6 Does America Have A Role In Prophesy
DOES AMERICA HAVE A ROLE IN PROPHESY?
EVERYDAY WHEN THE SUN RISES OVER WASHINGTON DC,
THE FIRST INCOMING RAYS;
SHINE ON THE TOP OF THE 555 FOOT TALL WASHINGTON MONUMENT,
WHERE THESE WORDS ARE INSCRIBED; "LAUS DEO"
THEY ARE LATIN FOR "PRAISE BE TO GOD"
IN THE INTRODUCTION TO THEIR BOOK:
"THE LIGHT AND THE GLORY"
By Peter Marshall and David Manuel
THEY ASK A VERY PROFOUND QUESTION.
"WHAT IF COLUMBUS' DISCOVERY OF AMERICA WASN'T AN ACCIDENT.
WHAT IF IT WERE MERELY THE OPENING CURTAIN OF AN EXTRAORDINARY DRAMA?"
WHAT IF GOD HAD A PLAN FOR THE PEOPLE HE WAS BRINGING TO AMERICA?
WHAT IF GOD SAW THIS CONTINENT AS A STAGE FOR A NEW ERA IN THE DRAMA OF MANKIND'S REDEMPTION?
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
BELIEVED THAT GOD HAD A PLAN FOR AMERICA.
HE WROTE:
"I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT THIS ANOINTED LAND WAS SET APART IN AN UNCOMMON WAY, THAT A DIVINE PLAN PLACED THIS GREAT CONTINENT HERE BETWEEN THE OCEANS TO BE FOUND BY PEOPLE FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE EARTH WHO HAD A SPECIAL LOVE OF FAITH AND FREEDOM."
COLUMBUS' JOURNAL TELLS US THAT
HIS PRIMARY PURPOSE WAS TO TAKE THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION THROUGH JESUS CHRIST,
TO THE PEOPLE IN THIS UNKNOWN LAND.
THROUGHOUT OUR NATION'S HISTORY WE'VE SEEN OUR LEADERS GO TO GOD FOR GUIDANCE.
1. GENERAL WASHINGTON KNEELING IN THE SNOW OF VALLEY FORGE.
2. OUR FOUNDING FATHERS ON THEIR KNEES AT THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS.
3. ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRAYING IN THE HOUR OF NATIONAL CRISIS.
4. WOODROW WILSON READING HIS BIBLE LATE AT NIGHT BY THE WHITE HOUSE LIGHTS.
5. GEORGE WASHINGTON SUMMARIZED OUR NATIONAL DEPENDENCE ON GOD WHEN HE SAID;
"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."
IT'S OBVIOUS THAT AMERICA DIDN'T BECOME THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE
BY BLIND FATE OR SOME HAPPY SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
A BENEVOLENT GOD WAS HOVERING OVER THIS NATION FROM HER VERY BEGINNING.
THAT'S WHY AMERICA WITH ONLY 5% OF THE WORLDS POPULATION HAS MORE THAN 50% OF THE MODERN LUXURIES THAT CHARACTERIZE CIVILIZATION.
LET'S TRY TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS;
WHY HAS GOD BLESSED THIS NATION ABOVE ALL OTHER NATIONS?
WHY HAS AMERICA, IN HER SHORT HISTORY OUTSTRIPPED THE WEALTH, POWER, AND INFLUENCE OF ALL OTHER ANCIENT AND MODERN LANDS?
WHY WOULD GOD BLESS A NATION SO RICHLY
WITHOUT HAVING A SPECIAL PURPOSE IN MIND FOR HER?
WHAT IS GOD'S PLAN FOR AMERICA?
WHAT IS OUR PLACE IN END-TIME PROPHECY?
THOUGHT 1; LETS EXPLORE THE REASONS WHY GOD HAS BLESSED AMERICA SO ABUNDANTLY.
REASON NUMBER 1:
AMERICA HAS BEEN THE FORCE BEHIND WORLD MISSIONS.
3/4 OF ALL THE MISSIONARYS SENT IN THE LAST CENTURY HAVE COME FROM AMERICA.
ALSO ABOUT 3/4 OF ALL THE MONEY GIVEN TO SUPPORT MISSIONS OVER THE LAST CENTURY HAS COME FROM AMERICA.
THIS MEANS THAT 75% OF ALL MISSIONARIES
HAVE COME FROM A COUNTRY THAT ONLY HAS 5%
OF THE WORLDS POPULATION.
GOD BLESSES THOSE WHO MAKE THEIR PRIORITIES,
HIS PRIORITIES.
SINCE WWII AMERICA HAS STARTED 1800 MISSIONS AGENCIES,
AMERICA HAS SENT OVER 350,000 MISSIONARIES AROUND THE WORLD.
AND AS A RESULT OF THIS, 95 % OF THE WORLDS POPULATION HAVE ACCESS TO SOME PORTION OF SCRIPTURE IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE, AS WELL AS, RADIO BROADCASTS, AUDIO RECORDINGS, AND THE JESUS FILM.
ALL THIS ACHIEVEMENT IS LARGELY DUE TO THE MISSIONARY ZEAL OF CHURCHES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
REASON NUMBER 2:
JEWS HAVE BEEN PROTECTED FROM HARASSMENT AND ANTI-SEMITISM IN AMERICA.
THE JEWISH NATION HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY AMERICA.
AND THIS IS PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN HERITAGE OF OUR NATION.
WHEN ISRAEL WAS FIRST DECLARED TO BE A SOVERIGN STATE, THE ARAB NATIONS IMMEDIATELY DECLARED WAR ON HER.
ABBA EBAN, A SPOKESMAN FOR ISRAEL WENT TO PARIS TO MEET WITH AN AMERICAN DELEGATION REGARDING THE RECOGNITION OF THE ISRAELI STATE.
THE MAN IN CHARGE OF THE AMERICAN DELEGATION WASN'T VERY FAVORABLE TOWARD ISRAEL AND AT THE LAST MINUTE HE SUDDENLY HAD TO RETURN HOME,
LEAVING THE AMERICAN DELEGATION UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF JOHN FOSTER DULLES.
ABBA EBAN LATER SAID THAT THERE WAS A CURIOUS STRAIN OF PROTESTANT MYSTICISM AT THE TALKS.
WHAT EBAN CALLED PROTESTANT MYSTICISM IS ACTUALLY
THE HISTORIC LOVE THAT CHRISTIANS HAVE FOR
THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.
BASED ON OUR SHARED RELIGIOUS HEERITAGE AND SCRIPTURES WE HAVE A HEART FOR ISRAEL.
THIS HAS CEMENTED AMERICAN AND ISRAELI FRIENDSHIP FOR MORE THAN SIXTY YEARS.
REASON NUMBER 3:
AMERICA HAS BEEN A FREE NATION.
THE PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM ARE TIED UP IN THE TENETS OF CHRISTIANITY.
AMERICA HAS BEEN THE LABORATORY WHERE THOSE PRINCIPLES CAN GROW AND DEVELOP.
WITHOUT THE CHRISTIAN ELEMENT PRESENT IN A SOCIETY, IT WILL ALWAYS TEND TO FALL AWAY FROM FREEDOM AND TOWARD DESPOTISM.
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN SAID IN HIS 1981 INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
"ÁBOVE ALL, WE MUST REALIZE THAT NO ARSENAL OR NO WEAPON IN THE ARSENALS OF THE WORLD IS SO FORMIDABLE AS THE WILL AND MORAL COURAGE OF FREE M EN AND WOMEN. IT IS A WEAPON OUR ADVERSARIES IN TODAY'S WORLD DO NOT HAVE. IT IS A WEAPON WE AMERICANS DO HAVE."
AMERICA HAS TRIED TO SHARE WHAT WE’VE LEARNED BY EXPORTING FREEDOM WHEREVER WE’VE GONE.
WE’VE TRIED TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT FREEDOM IS WHAT CREATES THE LIFE GOD ENTENDED FOR US TO HAVE.
AMERICA HAS BECOME A PARADISE OF HUMAN LIBERTY;
A GREAT OASIS IN A GLOBAL DESERT OF TROUBLE, SUFFERING AND TRYANNY.
THE BIGGEST THREAT TO AMERICAN FREEDOM TODAY
IS THE INTERNAL EROSION OF OUR CULTURE.
IF OUR CULTURE CONTINUES TO JETTISON THE PRINCIPLES THAT HAS MADE OUR NATION GREAT,
THEN WE CAN HARDLY EXPECT THE BLESSINGS OF GOD
TO CONTINUE.
REASON NUMBER 4;
AMERICA WAS FOUNDED ON GOD AND ON HIS WORD.
IT’S NO MYSTERY THAT AMERICA’S FOUNDERS INSISTED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF FREEDOM.
THEIR DEPENDENCE ON THE GOD OF THE BIBLE LED THEM TO SUBJECT THEMSELVES TO HIS ULTIMATE AUTHORITY FOR LAW,
RATHER THAN SET THEMSELVES UP AS AUTOCRATS.
BECAUSE THEY SUBMITTED TO GOD’S AUTHORITY, HE HAS BLESSED US AND NO OTHER NATION HAS BEEN BLESSED.
PSALMS 33:12 SAYS “BLESSED IS THE NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD,
THE PEOPLE HE HAS CHOSEN AS HIS OWN INHERITANCE.
GEORGE WASHINGTON SAID;
“IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO RIGHTLY GOVERN THE WORLD WITHOUT GOD AND THE BIBLE.”
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SAID;
GOD IS MY WITNESS THAT IT IS MY CONSTANT ANXIETY AND PRAYER THAT BOTH MYSELF AND THIS NATION SHOULD BE ON THE LORD’S SIDE.”
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SAID;
“THE LONGER I LIVE, THE MORE CONVINCING PROOFS I SEE
OF THE TRUTH – THAT GOD GOVERNS IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN.”
PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON SAID:
“THE BIBLE….IS THE ONE SUPREME SOURCE OF REVELATION OF THE MEANING OF LIFE.”
“AMERICA WAS BORN A CHRISTIAN NATION, AMERICA WAS BORN TO EXEMPLIFY THAT DEVOTION TO THE ELEMENTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH ARE DERIVED FROM THE REVELATIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE.
TODAY, OUR HERITAGE OF NATIONAL DEPENDENCE ON GOD IS UNDER FIRE.
TODAY, THERE ARE FORCES WITHIN OUR NATION THAT ARE THREATENING IT'S DIVINE LIFELINE.
THERE ARE POWERFUL LEGAL TIDES THAT ARE TRYING TO REMOVE THE WORDS 'UNDER GOD' FROM THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THESE TWO WORDS WERE INSERTED INTO THE PLEDGE IN 1954, PARTLY TO DISTINGUISH OUR NATION FROM THE ATHEISTIC COMMUNISM OF THE SOVIET UNION.
AS WE TURN FROM OUR POSITION OF BEING UNDER GOD, WE CAN NO LONGER EXPECT HIS BLESSINGS
TO BE ON OUR NATION.
WE WILL HAVE BROKEN OUR DIVINE LIFELINE.
AT A DALLAS AREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ONE PARENT COMPLAINED THAT THE NATIONAL MOTTO, "IN GOD WE TRUST" WAS PAINTED ON THE WALL OF THE GYM.
THE SCHOOL BOARD PROMPTLY PAINTED OVER THE MOTTO.
THEN WHEN SEVERAL OTHER PARENTS COMPLAINED ABOUT IT'S ABRUPT REMOVAL, TEXAS LAW AND THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE PREVAILED.
THE SCHOOL'S DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE HAD TO ADMIT THAT THEY HAD MADE A MISTAKE AND ANNOUNCED THAT "IN GOD WE TRUST' WOULD BE REPAINTED ON THE WALL.
THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HAS MAINTAINED A COPY OF THE CAPSTONE THAT IS ON THE TOP OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. THE ONE WITH THE WORDS "LAUS DEO" ENGRAVED ON IT.
THIS REPLICA HAS BEEN ON DISPLAY IN AN EXHIBIT, DETAILING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MONUMENT.
RECENTLY THE DISPLAY HAS BEEN CHANGED; THE CASE WAS REPOSITIONED AND TURNED SO THAT THE INSCRIPTION "LAUS DEO" COULD NO LONGER BE SEEN.
THESE THINGS ARE MORE THAN MISTAKES, THEY'RE PART OF A NATIONAL MINDSET TODAY,
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO REMOVE ANY PUBLIC REMINDER OF OUR DEPENDANCE ON GOD'S GRACE FOR OUR NATIONAL EXISTENCE.
THOUGHT 2
THE SILENCE OF THE BIBLE ON THE FUTURE OF AMERICA.
DR. TIM LAHAYE SAYS THAT
"ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS FOR AMERICAN 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."
ONE REASON FOR THIS MAY BE THAT
IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF HISTORY,
THE UNITED STATES IS A NEW KID ON THE BLOCK.
WE'RE LESS THAN 250 YEARS OLD.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT FACT IS THAT THE BIBLE DOESN'T MENTION MOST OF THE NATIONS IN THE MODERN WORLD.
THE ANCIENT PROPHETS WERE PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH THE HOLY LAND AND ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS.
DR. LA HAYE GOES ON TO ASK THIS QUESTION;
DOES THE UNITED STATES HAVE A PLACE IN END TIME PROPHESY?
MY FIRST ANSWER IS NO. THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT THE U.S. IN BIBLE PROPHESY. AT LEAST NOTHING SPECIFIC.
SO WHY WOULD THE GOD OF PROPHESY NOT REFER TO THE SUPREME SUPERPOWER NATION OF THE END TIMES?
THIS QUESTION DOESN'T HAVE A SIMPLE ANSWER.
BUT HERE IS SOME OF THE BEST THINKING
THAT STUDENTS OF BIBLE PROPHESY HAVE GIVEN US
ON WHY AMERICA ISN'T MENTIONED.
ANSWER 1:
AMERICA IS GOING TO BE INCORPORATED INTO
THE EUROPEAN COALITION.
JOHN WALVOORD SAYS:
ALTHOUGH THE SCRIPTURES DO NOT GIVE ANY CLEAR WORD CONCERNING THE ROLE OF THE UNITED STATES IN RELATION TO THE REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE,
IT'S CLEAR THAT THIS WILL BE A CONSOLIDATION
OF THE POWER OF THE WEST.
MOST CITIZENS IN AMERICA ARE DECENDED FROM EUROPEAN ORIGINS SO IT MAKES SENSE THAT WE WOULD BE ALIGNED WITH EUROPE.
ACCORDING TO THIS THEORY, AMERICA IS NOT MENTIONED BECAUSE WE WILL BE IN THE MIX OF THE POLITICAL REALIGNMENTS THAT FORM AT THE END OF TIME.
WE CAN ALREADY SEE THIS REALIGNMENT HAPPENING TODAY.
PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNED
THE TRANS-ATLANTIC ECONOMIC INTEGRATION PLAN
WITH THE EU COMMISSION PRESIDENT A
ND THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR IN 2007.
MR. BUSH SAID;
"I BELIEVE IT'S IN THIS COUNTRY'S INTEREST THAT WE REJECT ISOLATIONISM AND PROTECTIONISM AND ENCOURAGE FREE TRADE."
THIS AGREEMENT IS AN ECONOMIC TIE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION.
SINCE THE SIGNING OF THIS AGREEMENT, THERE HAS BEEN PROGRESS IN CREATING A
TRANS-ATLANTIC ECONOMIC UNION BETWEEN
THE EUROPEAN UNION AND NORTH AMERICA.
THIS AGREEMENT LUMPS THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO AND CANADA INTO ONE GROUP.
MAYBE ONE OF THE TEN GROUPS.
ANSWER 2:
AMERICA WILL BE INVADED BY OUTSIDE FORCES.
PERHAPS THE SILENCE OF SCRIPTURE ON THE FUTURE OF AMERICA INDICATES THAT BY THE TIME THE TRIBULATION ARRIVES,
AMERICA WILL HAVE LOST HER INFLUENCE IN THE WORLD AND WILL NO LONGER BE A MAJOR PLAYER.
OUR THIRST FOR OIL COULD CRIPPLE OUR ABILITY TO DEFEND OUR BORDERS.
WE COULD BE HIT BY A NEUCLEAR ATTACK,
OR SOME WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION,
OR SOME OTHER MAJOR CATASTROPHE
SUCH AS A DIRTY BOMB.
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD BE REDUCED TO A SECOND RATE POWER OVERNIGHT.
SINCE THE MURDER OF BENAZIR BHUTTO IN PAKISTAN THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS FALLING INTO THE HANDS OF ISLAMIC RADICALS.
IN JUST THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THE INABILITY OF PAKISTAN TO CONTROL THE ISLAMIC JIHADISTS LIVING IN THEIR COUNTRY.
AS WELL AS THE JIHADISTS ATTEMPTS TO GET THEIR HANDS ON PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR WARHEADS.
I THINK I EVEN HEARD ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF AMERICAN INTERVENTION INTO PAKISTAN
TO TRY TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING.
AND THEN THERE'S NORTH KOREA AND IRAN.
EITHER ONE OF THESE COUNTRIES COULD SLIP A NUCLEAR DEVICE TO A TERRIORIST GROUP.
THESE ENEMIES HAVE DIFFERENT AGENDAS, BUT THEY SHARE A COMMON DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE
AND A BURNING HATRED FOR THE UNITED STATES.
ANSWER 3:
AMERICA WILL BE INFECTED WITH MORAL DECAY.
MOST NATIONS PASS THROUGH THE SAME STAGES IN THEIR EXISTENCE.
1. FROM BONDAGE TO SPIRITUAL FAITH;
2. FROM SPIRITUAL FAITH TO GREAT COURAGE;
3. FROM COURAGE TO LIBERTY;
4. FROM LIBERTY TO ABUNDANCE;
5. FROM ABUNDANCE TO COMPLACENCY;
6. FROM COMPLACENCY TO APATHY;
7. FROM APATHY TO DEPENDANCE;
8. THEN FROM DEPENDENCE BACK TO BONDAGE.
WHERE ARE WE IN THIS CIRCLE TODAY?
LA SHAWN BARBER WROTE:
"REGARDLESS OF ITS ULTIMATE LEGACY,
AMERICA IS A CIVILIZATION ON THE DECLINE.
A COUPLE OF CENTURIES FROM NOW (OR SOONER)
SOMEONE WILL LAMENT THE LOSS OF A ONCE GREAT CIVILIZATION THAT BROUGHT PROSPERITY TO THE WORLD AND TRIED TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY."
BARBER IS RIGHT ON THE MONEY EXCEPT FOR THE PART ABOUT A 'COUPLE OF CENTURIES'
WE'RE SLIPPING A LOT FASTER THAN THAT.
DR. CARLE ZIMMERMAN HAS IDENTIFIED ELEVEN SYMPTOMS OF A NATIONS FINAL DECAY.
LET'S SEE HOW MANY OF THEM APPLY TO US TODAY.
1. NO FAULT DIVORCE.
2. BIRTH DEARTH; THIS IS AN INCREASED DISRESPECT FOR PARENTHOOD AND FOR PARENTS.
3. MEANINGLESS MARRIAGE RITES/CEREMONIES.
4. DEFAMATION OF PAST NATIONAL HEROS.
5. ACCEPTANCE OF ALTERNATIVE MARRIAGE FORMS.
6. WIDESPREAD ATTITUDES OF FEMINISM, NARCISSISM, AND HEDONISM.
7. PROPAGATION OF ANTI-FAMILY SENTIMENT.
8. ACCEPTANCE OF MOST FORMS OF ADULTRY.
9. REBELLIOUS CHILDREN.
10. INCREASED JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.
11. COMMON ACCEPTANCE OF ALL FORMS OF SEXUAL PERVERSION.
AS THE REASONS FOR GOD TO BLESS AMERICA ARE ERODING,
WE CAN EXPECT THE BLESSINGS TO FADE AS WELL.
AT FIRST WE INVITED GOD INTO OUR NATION.
WE OPENED OUR NATIONAL DOORS TO HIM
AND MADE HIM WELCOME AS OUR MOST HONORED GUEST.
NOW OUR CULTURE SEEMS BENT ON SHUTTING HIM OUT;
PRAYER HAS BEEN EXCISED FROM OUR SCHOOLS.
SUITS HAVE BEEN FILED TO REMOVE "UNDER GOD" FROM THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM OUR PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
THE MOTTO IN GOD WE TRUST IS IN DANGER OF EXTENCTION.
TEACHERS HAVE BEEN FORBIDDEN EVEN TO CARRY A PERSONAL BIBLE IN VIEW OF THEIR STUDENTS.
CHRISTIAN LITERATURE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM LIBRARY SHELVES.
CHRISTMAS CAROLS HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM SCHOOL PROGRAMS.
AND SPRING BREAK HAS REPLACED EASTER VACATION.
IT'S SAD TO SAY, BUT AMERICA IS INFECTED
WITH THE DEADLY DISEASE OF MORAL DECAY.
AS THIS CANCEROUS DISEASE EATS AWAY AT OUR FOUNDATIONS, OUR FUTURE IS INEVITABLE.
EVEN A LONG SUFFERING GOD WILL NOT FOREVER
STRIVE WITH MEN.
A LIMB THAT CUTS ITSELF OFF FROM THE TRUNK
WILL NOT CONTINUE TO LIVE.
ANSWER 4:
AMERICA WILL BE IMPOTENT BECAUSE OF THE RAPTURE
IF THE RAPTURE WERE TO HAPPEN TODAY AND ALL THE TRUE BELIEVERS IN JESUS CHRIST DISAPPEARED IN A SINGLE MOMENT, AMERICA AS WE KNOW IT
WOULD BE GONE.
NOT ONLY WOULD THE COUNTRY LOSE A MINIMUM OF 25% OF HER POPULATION, BUT SHE WOULD ALSO LOSE THE VERY BEST SALT AND LIGHT OF THE NATION.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THE CHAOS WHEN THE ONLY PEOPLE LIVING IN AMERICA ARE THOSE WHO HAVE REJECTED GOD?
IT'S LIKE A REVERSE OPERATION -- WHERE ALL THE HEALTHY CELLS ARE REMOVED AND ONLY THE CANCEROUS CELLS ARE LEFT TO CONSUME ONE ANOTHER.
HERMAN A HOYT STATED:
"IN THESE DAYS OF CRISIS, OUR TRUST SHOULD NOT REST IN A NATION THAT MAY SHORTLY DISAPPEAR, BUT IN HIM WHO WORKS ALL THINGS AFTER THE COUNSEL OF HIS OWN WILL.
MR. HOYT IS RIGHT; WHAT DO WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT? OUR TRUST HAS NEVER BEEN IN GOVERNMENTS, CIVILIZATIONS, OR CULTURES.
THESE INSTITUTIONS ONLY LAST A MOMENT.
THEY ARE HELPFUL WHILE THEY ARE HERE, BUT THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN WORTHY OF OUR TRUST.
WE PUT OUR TRUST IN THE ONE WHO STANDS ABOVE INSTITUTIONS,
ABOVE HISTORY,
AND ABOVE EVEN TIME ITSELF.
ONLY GOD IS WORTHY OF OUR ULTIMATE ALLEGIANCE.