12/2012
God controls the storms as a man does it by hand and if we would continue to destroy other nations’ properties, God would bring destruction back to us here in America. (Isaiah 28:2) It is imperative that spiritual leaders understand the way of the Lord. In Jeremiah 50:1-1, standards were set up declared and published and not concealed regarding Babylon and her images. Moreover, in Jeremiah 51:1-2, the Lord promised to send to Babylon that raise up against Him a destroying wind and at the time of her trouble there will be destroying wind all round about her. Surely, the United States of America conducts her affairs like Babylon – as a hammer shaping things using her military might.
This is not smooth talk however this is the Spirit of Truth. Like God warned Judah, in Isaiah 30:12-13, the same warning has gone forth to the United States for trusting in oppression and perverseness. Moreover, the leaders of the United States have done the same thing that Ephraim did in Hosea 10:13: “Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.” We must understand that the terrorism that we are experiencing in America is the fruit of our trust in oppression and perverseness. For if we would only hearken to the commandments of God – We would experience peace as the river, righteousness as the waves of the sea, far from oppression and God would show us how to profit and terror would not come near us. (Isaiah 48:17-18 and Isaiah 54:14)
As recorded in Malachi chapter three, God is looking for an offering in righteousness – thus judgment is brought near to us. It is imperative that we note Malachi 3:5 as we counsel the nation. “And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.” Please note, “those that oppress the hireling in his wages” this means the ones who fail to pay employees living wages – the ones that engage in outsourcing under profit maximization. Surely this is one of the reasons for the high unemployment in America.
Today, surely judgment is in the land; it is important to learn to fear God from His precepts and not from the precepts of men. Many people only advocate how merciful the Lord is and they fail to share wrath of God. As we study the word of God, we also find how God scattered his chosen people among all nations because they failed to execute true judgment, and oppress the widow, the fatherless, the stranger, the poor, and imagine evil against their brothers in their heart. (Zechariah 7:8-14)
Moreover, one of the things that God hates is the rush to shed innocent blood. It is being reported that we have killed 655,000 Iraqis. Now we are killing thousands of others innocent people throughout the Middle East. In the book, “Ending Terrorism in the United States: God Has Warned U. S.” more details are shared regarding the way of the Lord and the warnings that have gone forth. Moreover, it provides specifics as what we must now to help effect healing on the Land.
Elmore Richmond Jr.
