| day, as a Christian, I am faced with the task of | | | | because of the things coming upon the earth." Is it |
| discerning the days I am in. As an American, I am daily | | | | because bad things are happening in America that I |
| confronted with the decline of our nation, at the hands | | | | feel this way? I have to say, that honestly, I would be |
| of both political parties. | | | | lying if I didn't say that it has an impact as to how I |
| I grieve for my nation daily, as the new norm becomes | | | | view the times. |
| one that has sunk further in depravity, hopelessness, | | | | However, the most important timpiece of civilisation as |
| and despair. Yet, I cannot dwell on these things. Why? | | | | a whole, is Israel. When I look at how nations, even my |
| Because my citizenship is elsewhere, as is my | | | | own, are departing from support of Israel, I find ample |
| allegiance. | | | | support for my suspicions that what was foretold in |
| Now, this is not some declaration of disloyalty to the | | | | John's vision of the Apocalypse(Unveiling) of Jesus |
| USA. I am still obliged to abide by its laws, pay my | | | | Christ, is about to come to pass. |
| taxes, and be subject to the governing authorities. Paul | | | | Israel has been abandoned to the point, that the only |
| more than makes that clear in his letters. He was | | | | friend they will have left is God. And this is the |
| writing from Rome, so I am guessing he knew a little bit | | | | timepiece. My nation is a part of Biblical prophecy, in |
| about corrupt societies, and their officials. He still made | | | | the sense that we, by electing a leader who is in the |
| the statement. | | | | process of abandoning Israel, are abandoning Israel as |
| My citizenship is elsewhere, means exactly that: My | | | | a nation. |
| sonship and calling is from above, through Christ Jesus. | | | | The United States has been Israel's closest friend, in |
| I am an ambassador of heaven, to the earth. Many | | | | the natural sense of the word. Once all of her friends |
| times that means that it causes a logical conflict: The | | | | have left her, the only one left to love this nation is |
| argument of self-interest vs. the interests of the | | | | God. |
| kingdom of God. | | | | What does that mean? Very soon, Christ Jesus, who |
| It's a hard pill to swallow. When I want to bewail the | | | | was died, buried, and rose again, will come again for his |
| fate of America, I have to look at what that | | | | saints, and to set up His government upon the earth. |
| accomplishes in the grand scheme of things. Yes, I can | | | | He will set nature, government and the heavens at |
| pray for our leaders, our government, the people of | | | | harmony with each other, and take his place as rightful |
| the USA. If they choose a different course than what | | | | King of the Earth. |
| God dictates, I can do nothing more. I can speak for | | | | I am a citizen of Heaven. I will rule and reign with Him |
| righteousness, but if no one listens, it is of very little | | | | on the earth. Not because I am a good person. Not |
| comfort. | | | | because I have been particularly compassionate or |
| With that in mind, one has to look at what God has | | | | kind. Because of the blood that he shed for our sins, |
| foretold about the world system. We can clearly see it | | | | on the cross, and my acceptance of that fact. |
| falling apart, from man-made structures, like the stock | | | | I don't have to depose the kings of the earth. I don't |
| market, to organic structures like fault lines and | | | | have to be violent. I just have to accept the sacrifice |
| geological plates. | | | | of Jesus, and what he has done for me on the cross. |
| Wars and rumours of war have begun to reach our | | | | Will you do that? Do you want to be forgiven for the |
| ears, with the revolutions taking place in Africa, war in | | | | things you have done on this earth? Humble yourself, |
| Iraq and Afghanistan, and civil unrest becoming an | | | | and ask Jesus to be your king. Let your citizenship be |
| everyday thing in South and Central America. | | | | elsewhere, so that you are not subject to the confines |
| I believe that we are approaching the time where, | | | | and dictates of this earth, and the whims of nations. |
| according to scripture, "men's hearts fail them for fear, | | | | |