“So you shall say to them. This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the Lord their God nor receive correction. Truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth” (Jeremiah 7:28). And then what does the Lord call such a nation in the very next verse of Jeremiah’s writings: “the generation of His wrath.”
There is a point in a nation’s history when God says of that generation, “You have finally gone too far.” That nation might have indeed had a glorious past. That nation in a previous generation might have been used by God to save the world. That nation might have had leaders so illustrious and good that images of those leaders were cast in iron and bronze and set on pedestals in prominent and revered locations. But not now. Not anymore.
I am glad I have entered my early eighties. Perhaps I won’t be around when God totally removes His hand of protection from this land. His withdrawal from such is gradual, but once it begins it cannot be stopped. “My eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. I will repay you according to your ways, and your abominations will be in your midst. Then you shall know that I am THE LORD WHO STRIKES” (Ezekiel 7:9). That is one name that is always missing from the lists one might find of the many names of God given in the scriptures: “Jehovah Nakah (naw-KAW’), the Lord who strikes.” From Ezekiel, the people of ancient Judah learned a new name for God. I fear America is going to learn that name quite well, too.
Christ’s Faithful Servant (Galatians 1:10-12),
Donald Wiley