I am becoming more and more discouraged
by the state of our nation. In theological/doctrinal, moral, and economic
terms, our nation is descending into chaos and foolishness. One of the greatest
problems currently at hand is the watering down of the Christian faith. The
mediocrity and easy believism of American evangelicalism makes the way we self
identify as Christians deplorable. When Christians allow their pattern of
thinking to be formed by popular culture, their economic behavior to be
directed by worldly economic theory and their definition of what it actually
means to be a Christian to be defined by secular psychology, we have completely
lost our bearings.
Our country is so far gone, that,
by considering what has happened to other nations over the past centuries who
have followed this same path, we can only conclude that God will allow our
nation to reap the fruit of the crop we are sowing. In other words, as we
continue to descend into madness, our blindness won't allow us to turn and
repent. I'm afraid that the only possible end to the path we are on is severe
hardship. We will probably have to suffer at the hands of our own economic and
spiritual foolishness before we see any light. And those who actually are
striving for holiness may have to suffer along with the rest of society, as we
suffer as one people, not as a bunch of individuals.
I'm afraid serious hardship is our
unavoidable future. But this says nothing about my belief in postmillenialism.
Far too often people's eschatological beliefs are centered around the cultural
and historical context in which they live. A good example of this is seen in
our day. It goes something like this: America is falling away from the
Christian faith, therefore Jesus' second Coming must be soon. This is akin to
cultural bigotry. Why do we associate the entirety of the Christian Church to
northern Europe and the US? I truly believe that the fall of America may
very well result in the appearance of another nation in its place and the rise
of the Church there or elsewhere. The Holy Spirit is moving greatly in Russia, Africa
and Asia. The US and Europe may pass through another period of intellectual, moral
and spiritual dark ages. It could be that a large portion of the world will
pass through a long period of Islamic dominance, wherein the Church suffers and
is refined by martyrdom. The fall of America should not be thought of as a sure
sign of the return of Jesus Christ.
May God have mercy on us.
May God have mercy on us.
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