Pictured to the left is a copy of a version of the Holy Bible, known as THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE; being entitled: THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE WITH THE APOCRYPHA. 2 Chronicles 28:16-27 read as follows:
"16 At that time King Ahaz sent to the king of Assyria for help. 17 The Edomites had invaded again and defeated Judah and taken away prisoners ; 18 and the Philistines had raided the cities of the Shephelah and of the Negeb of Judah and had captured Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages, and occupied them. 19 The LORD had reduced Judah to submission because of Ahaz king of Judah ; for his actions in Judah had been unbridled and he had been grossly unfaithful to the LORD. 20 Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria marched against him and, so far from assisting him, pressed him hard. 21 Ahaz stripped the house of the LORD, the king's palace and the houses of his officers, and gave the plunder to the king of Assyria ; but all to no purpose. 22 This King Ahaz, when hard pressed, became more and more unfaithful to the LORD ; 23 he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus who had defeated him and said, 'The gods of the kings of Aram helped them ; I will sacrifice to them so that they may help me.' But in fact they caused his downfall and that of all Israel. 24 Then Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God and broke them up, and shut the doors of the house of the LORD ; he made himself altars at every corner in Jerusalem, 25 and at every single city of Judah he made hill-shrines to burn sacrifices to other gods and provoked the anger of the LORD the God of his fathers. 26 The other acts and all the events of his reign, from first to last, are recorded in the annals of the kings of Judah and Israel. 27 So Ahaz rested with his forefathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but was not given burial with the kings of Judah. He was succeeded by his son Hezekiah."
Although, under the New Testament ( see Matthew 6:11; Romans 10:1-4 ( especially verse 4, for example ); 15:1-4 ( especially verse 4, for example ); Galatians 4:30; and Colossians 2:6-15 ( especially verses 13 and 14, for example ), for example ), the heavenly Father's ( see Matthew 5:9, 16; 6:9, 14, for example ) nation is not physical, but spiritual ( the New Testament church, the church of Christ - see Matthew 16:17, 18; Acts 2:38, 41, and 47 ( KJV, for example ); Romans 6:1-4 ( especially verses 3 and 4, for example ); 12:1-5 ( especially verses 4 and 5, for example ); 16:16 ( KJV, for example ); Ephesians 1:15-23 ( especially verses 22 and 23, for example ); Colossians 1:13-20 ( especially verse 20, for example ); Hebrews 10:19-25 ( especially verse 22, for example ); and 1 Peter 1:1, 2, for example ), there are some similarities that become evident when comparing the situation under Ahaz, king of Judah ( as described above ), with the current situation here in America.
The sin of the legalization of marijuana ( see 1 Peter 5:8 ( RSV, for example ) and 1 John 3:4, for example ), the sin of abortion ( see Romans 13:9, for example ), the sin of homosexuality ( see Leviticus 18:22; Romans 1:18-27 ( especially verses 24-27, for example ); and 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 ( especially verse 18, for example ), for example ), Russia's aggression in the Middle East, and America's declining influence in the world, for example, seem to point to God providentially ( see Mark 16:19, 20 ( especially verse 20, for example ) and 1 Corinthians 13:8-13 ( especially verses 8-10, for example ), for example, and cf. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, for example ) relegating this country to a role of submission ( see the first verse nineteen ). If He appoints ( see Romans 13:1; NKJV, for example ) a woman to the White House in 2016, this may well signal His intention of continuing this trend of submission for America. If that be the case, it will only be fitting that a woman represent a submissive America in His eyes, and the eyes of the world ( see Psalm 33:13 and Romans 14:7, for example ).
Please study the Holy Bible ( which is God's word - see Psalm 119:65-73, 142, and 151; John 17:1, 3, and 17; and 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:16, 17, for example ). If you have any questions about the Holy Bible, you can contact me by e-mail at:
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