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Jeremiah Chapter 47
Jeremiah foretells the destruction of Gaza of the Philistines. Of course now in this day and age we see that most of these prophecies have already come to pass. It is interesting though the Gaza of today is always in the news. Its a strip of land on the way to Egypt near the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Ashkelon also is nearby. The Babylonian Empire conquered all this territory and later went down into Egypt to conquer them. Babylon was allowed to continue until their time was up and their judgment came by the Medes and Persians which is modern day Iran. Then the Medes and Persinas were taken over by the Kingdom of Grecia and then that kingdom was overpowered later by the Romans. Romans were the rulers in the time of Christ. All these had a purpose but when their time was up, they were conquered. The way a nation can be assured that their country continues and never is defeated is for that nation to fear the Lord. If the fear of God is present, evil is subdued. God has to stop evil and He sometimes waits and gives offending nations a chance to repent and to hear the gospel. If they never change and continue in sin, He allows them to continue until that evil gets so bad that they have to go. I don't really know what causes God to allow the destruction of nations but I can venture a guess as to what may be the last straw for God. This is just my speculation but its from reading about the history of nations that came before us.
When a nation does this last thing, they've gone too far. There are some in the good old USA who would forbid the gospel if they could on the ground of accusing them of hate crimes or other such nonsense. I've heard that Canada even now forbids preachers to warn against any kind of sexual promiscuity for fear of offending any group of people. This is close to coming to the United States. When you forbid someone to preach what God tells them to preach you are on dangerous ground. In that case they have to obey God rather than the law of the land. If we know that a something is destroying people both physically and spirituality, We should try all our might as we are lead by the Holy Spirit. If we don't warn them and testify that such things are an abomination to God which will destroy whole societies if they do not repent and stop sinning and living in a way which is against the way God ordained when He created us. He did not create us to live in such a manner as to bring disease and physical destruction to our body, soul and spirit. Through the power of God one who realizes that they are in sin whether it is sexual sin, especially against little children or any other sins written in the bible. We can be made free from that sin and be born again. Faith in Jesus Christ and His power to change lives can bring this about. Jesus can change any person and free him or her from any sin provided they recognize themselves as sinners in need of a savior. We then have to want to be free from sin and receive eternal life. We can be free. We are to be made clean, sanctified and be filled with The Holy Spirit.
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