But for many, aside from aspects of the Tribulation, people would like to know if America as a nation is under judgment. In fact, this is the question that Rev. Danny Jones from Northlake Baptist Church in Gainesville Georgia was asked so he decided to answer the question to the best of his ability this past Wednesday evening. What I appreciate very much about this message is that Jones doesn't skirt around the issue. He speaks pointedly about the situation in America as well as the world itself. We are seeing more and more people rising to the surface like dross from silver, clamoring to be "free" of God. They no longer want His truth, His authority or His concern. In essence, they want to throw off the chains and be free (Psalm 2). Of course, Christians know that being "free" of God is no freedom at all, and simply means enslavement to Satan, but these folks are deluded anyway so their illogical thinking brings them to that point.

It's important to remember that God's judgment can take many forms. It's not always or only eschatalogical in nature. As I've pointed out before, Romans 1 is a perfect example of His judgment that is not exchatalogical in nature. This type of judgment occurs when people continue to resist God, His truth, and His rule and God will ultimately give them over to their own desires. Those desires will ultimately destroy them, but they don't care because they want the freedom to sin in any way they feel is best suited for them, not realizing that they are simply playing into the hands of Satan and his demons, who have one goal and one goal only - destroying God's Creation.

Jones goes step by step through numerous passages of Scripture, comparing things to what he sees happening today and concludes that yes, America is under judgment. Once the judgment starts, biblically speaking, it usually goes through its entire cycle before God will begin to shed His grace back onto that society that demanded destruction by their own sinfulness.