MARCH 23, 2020

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OME LEADING EVANGELICALS BELIEVE
and teach that America is now experiencing God’s
judgment.

If that is the case, as a public servant who is sacrificing so
much in your attempt to turn our nation around, it would
stand to reason—if those Evangelical leaders are correct—
that you are wasting your time. Are you laboring against a
foregone conclusion? I think not. But let me qualify that: I
do not believe America is experiencing the forsaking wrath
of God, but yes, American is experiencing the consequential
wrath of God.
I will explain what I mean by those terms—theological
terms that you should have a working familiarity with—
in this study.
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I.  INTRODUCTION
Before examining pertinent passages in answer to the question Is God Judging America Today, it is important to first understand
God’s attribute of judgment and the biblical
forms wherein it manifests itself. The question can then be asked as to which forms of
judgment apply to America.
II.   UNDERSTANDING
GOD’S JUDGMENT

“Is America a faith-based nation
today? I think there is a debate
about that because America has
turned her back on her first true
love.
“That is why in-depth Bible
studies are so important for
leaders at all levels. Capitol
Ministries helps lawmakers
relate Scripture to today’s issues.
What does Scripture teach about
capitalism—that’s a biblical
principle.
“One of the 10 Commandments
says, ‘thou shall not covet.’ How
can you covet something if it
doesn’t belong to someone else?
You will also find in Genesis 35
where God demonstrated land
ownership when He said to
Jacob, your name shall be Israel
and this land is yours. What does
Scripture say about being prolife?
What does Scriptures say about
spending money you don’t have—
all of these issues are important
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Scripture is replete with the proclamation
that God is characterized by holiness, righteousness, and perfection (cf. Psalm 93:5;
7:17; 19:7 resp.); to list His specifically related attributes to the topic of this study. It
follows that any violation of those qualities
demands adjudication in a way similar to
the summons of a human courtroom. The
satisfaction of God’s violated justice is said
to be His judgment, or a manifestation of
His wrath (cf. Deuteronomy 9:7). Predicated by the fall, “God is angry with the
wicked every day” states Psalm 7:11(KJV).
Ephesians 5:6 states, “for because of these
things the wrath of God comes upon the
sons of disobedience.”
However, God’s judgment is balanced—often placated—by His attribute of Mercy.
States Romans 9:15, (which is a quote of
the Old Testament in this regard) “I [God]
will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on
whom I have compassion.” Here’s the
point: In a chronological sense when God’s
eternal justice is no longer eclipsed by His
eternal mercy—that is to say His attribute
of mercy is expended—His judgment or
wrath is necessarily manifest.
Since God is just and sin must and will be
paid for, wrath—the righteousness of God
revealed against sin—is an inevitable consequence.
Keep in mind that the study of God’s attributes, the understanding of His forms
of judgment and the application of it to a
nation or nations are complex theological
issues that, to have a better understanding
of, require space and text greater than the

typical length of our weekly Bible study
notes. Suffice to say here, in a study that will
already run long, I will be required to abbreviate much of what could be said.
God’s judgment can be summarily categorized into five areas:
III.  THE FIVE FORMS OF
GOD’S JUDGMENT
Five forms of God’s judgment are repeatedly
mentioned in the Bible. They are as follows:

THE FIVE FORMS OF
GOD’S JUDGMENT
1. Eternal Wrath:
Hell
2. Eschatological Wrath:
The Day of the Lord
3. Cataclysmic Wrath:
The Flood, Sodom & Gomorrah
4. Forsaking Wrath:
Removing Restraint
5. Consequential Wrath:
Sowing & Reaping
The last two forms of God’s wrath on the
above sidebar are what I’d like to examine in
specificity this week, and carefully evaluate
in terms of a more thorough biblical understanding of each of these two specific forms
of God’s wrath, in regards to answering the
posed question, “Is God Judging America
Today?” In contrast to the need for an increased biblical understanding of the above
two, is cataclysmic wrath: It is not in need
of biblical analysis to ascertain if it is readily
apparent in the world today or not.1
IV.  THE FIVE IDENTIFIERS OF
NO. 4: FORSAKING WRATH
This is also referred to by theologians as the
wrath of abandonment. In Romans 1:18–
32 notice the following five identifying
characteristics that surface when God pulls
back and allows a person or group of people

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to go in the way of their wicked desires. I.e.,
God no longer restrains the fallen nature of
man as He usually does.
A vivid portrayal of forsaking wrath, of God
giving someone over, is furnished in Hosea
4:17, “Ephraim is joined to idols, Let him
alone.” Ephraim was the largest tribe of
the northern 10 tribes of Israel. You would
think the prophet Hosea, in speaking for
God, would call them to repentance. He
does not. Herein is God forsaking—which
He does when sinners are determined to
pursue what was right in his own eyes
( Judges 17:6). Another OT illustration
is Psalm 81:11–12, wherein God speaks
through the Psalmist:
“But My people did not listen to My voice,
and Israel did not obey Me. So I gave them
over to the stubbornness of their heart, to
walk in their own devices.”
A third illustration (now from the New
Testament) in addition to Romans chapter
12, which follows, is when God the Father
placed the sins of the world on the shoulders of His Son, so as to be a substitute for
sinners. In remaining separated from sin,
God the Father in essence abandoned His
Son on the Cross. Jesus replied accordingly, “Why have You forsaken Me?” (Mark
15:34; cf. 2 Corinthians 5:21).
Given those three similar-subject illustrations, Romans 1:18 begins: “For the wrath
of God is revealed …” This depicts the main
subject of the passage that follows. Notice
more specifically the three-time repeated phrase through the end of the chapter:
“God gave them over.” The phrase provides
the skeletal structure for the outline that
follows; it serves to identify, evidence, and
illustrate when forsaking wrath—the wrath
of abandonment—is present. What follows
then are biblical descriptors that serve to
help us recognize when this kind of wrath
is present.
A.  SUPPRESSING IN SELF:
VS. 18–22
This first identifying characteristic that the
Apostle Paul lists is not preceded by the

phrase God gave them over but it is nonetheless part of the profile.
“For the wrath of God is revealed from
heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth
in unrighteousness, because that which is
known about God is evident within them;
for God made it evident to them. For since
the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that
they are without excuse. For even though
they knew God, they did not honor Him
as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish
heart was darkened. Professing to be wise,
they became fools.”
The first evidence of the presence of God’s
forsaking wrath is that people suppress (katecho), meaning “to hold back” that which
they know is the truth. I am always amazed
when people say, “I don’t believe in God,”
or “I don’t believe in the Bible.” In personal loving refrain I am thinking, “Aren’t they
lying per this passage?” It is not that the
unregenerate don’t know there is a God and
His Word—it is that they suppress these
truths (cf. Romans 2:15). There is a big difference! In the OT, David declared, The fool
has said (lied) in his heart, “There is no
God” (Psalm 14:1). The simple reason for
this suppression is summarized by Jesus in
the NT, … “men loved the darkness rather
than the light” ( John 3:19).
Further down in this section of the passage suppressors became futile in their
speculations (dialogismo). Speculations is
perhaps better translated into the English
understanding of “argumentation or reasoning.”3The Greek sentence structure here carries the idea of the vanity that results from
godless reasoning. Accordingly, professing
to be wise they became fools (moraine). It
is not difficult to figure out the meaning of
moraino given its English transliteration:
moron. In summary, forsaking wrath is evidenced when a person or people suppress
the truth which means their subsequent engagement ends in futile dialog and reasoning. Such communications are moronic, or
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Psalm 19:7
“The law of the Lord is
perfect, restoring the soul; The
testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple.”

Scripture is replete with the
proclamation that God is
characterized by holiness,
righteousness, and perfection.

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ones that lawmakers grapple
with and they’re all spelled out in
Scripture. In-depth Bible studies
inform us on how to look at these
issues from a Biblical perspective.
“If we legislators have a scriptural
basis for our actions and if our
faith informs our decisions, I
have to believe that God is going
to lead us to a better solution
than what we would come up
with ourselves.”
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Alexander Hamilton

roughly equivalent to an intellectual level
of a 7–12 year-old.4 A current illustration
of this would be members who admit they
have never viewed the videos that exposed
the atrocities of Planned Parenthood, but
then exclaim in another interview that all
the videos were fabricated. Such is futile
logic. Herein illustrated is the suppression
of truth in one’s self.
The next recognizable characteristic of
God’s forsaking wrath is:
B.  A SWAPPING FOR
ENVIRONMENTALISM:
VS. 23–25

“ The fundamental source of all
your errors, sophisms and false
reasonings is a total ignorance
of the natural rights of mankind.
Were you once to become
acquainted with these, you
could never entertain a thought,
that all men are not, by nature,
entitled to a parity of privileges.
You would be convinced, that
natural liberty is a gift of the
beneficent Creator to the
whole human race, and that
civil liberty is founded in that;
and cannot be wrested from
any people, without the most
manifest violation of justice.”
—  Alexander Hamilton, revolutionary
general; signer of the Constitution;
author of the Federalist Papers; secretary
of the Treasury.
Alexander Hamilton, The Farmer Refuted,
February 23, 1775.

“… and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form
of corruptible man and of birds and
four-footed animals and crawling creatures. Therefore God gave them over in the
lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that
their bodies would be dishonored among
them. For they exchanged the truth of God
for a lie, and worshiped and served the
creature rather than the Creator, who is
blessed forever. Amen.”
Man is created in the image of God whereas the remainder of the created order is not
(Genesis 1:26). Therefore mankind is separate, special and superior as it relates to all
God has made. It explicitly follows from
Genesis 1:26 that mankind is not equal or
subservient to all that God has created; conversely he has preeminence over creation
and the environment. Properly understood,
God has appointed man to be His steward
over the earth.
Clearly indicative of God’s forsaking wrath
is when the abandoned serve the creature
rather than the creator. See my previous
studies on the religion of environmentalism
at capmin.org/biblestudies that detail this aberration. Notice the next indicator:
C. A SENSATION TOWARD
HOMOSEXUALITY: VS. 26–27
“For this reason God gave them over to
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which is unnatural, and in the same way
also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their
desire toward one another, men with men
committing indecent acts and receiving in
their own persons the due penalty of their
error.”
Indicative of forsaking wrath is a proclivity
toward lesbianism and homosexuality.
D. A SECURING OF
DEPRAVITY: VS. 28–31
“And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over
to a depraved mind, to do those things
which are not proper, being filled with all
unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil;
full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice;
they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God,
insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of
evil, disobedient to parents, without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving,
unmerciful;”
In this next portion of the passage Scripture indicates the direct result—what is secured—is a depraved mind. When restraint
is absent this is what God gives people over
to. Notice what this passage teaches: The
things that are not proper stem from and
are a result of depraved minds (adokimos)
which means “Not standing the test.” Adokimos was a term referring to metals that did
not stand the test due to impurities. Under
close examination they lacked internal fortitude, or integrity. Since these metals were
rejected, adokimos came to mean that which
is worthless and useless.
It’s not as if depraved minds do not know
the right things to do. Later, in chapter two
of Romans, the Holy Spirit reiterates the
principles of this lesson’s first point: “They
show the work of the law written on their
hearts, their conscience bearing witness,
and their thoughts alternately accusing or
else defending them” (2:15). Men and women inherently know what are the right and
wrong things to do. A good understanding
of the flow of this passage, and what depravity means is summarized by this thought:
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worthless itself. It is debauched, deceived,
and deserving only of God’s wrath. Lastly,
in regards to evidences of God’s abandonment in the life of a person is this:
E.  A SANCTIONING IN
OTHERS: VS. 32
“And although they know the ordinance of
God, that those who practice such things
are worthy of death, they not only do the
same, but also give hearty approval to
those who practice them.”
Here is the last of the five characteristics.
When God is pulling back His restraint,
those who practice the aforementioned approve of others who do likewise: “but also
give hearty approval to those who practice
them” states this passage.
These five characteristics provide the mature-in-Christ Christian public servant
with enormous insights and discernment
in order to wisely identify the presence of
forsaking wrath in those around him.
V.  IDENTIFYING WRATH NO. 5:
CONSEQUENTIAL WRATH
Consequential wrath is best understood
through the parallel idea we commonly
refer to as sowing and reaping. Galatians
6:7 states, “Do not be deceived, God is not
mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he
will also reap.” To illustrate in one of many
ways: If a person or a nation sows debt, it
will reap in due time the results of financial
crisis. Whenever an individual or corporate group of individuals violate the inviolate precepts of God’s Word, he, she, they
or the institution will suffer the respective
consequences. Most assuredly America is
facing this form of God’s judgment.
Let us backtrack now and answer the question whether America is experiencing the
forsaking wrath of God. Unlike the ease of
answering the question of the existence of
consequential wrath, ascertaining the possible existence of forsaking wrath requires
a much more complex biblical analysis.
What follows are six reasons why I personally do not believe America as a national

entity, is presently subject to the forsaking
wrath of God.

the Church Age God’s judgment is primarily purposed for the maturation of believers.
“For it is time for judgment to begin with
the household of God; and if it begins
with us first, what will be the outcome for
those who do not obey the gospel of God?”

VI.  SIX BIBLICAL REASONS
WHY AMERICA IS NOT
EXPERIENCING GOD’S
FORSAKING WRATH
A.  ROMANS CHAPTER ONE
DOES NOT ADDRESS
NATIONS
As previously seen, Paul warns of God’s
judgment (Romans 1:18–32), and he declares that those who persist in sin will be
given over to the tyranny of it, and that
God will forsake and remove restraining
grace if they fail to repent. But notice that
there is no mention of nations in the passage.
Some leading Evangelicals have suggested this chapter refers to nations and the
judgment they will receive in this age. Such
however must be read into the passage.
Romans 1 addresses the topic of divine
abandonment, but says nothing about
God forsaking nations. Paul only warned
of the ensuing judgment that individual
unbelievers (“they, themselves” are plural
pronouns) would incur during their life
on earth. Twenty-one plural pronouns are
used in these verses and all of them refer to
individuals. Romans 1:18 specifically says
that God’s wrath is being directed against
men—it does not say national entities.
Paul speaks of the futile minds and foolish hearts of men in verse 21, descriptions
only applicable, contextually, to individuals. Chapter 2 continues this by addressing
individuals as well (2:5, 6, 9).
Summarily, it is evident that God does
judge unbelievers via the form of forsaking
wrath during the Church Age. However,
Romans 1 should not be entreated to suggest God judges wayward nations via this
form of wrath. This passage provides no
biblical support to warrant that position.
B.  GOD’S PRIORITY IS TO
JUDGE THE CHURCH,
NOT THE STATE
Peter declares in 1 Peter 4:17 that during

God’s present manifestation of judgment
will begin with us first or before it is dealt
to those who do not obey the gospel. Begin (archastai) could be translated as
“commence.” It is chronological in nature
though also implying a sense of importance and priority.5 Thus, Peter is teaching
that in this time or age, God’s judgment
will focus upon, the household of God i.e.
His Church.6 God’s intentions are to purify His called-out ones and present them to
His Son before He judges individuals (cf.
Revelation 20:11–15: The Great White
Throne Judgment) in a future time after the
Church Age. Again, there is no mention
of God’s intention to judge nations. The
insight of 1 Peter 4:17 and many other passages indicate God has eternal plans for His
Church; the longevity, destiny and importance of the state wanes in comparison.
There are no passages stating that nations
are being judged by God during the period
of time in which we live. God has judged
nations in the past (the Old Covenant) and
will do so again in the future (during the
future Tribulation Period spoken of in the
book of Revelation).
C. THE SANCTIFICATION OF
HIS CHURCH IS HIS FOCUS
Closely related to the previous point, God
is preparing the Church to be the Bride of
Christ for all eternity. The state, however,
has little to do with God’s eternal Kingdom and will be done away with in the
future (cf. Acts 17:26). Importantly, God
designed nations and their governments
to be instruments of His restraining grace
in a fallen world (cf. Genesis 11:6; 1 Peter
2:14). When Christ returns and reigns, the
time will have come when they will no longer be necessary. Properly understood and
borne from Scripture is the understanding
that the Church is eternal and the state is

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temporal. Consider 2 Corinthians 11:2 and
notice the emphasis:
“For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband,
so that to Christ I might present you as a
pure virgin.”
In this similitude of marriage, Paul desired
to see the Corinthian believers grow unto
maturity. He longed to see them become a
pure bride presentable to Christ. The same
desire for the Church can be seen in Ephesians 5:27 only here it is a reference to God’s
desire for His Church.

“ Human government is more
or less perfect as it approaches
nearer or diverges farther from
the imitation of this perfect
plan of divine and moral
government.”
—  John Adams, second president of the
United States; signer of the Declaration
of Independence; judge; diplomat; one of
two signers of the Bill of Rights.
John Adams, draft of a Newspaper
Communication, Circa August 1770.

“… that He might present to Himself the
church in all her glory, having no spot or
wrinkle or any such thing; but that she
would be holy and blameless.”
Colossians 1:28 (which is cited in the preamble) provides insight on Paul’s reason for
teaching and is fitting with the aforementioned passages: “So that we may present
every man complete in Christ.” Further,
Ephesians 1:4 explains God’s big vision for
choosing believers: so they would be “holy
and blameless before Him.”
These passages emphasize what God’s
big purpose is: The sanctification of His
Church. Again, the reason is to purify a
bride for Christ. The book of Revelation
foreshadows the day when this purification
will be complete. Here, in Revelation 19:7
a multitude of voices erupt with praise exclaiming:
“Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb
has come and His bride has made herself
ready.”
These select passages (a few of many) unfold
the splendor and majesty of God’s overarching focus and purpose during the Church
Age. In contrast:

In the New Testament era
the institution of the state
is not associated with
God’s forsaking wrath.

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Acts 17:26 is one of the few NT passages
on the subject. It states that God “made
from one man every nation of mankind
to live on all the face of the earth, having
determined their appointed times and the
boundaries of their habitation.”
This passage does not mention forsaking
wrath. Nations and governments are temporal entities serving God’s eternal purposes
but for a limited time, all under His sovereign eye, as He deems fit. Often in history
God’s purpose for nations has been to judge
and thereby mature the Church via the
conduit of persecution. Thus, if by no other
method than the sheer weight of passages
in the NT, nations are peripheral and the
Church is central during the present age.
D. EXHAUSTIVE NEW
TESTAMENT WORD
STUDIES DO NOT
SUPPORT GOD JUDGING
NATIONS TODAY
Again, God judged nations under the Old
Covenant and will do so again at His Second Coming, but there is no NT indication
that He judges nations presently during the
Church Age.7 Further, Old Testament references to future national judgments refer
still to the future, not this age, in part because the Church was a mystery in the Old
Testament (cf. Ephesians 3:6). This means
future judgments mentioned in the Old
Testament could not have applied to the
present Church Age, since the OT Saints
did not see it. Illustratively, The OT prophesies of Joel 3:2 along with Zechariah 12:1–9
are prophecies about national judgments
that will take place during Armageddon
(cf. Revelation 16:16, 19:11–12, 15) in the
future. Revelation 19:15 says that after the
Second Coming, Jesus will “strike down the
nations, and He will rule them with a rod
of iron.” Consider the following exhaustive
lexical support from the New Testament:
1. The Greek word for judge
Judge (krino) or a derivative is used 182
times in the New Testament. In no instance
does this word group refer to judging nations in the Church Age.8

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2. The Greek word for nations
Nations (ethnos) is never used in the New
Testament in the context of judgment.
With 168 occurrences, this is particularly
interesting and insightful.
3. The Greek word for repentance
Repentance (metanoia) is never used to
speak of nations. In other words, no nation
during the Church Age is ever called to repent—whereas individuals are.9
E.  THE NEW TESTAMENT
DOES NOT THREATEN
JUDGMENT AS A
CONSEQUENCE FOR
NATIONAL SINS
If God judges nations during the Church
Age, why did the New Testament writers
fail to mention it? Specifically and illustratively, would it not have been appropriate
for Christ to warn Pilate or Paul to warn
Caesar of impending national judgment?
If they did warn these political leaders, it is
odd that nothing of the sort has been recorded by the Holy Spirit who inspired the
writers of Scripture.
Further, Paul used very little if any ink on
the end of his quill to discuss the morality of the Roman Empire. If God judges
nations today, one would think he would
have implored the Empire to reverse directions if indeed divine judgment was around
the corner. His accounts during his imprisonment in Caesar’s household (cf. Philippians) are void of “Caesarian moralisms” but
rich in terms of evangelization (cf. 4:22).
Even when writing to Philemon, (in the
book of Philemon) a slave owner, Paul never said anything regarding the evils of national slavery; he provides no hints that it
would provoke the judgment of God upon
Rome. Would not a warning have been in
order? The New Testament is devoid of
Christ or the apostles threatening political
leaders with the hammer of God’s national
judgment. They don’t model a ministry of
national damnation, nor suggest such for
other believers after them.

Poignantly, John the Baptist rebuked the
person of Herod, not the nation of Rome
(cf. Mark 6:17–18). This insight should
prove sobering, informative, and instructive for Christian public servants.
F.  REVELATION CHAPTERS
TWO AND THREE RELATE
TO THE CHURCH AND
NOT THE STATE10
The book of Revelation demonstrates God’s
concern for the Church. Seven churches
are mentioned in chapters two and three.
To those lacking, Christ threatened to remove their lampstand unless they repent.
Once again, the focus is on purifying the
Church.
Interestingly enough, these chapters are
void of mentioning the sins of any particular city or state. If God is set on judging
nations during the Church Age, one would
expect (similar to God warning Sodom
and Gomorrah) warnings to repent. There
is no warning given to the cities of the seven churches.
This serves as additional evidence that God
is more concerned about preparing a spotless eternal bride than He is judging temporal nations.
VII. CONCLUSION
America is not similar to Sodom and Gomorrah, in the sense that there were not any
faithful to be found (cf. Genesis 18:22–33).
In fact to the contrary, America today is
populated by tens of millions of faithful
followers of Christ!

have a much stronger case than
he did pleading with God for
Sodom and Gomorrah.
In fact, today’s America is not by in large
characterized by people who are unfaithful
to God’s precepts. Conversely, there is only
a small minority of individuals who are
grossly disobedient to God, individuals to
whom the five indicators of Romans 1 apply. Unfortunately for the vast majority of
faithful individuals in America, too many
of the unfaithful have been allowed by the
faithful to gain high positions of influence
in our culture: high positions in our government, our educational system, our media and our entertainment industry. This is
tragic, unfortunate, and costly.

Those individuals who are
rebuked by God’s forsaking
wrath are largely responsible
for God’s consequential wrath
on our nation.
Beloved that needs to change—and that is
something we can change with God’s help!
What is a great encouragement to me, ministering here in our nation’s capital, is witnessing the groundswell of faithful individuals who have been voted into office. If my
calculations are correct, and I believe they
are, there are more believers in Congress
and the executive branch now than at any
other time in modern American history!
And they are beginning to reach a tipping
point!
I think great days lie ahead for our country
as more and more Evangelicals rise in their
influence—you godly public servants—
who are working so hard to deliver us from
the consequential wrath we are undergoing
as a nation due in large part to the misdirection of those who are rebuked by God’s
forsaking wrath. Proverbs 29:2 is an apt
summary:

Many are those who have glibly postured,
“If God does not judge America, then he
owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology!”
But such thinking fails to take into account
what went on between Abraham and God
in Genesis 18:22–33 before He judged
Sodom and Gomorrah! To the contrary
I believe this is a more biblically accurate
summary:

“When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, But when a wicked man rules,
people groan.”

Abraham, if he were to plead
with God for America, would

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able to believe that God is judging America via consequential wrath,
but for the aforesaid reasons, there does not exist a biblical basis to
conclude that any nation today, including America, is experiencing
forsaking wrath: Even though the five identifiers of Romans 1 seem
to describe our present culture and some of the individuals therein.

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Beloved, the ball is still in our court; let us not lose heart in doing
well. States 2 Corinthians 4:16 “Therefore we do not lose heart, but
though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.” May we work industriously at our own spiritual
maturation, convert the lost who presently hold office, and continue
to elect new, mature believers in order to sow godly policies that will
manifest God’s consequential blessing for all for years to come! cm

 1.  If God is sovereign over the affairs of mankind today, which the Scriptures state He
is, and a cataclysmic event occurs somewhere in, or over all the earth at any time in
biblical history, one could and should attribute that cataclysmic event to the wrath
of God in some form and to some degree. Accordingly, the coronavirus could be a
form of God’s cataclysmic wrath. But having said that, I don’t think we should label
the coronavirus as a form of God’s cataclysmic wrath, such as the form of wrath He
manifests in the OT with the Flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the “unparting” of
the Red Sea, because that form of God’s wrath is void of a human curative—and I
think we’ll soon see a human cure for the coronavirus.
 2.  I am not discounting the measurability of historical patterning of a nation’s catastro­
phes as an indicator of wrath; it is just that such is outside the scope of this Bible
study.
 3.  Bibleworks 5.0
 4.  Merriam-Webster in defining what a moron is, states that they have the mental
equivalency of a 7–12 year old.
 5.  Hans Bietenhard, “archastai” in The New International Dictionary of New Testament
Theology, vol. 1, gen. ed. Colin Brown (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan Publishing House, 1975), 165.
 6.  Literally, in the Greek, “of the house of God” This is a common synonym used
throughout the New Testament for the Church (cf. Galatians 6:10; Ephesians 2:19;
1 Timothy 3:15; Hebrews 3:6).
 7.  Some will disagree at this point arguing that if the Church today is the Israel of
yesterday, then what God said and did through Israel in the OT is applicable and
transferable to the Church today. I do not believe however that the Church is today
the same biblical entity as Israel in the OT. I find this position extremely difficult
to hold, not only exegetically but pragmatically. I cannot imagine trying to defend
all of what was true of Israel (including the fact that it was a theocracy; the stoning
of homosexuals, etc.) in the capital of America today. This view also opens the door
to Dominion Theology/Theonomy in terms of a Postmillennial eschatology: I.e., I
don’t think that believers are called to make America into a Christianized theocracy.
 8.  Stephen’s statement in Acts 7:7 regarding the judgment of nations is a quotation
from the Old Testament. He was reciting Israel’s history. In several instances Jesus
speaks of judging cities like Chorazin or Bethsaida (cf. Matthew 11:21–24; Luke
10; 13–14). The main subject however in each passage is illustrating the Great
White Throne Judgment. Each foreshadows the future Great White Throne Judgment (cf. Revelation 20:11–15) which is explicitly directed toward individuals not
nations. This judgment will take place after the Church Age.
 9.  When Jesus called the disciples to proclaim repentance to the nations in Luke
24:47, it is clear from the parallel passage and context of Matthew 28:18–20 that
nations refers to all the individuals within a nation.
 10.  One can note the analogy of Scripture here: Revelation chapter two and three are
illustrative of 1 Peter 4:17.

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