PRO:A study of America in Bible Prophecy

   "My country tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing. . .
Long may our land be bright With freedom's holy light; Protect us by
Thy might, Great God our King."

   Millions of Americans have heartily echoed this refrain and petition
down through the annals of our history. In past days God was willing to
grant this request because our foundations and roots were anchored in
God and the Bible. For instance, the Mayflower Compact, signed November
11, 1620, began: "In the name of God, Amen . . . We, whose names are
underwritten . . . have undertaken, for the glory of God, the
advancement of the Christian faith." Again the final sentence of the
Declaration of Independence contains a declaration of dependence upon
the Almighty God. George Washington, in his First Inaugural Address,
given on April 30th, 1789, directed supplications to God for His
continued blessings upon the formation of our new Government. America's
educational system used the McGuffey Reader for nearly one hundred
years. The series was loaded with the Word of God. In fact, one story
in every four was a biblical narration. Some of the lessons with
religious instructions were: "The Hour of Prayer," "Religion, the Only
Basis of Society," "Control Your Temper," "The Bible and the Best of
Classics," "The Baptism," "The Folly of Intoxication," and "Beware of
the First Drink." Today, through the influence of one loud-mouthed
atheist, the Bible has been extricated and virtually eliminated from
the curriculum of the educational system in America. The
result--righteousness has been replaced by debasing and debauching
trash. An example appeared in the Los Angeles Times. The article
stated: "Is America ready for a children's sex education book as
explicit as `The Joys of Sex?' Some child psychologists and even
publishers are not sure. But ready or not, America is going to get it
this spring." The story behind this sex book entitled, "Show Me," is
unbelievable. The models for the explicit sex photographs are children.
The children progress from mutual fondling to a wide range of
love-making techniques. The strongest rebuff of the book has come from
Dr. Derek Burleson who said: "It's simply too much in one shot, too
diverse." You don't have to be a psychologist to realize that the very
young models will suggest to other children that they should
immediately engage in exotic and perverted sex play. Distribution of
the book in America will be restricted to areas of the East and West
coasts before moving into the South and Midwest. Ladies and gentlemen,
this is not a book one will find in a smut dealer's store but in
America's schools! Perhaps we had better begin fighting at the grass
roots level and clean up our filthy educational system. Through
multitudinous illustrations, I will endeavor to prove that America, the
land I love, the land of which I am a citizen, is on the decline, and
may soon suffer horrendous judgment. Does the Bible predict such
calamities? Is America literally found in Bible prophecy? Let's look
and see.

   America Depicted

   There are a number of chapters within the pages of God's Word that
certainly seem to picture the USA. I will not dogmatically say that the
facts I am about to present demand this conclusion. However, I will
emphatically declare that no other nation throughout the pages of
history can so convincingly fulfill all of the requirements of the
prophesied texts. Immediately someone mentally argues: "Well, the USA
is not mentioned by name in the Bible." True. However, it is equally
true that America must be included in texts prophesying that "all
nations" suffer judgment. Micah 5:15 states: ". . .I will execute
vengeance in anger and fury upon the nations {all of them}, such as
they have not heard." Again Ezekiel 39:21 declares that ". . .all the
nations shall see my judgment. . ." America is certainly included in
the blitzkreig upon all nations. Though we are not specifically named,
logical deduction makes us know that we too shall suffer. The main
reason the name "America" is not found in the Scriptures is obviously
because the nation was not in existence when the prophecies were
penned. Therefore, we must move ahead to the study of characteristics
and traits, involving nations, to see which country fulfills the
prophetical predictions. When this is accomplished, the USA alone meets
the requirements. She seems to be the political Babylon of the hour.
God's Word mentions three Babylons: a city (Genesis 11), a church
(Revelation 17), and a country (Revelation 18). Don't confuse the three
by intermingling these chapters. The context of each text identifies
"Who's Who" to the careful student. Isaiah, Jeremiah and John
graphically describe this nation. Who is she? Let's begin with Isaiah,
chapter 18:1-2.

   Isaiah's Depiction of America

   "Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of
Ethiopia: That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of
bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation
scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning
hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers
have spoiled!" The nation described in this text is in dire difficulty
with God because the opening word is judgmental. God says, "Woe" and
the term always connotates judgment. This nation:

   1. has the insignia of wings--similar to our national emblem, the
bald eagle, with extended wings.

   2. is a land that is beyond the sea. Israel is always the focal
point in the Bible. So, the message of warning is directed to a far
country beyond Ethiopia and across the sea from Israel. This
designation eliminates Europe, Asia and Africa. Instead it is directed
to a nation with outstretched wings across the sea from Israel--and
America qualifies.

   3. is scattered and peeled. Scattered means widely spread out or
having great land areas.

   4. is measured. This certainly describes our beloved country with
its counties, cities and states. One is amazed as he traverses America
by air and sees the staked out acres from the heavens--tens of
thousands of miles completely measured and marked.

   5. is a land whose rivers are spoiled. Ecological experts vouch that
this significant prophesy has occurred in our waterways. Isaiah simply
tells us that dreadful judgment will come upon a nation with
outstretched wings, beyond the seas of Israel--a nation with vast
measured land areas and polluted waters.

   Jeremiah's Depiction

   Jeremiah also pinpoints America's characteristics with even greater
detail. In chapter 30, verse 11, God states: ". . .I make a full end of
all nations. . ." It is evident that unprecedented judgment shall sweep
the world. However, the prophet singles out a specific nation for
judgment. Who is this "Babylon" mentioned by the Holy Spirit in
Jeremiah, chapters 50 and 51? She is a country. . .

   1. who is destroyed by an assembly of nations from the North. This
certainly was not fulfilled when the Medes and Persians from the East
attacked Babylon. Neither could these two small nations fulfill the
latter-day prophecy concerning an assembly of great nations moving
against Babylon from the North. Thus, the prophecy, presently
unfulfilled, must be futuristic.

   2. whose mother is sorely confounded (Jeremiah 50, verse 12). Again
we see that ancient Babylon had no mother--only a father and founder
named Nimrod. Prophetical and futuristic Babylon has a mother who
exists at the same time as Babylon, but in a confounded, deteriorated
condition. Surely Britain is this modern-day mother if America is in
view. The recent shrinking of the English pound to the lowest point in
history confirms that "mama" is confounded and troubled.

   3. who is the youngest among the great world powers for she is the
"hindermost of the nations" or last to become internationally prominent
(Jeremiah 50:12). America celebrated its Bicentennial July 4th, 1976.
However, two hundred years of age makes our country but a teenager
among the nations of earth, comparatively speaking.

   4. who is an end-time nation for she exists when Israel is back in
her land. Jeremiah 50:19 declares: ". . .I will bring Israel again to
his habitation. . ." This began in 1948 when the Jews of the world
returned to their homeland, hoisted their flag, the six pointed star of
David, and named the country ISRAEL. What tremendous proof that God had
an end-time Babylon in mind when Jeremiah penned the prophecies 25
centuries ago.

   5. who "hath been proud against the Lord." This situation exists
presently in America. The Supreme Court ruled Bible reading and prayer
out of the educational system, and constantly votes on the side of
"Hell-bent" schemes. Regular judges set criminals free more quickly
than police can apprehend them. Filthiness also floods the land as
pornography, obscenity and depravity hold sway. Surely haughtiness
against God reigns in modern Babylon.

   6. of mingled people. Have we not been called the melting pot of the
world? Millions have come from every nation and tongue to the land of
milk and honey. My own Belgian parents were part of the immigration to
America in 1929, and became part of the mingled multitude (Jeremiah
50:37).

   7. of wealth, for "Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord's
hand. . ." In fact, the nations who have tasted of her delicacies ". .
.are mad" (Jeremiah 51:7). Even now the "third world" nations, whose
income levels produce mass starvation, have tasted of America's
dainties via movies and television and are becoming insane in their
quest to partake of its reality. Who but America could fulfill their
dreams? Babylon could for she is "abundant in treasures" (Jeremiah
51:13).

   8. who ". . .dwellest upon many waters. . ." (Jeremiah 51:13). This
could not be ancient Babylon, a desert country, but must be a nation
similar to ours, bordered on each side by the world's two largest
oceans and having the longest river in the world--the mighty
Mississippi--some 4,200 miles long.

   9. who, like ancient Babylon, tries to ". . .mount up to heaven."
(Jeremiah 51:53). We have already arrived on the moon, sent spaceships
to Mars and have become the preeminent leader in space technology.
Certainly the type is cast, the sign fulfilled and the future
calamitous. God sent confusion of tongues to ancient Babylon because
they tried to reach heaven without God and failed--so will America.

   John the Revelator's Depiction

   John, in the book of Revelation, also gives us insight into modern
Babylon. Chapter 17 deals with religious Babylon located upon the seven
hills of Rome (verse 9), while chapter 18 deals with Political Babylon,
which probably is the United States of America. What does John depict?

   1. A nation through whom ". . .the merchants of the earth {have}
waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies {or luxuries}"
(Revelation 18:3).

   2. A nation laden with sins (verse 5).

   3. A nation which ". . .hath glorified herself and lived
deliciously. . ." (verse 7). That's us! We spend 173 billion dollars
annually for food, alcohol, tobacco, recreation and gambling. This is
"living high on the hog."

   America's Decapitation

   The present enjoyment will not last forever. America's decapitation
and destruction may come in jet-speed fashion. If we do not have an
old-fashioned, Holy Ghost revival, we could in all probability be the
nation God has in mind. We could become the brutalized, battered and
beaten Babylon of the following texts. God says: "For, lo, I will raise
and cause to come against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the
north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her. . ."
(Jeremiah 50:9). Revelation 18 pictures the kings of the earth, who
have lived scandalously in the arms of Babylon, weeping as her
disintegrating smoke ascends heavenward. They are standing afar off and
crying: ". . .Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for
in one hour is thy judgment come" (Revelation 18:10). They continue in
verses 16-19: ". . .Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in
fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious
stones, and pearls! For in one hour so great riches is come to nought.
And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as
many as trade by sea, stood afar off, and cried when they saw the smoke
of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! And
they cast dust on their heads, and cried weeping and wailing, saying,
Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships
in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made
desolate." Today a devastating atomic attack could, in one hour's time,
obliterate everything a nation took two centuries to build. If God has
America in mind--and it certainly looks that way--then what? Are you
prepared for the judgment that may soon hit our nation like a bolt of
lightning? Have you anchored your soul to the Lord Jesus Christ? There
is no other way to be saved and ready for the coming hour of woe.
Should it occur before the Rapture, one can, by trusting Christ, say
goodnight here and good morning up there. However, I believe that the
saved will be evacuated first. Death is not a sad ending but a glorious
beginning for the saved. ". . .to be absent from the body {is} to be
present with the Lord" (II Corinthians 5:8). If you desire to prepare,
accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your Saviour today.

Chapter 2

   Is America in prophecy? If so, what prophetical predictions allude
to the United States of America? Is the destruction of the USA
portrayed in Holy Writ? These and other vital questions are discussed
in this chapter.

   America's Deception

   The present discussion among the superpowers concerning harmony and
peace is but superficial window dressing. Communism still plans the
eventual overthrow of America and its Western allies. The plans
perpetrated over sixty years ago are still moving according to
schedule. At that time Lenin, who imported Communism into Russia by
murder, said: "First, we will take eastern Europe, then the masses of
Asia, then we will encircle the United States, the last bastion of
capitalism. We will not have to attack. She will fall into our hands
like overripe fruit." The plan is presently in its final stages. In
spite of it, Americans are so duped and deceived that tomorrow's
concentration camps are never discussed. The information could ruin
one's pleasurable pursuits! It could affect one's golf score, batting
average or amusement schedule! The rotted, overripe fruit--a symbol of
leisure-mad Americans--is beginning to fall and the end may be imminent.

   The British historian, Arnold Toynbee, stated that of the 21
civilizations throughout world history, nineteen fell through atheism,
alcoholism, materialism, and socialism. The handwriting is on the wall,
America. Our decline along these same lines may bring sudden
destruction if there is not a movement toward God within our nation -
soon!

   America's Decline

   Is decline already visible in America? Definitely! We, like other
civilizations, have allowed atheists, agnostics, skeptics and weirdos
to set our standards. PhD's told our college students that there was no
creation by an Almighty God. Instead, a lot of "monkey business" took
place. These irresponsible, irreligious, God-deniers never found the
"missing link" of their evolutionary hypothesis and never
scientifically proved their allegations--nevertheless, an entire
generation of "brainwashed" graduates listened, and accepted their
unverified theories. From this beginning the schools eventually banned
the "creation story," the Bible and then God Himself. What nonsensical
pagans some mortals be. This degenerative process led to immorality,
impropriety and immobility as they experimented and died from drinks
and drugs. Today every conceivable act of vice and violence is the
practice of the hour--the result of atheistic, yea communistic,
influence through the educational system and entertainment media.

   America's Defilement

   The result? Our nation has been defiled morally. Today Americans
spend approximately 31 billion dollars per year for alcoholic
beverages. This amounts to 3-1/2 million dollars per hour! The disease
has reached epidemic proportions, and child alcoholism is part of the
menace. The Federal Government's National Institute on Alcoholic Abuse
and Alcoholism states: "By the time students reach the twelfth grade,
50% drink regularly and 25% have been drunk." Millions more are drug
addicts. Both sins destroy a nation and send unrepentant addicts and
drunkards to Hell. I Corinthians 6:9-10 state: "Know ye not that the
unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived:
neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor
abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor
DRUNKARDS, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of
God" (emphasis mine). Galatians 5:19-21 list seventeen sins. Number
sixteen is DRUNKENNESS. After naming these practiced abominations
including drunkenness, the Bible says, ". . .they which do such things
shall not inherit the kingdom of God." Concerning drugs the Bible
declares in Revelation 21:8 that ". . .the fearful and unbelieving, and
the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and
idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which
burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death." The term
"sorcerer" is the English transliteration from the Greek "Pharmakeia"
and means "pharmacy" or "drug store." The original idea is to use drugs
for a "high", a "lift", or a "kick"--not a medication! God plainly
states that those who use drugs promiscuously are in the "lake of fire".

   The defilement extends into the sexual area as well. Dr. Murray
Kappleman states: "The sex revolution is over and sex has won." Sexual
experimentation is now occurring at 13 and 14 years of age. "The
pressure from the peer group and the media to be sexually active is
enormous. Today if a girl is a virgin at 17 she is made to feel she is
in need of therapy--just the opposite of 20 years ago." Dr. Kappleman
indicts the media for much of this immorality. Is there any validity to
his claim? Let's see.

   Television "specials" such as "Rich Man, Poor Man," "Best Sellers"
and "Captains and the Kings" are loaded with sex, violence, cursing,
situation ethics and anti-Christian morality. Adultery, fornication,
homosexuality, orgies, incest and nudity are all a major part of these
shows. Even the so-called "situation comedies" are tragically filthy.
"Rhoda" is divorced. "Maude" had illicit affairs and an abortion. In
"One Day At a Time" both mother and daughter ran off with boyfriends.
In "Welcome Back, Kotter" Barbarino claims to get saved and then chucks
it all overboard for sex. This filthy "brainwashing" is having its
effect. It contributes to sexual intercourse on the part of 35 percent
of the girls in the nation who are 15-19 years of age, according to
Patricia McCormack in a United Press International release. Surely this
makes 1,300,000 sinners who shack up without a marriage license in our
nation feel comfortable in their adulterous condition. After all, if
the heroes of the silver screen can do it and make it look decent--why
not try it! The problem is that God, yea the God of holiness, is still
against any act of sex that takes place outside the bonds of holy
matrimony. If one does not have a marriage license and plays sex games,
he will end up in a Devil's Hell. God's Holy Commandment in Exodus
20:14 is: "Thou shalt not commit adultery." What makes one think he can
flaunt God's rules and end up in eternal bliss? Just who do we think we
are? God is no respecter of persons (Romans 2:11) and one day ". . .God
shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ . . ." (Romans 2:16).
Then our brazen disregard of God's Laws will be judged. God's Law
declares: "Marriage is honorable in all and the bed undefiled {in
marriage}: but whoremongers and adulterers {the swingers and the
one-night flingers}, God will judge" (Hebrews 13:4). Revelation 22:15
declares: "For without {of heaven} are dogs, and sorcerers, and
whoremongers {women-chasers and men-seducers}, and murderers, and
idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie."

   Can America sink any lower in the mud of depravity? The defilement
of our nation has reached such lascivious stages that 30,000 Los
Angeles children have been used for "Kiddie Pornography" according to
The Associated Press. Wicked, satanically controlled purveyors of
smut-- the publishers, printers and sellers of pornography--are the
guilty culprits behind this filth. However, the educational system of
the United States also shares some of the blame for the deteriorated
debacle in which the nation finds itself. Recently, a 13-year-old girl
in Austin, Texas came home in a distraught condition because a sex
education film entitled, "All About Sex," had been shown in her Home
Economics class. It showed a nude couple in the actual act! America
needs an investigation into the morals of its teaching staff! Many of
them bring their barnyard manners into the classroom and present them
as rationally acceptable. Now, since the "intellectually elite" accept
such depravity, no questions should therefore be asked. The problem is
that a corrupt mind, educated or uneducated, is still rotten to the
core. God says: ". . . their mind and conscience is defiled" (Titus
1:15). This deterioration of standards has led to one million abortions
within the last year. Think of it! The "brainwashed" victims--monkey
see, monkey do--whom instructors with evolutionary "monkey" tendencies
indoctrinated, now do what monkeys would never do--kill their babies!
Where will it all end? The next step, undoubtedly, is related to Nazism
and Communism. Why? Because both maniacal organizations murdered
millions. Hitler believed in genocide and practiced it. Babies and
adults with physical blemishes were liquidated. The Communists murdered
millions more than the Nazis for political reasons. Likewise, our
educated "morons" are now advocating "mercy killing" as the next step
in America's defiling decline. Dr. Francis Crick, Nobel Prize winner,
advocates that newborn babies should not be considered legally alive
until they are two days old and have been certified as healthy by
medical examiners. He also advocates compulsory death for all at age
eighty. Dr. Gallop said: "If a doctor takes money for killing an
innocent babe in the womb, he will kill you with a needle, when paid by
your children." "This," he said, "is the terrible nightmare we are
creating for the future."

   Murderers

   It is plain to see that callousness is sweeping the nation. Kill the
unborn, kill the aged, kill anyone who stands in the way of one's
selfish aspirations. This callousness produces sadistic and violent
murderers. In past history rare instances of torture and mutilation
occurred. Today, it is the rage of the hour. Recently, in Detroit, a
young man killed his father, stuffed him into the refrigerator and ate
dad piece by piece. What savagery! Sam, the 44-caliber killer of New
York City, blew holes through his victims' heads to satisfy his quest
for blood.

   Again in Detroit, Michelle Mudie is to be married, but may not be
able to walk down the aisle. Why? Some maniacs robbed the shop where
she worked, tied up three victims and hacked them with hatchets. In
Chatham. Ontario Monica Johnson was found. The Detroit woman's body had
been dismembered into ten pieces and thrown into a marshy area. I don't
know about you, but God and the Bible are for capital punishment and
vicious killers such as these should pay with their lives! Exodus 21:12
says: "He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to
death." Again: ". . .he that killeth any man shall surely be put to
death" (Leviticus 24:17). Many of today's criminals escape earthly
judgment because of lenient judges. Still, eternal judgment will come
because ". . .murderers . . .shall have their part in the lake which
burneth with fire and brimstone. . ." (Revelation 21:8).

   This same callousness also produces merciless robbers, looters and
plunderers. A few lights go out in New York City and the "animals"
stalk their victims. They cry: "We are hungry" and most of them look
like stuffed sausages. Their obesity speaks louder than their lament.
Many of these thieves had previously robbed, raped and plundered when
the lights were on and scores more had top-paying jobs. Their "Uncle
Sam owed it to me" attitude prevailed and crime reigned. Our dependency
from cradle to grave on governmental funds will undoubtedly produce a
socialistically controlled nation. This same situation destroyed
civilization after civilization as creeping socialism grasped power.
How different from God's instructions! He states through Paul in II
Thessalonians 3:10-12: ". . .if any would not work, neither should he
eat. For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly,
working not at all, but are busybodies {or troublemakers}. Now them
that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with
quietness they WORK, and eat their own bread" (emphasis mine). Laziness
and idleness produce robbers, rapers, looters, troublemakers, and
murderers who have nothing to do but daydream and carry out their
"fairy tale" hallucinations. God help us!

   America's Ministerial Defilement

   To further aggravate the situation, we have doctrinally defiled
clergymen who mock everything that is right. They know more than God.
He wrote the Bible and they knock its precepts, standards and
teachings. For instance, a recent London (AP) release stated: "The
divinity of Jesus is being challenged by a panel of British Protestant
theologians who say He should be regarded as a great teacher, not a
supernatural miracle worker." In a new book entitled. "The Myth of God
Incarnate," the seven theologians argue that Jesus was not God in human
form but "a man approved by God" for a special role. The authors state
that Jesus did not claim to be divine but was promoted to divinity by
early Christians who were still under pagan influences. What blasphemy!
This kind of dedication to the destruction of God and His Word is
common. Our pulpits are full of ordained hypocrites who spouted
fundamental Bible principles at their ministerial induction services
and then slid back into religious anarchy as the years progressed. God,
speaking about this crop of apostates, says in Jude verse 8: ". .
.these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak
evil of dignities" (including the God-man, the Lord Jesus Christ). The
apostle Peter states, ". . .there shall be false teachers among you,
who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord
that bought them. (II Peter 2:1 emphasis mine). No doubt about the
teachings of the Bible--Jesus is God: ". . .God was manifest in the
flesh. . ." (I Timothy 3:16).

   Every precious doctrine held by Christians throughout the centuries
is being attacked by ministerial antichrists. Pollution and defilement
permeate every area of America's populace, including the ministry.
Judgment is on the way: "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all
the nations that forget God" (Psalm 9:17). Though it may be too late to
save America nationally, we can individually prepare to meet the Lord.
How? Christ shed His precious blood for the remission of mankind's sin.
He died for you, for your sin, for your defilement. If you call on His
name now, He will save you.

Chapter 3

   America's Destruction

   America is on the road to judgment, and it does not take the
Babylonian prophecies to grasp this Biblical fact. God's Word speaks of
an hour when all nations shall be involved in a horrendous
international conflict, undoubtedly World War III. Isaiah gives witness
to this fact in chapter 14. He speaks of a war in which Babylon will be
involved and declares in verse 26: "This is the purpose that is
purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched
out upon all the nations." In Jeremiah 30:11, God says: "I make a full
end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, {Israel} . . ." This
would of necessity include America because five million scattered
Israelites abide in the USA. Our end is predicted in this text even
without a Babylonian connection. No nation is exempt--including the
United States--from the universal judgment described in these texts.
Again, ". . . I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the
nations, such as they have not heard" (Micah 5:15). ". . .I will
destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations. . " (Haggai 2:22).
". . .he shall bring forth judgment to the nations. . ." (Isaiah 42:1).
"The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the
{nations} is on his way. . ." (Jeremiah 4:7 all emphases mine). There
is no doubt about the matter--America is part and parcel of this
horrendous catastrophe that will envelope the globe. We along with
other nations have sinned terribly and must pay the price. The Bible
says, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any
people" (Proverbs 14:34). Again, "The wicked shall be turned into hell,
and all the nations that forget God" (Psalm 9:17). Soon nuclear and
neutron blasts shall engulf the world as sin is judged. When it happens
the human race will have brought the devastating destruction upon
itself, for ". . . they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap
the same" (Job 4:8). Sinner, the judgment will strike in a split
second. You, too, are guilty and will experience the devastating
damnation of doomsday. "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for
whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap" (Galatians 6:7).

   Thus far, we have shown that America is part of the "all nations"
experiencing destruction during earth's bloodiest hour. However, there
is even stronger evidence to suggest that our nation is specially
mentioned and pinpointed for oblivion. What and where is this evidence?
First and foremost it is found in the Babylonian prophecies which speak
of a nation under judgment. Jeremiah states that Babylon is a
desolation among the nations (50:23), that she has cities of her own
(51:43) and that she also has a king or leader ruling over her (50:18).
This certainly could not depict ancient Babylon which was a city, not a
nation. Also, old Babylon was destroyed by the Medes and Persians from
the East, while future Babylon will be destroyed by Northern nations.
God says: ". . .I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an
assembly of great nations from the north country {Russia}. . ."
(Jeremiah 50:9). Russia is not only the Northern invader of Israel
(Ezekiel 38:15 and 39:2), but the Northern aggressor of Babylon as
well. In addition, Russia is north of America! Then, too, old Babylon
was a wicked idolatrous nation whereas the final political Babylon is
called the "heritage" of the Lord who faces judgment because of her
backsliding (Jeremiah 50:11). Finally, old Babylon was not a city of
mingled races, but end-time Babylon is a nation of integrated "mingled
people" (Jeremiah 50:37). This Babylon is singled out for devastation.
We prove this by studying the same inspired writers who were used to
depict America as modern Babylon in Chapter One.

   Isaiah's Predictions

   We begin with the prophet Isaiah in chapter 13 who speaks of the
"burden of Babylon" in verse 1. The judgment is upon the entire world
(verse 11), and occurs at a time when the stars of heaven and the
constellations fail to give their light. Isaiah 13:10 states: ". . .the
stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their
light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall
not cause her light to shine." This is futuristic because Jesus
mentioned the same signs in Matthew 24:29 and pinpointed the time. He
said: "Immediately after the tribulation of those days {the conclusion
of the 7-year Tribulation period} shall the sun be darkened, and the
moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven,
and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken." This did not happen to
ancient Babylon, but occurs in future Babylon during the Tribulation
hour. Is it any wonder, then, that Babylon is burdened as ". . .the
weapons of his {God's} indignation, to destroy the whole land" (Isaiah
13:5) are prepared? Isaiah predicts judgment upon the land whose emblem
contains outstretched wings; the land located beyond the seas of Israel
with large land areas completely measured and whose waters are
polluted. In fact, he opens the chapter with a "woe" and "woe" is
always associated with judgment. This "woe" is administered in chapter
18, verse 5: ". . .afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the
sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs
with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches." In
grape-producing nations, the pruning of grape vines is normally severe.
It is seldom administered before a harvest. Pruning is done at the
conclusion of a season to better prepare the vines for the coming year.
Pre-harvest cutting is damaging to the productivity of the vine.
Nevertheless, the text's judgmental pronouncements upon Babylon take
place before the harvest-- at a time when Babylon is abundantly
productive. Then, at that moment, she is cut off.

   Jeremiah's Predictions

   The prophet Jeremiah, in chapters 50 and 51, also presents a
clear-cut picture of this destructive war. The gruesome truths
portrayed are not the ramblings of a senile prophet, but the very words
of and warnings from Jehovah God. God tells the prophet: ". . . I have
put my words in thy mouth" (Jeremiah 1:9). In fact, God dictated the
message through Jeremiah, for in chapter 30, verse 2, God says: ". .
.Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book"
(emphasis mine). Since God is in command of the situation, speaking the
very words penned, the prophecies are worthy of consideration and
acceptance. What are they?

   In chapter 50, verse 9, an assembly of great nations (superpowers)
come up against Babylon from the North country. Russia is north of the
USA. The advancing enemies' arrows are shot with reliable accuracy.
This could picture an onslaught of missiles which Russia has perfected.
The sneak attack which catches Babylon unaware, verse 24, cuts asunder
and breaks the nation described as the "hammer of the earth" (verse
23). Is America symbolized by a hammer? A hammer shapes and creates.
Blacksmiths have been famous for their creation with hammers and
America has created and shaped foreign policy for years. Now, this
sneak attack against the hammer of the earth is devastating because the
archers (missile loaders) are called together against Babylon to knock
her from her haughty pedestal and punish her for rejecting the Lord
(verse 29). All this takes place through a nuclear holocaust for God
continues to say, "And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none
shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire {atomic warfare} in his
cities, and it shall devour all round about him" (verse 32).
Furthermore, "a sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots,
and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her. . ."
(verse 37). Then, "As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the
neighbour cities thereof {for homosexuality}. . .so shall no man abide
there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein." The reason?
"Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation. . ."
(verses 40 and 41). "They {the Russians} shall hold the bow and lance:
they are CRUEL, and will not show mercy: their voice shall roar like
the sea. . ." (verse 42). "At the noise of the taking of Babylon the
earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations" (verse 46).
Chapter 51 continues: "Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl
for her; take balm for her pain. . ." (verse 8). One of the reasons for
this nation's fall lies in the fact that draft-dodgers have resisted
the call to serve. Yes, "The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to
fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they
became as women. . ." (verse 30). Another reason lies in the fact that
terroristic saboteurs cause internal havoc in the nation. Verse 32
declares: "...the passages are stopped...and the men of war {military
leaders} are affrighted {scared to death}." "Passages" may mean
"communication lines" and "stopped" is self-explanatory. The traitorous
Judases seize the lines of communication and stop all television,
telegraph and telephone releases. Radio, too, is cut off. New York
City's past power failures give one a descriptive picture of what
follows in the wake of sabotage. America is ripe for such terrorism.
William P. Hoar, Contributing Editor for the Review of the News,
informs America that Capitol Hill is loaded with Soviet K.G.B. agents.
Their manpower has increased by 400 percent in recent months and they
go as far as monitoring White House communications with electronic
devices located on the roof of the Soviet Embassy in Washington. The
Soviet Embassy doubles as a K.G.B. headquarters from which the Reds
operate on Capitol Hill. God give our leaders some brains and
brawn--brains to see it and brawn to destroy it! To cite further
evidence concerning the rise of terrorism within our borders, the head
of the F.B.I. warns: "Communist countries are stepping up efforts to
steal U.S. industrial secrets and Americans should be on the alert
against such spying." The Red agents "aim to recruit our scientific
personnel, steal our research and development technology, and develop
information on the economic policies of the United States." The F.B.I.
director pleads with Americans "to exercise patriotism and give America
support and cooperation in reporting and stopping such saboteurs within
our shores." Despite all that "patriots" try to do, it appears that a
hopeless situation confronts America. Judgment is coming upon "all
nations" (Jeremiah 30:11), and "Babylon" cannot escape this infamous
international conflict. Though she builds a spectacular space program
and mounts ". . .up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height
of her strength {by creating utterly fantastic, atomic-laden SPACE
VEHICLES}. . ." (verse 53), still ". . .the broad walls of Babylon
shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire.
. ." (verse 58).

   John's Predictions

   John, the New Testament expositor of Babylonian destruction,
pictures the scene as follows: God is angry with Babylon whose ". . .
sins have reached unto heaven. . ." and remembers her iniquities
(Revelation 18:5). Babylon must reap what she has sown. Thus, ". . her
plagues come in one day. . ." and consist of death, and mourning and
famine (verse 8). The kings of the earth (world leaders and statesmen),
who have committed ungodly acts with her and lived deliciously off of
her unlimited wealth, bewail her, and lament over her, when they see
the ". . .smoke of her burning" (verse 9). They cry, ". . .Alas, alas
that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy
judgment come. And the merchants of the earth {the world's
stockbrokers, bankers and salesmen} shall weep and mourn over her; for
no man buyeth their merchandise any more: The merchandise of gold, and
silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen. . ."
(verses 11 and 12). Nuclear blasts end the "covetous" grasping for
goods in one hour--yes, ". . .in one hour so great riches is come to
nought {or nothingness}. . ." (verse 17). No wonder the Saviour said,
". . .lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven. . ." (Matthew 6:20).
Here one's accumulated wealth through giving abides forever in the form
of souls won to Christ. Thank God we will not be present, dear
Christian, to cry with earth's multitudes when ". . .they cast dust on
their heads, and {cry}, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that
great city. . .for in one hour is she made desolate" (verse 19).

   This is God's message of destruction and doom, You, unsaved reader,
are included in the warning! Soon, everything you possess--your little
empire--may crumble in an hour of time. Then what? You may perish in
the catastrophic and uncontrolled burning of this prophesied time! The
saved, however, will escape this horrible judgment for true believers
are called up in Revelation 4:1--the burning of Babylon takes place
fourteen chapters later. Are you ready for the great escape, the coming
of the Lord for His "born again" children? The only hope is found in
receiving Christ. This makes one a son of God (John 1:12). Receive Him
now before Babylon burns!

Chapter 4

   This chapter continues our discussion of America in Bible prophecy.
The question and answer method will be used to recapitulate the
startling truths mentioned in the past three chapters.

   Q: Do you think that America's present and future are predicted in
the Bible?

   A: My answer must be affirmative. After delving into this subject
intensely, I cannot come to any other conclusion.

   Q: What are these prophecies and where are they located?

   A: They are mentioned in the writings of Isaiah, Jeremiah and John.
Let's begin with Isaiah. In chapter 18:1-2, the prophet depicts a
latter-day nation that amazingly resembles modern America. He says:
"Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of
Ethiopia: That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of
bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation
scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning
hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers
have spoiled!" From this we deduce the following:

   1) America's emblem, a bald eagle, with outstretched wings, fulfills
the prophet's description of a land shadowed with wings.

   2) The nation is beyond the sea from Israel.

   3) This nation is scattered and peeled, meaning spread out and
cultured.

   4) She is measured or staked out as well.

   5) She has spoiled or polluted waterways that affect the land.

   Q: Is there more? What about the description of Babylon itself?
Where is she mentioned in God's Word?

   A: Political Babylon is mentioned in the writings of Jeremiah and
John. However, may I unequivocally state at this point that it was God
Almighty Who gave the prophecies through His servants. God spoke and
man wrote. That is why God says in Jeremiah 30:2: ". . .Write thee all
the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book." This is important to
know. Why? It makes one realize that the predictions are not the
ramblings of men, but statements from Jehovah God Himself.

   Q: What does Jeremiah state?

   A: In chapters 50 and 51 of the book bearing his name, Jeremiah
presents conclusive evidence that a "latter-day" Babylon shall spring
into existence far different from, and superior to, ancient Babylon. As
one studies his remarks it is amazing to see that modern America seems
to be the fulfillment of these predictions because:

   1) She is a nation of mingled people (Jeremiah 50:37). America and
Russia both have intermingled and interracial inhabitants, but Russia
is not in mind as we will prove.

   2) She is a nation whose ". . .mother shall be sore confounded. . "
(Jeremiah 50:12), coexisting with "mother" at the hour of her decline.
Ancient Babylon does not fit the bill since she was founded by a
father--Nimrod. However, America's mother is England who presently is
confounded, confused and near collapse, financially. She no longer is
considered a superpower and soon mother and daughter shall both be
challenged.

   3) She ". . .dwellest upon many waters. . ." (Jeremiah 51:13). This
typifies America, bordered on each side by the world's two largest
oceans and possessing the longest river on the globe--the mighty
4,200-mile-long Mississippi. Surely ancient Babylon composed of barren
deserts was not in view when Jeremiah penned such prophecies.

   4) Her wealth plagues the nations of earth to the point of insane
jealousy, for Jeremiah 51:7 declares: "Babylon hath been a golden cup
in the Lord's hand. . .therefore the nations are mad."

   5) Her space exploits are so utterly fantastic that she tries to ".
. .mount up to heaven. . ." (Jeremiah 51:53). America's space program
is significant in the light of Jeremiah's declarations.

   6) Babylon exists when Israel is back in her land. America is only
200 years old, and the newborn babe--Israel--a child. The new land of
Israel was established in 1948, meaning that the prophecies could only
coexist since that hour. Who but America can fulfill the requirements
mentioned to this point and coexist with Israel? The answer is obvious!

   Q: It is all so convincing! Can the Apostle John add anything to
this discussion?

   A: Yes! John, in the book of Revelation, pictures two Babylons. One
is portrayed as a world religion, geographically located on seven
hills--undoubtedly the seven hills of Rome (Revelation 17:9). The other
Babylon is an internationally respected nation (Revelation 18). John
describes the nation by saying:

   1) ". . .the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the
abundance of her delicacies" (Revelation 18:3).

   2) She is laden with sins (Revelation 18:5).

   3) ". . .she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously . . ."
(Revelation 18:7). Sadly, her superabundance of material goods produced
idleness and sin.

   Q: The Apostle John mentions her overabundance of wickedness. What
is presently happening in America relating to this "latter-day"
prophecy?

   A: America has never been in such a state of degradation and
hopelessness. Truly America is laden or loaded with iniquity. The
pollution inundating our land centers around:

   1) Drunkenness, or culturally identified: "alcoholism". Ten million
inebriates drink themselves into insensibility on a continual basis
while millions more spend billions on booze annually.

   2) Drug addiction which mars and scars another ten million in our
nation.

   3) Tobacco which pollutes both lungs and land to the tune of ten
billion dollars per year.

   4) Gambling, which robs needy millions through governmental
controlled lotteries and mafia-dominated casinos to the amount of 60
billion dollars each year.

   5) Prostitution and pimping which spreads disease and shame to nine
million Americans every twelve months and costs 25 to 100 dollars per
orgasm.

   6) Homosexuality which seeks to arrogantly, egotistically, blatantly
and publicly boast about its perverted members. In anger they desire to
come out of the closet. Well, the closet is a good place to practice
sex. If it is good enough for the married in the privacy of the closet,
why should homos receive special privileges to proclaim their
perversity. God says, ". . .it is a shame even to speak of those things
which are done of them in secret" (Ephesians 5:12).

   7) Smut peddlers, spreading sexual filth via magazine racks also
cover the nation. Their satanically inspired garbage is found
everywhere including the corner grocery store. Christians should rise
up in arms, boycott the Devil's hangouts loaded with soul-destroying
adulterous materials, and patronize the shops of decent Americans.
Since Jesus said that lust through the eyegate amounted to adultery
(Matthew 5:28), then why fraternize such soul-damning dealers who bait
the young into a life of lustful slavery and eternal Hell. Make a
decision, then fulfill it!

   8) Immoral lepers also plague the nation. As a result, millions are
carrying illegitimate babies. Thousands of the victims are 11 to 13
years of age. It appears that high school sex education courses have
stimulated rather then educated the young. Sex sin, however, is reaping
its reward. Presently nine million persons with venereal disease have
reaped the reward of running sores from eyes, ears, mouth, genitals and
other moisture producing areas of the body. That is why the kiss of the
V.D. carried is even obnoxiously unclean. Do not get "tricked" or
"trapped." The shame is not worth the brief encounter. Beware, young
man and young lady! Beware, Mother and Father! Your fling may sting for
". . .they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same" (Job
4:8).

   9) Abortion, the murder of "unwanted babies," produced by immoral
lepers is also affecting one million women annually. These so-called
cultured but barbaric sinners think nothing of having their little
bundles from God hacked to pieces and flushed.

   Never mind that God says, "Thou shalt not kill" (Exodus 20:13).
Sinners have taken the matter into their own hands, but remember God
holds the final trump card--the Judgment (Revelation 20:15).

   10) "Mercy killers" are also on the ascendency in America. They are
progressive abortionists who have become hardened to killing and now
wish to include the "mommies and daddies" along with the "babies." The
"honor thy father and mother" in God's commandments (Exodus 20:12),
interferes with their fun. The responsibility is too great. So, the old
folks must go. These sick birds must be related to Hitler. Am I
proclaiming fairy tales or does such thinking and planning exist? You
be the judge: Drs. Watson and Crick, the famous Nobel prize winning
discoverers of the DNA molecule, have both recommended such a course.
Dr. Crick advocates compulsory death for all at age 80. Presently,
proabortionists, killing one million babies annually, are involved in
brainwashing programs for "euthanasia" or "mercy killing." They cry:
"Why let your poor mother or grandfather die in misery? Surely your
compassionate nature should make `Death with Dignity' a consideration."
This is the ultimate of a depraved society, created by humans who have
decided to play God!

   11) Murderers, beyond abortionists and `Death with Dignity'
advocates, stalk the country. Fifty thousand are savagely slaughtered
within the nation annually. The human animals who stalk, torture,
brutalize and then slaughter their victims, use hatchets, knives and
guns. They then decapitate and dismember the victims and finally burn
and bury the remains. My files are flooded with such atrocities.

   12) Robbers and looters also rear their ugly faces, destroying,
plundering and pillaging another man's lifetime accumulations. They
call it "fair play" because of their many shortages. I like what Roy
Wilkins, the famous black leader, said about the New York thieves. I
quote: "Tens of thousands of blacks and Hispanics poured from their
tenements and barrios in 16 areas to produce an orgy of looting. . .
The cry echoed through the ghettos, `It's Christmastime, it's
Christmastime!' And Christmastime it was! In an attempt to arrive at a
cause for the behavior of the people, many commentators cited the high
rate of unemployment. Even President Carter leaned toward this view.
But not all of the New York City raiders were hungry or suffered from
lack of job opportunity. From their televised pictures, none appeared
to be unhealthy. Besides, they got ready to loot in six minutes--too
quickly. The solution is not to give these offenders a job if one wants
a job honestly done. Many of us Blacks sympathize with the editorial
position of the Amsterdam News Harlem's Black weekly. It said,
`Everyone convicted of looting should serve his sentence at hard
labor.'" I believe that the decadent film fare in theatres and on
television screens has brought about most of the rottenness described
in this message. In fact, U.S. News and World Report recently reported
on "Violence in the Movies." I quote: "In the view of David E. Silber,
professor of psychology at George Washington University in Washington,
D.C., `There is a lot of evidence to suggest that some people model
their behavior on what they observe, and this can be disastrous if the
model is a violent movie.' Silber adds: `The more violence that is
shown, the more likely some people are to commit violent acts.'" It is
so dangerous that a growing number of organizations contend that the
danger is sufficient to warrant widespread changes in the handling of
movies. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times says: "Recent violent acts
in our city have been attributed to the inspiration provided by
movies." His final lament is: "God save the kids of this generation
from the dreams they are storing away."

   Q: Can a nation continue under such sinful circumstances?

   A: Not indefinitely! The Bible says, "Righteousness exalteth a
nation, but sin is a reproach to any people" (Proverbs 14:34). Sin can
only produce disaster both for individuals and nations. This is why
Psalm 9:17 declares: "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the
nations that forget God." Job 4:8 states: ". . .they that plow
iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same."

   Q: You believe then that judgment may be imminent for our beloved
nation?

   A: There is no doubt about it! Isaiah describes the judgment of the
"latter days" as being administered upon all nations--including
America. One does not have to agree with the interpretation of Babylon
to know that America, as a nation, is part of the coming holocaust
administered against all nations. She then must be included in such
texts as Jeremiah 30:11: ". . .I make a full end of all nations. . ."
". . .I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the nations such
as they have not heard" (Micah 5:15). ". {God} shall bring forth
judgment to the nations" (Isaiah 42:1), and ". . .the destroyer of the
nations is on his way. . ." (Jeremiah 4:7). No doubt about it--America
is part of the "all nations" package marked for destruction.

   Q: Are there any specific judgments administered against Babylon
already identified as America?

   A: Most assuredly so. A sneak attack, similar to Pearl Harbor, is
predicted upon Babylon in Jeremiah 50:24. God says: "I have laid a
snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou was not
aware. . ." John, in Revelation 18, describes the effects of this
surprise attack. The bankers, merchants and workmen all wail saying: ".
. . Alas, alas that great city, Babylon, that mighty city! For in one
hour is thy judgment come" (Revelation 18:10).

   Q: Who will be the ruthless villain who violently strikes without
warning?

   A: None other than Russia! All her blasphemous negotiations around
the detente doctrine add up to Iying rhetoric. Her communistic leaders
have never known the meaning of truth or honesty--and the future will
prove it! In Jeremiah 50:9, an assembly of great nations (superpowers)
come up against Israel from the North. This is the same Northern bear
that marches on Israel (Ezekiel 38:15). Actually, Russia is North of
both America and Israel. It is interesting to note that neither the USA
nor the Soviet Union wins. Both military qiants are crushed. Some
biblical scholars believe that Russia starts the sneak nuclear attack
against the USA, crippling her, and then moves against Israel where God
Almighty smashes this godless communistic monstrosity into
oblivion--leaving but onesixth of her armies (Ezekiel 39:2). Whatever
the alignment of events, it is clear that both nations fall, Christ
returns, and world peace begins.

   Q. All these signs, then, are directly related to Christ's return?

   A. No doubt about it. In fact, it all occurs after the Rapture and
just before Christ returns to earth. The timetable is presented in
Isaiah 13:10. In this text, ". . .the stars of heaven and the
constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be
darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to
shine." This is the exact prophecy Christ mentioned in Matthew 24:29,
portraying the final scenes of the Tribulation hour prior to His return
to earth. He said: "Immediately AFTER THE TRIBULATION of those days
shall the sun be darkened and the moon shall not give her light, and
the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall
be shaken." The sneak attack, then, is definitely a final Tribulation
occurrence.

   Q: What hope is there for the world in the light of these facts?

   A: ". . .Salvation is of the Lord" (Jonah 2:9). Trust in Christ. He
died at Calvary to save sinners for time and eternity. By receiving Him
and the merits of His shed blood, one can be prepared for the future,
yea for eternity. Do not delay! The events mentioned in this lesson are
at hand. Tomorrow may be too late!
