Originally posted 07-21-13:
What
are the implications behind Billy Graham’s statement: “If God doesn’t judge
America, He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah.”
What
Billy Graham actually said was, "Some years ago, my wife, Ruth, was
reading the draft of a book I was writing. When she finished a section
describing the terrible downward spiral of our nation’s moral standards and the
idolatry of worshiping false gods such as technology and sex, she startled me
by exclaiming, “If God doesn't punish America, He’ll have to apologize to Sodom
and Gomorrah.”
Rev.
Graham thought that wife was possibly thinking of Ezekiel 16:49-50, “Behold,
this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and
abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she
strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty, and committed
abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.”
Whether Ezekiel 16:49-54 or Genesis 18:20, God destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrah; Genesis due not just to the many homosexuals there but also because
of the acceptance by the town’s people of this deviant behavior and for the
reason enumerated by Ezekiel.
Although
the Lord said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because
their sin is very grievous.”, Abraham appealed to God not to destroy the
innocent along with the sinners. Genesis 18:23, “And Abraham drew near, and
said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?” Sadly not even ten
righteous could be found. Interestingly enough, God would not ran down fire
until Lot and his family fled to safety.
As
for the implications for America, our country is guilty of the same sins as
Sodom and Gomorrah plus we are undermining Israel. Thankfully there still are
many righteous people in America who will likely be evacuated before America experiences
the full wrath of God. That said, we're getting so many warnings and shaking's
from God. The weather is out of control, our economy is tanking and crime of
all sorts is very prevalent.
In
my opinion, the bottom-line for America is that we need revival to avoid the
full wrath of God. However, if things continue as they are now we will likely
incur more judgments from God as he drops his hedge of protection from around America.
So rightly said!
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