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In Job 21:7, it is written, " 7  ^aWherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? "  While the Bible teaches that sometimes life is not fair, it also teaches that the wicked will not prevail.  In Daniel 4:2, 17, it is written, " 2 I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders ^athat the high God hath wrought toward me.…  17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the ¹demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent ^athat the living may know ^bthat the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and ^cgiveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the ^dbasest² of men. "  When we read through the Old Testament, we see examples of how God punished His covenant people, the children of Israel, by bringing ungodly nations, which practiced false religion, against them, to oppress them, for example.  We see this repeatedly in the book of Judges, for example.  Under the New Testament, which is now in effect ( see Colossians, chapter 2 ( especially verse 14, for example; KJV, for example ), for example ), God's nation is no longer a physical one but, rather, a spiritual one — it is the church of Christ ( see Exodus, chapter 3 ( especially verses 10-17, for example ); chapter 14; 24:1-8 ( especially verse 8, for example ); Deuteronomy 7:6; Ezra, chapter 9 ( especially verse 2, for example ); Psalm 50:5; and 1 Peter 2:9, for example ).  It is clear, then, that the United States of America is not God's nation.  God's nation is holy, for example.  Abortion is not holy ( see Romans 13:9, for example ).  Homosexuality is not holy ( see Romans 1:24-32, for example ).  The dishonest claims of being transgendered are not holy ( see Genesis 1:27 and Colossians 3:9, for example ).  Biting and devouring one another is not holy ( see Galatians 5:15, for example ).  Selfishness is not holy ( see Philippians 2:3, for example; RSV, for example ).  The Master in heaven ( see Matthew, chapter 18 ( especially verse 35, for example ) and Romans, chapter 6 ( especially verses 3, 4, 10, and 22, for example ), for example ) had had enough of such wickedness in this country in the mid to late 1990's, and He, through His providence ( see Psalm 119:12, for example ), responded on September 11, 2001.  The lessons of sinful ( see 1 John 3:4, for example ) pride were not learned through that event of great adversity ( see Psalm 119:71, for example ), and higher towers were built.  In response to this country's stubborness and childish defiance ( see 1 Corinthians 14:20, for example ), the Master allowed the spread of the China virus.  Well over half a million people have died in this country as a result of this situation, and there are still numerous people in this world wearing masks like muzzled dogs.  The delta variant is upon us — what is next?

The angry feminists can talk loud and try to verbally attack me for preaching and teaching God's word ( see 2 Timothy4:1-4, for example ), but the Master has a strategy for dealing with such sinners ( see Matthew 26:36-46 ( especially verse 45, for example ), for example ).  In Isaiah 36:12-21, it is written, " 12 But Rab´-sha-keh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words?  hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, ¹that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?  13 Then Rab´-sha-keh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.  14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hez-e-ki´-ah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.  15 Neither let Hez-e-ki´-ah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.  16 Hearken not to Hez-e-ki´-ah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make ¹an agreement with me by a ²present, and come out to me: ^aand eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; 17 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of ¹corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.  18 Beware lest Hez-e-ki´-ah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.  Hath any of the ^agods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?  19 Where are the gods of Ha´-math and ¹Ar´-phad? where are the gods of Seph-ar-va´-im? and have they delivered ^aSa-mar´-i-a out of my hand?  20 Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?  21 But they ¹held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. "  The LORD responded in this way, " 28 But I know thy ¹abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.  29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore ^awill I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will ^bturn thee back by the way by which thou camest " ( see Isaiah 37:28, 29, for example ).  God has said that Deborah was not a commander of Israel ( see Judges 5:9, for example; RSV, for example ), which means that this passage of Scripture is not Scriptural authority for a female commander-in-chief.  God has said that Jesus never sent any women or denominational men to preach ( see Matthew, chapter 10 ( especially verse 7, for example ), for example ).  I write these things again for good measure ( see Ezekiel, chapter 3 ( especially verse 9, for example ), for example ).

When we stray from God's word, we will suffer for it, for in Psalm 119:67, it is written, " 67 Before I was ^aafflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. "  The first sentence of the second paragraph of The Declaration of Independence reads as follows, namely: " We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. "¹  Where is the happiness?  It seems as if most people in this country are angry.  In Proverbs 22:24, 25, it is written, " 24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a ^afurious man thou shalt not go; 25 lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. "  The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States of America are promising what they cannot deliver.  The Bible teaches that we will be happy when we declare our dependence on God.  In Psalm 144:15, it is written, " 15 ^aHappy is that people, that is in such a ¹case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD. "  The wicked live, and become old, for example, but their wickedness shall not deliver them ( see Ecclesiastes 8:8, for example ).  Please seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read ( see Isaiah 34:16, for example ).  Please search the scriptures daily, as the Jews of Be-re´-a did ( see Acts 17:10, 11, for example ). 🕮

1. The Declaration of Independence AND THE Constitution of the United States of America, Couresy of: HILLSDALE COLLEGE, p. 1.