by ship intent on establishing a perfect society in the New World; one where all people would be free to worship as they wished.

Puritans who then became known as our Pilgrim Fathers came to a new land for the purpose of establishing religious freedom. They sought political liberty and economic opportunity. They wanted individual rights and self-government away from a ruling Monarchy and Church of State. They believed there was a freedom that aligned with the spiritual faith in the one true living God.

SPIRITUAL FAITH TO COURAGE

SPIRITUAL FAITH
Complete trust, confidence, belief in God

Ancient ISRAEL

At the end of 430 years, on that same day,
all the Lord’s military divisions went out
from the land of Egypt. It was a night
of vigil in honor of the Lord…
Exodus 12:41, 42

The Israelites, God’s chosen people, now left Egypt in faith for freedom. This freedom would allow them to cultivate right thinking and living in obedience to God’s perfect will for their life. The Hebrews would now have complete freedom, physically and spiritually, unhindered in their courage to move forward. They were now under God’s care away from fear and oppression from those who sought to enslave them through force.

Modern AMERICA

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, and with all your mind.
This is the greatest and most important command.
The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Matthew 22:37-39

Their living in harmony with neighbors was a consistent, orderly, pleasing arrangement reflecting a united purpose. The new settlers in their new surroundings were not only showing courage to have a national unity but, more importantly, a spiritual unity.

They had been under the heavy hand of the Church of England and its Monarchy. Now they had freedom to live in faith, to worship as they chose, believing God would bless them in this new land they would be calling home. The early colonies had no established church thus granting religious freedom to everyone including Quakers and Jews.

COURAGE TO LIBERTY

COURAGE
Mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger,
fear, or difficulty

Ancient ISRAEL

Haven’t I commanded you: Be strong and
courageous? Do not be afraid or
discouraged, for the Lord your God
is with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:9

 First generation Israelites from the exodus out of Egypt lost courage during their forty years of wanderings in the wilderness even though they had seen God obliterate their enemy. They saw the Red Sea part as they walked through on dry ground. Water came from a rock, manna and quail were supplied from Heaven. So, none were thirsty or hungry.

They personally saw God’s hand at work, yet they grumbled and complained. Only two of the original 2,000,000 made it into the Promised Land. The second generation of wilderness wanderers showed much more courage as they overtook Jericho, the first city west of the Jordan River.

Modern AMERICA

And He made from one man every nation
of mankind to live on all the face of the earth,
having determined allotted periods and
the boundaries of their dwelling place.
Acts 17:26

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator, with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness!”

The Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence was written for the good of the people, recognizing an ‘Almighty Creator.’

“We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General
Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world and for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine
Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”

Congress formally declared the name of the new nation to be the United States of America on September 9, 1776. This great United States of America has been blessed beyond measure because of the appeals to the “Supreme Judge” of the world and its firm reliance on the protection of “Divine Providence” by her originators and leaders.

These thirteen colonies were founded on the Judaeo/Christian belief in God, Christ, and the Ten Commandments. Faith communities were made up of like-minded citizens not wanting organized religion but a relationship with their Creator, thus receiving peace and a purpose.

They also did not intend to repeat what they had left in that the first Congress proposed a Bill of Rights as a protection from a strong national government.

LIBERTY TO ABUNDANCE

LIBERTY
The state of being free within a society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life, behavior, or political views.

Ancient ISRAEL

“Then you recently turned and did what was
right in My sight – every man proclaiming liberty
to his neighbor, and you made a covenant before
Me in the house which is called by My name.
Then you turned around and profaned My name,
and every one of you bought back his male
and female slaves, whom you had set at
liberty, at their pleasure, and brought them
back into subjection, to be your slaves.
Therefore, thus says the Lord: “You have
not obeyed Me in proclaiming liberty,
everyone to his brother and
everyone to his neighbor.
Jeremiah 34:15-17a

The Israelites had the habit of fluctuating between obeying God’s commands or doing “what was right in their own eyes.” God had told them on many occasions that if they obeyed Him, they would prosper. If they chose to disobey, then God would choose their fate.

God had set His command pertaining to those who had sold themselves as slaves in that they were to be worked six years, then in the seventh year they were to be set free. Jer. 34:14. They agreed and then rescinded thus profaning God’s name.

Israel had become wealthy off the backs of their neighbors and were now refusing them the liberty which, according to God, was their right to have.

Modern AMERICA

I have come so that they may have
life and have it in abundance.
John 10:10b

The promise of abundance was not just physical but spiritual also. The people were now in a place where there was hope for a rich, full, joyful life with meaningful activities away from those who oppressed human potential.

Proclaim liberty throughout all the
Land unto all the inhabitants there of…
Leviticus 25:10

Inscription – The Liberty Bell

On July 8, 1776, the Liberty Bell rang out from the tower of Independence Hall calling the citizens of Philadelphia to hear the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. The first ten Amendments of the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights.

The list has specific prohibitions on governmental power. These were protections for individual liberties. The Liberty Bell is one of history’s most famous symbols of freedom and justice. God’s gift to the new people in their now new land was to enjoy their life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.

“Yes, we did produce a near perfect republic.
But will they keep it? Or will they, in their enjoyment
of plenty, lose the memory of freedom?”
Thomas Jefferson


ABUNDANCE TO SELFISHNESS

ABUNDANCE
To have more than you need

Ancient ISRAEL

Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God the Lord is one!
You shall love the Lord your God with all your
heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
Deuteronomy 6:4, 5

Prosperity, alignment with false gods, and pleasure seeking had silenced the reverential awe the Israelites had once held for their God Almighty. When they entered the Canaanite land of ‘milk and honey’ they had been instructed to kill off the inhabitants so as not to fall prey to their gods. Instead, they did trade business with the existing nations especially Assyria which enabled them to become wealthy. This not only influenced their culture and worship but led to the Northern Kingdom of Israel’s downfall when captured by Assyria in 722 BC.

Modern AMERICA

For the whole law is fulfilled in one statement:
Love your neighbor as yourself. But if you bite
and devour one another, watch out or
you will be consumed by one another.
Galatians 5:14, 15

As abundance comes to the forefront so does pride. People worshiping self-and/or money begin to claim they got to where they are by their own self-will, thus no thanksgiving to God. Instead of giving God the praise for all the good things He has provided, man begins to believe all he has accumulated is from the work of his own hands.

Not only is there no thanksgiving or recognition of God for their good fortune men also have the tendency to mumble and be ungrateful for what they do have. Each generation works to improve their existence until a generation comes into existence that did not have to work for all they have been handed.

Excessive money and possessions with no sense of responsibility produces a lack of values.

Material abundance without character
is the path of destruction.
Thomas Jefferson

Working to accumulate more than your neighbor has, is not loving your neighbor. It is selfish pride.

Every kingdom divided against itself
is headed for destruction, and no city
or house divided against itself will stand.
Matthew 12:25


SELFISHNESS TO COMPLACENCY

SELFISHNESS

Concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself. Seeking or concentrating on one’s own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard for others.

Ancient ISRAEL

Israel cries out to me, “My God, we know you!”
Israel has rejected what is good, an enemy
will pursue him. They have installed kings
but not through Me. They have appointed
leaders but without My approval. They make
their silver and gold into idols for
themselves, for their own destruction.
Hosea 8:2-4

The people had stubbornly refused to give up their idols or selfish life indulgences. Israel claimed to have a strong relationship with God (Hos. 8:2) but their actions proved otherwise. They would call on God to ease their discomfort without changing their behavior. They had become so selfish and complacent they did not see the doom that was coming upon them. They thought their lip service to God would cover their sinful actions.

Do not be deceived. God cannot be mocked.
A man reaps what he sows.
Galatians 6:7

Modern AMERICA

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in
humility consider others as more important than
yourselves. Everyone should look out not only for his own
interests, but also for the interest of others.
Philippians 2:3, 4

America, as Israel did, claims to have a strong relationship with God. From the beginning of this country, up to and including modern times, God has been an integral part of the fabric from which it began.

But because of the selfish motives of some, this country is taking a turn which will have irreconcilable circumstances. The cause of this trend is the actions of a few and the silence of many.

“Our lives begin to end the day we become
silent about things that matter.”
Martin Luther King Jr.

COMPLACENCY TO APATHY

COMPLACENCY

A feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements. Being unaware or uninformed because of self-satisfaction. Self-satisfaction, especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies.

Ancient ISRAEL

For the apostasy of the inexperienced will
kill them, and the complacency of
fools will destroy them.
Proverbs 1:32

God’s chosen people had been greatly blessed by Him. They had been given freedom from bondage. As time went on, they became wealthy and prospered. They had their God to watch over them keeping them safe from their enemies. Yet, they decided they wanted a king like the surrounding nations had. They also made the bad choice of mingling false gods and idols along with the one true God.

Modern AMERICA

For the time will come when people will not
tolerate sound doctrine, but according to
their own desires, will multiply teachers
for themselves because they have an itch
to hear what they want to hear.
They will turn away from hearing
the truth and will turn aside to myths.
2 Timothy 4:3, 4

 Reported polls taken indicate 64% of America identify themselves as Christians. The combination of Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism make up 6% of the population. It appears there is a high percentage of good spiritual people in the country who are either silent, apathetic, or deceived for 30% to cause such devastation to a once God-fearing nation.

“What luck for the rulers –
than men do not think.”
Adolph Hitler

APATHY TO MORAL DECAY

APATHY
Lack of feeling or emotion. Lack of concern for others. It is a disorder of motivation

Ancient ISRAEL

He boasts about the craving of his heart,
he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.
In his pride the wicked man does not
seek Him: in all his thoughts
there is no room for God.
Psalms 10:3, 4

Israel had become so influenced by their godless Canaanite neighbors. This was why God had commanded them, in the first place, not to intermingle with the unbelieving nation that surrounded them. The Law had been given to the Israelites by God, through Moses, for the single purpose of distinguishing the difference between right and wrong by God’s divine standard.

The Mosaic Law given to them during their desert wanderings was simply a functioning constitution to the new nation which determined civil and criminal cases and served as a guide for worship. The Law was a personal guide to good family and social relationships, but most importantly was a personal guide for a relationship with their Creator God. He separated them from all other nations as a people unto Himself.

Disaster is the consequence of pride, arrogance and apathy and only leads to rebellion and disobedience towards God. Apathy only leads to an overwhelming insensitivity towards others which in turn brings destruction, chaos and moral decay as they learned when they were dispersed among the nations God had originally set them apart from.

Modern AMERICA

…in the last days there will be difficult times.
For people will love only themselves and their money.
They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God,
disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful.
they will consider nothing sacred. They will be
unloving, and unforgiving: they will slander
others and have no self-control. They will
be cruel and hate what is good. They will
betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up
with pride, and love pleasure rather than God.
They will act religious, but they will reject
the power that could make them Godly.
Stay away from people like that.
2 Timothy 3:1-5

This sounds a lot like the condition of today’s world. Political, economic, and social problems are ever growing, but the real problem is spiritual apathy toward their God. If America stays on the path, they are following, it will cause its demise.

The responsibility of the believer is to expose moral decay, be it in the individual life, church, or nation. Seventy percent of this nation claiming a spiritual led life ought to put out an extremely bright light in a thirty percent dark country.

True believers should take a stand for what is right and expose what is wrong. How else can an unbelieving world come to the knowledge of their sinful nature and the terrible consequences that lay ahead for them. Silence is usually, if not always, interpreted as approval.

Even if you are on the right track,
you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
Will Rogers

MORAL DECAY TO DEPENDENCY

MORAL DECAY
The state or quality of being degenerate, degeneracy, corruption, decadence, depravity

Ancient ISRAEL

Woe to those who call evil good and
good evil who substitutes darkness
for light and light for darkness, who
substitute bitter for sweet and sweet
for bitter. Woe to those who consider
themselves wise and judge themselves clever.
Isaiah 5:20, 21

            The meaning of the word “woe” is ruinous trouble: calamity, affliction. (Merriam-Webster).

Israel had perverted God’s values being led astray by the very nations God had separated them from. He had warned them not to mingle with the inhabitants of the new land of ‘milk and honey’ they were about to enter. 

Israel did not obey and thus became influenced by the false gods and idols of the surrounding nations which then caused moral decay on their society. This in turn led to immoral acts and loss of faith in God. Ethical and moral traditions had been disrupted.

The people had become proud and wise in their own eyes. This in turn led to them being under the threat of God’s judgment. They would be brought to humiliation regardless of their previous station in life.

Modern AMERICA

And because they did not think it worthwhile to
acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a
corrupt mind so that they do what is not right.
Romans 1:28

Moral decay disrupts social order which in turn brings antisocial activities. Moral depravity is when a society is unable to recognize the good from the bad. When the bad becomes the new normal. Acts of lawlessness, violence, racial hatred and murder will far outnumber acts of kindness, decency, understanding and consideration.

When God gives a nation over to sinful practices and moral decadence a social judgment occurs. People will do what is right in their own eyes.  When one does not believe it worthwhile to acknowledge God for the right living, then the whole pattern for wrong living becomes the habitual lifestyle in open defiance of God.

It becomes an inevitable downward spiral, first with rejection of God, then people being their own god, falling into every kind of wickedness, and ending with hate for God. God is not the one who causes this race toward evil but does allow those who reject Him to live as they choose. God does however also permit men to experience the consequences of their own choices.

Men become deceived into believing God does not eventually get His fill of wrong- doing and abandons one to one’s own desires. Man left to himself with no moral conscience becomes depraved in his thoughts, words, and actions, thus causing societies, cultures, and ultimately nations to crumble. He will and does return the favor in the way of abandonment towards individuals as well as whole nations.

Living in luxury and plenty as America has, yet unfaithful to the God who blessed a nation with so much invites God’s discipline. That usually comes in the way of a nation’s enemies being allowed to overtake them thus leading to a dependency of another.

“All tyranny needs to gain a
foothold is for people of good
 conscience to remain silent.”
Thomas Jefferson

DEPENDENCY TO BONDAGE

DEPENDENCY
Being dependent or subordinate especially a country or
province controlled by another

Ancient ISRAEL

The days of punishment have come,
the days of retribution have come.
Let Israel recognize it! The prophet
is a fool and the inspired man
is insane because of the magnitude
of your iniquity and hostility.
Hosea 9:7

Israel had become so entangled and dependent on her pagan neighbors that she thought God’s inspired prophets, who were sent to them for their own good, were insane maniacs. They had come to love their sin and hostility toward God to the point they were not interested on what His messengers had to say thus all that was left was judgment to come. Israel had been warned but was not willing to give up the decadent lifestyle they had become accustomed to.

Originally there were twelve tribes of Israel each named after the twelve sons of Jacob whom God renamed Israel. As mentioned, Jacob was the son of Isaac and Isaac was the son of Abraham. The twelve tribes eventually split because Israel rebelled against the house of David and remained separated for over 200 years. Ten of the twelve tribes were called Israel and made up the Northern Kingdom. The two remaining tribes made up Judah the Southern Kingdom.

The Northern Kingdom lived in disobedience to their God because of the evil kings (leaders) and false priests. They refused to follow the God who brought their forefathers out of bondage from Egypt and instead fell into pagan practices and self-reliance. Today they are recognized as the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel as they have become intermingled among non-Jewish peoples in the West.

Ancient Israel was scattered among the nations because they chose not to follow God’s peaceful way of life through His covenant with them but instead the people’s wickedness became all consuming.

The ten tribes of the Northern Kingdom were captured by the Assyrians in 722 BC and gradually dispersed into other regions and disappeared from history. The Southern Kingdom of Judah had some good kings to lead them into proper worship, but they too fell into disobedience of God’s covenant. Later they were conquered by Babylon in 586 BC and deported from their land.

Both the Northern and Southern Kingdoms of Israel were taken back into bondage with their deliberate disobedience on full display. Pursuit of false religion, self-righteousness, greed, love of money, love of pleasure, etc…has a payday – it’s called the wrath of God.

Modern AMERICA

“But I have this against you: you have
abandoned the love you had at first.”
Revelation 2:4

America has become so entangled with and dependent on nations and her own government programs that simply do not hold the best interests of this once great nation. A society that embraces immorality, decadence, and perversions of great magnitude is terminal and in the final stages of its own civilization. As of today, public invocation of God is not allowed, virtue is ridiculed, and immorality, decadence and perversions are embraced. Society not only tolerates the intolerable but the unimaginable also.

Today America has been led astray by their own government leaders and false religious teachings. Turning away from God has always, throughout history, brought suffering, punishment, moral and spiritual decay, and ultimately destruction in the way of bondage, either to their own government or another’s.

“The one thing we have learned from
history is that we don’t learn from history.”
Winston Churchill

THE FALL OF TWO NATIONS – CONCLUSION

Ancient ISRAEL/ Modern AMERICA

For we know the one who has said,
vengeance belongs to Me; I will repay
and again, the Lord will judge His
people. It is a terrifying thing to fall
into the hands of the living God.
Hebrews 10:30, 31

God reserves judgment for those who have rejected His mercy. Falling into the hands of an angry God will be a dreadful experience. God is under no obligation to keep man a moment from earthly or eternal destruction. He has shown to angels and men His excellent love, but He has also shown how terrible His wrath. The wrath of Almighty God is now undoubtedly hanging over every unregenerate person and/or nation.

When God pulls His moral restrainer and turns the nations to their own resources there will be no ‘Great Awakening.’ All that will be left is judgment to come in the way of God’s wrath on countries that think they have kicked Him out. The probability is God has left, if not yet the certainty is, He will leave of His own accord when He so chooses.

Without remorse and repentance God’s intervention did not occur with His own people, nor will it with America’s current day activities.

“If we ever forget that we are One Nation
Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.”
Ronald Reagan

THE RISE OF ONE

There is yet one more Kingdom to rise. That will be the Kingdom of God. This glorious Kingdom will consist of a new heaven and a new earth where righteousness (right living with God) will dwell.

As told to Ancient ISRAEL:

For I will create a new heaven and a
new earth; the past events will not
be remembered or come to mind.
Isaiah 65:17

This was also promised to All Nations:

Then I saw a new heaven and a new
earth for the first heaven and the
first earth had passed away
and the sea was no more.
Revelation 21:1

But before this new heaven and new earth can be ushered in, sin that has permeated God’s creation for millennial, must be eradicated by fire forever.

By the same word the heavens and earth
that now exist are stored up for fire,
being kept until the day of judgment
and destruction of the ungodly.
2 Peter 3:7

The flood of Genesis 6 did not annihilate the earth but judged and purified the evil that had come to consume it. It will be that way as the final fire of judgment will destroy evil from the heavens and the earth restoring everything back to God’s intended purpose.

God recognizes there is still a bondage man needs to be rescued from. In His grace and mercy, He has planned for one’s final destination to be that of freedom with Him in His Kingdom of Heaven. Should one choose to not accept this provision then He has also made arrangements, through His wrath, for one’s final destination to be as one prefers away from Him in the ‘fire prepared for the Devil and his angels.’

The bondage all mankind is burdened by is called ‘sin.’  Only when sin is acknowledged can man begin to deal with the misery it causes.  Sin is telling God he will live independently of Him and map out his own plan for his own life, his own future, and his own way back to bondage.

“Much of the modern resistance to
chastity comes from men’s belief that
they ‘own’ their own bodies – those vast
and perilous estates, pulsating with the
energy that made the worlds, in which
they find themselves without their
consent and from which they are
ejected at the pleasure of Another.”
C S Lewis

Because of sin all are in danger of eternal damnation and need of a Rescuer. There is still a Kingdom yet to rise. It is the Kingdom of Heaven. Unfortunately, not all will enter this eternal Kingdom.

They perish because they did not accept
the love of the truth in order to be saved.
2 Thessalonians 2:10b

God has in His mercy prepared a way out of this bondage of sin… His name is Jesus. Jesus is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords that will be the one to usher in this Kingdom. (Rev. 19:16) Through His death, burial, and resurrection He has established a way for those who wish to be removed from the future bondage of eternal hell to the freedom of eternal life with the living God of Creation.

“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” So, they said,
“Believe on the Lord Jesus and you will be saved…”
Acts 16:30, 31

For one to ask this question one must first understand their condition, and thus their need. According to Webster’s Dictionary, ‘save’ means to rescue from danger; to keep from being lost; to set apart, reserve, as for future use. One cannot save themselves from danger but must rely on another for rescue. Salvation is simply expressed as reliance upon Christ. All God requires for reconciliation to Himself is belief in the One He sent.

For I passed on to you as most important
what I also received: That Christ died for
our sins according to the Scriptures,
that He was buried, that He was raised
on the third day according to the Scriptures.
1 Corinthians 15:3, 4

This is the basic, fundamental, essential teaching of the Gospel. Jesus Christ is the thread who runs from Genesis through Revelation. He died physically before a large crowd of people. (Matt.27:50). He was buried to prove death had occurred. (Matt. 27:59, 60). He then was seen by some to prove He had been resurrected.
(Matt. 28:5-7).

This is the message of faith that we proclaim:
If you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord,”
and believe in your heart that God raised
Him from the dead, you will be saved. With the Heart
one believes, resulting in righteousness and with
the mouth one confesses, resulting in salvation.
Romans 10:8b-10

In the beginning God created and had a personal relationship with Adam and Eve. (Gen. 2:2; 22). Their disobedience to what God had commanded caused man to inherit a sin nature. Sin is a departure from what is right, an offense against any standard, thus sin broke the relationship God had with His creation. God in His mercy and compassion provided reconciliation back to Himself through Jesus Christ.

Trust in Christ is the only way to a heavenly eternal life. As Adam was the pioneer of a new earthly creature, Christ is the pioneer of a new heavenly life. A life lived for Him, by Him and through Him, now and forever.

“If I go away and prepare a place for you
I will come back and receive you to Myself,
So that where I am you may be also.”
John 14:3

What makes heaven, heaven is Jesus Christ! God did come to earth in the Person of Christ taking on flesh to forgive sins, but that was not His sole purpose. He came to change lives so man could be reconciled to God and in this way, His ‘will can be done on earth as it is in heaven.’ (Matt. 6:10). This was all done for man’s good and God’s glory.

Then the King will say to those on His right,
‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father,
inherit the Kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world.’
Matthew 25:34

            This was meant for Ancient ISRAEL, Modern AMERICA, and All NATIONS but many have rejected this offer of amazing grace by a Sovereign God who wants that none should perish, but all to come to repentance. (2 Pet. 3:9).

I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the glorious Father, would give you a spirit of
wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.
Ephesians 1:17