Fall

Most would think that an appropriate title would be, 'The Decline and Fall�', but as you will see there was no decline. In order to
have a decline you must have reached some greatness, but the US has never been nor will ever be great.

How can a person born and raised in the US say that the US has never been great? We will look at how the word great is used. If
we use 'great' as meaning very good, then the US has never been a great nation. If we use the term of major significance, then we
might be able to use the word 'great' in reference to the US.

To say that the US has been 'great' meaning very good is to lie. When has it been great? What thing or things that are 'very good'
have been accomplished by that country?

Again, I suspect that we will have to look at the use of the word good. If you go with the 'moral excellence' then you have to
define which moral path you are using. If you are using the 'benefit' definition, you would have to declare who benefited from
them and how. I am sure that someone will argue the point, but for now I will say that we can use either definition as long as we
take it from God's point of view.

Now is where the hecklers will come in. People will say that the US is a Christian nation, founded on Christian principles, but is it.
Is democracy Christian or satanic?

To answer this question you need to look to God's word to understand.

Acts 13:21 but the people demanded a king.

1 Samuel 10:19 God has rescued you from your troubles and hard times. But you have rejected your God and have asked for a
king.

1 Samuel 12:12 - 13 12 "But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, 'No, we
want a king to rule over us'-even though the LORD your God was your king. 13 Now here is the king you have chosen�

The people rejected God as their king. People today still reject God, they want to do everything their own way. They do not want
God to decide anything

Daniel 2:21 He changes times and seasons;
He sets up kings and deposes them.
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to the discerning.

Even though, God said I will determine who rules, democracy says the people will determine who rules. Does that sound Christian
to you? As another example let's look at Absalom, the son of David.

2 Samuel 15:2-6 2 He would get up early and stand by the side of the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone came with a
complaint to be placed before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out to him, "What town are you from?" He would
answer, "Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel." 3 Then Absalom would say to him, "Look, your claims are valid and
proper, but there is no representative of the king to hear you." 4 And Absalom would add, "If only I were appointed judge in the
land! Then everyone who has a complaint or case could come to me and I would see that he gets justice." 5 Also, whenever
anyone approached him to bow down before him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him and kiss him. 6 Absalom
behaved in this way toward all the Israelites who came to the king asking for justice, and so he stole the hearts of the men of
Israel.

Absalom was campaigning, just like a politician. The people of Israel wanted Absalom to rule them. In a democracy, Absalom
would have been the king of Israel. The ways of the people and the ways of God are not the same. God chose Solomon.

1 Chronicles 28:5 Of all my sons-and the LORD has given me many-He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the
kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

In democracy the people choose, they do not want God to decide. Where does that behavior come from? Does it not come from
Satan? God said, "I will select your rulers," but the United States said we will select our own rulers. Is it evil in the sight of God?

1 Samuel 12:16-17 16 "Now then, stand still and see this great thing the LORD is about to do before your eyes! 17 Is it not wheat
harvest now? I will call upon the LORD to send thunder and rain. And you will realize what an evil thing you did in the eyes of the
LORD when you asked for a king."

Yes, rejecting God and His ways is evil. At least the Israelites realized and they asked to be forgiven, but the US and the people
they convert to their system do not repent of the wickedness. They do not ask for forgiveness from God. They do not admit their sin
in deciding their own rulers.

So as you see the US is not great or good and has never been great or good. The people that they have touched have not
benefited from the US, instead they have been corrupted.

The US went even further. God said not to allow the other 'false' religions to be around you, but the US said all religions were
welcomed. Does that sound Christian?

No, the US is not a Christian country; therefore in God's eyes the US is not 'good'. As to being a benefit, that will depend on how
you wish to look at it. If you look at it as ' all things work to the good of those who love God' then yes the US is a benefit because it
is completing God's plan, but if you look at from the point are they a benefit to the people as a whole, then no the US is not a
benefit. The US is helping to lead the people away from God's path.

The US has polluted the world with its form of democracy and materialism, both of which are anti-God. They have convinced the
world through trickery or through force that people should decide who rules them and what rules they want to have, there by
taking their eyes off God and removing their trust in God to deliver them. Their wanting to 'increase the standard of living' causes
many to stumble over the materialism block, the more they get, the more they want.

Therefore since its inception the US has been a failure. There was no rise or decline only the fall and the US has been falling
further and further every year of its existence. But this is not a surprise, God predicted this to happen.

In the book of Daniel God warned us of a kingdom that would arise from three other kingdoms. The prophesy of the ten horns tell
us that from the worst kingdom on earth (the Roman Empire) that ten other kingdoms would arise. It then warns of a 'little horn'
that would come up from three of the ten kingdoms and that this horn would grow more powerful than the other three.

The US was formed from the areas of the Spanish, British and French Empires. The US grew to be more powerful than Spain,
France and Britain. The prophesy also says that this new kingdom would start off by saying 'great' things, making boosts.

As we saw earlier, the US promised freedom to everyone. It said that everyone was free, but God says that everyone is a slave and
that they can only be free through Jesus. The US also promised that men could decide their futures, but God says HE will decide
the futures of men. The US also promised religious freedom to all. God said to worship Him and Him only. He also prescribed the
way in which He was to be worshiped. Despite all of this, the US said any religion was welcomed.

So we see that the US is the little horn in Daniel's prophesy. It was formed by three of the kingdom which sprang up from the old
Roman Empire and it started by making great statements and boosts. So what does that have to do with the fall and destruction of
the US, only this, when you read about the little horn and its outcome, you find that it is a cursed kingdom and will be destroyed by
the other ten kingdoms. Let's look at some of the passages.

Daniel 7:8 8 "While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them;
and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth that spoke boastfully.

The US was formed from the Spanish, French and British Empires. It came up from among them. As you have seen, it also spoke
boastfully. No other country ever talked like the US.

Daniel 7:24 24 The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom. After them another king will arise, different from the
earlier ones; he will subdue three kings.

Since the fall of the Roman Empire, ten empires have risen. Three of those are the British, Spanish and French Empires. The US
did defeat all three of these Empires at one time or another, completing this part of the prophesy. Now, what will happen to the
United States?

Daniel 7:11 11 "Then I continued to watch because of the boastful words the horn was speaking. I kept looking until the beast was
slain and its body destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire. 12 (The other beasts had been stripped of their authority, but were
allowed to live for a period of time.)

The US will be destroyed along with the beast, but who will God use to destroy the US. In Revelations we see the same ten horns,
but we do not hear about the 'little horn'. The 'little horn' is now are the 'prostitute'. Look what happen to the US�

Rev. 17:16 16The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they will
eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

The ten horns will destroy the US. The same countries which made up the old Roman Empire will turn on the US and destroy it.

If you have doubts, look at what has been happening in the world. Everyone either loved or feared the US (and some both loved
and feared), but now things are changing. Europe used to be the strongest ally of the US, but they are turning against the US. The
whole world is turning against the US, but the people from the old Roman Empire will be the ones to destroy the US.

Though Iran and others would like to destroy the US, they will never do it. The destruction will come from those countries which
made up the old Roman Empire. How and when, only God knows, but it will happen.

So we have seen the fall and destruction of the US. Search yourself and see if you are in disobedience to God, if so, repent and
ask God to forgive you and then do what is right or your faith will be worse than that of the US.

May the Lord bless you and have mercy on you. May His peace be on you. Amen.