Post by jo on Feb 4, 2008 10:44:52 GMT -6
How will America fare when God stands to judge us? Is He standing now and will we finally reap the rewards of our baseness? There is always an Abraham of sorts to extend a prayer and a hand to safety, as was the case in Sodom and Gomorrah..but will only a few listen and take the lifeline? After the lifeline is extended, consequences usually fall...and it most likely will not be pretty..It is time to pray and look for lifelines..and voices of reason with answers to the problems..
Genesis 18:23-32 (Amplified Bible)
23And Abraham came close and said, Will You destroy the righteous (those upright and in right standing with God) together with the wicked?
24Suppose there are in the city fifty righteous; will You destroy the place and not spare it for [the sake of ] the fifty righteous in it?
25Far be it from You to do such a thing--to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as do the wicked! Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth execute judgment and do righteously?
26And the Lord said, If I find in the city of Sodom fifty righteous (upright and in right standing with God), I will spare the whole place for their sake.
27Abraham answered, Behold now, I who am but dust and ashes have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord.
28If five of the fifty righteous should be lacking--will You destroy the whole city for lack of five? He said, If I find forty-five, I will not destroy it.
29And [Abraham] spoke to Him yet again, and said, Suppose [only] forty shall be found there. And He said, I will not do it for forty's sake.
30Then [Abraham] said to Him, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak [again]. Suppose [only] thirty shall be found there. And He answered, I will not do it if I find thirty there.
31And [Abraham] said, Behold now, I have taken upon myself to speak [again] to the Lord. Suppose [only] twenty shall be found there. And [the Lord] replied, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
32And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again only this once. Suppose ten [righteous people] shall be found there. And [the Lord] said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.