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?1 of ?15 America the Beautiful? January 19, 2019 adairsvillesda.org Where we are at in this series… Bible is a book about how the world and civilization interacts with God and His friends or followers Sodom, Egypt, Ninevah, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome, Papacy, …. Today we are going to talk about America and the purpose for which it was founded… The Old World…is ending Why? To those who were looking to go back to the primitive church the apostolic church the King of England is quoted as saying “conform, or ….harry them out of the land, or else worse” George Bancroft, History of the United States of America pt. 1, ch12 J.G. Palfrey writes “Hunted, persecuted and imprisoned many could see only dark days ahead. For those who wanted to serve God according to the dictates of their conscience “England was ceasing forever to be a habitable place” J.G. Palfrey History of New England They fled to Holland, left their homes and lands because of religious persecution. They became known as the Puritans, a Protestant group where their motto was “to walk together in all His ways made known or to be made known to them.” J. Brown , The Pilgrim Fathers p. 74 This was the true spirit of Protestantism and the Reformation. Men like their pastor John Robinson were teaching that Luther, Calvin, Knox and others would have kept the reformation progressing. He said “were they now living, our republic, everybody’s a farmer, and now everything is owned by what, Monsanto?” Review & Herald Magazine October 3, 1912, In God's plan for Israel, every family had a home on the land, with sufficient ground for tilling. Thus were provided both the means and the incentive for a useful, industrious, and self supporting life. And no devising of man has ever improved upon that plan. To the world's departure from it is owing, to a large degree, the poverty and wretchedness that exist today. “People felt like the state was no longer working for them, that the Assemblies and Senate weren’t passing laws for the benefit of anyone but a small group of elites. This resentment was threatening the legitimacy of the Republic in the eyes of many citizens.” ?14 of ?15 Another issue Duncan says was citizenship everyone wanted to be a citizen of the Republic Camille Paglia states the movement towards androgyny (removal of the distinction of gender and gender roles) occurs in late phases of a culture. As a civilization is staring to unravel. In the Greek art, the sculptures of handsome nude young men and athletes that used to be very robust, suddenly begin to look like wet noodles. This applies to the Hellenists, the Romans, Weimar Germany. People that live in these moments feel they are very sophisticated, very cosmopolitan saying homosexuality, heterosexuality anything goes you can see from a distance that this is a culture that no longer believes in itself, and then what you invariably get are people who are convinced of the heroic power of masculinity that could be the Huns, Barbarians, Vandals ISIS today. There is disconnect between the fascination of the transgender with what is taking place at the fringes. I am concerned and I think it’s ominous. 6 protracted wars, crumbling infrastructure, rising national debt, “These are all examples of a society that is completely unmoored” “Pay attention to the warning signs, If you ignore it, you risk the whole thing collapsing into civil war and a military dictatorship.” Rome went from a Republic quickly to a democracy to anarchy to dictators, tyrants. Author Chris Hedges describes current underemployment, rising debt, growing sexual abuse, rising gambling addiction, opiod and drug addiction, people are feeling alienated, depression is rising, loneliness is increasing. Disintegrating societies resort to violence. “Never forget that within American society, we are a deeply violent culture. awash in weapons.” An Estimated 40% of all guns in the world are in the United States. 400 Million Guns to a population of 328 Million. When national discourse is no longer rooted in fact, then facts are interchangeable with opinions. Then the truth is whatever you want it to be. Chris Hedges (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPk9HSLagVg) "A growing segment or majority of the Christian Right does not have the standard of living that they once did and is being marginalized. " There is currently an ideological vacuum in America which is quickly being filled by the Christian Right. The christian right is organized. They have their own universities, their own media platforms, systems of indoctrination, huge amounts of money behind them. Unless there is sustained mass civil disobedience to put pressure on the two party system and corruption then what’s coming Noam Chomsky “You may want Trump out but Michael Pence will be worse.” A republic protects the minority despite what the majority wants. A democracy is guided by the majority, the mob, the popular vote… Once people see their government and leaders cant be trusted or they lose that trust….we see what happened in France Revolution ?15 of ?15 Today, Multitudes are thus led to believe that desire is the highest law, that license is liberty, and that man is accountable only to himself. Education p. 227.6 “…anarchy is seeking to sweep away all law, not only divine, but human. The centralizing of wealth and power; the vast combinations for the enriching of the few at the expense of the many; the combinations of the poorer classes for the defense of their interests and claims; the spirit of unrest, of riot and bloodshed; the world wide dissemination of the same teachings that led to the French Revolution—all are tending to involve the whole world in a struggle similar to that which convulsed France. Education p. 228. Automation threatens jobs, unions still hold significant power. Hebrews 13:5 “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” FOR FURTHER STUDY Artificial Intelligence and unions Growing gap of the rich and poor The peril of cities and the data EW Out of the cities is my message. Matthew 24, disasters are coming. Dead are coming, satan coming as Christ heathen gods are coming. Digital currency. No buy or sell. Mark of the Beast. Loss of freedom of speech and religion.