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Revival Versus Revolution (Part 3 of 4)

Revival vs Revolution

A Temporary Respite

It is true that in His grace and mercy, God has given us a temporary respite — a window of grace through the miraculous election of Donald Trump in 2016.

I think it is very interesting that back in 1980 when Ronald Reagan was elected, Francis Shaeffer, one of God’s prophetic voices to America, referred to Reagan’s election as a “window of grace” from God, and it was.

But as soon as his term ended in 1989, our society took up where it had left off in its rejection of Judeo-Christian values and proceeded in its downward spiral into the secular, pagan pit of Humanism.

President Trump was elected on a platform proclaiming that he would “Make America Great Again.” After his election, I said several times that we could not count on his doing so. I said that because I emphasized that no one could make our nation great again as long as we continued in our outright rebellion against God and His Word.

Our nation, like Judah, has gone too far in its rejection of God. I believe our wound is incurable. The election of Trump is not a portent of our future. And I can prove that with four brutal facts. After eight years of the most ungodly administration in American history:

  1. President Obama left office with a 60% approval rating.
  2. His designated heir, Hillary Clinton, received 3 million more votes than Trump.
  3. Our nation’s future — the Millennials (18 to 29 year olds) — supported an out-and-out Socialist, and when he failed to get the nomination, they voted overwhelmingly for Clinton.
  4. Most important, the ignorance of God’s Word has come to characterize both our nation and professing Christians.

This ignorance is reflected in the latest polls conducted by the Barna Association which show that only 9% of Americans can be characterized as Bible-believing. And even more shocking, only 17% of professing Christians are truly Bible-believing.

And what determines a Bible-believing Christian? Answers to the following six questions:

  1. Does absolute moral truth exist?
  2. Is the Bible totally accurate in all of the principles it teaches?
  3. Is Satan a real being and not simply a symbolic force?
  4. Can people earn their way into Heaven by doing good works?
  5. Did Jesus live a sinless life?
  6. Is God the all-knowing, all-powerful creator of the world who still rules the universe today?

Again, only 9% of Americans can answer these questions biblically, and only 17% of professing Christians can do so.

Is it any wonder that a recent national poll by the George Barna’s American Culture and Faith Institute revealed that: 77% of Americans believe divorce is acceptable; 71% believe sexual intercourse between unmarried adults is okay; 69% believe there is nothing wrong in having a baby outside of marriage; 58% believe viewing pornography is acceptable.

Or, consider what public opinion polls are showing regarding same-sex marriage. Acceptance of the abomination of same-sex “marriage” has increased rapidly from 37% in 2007 to 67% in 2018. The latest 2018 poll showed there is only one state left in the Union where a majority of people oppose same-sex marriage — Alabama!

Our nation needs to wake-up to the fact that legalizing an abomination does not make it moral. Here’s how one organization has put it:

“Legality does not equal Morality.
Slavery was wrong, when it was legal.
Abortion is wrong, even though it is legal.
Gay ‘marriage’ is wrong, even though it’s legal.”

The Triumph of Humanism

My friends, we need to face up to the fact that we have lost the culture war. Humanism has triumphed. We are now a nation begging God to deliver us from judgment to destruction.

If President Trump is succeeded by another radical liberal supported by a radical liberal Congress, the turnaround will be swift and breathtaking:

  • All of Trump’s executive orders in accordance with Judeo-Christian principles will be reversed overnight.
  • The 2nd Amendment will come under concerted attack.
  • Abortion, euthanasia and infanticide will be promoted.
  • Hate speech legislation will be broadened to prevent people from speaking out against the Sexual Perversion Movement and abortion.
  • Israel will be abandoned.
  • Expressions of Christianity will be confined to church buildings.

People say, “But the Supreme Court will stand as a wall against the tide of paganism and secularism.” My response is “Don’t count on it.”

United States Supreme Court

A radical President with a supporting Congress can undercut the Court by passing legislation to increase the number of members from 9 to 11 and to allow for additional appointments for each judge who stays on the court beyond the age of 70.

What most people forget, or don’t know, is that six times in American history, Congress has changed the size of the Supreme Court by either increasing or decreasing the number of justices — each time for political reasons.

Our Constitution does not specify the number of judges. The Court began with 6 judges. It was increased to 7 in 1807 and to 9 in 1837. It was further increased to 10 members in 1863 and then reduced to 7 in 1866 to prevent President Andrew Johnson from making any appointments. The current size of 9 was set in 1864.

Furthermore, as recent decisions of the Court are proving once again, you can never tell for sure how a justice will vote once he is appointed to the Court. The trend throughout modern history has been for conservative justices to become liberal, as is the current situation with Chief Justice John Roberts.

In the fourth and last part of this series determining what the Bible has to say about a future revival or revolution in America, we will be comforted by the hope the Bible provides.

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Dr. David Reagan

Dr. David Reagan is the Founder and Evangelist Emeritus of Lamb & Lion Ministries. He is a life-long Bible student, teacher, and preacher and he led over 45 pilgrimages to Israel. Dr. Reagan was the host of the radio then television program Christ in Prophecy for nearly 40 years.

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  • Another beautiful article by Dr. Reagan. I would add that 5% of babies were born out of wedlock in 1960 (across all nationalities) and today the percentage is 40% for the past four years. The moral deterioration is clear to all Bible believing persons. The godless ones see the sexual revolution as liberation from guilt and repression produced by hyper-moralists. Historical revisionism is in place in K-12 and higher education. We have gone from seeing and teaching the USA as a land of opportunity to seeing and teaching that we are living in a land of exploitation. This shift in teaching began in earnest with the history books of Charles and his wife, Mary, Beard, and can be found today in the best-selling Peoples’ History of the United States by Howard Zinn. Obama studied with race baiting professors like Louis Gates who nonetheless have Ivy League, polished social skills that may leave certain naive persons with the view that their take on society is balanced. But it’s not!

    Please dear friends hold fast to Biblical/Christological truth. He is the way, the truth, and the life. None comes to the Father except through the Son.

    Blessings and shalom, Jeffrey Ludwig, Preacher and Philosophy Professor (survivor of our education system by the grace of God)

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