A Summary of the Isaiah 9:10 Harbinger - Part 4

In Part 1 we looked at the first three harbingers of Isaiah 9:10. They are as follows: A breach in national security; An attack led by terrorists; The falling bricks.

In Part two we looked at four more harbingers. They are as follows: Vowing to rebuild in arrogance and defiance; The hewn stone; The Sycamores cut down; and the sycamores will be replaced by cedars.

Have you noticed the title of this hub, A Summary of the Isaiah 9:10 Harbinger - Part 4? If you have been following you might ask, what has happened to Part 3? The simple answer is that HubPages refuses to publish it. So with that in mind, let us move on to a more personal approach. You see, it is not just about America. It is about you.

We have seen from the Issaiah 9:10 harbinger that America is in grave danger. So the question now becomes, is there anything that we as Americans can do to prevent this? The short answer is no. God has already declared in His Word that this will take place.

Why would God allow this? For sure, sin in America is out of control. We could look at the homosexual agenda, drugs, abortion, abusive behavior.The list goes on, but I believe the reason for America's failure is ultimately the Christian. We have failed.

Ezekiel 26:22 says, " Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them."

America has reached this point. Even the religious leaders of the day have placed no difference between the holy and the profane. Revelation tells us that as Christians, we are kings and priests, and we have made no difference. Our families have failed. Our churches have failed. Our country has failed.

Further in the book of Ezekiel God says, "And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them . . . ."

God is looking for someone to stand in the gap - someone to stand for Him. I wonder if God were to look at your heart right now (and He is), would He find you standing for Him in the gap?

I hear that the way to cook frogs is to put them in cool water and slowly turn up the heat. If they were placed immediately into boiling water they would jump out, but the gradual raising of the temperature lulls them into complacency. Is that happening in your life? Have you been slowly lulled to sleep? God expects us to make a stand, to go against the grain, to be effective for Him.

God is not a mean bully who sits in Heaven and throws lightning bolts at His creation. But He is a holy God, a God that must by His nature and character pass judgment on sin. Our nation has sinned grievously against her Creator and must therefore answer to Him.

In the midst of the necessity of judgment, He made a way to escape judgment. In His great love, God always warns first. If the warnings are not heeded, then judgment will come. It is not God’s will that America be destroyed. He would choose to rescue her, but her sin stands in the way. Her haughtiness and pride cannot come near a holy God.

Eventually the judgment will come. We will have gone too far. We are so close to the point of no return. Still, there is time left. The inevitable will happen, but we can postpone it if we return to God now. The past civilization of Nineveh was under God’s judgment. God sent the prophet Jonah to the city to declare its destruction. From the king to the commoner the people repented, and God spared them for another 150 years. God would be pleased to do that for America if she would turn back to Him with her whole heart and follow the God of the universe again. A wise man once told me, “As long as there is God, there is hope.” And so it is.

II Chronicles 7:14 tells us specifically what our part is – “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

The verse also tells us specifically what He will do. If we humble ourselves under the hand of God, and pray seeking His face and His will, and turn from the wicked sin that brought us to this point, then He will hear our pleas, forgive our sin, and heal.

Whether the nation repents or not, each of us is responsible for ourselves. In the face of horrific judgment you can find peace in the presence of God. Individual repentance is possible, and truly is the only sure hope. God has placed a warning in your hands. He wants to spare you from the heartaches to come.

The nation may be destroyed, but what about your soul? Jesus asks in Mark 8:36, “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” Your only hope of eternal life rests in His hands.

God’s holiness demands judgment in hell, but His love has reached out to you in the person of Jesus Christ – “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).

Eternal life is found in a person, the person of Jesus Christ, God’s own Son. If you will come to Him and claim Him as your Saviour and repent of your sin, you will not have to meet Him as your judge. Truly, there is no greater love. He will forgive you of all the wrong you have done and save you from the wrath to come. I urge you to trust Him today for He, and He alone can save.

“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6) “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast". (Ephesian 2:8, 9)

“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)

This nation needs the healing touch of God desperately. In these last days, will you join me and return to our Maker.

There can be no denying the history of Isaiah 9:10, but America is filling the same shoes as ancient Israel. The end is approaching swiftly, and time is running out for us to make things right. Regardless of how our nation might respond, you have now become responsible for what you will do with the message. America is at the crossroads. You are at the crossroads. Claiming ignorance is no excuse. Feeling it is someone else's job to spread the Word will not excuse you either. Hiding your head in the sand will not change the facts of what is about to happen. God holds you accountable for what you will do with His warning in Isaiah 9:10. So - what will you do?

“. . . O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever” (Jeremiah 51:62)