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WILL AMERICANS PERISH,
FROM LACK OF PROPHETIC KNOWLEDGE?
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November the 4th, thousands of Iranians demonstrated in front of the old U.S. Embassy, marking the 36th
anniversary of students seizing 52 American hostage there after Washington refused to hand over the toppled
U.S. backed Shah of Iran– Mohammad Reza Phlavi. This protest came despite the deal that will see Tehran limit
its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.
This sets the table full of ignorance lies and ungodly promises the present administration is giving the
American people today! We who are living in America can no longer ignore the fact that America has steadily
become a godless nation by turning its back on God, its real founding Father. God may overlook certain forms
of ignorance but He cannot condone deliberate ignorance of spiritual things.
A question to think about: is America about to perish from lack of prophetic knowledge? Two of
the best known quoted verses in the book of Hosea reads, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:
because they have rejected knowledge, I will also reject them, that you shalt be no priest to Me: seeing you have
forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. As they were increased, so they sinned against
Me: therefore will I change their glory into shame” (Hosea 4:6 and7).
Throughout history, nations and empires have been judged and destroyed for transgressing biblically
defined moral and spiritual boundaries! Boundaries such as: •1 Sexual perversion, like that of Sodom and
Gomorrah at the time of Abraham around 2000 B.C. •2 Idol worship, when in its worst conditions led to children
being sacrificed, which resulted in the destruction of the Northern Kingdom of Israel in 722 B.C. • 3 Wickedness
and moral decadence, which caused the destruction of the Assyrian empire about 612 B.C. by the Babylonians
and Medes. •4 Anti-semitism, which led to the destruction of the Egyptian army at the time of Moses about 3500
B.C.
In every instance the destructions caused unbearable sufferings and hardships to everyone, including
believers in the true God and unbelievers that did not heed the prophetic warnings given in advance by the
prophets.
The America we read about today is in the danger zone! Will America today perish from lack of
prophetic knowledge? Over the past fifty years, America has crossed all of these dangerous biblical boundaries:
• 1962 – Engel vs. Vitale: The removal of prayer in public schools by the Supreme Court.
• 1963 – Abington school district vs. Schempp: the removal of Bible reading in public schools by the Supreme
Court.
• 1973 – Rowe vs. Wade: legalized abortions by the Supreme Court. Since then America has performed over
55 million abortions. Presently about one million abortions are occurring per year in America. 327,000 babies
are put to death for the mere crime of being inconvenient
• 2013 – United States vs. Windsor: this is the case where the Supreme Court struck down the defense of
marriage act (DOMA). DOMA stated that one man should be married to one woman. DOMA was biblically
supported according to Genesis 2:24, “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his
wife, and they shall become one flesh.”
• 2015 –OBerge-fell vs. Hodges: this is the Supreme Court case that ruled in favor of same sex marriages, which
is unbiblical according to Romans 1:24 and elsewhere. Roman’s 1: 24 thru verse 27, “Wherefore God also gave
them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is
blessed forever. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the
natural use into that which is against Nature: Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman,
burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in
themselves that recompense of their error which was fitting.”
Another event that was in the year 2015 news, is the present White House Administration has turned its
back on the state of Israel. That is a prophecy being fulfilled today! The United States and Britain today, are
teeming up and turning against Judah and Jerusalem! Notice in Isaiah where the Lord’s anger is against Israel.
“Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this His [the
Lord’s] anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out in judgment” (Isa.9:24).
Another 2015 event, was when Obama and his Administration believes the Iran nuclear deal is good, but
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu believes it’s the worst deal imaginable.
The prophet Zechariah tells us what is ahead for this kind of thinking. “Behold, I will make Jerusalem
a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against
Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves
with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it” (Zech 12: 2 - 3).
The Lord has provided ample warnings to Americans that this country is headed for destruction. These
advance warnings have come in the forms of alterative judgments, prophetic voices, and ultimately by giving
America the ungodly leaders it deserve. For instance, the United States President Barack Hussein Obama, who
is the most pro-abortion, pro-homosexual, and anti-Israel president in America’s history! The fact that he was
re-elected for a second term demonstrates the spiritual and moral bankruptcy of our nation!
Presently, many people are heeding these God-given forerunner signals by either prepping in America
for hard times, or departing from America for a safer country. In these titanic times, many people don’t want to
sink with the American ship.
Presently, I do not think any of us are planing on leaving this country, but there are certain circumstances
when that might be a wise option. There are a few examples listed from in the past; we might take note of:
Genesis 7: verses 7- 24, speaks of Noah and his family boarding the ark to escape the flood that was coming upon
the earth. Genesis 19: verses 15 - 17, we find Lot and his family evacuated out of Sodom, before the destruction
of Sodom and Gomorrah. In this present age, we read in Isaiah 17: 1, of the oracles concerning Damascus
that is in the news of today. It is predicted to be destroyed and be non-existent in the future. Isa 17:1, takes a look
at what I just noted. “The burden of Damascus. behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall
be a ruinous heap.” This prophecy seems to be nearing its fulfillment. In estimating its present state, it might
be advisable to depart from Damascus in advance of its desolation, which we read more of in verse 9. ‘In that
day shall this strong cities be as a forsaken bough, And an uppermost branch, which they left because of the
children of Israel: and there shall be desolation. And in vs. 14, “Then behold, at eventide, trouble! And before
the morning, he is no more. This is the portion of those who plunder us, and the lot of those who rob us.”
This same scenario could happen overnight to Iran, according to Jeremiah 49. There we find a prophecy
concerning [Elam] now called Iran. Iran (Elam) is going to experience a disaster that will force mass
evacuation from the area. The details of the prophecy suggest that it is a nuclear disaster resulting in a
humanitarian crisis. “The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam [Iran] in the
beginning of the reign of Zedekiah King of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; behold, I will break the
bow of Elam, [Iran ] the chief of their might. And upon Elam [iran] will I bring the four winds from the four
quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts
of Elam [Iran] shall not come. For I will cause Elam [Iran] to be dismayed before their enemies, and before
them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them even My fierce anger, saith the Lord; and I will send the
sword after them, till I have consumed them: and I will set My throne in Elam [Iran], and will destroy from there
the king and the princes, [their leader] saith the Lord. But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring
again the captivity of Elam, [Iran] saith the Lord” (Jer 49:34-39).
In light of the high probability that the Israeli Defense Forces are going to strike Iran’s nuclear program
soon, it would be wise to vacate from that territory now, before the calamity occurs.
Continuing to look into the future, • Matthew 24, Christ warns the Jews that in the middle of the 7-year
tribulation period, to flee immediately from Jerusalem when they witness the anti-christ desecrating their third
temple. “When you therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in
the holy place, (whoso reads, let him understand: then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: let
him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: neither let him which is in the
field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that are nursing in those
days! (Matt 24:15 -19). This event triggers the final genocidal attempt of the Jews, which Zechariah 13: 8, warns
will lead to the killing of two-thirds of the Jewish population in the land of Israel. The advisable before hand
move for all Jews living there at that time is to seek safety far in advance of this predicted event.
In the cases of the present and future prophetic scenarios, people can leave and prep now while they are
still alive, or struggle to exist in the harsh circumstances. Unfortunately, not everyone has the financial
wherewithal to leave now, so they could prepare a layered exit strategy.
Looking at things closer at home should Americans still have hope in 2 Chronicles 7: verse 14? Over
the past several decades many God has called have been sounding the 2 Chronicles 7:14 warning throughout
America, which reads; “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 will forgive their sin and heal their
land.” This verse dealt with the Lord’s response to King Solomon’s petition for the protection of the nation of
Israel. The hope is that it could also find application in America.
The reasoning was that if American Christians would humble themselves, pray, and turn away from evil,
corruption and lawlessness and seek the Lord, they could bring God’s favor upon the nation. Whether or not this
presumption is correct, it does not appear to be working presently in the U.S.A.
The sobering reality is that, while the 2 Chronicles thoughts were and has been echoed throughout this
nation, the Lord was bring out alterative judgments that a majority of Americans and their leaders have
continued to ignore. Instead of pursuing peace and safety they brought division and cachous in just the six years
Obama and the Democrats have been in office. They have: 1.Destroyed our national sovereignty; 2.Destroyed
healthcare; 3.Destroyed the sanctity of marriage; 4.Turned race relations back 100 years; 5. Attacked the police
and praised criminals; 6. Quadrupled the number of people on food stamps; 7. Restarted the cold war; 8.
Destroyed our allies and supported our enemies; 9. Turned our military into a gay bath house; 10. Reverted the
middle east back into the middle ages; 11. Turned the I.R.S.. and N.S.A. into the K.G.B.; 12. Doubled the
national debt; 13.Infested America with foreign diseases; 14.Wasted billions of taxpayer dollars on the scam
of “global warming”; 15. Greatly empowered and supported Islamic radicals; 16. Flooded America with illegal
aliens, Muslims and Africans; 17. Taken over the internet–if you like your internet you can keep it!; 18. gave
us the smallest army and navy sense 2006; 19. And has for the first time taken God out of government.
With all that understanding, the question is, can America still have a Nineveh experience? Nineveh, the
capital city of the Assyrian Empire was ultimately destroyed around 612 BC. However, the empire had become
exceedingly evil long before it came to its end. At the height of its wickedness, the Lord sent the prophet Jonah
to warn of its impending destruction. Jonah’s message was well received and its leaders and the city repented
and received a stay of execution. Jonah 3:10 says, “Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil
way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.”
Is it possible that this historical example could be repeated in America? Could America receive a similar
pardon from the Lord? God has all the power and He can do what ever He pleases, but the Lord does not issue
“get out of jail free” cards, like in the game of monopoly.
America must repent in order for the Lord to relent from destroying this nation. Is America having a
Jeremiah 7:16 consequence? A nation can reach a point of no return, when the Lord determines that its
destruction cannot be averted. This happened to the Southern Kingdom of Judah about 2700 years ago during
the time of the Hebrew prophet Jeremiah. Three times he was essentially told not to waste time praying for the
people of Judah. “Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make
intercession to Me; for I will not hear you. Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets
of Jerusalem?” (Jer. 7:16).
After Jeremiah received his instruction not to pray for the people of Judah, he forewarned them of their
forthcoming judgment, saying, the people would be deported for seventy years into Babylonian captivity and the
land would remain desolate during that period.
In His foreknowledge, the Lord knew that Judah would not have a Nineveh or a 2 Chronicles 7:14
moment. What was that moment? Jer 7:14, “Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by My Name,
wherein you trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh: If Judah
would have repented, the Lord would certainly have relented from judgment.
The question for Americans to ask is; Does America have a national repentance forthcoming in the near
future? Only God, who knows “the end from the beginning” knows!
Is America approaching a Hosea 4:6 moment? If America, like Judah, has passed the point of no return
and has no national repentance in store for its future, then Americans need to prepare for a Hosea 4: 6
consequence. Hosea warned the Northern Kingdom of Israel that it would be destroyed. This destruction was
caused by the Assyrian Empire that occurred in 722 B.C. Hosea urged his fellow Israelites beforehand to
become informed so that they could get prepared for the forthcoming destruction.
Prophetic information about the destruction of the Northern Kingdom of Israel was abundantly available,
not only from Hosea’s teachings, but also those of the prophets Amos, Isaiah and others God works through.
It was not the Lord’s fault if His people did not get the memo. Hosea informs us that his message of judgment
was for all the inhabitants of Israel, whether they had faith in God or not. “Hear the word of the Lord, you
children of Israel: for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor
mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. Now look at Hos 4:14, “ I will not punish your daughters when they
commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and
they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.” That verse warned that
everyone, believers and unbelievers, who lacked understanding were going to be trampled, which means those
who possessed prophetic awareness could prepare in advance. Remember Hosea 4:6 said, “My people are
destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject them …”
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Lord has been warning Americans about the dangers
that lie ahead, but are the American people rejecting those warnings? If so, then as Hosea says, “the Lord will
reject them.”
There is no substitute for God’s word so all God’s ambassadors out there needs to tell America to wake
up and learn the prophetic warnings of God! It’s high time that all God’s called out ones sink their teeth into
the imminent prophecies of the Bible. We all need to study for understanding and then ask the Lord for
protection, direction and opportunities to share the knowledge they glean from this process with others.
It is knowledge that will help the people of God through the coming chaos. This knowledge is found
in the prophetic word of God. The Lord foreknew that the final generation would need lots of relevant
information in order to live intelligent lives during the turbulent end times. As such, He imparted a large amount
of prophetic knowledge ages ago through Christ, the apostles and the Hebrew prophets. This is where the called
of God have to start.
Israel's rebirth as a nation has served as a catalyst for other "end time" prophecies that are beginning to
converge on the world scene. The apostle Paul told us, “that in the last days perilous times shall come” (2 Tim
3:1.” Jesus said there would be a times of worldwide conflict and wars that would be "the beginning of sorrows"
(Matt 24: 8). And in Mark, Christ said, “Except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be
saved” (Mark 13:20).
The ability of man to destroy all flesh on the earth became a real possibility for the first time in the history
of the world during the second half of the 20th century with the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological
weapons.
The 21st century will witness an unprecedented increase in surveillance and eaves-dropping as the global
government "Big brother" system wraps its tentacles around every aspect of human life, while promising "peace
and security" to those who relinquish their freedoms.
1 Thess 5: 3, tells us of a coming destruction, but America is asleep! “For when they shall say, peace and
safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
God’s called who take the Bible seriously should be actively watching the prophetic shadows that are appearing
in today's headlines.
As we entertain the possibility that we may be the generation Jesus was talking about in His fig tree
parable nearly 2000 years ago, we are admonished by the scriptures to watch and be prepared, as stated clearly
by Jesus in Matthew and Mark, “no man knows the day or the hour of His coming, but the Father only.”
This same Jesus, however, was very angry with the pharisees and scribes for not discerning "the signs
of the times" (Mat 16:3). “And not knowing the "time of their visitation" (Luke 19:44).
One day there will be a generation of God’s called that will escape the grip of death and be ushered into
heaven as a bride of Christ. The generation that is "left behind" will face the ruthless tyranny of a global
dictatorship, writes, Rev 13: 11-18. The world stage is now being set for the closing act of this dispensation, and
the climax of world history.
The witnessing of Christ's return is drawing near. We may very well be the generation that is chosen to
"Escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man." Luke 21:34 - 36, records
that, that possibility is certainly worth pondering!
People need this information that was intended to equip them for the days in which we are living
in. If this is the final generation! there is more written in the Bible about it than any other generation through-out history. We can not look for the Lord to lift up some political super hero, rather look to the
Lord to lift up His holy prophetic word for our equipping and teaching God’s kingdom. Now more than ever
before in America, the primary individual focus needs to be on a personal relationship with Christ, rather than
on any of the current political leadership.
In closing thoughts, Perhaps the Lord will lift a political hero up inside America, but I’m concerned that as a
nation we have arrived at the Hosea 4: verse 6 moment. ‘My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:
because they have rejected knowledge, I will also reject them, that they shalt be no priest to Me: seeing they have
forgotten the law of their God, I will also forget their children.☜
James Russell