Infiltration, destruction, debauchery, unrest etc. (increasing moral depravity) are acts of judgment against us and they are the results of God withholding the grace that restrains sin. In other words:
A measure of the wrath of Abandonment by God because a nation first abandoned Him.
All the systems of government (local/state/federal etc.) that are in place to govern society, impose/enforce laws, punish evildoers and reward good and civil conduct, are abused and overturned by people who run them and operate in them. When there is overall dysfunction due to internal corruption in those systems, the nation follows suit.
Both the underlying problem (the internal corruption) and the signs & symptoms of that corruption (external and widespread corruption/behavior throughout the nation) are forms of judgment and they perpetuate the judgment.
Evidence and example in Scripture:
Romans 1:18-32
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
Verses highlighted for emphasis to show the sins of a people/nation and the result of being turned over fully to sin to let that corruption and its consequences run their course so as to incur further judgment.
“We are a nation in decline.”
Translation: We are a nation suffering judgment for abandoning God.
Infiltration, destruction, debauchery, unrest etc. (increasing moral depravity) are acts of judgment against us and they are the results of God withholding the grace that restrains sin. In other words:
A measure of the wrath of Abandonment by God because a nation first abandoned Him.
All the systems of government (local/state/federal etc.) that are in place to govern society, impose/enforce laws, punish evildoers and reward good and civil conduct, are abused and overturned by people who run them and operate in them. When there is overall dysfunction due to internal corruption in those systems, the nation follows suit.
Both the underlying problem (the internal corruption) and the signs & symptoms of that corruption (external and widespread corruption/behavior throughout the nation) are forms of judgment and they perpetuate the judgment.
Evidence and example in Scripture:
Romans 1:18-32
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
Verses highlighted for emphasis to show the sins of a people/nation and the result of being turned over fully to sin to let that corruption and its consequences run their course so as to incur further judgment.
“We are a nation in decline.”
Translation: We are a nation suffering judgment for abandoning God.