Darold Edwards

Being an infant among nations, time-wise, why has America, after rising to the top so rapidly in Biblical spirituality, strength, wealth, character, etc, has just a rapidly suffered demise, shame, and reproach? It was due to God’s blessings because of her Biblical pursuits and spirituality based on the foundation spoken of in [1 Corinthians 3:10-11], “According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ”. This is the reason why America came to be, and why she grew and advanced so rapidly on the world stage. America was founded on, built on, and anchored in Biblical teaching, direction, and counsel. Our forefathers, no doubt selected and appointed by God himself, educated, developed, and led by divine appointments to do what they accomplished to establish this great nation did just what Benjamin Franklin told a lady who posed the question to him at the Constitutional Convention; well Mr. Franklin, what have you done for us? His reply, “Madam, we have given you a republic, if you can keep it”. Indeed they had; and indeed, we have not.

Scarcely 350-400 years later we have virtually lost what was built on the foundation of Biblical principles, and handed to us by our Founding Fathers. The church world that originally settled this land, except for the native Americans who preceded us, has ignorantly capitulated and inadvertently abdicated her authority and dominion power to the enemies of the cross of Christ. They now have taken over control of our America and have proceeded to form their own Godless government in opposition to God’s divine directives for operation, management, and prosperity of our “land of the free and the home of the brave”. It grieves my heart to think of the great multitudes who have sacrificed, even to the ultimate, to bring America to the land of freedom and greatness she once enjoyed only to see her dashed on the rocks of disaster by the incompetents who have done so, not being qualified or able to steer our nation on the course God had set for her. [Hosea 4: 6-7], “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law “Word” of thy God, I will also forget thy children. As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame”.

There are those who did not take heed how they built on that initial foundation, and others who cast that foundation aside and cut America loose from her God ordained moorings of Biblical strength, stability, and righteousness, [Isaiah 5: 24], “Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root [man made foundation] shall be as rottenness, and their blossom [their children]shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel”. These four verses of scripture should give us a good idea of why America’s youth are having such a difficult journey in life; we parents have not done well in keeping the nations foundation secure. We have let the enemy take over our educational means of teaching our young the essentials of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, based on a Biblical perspective. Consequently they have not learned the proper essentials provided by God himself, but the mundane, quite often character destroying nonsense that has been substituted for God’s truth and absolutes.

So we are witnessing the fall of the mighty by deception, deceit, and outright stupidity and ignorance. We have failed to heed God’s simplest of instructions in righteousness, [Proverbs 4: 7], “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding”. [Proverbs 1: 7], “The fear of the Lord is the beginning [of fear, reverence] and of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction”. [John 3:16] is probably the best known and most memorized verse in the Bible, and its truth stands just as strong today as when it was first inspired given, and recorded for mans benefit, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life”. The rejection and neglect of this great and basic verse for the salvation of humanity is the reason so many nations have fallen, [John 3: 6, 7], ”Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Marvel not that I said unto you, Ye must be born again”.

This is just a very brief summary of what has happened to our great nation, aided and abetted by the rejection of a history that for its Biblical content has been discontinued due to the erroneous idiocy of the separation of church nonsense that has robbed our nation of leadership that would encourage such Biblical encouragement and direction. [Amos 8: 11], “Behold the days come, saith the Lord God that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord”.

 For a much more complete and interesting accounting of America’s history, a history which is no longer taught in our schools contact: www.wallbuilders.com or phone 1-800-873-2845 for additional information and a catalog of their many educational aids. May I suggest “The American Heritage Series, DVD and their book, “Original Intent”. There are other good sources of this information available. Get these in your homes and churches to acquaint yourselves with America’s Biblical history content and opposition to it in many areas of human insidious deception and deceit that has brought America to today’s shame and disgrace. Thank God for the few exceptions that have provided at least some stability, strength, and direction for America through Biblical application and counsel. These few of [Matthew 7: 13-14] by their “reasonable service” [Hebrews 12:1],  are to be commended for their stand in the face of all the adversity that is protected, thus promoted and encouraged, by governmental decree as well as the many in the exercising of their “rights??”.