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 "We know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. ...An Angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm." - John Page, July 20, 1776
INTRODUCTION
There comes a time in the history of some nations, when they are fast approaching the brink of implosion, that the grass roots of the population realize that it is almost too late to stop the slide into anarchy, however, they rally themselves for a last ditch effort to rescue their nation from possible oblivion. And so America is faced with this scenario today.
BONDAGE TO BONDAGE
Soon after the first American Revolution, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years earlier:
'A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.'
TIME OUT
'The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependence; from dependence back into bondage.'
What incredible, and almost prophetic, insight Tyler had some 230 years ago which has frighteningly come to pass in this nation. For 200 years America stayed true to her God given purpose of being a gospel light to the world, but beginning with the social revolution of the Sixties, the last 40 years have seen a slide from liberty and abundance to complacency and apathy, bringing us today to the brink of dependence and possible bondage.
 WAGGING THE DOG
In a time when laws are changed by unelected judges, America has long ceased to be democratic and the welfare of the majority is held for ransom by the personal opinions of a few. Thomas Sowell comments, "The problem with the 'gay marriage' issue is that the more fundamental issue is not 'gay marriage.' The real issue is who should decide such issues -- that is, what kind of country and what kind of government do we have or want to have? What does democracy mean if any headstrong minority can violate the laws passed by a majority and enshrined in centuries of legal precedents? ...The time is long overdue to start impeaching judges who think their job is to veto laws they don't like or condone lawlessness that they agree with. The time is also long overdue to re-examine lifetime appointments of judges, which allows them to act like little tin gods, at the expense of our freedom and the country's elected government."
REVERSE REVOLUTION
It's time for a new revolution! The radicalism of 40 years ago has become the mainstream culture of today, so if America is to avoid the precedents of the life-cycles of previous civilizations, then a reverse revolution is crucial. Those who are not lost in a quagmire of religious formalism, but live and breathe on the leading edge of God's will for today, will understand that true Christianity is, and always has been, counterculture! They trust that '...an Angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm!'
Founding Father, John Adams' words are as appropriate today as they were over 200 years ago, "But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments, of their duties and obligations.... This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people was the real American Revolution." Now you know why we need a change.
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