Can America recover?

In a recent article in The Guardian, British columnist Larry Elliot made the following profound statement, “The high levels of violent crime, epidemic of obesity, addiction to pornography and excessive use of energy may be telling us something: the US is in an advanced state of cultural decadence.”  Mr. Elliot’s article, entitled, “Decline and Fall of the American Empire,” suggests that America is experiencing classic symptoms of decline previously witnessed in the fall of both the Roman and British Empires.  He ended the article with the pointed suggestion for what is needed to save America from impending disaster, “Above all, America must rediscover the qualities that originally made it great.  That will not be easy” (www.guardian.co.uk, June 6, 2011).

Mr. Elliot’s sobering observations about the United States parallel Bible prophecies.  While Elliot views America’s decline from a historical and economic perspective, Bible prophecies warn that if God’s people turn away from Him and “despise” His commandments, then God will “break the pride of [their] power” (Leviticus 26:14-19).

Today, we are watching Israelite-descended nations that once rode upon the “high places” of the earth and were the “head” of nations, sadly becoming the “tail” (Deuteronomy 28:44).  This is because America and other Israelite-descended nations have chosen to move “away” from God and His ways.  The qualities that once made these nations great—respecting and living by many of God’s commandments and the moral principles outlined in the Bible—must be recaptured if these nations are to regain their greatness!

For more information on this important topic, see our booklet The United States and Great Britain in Prophecy.