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The Downturn of
America
By Grant Phillips
For the first time
in our history,
Standard & Poor (S &
P) announced August
5th, 2011
that it has
downgraded the
credit rating of the United States one notch below AAA.
It said, “’political
brinkmanship’ in the
debate over the debt
had made the U.S.
government’s ability
to manage its
finances “’less
stable, less
effective and less
predictable’”. The S
& P also stated,
that ‘politicians in
Washington were
becoming less able
to get to grips with
the country’s huge
fiscal deficit and
debt load’.
Russia’s Prime
Minister, Vladimir
Putin, stated on
August 1st,
2011, “They (the
U.S.) are living
like parasites off
the global economy
and their monopoly
of the dollar”. He
also stated, “They
(the U.S.) are
living beyond their
means and shifting a
part of the weight
of their problems to
the world economy”.
China stated on
August 6th,
2011, that we, the
United States, “need
to cure our
addiction to debt”.
It also stated that
we, the United
States, need to,
“come to terms with
the painful fact
that the good old
days when it could
just borrow its way
out of messes of its
own making are
finally gone”.
Further, “to cure
its addiction to
debts, the United
States has to
re-establish the
common sense
principle that one
should live within
its means”. And if
that isn’t enough,
they went on to say
that “(Washington)
has been spending
like there’s no
tomorrow … they have
been irresponsible
fiscally so they
deserved it (the S &
P downgrade)”.
This is where
compromise and greed
have gotten us in
this land of plenty.
All three of the
entities listed
above were dead on
accurate in what
they had to say
concerning our
predicament and what
has transpired to
get us here.
Every one of our
“leaders” in
Washington should be
crimson faced at
this entire fiasco.
If they have even a
smidgen of decency
about them, they
should be
embarrassed to be
seen in public. Some
had an opportunity
to stand their guns,
so to speak, and
failed miserably.
Politics, immorality
and greed, as with
Rome in the past, is
destroying the
greatest nation that
has ever existed in
history. We started
out as a
self-sacrificing,
Christian nation,
and have spiraled
downward to a
selfish, satanic
sewer of immorality
and greed.
We have been “taken
to the woodshed” by
two countries that
would love nothing
better than to
destroy us. But why
should they bother?
We are destroying
ourselves. Give us
enough rope, and we
will hang ourselves.
Actually, the rope
is already over the
tree limb, and the
noose is around our
neck. All that is
left is for someone
to slap the horse on
the rump, and we’re
done for. Frankly
folks, I don’t see
that as being very
far off.
Here’s the sad part
though. No one has
done this to us. We
have done it to
ourselves. We vote
scoundrels back in
office time after
time, because of our
own greed and
immorality. We
listen to these
silver-tongued
orators promise us
“pie in the sky”,
and now we have
gotten what we
deserve, a rotten
tomato in the face.
All the blame can’t
be laid on
Washington though,
because we the
people have held our
hands out for years
wanting more and
more, not realizing
or not caring, that
those in Washington
cannot give unless
they take from
someone else. Our
generation is a
spoiled nation of
people, who can’t
live within our
means even in our
own lives.
It is my belief that
our great country
must decrease in
importance from the
world scene, in
order that the
nations of the world
are arranged as
depicted in
prophecy. This is
rapidly happening
right before our
very eyes. Due to
our own sins, we are
rapidly decreasing
economically, as
shown above. Our
dollar is on its way
out globally, and
will probably be
replaced soon with a
different world
trade standard. Our
economic lifestyles
will also soon
change in my
opinion. And I hate
to say it, but we
probably haven’t
seen anything yet
with the
unemployment rate
that is going to
befall us, possibly
soon. Our dependence
on oil is our
Achilles heel, and
could bite us hard
at any time.
My advice would be
that we need to “get
our own house in
order”, not just
economically, but
especially
spiritually. If
you’re in debt, get
out of debt. Live
within your means.
If you’re in debt to
Satan, come to Jesus
Christ. He is our
only hope, and as
the Apostle Paul
says, “If
in this life only we
have hope in Christ,
we are of all men
most miserable.”
(1 Corinthians
15:19) The fact is
we do have hope in
Christ, in this life
and in the life to
come, if we are in
Christ and He is in
us. Do not place
your hope in man.
There is none. There
is no need to be
miserable though
when Jesus Christ
lives within us by
His Holy Spirit.
Even when our
earthly world is
falling apart, there
is always the
glorious presence of
Christ within us,
and the expectation
of His soon return.
Can there possibly
be any good news
from this mess that
we are in and
spiraling deeper
into? Absolutely
beyond a doubt there
is. Even through the
sadness of seeing a
once great nation
destroyed by Satan’s
minions, know that
God is still in
control. He is
allowing all this to
transpire, and it is
fitting perfectly
into His plans for
the removal of His
Church (Rapture) and
His judgment upon
this world
(Tribulation), which
could kick into high
gear at any time.
As I have repeatedly
said, no one knows
when the Rapture
will take place, but
God Himself, so I
dare not guess.
However, He does
tell us to watch for
the signs that He
provides for the
last days. The
snatching away of
the Church will
occur before these
signs reach their
maturity, but even
now we are seeing
them ripen on the
vine. The Rapture
surely cannot be far
off.
If you are living in
a dream world,
thinking that
everything is going
to be okay, and
certainly will get
better, please come
down out of the
clouds. You’re
living in fantasy
land. We are
definitely at the
final stages of
God’s dealing with
mankind. Everything
is going to get
worse, and worse,
and worse. Somewhere
in there, Jesus is
going to remove His
Church and the
Tribulation will
start, bringing hell
on earth for seven
more years. We are
never going back to
the United States of
America that once
was. Get used to it.
Get ready for
Christ’s return.
Grant Phillips
grantphillips@windstream.net
Pre-Rapture
Commentary
http://grant-phillips.blogspot.com
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