Is America Still Really Free?

Jesus warned his disciples saying,"And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must be; but the end shall not be yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:" Mark 13:7, 8

He likewise pointed out that these matters must be, but the end was not quite yet when we see these things happening. As a matter of fact there were and have been wars and rumors of wars on umpteen occasions since he articulated the statement, but the conclusion is not yet. There were additional occurrences that had to come to fruition, but the prophetic significance is that these wars, and rumors thereof, will intensify as the end draws closer and closer.

The prophetic perspective that I would like to address to is that of the present U.S. war (billed as part of the broad war on terror) as it concerns the harm done to the United States and the rights of its people. The large majority of the American citizens are opposed to this war,as a matter of fact, very many of them believe that it was based in absolute deception from the outset and the have made it very clear that that is the way that they feel.

What is troubling about it, from my perspective, is the utter denial of the elected representatives to honor the will of the people. The American taxpayer is being forced to spend billions and billions of dollars for a war that they have very distinctly spoken that they do not want.

Further, many Americans are losing their dwellings, paying higher gas prices, food prices etc., while seeing billions of their tax dollars being pledged to war spending, and bank bailouts. Notwithstanding the mantra of "government by the people" in "free" America is still touted.

The Bible prophets warned us that the fundamental representative government in America would at length fall under attack, and finally be changed but the people, by and large, have not cared to heed or consider the warnings of the prophets.

The Bible encourages us to "Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper." 2 Chronicles 20:20.

However, we have not listened to this and as a consequence we discover ourselves living in a new American America which the ideals of the Bill Of Rights have become lightly considered by many in places of power and influence. And the outcome of this will be an America that is unrecognizable from what it used to be and what made it superb.

An outstanding example of this is when long time senator and Republican candidate for president John McCain was asked on 60 minutes "At what point do you stop doing what you think is right, and start doing what the majority of the American people want" (with respect to the war in Iraq).

Senator McCain answered, "I disagree with what the majority of the American people want". It seems to me that we should have listened to the prophets.

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Keith Mario is a religious writer and teacher visit We should have listened to the prophets to read interesting and watch video with regard to Bible prophecy and current events.