Another sin of the nation that came to mind when I asked God abou t it was something I know I'd never have come up with on my own, and even now it's hard for me to convince myself it's a sin. I am willing to accept that it is but it's been so long since anyone took it seriously I have trouble arguing for it. This is the honoring of the Sabbath. I remember when stores were closed on Sunday and when all of a sudden they were freed fro that obligation and all very soon sarted stayijng oprn ll night and it's been that weay ever since. I son't remembe if the natiobn did much more than require that stores be closed on Sunday in recognition of the Sabbath, and it wasn't identified as the biblical Sabbath in any case hat I recall, but I do run across the practice in manyh old books. Christian books. bunyan's Pilgrims' PRogress, Rylesz Holijness, others. At least in the UK Sabbth-breaking was regared as a seriious offense and I don't know if or when that stopped. They forgbade all sorts of things on the Sabbtah ike sports. Remember the movie Chariots of Fire? The runner who would not compete on Sunday because of the Sabbath law in his country which he was determined to hoor. I don't recall if we had any restrictions on sports here or not. I never followed football so I wouldn't have known about that and now Sundays are crammed with football games.
If this is a sin god is judging the country for what are the chances we'd ever give it up and go back to the old practice of shutting thihhngs down on Sunday? It would take a massive Christian revival for any such idea even to cooccur to anyone let alone enough people to bring it about. that measns the nation is just going to contiue under judgmetn for this and al the other sins we are far from likely to resicind. We an do what Daniel did and acknowledge or confess them to god, but correct them I don't see happening. The Jews even corrected their marriages to foreign women when they realized that was an offense to God and a violation of His covenant with them. But I don't see us correcting anything. That's going to leave us suffering from god's judgment until the nation is completely destroyed. Yes, even with a great deal of mercy and push back at the same time apparently which is what we're getting with Trump's being in office now. Another sin I forgot to mention was one that has been my own favorite for a long time that I managed to forget this time, the head covering for women in church. This one is for the churches exclusively. Althoughj that biblical requrirement was extended to the cutlure at large wherever it was practiced, and it was practiced throughout the last two thousand years by all christian nations and hcnhurches until the middle of the twentieth century, I don't think the Bible requires it beyond church functions where women apparticipate in prayher and discussions of god's word. It's something that would have to be discussed in the light of history for some time by the churches before we'd know for sure how to go about reapplying it, but at least it's clear from the passage itself, First Corinthians Eleven, two to Sixteen, that women are to cover our heads to acknowledge our place in the hierarchy of authority, while men are required by the same passage to uncover their heards, which is where we got the rule that women remove their hats whenever they eneter jnot onlyh church but any building at all.
I've wondered for a long time, ever since I studied that passage and did a fair amount foof research on it and came to the conclusion that it's being violated in the churches these days, I've wondered if god might be withholiding revival for this reason, among others I'm sure, but this one too. I could even seen that it played a rule in kicking off the whole feminist mvoement, even brought women into the pulpit in some churches which is clearly against god's ordinance, and had asnowballing effect on the culture bringing out all sort s of things in the sexual realm, marriage, the whole shebang from divorce to gay marriage. Along with the Sabbath I'm sure there are very few in the whole nation who ahve ever given it a second thought as a sin that could have had even small consequances let along these sweeping ones I've been wondering about. Somethining to pray about.
Mark Levein keeps talking about the growing power of Islam in America. I think we need to wake up andco nsider doing sonething drastic if we want to push this back. Political solutions aren't going to do it. I hope god continues to bless us on that level of course, but I think wif we want to stop of the dstruction of america we are going to ahve to consider some preety drastic reversals of law and practice. Wre talk about being a Christain nation but that's a joke in the light of the national sins I'e mentioned and I'm sure I only know a few of thejm.
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