The Remnant Is Not A Shield

Ezekiel 14:12 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

13 Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:

14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.

15 If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:

16 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.

17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

18 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.

19 Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.

There are those who teach that America can never fall as long as there is a righteous remnant. This passage negates that theology. God would not stop His judgment on Jerusalem even if Noah, Daniel and Job were in it. He would deliver those three. How?

We see that in Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham stopped at ten possibly believing Lot had at least ten in his family. Yet, if he had went to five he would have been one short. There were only four and one of them was lost because she looked back. Then he destroyed the cities.

My thought has been that America would fall right after the Rapture getting it out of the way of the Anti-Christ, but it could be sooner. How would God protect the righteous in a nuclear attack or civil war? Maybe like the prophets that Obadiah hid or the ones Elijah did not know were there.

How would He define the righteous? Righteous by faith, but not walking in the Spirit or only the ones He could use to bring about a revival after the debris clears? Daniel, Noah and Job were clearly used by God in big ways. Isaiah was only granted 10% of his people. 10% of the current population of the US is roughly 34 million. That would be easy for God. Then again only three names were given in the passage and those saved in the flood were only eight. Compared to Daniel, Noah and Job how righteous are we and could He use after a cataclysmic disaster? Would we thrive even in a nation run by our conquers or a completely secular nation?

He said the saints would not come under His wrath, but that does not mean we would escape the wrath of man. If disaster comes would you be of any use to Him afterwards if you are not useful now? Get ready as either Rapture or calamity is on the way. May the Lord find us useful! Maranatha!!