My friend Mike, from Alabama, texted me 2 days ago wishing me a “happy July 2nd!”
Mike, like his favorite American President, John Adams, thinks we should celebrate the American Independence on the 2nd of July, because the Continental Congress actually voted for independence on July 2, 1776. That was the day they approved Richard Henry Lee’s resolution declaring the colonies free from British rule. John Adams was so convinced this was the pivotal moment that he wrote to his wife Abigail:
“The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America… It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade… from one End of this Continent to the other…”
But July 4 became the celebrated date because that’s when the Declaration of Independence was formally adopted and dated, even though it wasn’t signed until weeks later. The document’s date stamped the public imagination, and July 4 stuck.
Adams refused to participate in July 4 celebrations, believing July 2 was the true date of independence. Jefferson, on the other hand, embraced July 4 as the symbolic birth of the nation, especially since he authored the Declaration.
Their rivalry was more political than personal during their presidencies, but they reconciled later in life and resumed a rich correspondence. Ironically, both men died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration’s adoption — a poetic twist that further cemented July 4 in American lore.
While most of us celebrate July 4 as the official date of Independence, Mike, like Adams, refuses to acknowledge the 4th, which wouldn’t be a problem, except that Mike insists on setting off fireworks in his neighborhood on July 2, to the chagrin of his neighbors, and this year, like so many before, Mike was pretty lonely at his “July 2nd Barbeque.” Mike’s attempts to rally his town to have the kind of “Pomp and Parade,” on July 2, advocated by Adams, has also fallen on deaf ears.
America At War!
On the 249th Anniversary of the founding of America, the nation’s greatest problems are not from outside forces, but from within the nation by subversive forces that have worked against the best interests of the United States for many years.
One of the founding fathers, John Jay, warned of problems within that could potentially wreck the Republic of the United States. In the Federalist No.5, Jay wrote: “Should the people of America divide themselves into three or four nations…envy and jealousy would soon extinguish confidence and affection, and the partial interests of each confederacy…would be apt to inflame their mutual animosities.
Abraham Lincoln addressed the idea of internal threats most famously in his 1838 Lyceum Address, where he said:
“At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher.”
Early in the history of the United States, America’s greatest leaders warned that the nation’s greatest potential problems would lie within. Bible Prophecy echos that sentiment, and just as the United States is once again poised to retain its leadership among all nations on earth, evidence shows the nefarious attempts by powerful figures within the United States government and courts to derail the progress of the “American Experiment.”
For instance, in less than a few months, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) uncovered the spending of vast sums of American taxpayer dollars that have been directed to an intricate labyrinth of private non-governmental organizations (NGOs), apparently very little being spent on meaningful programs, and most likely being funneled into the private and secret accounts of politicians and bureaucrats. This alone may explain why career politicians and bureaucrats have net worth far beyond government salaries after spending time in political or government service.
Bible prophecy strongly indicates a major trend of end time conditions within those who occupy offices of influence within the descendants of Jacob, or Israel, as the son of Issac’s name was changed to.
Micah was a prophet whose ministry began during the reigns of some of the latter Kings of Judah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah. Yet his visions not only included a message to Judah, the Southern Kingdom, but the northern Kingdom of Samaria as well.
At the pinnacle of the Nothern Kingdom’s power, Micah was given this incredible and powerful vision:
And I said:
“Hear now, O heads of Jacob,
And you rulers of the house of Israel:
Is it not for you to know justice?
You who hate good and love evil;
Who strip the skin from My people,
And the flesh from their bones;
Who also eat the flesh of My people,
Flay their skin from them,
Break their bones,
And chop them in pieces
Like meat for the pot,
Like flesh in the caldron.” (Micah 3:1-3)
The condemnation is apt, for then and now, as it is the leaders who are entrusted to rule for the good of the people — and America was the first nation in the history of mankind with a government whose intent was to serve the people.
Today, in our 3rd century as a nation, many Americans have taken for granted the freedoms established in the Declaration of Independence, and codified in law, not understanding the connection between the Law given to Moses and Israel as they escaped captivity in Egypt.
Those tribes that left Egypt eventually became nations. Those peoples, named as distinct entities, in Genesis 49, were given a homeland in Cannan, but eventually lost their identity through deportation and captivity. Many of the prophets describe the crimes and lawlessness that caused this, and the Bible makes this very clear — leadership played the most important role in the respective captivities of Israel (Jacob’s 12 sons — tribes — nations) and Judah (the only tribe that retained their identity as they retained the understanding of the Sabbath).
The Parallel of Paul’s Prophecies and the Old Testament Prophets
As we have written before, the Apostle Paul was inspired with an amazing end time prophecy about world leaders. Leadership can change everything in society — for good or bad. In this case the prophetic utterance given to his young protege Timoty is a chilling indictment against those who wield power in the time of the end.
In 2 Timothy 3:1-3, Paul sounded the alarm — for OUR time — the “last days!” He said it would be perilous — even as Jesus told the disciples in the Olivet prophecy — times of vast deception, war, nations raging and threatening one another, with famine, pestilence, earthquakes, sorrow and tribulation. (Matthew 24:3-9)
Paul concluded his review of prophetic events of the perilous end times by stating that “But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.” (2 Peter 3:13)
Paul’s remarkable statement indicates a time when evil is unchecked by good, decency and law. Today, while the Trump administration has uncovered vast amounts of unrighteousness, lawlessness and evil, will the actions of righteous men and women act upon their better instincts, as law and justice demand?
Will there be investigations that are founded in justice to seek out the evil intent of any of the horrendous crimes against humanity of the past few years? Massive illegal immigration, which has led to child and sex trade traffic, untold hundreds of thousands of missing children, the rape and murder of innocents perpetrated by violent repeat offenders allowed into the nation by the previous administration? And swift and just action against those whose intent was to cause chaos and disruption in America?
Many are calling for justice, because instinctively they understand this proverb: “Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.” (Ecclesiastes 8:11)
The French Political philosopher, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in Democracy in America: “Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.”
Will righteous men and women prevail in the United States in the next few years, or will they give way to the kind of men Paul warned about — men who are abusive, traitorous, envious, selfish, greedy, narcissistic, ungodly and evil?
Can you see these types in the world today? Can you recognize how they have taken the reins of power and society and bent them to their own will and ends?
On this anniversary of the most astounding and astonishing foundation of a nation — for the purpose of proclaiming the Good News of God’s Kingdom (Matthew 24:14), may God Bless America!
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Ps. And Mike — while it is good to be a man and believer in principle — please join the family at the grill in the backyard — the hamburgers and hot dogs are getting cold!
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