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Summary: Just as the prophet Elijah challenged the people of Israel to make up their minds as whether to serve God or Ba'al, the same question needs to be brought before America today. The time has come to settle the issue and accept the consequences.

This nation is at the edge of the cliff. All it will take is one more step to go over, regulating America to the dustbin of history. For over sixty years since prayer and Bible reading were removed from the public schools by a poor interpretation of the First Amendment by a liberal Supreme Court and a zealous atheist, this country has gone from what had been referred to as a "Shining city on a hill", to where we are satisfied with a broken conscience on a dunghill. My generation, born at the start of the turbulent 1960's, watched college students across the nation burn draft cards, sing protest songs, call the police every name in the book, and endure cries from leftists who had read and digested Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals", along with the bilge of Marxism to overthrow and burn everything to the ground. Well, there really is nothing new under the sun in 2025 (Ecclesiastes 1:9-11). The same thing is happening with young people today who believe that it is a crime to think for oneself. Everything we faced a generation ago is nothing novel, new, or unique.

Godlessness has escalated to heights I knew were predicted in the Scriptures (Matthew 24; Mark 13, Luke 21; 2 Timothy 3:1-8; 2 Peter 3), but I did not expect them to arrive this quickly. I have lived long enough to see men and women gleefully going to abortion mills, cursing and mocking at pastors and Christians begging them to reconsider their decision to kill their unborn child. I saw the signs at "women's rallies" such as, "If Mary had gotten an abortion, we wouldn't be in this mess.". I have heard blasphemies uttered by skeptics who claim that God "raped" Mary and forced her to carry Jesus in her womb. I have heard "comedy routines" of pathetic late-night hosts gleefully applauding “guests" on their programs who ridicule the name of Jesus, the Gospel, and the existence of God. I look with a mix of disgust and sorrow at so-called "Christian" programming featuring the smiling “Colgate Boy” preachers who do everything EXCEPT open the Bible and preach the message of salvation through Jesus Christ alone (John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 6:23, 10:9-10, 13; Hebrews 7:25; 1 John 2:1). Instead, they choose to flaunt the false “prosperity gospel “ with its false emphasis on wealth and status, while faithful Bible believing pastors worldwide face increased persecution and in some cases martyrdom for the Lord Jesus Christ. I weep for the real men of God (Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15; 1 Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:9-11; 1 Peter 5:1-6) who stand behind pulpits worldwide, preaching the Gospel to smaller and increasingly indifferent congregations who believe that the silly games on their cell phones and tablets are more worthy of attention than the state of their eternal souls.

This type of vacillation between choosing God or the devil was rife in the northern kingdom of ancient Israel under godless king Ahab and his demonic wife Jezebel. Together they established the worship of the fertility deity Baal upon the land along with the horrid practices that came with it, including child sacrifice and bloodshed. The prophets of God who had stood against this evil were being hunted down and executed by the fanatical Jezebel, her priests, and the army of Israel. This spiritual poison was spreading unchecked. Ahab and Jezebel believed that they could get away with it, eliminating anyone who stood in the way. It was at this dark time in Israel’s history that God's prophet, Elijah, appeared from nowhere (1 Kings 17:1), and proclaimed that no rain would fall on the land according to the Word of the Lord. Rest assured God never allows evil to have the upper hand. If you read the end of the Bible, you’ll see that He wins. Period.

Three and a half years of drought brought the kingdom to a standstill, yet the people had not budged. They fluctuated on whether or not to follow God, who would bring the rain if they would just repent, or continue to stay thirsty, and wonder why Baal had not taken action. Someone would have figured then, just as someone would hopefully do today, that our troubles and situation would dissipate if we quit putting ourselves on a pedestal, swallow our pride, repent of our sins, and seek the face of God for more than a few moments each Sunday. Instead, we should plead with Him to have mercy on us and the nation. I do not see this in Scripture as far as Israel was concerned. It was time for Elijah to call the people together at the altars of Ba'al along with the altar he had built for the LORD to settle things once and for all. The time had come. There would be no more indifference, no wishy-washy worship, no playing sides, no more corporate silence, and no more allowing wicked rulers to arrogantly believe they had everything under their demonic control. No more of this nonsense. Elijah had called out Ahab for his wickedness (1 Kings 18:17-19), fearlessly, boldly, and without apology (would that more preachers in America do the same and not worry about what others think or say).

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