In the 17th chapter of the Book of Acts there is recorded for our learning a visit the apostle Paul made to Athens, Greece. Standing on Mars Hill in that city Paul said, “Ye men of Athens……God made the world and all things therein…..He gives to all life, and breath, and all things, and has made of one blood (bloodline) all nations of men (we can ALL trace our ancestry back to Adam and Eve) for to dwell on the face of the earth and has determined the times before appointed and the bounds of their habitation…” (See Acts 17, verses 22 thru 26).
God determined beforehand the exact time in human history when colonists in America would sever their relationship with the crown in England and declare this to be an independent sovereign nation. He, likewise, predetermined the boundaries of this great nation, that it would stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, and to the 49th parallel bordering Canada, and that our southern border would be with Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico. He has also determined when this nation shall fall and no longer be a sovereign power on earth!!!!
The Babylonian Empire endured for 67 years (606-539 B.C.) The Medo-Persian Empire endured for 208 years (539-331 B.C.) The Greek Empire lasted for 185 years (331-146 B.C.), and the Roman Empire ruled for an incredible 622 years (146 B.C. to 476 A.D.) This nation, America, has now endured for 240 years! It, too, like the ancient empires cited above, will someday fall. Just as the sands in the hourglass of our life are falling swiftly through the tiny aperture, so, too, the sands are falling swiftly through the aperture of the “hourglass” that depicts America’s life as a sovereign nation. Our days truly are numbered. Is our end to come in our lifetime, or that of the next generation, or a generation more distant still? Know this: That end will surely come. We, whose true citizenship is in heaven, need not be overly concerned with such matters. We are but pilgrims here. sojourners enroute to the eternal kingdom of God. So, take heart, for we seek a city whose builder and maker is God. Our hope is in the future, not the present or the past.
Christ’s Faithful Servant (Galatians 1:10-12),
Donald Wiley