The Curse on America

There is a curse on America, but it wasn't made by a magic spell.

"But if you will not obey the voice of the LORD your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes that I command you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you. (Deu 28:15 ESV)

"The LORD will bring you and your king whom you set over you to a nation that neither you nor your fathers have known. And there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone. And you shall become a horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the LORD will lead you away. (Deu 28:36-37 ESV)

For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations shall be utterly laid waste. (Isa 60:12 ESV)

And I will bring on that land all My Words which I have spoken against it, all that is written in this book which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations. (Jer 25:13 MKJV)

For behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you. (Psa 73:27 ESV)

A curse has come upon us because of our unfaithfulness, or adultery - against God and against each other. Our nation doesn't follow after God's commandments and we have accepted and are practicing the worship of other gods and idols. These practices in our nation are also seen in American Churches.

If you have been following my study, you should understand how God's people are married to Him by covenant. Jesus is the Husband and the Church is His wife. The Church became an adulteress when she started lusting after idols in the world, allowed the worship of other gods in her home, and she stopped living and loving like Jesus commanded (broke their covenant). Every nation where the Church resides and is committing adultery in will be judged.

A good indication that a nation is committing adultery is the rate of divorce in that country. Divorce is a major cause of adultery.

The Bible's explanation of committing adultery is found in these verses:

But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
(Mat 5:32 ESV)

And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery."
(Mat 19:9 ESV)

And he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her, and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."
(Mar 10:11-12 ESV)

"Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery. (Luk 16:18 ESV)

Adultery is committed by either marrying someone else after divorcing your spouse, or by marrying someone who has been divorced. If you divorce your spouse because they are sexually immoral, that does not give you the right to go and marry someone else. If you do, then you will be committing adultery. A marriage joins two people as one body and their covenant is for life. You are to either reconcile with your spouse, or remain unmarried, living separate but in peace with each other.

And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, "Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?" He answered, "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."
(Mat 19:3-6 ESV)

We need to protect marriage in America, because through marriage, a new body is formed and a new life begins. Divorce is marital abortion!

"I hate divorce," says the GOD of Israel. GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies says, "I hate the violent dismembering of the 'one flesh' of marriage." So watch yourselves. Don't let your guard down. Don't cheat. (Mal 2:16 MSG)

"For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the LORD, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the LORD of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless." (Mal 2:16 ESV)

To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife. To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace. For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife? (1Co 7:10-16 ESV)

You are only free to marry again after your spouse has died.

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord. (1Co 7:39 ESV)

For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress. (Rom 7:2-3 ESV)

Single and married people commit adultery in their hearts when they lust after someone.

But I say to you that whoever looks on a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
(Mat 5:28 MKJV)

American movies, TV shows, books, and music are full of sexual immorality, so adultery is being committed all of the time! Our nation is cursed because it is full of adultery, and when it gets to that state, then God's judgment comes (see previous blog entry - http://toknowandtolove.blogspot.com/2009/07/isaiahs-end-times-timeline-warning-4.html).

They say, If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him and will be for another man, will he return to her again? Would not that land be greatly defiled? But you play the harlot with many lovers; yet come back to Me, says Jehovah.
(Jer 3:1 MKJV)

Our sins have separated us from God, but If we would just repent and turn from our evil ways, then He would forgive us, accept us back, and heal our land. If we would just repent of our adultery and stop divorcing and committing adultery, forgive our spouses and accept them back, then our marriages and families would be healed. (*Note - whatever marital state that you are in when you repent, from that point forward you are to stop divorcing and committing adultery. If you are already divorced from your spouse, but neither one of you have remarried, then you should try to reconcile. If you are in the middle of a divorce when you repent, then you should try to reconcile. If you are remarried, then you remain faithful to your current spouse. When Jesus forgives us, He makes all things new and gives us another chance to do what is right.)

Our nation can be a Christian nation again, if we start loving our spouses like Jesus loves His wife. He died and rose from the dead to make their relationship new again and to make her a Bride again. This kind of sacrificial love is what will repair the breach in the Kingdom of God and it will break the curse on our nation. For our children's sake, let's break this curse!

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Links to recent articles on divorce in America:

Divorce Rates in U.S. Rise Slightly - http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/24/national/main5334553.shtml

Top Ten Myths of Divorce - http://marriage.rutgers.edu/Publications/MythsDivorce.pdf

The National Marriage Project - http://www.virginia.edu/marriageproject/