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What's Inside America, The Babylon?

Excerpts

The following is an excerpt from Volume 2. It provides details on how you can escape the coming judgments upon America, the Mystery Babylon.

It's Decision Time

Biblical prophecy outlines the future events in which humanity will veer off and head for the cliffs. It won't however be the end of the world, just the end of an era. These prophecies seem to indicate that these future events are very close at hand. Whether or not this is so, the reader needs to take stock of his or her own personal situation and relationship to the Creator of the universe. In other words, for you the reader it is time to make a decision one way or the other. What kind of decision do I mean? I am referring to a decision as to whether or not you will surrender your future into the hands of the Creator.

Why should anyone be concerned about his or her relationship with the Creator? Because whether we like it or not we, as created, beings will one day face the Creator and account for our life's actions and attitudes in His court of Law. What we decide here and now will determine the outcome of our case when we confront Him. But in order for us to grasp the gravity of this future event we need to understand some facts surrounding the impending judicial case in the Divine Courtroom. Once we understand the facts of our reality we will have to make a decision. In order to make the best and informed decision we need to know a few key elements.

We need to know:

1. Who and what we really are
2. Who the Creator is
3. What is His character
4. Why He must act in a certain way
5. How He has/is acting
6. What are the terms of solution.
7. How the solution is applied
8. When is the solution applied
9. Length of the solutions
10. The results of our choices

What follows in the next few chapters will answer these questions so that you the reader can make and informed and intelligent choice in either the positive or negative.

We will explain exactly what each human being's status is between himself and the Creator God as defined by the Creator God in His written communiqué with mankind, which we call the Bible.

We will explain exactly who the Creator God is, what His Character is and what are His requirements for re-establishing a relationship between an individual and the Creator God.

We will also explain the consequences and ramifications of both a positive and a negative volitional choice.

We will provide the reader with what we believe is Good News. The Creator God loves you and wants to re-establish a relationship with you but only if you want it and will accept His terms for a solution to certain critical problems.

At the end of this section we will explain why Christians in America should not be worried about their personal situation in regard to the prophecies of America's coming destruction. Our reasoning will perhaps surprise many mature Christians who may otherwise be wondering if they should be evacuating from America right now.

If you the reader are wondering where you stand in this future scenario then please begin the next three chapters. These chapters will explain who you are and what you are as God the Creator sees you. It is not a pretty picture, but remember, there is Good News in all of this and it’s not how you must be a certain way, act a certain way and by what you do you gain 'brownie points' with God and thereby 'earn' some sort of pardon. Instead, know that God Himself has taken care of the situation but you must allow God to credit what He has done on your behalf and apply it to your personal ledger that God holds at His judicial bench. So, sit tight and follow onward so that you can understand and make an intelligent, rational and informed decision one way or the other as to how you will relate to the Creator for all eternity.

To understand the Good News Message from God we have to realize some pertinent facts that God has had written down.

1. There is a Creator-God of the universe.
2. The Creator-God is a perfect being. His character is enveloped in rightness (a.k.a. righteousness) and justness (promoting justice).
3. Mankind (while starting out perfect) is now imperfect and an enemy of the Creator-God. Mankind has joined a cosmic rebellion led by an angel named Satan who is attempting to overthrow the Creator-God of universe. God cannot allow the rebellion and an imperfect human race to exist forever. At some point He has to bring it to an end. Man's imperfection is most often called "sin." Every human is called a "sinner."
4. Mankind is spiritually dead and cut-off from the Creator-God. All of mankind has been condemned to being eternally separated from the Creator-God and must die.
5. The Creator-God of the universe is also a being of pure love that has motivated Him to provide a solution to the problem that exists between Himself and mankind.
6. The Creator-God solved the problem by becoming a human being (Jesus Christ the God-Man) and living a perfect life before voluntarily dying upon a cross so that He could be the substitute to take the Divine judgment upon Himself instead of ourselves. He did this on a personal basis for any individual human who wishes to accept it as a fact and rely upon it as a fact. This is the Creator-God's rescue plan. It is his way of 'saving' any human who will accept it by relying upon it. We call this reliance or acceptance by the word "faith." So that "faith" is the vehicle through which the Creator-God has provided a means of saving us (a.k.a. "salvation"). So that salvation is simply a gift (that cost God everything of Himself) that is freely offered to any human being. It is offered by way of it being a gift through the vehicle of "believing" or "relying" or having "faith" and taking Him at His word as it has been written down and given to us in what we call the Bible. Jesus Christ, the Son of God died on a cross on your behalf to take the penalty of your sins upon Himself instead of you being found guilty and forever cut off from God. Jesus Christ not only died for you but He also then rose again from the dead which is proof that God the Father was satisfied with His death as being an adequate sacrifice on our behalf. He arose because He was able to take our sins in His death and do away with them.
7. Not only is one who accepts the Creator-God's gift saved but the human who accepts this gift also is made an adopted son of God and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ the God-Man who died on our behalf. Each human who believes God's Good News message will also receive a new 'spiritual' body that will never die and will have superhuman capabilities. This new eternal life and body will be residing in the same house or abode as the Creator-God of the universe.
8. Those who reject the Creator-God's terms and the gift that He has offered (including those who would partially accept it but then also want to add to it their own good deeds as partial compensation to God) will be cut-off forever from God. Those who reject Him will be placed into a location of eternal suffering along with the angelic rebel angels who attempted to overthrow the Creator-God of the universe.
9. At some point, and we think fairly soon, the Son of God, Jesus Christ at His Father's command will return to earth with a mission to rescue and remove all who have accepted the message that Jesus Christ died for their sins. This includes first of all those who have already physically died. They will be resurrected from the dead and given new supernatural bodies. Then those who are alive will be instantly changed and caught up in the air with Jesus Christ and all will live and reign with Him over Earth and the whole universe. In the process of this, the rest of mankind will go to war against Jesus Christ at His return and Jesus Christ will instantly destroy all that oppose Him including the rebel angelic forces.

This then is the entire nutshell version of God's Good News Program for humanity. The essential points to consider are as follows:

1. Humans are enemies of God and incapable of solving the problem that exists between God and themselves. Humans are condemned to eternal separation from God and thereby a spiritual death.
2. God who is perfect, righteous, and just cannot allow mankind's imperfections to continue forever. He has to put a stop to it and destroy the imperfections and restore perfection to the universe.
3. God solved the problem that exists between Himself and human beings by becoming a human being and thereby a substitute and thus sacrificing Himself into death on behalf of anyone who will accept His actions as a substitute. This part of God that did this is named Jesus the Christ. He died on a cross voluntarily so that if you will accept His actions on your behalf, then in the Divine Courtroom of Judgment before His Father, (God the Father who sits as Judge on the Judicial bench) the recorded sins in your personal records will be wiped clean. The penalty will be accounted to Jesus Christ who also in death got rid of all the sins attributed to Him, because He is deity and He has the ability to remove and dispose of imperfection. Because He was able to do this, He was also able to resurrect Himself from the dead. This is proof that His Father accepted the results as being perfect and accepted Jesus death as payment for our sins.
4. The only way the sins can be removed from our record is by believing God and His written words that Jesus Christ the Son of God has died on our behalf and rose from the dead for the removal of our sins. It is not a matter of believing and then getting baptized with water. It is not a matter of believing and then going forward in a public church service or revival-crusade. It is not a matter of believing and then giving any amount of money (from a penny to billions makes no difference). We cannot buy "salvation." Neither can we earn it. We cannot even partially pay God back. In no way can we do anything to earn 'brownie points' with God. God freely gives gifts to humans. We cannot mix belief with any actions on our own in which we think it will gain us any extra standing with God.
5. After we believe His message, He does have a plan for our life. This plan entails the notion of learning as much about Him as we can. The plan also involves our learning what goodness and rightness are and then practicing to live in a good and right manner. Why? So that when we are given our superhuman bodies we will have had some practice in being Godlike so that we are better prepared for an eternity in which we will rule the universe with Him. So the Christian life is just a training program for future opportunities. Depending on how we live now may well determine what our specific roles will be in eternity. Some may get to oversee a whole Galaxy because they were more grown up spiritually in their human existence and thus more qualified than others. Some may only get a solar system or simply a planet or a moon or whatever. We don’t know the specifics. We only know that our remaining amount of time here on earth needs to be focused on living our lives in a godlike manner of good ness and rightness. Why? Because it is what He wants us to do because He wants to give us more good things in eternity but no more than we can handle.

Now, isn't that good news?

Now we've covered a lot of important information in a quick nutshell format. In doing so we've used some terms that some readers may not readily understand, especially the idea of faith. Faith is the key element in the Good News message because without Faith we're 'sunk' so to speak. It is really important for everyone, including those who already believe to realize all aspects that are involved in the meaning of the word "faith." In fact there are probably some who will read this thinking that they already are "saved" but in reality don't realize what the word means and therefore they may actually be adding something to faith that actually makes faith invalid and of no effect. So, for this reason we want to include a section that defines and tells us exactly what Faith is and what the word actually means.

There are some Christians who have read the first Volume of "America, The Babylon" or have read similar studies regarding the Prophecies of a future Babylon being identified as America and have become worried about being caught in the coming judgment upon America. As a result, I am writing this document for those with such concerns to help them develop a better understanding of the correct biblical attitude towards this coming event.

In order to do that, the reader needs to go back to the basics of the Christian life and understand how God relates to us. We also need to understand how God deals with His own, and also with those who are not His own. Once we know this, then we can rest confidently in Him and His word. To do this, we need to review what we mean by the term "faith". We also need to remember other instances of God’s judgment, and how He operates when he conducts such judgment. When we know and remember these elements, we are able to have the proper mental attitude of confidence that pleases Him and empowers us to serve Him in these final moments of the age.

This document will come in two parts

1. Defining and understanding Faith
2. Defining and understanding how God enacts supernatural Divine Judgment

What is Faith?

There are 6 basic words for faith found in the Bible, that we will examine here. 5 are from the Hebrew Old Testament. 1 is from the New Testament. Let’s examine the Hebrew words first.

#1. Aman [Ah-mahn]; Strong’s code #s: 529, 530, 539, 540. 539&540 are the main root words.

Basic Definition: to build, to support. To foster a child as a parent or a nurse "to be firm"… i.e. to be sure, to believe… carries the idea of stability, certainty, assured, established. The Idea of the Definition: It is the idea that the thing to support an idea or an attitude is a promise of God, or the character of God. Aman focuses on the Object of trust and who or where it is directed toward … namely a promise of God or the Word of God, and or on HIS Character.

So that the OBJECT OF FAITH is:

1. God's Word
2. God's Character

The word Aman is the most commonly used word in the Bible for: Faith, Trust, and the word Believe. It is a mental attitude of supported belief. Faith always demands content…it is the essence of propping or supporting. Some selected examples: Isaiah 25:1; Genesis 15:6 among many.

#2. Yachal = [ Yah hal ]; Strong’s code #3176 main root word.

Basic Definition: To be weak in such a sense as to wait long and patiently with a certainty of knowledge.

The Idea of the Definition: This is the word for faith when things don’t happen quickly.

Yachal is the most commonly experienced usage of the idea in the Bible for faith. Some selected examples: Isaiah 51:5; Job 13:15; Psalm 119:49. In Job 13:15 "though he slay me, I …. Yachal = "will wait long and patiently." In Psalm 119:49 "remember your word to your servant…to…… Yachal… "hope"…or trust.

#3. Batach = [Bah tak]; Strong’s code #982

Basic Definition: to lie out extended, to stretch out extended. Often used in wrestling and it meant to literally throw one down on his face and pin him to the mat. Also used for anyone who would lie out extended on something… like when you’re tired and your back hurts. To get relief sometimes it helps to just lie out extended on a firm surface like the floor…so you can get maximum support in order to try and stretch out and relax those lower back muscles to ease the stress.

The Idea of the Definition: To relax on something solid for maximum support. Some selected examples: Psalm 31:10-14 and Psalm 37:5. In Psalm 31:10-14… we see David where his environment is in dire shape. He has severe troubles…he’s hated, he’s avoided, and he's forgotten. In verse 14 though he says:…"But as for me… I will … Batach…I will lie out extended… in the Lord." In Psalm 37:5 "Commit your way to the Lord…Batach also in Him…and He will do it"…

#4. Khaw saw = [hashaw] - pronounced like ‘hooosshhh’ & pronounced like it sounds. It’s an onomotopaetic word… like "crack" "snap" "zip" for imitating the sound in represents. Strong’s # 2620

Basic Definition: to seek a shelter or refuge rapidly.

The Idea of the Definition: The activity involves fleeing. The activity involves fleeing to a place to flee to. What good does it do to flee if there is no place to flee to?? That’s the concept of faith. It always has to have a valid object for the attitude to be focused towards. Faith always has to have an object.

Selected Example: Psalm 36:7… uses the metaphor of chicks fleeing to a refuge under the mother hen’s wings. And the sound the make as they flee…. Hoooossssshhhhhh… emphasis on the speed…quickness. Also Psalm 57:1 "My soul … hoooosssshhhhh… in Thee"

#5. Kawah = [kavaw]; Strong’s code # 2342.

Basic Definition: to twist, to twirl…process of twisting …like as in making a rope. It is considered to be a slow process and thus connotes a tight twist for purpose of getting strength … but remember, it is time consuming.

The Idea of the Definition: To patiently wait. It indicates also a knowledge of the object. Selected Example: Isaiah 40:31… "Those who….kawah for the Lord will gain new strength, will mount up with wings as eagles…" Note that this word indicates that things don't always happen when we want them to and this type of faith-attitude denotes that ability to wait long and patiently if necessary. This is a far cry from the "name it and claim it" crowd that proposes that you should be able to snap your fingers in prayer to God and He'll instantly respond with showers of blessings to exactly what you ask for to fulfill your hearts desire. Uh no. This word shows that faith doesn't work that way although sometimes He can and will respond instantly if such is in your genuine best interests and it most glorifies the Lord.

#6. Pisteuoh/Pistis/Pistin… #4100, 4102, 4103

Basic Definition: To think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, to have a conviction and trust. Belief. The character of one being believed, or relied upon. Or in other words: TO RELY.

The Idea of the Definition: To Rely upon. The idea being conveyed by this word is that faith or pisteuoh is not doing something blindfolded. Faith or Pisteuoh is the mental attitude in which the person grasps objective truth and the objective fact about the Lord and then he relies upon it. You could also liken this mental attitude of faith to be just like the idea of propping yourself upon something. Faith or pisteuoh could even be likened to the idea of lying extended and stretched out upon… and hooosssshhhh-ing it quickly…but doing so with a patient attitude realizing it may not happen quickly because it may be a slow process. It may be a slow process like that of making a strong rope.

Some selected examples: Hebrews 11:6, Ephesians 2:8-9;

Hebrews 11:6 "without faith it is impossible to please God"

Ephesians 2:8-9. "For by grace are you forever and ever being continually saved through the agency of faith, not by works"…

1. That means there has to be "given-content" of God’s Word (i.e., it needs to be in your mind). You can’t get it by asking someone for emergency help in a crisis situation asking "what does God’s Word teach about this _____"

It’s the Word transferred into our mind through the study of The Word and the ministry of the Holy Spirit. You gotta have it in your mind and understand it – before you can believe it. It’s IMPERATIVE that you understand it first or else how can you believe what you don't understand.

2. That means "given-content" about knowing God’s character too. We need to know whom we are dealing with. What’s He like? What’s His character like? If we don’t know about His character then there’s nothing to trust in. We can only get this by systematic study of the Word of God.

2. You have to exercise volition towards 1a and 1b above.

That means you have to make a positive mental agreement about God’s Word and rely upon it, and to make a positive agreement about God’s character and rely upon it. So that: … "The Word of God" says this _______ and your reaction to it is:

1. Rejection – "thumbs down"… then that is "no faith". And as Hebrews 11:6 tells us…without faith it is impossible to please God. So "thumbs down" on God’s Word or Character and God Is NOT pleased. When God is NOT pleased, God disciplines His own…us. His discipline can be via all sorts of things like:

1. upset emotions
2. instability
3. can’t get along with people
4. the whole gamut of possibilities

1. acceptance -- agreement with God. That is reliance based upon who God is and what He has said. Why? Why would we "thumbs down" God’s word or character?

1. We don’t know the Word so therefore we can’t have a positive volition (or mental attitude) towards it.
2. Or we do know it and react negatively anyway deliberately
3. Or we don’t want to have a positive volition towards it because we prefer to operate in a state of rebellion.

There are many given situations in which we must act as a believer but we can’t find a given verse in scripture on which to rest… then we’ve got to go back to the Word on what we know about the character of God, and simply say,

"I can’t pin a verse to this, BUT I do know something from the Word of God, …God is sovereign and whatever happens, God is in control and I exercise volition toward that… positive volition to the Word of God."

And this is defined by the "complicated" word --- FAITH. That’s all faith is: Positive Volition toward the Word of God.

3. Positive Volition toward the Word of God.

I just hang the confidence there with the Word of God. Without Positive Volition towards God … There is NO pleasing God -- Hebrews 11:6… "Without faith it is impossible to please Him." This shows us that God is not pleased with ACTIVITY!!! The only thing that can ultimately please God is a MENTAL ATTITUDE and IF it is not a positive mental attitude of trusting, relaxing, relying on God….GOD IS NOT PLEASED.

Any time in scripture where you see God pleased with a man, you can infer automatically that the man has faith. See Hebrews 11:1-40… for a list of folks that fit this idea. For instance, the first example is of Abel. In Genesis 4:1-8… can you find anywhere in those verses anything about "faith"???? There is no mention of the word whatsoever. Not at all. Yet, Hebrews 11 says Abel had faith and God was pleased. Why… Genesis 4:4 "God had regard for Abel’s offering. Why? Because Abel offered it in "faith"…and that is the point of Hebrews 11. Even though the text doesn’t explicitly state the word faith…it did exist within Abel and he did have it.

Final thoughts on Faith

Isaiah 1:13 shows us how impossible it is to please God without faith…even though we may act perfectly. We may "worship" perfectly. Isaiah 1:13 shows us that Israel did not please God…even though Israel conducted all the right motions, and activities that God commanded them to do. They did everything God commanded them…BUT… they had a "wrong" mental attitude… It was a "no-faith" mental attitude.

Isaiah 40: 6-8 gives us a solid basis for our faith. Faith rests on the Word of God. Verses 6-8. Notice that in verse 6-7 the transiency of everything around us. Verse 8 notes the permanency of God’s Word. The basis for our Faith is God’s Word because it is Permanent. Faith rests on the character of God… in Verse 12…note how it shows His character is Omnipotent (all-powerfulness)!! Verses 13-14 shows us His Omniscience…(perfect all-knowingness)!! Verse 15 shows us that He is Sovereign…He IS in control of everything.

Escape From Babylon

Many readers and audience members living in America have become alarmed by the implications of this research. Obviously, readers in America are wondering whether they should "evacuate" from America. Is there any possible escape from the destruction coming upon America, the Babylon? We think escape is not only possible but that it will happen for all whom God wishes.

In the next chapter we will explore this issue of escape from the coming judgment upon America. We will explain the Biblical concept of judgment and how God has dealt in the past with issuing special divine judgments. We will note God's behavior towards those who have placed their faith and reliance upon Him, His character and His Word. By discovering and recognizing God's past performance, character and the basis upon which He operates today we can have confidence in how He will deal with those who are counting on Him for escape.

Are We Christians Supposed To Worry about Our Future?

As we stated in our analysis of the question "What is Faith"… we saw that it is impossible to please God without Faith. To "have Faith" requires an object. For us as believers, the object must be in God’s Word and or His Character as we understand it from His Word. We must know and understand this and then have a positive mental attitude of reliance, trust, belief… to relax on it, doing so patiently, in a long term manner that builds strength. Once we know it, we need and want to do it quickly. This segment deals with obtaining the Object for reliance concerning the issue of what is our attitude to be about the prophecies concerning the Divine Judgment now being readied against a "future Babylon" that we know to be America. What positive mental attitude are we to have, that pleases God?

To come to terms with this, we need to know and understand the past examples of Divine Judgment as related in God’s Word. Using this as a basis, we can then take a look at how God will deal with His own before the coming Judgment upon America. Once we know and realize this, then it becomes a matter of agreeing with it, or giving it "thumbs down". If it is "thumbs down" God will let us suffer for it…with mental anxiety, mental or emotional instability, etc. He will NOT however, forsake His own…nor abandon us. We may however try to abandon Him and run away from Him.

Examples of past Divine Judgments and how God dealt with His own in carrying out the judgments.

When we speak of Divine Judgments, we are referring to specific actions where SUPERNATURAL MEANS are employed of profound and major consequences for the planet and the people on the planet. We do not want to confuse regular judgments with the Divine Judgments. Regular judgments are when God uses other human beings or normal events to produce punishment. Divine Judgments are special cases, which God’s own hand, or through His angels, provide the Supernatural Judgment.

There are really only 2 events in human history that fit the definition.

1. The Flood of Noah
2. The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities of the Plain.

One was by water, the other by fire. After the flood, God promised to never use water as a method of judgment upon the whole world ever again. The Fire judgment however will be used as a method again…at the Day of the Lord. The event of Sodom and Gomorrah is a "shadow" of things to come. A "type" of the things to come. Not just in the fire, but in how God related to those humans involved at Sodom and Gomorrah.

The account of the Flood of Noah is described in Genesis 6-9. Note that in the very beginning of the narrative, we find non-humans involved. Satanic beings and their interactions with man are the stimulating reason for the judgment. Jude in his epistle confirms this for us. Also true of the extra-biblical book of Enoch, which too reaffirms the notion of Satanic beings attempting to subvert Divine plans for humanity. Thus, the judgment is determined. God looks and sees that not everyone should necessarily be destroyed. There were some left on Earth who had "faith"…and who pleased God. These, God determined to save, and He established a rescue plan of protection for them. By faith, Noah relied upon God’s Word and was "saved". He avoided the destruction that was heaped upon all the others living on the planet. So God rescued the righteous before He engaged in Divine Judgment.

The account of the judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah is described in Genesis 18 and 19. The cast of characters involved include Abraham, 3 angels who looked like men to Abraham, at first… then also Lot and his wife and daughters, and some of the perverse inhabitants of Sodom. The story begins with the 3 angels visiting Abraham. The leader of the 3 discusses with Abraham what is about to unfold for Sodom, knowing that Abraham’s nephew, Lot and his family are living in the city. From the conversation it is clear that Abraham was worried about his relatives living in Sodom. Abraham knew that the city was slotted for Divine Judgment.

So, Abraham attempted to "bargain" with the Lord, to spare the city if there were enough living within it, to warrant its being spared such obliteration. Abraham "bargains" with God? Not really. But the idea is that God was interested in sparing the city IF there were at least 10 righteous ones living in the city. The story relates then, how perverse the residents acted towards the angels as they entered the city to visit Lot. Apparently there were not 10 righteous within Lot’s family, nor were any other righteous people living in the city. So, did God destroy Lot and his family, along with all the others? NO. The angels directed Lot and his family to evacuate and flee the city, sparing them from harm, and waiting until they were a safe distance away, before proceeding with the judgment.

This event is a foreshadowing of what will occur with the future Babylon. We know this because the prophecy of Isaiah 13:19 relates to Babylon being destroyed just like Sodom and Gomorrah. Jeremiah 50:40 repeats the prophecy. So, if the future Babylon is to be destroyed just like Sodom and Gomorrah, then too, there is a rescue plan devised by God. But to understand this we need to know the time frame parameters for this in the scope of related prophecies of the end times.

As related in "America, The Babylon" Volume 1, America will undergo 2 distinct and different judgments at 2 different points in prophetic time. The first seems to be at the time of the rise of the Antichrist to power. (Known as the "beast" in Revelation 17.) The second judgment comes at the end of the Tribulation, which occurs just before the 2^nd Advent of Christ in Glory. What concerns many of you, is the first judgment and your fear of being caught up in it and not being able to evacuate in time.

The first judgment comes at a time, which allows the "beast" to rise to power, near the start of the tribulation. Now, there are many that believe that the Church will have been rescued in the "rapture" before the tribulation begins. Others believe the rapture is either to occur in the middle or at the end of the Tribulation period. There is a problem with these last 2 theses. They are confusing tribulation saints in the tribulation with the Church. These saints are not a part of the Church. The Church is gone. Missing. The Church has been called already to the marriage feast of the Lamb, which is sometimes called Rosh Hoshanah. There will also be others saved after the Tribulation and the rapture.

Also, we have the Jewish nation left on earth. Most of the Jewish people are living now in America. America is the equivalent to ancient Babylon in the regard of being the home of the diaspora. Revelation 18:4 then is not a call for the church neither to be raptured, nor to evacuate… it is a call to Israel, and perhaps brand new believers known as Tribulation Saints. The other relevant OT passages for this are… Jeremiah 50:8, 28; 51:6, 45-46; and also Isaiah 48:20. These passages show clearly that it is Jews that are being referred to. They are told to flee to Zion, and to help rebuild the temple. This is not a passage for the Church. So, the church is to be rescued, and raptured out before the very first of the two judgments hit America.

Now, for those who have held to a mid-tribulation or post-tribulation rapture, or are Christian Reconstructionists you have missed the whole point of the 2 previous Divine Super Judgments. Both involved the idea of rescuing but by God’s own out of the way not by their own efforts.

This is God’s character, and God always acts within His character. He never changes His character. Consequently we MUST keep in mind the following verses of assurance that God will protect His own, and provide a means for escape, one way or the other.

1st Thessalonians 5:9-10 "For God has not destined us for wrath, BUT for having obtained salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, V. 10 "who died for us, that whether we are awake or asleep we may live together with Him.

These 3 verses should be more than sufficient for ALL believers who reside in America to "relax" upon God's Word and God's Character in this matter. We do this by realizing and relying upon God to always act in accordance with His Written Promises as those above, which tell us, that we are NOT appointed, nor destined for wrath, and certainly not the wrath destined for America.

Just as God spared Noah and his family, and as God spared Lot and his family, so too will God spare His own family that reside in America. Whether you choose to believe that the rapture will transpire first, or that the Lord will send Angels, or another means, God will remove us from the wrath to fall upon America. It is His word and His character that we rely upon for everything. Rely upon His word and His character for your escape from His coming wrath upon America.

Should you who read this, (having read the first section on faith) choose to take a "thumbs down" view, and have a "no" response…that means "no faith" and "no faith" means God is NOT pleased (Hebrews 11:6)… When God is not pleased, he disciplines us… and will let us suffer the emotional instability caused by our lack of reliance upon Him in this matter. The choice here on this issue is yours. I hope and pray that you will choose to rely on Him for your protection and salvation from the wrath about to fall upon America, The Babylon.

For those of you who may wonder if you are a Christian, a brief word of understanding,

especially if you skipped Chapters 23 and 24. You can have protection and salvation if you understand that you are an imperfect creature. The Creator is perfect and can not associate with imperfection and must destroy imperfection. The Creator has good news for you. He enacted a "rescue" program for you. He has chosen to inflict the punishment that you deserve, and instead place it upon Himself.

However, He will not take the punishment for you unless you wish for Him to do so. If you want Him to assume the guilt for you let Him know. He will do so as an undeserved and unearned gift to you, because He loves you and does NOT want to destroy you and cut you off from Him forever. You can do nothing to earn this gift. You must simply rely upon His Word and take Him at His word.

This is faith. The gift he offers is called "grace" which means undeserved gift or unearned favor. It is simply your mental attitude of acceptance of the terms. It is not about "being good" or attending church…that gains you nothing with Him in solving the imperfection problem.

Not only will God take the punishment for you, but also in doing so He declares you to be perfect and seals you for the fulfillment portion of His promise. His promise includes not just the punishment, but eternal life, and adoption as His child. With such status comes the inheritance as the child of a King. All the Spiritual riches and benefits will accrue to you forever, after time ends. This means that while your physical body may be separated from your spirit, your spirit will live on and eventually will assume a new more fantastic body that defies the known laws of physics.

If this information makes sense to you and you rely upon it, congratulations. You are now a child of God, and a fellow "adopted" brother of Jesus Christ, who substituted Himself into your place and took the punishment due to you. He also, being God, the Son, was able after His death on the cross for your imperfections, to raise Himself up from death in resurrection. He will someday come back and raise up all the dead who have relied on Him to remove the imperfections. He will return also to change instantly those who are alive at His coming, so that all who believed on Him and accepted the unearned gift of eternal life would now have the same supernatural type body that He has. So you have a lot to look forward to.

Now that you’ve accepted this information and are relying on it… you should know, that God wants to get you trained and educated to assume new positions of leadership in the Universe. Therefore, in order to assume that position, it is appropriate for you to begin learning as much as you can about your Heavenly Father and His program. You also need to learn how to live like Him in character so that you are more easily able to handle your future position of authority in the heavenly realms of the Universe. To accomplish this, try and seek out a church, and or others who believe the information you’ve just read about. Seek out those folks for help in the learning process.

The rest of your life is to "grow up" into spiritual maturity of being like God. That takes knowledge of Him and His Word. Learning His word gives you even more powerful benefits than you can imagine, including Joy, Peace and emotional stability even in times of great crisis.

Excerpted from

America, The Babylon: America's Destiny Foretold In Biblical Prophecy

Volume 2

Pages 248 thru 265

Copyright © 2002  by  R. A. Coombes

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