What will be America's role in the end times?
I imagine a board like this would have very many opposing views.
From my understanding, the Bible gives no mention of America when speaking of the end times, which means most theories would forever remain theories.
Nonetheless, I'm interested to hear what the Christian Brethren have to say about this.
Thoughts?
First off... I would like to say I belong to no organization of religion or any other, so the things I say are the things I gathered for myself by personal reading, so feel free to correct me.
Next, what I read about the end days, or the last days, from the bible, has brought great comfort and peace to my heart. From my understanding of the bible, the beginning of days, is that time where the knowledge of good and evil reigned, the last days, or the end of the world, is that time where the knowledge of Christ reigns.
As in, Hebrews 1: 1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath
in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
The last days are obviously the days in which God has spoken to the world by his own Son. In times past, God spoke to the people through man. As for prophecy, all has been fulfilled, the book of Revelations explains that fulfillment. It is finished, as JC so eloquently explained.
This is great comfort. The end of the world will come for each of us when we die, until then, instead of living in the beginning of the world, where the law reigned supreme, and no flesh was justified, though it tried and tried, we are now living in the end of the world, where the word of Christ reigns supreme, and we are justified by his blood.
Instead of fear, thinking all is about to collapse, we should be shouting from the housetops that God is in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their sins against them. It is a time of joy, not of fear. The future is brightly lit.
America's role is that of governing people as God has appointed, and as he has appointed all nations. Punish the evil, commend the good. It's taking over, the best is yet to come.
Peace on Earth, goodwill toward man....that is what we have to expect from God.