This country....this land we call the United States of America was founded over 200 years ago. With all of our history you'd think it was nearly 400. Through it all, our forefathers laid a great foundation for us. They spent hour after hour after hour streamlining the Constitution as a road for success. Other important things took place along the way. Take for example this: An early pledge of allegiance to the flag of the Republic was offered up in 1887 by Captain George T. Bach, a veteran of the Civil War. It read, "We give our heads and hearts to God and our country, one country, one language and one flag".
Several years later, 1892 to be exact, Francis Bellamy put forward another form of the pledge that became a big portion of what we now know today. His version was formally adopted by Congress in 1942. The official name of the Pledge of Allegiance was adopted in 1945. Lastly, on Flag Day of 1954, the words "under God" were added". That brought us to these words:
"I pledge the allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all".
These words used to be recited in classrooms around the country before the beginning of each school day. They were words that meant something. Kids loved to sing the song, so to speak. The pledge might have been recited more than, "Now I lay me down to sleep"......
So what happened in a little over 10 years, after the pledge became official?
"The reasons for this deterioration is simple. In the beginning our founding fathers framed our Constitution around God, His moral government and laws. God was the supreme authority for government, the authority for oaths", according to the Courier of Montgomery County, Texas. "This is a binding put in place to bind us together as one nation under God. In the early 1960's, the Supreme Court and because of the lack of opposition made it unconstitutional to teach, suggest or recognize that there is a God. In one uncontested opinion, our nation was brought to its knees, no longer bound as one nation, no longer liberty and justice for all (liberty and justice for the highest bidder), no longer united but heavily fragmented. No longer a government of the people, by the people and for the people, but a government of the people, by politicians and their greed and struggle for power and for control. One of our founding fathers gave a profound prediction, 'Those who will not be by God will be ruled by tyrants".
Would it be helpful if I said, "well, we got what we deserved". Of course not, but didn't we, though? We turned the other way and we let evil worm it's way into every facet of this country's makeup. Greed, lust, power and deceit are all around. And today, if we turn to the Church, are they teaching us what we should be doing? Most aren't. They're not teaching prophesy. As a churchgoer, you'd be hard pressed to know that Satan is attacking us NOW MORE THAN EVER. If you're attending a church that is fully committed to where we are biblically in these times, consider yourself fortunate.
God is WAITING. He so wants to bring every last person to his kindgom. Remember Noah and the Ark? If you'll recall there wasn't a whole lot of room. So....
"For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those who heart is loyal to Him. In this you have done foolishly, therefore from now on you shall have wars- 2 Chronicles 16:9
One Nation Under God. Not anymore. It hurts to say that. But the truth is...the whole truth and nothing but the Truth, so help me God.
YGG,
John
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