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America: First Blessings, and now Curses!

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What is the answer?

It is a most amazing feature of weakness in humanity on this earth... that of forgetting the past... forgetting history. It repeats itself over and over and over again. All recorded history is evidence of this fault, and every nation has repeated the same mistakes and paid the same prices for those mistakes. Why is this?

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana

What is it about humanity that we continually make the same mistakes, presume the same facts, and follow the same path to the same end as all other nations and people's in history? Is there some common denominator that passes through history, attaching itself to all people and people's actions? Can it be quantified and labeled? Is it definable? Is it being completely overlooked, ignored and even fought, knowingly or unknowingly, even though it always brings the same results... auto-destruction?

Could it be technology? Money and abundance? Overpopulation? What is it that every nation the planet has ever seen come and go does or doesn't do that brings on blessings or cursings? Has there ever been a voice that has given direction to nations or peoples that proves a common denominator?

America stands at a crossroads of change. Not the sort of "change" that simply changes the face of a puppet in the white house, but the sort of change that can turn from blessings and bring on curses. The common denominator across the planet and ages is this: The world has basically rejected the true God from ruling in their lives.

If we carefully look at America today, we can see major signs of a national punishment that is eminent. We have not heeded the words uttered so long ago warning this very nation of exactly what would happen if we simply listened and complied.

Where did America begin, and what was the purpose behind its greatness?

Deut 28:1 "Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God:

3 "Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country. 4 "Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks. 5 "Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. 6 "Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. 7 "The LORD will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. 8 "The LORD will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you. 9 "The LORD will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways. 10 Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they shall be afraid of you. 11 And the LORD will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you. (America) 12 The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 And the LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. 14 So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them. NKJV

Can anyone say that America isn't the greatest, most blessed nation the world has ever seen? Can it be denied that America was founded on biblical principles and laws? American history proves, through countless documents (http://thematrixhasyou.org/One_Nation_Under_God.htm) and evidence, that she was founded on Godly principles, by people whom, though far from perfect, respected and worshiped the God of the bible.

God was in virtually all aspects of government, business, schools etc. School books, up until the 50's-60's used biblical material for educating our children. The Supreme Court actually made rulings based on the bible and scriptures. Our government buildings to this day reveal God throughout its walls, facades and even our fiat money (http://thematrixhasyou.org/finances.html). God WAS an integral part of a majority of people's lives and minds and works. Our government grave yards have crosses over the graves of soldiers who died fighting for our freedoms, and yet the courts are ruling that crosses are unconstitutional in government? Let them try to remove those crosses.

What has happened? What is taking place that is relentlessly attacking, deriding and wearing away this original position on which America, and her greatness, was founded?

One visitor to America in the early 1800's, Alexis de Tocqueville, a French political thinker and historian, is quoted as saying:

"America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great."

This is very close to the truth. America, and Americans are straying away from biblical principles that lead people to being "good," and toward lawlessness, which leads to penalties and heartache, and we are already paying the price...

Deut 28:15 "But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: 16 "Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the country. 17 "Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. 18 "Cursed shall be the fruit of your body and the produce of your land, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks. 19 "Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out. NKJV

Anyone with any vision at all can see this beginning to take shape. The economy is witness to this, among many other things happening in our country. How many of our people are feeling the curse of losing their homes and jobs? What of the genetic damage to our children, the fruit of our body, being born, or the curse of abortion taking our children's lives? Think this doesn't damage a society, affect future wealth production, and productivity for commerce?

Even if a majority of Americans claim to be Christian, if the leadership, which we authorize, is godless and lawless, they will bring national punishment down on even those who disagree with their positions. God holds us, the People, responsible for this leadership. The sad fact is that the warnings don't stop there...

Deut 28:20 "The LORD will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke in all that you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the wickedness of your doings in which you have forsaken Me. 21 The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has consumed you from the land which you are going to possess. 22 The LORD will strike you with consumption, with fever, with inflammation, with severe burning fever, with the sword, with scorching, and with mildew; they shall pursue you until you perish. 23 And your heavens which are over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you shall be iron. 24 The LORD will change the rain of your land to powder and dust; from the heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed.

25 "The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them; and you shall become troublesome to all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 Your carcasses shall be food for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and no one shall frighten them away. 27 The LORD will strike you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors, with the scab, and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed. 28 The LORD will strike you with madness and blindness and confusion of heart. 29 And you shall grope at noonday, as a blind man gropes in darkness; you shall not prosper in your ways; you shall be only oppressed and plundered continually, and no one shall save you.

30 "You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall lie with her; you shall build a house, but you shall not dwell in it; you shall plant a vineyard, but shall not gather its grapes. (Economic slavery?) 31 Your ox shall be slaughtered before your eyes, but you shall not eat of it; your donkey shall be violently taken away from before you, and shall not be restored to you; your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall have no one to rescue them. 32 Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, and your eyes shall look and fail with longing for them all day long; and there shall be no strength in your hand. 33 A nation whom you have not known shall eat the fruit of your land and the produce of your labor, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually. 34 So you shall be driven mad because of the sight which your eyes see. 35 The LORD will strike you in the knees and on the legs with severe boils which cannot be healed, and from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.

36 "The LORD will bring you and the king (president) whom you set over you to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods - wood and stone. 37 And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all nations where the LORD will drive you. 38 "You shall carry much seed out to the field but gather little in, for the locust shall consume it. 39 You shall plant vineyards and tend them, but you shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. 40 You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olives shall drop off. 41 You shall beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours; for they shall go into captivity. 42 Locusts shall consume all your trees and the produce of your land.

43 "The alien who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower. 44 He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail. 45 "Moreover all these curses shall come upon you and pursue and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you. 46 And they shall be upon you for a sign and a wonder, and on your descendants forever. NKJV

This isn't a story book tale, it is the future, and end time being discussed. As if the above wasn't bad enough, there's still more warnings to come...

Deut 28:47 "Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance of everything, 48 therefore you shall serve your enemies, whom the LORD will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in need of everything; and He will put a yoke of iron on your neck until He has destroyed you. 49 The LORD will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand, 50 a nation of fierce countenance, which does not respect the elderly nor show favor to the young. 51 And they shall eat the increase of your livestock and the produce of your land, until you are destroyed; they shall not leave you grain or new wine or oil, or the increase of your cattle or the offspring of your flocks, until they have destroyed you.

52 "They shall besiege you at all your gates until your high and fortified walls, in which you trust, (American might and power) come down throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you at all your gates throughout all your land which the LORD your God has given you. 53 You shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and your daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and desperate straits in which your enemy shall distress you. 54 The sensitive and very refined man among you will be hostile toward his brother, toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the rest of his children whom he leaves behind, 55 so that he will not give any of them the flesh of his children whom he will eat, because he has nothing left in the siege and desperate straits in which your enemy shall distress you at all your gates. 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her delicateness and sensitivity, will refuse to the husband of her bosom, and to her son and her daughter, 57 her placenta which comes out from between her feet and her children whom she bears; for she will eat them secretly for lack of everything in the siege and desperate straits in which your enemy shall distress you at all your gates.

58 "If you do not carefully observe all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, THE LORD YOUR GOD, 59 then the LORD will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary plagues - great and prolonged plagues - and serious and prolonged sicknesses. 60 Moreover He will bring back on you all the diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you. 61 Also every sickness and every plague, which is not written in this Book of the Law, will the LORD bring upon you until you are destroyed. 62 You shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of heaven in multitude, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God. 63 And it shall be, that just as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good and multiply you, so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you and bring you to nothing; and you shall be plucked from off the land which you go to possess.

64 "Then the LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known - wood and stone. 65 And among those nations you shall find no rest, nor shall the sole of your foot have a resting place; but there the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and anguish of soul. 66 Your life shall hang in doubt before you; you shall fear day and night, and have no assurance of life. 67 In the morning you shall say, 'Oh, that it were evening!' And at evening you shall say, 'Oh, that it were morning!' because of the fear which terrifies your heart, and because of the sight which your eyes see.

68 "And the LORD will take you back to Egypt in ships, by the way of which I said to you,'You shall never see it again.' And there you shall be offered for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you." NKJV

The scriptures regarding blessings and abundance have been fulfilled in part by a number if Modern day Israelite nations, but mostly by America. It was the promise God made to Abraham that brought America into existence. The blessings were promised and it was God's doing, not our greatness or power...

Deut 8:11 "Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today, 12 lest - when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them; 13 and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold are multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; 14 when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God... 17 then you say in your heart, 'My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.' 18 "And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. 19 Then it shall be, if you by any means forget the LORD your God, and follow other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish. 20 As the nations which the LORD destroys before you, so you shall perish, because you would not be obedient to the voice of the LORD your God. NKJV

The scriptures regarding destruction of a once prosperous nation whose God was the God of the bible, have NEVER been fulfilled by any nation, but they will by America, and other Israelite brother nations, if we do not get a grip on reality. Doesn't this sound like economic slavery... being sold for the debt we've been saddled with and which debt our enemies hold?

Could this happen to America? Just substitute the images presented of their day's items and wordings with modern day words. Is America too great to fall? Do we think we will escape where none have escaped before, especially when this nation was purposefully raised up as God promised to our forefathers in ancient Israel and warned us long ago of what would happen if we obeyed or disobeyed?

Our nation is to be an example, a light of truth and God's way of life, but it is becoming a lawless nation... lawlessness in government and lawlessness in religion that rejects God's communication with humankind, and follows their own wills and lusts. Is this by accident? No, there's a power behind it, and this power is being accepted across our country and planet...

Rev 12:9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; NKJV.

Eph 2:2 according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience. NKJV

Eph 5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. NKJV

As foolish as that may sound to "sophisticated" Americans or others, there is a evil spiritual influence at work which broadcasts emotional and psychological attitudes toward lawlessness and deception, and away from lawfulness and truth, and this path can only lead to destruction...

John 10:10 The thief (Satan) does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. NKJV

John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. NKJV

To deny that evil exists in this world is foolishness. The world has horrendous evils taking place all the time. Nations are subjugated, held in poverty and millions die every year. American freedoms and rights are being taken away. Our wealth is being stolen under the color of law. (http://thematrixhasyou.org/no-tax.html) Those nations which have received the greatest blessings are now becoming the greatest violators of law, and rejecting of the true God of the universe. Yes, there IS a true God, and many false gods, and to be deceived into believing it is all fable is not wisdom or knowledge...

1 Cor 3:19 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their own craftiness"; 20 and again, "The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile." NKJV

Ps 14:1 The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God ." They are corrupt, They have done abominable works... NKJV

Evil has an agenda that includes stealing (our money and freedoms), killing us (through polluted land, food, air and water bringing on disease and death, killing through mindless wars, rejecting and resisting truth, and more), and to destroy the very people God wants to be a symbol, an example and light to others of truth and blessings, and evil wants to destroy this whole planet and all of us on it.

Why all this? Because humankind MUST learn the ultimate lesson... that there is absolute law, absolute order and absolute mind in the universe and we must be conformed to that mind and lawful thinking if we want to get off this planet alive and inherit another earth, and the universe itself, forever. Evil desires nothing but to prevent the awesome destiny laid out by God for his future family. If we must learn it the hard way, we will... and don't be taken in by a False Christian Religion (http://godkind.org/false-religion.htmlhttp://godkind.org/false-religion.html) mascarading as God's will and word. Do you know the difference? That will soon be the biggest deception of all which will take in most of humanity.

We don't have to be cursed. We have a choice before us... to obey or not obey God's written word, the bible. He is NOT the author of confusion within the religions of this world and age...

1 Cor 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion but of peace... NKJV

It is NOT the same God in all religions of the world. To believe this is to shame the true God and charge Him with the disunity and religious and doctrinal battles that cross the world. The god of this world is the one who has created the religious distractions and confusion which most of humanity believes...

2 Cor 4:4 The god of this age has blinded the minds...NIV

This misleads humanity away from the true words of God and the results that can only come from complying with universal law as laid out by God Himself. The equation is simple:

1. The human mind without guidance and help is unable to do right... Rom 8:7 The sinful (wrong thinking) mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. 8 Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God. NIV

Jer 17:9 "The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? NKJV

There is only one way to overcome this hostile mind influenced by Satan... using God's every word to live and conform ourselves to, and obtaining the power to deal with such forces.

2. The universal laws that we all deal with are being upheld by a power that created it all... Heb 1:3 ...upholding all things by the word of His power... NKJV Heb 1:2 through whom also He made the worlds NKJV

3. The very fact that we exist and can know, think, have emotions, create, and have meaningful relationships points to our being created in the very image and likeness of this supreme mind...

Gen 1:26 Then God said,"Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; NKJV

This is an incredible revelation way beyond science fiction dreams.

4. The world is moving into a one world government, a new world order, but this is being manipulated by evil influence over most leaders and the wealthy. It is an attempt to create a kingdom that will try to resist the establishment of the true kingdom... an attempt to deceive and blind humanity... an attempt to create blind slaves of most of humanity and keep them from knowing or following the path that will lead them to the nature of God and eventually being conformed into His nature.

Right, wrong, good, evil, truth, lies... all choices every human has to make using their free will, and growing in the character to make those right choices and resist the wrong. We cannot break law (whether the law of gravity and physics, or universal laws which govern thinking and acting) and expect there to not be a penalty. It is law which upholds the entire universe... a law which stems from the greatest mind in existence, a law outside the universe itself, and one which we either accept, or reject.

Just as sure as when we ignore and reject the law of gravity and pay a price, a penalty... the same goes for rejecting and ignoring laws which govern conduct, thinking, acting and our very being. It is an impossibility to escape the Rule of Law. God IS law, and if we reject God and all that He IS, we are denying our own future existence because life cannot be, and will not be, sustained outside of law and outside the universe itself without being like God.

Want real freedom? Imagine having the whole universe... Rom 8:21 ...the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.

The equation is simple, but the ability to choose to be under law, conformed BY law, to finally become one with the law itself as the offspring of God... that is the whole purpose for this human condition. What choices will you make? A future of eternal existence, or to end your existence because you won't conform and transform? The temporary existence humanity has now is only being supported for a limited time. Unless we become new creatures... a new creation made in the full image of God, our temporary natures will cease to be upheld and the universal law and nature of God will be all that is left, and our entire being, thoughts, dreams, hopes, future... will cease to be. THAT is the nature of the true reality that is beyond the physical universe.

What is your choice?

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Jeff Maehr is a health and wellness professional and has been in natural health for 35 years, and is dedicated to educating people about the natural health system and how it can change your health and life. Dr. Maehr previously published a newspaper (more...)
 
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