No Win

post 104

I have suggested both possible results of this November vote would be concluded in the destruction of America.
This is very convenient for me of course, because I can’t be proven wrong no matter how the vote turns out. But that is not the point of what I have said. *1
The vote does not specifically destroy America, God will destroy it, but exactly how, is what is not said. I will be proven wrong only if America is not destroyed.
But when?
This is an answer without a clear definition for this reason;

I have said; God declared He intends to destroy America on November 2nd.
But the historical record of the prophecy I have show related to this destruction shows that those of the city Babylon did not even know it had fallen until a short time later. Daniel Chapter 5.
The historian Josephus in the complete works book 10 page 339, does not define the time frame of the siege by Darius, the capture, and then arrival of Cyrus the king of Persia. He simply states: “Now after a little while, both himself and the city were taken by Cyrus, the king of Persia, who fought against him;…”
Also, the interpretation of the writing on the wall is non-specific as to the tense; “PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and the Persians.” Daniel 5:28
In this verse we can interpret this to mean it had already been divided, or was sure to be divided.
We do not know how many days transpired between the appearance of the writing on the wall, and Daniel’s interpretation. By both the text of the scripture and Josephus’s account we can gather that it may have been several days.
All these factor allow for us to only guess at anything more accurate than “a short time”.
Allowing further that the historic example was designed by God as a prophecy, we then can only conclude “a short time” meaning nothing more specific than that, even if the historic events were "a few days". The Scriptural precedent shows numerous examples that God rarely moves in simple, easily defined, ways.
We do know that Belshazzar lost his life on the day of the interpretation, (Daniel 5:30) and therefore can be confident that the city was already taken at that point.
Most probable the city was actually taken the day the writing appeared, and it was still not known up to the day he died.

But back to the point of this writing;
I have shown both results of the vote are able to end in our destruction.
This is a problem which has no answer.
Does God work like that? This certainly does not sound like the god America worships!
Here in America everyone gets a second chance, and a third, and…

I have shown in the post titled; “Amos” the clear and pointed example of God unwilling to turn from his intended wrath once he was determined.
He dose not often show this type of un-detourable destruction in scripture, most always there is an out, a way of escape, mercy. But not always.
Ours is one of those rare occasions, as was that of Belshazzar our example, and for the same reason; “and this because he had not learnt to honor God, and not to admit things above human nature, by what punishments his progenitor had undergone for the injuries he had offered to God; and because he had quite forgotten how Nebuchadnezzar was removed to feed among wild beasts for his impieties, and did not recover his former life among men and his kingdom, but upon God’s mercy to him…” Antiquities of the Jews page 339

Let me explain how such a No-Win problem materializes:

The Ark Of The Covenant:
This was the seat of the most holy item the Jews possessed at the time. Exodus 25:10-16
Anyone who has watched Indiana Jones will know that.
But as always Hollywood just cannot get it right and missed the very important part; which was that after it was sanctified, no man could touch the Ark or they would die. Numbers 4:15

The story of the dead priest:
Hundreds of years passed, then king David wanted the Ark moved from temporary storage to his hometown. (II Samuel 6, I Chronicles 13:13) So they put the Ark on a new cart to haul it to Judah.
On the journey of very good intentions, The Oxen stumbled and shook the cart and the Ark was in grave danger of falling off. I Chronicles 13:9
So Uzzah now finds himself in a very bad situation:

The no win options:
Steady the Ark and die,
Or let the Ark fall from the cart.

Now of course, as good Americans, we immediately start brainstorming;
There must be a third option!
Perhaps he only thought it was going to fall.
Perhaps if he used a coat over his hands.
Perhaps God wanted to perform a miracle.
Perhaps.
But the events and narrative shows that God intended the breach upon Uzzah who reached up and steadied the Ark and died.
There just was no alternative option available at that moment.

Rabbit trails again!
So what had Uzzah done to deserve death!?
Even king David was sore at God for this;
“And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah:… And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?” II Samuel 6:8-9
So David canceled the plans, dropped the Ark at some friend’s house and headed home. II Samuel 6:10-11
Now think about this for a second;
Things had gone bad in Israel for some time, and after great struggle king David had cleaned up much of it, and in a great celebration of Faith, and Glory, and Praise, he had the very honorable goal of bringing home the Ark of the Covenant!

And then this?
You gotta be kidding!

The party came crashing down, the hope of restoration unto God dashed.
This was a great tragedy while they were attempting to bring glory and praise to God.
Why did God not smile with Divine Providence on their endeavor?
Had God broken his word to protect them if they were faithful? *2
This just seems so wrong!
What more could they have done to ensure God’s Divine Favor for the rectitude of their intentions?! (as our forefathers put it in the US Declaration of Independence)
Clearly king David did not know, because the party was canceled and he went home troubled.

The choices of those before, effect us today:
Every child is raised in the circumstances of those before them.
If a child’s parents are in poverty, it begins life in poverty.
If a child’s parents are wealthy, it begins a life afforded by wealth.
This is not arguable, but a fact of life.
And unless determined steps are taken, the child will be raised in just such an environment, learning all the mental understanding that will assure it maintains for itself the environment of its parents.

And so goes the mental instruction of the child.
If the child’s parents are thieves and drug addicts, the child will grow up leaning all the elements that make up such a life, whereas if the child’s parents are in show business the child learns of those values and instruction.
It is the way of all life.
Hungarian parents raise Hungarian children.
We do not cry out to God; “WHY!?” It is nature.

And so it is with all elements in life, including governments.
I live in America, and so I am blessed by what America has to offer.
Children born in Haiti, are bound by the life of Haitians.
Fair or not, this is life… and we are free to labor to change any and all of these circumstances through adoption, moving, education, benevolence etc. But the basic circumstances of where we find ourselves is most often out of our control.

And so Uzzah found himself in just such a circumstance of someone else' creation.

Cause:
Immediately afterwards, Uzzah no longer cared what caused it. For him it was too late.
But for the living, the reason mattered greatly.
Why?
First because of the fear something similar may also happen to them.
Next was the reliability and trustworthiness of God himself.
And finally because the mission was still unaccomplished until the cause could be determined and resolved.
Then also, without understanding the cause, we find ourselves inventing answers that may or may not be related, and our wrong answers only compound and complicate the original problem;
Uzzah must have done some secret sin and God was punishing him. Yah, that must be it! But in the back of the mind is the nagging knowledge that this is not a complete answer for the events. This breach though directed to Uzzah was detrimental to the public as a whole. Because the breach was public and with public consequences, the breach was for a public cause.
The American Progressive answer? "BURN THE ARK!"

Solution:
Through reading the old history of the Ark, it is found that the Ark was to be carried by the staves on the shoulders of men. Exodus 25:13-15
God knew the circumstances that would occur if the Ark was put on a cart, and he designed a system to avoid those circumstances.
If they had followed the directions, God could then bless them with the Favor of Divine Providence, but not while they were in violation of the rules.

So where in the world did they get the idea to put the thing on a cart in the first place? (From the American Progressives of course!)
No one remembered where this great idea came from, but they got it from the success of the Philistines who many years earlier had captured the Ark in war, then successfully returned it in this manner. (I Samuel 6:7-21)
Since it worked for them, it was obviously a good idea!
(And of course we now have the rabbit trail of the Mennonites who fear technology such as carts, and miss the whole point!)

This history is given as an example showing that just because the ungodly are successful at something, does not mean we have the freedom to breach God’s direction to us.
Ignorance is often tolerated,
Forgetting is unacceptable.
The punishment for forgetting is severe.

Uzzah died because of the men who forgot God's command and put the Ark on the cart.
Belshazzar too, knew the right way and forgot.
America also knew and has now forgotten.

Though America will fall because of the sins of the previous generations who got us into this state, you can personally see the cause and results, and break out of the pattern to get right with God.
It is not yet too late for you though you fight an uphill battle.

"He also that received the seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful." Matthew 13:22

"But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty." Matthew 13:23


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*1 My uncertainty as to how this vote will go is directly related to my uncertainty of how far the enemy has crawled into our city. We see the enemy everywhere in our nation but because they are not running around the streets with guns screaming; "Your all gonna die!" we stand curious watching, wondering what they have in mind.
Remember, the city Babylon was not destroyed, but captured. It was the Nation of Babylon that was destroyed. In this prophecy we can project that America will not be physically destroyed as with bombs, but our destruction as a sovereign state will be.
The army led by Darius took the city without a battle, but his purpose was to open the gates and let King Cyrus the King of Persia in.
I am leaning to believe that America has already fallen to the enemy, but we cant actually tell because we are all standing around looking at each other.
It is my supposition that the Progressives will win this upcoming election which will begin the opening of the brass gate to the foreign king, Islam.
(more on this later)

*2 “Behold I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.”… “And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land…” Exodus 23:20-33 one among many such promises in scripture.