The USA has been the most blessed nation of all time, but in recent years has slowly abandoned God and His Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, Who ALONE is worthy of all praise and glory; and is the KING of kings! A cursory view of the Old Testament reveals that all of these events and realities are precisely predicted, and shall all come to pass. Through the revelation of the Holy Spirit, the actual Church of Jesus Christ has continued to understand and do just as Paul did all the way until the end of his earthly life, which is also what we must continue to be involved in “Proclaiming Christ Jesus Messiah”
Old Testament Scripture Reading: Zechariah 12:10 (KJV)
Zec 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
New Testament Scripture Acts 28:19 – 31 (KJV)
Act 28:19 But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
Act 28:20 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
Act 28:21 And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.
Act 28:22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
Act 28:23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
Act 28:24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.
Act 28:25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
Act 28:26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
Act 28:27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Act 28:28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
Act 28:29 And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.
Act 28:30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,
Act 28:31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Transforming Power Facts:
1)Many OT examples indicate the spiritual and physical conquest of the ideology of Israel, God’s chosen people, and there is reason to understand there are many prophets who revealed the rebellious attitudes of the covenant people to the nation, but the majority had chosen to compromise and to compete with the Gentiles, but God also prophesies the downfall of the majority of them; but also the victory of the remnant in the latter days as indicated by Zechariah when Israel finally comes to believe that Jesus Christ, Who was pierced is truly the wounded Son of David, Who is God in the flesh!
2) The Apostle Paul was dedicated to the task of proclaiming the very same message as it was taught to the other Apostles during the first Advent of Jesus, and even after the ascension of Jesus, as he went throughout the prominent lands of the Gentiles preaching the Gospel all the way to the very highest official of the Roman Empire, Caesar while still making every effort to provide the unbelieving leaders in Judaism Biblical proof and reasoning to convince them that the Old Testament Scriptures were completely accurate, including the predictions about their failure to believe and accept Jesus The Son Of David!
3) Much of the world today, and even in the visible Church, and especially the politics of USA, there has also been a great decline from the crucial realities of the Word of God; and the fulfillment of the predictions of the Bible concerning “Mystery Babylon” are becoming more apparent day by day; and people are infected with a similar form of the unbelief as Israel has as a nation; but the true Church must continue “Proclaiming Christ Jesus Messiah” until the trumpet sounds!