Prepper Recon

^“4 Woe to the sinful nation, a people whose guilt is great, a brood of evildoers, children given to corruption! They have forsaken the Lord; they have spurned the Holy One of Israel  and turned their backs on him. ⁵ Why should you be beaten anymore?  Why do you persist in rebellion? Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted. ⁶ From the sole of your foot to the top of your head there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and open sores, not cleansed or bandaged or soothed with olive oil. ⁷ Your country is desolate, your cities burned with fire; your fields are being stripped by foreigners right before you, laid waste as when overthrown by strangers. ⁸ Daughter Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, like a city under siege. ⁹ Unless the Lord Almighty had left us some survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah. ¹⁰ Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah! ¹¹ “The multitude of your sacrifices—  what are they to me?” says the Lord. “I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams and the fat of fattened animals; I have no pleasure
in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. ¹² When you come to appear before me, who has asked this of you, this trampling of my courts?¹³ Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to me. New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations— I cannot bear your worthless assemblies. ¹⁴ Your New Moon feasts and your appointed festivals I hate with all my being. They have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them. ¹⁵ When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood! ¹⁶ Wash and make yourselves clean.  Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong. ¹⁷ Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless;    plead the case of the widow. ¹⁸ “Come now, let us settle the matter,”
says the Lord.“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. ¹⁹ If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land; ²⁰ but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” Isaiah 1:4-20

God used the prophet Isaiah to warn the nation of Israel of the coming calamities that would fall on them if they insisted on continuing in their rebellion. Students of history know that they ignored those warnings and the Northern kingdom of Israel was sacked by the Assyrians while the Southern kingdom of Israel was pummeled by the Babylonians a few year later.

America has fallen to the same sin of rejecting God. I don’t think it is too much of a stretch to assume this prophecy could also be applicable to us as well. I also expect that as we continue to turn our back on God by  evicting him from the classrooms and courtrooms, by killing innocent unborn children by the thousands each day, by declaring that we know better than He, we should also expect him to turn His back on us. The liberal left that believes we are a self-made nation, may soon see how well we stand without the blessings and protection of God.

For the prepper, it means we may be entering into a very difficult period as God attempts to wake America up to their true need for Him. Any true believer in ancient Israel that heard the prophecies of Isaiah would surely made a good effort to be prepared for the difficult time that lay ahead for a nation led by an immoral majority.  I think it is more than coincidental that the prepper community has such a large over lap with the Christian community. Perhaps it is God speaking to our hearts to shelter us for what is certain to come.

His plea is the same to bay as it was in 700BC when the book of Isaiah was written, “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. ¹⁹ If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land; ²⁰ but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” Isaiah 1:18-20

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Have a blessed week and happy prepping!