The America which Did Not Listen

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Editors note: From the Archives of 2006 comes this article below.

The America which Did Not Listen, Prophesy Smooth Things
By Dana G Smith
Keywords: Israel, America, God, Jehovah, prophets, prophesy, Gospel, Jesus Christ
Summary:
America like Israel of Old is saying to God, prophesy smooth things. It is a land which refuses the truth and accepts the knowledge of men. The church has swallowed this Americanized Pseudo Gospel being fed to the masses. In this we find the America which did not listen.
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In the struggle of nations, men set themselves with strengths against each other. So too, did Israel. In defiance of their God, who spoke by the mouth of the prophets, moved away from divine guidance. Israel and Judah both rejected Jehovah God. For them Yahweh’s commands was too harsh. This set in motion events that would destroy both kingdoms. The one Theocracy in the world at that time serving the one True God and they moved from His protective guidance.

The setting in motion of this rebellion had been ongoing. The Old Testament is full of the warnings of the Prophets. These mirrored the actual events in Israel and Judah, who disobeyed the Prophets Words from Yahweh. In Isaiah Chapter 30 we see this struggle. The event is mirrored by Hezekiah who sought protection from Egypt. This so-called man made solution was brought forward in belief that this would stop the Assyrians. It did not.

The event itself is actually repeated over and over again in Israel and Judah both. The details of events that brought the whole of Jewish society against the Lord God is different through this history of the Land of Israel. The important thing to see is the rebellious nature of the people. For these people did not want the ones who saw into the future or knew Jehovah to tell them anything truthful. They wanted as is recorded in Chapter 30 and verse 10 of Isaiah. This was for the Seers and Prophets to not see, nor prophesy what they had seen. They were not to speak “true things of prophecy” [strongs H5229- Prophesy not], they were to give speak to them “illusions” [strongs H4123- deceits]. The prophets were to speak “smooth things, flattering things” [strongs H2513-smooth things].

Isaiah 30:9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:

The people trusted in their own abilities. They did not like the harsh commands of Jehovah. As a result, their own pride, ended up being compared to Sodom:

Ezekiel 16:49  Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

It is listed as the first of many sins of Sodom. As a matter of fact, Homosexuality was not even mentioned. It was their pride that led them to disregard Gods commands and follow their own laws. This in the end destroyed Israel, their beloved temple, and all their freedoms. It caused the curses to come upon them that Moses told them in Deuteronomy. It had now become fact, Israel, who had known God, wanted no more to do with Him or His laws.

Although in America we are not a Theocracy, we have had the Gospel light shed upon us. If you look in the Old Testament, only one nation was judged by God that was considered a Theocracy, which was Israel. The rest of the nations judged by God were all Gentile nations, not Theocracies at all. To say that a nation must be a Theocracy to be judged by God is wrong. The Old Testament proves the opposite. In our lands today, both the church and the unbelieving population live in a Earthly American pride. This pride says to those bringing the Word of God; do not prophesy to us right things of God.  It says tell us ‘false visions’. Reveal to us visions of good things. Do not tell us about this God in Heaven who holds the nations in His grasp. Do not reveal to us our sins. Do tell us all the nice things we want to hear.  Do not tell us about hell; instead say “we are all going to heaven”. Do not tell us there is only one way of salvation. Tell us we are all saved no matter what we do.

We can see today in America that the gospel is under attack. So are those who hold dear the name of Jesus Christ and His gospel of salvation. We have millionaire evangelists and prophets who prophesy lies, and promote a carnal sugar coated gospel. The carnal message itself teaches us to love the world. It also teaches us that we can live in luxury and bliss, enjoying all the world has, without answering to God. It teaches many today that we can be homosexual, lesbian, fornicate any way we want, and also live as liars, cheats with no fear of God. It teaches us not to follow ways of holiness without which no man or woman will see the Lord. The church in America and the public who are unbelievers live in a land that has been blessed. Many see this nation continuing on as it has forever.

There is an ongoing attack against the True faith and Gospel of Christ. This attack, by many secularists and carnal church leaders, has prevented prayer in schools. It has brought down the Ten Commandments in many areas. Although some have put them back, for many in America, following the commandments is not the thing to do. We have teachers who can’t teach or say anything about Jesus Christ in class, but instead can teach the most horrid sex ed class in history. We have people who place their hands on the bible in our courtrooms, but the nation itself is daily eroding the Christian values that have been the foundation in this land.

The bottom line is this. Are you Christian or an American? Are you a Believer or a Christian? For today, one can be a Christian and not a believer. But all believers are Christians. There is a dichotomy today in America. This dichotomy is two major groups of those who will follow Jesus Christ no matter what and those who hold America dearer than anything else. We are to be a lover of God and not a lover of the World.  If we continue on this course we will find with former Israel of old, the wrath of almighty God. For our God is the ruler of the nations. The nations of men will answer to this God, no matter how much they refuse to listen today.

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