Quick history, Genesis 18 + 19. Abraham talked with God, and pleaded with him to not destroy the city of sodom if 50 good men could be found (they were wicked, bad people, kinda like Hollywood and DC rolled into one).
Then he pleaded it again for 45 then 30, finally 10. Abraham asked God if 10 good men could be found in the entire city, that it be spared.
God agreed and sent angels in disguise. They looked and found .... one. A mob literally came to that one good man's door and told him to send the strangers out so they could rape them. Lot even offered his daughters to the crowd to spare the men (yes, strange times). Long story short, the angels and (most of) that one mans family got away. And the entire city was destroyed in short order.
Current estimates say Sodom and Gamorah had a population anywhere from high 10s of thousands up to 500,000.
My point is that, imo, we have a lot more than 50 righteous people in this country. I believe there are millions of good people here.
Regardless, I begged for the sake of 100.
If there isn't 100 good men in this country, we deserve to be destroyed.
Our society is, on the whole, beyond depraved.
And so I pray for unearned and undeserved mercy.
And if granted, I pray like anything that this brush with civilizational collapse (whether people actually come to understand this or not), will lead to a great revival of faith and love in this country.
2 Peter 2:6-9 NLT Later, God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and turned them into heaps of ashes. He made them an example of what will happen to ungodly people. [7] But God also rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a righteous man who was sick of the shameful immorality of the wicked people around him. [8] Yes, Lot was a righteous man who was tormented in his soul by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day. [9] So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment.
Focus on verse 9. GOD gave me this several days ago.
Amen, I have discussed that story a couple of times this week!