Ancient Civilizations Moche Paracas Macchu Picchu Inca Nasca

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Ancient Civilizations Moche Paracas Macchu Picchu Inca Nasca

Ancient Civilizations Moche Paracas Macchu Picchu Inca Nasca

Ancient Civilizations Mayan Egypt Inca Job 12: 23 Assyrian Babylon Persian [God] makes nations

Ancient Civilizations Mayan Egypt Inca Job 12: 23 Assyrian Babylon Persian [God] makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them.

Acts 17: 26 -27 26 From one man he made every nation of men,

Acts 17: 26 -27 26 From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. 27 God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. Paul in Athens

Gen 15: 7 He also said to him, "I am the LORD, who brought

Gen 15: 7 He also said to him, "I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it. " 13 Then the LORD said to him, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. 14 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions. 16 In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, … for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure. "

Lev 18: 25 -30 25 Even the land was defiled; so I punished it

Lev 18: 25 -30 25 Even the land was defiled; so I punished it for its sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants. 26 But you must keep my decrees and my laws. The native-born and the aliens living among you must not do any of these detestable things, 27 for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled. 28 And if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it vomited out the nations that were before you.

Num 33: 4 “…for the LORD had brought judgment on Egypt’s gods. ”

Num 33: 4 “…for the LORD had brought judgment on Egypt’s gods. ”

Jonah 1: 1 -2 1 The word of the LORD came to Jonah son

Jonah 1: 1 -2 1 The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 "Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me. " 3: 4 On the first day, Jonah started into the city. He proclaimed: "Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned. "

II Ki 21: 10 -15 Matt 23: 31 -38 31 10 So The you

II Ki 21: 10 -15 Matt 23: 31 -38 31 10 So The you LORD testifysaid against Jerusalem yourselves through histhat servants you are the descendants prophets: of those who murdered 11 "Manasseh the prophets. king of 32 Judah. Fill has up, committed then, these measure ofdetestable the sin of sins. your forefathers! He has done 35 more And evil than so upon the Amorites you will come all who thepreceded righteoushim blood and that has been led Judah shed on intoearth, sin with from histhe blood idols. of righteous Abel to the blood 12 of. Therefore Zechariahthis sonisofwhat Berekiah, the LORD, whom the God you of murdered Israel, between says: I am thegoing temple to and bringthe altar. 36 such disaster I tell youon the. Jerusalem truth, all this will and come Judah upon thatthis thegeneration. ears of 38 everyone Look, who your hears house of itiswill left to you tingle. desolate. 70 AD

Great Nations have passed and now lay in ruins Assyrian Babylon. Is Persia America

Great Nations have passed and now lay in ruins Assyrian Babylon. Is Persia America Greece exempt? Rome Ottoman

Why do nations fall? Rome’s Fall According to Gibbons: • Rapid increase of divorce;

Why do nations fall? Rome’s Fall According to Gibbons: • Rapid increase of divorce; undermining of the sanctity of home • Higher & higher taxes; welfare system • Decay of religion • Mad craze for pleasure; sports becoming focus and progressively more brutal • Armament build-up; ignoring internal decadence

Why will America fall? A Nation in Trouble: Rom. 1 • • • Truth

Why will America fall? A Nation in Trouble: Rom. 1 • • • Truth suppressed Rejection of God Idolatry Sexual immorality Violent behavior Know better, but approve/encourage sinners

Luther Martin, a delegate of Federal Constitution Convention, 1788: “It was said, it ought

Luther Martin, a delegate of Federal Constitution Convention, 1788: “It was said, it ought to be considered, that national crimes can only be, and frequently are, punished in this world by national punishments. ” George Mason, the “father of Bill of Rights”, 1788: “As nations cannot be rewarded or punished in the next world, so they must be in this by inevitable chain of causes and effects, Providence punishes national sins by national calamities Samual Adams, s. of Declaration of Independence: “Revelation assures us that ‘Righteousness exalteth a nation. ’ Communities are dealt with in this world by the wise and just Ruler of the Universe. He rewards or punishes them according to their general character. ”

Thomas Jefferson, 1794 “I likewise tremble for my country when I reflect that God

Thomas Jefferson, 1794 “I likewise tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that His justice cannot sleep forever: Daniel Webster, 1903 “If we and our posterity reject religious instruction and authority, violate the rules of eternal justice trifle with the injunctions of morality, and recklessly destroy the political constitution which holds us together, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us that shall bury all our glory in profound obscurity. ”

What Can We Do? 1 Tim 2: 1 -3 1 I urge, then, first

What Can We Do? 1 Tim 2: 1 -3 1 I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone-2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, Educate yourself about the law Acts